John Thompson: Popular Piano Solos - Grade 4: Piano: Instrumental Album

With a fully revised and updated edition Book Two of the renowned John Thompson's Adult Piano Course has been tailor-made for the adult beginner who is getting to grips with the basics of Piano playing. The accompanying download card will allow you to hear how each example should be played allowing you to continue your progression smoothly from Book One.   John Thompson's Piano Course has long been the standard for beginning Piano tuition and now the Adult Piano Course ignites the flame for older beginners who have decided to take up that most valuable pastime in laterlife as it truly is never too late. Featuring authoritative instructions and advice that is practical and useful this second volume of the hugely popular Piano tutor series explores the techniques and theory that were introduced in the first book but in greater depth and detail as well as introducing new more advanced concepts that you will be learning for the first time.   Book Two of the John Thompson's Adult Piano Course will guide you through concepts such as pedal points new chord studies grace notes syncopation arpeggios staccato major and minor scales and many more essential concepts all the while using fantastic music to illustrate and contextualise the ideas. With its authoritative tone and comprehensive instructions you'll be building on everything you learned in the first book in no time at all.   As in the previous volume this book places equal emphasis on musical theory and musicality providing you with good examples on which to focus your practising of a particular technique. If you have a teacher they will be able to decide how best to use the book but if you are teaching yourself it's still an incredibly useful and efficient tool for helping you make the most of your abilities. The unique Download Card

Pop Hits Broadway Movies and More! John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano Series-12 songs that can be used on their own or as a supplement to John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano or any other method. Includes: Edelweiss - Fly Me to the Moon - Go the Distance - It's a Small World - Let's Go Fly a Kite - Love Me Tender - Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' - The Rainbow Connection - This Is It - What the World Needs Now Is Love - You Are My Sunshine - You'll Be in My Heart.

Pop Hits Broadway Movies and More! John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano Series-10 songs that can be used on their own or as a supplement to John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano or any other method. Includes: Beauty and the Beast - Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo - Castle on a Cloud - Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Getting to Know You - The Glory of Love - Goodnight My Someone - Medley from The Phantom of the Opera - Tomorrow - Yesterday.

This fantastic piano course volume contains ten great songs with Pop Hits Broadway smashes Movies themes and more. It makes an ideal supplement to the John Thompson Modern Piano Course Grade 5 and all songs are arranged for Piano solo by Eric Baumgartner.

This First Chart Toppers songbook is a collection of best selling popular songs arranged for Piano designed to complement the acclaimed John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course.The songs included in John Thompson's First Chart Toppers are presented in simplified arrangements making this an ideal repertoire for pupils working through parts two to four of the Easiest Piano Course. The order of the songs is such that they get progressively more advanced so that as pupils learn more challenging techniques and theory it is put into practice with a familiar song.The 15 songsincluded here should be well-known to most with tunes like Happy by Pharrell Williams Roar by Katy Perry and What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction. The catchy melodies and simple tunes allow pupils to consolidate their learning within a familiar context since the student will know how the songs are supposed to sound. For the complete list of songs see below.Because dynamics and phrasing are not introduced until part three of the course some of the pieces early on in First Chart Toppers do not include this while outline fingering is included throughout which is especially helpful for pupils at this level. For more advanced students this book can provide really useful sight reading practice.So for the perfect complement to the Easiest Piano Course First Chart Toppers will build your musical repertoire by putting today's top hits at your fingertips.

John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course is designed to meet the needs of all children beginning the Piano. The comprehensive step-by-step method books are brought to life by colourful character illustrations which make learning music fun rather than a daunting experience. The use of writing exercises sight reading drills and the opportunity for students to review their progress makes these books one of the most popular beginner Piano methods. What's more the series includes a great selection of supplementary songbooks that allow students to play popular tunes that they enjoy. John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course: Pop Songs contains 15 popularhits that are ideal for pupils reaching part two part three and part four of the Easiest Piano Course. As well as reinforcing basic technique these fun-to-play tunes will also help to develop musicality and inspire learning.

John Thompson's Easy Piano Method: Part 1 provides a playful and easy-to-understand introduction to Piano for young beginners. The book comes bundled with a CD to make learning by listening simple.   This first volume of the popular American Piano method looks at the challenges that all Piano students have to face at the beginning and makes things easy and fun. Sight-reading is made simple by a clear presentation and focus on the five higher and lower tones starting from middle C. Whether it's practising technical exercises or learning new techniques young beginners will always be accompanied by funnycharacters that make learning much more child-friendly.