Piano - Absolute Beginners Bk. 1 - Piano Solo

Following the release of Microjazz Collections 1 2 and 3 with brand-new audio CDs in 2011 Microjazz Absolute Beginners has now been given the same treatment and with the content broken down into bite-size chapters the process of learning to play keyboard through the styles you enjoy simpler than ever!This tutor book takes first-time players steadily through basic keyboard technique and theory using simple pieces in popular styles such as jazz blues rock 'n' roll and reggae. Each piece is complemented by a distinctive Microjazz-style accompaniment to be played by a teacher or intermediate pianist transforming even the easiest tunes intounmistakable Microjazz pieces.Couple these with the newly-recorded backing tracks and you will hear the unique sound world of Microjazz come alive right from the very first lesson.

The ultimate guide to beginning the Piano - this easy to follow DVD will teach you everything you need to know and much more! Get ahead with clear demonstrations and jargon-free explanations that will make learning the Piano easier and more fun than you ever thought possible! You will discover:Correct posture and hand positionHow to find your way around the keyboardBasic music notation and readingHow to learn note namesHow different rhythms workPlaying with both hands separately and togetherThe disc contains many special features that include:On-screen notation that is synchronised with the video of both handsplayingExclusive interviews with top performers and teachersProfessional backing tracks to give you the best accompaniment to practice and perform toA booklet containing all of the musical examples featured during the lessonsNTSC format.

There's nothing quite like gathering around the piano at Christmas time to sing and play through the best carols. Now you can with the Piano Time Carols sheet music - 19 of your favourite festive tunes arranged for really easy Piano.   This is a great first book for a young beginner who can use what they've learned so far to play some familiar carols that everyone can enjoy. All of the greatest most traditional tunes are included in this sheet music book the beginning notes of which will instantly inspire in you that Yuletide feeling. The seasonal beauty of songs like Silent Night In The Bleak Midwinter and Once InRoyal David's City are matched by the uplifting wonder of O Come All Ye Faithful God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Deck The Halls.   The parts are simply but nicely arranged with some pieces suitable for very inexperienced beginners ranging up to around grade 2 standard. If you have been working through the Piano Time series this book would be a great addition to students at about the Piano Time 1 level. This makes the book ideal for a long-term purchase meaning every year it can be taken off the shelf and your skills can be tested on the varying difficulty of the pieces. Even once all the carols have been mastered it's got a great seasonal selection of songs perfect for sight-reading practice or just having a bit of a fun sing-along!   So whether you're a beginner who's never played the Piano or you've been playing for a small amount of time these Christmas classics are absolute essentials for your repertoire. With the Christmas sheet music contained in Piano Time Carols you'll be able to play everyone's best-loved pieces and really bring the seasonal spirit home.

from J. B. Duvernoy (Op. 276) and J. F. F. Burgmüller (Op. 100)-To make sure that practicing studies is fun and will lead systematically to success here are eleven newly arranged orchestral accompaniments for well-known piano studies by Duvernoy and Burgmüller. The accompaniments transform these humble pieces into miniature piano concertos that will delight beginners everywhere. The orchestral arrangements and piano reductions are the work of the pianist and arranger Gero Stöver. Piano teaching has made very great progress in recent years. Many piano teachers have their own ideas theories and experiences especially with regard to fingering and the use of the pedal. Nonetheless we have decided to add fingering to our revised newedition for experience has shown that many learners especially those encouraged by play-along Cd's want to play new pieces without their teacher's knowledge. The fingerings added in our volume will enable enthusiastic learners to prepare a piece without the aid of their teacher but without coming to grief with ill-considered spur-of-the-moment fingering combinations. The fingering added by Sabine Krüger lay no claim to absolute truth but are intended merely as suggestions.

Five-Finger Piano: Disney Movie Classics features 8 Disney classics arranged for absolute beginners.This songbook includes a great sounding optional duet part for teachers or parents to play to make the student sound even better.Songs include Baby Mine Dalmatian Plantation Part of Your World and more.

A Fun and Comprehensive Overview of Rock Keyboard Playing-The Total Rock Keyboardist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of rock keyboard playing. This book is ideal for all skill levels from absolute beginners to experienced prog-rockers. Youâ??ll learn everything you need to become a well-rounded player from rhythm parts that support the band to flashy improvised solos. Along the way youâ??ll gradually learn important music theory such as chords diatonic harmony and scales. This book covers practicing tips warm-ups easy-to-understand theory discussion of various keyboard instruments and their place in music history left-hand bass lines in a variety of styles tips for improvising melodies and keyboardsolos a wide variety of chords and great songs and examples in the styles of innovative rock keyboardistsâ??present and past. A CD is included with backing tracks to make practicing fun and easy.

Level 2 of Mike Cornick's Play the Piano! moves seamlessly on from Level 1 ensuring continuous musical and technical progress for the adult or older teenager. With the raised technical levels the choice of musical genres is even more enriched with arrangements of traditional folk music and music by for example J. S. Bach W. A. Mozart Beethoven Chopin Tchaikovsky Mike Cornick Elton John and more. The result is a feast of beautiful music and the continued guidance from Mike Cornick will help the player develop the technical skills and confidence to interact with the rewarding musical experiences provided by the CDs. Again ateach stage more pieces may be downloaded free from the Universal Edition website.Play the Piano! featuresStep-by-step learning in playing and reading starting from absolute scratch presented in clearly structured stagesAlso suitable for the 'returning beginner'Performance pieces in a range of styles from classical and folk through to jazzHelpful and stimulating CDs with aural development exercises and recordings of the pieces many with 'play-along' tracksWarm-up exercisesEven more performance pieces which together with more supporting material for each stage are available as free downloads from the Universal Edition website'The book goes to the top of the pile of piano tutorials currently available for the older beginner ... excellent!'Pianist Magazine (Michael McMillan) 2011

Piano-Original quality repertoire for the absolute beginner. Includes 40 very easy original keyboard miniatures the majority of them in five-finger positions. Contents: 'Dudelsack' (Unknown) 'Old German Dance' (Praetorius) 'Curtain Raiser' (Turk) 'Carefree' (Turk) 'Roundelay' (Von der Hofe) 'Echo Dance' (Philip Hainhofer) 'Allemand' (Praetorius) 'Gavotte' (Handel) 'Minuet' (Reinagle) 'Scherzino' (Reinagle) 'Etude Melodique' (Martin) 'Bagatelle' (Diabelli) 'Minuetto' (Hook) 'Duettino' (Attwood) 'Song in Parallel Motion' (Kohler) 'Two Little Inventions' (Jan Jakub Ryba) 'Quadrille' (Haydn) 'Little Suite' (Wohlfahrt) 'Two Little Canons' (Spindler) 'TheWayside Rose' (Kohl) 'Bear Dance' (Schumann) 'Contredanse' (Wohlfahrt) 'Pass in Review' (Gurlitt) 'Evening Song' (Chovan) 'Morning Call' (Chovan) 'Hungarian Play Tune' (Bartalus) 'Canzonetta' (Horvath) 'Russian Dance' (Goedicke) 'Black Key Frolic' (Gnessina) 'Promenade' (Gnessina) 'Ukrainian Folk Tune' (Kabalevsky) 'Little Polka' (Kabalevsky) 'Cradle Song' (Kabalevsky) 'Spring Song' (Bartok) 'Dialogue' (Bartok) 'Fanfare' (Agay) 'Galloping Home' (Kalmanoff).