This book contains valuable material to help players strengthen their sight-reading skills in preparation for the ABRSM Grade 8 exam. Featuring preparatory exercises that gradually introduce key new elements encountered at Grade 8 along with a comprehensive selection of sample sight-reading pieces More Piano Sight-Reading supports students with the transition between grades and encourages them to integrate sight-reading into their daily practice. More Piano Sight-Reading is available for ABRSM Grades 1 to 8 offering additional support for the sight-reading requirements of the current syllabus.

We've updated this outstanding collection of country songs to include even more of your favorites - 79 in all! Featuring: Always On My Mind * Behind Closed Doors * Could I Have This Dance * Crazy * Daddy Sang Bass * D-I-V-O-R-C-E * Forever And Ever, Amen * God Bless The U.S.A. * Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days) * Help Me Make It Through The Night * I Fall To Pieces * If We Make It Through December * Jambalaya (On The Bayou) * Love Without End, Amen * Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys * Stand By Your Man * Through The Years * and more. / Piano

Par CORNICK MIKE. Mike Cornick's latest addition to this popular series for numerous players at one piano is, this time, for 5 left hands. True to the spirit of the series these pieces are entertaining for the audience and are fun to perform. Whilst enjoying themselves, players will be encouraged to listen and coordinate with each other. A second copy of the score is included for easy reading in performance and free downloads of the single parts (2-5) are available to make practising at home possible. Ideal for musical get-togethers including concerts. These pieces will be enjoyed by all. • Unusual, entertaining and fun, these pieces are ideal for school concerts • Previous editions in the series have had great reviews and have been enthusiastically received by performers and audiences • Sight-reading these pieces can be fun! • For studying, free downloads of the single parts (2-5) available at www.universaledition.com/ Répertoire / Piano 5 mains

In 1878 Dvorák was commissioned to write something along the lines of Brahms?s ?Hungarian Dances? but using the sounds of his native country. The resulting eight ?Slavonic Dances? led to hisinternational breakthrough. ?Furiant? ?polka? ?soudeská?: all are written with consummate mastery and dazzling formal sophistication. Although the ?Slavonic Dances? also became popularin orchestral arrangement they were originally written for Piano four-hands. Yet the musical text Dvorák released for publication was anything but ideal. Now to honour the centennial of his death we are presenting hisoriginal version with a detailed commentary on the work?s sources and editorial problems. The fingering always a delicate matter in duet playing has been entrusted to Andreas Groethuysen with results that will prove a boon toperformers everywhere.

Music Minus One Piano Deluxe 2-CD Set-Anton Arensky contemporary and friend of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Rachmaninov and Glazunov composed this vibrant concerto with its lyrical melodies heroic solo part and thunderous orchestration a bravura piece in the great Russian romantic tradition and technically accessible to the advanced student making a beautiful alternative to the Grieg concerto for advancing players. This deluxe 2CD set includes a slow-tempo practice version to help you get up to speed. Includes a printed music score on high-quality ivory paper a digital stereo compact disc featuring a complete performance of the concerto with orchestra and soloist and a second performanceminus you the soloist and a second compact disc containing a full-speed version of the complete version as well as a special -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes. The concerto is voluminously indexed for your practice and performance convenience. Performed by Paul Van Ness piano Accompaniment: Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov

9 pieces for jazz piano-This stylish collection of pieces for solo Piano takes players on a musical tour of autumn presenting nine well-loved songs such as September in the Rain Witchcraft and (Somewhere) Over the Rainbow as well as original compositions on other seasonal themes.Suitable for intermediate level pianists the pieces in this book reflect a wide variety of jazz styles including swing waltz calypso and shuffle and draw on artists such as Billie Holiday Keith Jarrett Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra.With fully notated rhythms grooves and improvisations Jazz In Autumn is the perfect collection for pianists looking for thatauthentic sound. This book comes complete with a CD of full performances to aid interpretation.

This delightful solo has a formal classical sound but includes humorous lyrics that students will love. The melody is played three times during the piece with the left-hand accompaniment becoming more complex with each repetition. Features a wonderful surprise at the end!

10 easy holiday favorites for the young student all with optional accompaniments easily played by a family member with slightly higher proficiency. Lyrics included. Titles: 'The First Noel' 'Hark! the Herald Angels Sing' 'I Saw Three Ships' 'Jingle Bells' 'Joseph Dearest Joseph Mine' 'Joy to the World' 'O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)' 'Pat-A-Pan (Willie Take Your Little Drum)' 'Silent Night' 'Up on the Housetop'.

The grandeur of the mountain is felt by an opening section of octaves in the LH and forte triads played with both hands. The middle section is more idyllic in nature with a reflective and melodic cantabile singing style depiction. The beginning theme returns and is transformed into a sixteenth-note ascending pattern conveying the climax of rising to the top of the mountain!

The DVD edition of this hugely popular series of tutors gets you even closer to your instrument with a set of real music lessons right there on your screen! A New Tune A Day features the same logical gentle pace andkeen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achieve the very best in tone technique and posture. Theselection of music is fresh and exciting including duets and rounds to inspire the student and ensure that those vital practice hours are never boring!The book includes:Advice on your instrument and the equipmentyou will needInstructions for effective technique and comfortable playingExplanatory pages on reading and understanding musicTests to check your own progress and comprehensionThe accompanying audio CD featuresa virtuoso performance and backing track for each pieces as well as recorded examples to support the lessons.The DVD features lessons on:Basic techniquesPutting the instrument togetherPostureLookingafter your instrumentBasic music notationHow to approach your first piece

To mark the Handel Year 2009 Bärenreiter is offering a special set on all Handel’s keyboard music. Up till now all works have been published as individual volumes Keyboard Works I-IV (BA 4221-4224) in the 'Halle Handel Edition'.   These volumes encompass Handel’s output over a long period spanning approx. 1705 to 1750. Volumes I and II include both collections of suites (1720 and 1733) which the composer himself saw to print. These standout in terms of their compositional demands and are a testimony to Handel’s sometimes idiosyncratic treatment of the Baroque form. Volumes III and IV contain all the other individual surviving piecesand miscellaneous suites.   The edition based on the Urtext of the 'Halle Handel Edition' has been edited by the internationally-renowned Handel scholar Terence Best. The music text in each volume which also takes into consideration alternative versions of individual pieces is accompanied by a detailed foreword on the history of the compositions transmission and performance practice.   Urtext based on the 'Halle Handel Edition' Comprehensive edition of Handel’s keyboard works Detailed introductory text with notes on performance practice (German/English) Based on the latest Handel research findings Barenreiter sheet music performing editions present the authentic text and the latest findings of scholarly research enabling players to get as close to the composer's intentions as the surviving sources will allow. There are no arbitrary editorial editions and the quality of the musical text matched by an appearance on the page that satisfies the most discerning eye. Comprehensive edition of Handel's Keyboard works. Detailed introductory text with notes on performance practice (German/English) Based on the latest Handel research findings. 'By using one of Barenreiter's scores I feel confident that I have an edition that has been meticulously prepared to the highest standards and with the latest research. It feels good to have a Barenreiter score in your hand. For many

'Bastien Piano Basics: Theory' is the theory workbook portion of the Bastien Piano Basics course. Each book contains written work and some short pieces to reinforce the concepts presented in'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'. Games puzzles and colorful illustrations make learning fun! Your students will gain a better understanding of the music they are playing and they will learn more easily whentheory instruction is a regular part of their Piano studies. Each page is carefully correlated with Piano Performance and Technique.The Primer Level includes drills games and short pieces to reinforce the conceptspresented in 'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'.Level 4 presents theory material correlated with 'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'.

'Bastien Piano Basics: Theory' is the theory workbook portion of the Bastien Piano Basics course. Each book contains written work and some short pieces to reinforce the concepts presented in'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'. Games puzzles and colorful illustrations make learning fun! Your students will gain a better understanding of the music they are playing and they will learn more easily whentheory instruction is a regular part of their Piano studies. Each page is carefully correlated with Piano Performance and Technique. The Primer Level includes drills games and short pieces to reinforce the conceptspresented in 'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'. Level 2 presents theory materials correlated with 'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'.

Treat your pre-reading students to an adventurous first Christmas book! Young players will be delighted with familiar carols such as O Christmas Tree as well as new favourites including ?Rudolph's Little Brother and I Love My Candy Cane! The My First Piano Adventure? friends make snowmen ride a big sleigh and enjoy candy canes together. First players will benefit from the clean presentation of pre-reading notation and festive teacher duets. The Christmas Music Calendar encourages students to count down the days until Christmas!