Piano Music For Sight Reading and Short Study Level 4

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 2 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems by building up a complete picture of each piece through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally ‘going solo’ with a series of meticulously-graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition has been completely re-written with new exercises and pieces to support the Associated Board's new sight-reading requirements from 2009. Improve YourSight-Reading! will help you improve your reading ability and with numerous practice tests included will ensure sight-reading success in graded exams.

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 4 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems by building up a complete picture of each piece through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally ‘going solo’ with a series of meticulously-graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition has been completely re-written with new exercises and pieces to support the Associated Board's new sight-reading requirements from 2009. Improve YourSight-Reading! will help you improve your reading ability and with numerous practice tests included will ensure sight-reading success in graded exams.

The Advanced Pianist Book 2 from the Piano Trainer series is for students who are beyond the intermediate stages and want to develop an advanced technique and musicality. Exploring piano technique through a variety of elements these books include exercises â??quick studyâ?? sight-reading repertoire and â??concert pianistâ?? hints and tips. The series not only develops studentsâ?? technique reading theory and musicianship but also provides an invaluable insight into the world of classical music here focussing both on historical context and key composers for the piano. Book 2 is suitable for students at post grade 7-8.The Advanced Pianist Book 2 from the Piano Trainer series is for students who are beyond the intermediate stages and want to develop an advanced technique and musicality. Exploring piano technique through a variety of elements these books include exercises â??quick studyâ?? sight-reading repertoire and â??concert pianistâ?? hints and tips. The series not only develops studentsâ?? technique reading theory and musicianship but also provides an invaluable insight into the world of classical music here focussing both on historical context and key composers for the piano. Book 2 is suitable for students at post grade 7-8.

A Piece A Week Piano Grade 2 is ideal to be used alongside the Improve Your Sight-Reading! graded Piano books to support and improve the reading skills so fundamental to successful sight-reading. These fun short pieces are specifically written to be learnt one per week. By continually reading accessible new repertoire the crucial processing of information and hand-eye coordination are established and improved developing confident sight-reading.The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling students to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renownededucationalist Paul Harris is designed to develop sight-reading skills especially in the context of graded exams.

Grade 4-A piece a week Piano Grade 4 is ideal to be used alongside the Improve your sight-reading! graded piano books to support and improve the reading skills so fundamental to successful sight-reading. These fun short pieces are specifically written to be learnt one per week. By continually reading accessible new repertoire the crucial processing of information and hand-eye coordination are established and improved developing confident sight-reading.The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling students to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renownededucationalist Paul Harris is designed to develop sight-reading skills especially in the context of graded exams.

A Piece A Week Piano Grade 1 is ideal to be used alongside the Improve Your Sight-Reading! graded Piano books to support and improve the reading skills so fundamental to successful sight-reading. These fun short pieces are specifically written to be learnt one per week. By continually reading accessible new repertoire the crucial processing of information and hand-eye coordination are established and improved developing confident sight-reading.The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill enabling students to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renownededucationalist Paul Harris is designed to develop sight-reading skills especially in the context of graded exams.

Play at Sight For Piano is a systematic course in the essential skills and techniques required for successful sight-reading suitable for elementary pianists. Divided into four parts each covering a specific range of skills starting with separate hands within a compass of five notes moving up to reading two staves together with varied keys dynamics and articulation. One week's exercises are given on each page - the teacher can hear one or more at a weekly lesson. The technical point of each page is clearly explained. Specific problems such as keeping eyes on the music and reading two staves at once are discussed. The gradual pace encourages an accurate andmusical performance at every stage essential for confidence and enjoyment. Christine Brown is a renowned teacher and pedagogue of immense experience. She is highly respected for her lectures and articles on the subject of sight-reading and also a leading authority on the Hungarian composer Bela Bartok.

The Foundation Pianist is a set of two books for students beyond the beginner stage who want to develop a technical and musical foundation to help them progress on to intermediate levels. Exploring piano technique through a variety of elements the books include daily exercises sight-reading repertoire and musical time travel. This series not only develops students’ technique reading theory and musicianship but also provides an invaluable insight into the world of classical music from madrigals to symphonies and operas to concertos.

This is one of four Preparatory-level books in the American Popular Piano series - the educational piano course by Christopher Norton and Scott McBride Smith.The series has 11 difficulty Levels and each Level contains: Repertoire album with CD; Etudes album (including Improvisation); Skills book; Technic (technique) book.Preparatory Level: For students in their first year of study- Middle C position treble and bass clef grand staff- Whole note half note quarter note dotted half note- pp p mp mf f- 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures- Key signatures up to one sharp- Repeat 8ve tie fermata ritardando accentSkills Books:round out the comprehensive course of study. Paced toenhance progress in the corresponding Repertoire and Etudes Albums the module structure ensures a smooth integration of Ear-Training Sight-Reading and Technic. ? Ear-training: reinforces the auraldevelopment already achieved through the repertoire and improvisation etudes; ? Sight-reading: time-effective module structure leads to regular practice the single most important contributing factor to success;? Technic: provides a structured and measured approach; prepares for the challenges ahead.About the American Popular Piano series:?Why can?t I play more music like this?? asked a fourteen-year-old piano student. ?My friends like to hear me play cool music.? Why not indeed. J.S. Bach taught his sons using the music of his time popular dances preludes and exercises by living composers. It would never have occurred to him to seek out pieces in styles and rhythms one hundred years old. He expected his boys to thrive in the musical world of their time.American Popular Piano has been developed on the same principles. Students working in this series will? ? develop traditional pianistic and musical skills through music in contemporary popular styles;? be motivated to practice by working on music that is familiar fun and that they can?t wait to play; ?

This is one of four level-two books in the American Popular Piano series - the educational piano course by Christopher Norton and Scott McBride Smith.The series has 11 difficulty Levels and each Level contains: Repertoire album with CD; Etudes album (including Improvisation); Skills book; Technic (technique) book.Level TwoFor students in their early years of study- Full triads and pedal- Whole note half note quarter note dotted half note- Whole rest half rest quarter rest dotted-half rest- pp p mp mf f ff crescendo and diminuendo- Slur legato staccato accent tenuto grace notes- 3/4 4/4 and 5/4 time signatures- Key signatures up to two sharps and one flat-Repeat 8va 8vb tie fermata ritardando a tempo- Fine DC al Fine Coda DS al CodaSkills Books:round out the comprehensive course of study. Paced to enhance progress in the corresponding Repertoire and Etudes Albums the module structure ensures a smooth integration of Ear-Training Sight-Reading and Technic. ? Ear-training: reinforces the auraldevelopment already achieved through the repertoire and improvisation etudes; ? Sight-reading: time-effective module structure leads to regular practice the single most important contributing factor to success;? Technic: provides a structured and measured approach; prepares for the challenges ahead.About the American Popular Piano series:???Why can???t I play more music like this'??? asked a fourteen-year-old piano student. ???My friends like to hear me play cool music.??? Why not indeed. J.S. Bach taught his sons using the music of his time popular dances preludes and exercises by living composers. It would never have occurred to him to seek out pieces in styles and rhythms one hundred years old. He expected his boys to thrive in the musical world of their time.American Popular Piano has been developed on the same principles. Students working in this series will??? ? develop traditional pianistic and musical skills through music in

The Advanced Pianist Book 1. The Advanced Pianist Book 1 from the Piano Trainer series is for students who are beyond the intermediate stages and want to develop an advanced technique and musicality. Exploring piano technique through a variety of elements, these books include exercises, ?quick study? sight-reading, repertoire and ?concert pianist? hints and tips. The series not only develops students? technique, reading, theory and musicianship, but also provides an invaluable insight into the world of classical music, here focussing both on historical context and key composers for the piano. Book 1 is suitable for students at post grade 6 level.

A selection of original Piano music by the master composers of the past four centuries the New Classics To Moderns series provides the pianist with a repertoire which is enjoyable for the player and listener alike.Inspired by the popular series by Denes Agay each of the six books in the New Classics To Moderns collection contains pieces by a wide range of composers from the old masters to contemporary writers with works from recent decades.Students teachers indeed all pianists will find the pieces in New Classics To Moderns a priceless source of study material recital pieces sight reading exercises — orjust relaxing musical entertainment.This volume includes works by Seixas Bach Lutoslawski Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky amongst others.In the European Piano Teachers Association Journal Nadia Lasserson writes that this series is '[e]xcellent value for money the books offer students of ever level a well-balanced musical diet covering over four hundred years of wonderful music as well as offering a wide range of sight-reading material to advanced students.'

A selection of original Piano music by the master composers of the past four centuries the New Classics To Moderns series provides the pianist with a repertoire which is enjoyable for the player and listener alike.Inspired by the popular series by Denes Agay each of the six books in the New Classics To Moderns collection contains pieces by a wide range of composers from the old masters to contemporary writers with works from recent decades.Students teachers indeed all pianists will find the pieces in New Classics To Moderns a priceless source of study material recital pieces sight reading exercises — orjust relaxing musical entertainment.This volume includes works by Purcell Haydn Mozart Vogel Chapple and Stravinsky amongst others.In the European Piano Teachers Association Journal Nadia Lasserson writes that this series is '[e]xcellent value for money the books offer students of ever level a well-balanced musical diet covering over four hundred years of wonderful music as well as offering a wide range of sight-reading material to advanced students.'