Together at the Piano - Book 2: Piano: Instrumental Album

With Pianolude learning to play the Piano becomes learning to play 'with' the Piano. This tuition book covers many essential aspects of learning the Piano that are rarely mentioned together in other collections. Together with traditional education Pianolude integrates popular and contemporary music creating an enjoyable and practical method that is always exciting.  Alongside traditional and progressive Piano learning Pianolude invites children to play with all tonal resources available on the instrument. The accompanying CD provides professionally-recorded demonstrations of all the pieces in thebook as well as examples of the creative activities.

A book of 15 fun and easy piano duets supplementing the other books in Level 1 of this definitive beginner method by leading piano educator H-G Heumann. This illustrated duet book is ideal for getting pupils together to learn the 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 strong>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

A Little Piano Book is a delightful collection of six simple pieces for solo piano composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. These six pieces were first published in three volumes in 1934 under the title Six Teaching Pieces For Pianoforte. They were published together as A Little Piano Book in 1984.

Film Themes: The Piano Collection brings together favourite themes and songs from such films as Star Wars Frozen Hunger Games How To Train Your Dragon and Twilight plus several pieces from the Harry Potter film series and ???Mia and Sebastian???s Theme??? from the acclaimed new movie La La Land. All pieces have been arranged for the intermediate pianist.

Easiest 5-Finger Piano is an exciting new repertoire book for young pianists featuring twelve pop film and traditional songs that children will want to play as well as tips and warm-ups designed to help newbeginners. In Book 1 this songbook will introduce players to seating/hand positions and note values before moving on to the first tunes. As the player progresses new hand positions will be used beforethe hands are brought together. The songs include pop tunes like Carly Rae Jepsen's I Really Like You and Taylor Swift's Shake It Off songs from popular films like Let It Go and EverythingIs Awesome! as well as traditional familiar tunes like Jingle Bells and When The Saints Go Marching In. Each song is in an easy arrangement with a hand position diagram valuable tips fingering guidanceand an accompaniment so teachers or parents can play along. With 12 songs in all the wide range of pieces in Easiest 5-Finger Piano will appeal to all young beginners and can easily be used togetherwith any Piano or Keyboard tutors.

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with recordings and a Technique book both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music performance practices and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Technique books are designed to give students a highly structured program of technical development. They include basic keyboard patterns (five-finger patterns scales cadences and arpeggios in the major and minor keys of the Repertoire books) exercises andétudes and other necessary technical drills for mastering each piece in the Repertoire books. Suggestions for efficient practice are also included.Internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature. She has performed solo recitals across the United States Canada and Italy and appeared in the original 'Monster Concerts' in venues such as Lincoln Center and the White House. Nancy owns an independent teaching studio in Ohio.

The basic principles of blues piano explained for the intermediate-level pianist-The forerunner to the awarded-winning Exploring Jazz Piano books Improvising Blues Piano examines the harmonic rhythmic and melodic aspects of the blues assuming a basic competence of around grade 3.All styles are covered from the 1920s to the present from the early boogie pioneers via swing gospel jump-jive New Orleans Chicago and Kansas City schools to the more sophisticated jazz and funky blues of the current scene. Over 60 pieces including many original compositions by the author together with new arrangements of well-known standarts such as 'Ain't No Sunshine' 'Blueberry Hill' 'Blue Monk' 'Got My Mojo workin' 'Honky Tonk Train Blues' 'How Long Blues' 'Just aCloser Walk with Thee' 'Pine Top's Boogie Woogie' 'St Louis Blues' etc.? Authentic left-hand patterns and bass lines? Professional chord voicings blues scales licks and riffs? Co-ordination exercises for both hands? Suggested listeningEach chapter is graded within itself providing some challenging pieces towards the end. Improvising is encouraged at all stages with assignments giving ideas and guidance.The accompanying CD contains all the pieces including some play-along tracks performed by Tim Richards.A very useful and comprehensive survey of different blues styles. Tim's clear demonstrations on the accompanying CD make this the essential book for all aspiring blues pianists (Jools Holland)This book leaves any possible competition standing at the post. (Brian Priestley Jazzwise Magazine)I highly recommend the book. It's the best I've seen yet... Helpful features include a grat Cd by the London-based Richards who is a top-notch performer recording artist and educator. It's almost like having your own personal instructor. (Blues Review USA)The presentation is immaculate the method is logical and friendly. This book feels good... (MOJO)A brilliant new publication from Schott. Each chapter extends the player's harmonic knowledge and gives clear instructions how to progress... You learn not just how to play the blues but also its history and major exponents.