Barratt, Carol : Chester's Music Puzzles - Set 4

SKU: HL.14006541

ISBN 9780711956100. 9.0x12.0x0.088 inches.

Twelve easy pieces for piano written and arranged by Carol Barratt. An entertaining selection all about animals: superbly arranged classics plus imaginative original pieces. Includes music from 'Peter And The Wolf', 'Carnival Of The Animals' and Carols Barratt's 'Giraffes'. Suitable for players of grade 1 to grade 2 standard. Contents: Aunty Lizzie's Old Pig * Giraffes * Sheep May Safely Graze * Swan Lake * The Bear * The Cat From Peter and the Wolf * The Cat in the Corner * The Crow * The Cuckoo (Muller) * The Duck (Peter and the Wolf) * The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals) * The Pony (Couppey).

SKU: HL.14003432

ISBN 9780711919310. 8.5x12.0x0.094 inches.

Chester's Music Puzzles is an entertaining series of clear and structured puzzles and questions, by Carol Barratt, designed to help young instrumentalists master the basics of musical theory. Each illustrated set of contains ten question papers, information for teacher and parents and a certificate of achievement for the pupil. These puzzles also take into account limited reading and writing skills of younger children. Each book corresponds with the matching Chester Piano Book. This is Set 1 which covers: clefs, staves, lines and spaces, musical alphabet, bars and bar lines, stems, note and rest values, tied notes, chords, flats and sharps, phrase marks and dynamics. Each book corresponds with the matching Chester Piano Book.

SKU: HL.14003423

ISBN 9780711924413. UPC: 888680908386. 9.0x12.0x0.11 inches.

A selection of twenty-one favourite carols and a new piece Christmas Morning by Carol Barratt. They are all arranged as simply as possible, with a range just right for the child's hands and voice. Suitable for pre-Grade 1 to Grade 1. Contents: As Each Happy Christmas * As With Gladness Men Of Old * Away In a Manger * Christmas Morning * Ding Dong! Merrily On High * Good King Wenceslas * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * Infant Holy, Infant Lowly * It Came Upon a Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas * O Come, All Ye Faithful * Once in Royal David's City * See Amid the Winter's Snow * Silent Night * The First Nowell * The Holly and the Ivy * We Three Kings * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * While Shepherds Watched.

SKU: HL.14003446

ISBN 9780711954489. 9.0x12.0x0.088 inches. English.

Repertoire pieces for the young beginner, easy tunes compiled by Carol Barratt. Contents: Double Basses * Gigue * I Got Shoes * Minuet in C * Moderato * Naomi's Number * Ober the Hills and Far Away * Strolling Sam * Superfrog * The Bagpipers * The C Major Scale * The Fox Jumped Over the Person's Gate * The G Major Scale * The Juniper Tree * Twins * Variations On 'Ah Vous Dirai-Je, Maman?' (Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) * What You Will.

SKU: HL.14003425

ISBN 9780711922778. 12.0x9.0x0.125 inches.

Arrangements of 26 favourite nursery rhymes with full colour illustrations and fascinating information on the pieces' origins. Specially designed for young children to be able to play themselves rather than just be played to. Suitable for pre-Grade 1 to Grade 1 pianists. Contents: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep * Girls and Boys Come Out to Play * Hey Diddle Diddle * Hot Cross Buns * I Love Little Pussy * Jack and Jill * Little Bo-Peep * London Bridge * London's Burning * One, Two, Three, Four, Five * Pop Goes the Weasel * Rock-a-Bye, Baby * Sing a Song of Sixpence * This Old Man * Three Blind Mice * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star * Yankee Doodle * Lavenders Blue * Little Jack Horner * Pat a Cake * Polly Put the Kettle On * Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat * Hickory, Dickory Dock * Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush * Ring-a-Ring o Roses * Humpty Dumpty.

SKU: HL.14006536

ISBN 9780711922785. UPC: 884088491291. 4.0x8.25x0.095 inches. English.

Make music practise fun with this useful notebook! Each page is clearly set out with spaces for the teacher's notes of exercises, scales, pieces and other work.

SKU: HL.14003457

ISBN 9780711960701. UPC: 196288153474. 9.0x12.0x0.115 inches.

This book provides 60 technical exercises that will help to develop strong hands and flexible fingers whilst having fun. The exercises are divided into five 'sets' which are carefully graded to introduce new technical points gradually, and will help create a regular practice routine. Specifically designed for use from the first few lessons, alongside Chester's Easiest Piano Course Books 1 to 3, though it can be used with any beginners' piano course. Carol Barratt is an established world leader in piano education for young people. She studied at the Royal College of Music winning scholarships in composition, and has written music for many different instruments as well as her famous Chester piano tutor and repertoire books.