The Success Kit contains all the items needed for a child to have success with piano lessons. All of the following Level 1A components are included in a handy zipper portfolio: Lesson Book & CD * Performance Book & CD * Theory Book * At-Home Book * Flash Cards. This product received the iParenting Media award as one of the "Best Products of 2006."

The eight books cover the requirements for ABRSM's sight-reading tests at each of Grades 1 to 8, and include: *many short, characterful pieces to sight-read, in a range of approachable musical styles *warm-up and technical exercises, to establish basic hand shapes and finger patterns within each key *simple musicianship exercises in which students can explore ideas and familiarize themselves further with the 'feel' of each key *longer solo pieces and a duet, for additional sight-reading practice or to learn quickly and play through for fun

Robert Vandall's piano duets have been favorites of students and teachers for several years. Many have been chosen for contest and festival lists. Whether performed for studio recitals, contests, festivals, or concerts with multiple pianos on a stage, these duets appeal to performers and audiences alike. Diverse musical styles are represented in each book of this series-from beautiful melodies of lilting waltzes and lyrical ballads, to the rhythmic excitement of lively dances and ragtime. Both primo and secondo are skillfully crafted to be of equal difficulty and equal interest. Melodies are shared or passed between performers. These wonderful collections will motivate duet teams to continue making music together. Titles: Birch Tree Rag * Holiday Waltz * Irish Air * Marche Macabre * Moonlit Evening * Shadow Dance * The Water Is Wide.

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's 2017 & 2018 Grade 1 Piano syllabus. Key features: * three pieces from each of Lists A, B and C * appealing and varied repertoire * carefully edited and clearly presented throughout * helpful information about the pieces and the exam Recordings All of the pieces on the Grade 1 syllabus have been recorded by RAM Junior Academy students Henry Bishop and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, RCM Junior Department students Berniya Hamie and Ziying Zhang, and ABRSM examiner Vanessa Latarche. The recordings are available on CD as part of the Piano Exam Pieces with CD package, as downloads from www.abrsm.org/audioshop, or within Piano Practice Partner from www.abrsm.org/pianopracticepartner.

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A terrific arrangement for piano four-hands.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Playing 5-finger scales has significant value for early-level pianists. This innovative book helps students chart progress through all major and minor 5-finger scales, cross-hand arpeggios, and primary chords. Engaging teacher duets for each key are used for scale exercises. Students also enjoy improvisation activities for each key with creative prompts to inspire imagery, character, and tempo.

A treasury of pieces for easy piano that have captured the imagination of music lovers. Includes: Clair de Lune * Country Gardens * Melody in F * Pachelbel's Canon * Albeniz's Tango * and much more. Spiral bound.

Notes Become Music: A Guidebook from the Viennese Piano Tradition addresses the many unwritten nuances of dynamics, articulation, and agogics that form the fundamental principles of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European music. It treats the score as an incomplete musical shorthand that outlines the compositional and interpretive imperatives implicit within it, drawing on historical records of the period and detailed comparisons of works to underline the author's presentation of Viennese tradition. This book is not primarily concerned with questions of style or interpretation. Rather, it explains the many facets of musical notation that were taken for granted by composers who assumed a knowledge of the piano tradition of their day. Notes Become Music informs not only those students in countries where the central European music tradition is still unfamiliar, but also a younger generation of Europeans who have grown up without a living connection to their musical past.

This collection presents nineteen hymns in arrangements for the progressing beginning piano student. The left hand uses block chords, broken chords, and Alberti bass, and the right hand introduces two-note chords and sixteenth notes. The pieces are in the keys of C, F, and G. Lyrics are included. Most of the selections in this book are the same as in Book 1, but the arrangements are more difficult. Recommended for hymn playing by the Federation of Music Clubs.

This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book Level 1A begins by teaching basic keyboard topography and fluent recognition of white key names in relation to black keys. It focuses on simple rhythms and prepares students for intervallic reading with entertaining songs that focus on "same," "stepping up" and "stepping down." It then introduces lines and space notes in treble and bass clefs, melodic and harmonic intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths, and graduates to reading on the grand staff. It also introduces the flat and sharp signs. This course is most effective when used under the direction of a piano teacher or experienced musician.

Book Two in this series contains seven favorite songs and carols arranged for the late-elementary pianist featuring comfortable hands-together arrangements that are easy to learn. The familiar melodies and musically satisfying arrangements will delight students of all ages.

Take a musical journey to the northeastern section of the United States with New England Memories. The changes of season are represented in three romantic, lyrical movements. "Autumn in Vermont," "Cape Cod Spring" and "Summers at Newport" teach students legato, rubato and pedalling while calling to mind the distinct images of this colorful, memorable region. Intermediate.

Beginning pianists will love playing the music of Christmas with this new volume of holiday songs in musically attractive, pedagogically sound, and fun-to-play arrangements. These expert settings explore a full and satisfying piano sound within the natural capabilities of the novice performer. Twenty holiday favorites include" Silent Night; O, Come All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Jingle Bells; Deck the Hall; O Christmas Tree;" and more.
Each of the melodies features a free MP3 download that will assist students with practice. Delightful illustrations add a festive note to this modestly priced collection, which will be welcomed by beginning pianists of all ages.

Let's Celebrate Halloween, Pre-Reading is an 8-page "mini" collection of original pre-reading piano solos written for beginning pianists. Fun theory pages correlating with the solos make this book a special treat as students get ready for Halloween.

Features big-note arrangements of 55 timeless songs enjoyed by generations of kids, and sure to be favorites for years to come. Includes: A-Tisket A-Tasket * Alouette * Eensy Weensy Spider * The Farmer in the Dell * Fur Elise * I've Been Working on the Railroad * If You're Happy and You Know It * Joy to the World * Michael Finnegan * Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone * Silent Night * Skip to My Lou * This Old Man * and many more, with optional accompaniment for adults.

It was during the turbulent decade of the First World War that the intensely gifted and beautiful Harriet Cohen established herself as a pianist. Enjoying huge success in her professional life, she was the first person outside the Soviet Union to play the music of the modern Soviet composers and was a huge success in America and throughout Europe. Her beauty and talent made her one of the most talked-about and photographed musicians of her day. Yet it was in her private life that the story of this extraordinarily talented young woman becomes one of the greatest love stories of all time. Her passionate love affair with the composer Sir Arnold Bax spanned more than thirty years. Their infatuation was played out against the backdrop of the First World War, and was peppered with betrayal, lust and tragedy. Their letters, published here for the first time, are among the most explicit of any written during that time and are staggering in their passion and poetry. Brilliant author Helen Fry tells for the first time the remarkable story of this forgotten woman. Music and Men tells of Harriet Cohen's friendships ? and relationships - with leading figures from every walk of life, from George Bernard Shaw to D. H. Lawrence and H.G. Wells, Sir Edward Elgar, Albert Einstein, Arnold Bennett, Vaughan Williams, Ramsey MacDonald and Eleanor Roosevelt. Offering an insight into the politics, arts and culture of the day, this incredible new biography tells the poignant story of a beautiful, possessive, flirtatious and determined musician.

The Technic is Fun series offers piano students a series of graded studies for the development of technic, style, and musicianship. These studies reinforce the technical requirements found in method books and in standard piano repertory. The etudes found in this series not only build technic and musicality but have been carefully selected to provide refreshing recital repertoire as well as to develop a strong musical and technical foundation.

80 masterworks arranged for easy piano. It includes 1812 overture by Tchaikovsky, Air on the G String by Bach and the ode to joy by Beethoven.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Exciting duet is written for one piano, four hands. Stunning and effective, this piece comprises three movements: Dragon Dances, Dragon's Gate (Sacred to Dragons), and Dragon in the Clouds.