The Big Book of Piano Duets: Piano Duet: Instrumental Album

Pianoworks Duets 2 is the perfect resource for developing pianists to explore duet-playing. They'll develop balance playing in time and sight-reading while learning attractive and accessible arrangements in a huge variety of styles and genres including 'Spring' from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons Joplin's exuberant rag 'The Easy Winners' and the traditional Scottish song 'Afton Water'. In addition the collection contains several new and original gems by Alan Bullard the co-author of this celebrated series. 21 duets with parts of equal standard compiled and arranged for beginner to intermediate pianists (approx.Grades 3-5) Wide range of styles including Classical Romantic jazz folk and contemporary CD contains backing tracks of each part to allow solo practice Useful tips on style and technique and background information on every piece Perfect companion to Pianoworks Book 2 and Pianoworks Collection 2

John Thompson?s Easiest Piano Course-Featuring 11 easy arrangements for 1 piano 4 hands this book is a fun and engaging introduction to piano duets that perfectly complements Books 2?4 of John Thompson?s Easiest Piano Course. Children will love learning classical favourites such as In the Hall of the Mountain King Ode to Joy and The Swan within the rewarding and interactive context of duet playing. First Published in 1954 John Thompson?s Easiest Piano Course is one of the most-loved and best-selling piano methods in the world. John Thompson?s timeless approach to learning has been trusted by generations of teachers to start millions of students on their musical journey.

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children-A book of 12 fun and easy piano duets supplementing the other books in Level 2 of this definitive beginner method by leading piano educator H-G Heumann. This illustrated duet book is ideal for getting pupils together to learnthe valuable skill of ensemble playing. What is Piano Junior? Piano Junior is a superb piano course for beginners. It's creative it's interactive it's colourful it has its own website with additional online material - and most importantly it really works! Its characters PJ the friendly robot and his sidekick Mozart the dog motivate and encourage children throughout eachlevel. The course is available as core Lesson Books along with supplementary Theory Duet and Performance Books at each stage.   Who is Piano Junior for? Suitable for children from around the age of 6 Piano Junior takes young students on their first steps and prepares them with a solid foundation for early grades. A method for the digital age Teachers parents and students can visit www.piano-junior.com for demonstration videos and recordings along with a host of other free downloadable resources which really bring practice sessions at home to life!   PIANO JUNIOR - press reviews 'The careful introduction of all aspects of music notation is a standout feature of these books and to my mind Heumann has provided one of the best child-friendly introductions to reading music that I have seen... Piano Junior has in many respects raised the bar in some ways perhaps even setting a new standard by which piano courses for children will be judged.' - PIANODAO.COM

This superb collection of 19 Christmas Piano duets for grades 1-3 includes a mixture of popular Christmas songs and traditional carols making it truly The Best Christmas Piano Duet Book Ever! All songs arearranged by Emma Coulthard. The interplay of the four hands involved in these Christmas tunes creates a rich and enjoyably powerful sound perfect for any form of Christmas concert or just for a rousingsingalong on Christmas Eve. The Christmas classics included here range from the traditionals like Away In A Manger or Jingle Bells to everybody's favourite contemporary songs like Stop The Cavalry Wonderful Christmastime and Jingle Bell Rock. Because these are relatively simplified arrangements even those beginner pianists can select something to play together and impress theiraudience. This Christmas sheet music for Piano duet is perfect for getting into that Yuletide spirit because it brings people together and unites them through the familiarly festive tunes that we all knowand love. A Christmas songbook like this covers all of the songs that are beloved by musicians of all ages and all tastes; the timeless seasonal songs that will sound brilliant when played by four hands onPiano.  For a festive treat this Christmas why not bring together two pianists at around grades 1-3 and have them double the dealing of Yuletide spirit with The Best Christmas Piano Duet BookEver! 

The Easiest Piano Songbook is a fantastic collection of pure Pop Hits that will be familiar and loved by everyone. Suitable for young beginners up to Grade 1 children will love playing theseinstantly-recognisable and really simple tunes. Devised and arranged by Christopher Hussey this great collection of Pop Hits  has been especially arranged for really easy Piano sothat even beginners with very little experience can begin playing these contemporary and fun tunes. Featuring some classics from days gone by like Imagine by John Lennon and Rocket Man by Elton John aswell as really modern hits like Cheryl Cole's Fight For This Love and Price Tag by Jessie J.  The Easiest Piano Songbook: Pop Hits has been especially made tobe suitable for young beginners up to Grade 1 enhancing musicality and creativity with songs that are familiar and fun. Each song has been arranged to be as easy as possible creating an effective piano solo that children willenjoy playing. The Easiest Piano Songbook also includes optional accompaniments which are simple and fun so that you can even play the songs as piano duets adding a little extra pop magic to thesesongs. Not only does this easy pop sheet music book feature songs by modern day singers like Lady GaGa Adele Rihanna and Taylor Swift it also features lyrics and top tips to help you get the best outof the music. The range of tunes included is great and the arrangements are easy enough for the most inexperienced of beginners to start playing in no time at all. Check out the Easiest PianoSongbook: Pop Hits right away and get playing all 18 of these really easy pop tunes.

Extracts-A selection of the wonderful Baroque works of Antonio Vivaldi featuring extracts from The Four Seasons arranged as accessible Piano Duets by Mark Goddard.Suitable for performers of standard grade 3-5 the book is complete with a CD containing demonstration performances as well as separate recordings of both primo and secondo parts for a CD-accompanied solo performance.

These graded collections of piano duets by master composers are among the best literature available at respective levels. Each duet, written by composers who lived in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, has been carefully edited and fingered for performance ease. / Piano 4 Mains

With Performance Strategies-In Recital Throughout The Year is a series that focuses on fabulous repertoire with musically engaging pieces by leading FJH composers and arrangers. This series of books is carefully levelled to ensure that goals are attainable which is essential in motivating students. Providing excellent teaching material these books address the strengths and weaknesses of students with progressive discussions by Dr. Helen Marlais on the art of performance and an analysis of performance strategies.The pieces presented in these books provide repertoire for the entire year including pieces for Halloween and Christmas as well as arrangements of famous classicalthemes with original solos and duets.The accompanying CD includes demonstrations of the pieces presented in this book allowing the student to develop their interpretive skills.Volume Two Book 3 is suitable for Late Elementary pianists and covers many basic principles including:Eighth notes and those basic notes and rests introduced in books 1 and 2 dotted quarter notes are also introduced at the end of the bookPlaying different articulations such as legato and staccato at the same timePlaying pieces in a variety of different moods tempos and formPlaying block and broken major minor and diminished chordsPieces which reinforce five-finger scales as well as scale patterns that extend from the usual five-finger patterns (with finger crossing)Playing blocked intervals up to a sixth double thirds and hand-over-hand arpeggiosContinued movement up and down the keyboard and using the pedal artisticallyReinforcing basic musical terminology and symbols such as crescendo decrescendo ritardando fermata mezzo forte mezzo piano forte piano fortissimo pianissimo and D.S. al CodaKeys C G F A minor and D minor.