Barbara Kirkby-Mason (1910-2000) was a British composer pianist and pedagogue. She studied Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and developed a career as a composer lecturer and adjudicator. She is best known for her Piano method books such as The Modern Piano Course and The Adult Beginner and continued writing books on Piano playing and theory right into her 80s.Solo Album for the Adult Beginner is a superb addition to the rather neglected market of adult beginner pianists. It quickly and carefully covers the basic salient points allowing the interested adult to make speedy progress.
SKU: HL.14017987
ISBN 9781846093326.
Part 3 of Barbara Kirkby-Mason's album of pieces for the elementary Pianist, with melodies and exercises intended to develop a keen sense of rhythm, feeling and balance at the keyboard. The book features a full guide to basic music-reading and note-finding at the Piano, followed by a gradual but progressive series of miniature lessons, each covering a different aspect of music. You will learn contrary motion, scalic and arpeggio-based melody, staccato and legato, and much more.
SKU: HL.14017989
ISBN 9781846093333.
Kirkby-Mason's second album of pieces is designed for the pupil who has achieved a preperatory level of Piano playing, offering stimuating pieces that will help expand knowledge and technique. These six solo pieces and two duets will inspire the imamgination and provide a host of simple phrasing ideas, gestures and changes. Pupils will encounter a larger keybpard scope, with exercises for finger-extension and lateral moves.
SKU: HL.14017985
ISBN 9781844497065. 9.0x12.0x0.116 inches.
For absolute beginners at their first lesson. This book includes a guide to the position of middle C and the notes in the treble and bass. In order to play the first few pieces in the, which are confined to the five-finger group in each hand, you only need to know how to find notes by position from middle C. Daily finger exercises are included at the beginning of the book, containing the various time-signatures and note values used in the album.
SKU: HL.14017988
9.0x12.0x0.077 inches.
A selection of easy duets for beginning piano players. The Primo parts will give the beginner a good grasp of ensemble playing, while the Secundo parts expand into the bass clef for more challenging playing.
SKU: BT.BWH003644
English.
Barbara Kirkby-Mason (1910-2000) was a British composer, pianist and pedagogue. She studied Piano at the Royal Academy of Music, and developed a career as a composer, lecturer and adjudicator. She is best known for herPiano method books such as The Modern Piano Course and The Adult Beginner, and continued writing books on Piano playing and theory right into her 80s.
Solo Album for the Adult Beginner is asuperb addition to the rather neglected market of adult beginner pianists. It quickly and carefully covers the basic salient points, allowing the interested adult to make speedy progress.
SKU: HL.14017986
ISBN 9780711995161. 9.0x12.0x0.129 inches.
As well as eleven solo pieces, the First Album Part 2 contains two duets. Daily exercises and a study are included at the beginning and first steps in theory at the end of this book. A keyboard guide, work headings, revision notes and the Reference Pages are additional aids.
SKU: HL.14017990
ISBN 9780711992801.
Five pieces of progressive difficulty for 4-hands at one piano! It can be used in conjunction with the Second Album and Third Album books of the Modern Course For Beginners or as supplementary material for other methods. The Primo and Secondo are of similar difficulty so can be played by pupils of the same level who are encouraged to learn both parts.
