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The Recital Books congratulate students for a job well done by
providing correlated repertoire to their Lesson Books that are
based on concepts they've already learned. As a result, the pieces
are quickly mastered. Included in Recital 1B are the folk tunes
"Camptown Races" and "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow," and
imaginative originals like "The Elephant and the Flea" and "March
of the Extra-Terrestrials."
This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and
note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 1B begins by
reviewing the concepts taught in Lesson Book 1A, then introduces
new concepts such as incomplete measures, tempo markings, eighth
notes and rests, using the damper pedal, half steps and whole
steps. It also introduces the major scale through the concept of
tetrachords.
Features all common keyboard chords shown in every key in root
position. Chords are shown as keyboard diagrams and also notated on
both treble and bass clefs. Chords are arranged by type and
presented in the order of the Circle of Fifths. The book also
presents scales in treble and bass clef for all major keys. An
excellent supplement to any piano or keyboard method.
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
English keyboard music reached an unsurpassed level of
sophistication in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth
centuries as organists such as William Byrd and his students took a
genre associated with domestic, amateur performance and treated it
as seriously as vocal music. This book draws together important
research on the music, its sources and the instruments on which it
was played. There are two chapters on instruments: John Koster on
the use of harpsichord during the period, and Dominic Gwynn on the
construction of Tudor-style organs based on the surviving evidence
we have for them. This leads to a section devoted to organ
performance practice in a liturgical context, in which John Harper
discusses what the use of organs pitched in F may imply about their
use in alternation with vocal polyphony, and Magnus Williamson
explores improvisational practice in the Tudor period. The next
section is on sources and repertoire, beginning with Frauke
Jurgensen and Rachelle Taylor's chapter on Clarifica me Pater
settings, which grows naturally out of the consideration of
improvisation in the previous chapter. The next two contributions
focus on two of the most important individual manuscript sources:
Tihomir Popovic challenges assumptions about My Ladye Nevells Booke
by reflecting on what the manuscript can tell us about aristocratic
culture, and David J. Smith provides a detailed study of the famous
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. The discussion then broadens out into
Pieter Dirksen's consideration of a wider selection of sources
relating to John Bull, which in turn connects closely to David
Leadbetter's work on Gibbons, lute sources and questions of style.
This is a collection of 76 popular compositions of the masters,
including themes f from concertos and symphonies by Ravel,
Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and others. It is suitable for all grades.
This book contains valuable material to help players strengthen
their sight-reading skills in preparation for the ABRSM Grade 6
exam. Featuring preparatory exercises that gradually introduce key
new elements encountered at Grade 6, along with a comprehensive
selection of sample sight-reading pieces, More Piano Sight-Reading
supports students with the transition between grades, and
encourages them to integrate sight-reading into their daily
practice. More Piano Sight-Reading is available for ABRSM Grades 1
to 8, offering additional support for the sight-reading
requirements of the current syllabus.
Designed to coordinate page-by-page with the Lesson Books. Contains
enjoyable games and quizzes that reinforce the principles presented
in the Lesson Books. Students can increase their musical
understanding while they are away from the keyboard.
(Faber Piano Adventures ). The 2nd Edition of this ground-breaking
book integrates of technique and artistry, giving students the
tools for expressive performance. Four effective "Technique
Secrets" open the book, followed by engaging technical exercises.
The "Artistry Magic" pieces at the end of each unit promote
expressive, pianistic playing for the Level 1 student.
This comprehensive study of the piano music of award-winning
American composer Samuel Adler will interest pianists, teachers,
and anyone interested in the musical art of our day. American
composer Samuel Adler has composed a huge and multi-faceted body of
works ranging from symphonies, concertos, and oratorios to solos
for every standard Western instrument, to a rich trove of vocal and
choral music, to pieces for students. Among them, encompassing his
compositional life of some seventy years, is an array of works for
the piano: three concertos; fifteen solo pieces and sets of pieces;
a sonata for two pianos; and four volumes of music for beginning
and intermediate players. Bradford Gowen writes about each of these
works with the knowledge of one who has studied, performed, and
recorded Adler's piano music and has previously written about it.
He begins with an overview of stylistic and pianistic traits found
throughout these pieces and then examines each work chronologically
according to genre, in a two-part format. The first part is an
essay on the work's style, emotional content, and unique features,
which at the same time places the work in the context of other
music by Adler and by additional composers from the present and
past eras. The second part, informal and practical, is directed to
a pianist interested in getting to know this music. As a "lesson"
on the piece, it offers specific suggestions for practicing and
interpretation and many solutions to technical challenges. Rounding
out the book are an in-depth interview with the composer plus six
invaluable appendices.
Lesson Book 2 starts as pre-reading, then moves to reading on the
staff. After a review, the new concepts taught are: Dotted quarter
note and 4/4 time, 4/4 time, Mezzo-forte, Staff and note reading,
Steps and skips, Grand staff. New notes taught are F and G in the
LH and RH, completing the Middle C position.
Recent scholarship has vanquished the traditional perception of
nineteenth-century Britain as a musical wasteland. In addition to
attempting more balanced assessments of the achievements of British
composers of this period, scholars have begun to explore the web of
reciprocal relationships between the societal, economic and
cultural dynamics arising from the industrial revolution, the
Napoleonic wars, and the ever-changing contours of British music
publishing, music consumption, concert life, instrument design,
performance practice, pedagogy and composition. Muzio Clementi
(1752-1832) provides an ideal case-study for continued exploration
of this web of relationships. Based in London for much of his life,
whilst still maintaining contact with continental developments,
Clementi achieved notable success in a diversity of activities that
centred mainly on the piano. The present book explores Clementi's
multivalent contribution to piano performance, pedagogy,
composition and manufacture in relation to British musical life and
its international dimensions. An overriding purpose is to
interrogate when, how and to what extent a distinctive British
musical culture emerged in the early nineteenth century. Much
recent work on Clementi has centred on the Italian National Edition
of his complete works (MiBACT); several chapters report on this
project, whilst continuing to pursue the book's broader themes.
Studies in English Organ Music is a collection of essays by expert
authors that examines key areas of the repertoire in the history of
organ music in England. The essays on repertoire are placed
alongside supporting studies in organ building and liturgical
practice in order to provide a comprehensive contextualization. An
analysis of the symbiotic relationship between the organ, liturgy,
and composers reveals how the repertoire has been shaped by these
complementary areas and developed through history. This volume is
the first collection of specialist studies related to the field of
English organ music.
(Educational Piano Library). Unit 1 of Book 3 begins by introducing
eighth notes in 4/4 and 2/4 time. Swing eighths are also presented
in the first half of the book. Folk, jazz, classical, and
contemporary selections provide students with an interesting
variety of repertoire. The second half of Book 3, teaches relative
and parallel major/minor five-finger patterns, and students learn
to improvise their own songs using these basic patterns. This
package includes a Piano Lessons Book and an enhanced CD. The CD
works in any CD player but it also contains MIDI files for Windows
and Mac computer users.
**WINNER OF BEST JAZZ PUBLICATION AT THE 2020 PRESTO MUSIC AWARDS**
The Faber Music Jazz Piano Anthology is a timeless collection of
some of the best Jazz music ever written, beautifully presented in
progressive order and specially arranged for the intermediate
pianist. Featuring Jazz favourites such as Ev'ry Time We Say
Goodbye, My Baby Just Cares For Me, I Got Rhythm, My Funny
Valentine and many more.
(Educational Piano Library). Book 4 expands on the related
five-finger patterns learned in Book 3 to introduce the scales of C
Major, A Minor, G Major, and E Minor. Chord progressions in close
position are also presented in each of these keys. Syncopated
rhythms, syncopated pedaling and opposing articulations between the
hands create performances with style, color, and texture. This
package includes a Piano Lessons Book and an enhanced CD. The CD
works in any CD player but it also contains MIDI files for Windows
and Mac computer users.
This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and
note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 3 introduces
"overlapping pedal"; new time signatures 3/8 and 6/8; and the
primary triads in Major and Minor keys. Concepts include: passing
one under two and one under three; playing major scales in contrary
motion; the chromatic scale; the minor scale.
For reinforcement of each principle as it is introduced,
supplementary material is carefully coordinated, page for page, at
each level of instruction. Coordinating supplemental books for
Level 3 include: Classic Themes * Composition * Duet * Ear Training
* Ensemble * Fun * Hymn * Merry Christmas * Merry Christmas
Ensemble * Musical Concepts * Notespeller * Patriotic Solo *
Recital * Repertoire * Sight Reading * Technic * Theory and Top
Hits! Solo, Christmas and Duet Book.
This is a book to appeal to a wide range of readers - pianists of
every level from beginner to professional, piano teachers,
musicians of all kinds, and the broader community of music-lovers.
In Speaking the Piano, renowned pianist Susan Tomes turns her
attention to teaching and learning. Teaching music encompasses
everything from putting a drum in a child's hands to helping an
accomplished musician unlock the meaning and spirit of the
classics. At every stage, some fundamental issues keep surfacing.
In this wide-ranging book, Susan Tomes reflects on how her own
experience as a learner, in different genres from classical to
jazz, hasinfluenced her approach to teaching. She tells us how her
performing career has given her insight into what young performers
need to know, and how discussions with students have fed into her
own practice. She describes the brilliant and intriguing teachers
whose masterclasses opened her ears to the many ways in which music
can be brought alive and communicated. This is a book to appeal to
a wide range of readers - pianists of every level from beginnerto
professional, piano teachers, musicians of all kinds, and the
broader community of music-lovers. In a passionate contribution to
the ongoing debate about the place of music in education, Susan
Tomes argues that this most inspiring of arts can play a unique
role in personal development. This is a lovely, wise, elegantly
written book, filled with tips and anecdotes which could be helpful
and encouraging for any pianist, whether a beginner or
aprofessional. Above all it is a book in which one senses
constantly the deep love the author has for music itself, for its
ability to inspire, touch and, indeed, change lives. STEPHEN HOUGH
SUSAN TOMES is a multi-award-winning pianist whose career
encompasses solo, duo and chamber music playing; she has been at
the heart of the internationally admired ensembles Domus, the
Gaudier Ensemble and the Florestan Trio. Her lecture-recitals have
enabled many listeners to engage with the classics on a new level.
She is the author of four acclaimed books about performance: Beyond
the Notes (Boydell Press 2004), A Musician's Alphabet (Faber,
2006), Out of Silence (Boydell Press, 2010), and Sleeping in
Temples (Boydell Press, 2014).
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 1 Piano syllabus
for 2021 & 2022, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B
and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an
attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that
provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer.
The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing
for exams, useful syllabus information. The enclosed CD features
inspiring recordings of all 30 pieces on the Grade 1 syllabus,
performed by Nikki Iles, Dinara Klinton, Robert Thompson and
Anthony Williams.
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