Making The Grade : Pop Piano - Grade 2

John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course-The John Thompson First Scales & Broken Chords exercise book is an easy and fun way to introduce scales and broken chords to a young beginner at Grade 1 standard. Compatible with ABRSM Trinity and Guildhall Piano Grade 1.The exercises contained within the First Scales And Broken Chords book have been specially created and graded to be used with the renowned John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course with fun characters full colour and large type to make playing and practising as fun as possible.The book is a fantastic introduction to scales keys and broken chords making this perfectfor pupils reaching part two three or four of the Easiest Piano Course. Not only this but the content is relevant to the ABRSM Trinity and Guildhall Piano Grade 1 exams including the crucial information in a fun presentation.Learning scales and broken chords is crucial for developing basic technique and improves smoothness confidence as well as aural awareness. If you are working through John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course or towards the ABRSM Trinity or Guildhall Grade 1 exams the First Scales & Broken Chords book is the perfect way to prepare.

A fantastic collection of popular pieces, Making The Grade Piano: Preparatory Grade contains 25 easy pieces for young pianists. These have been carefully selected and arranged by Lynda Frith to be suitable for preparatory grade, either as starter material or to provide some immediately enjoyable and familiar pieces to learn. Includes Little Brown Jug, Kum Ba Yah, Hey Jude, Uptown Girl and more! / Piano

A collection of favourite jazz tunes, superbly arranged by Stephen Duro to introduce the concepts and techniques required for the Associated Board Grade 2 jazz exam. In this popular series. well-known repertoire makes it easy to learn new skills and progress through the grades. / Partition /

Making The Grade fournit des pièces supplémentaires pour les étudiants qui étudient pour ABRSM les examens, qui sont à la recherche d'éléments classés en dehors du programme d'examen. Ce volume est un recueil de 16 arrangements faciles et amusantes de chansons populaires pour piano à niveau de niveau 2. L'ouvrage regroupe une grande partie de répertoire contemporain avec une sélection de véritables classiques de la pop. / Piano

Each book in the Sight Reading Success series has been written by expert examiners to reflect the style of the revised ABRSM tests helping your students to tackle the sight reading exam with confidence and poise.Uniquely each book is accompanied by a CD providing guidance through each test and demonstrating how it should sound (Vocals by Kate Johnson and Piano by Harriet Power). These books are therefore ideal for independent use and study by students of all ages as well as other pianists who desire to improve their ability at this fundamental skill. Sight Reading Success takes the reader throughvarious fundamental concepts to sight-reading such as more advanced fingering compound time signatures starting on an upbeat more difficult keys and key signatures while concluding the book with practice scores allowing you to play and practise what you've just learned. Not only this but the accompanying CD lets you listen to how these should sound so you can test yourself over again making sure you can get them exactly right.   Written by experienced examiners and teachers Sight Reading Success accurately reflects the style of the revised ABRSM tests. This Grade 4 book will cover everything you will need to know for that exam also giving you some really useful tips for most effective practise and what to expect in the exam itself.   The Piano Grade 4 Sight Reading Success book provides a great amount of detail for everything that could be asked in the sight reading exam. For the best possible preparation from a truly thorough and authoritative guide that will put you on the best path to passing check out Sight Reading Success.

Keynotes: Grades 1-2 (Early Intermediate) is a collection of pieces from across the ages, arranged specifically to provide the early Piano student with an exciting variety of styles to master. The melodies in this book range from Bach to Tchaikovsky and beyond, with exercises in improvisation and writing your own pieces. Each piece is accompanied by guidance footnotes that will help you to understand the music and get the best from your performance. The pieces in this book have been selected and edited by John Lenehan.

This latest, classically-flavoured songbook for John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course introduces easy works by one of the greatest composers ever to have lived, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Featuring some very fine compositions, First Mozart is perfect for pupils reaching parts 2 to 4 of the world-renowned Piano course.These fun repertoire books contain some amazing pieces that have been specially collected and graded to be used in conjunction with the Easiest Piano Course. Pieces like The Birdcatcher Song, Eine Klein Nachtmusik (1st Movement), A Musical Joke and Sonata Facile will reinforce essential technical ability, while simultaneously enhancing a general sense of musicality and melodic playing. First Mozart is ideal for pupils who've worked through the course at levels 2 to 4, but it's also a great set of pieces for sight reading practice for more advanced students.The pieces in this songbook become progressively more difficult, and, to this end, dynamics and phrasing have been omitted for the earlier pieces, since they're not introduced until Part 3 of the course. Early pieces like Ave Verum Corpus and Dies Irae (From 'Requiem Mass In D Minor) help to reinforce what pupils learn in the beginning of the John Thompson Method, with a focus on playing notes and rhythms accurately. Towards of the end of the songbook, more challenging pieces like Piano Sonata #21 and #11 will help pupils to enhance their technical skills, play more melodically, and, most importantly, enjoy playing!Generally, these pieces stay in the 5-finger position, with handy hints and suggestions when a different fingering is called for. The pieces in this songbook are beautiful to hear and to play, making First Mozart a really great beginner's songbook for pupils who want to learn some of the finest music ever composed. As an introduction for beginners to classical music and Mozart in particular, this songbook is rewarding and enjoyable, these pieces being timeless and never going out of fashion.The John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course First Mozart songbook is the ideal beginning book for classical music fans. It's tailor-made for pupils working through the renowned and revered Piano method, so it's authoritative and accurate, helping you to enhance your technique and learn some amazing music. / Piano