Oxford Piano Method: Piano Time 2, New Edition

On your marks... Get set... Go! Get running skiing swimming and dancing your way to playing the piano with this lively collection of sporty exercises!When we learn a new sport we take for granted that we will need to do warming up exercises. Learning the piano is no different. Just as in any sporting activity a few technical exercises can increase control reduce muscle stress and prevent strain. This book introduces essential workouts for the hands in a gradual and fun way. Make these activities a regular part of lesson and practice time. Pick one or two each time you practice and use them to warm up.A very creative and helpful instrumentaltutor book written by Fiona Macardle. To be used in support of a graded method series this book is full of original ideas which help to make practicing and learning fun including warm ups midweek training and fitness level tests/pieces!

A New Approach for Teachers and Students 2/e-Now in its second edition The Young Pianist by Joan Last has even more insight into what it takes to give younger studends a better understanding of basic Piano technique. An excellent method with new thoughts on early piano education.

The Pianist's Guide to Historic Improvisation. John Mortensen's The Pianist's Guide to Historic Improvisation is a course-tested pedagogical method for learning to improvise, providing intermediate-level pianists with a path to mastery of the improvisational techniques of the 17th and 18th centuries.

A comprehensive method for the older beginner-Published in two volumes Violinworks is a comprehensive Violin method created specially for older beginners and improvers. Book 1 carefully guides beginners from the very first steps to around ABRSM Grade 1 standard and book 2 continues up to ABRSM Grade 3 standard. The Violinworks approach is well-suited to self-taught violinists as well as those who have teachers. This method emphasizes the importance of good habits from day one of using your ear and of always aiming for the best sound. Each volume contains a wide selection of repertoire plus detailed descriptions and photographs to illustrate correctplaying positions. The accompanying CD includes performance tracks with Piano String Quartet or Band backings plus aural exercises and downloadable PDFs of the Piano accompaniments. There are supporting video clips and additional resources on a dedicated website making Violinworks a complete resource for anyone learning or returning to the Violin.

Flute Time is a complete method by specialist teacher Ian Denley. Suitable for students of all ages it comprises carefully structured tutor books that address the foundations of technique through enjoyable pieces and exericises along with accompanying books of attractive pieces. With photographs diagrams checklists and quiz pages to monitor progress and broaden understanding this excellent method provides full support both for pupils and specialist and non-specialist teachers alike.suitable for the beginner through to Grade 2 standard.first steps on the mouthpiece and simple rhythm games.careful progression with a wealth of attractive practicematerial.clear guidance on good posture and fingering. practical steps to composing and improvising.scales and arpeggios; concert pieces and studies.CD with performances and minus-one tracks of many pieces.straightforward piano accompaniments in a separate volume.

Spiral Bound-The authors' new approach to learning two playing techniques offers a systematic method for mastering the modern legato technique needed for organ music composed after 1750 as well as an articulated technique for earlier works. The authors also present useful information on accompanying anthems and solos and on adapting piano and orchestral accompaniments to the organ.

Ralph Vaughan Williams's Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was composed in 1953-4 to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the LSO and was written for the orchestra's principal tuba player Philip Catelinet. It was the first major concerto to be written for the instrument and remains today the outstanding work of its kind. This new edition is based on all extant sources and contains full textual notes and a discussion of the editorial method. Notable additions are the inclusion of two sets of phrasing for the Romanza-one from the first publication largely influenced by Catelinet and the other from Vaughan Williams's manuscript-and the originalcadenza to the first movement. The arrangement for tuba and piano has been updated in light of the research carried out by David Matthews and all orchestral parts have been revised.