The Second Edition of Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 1, includes updates inspired by numerous recommendations from group piano teachers and students. This book includes a CD-ROM containing both Audio and General MIDI Files of the 500] accompaniments included in the text, each with an interesting and engaging arrangement coupled with the piano part. Designed for collegiate non-keyboard music majors with little or no keyboard experience, the easy-to-use text contains 26 units, each intended to be covered in one week, thus fulfilling two semesters or three quarters of study. Theory, technique, sight-reading, repertoire, harmonization, improvisation and ensemble activities are taught thoroughly and consistently throughout the text. Book 1 is 360 pages.

Rock & Pop Studies: Piano, written by rock & pop music experts, comprise 88 studies that develop all aspects of pop piano playing through focused technical work. Styles covered include Motown, metal, the blues, soul, funk, ska, reggae, disco, country, indie, dance, classic rock, synth pop and many more. Each study features accompanying teaching tips and further listening ideas, with a focus on syncopation, different basslines, gospel chord progressions, classic rock arpeggios, twelve bar blues - and how to rock out like Jerry Lee Lewis! Suitable for the established beginner to intermediate level piano and keyboard players, this progressive collection helps players learn and understand the many different challenges of popular piano playing.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). This inventive sightreading course uses sets of exercises based on melodic and rhythmic patterns from the 2nd Edition Primer Lesson Book. Students play one exercise a day, completing one set per week. Entertaining musical art helps guide the sightreading process and each page presents a new learning vignette in a spirit of fun.

Performance is a forum for social action, embodied interaction and shared authority. Recently, as the various acts and agencies surrounding a performance have become the target of scholarly interest, the complex split between theory and practice has been challenged, as has the idea of a singular, disembodied authorial ownership of the socio-material meanings surrounding performance. The Embodiment of Authority approaches performance, issues of authority and negotiated knowledge production through multi-material research data and interdisciplinary methods. The book discusses the relationship between authorial questions and performances via the following topics: shared authorities, ontologies of art work, diverse roles of rehearsals in the performance process, and embodied knowledge.

Young pianists pursuing a professional career face a barrage of questions, choices, and challenges. In this book, experienced teacher and performer Stewart Gordon offers a new and practical way to approach them by helping readers to plan strategically and build a secure and successful career from the ground up. For decades, Gordon has guided young pianists through the details of how to prepare musically, navigate their college years, and forge a career that will provide a livelihood. In this guide to beginning that musical career, Gordon has assembled the wisdom of decades of teaching: a fundamental body of information emerging pianists will rely on as they work toward their goals. His advice, focused on both mental and practical work, will enhance both motivation and security. Carefully balancing aspiration with reality and inspiration with organization, Gordon creates a blueprint for transforming dreams into achievement, and illustrates his points with examples drawn from the lives of famous musicians. The book also addresses many practical matters, such as developing keyboard technique, acquiring reading and memorizing skills, building repertoire, and balancing the demands of being a musician with living a full life. This volume is a valuable resource for both young pianists and their parents.

This is THE definitive Porter songbook - a truly magnificent collection containing 50 of Cole Porter's best songs for piano and voice with guitar chords. All the songs within this book are newly engraved and have been thoroughly researched and edited to provide the best published edition. No other series can claim to be as definitive as Faber Music's new Platinum Collection.

(Piano Instruction). Expand your keyboard knowledge with the Keyboard Lesson Goldmine series The series contains four books: Blues, Country, Jazz, and Rock. Each volume features 100 individual modules that cover a giant array of topics. Each lesson includes detailed instructions with playing examples. You'll also get extremely useful tips and more to reinforce your learning experience, plus two audio CDs featuring performance demos of all the examples in the book 100 Rock Lessons explains: chords, scales and progressions; comping basics; bass lines and right-hand fills; electronic keyboards; recording tips; and much more.

The studies collected in this book fall into four chief thematic areas of research on Fryderyk Chopin's life, stylistic changes, creative output, and musical reception. The first one is devoted to the origins of the composer's artistic formation in the context of his connections with the Main School of Music at the Royal University of Warsaw. The second thematic area is tied to the problem of Chopin's musical language and transformation of his individual style. The third group of studies concentrates on issues in Chopin's musical aesthetics, while the fourth and final one is devoted to the questions of composer's reception in the 19th-century musical culture in light of the practice of musical transcriptions at the time.

This stylish piano album takes players on a musical tour of autumn, presenting well-loved songs such as 'September in the Rain', 'Witchcraft', and '(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow' and original compositions on other seasonal themes. The nine pieces reflect a wide variety of jazz styles, including swing, waltz, calypso, and shuffle, and draw on artists such as Billie Holiday, Keith Jarrett, Stan Getz, and Frank Sinatra. With fully notated rhythms, grooves, and improvisations, Jazz in Autumn is the perfect collection for pianists looking for that authentic sound.

The Best of Grade 2 Piano comprise pieces selected by the major examination boards in one volume, which have captured the imaginations of teachers and students over the years, including some old favourites and some forgotten gems. All the pieces are tried and tested and perfectly graded and fingered for Grade 2. This book also provides top-quality music that is ideal as a sight-reading resource for more advanced students. The music has been carefully selected and edited by Anthony Williams, a leading ABRSM piano examiner and selector. There are five books in the series Best of Grade... for piano and a similar series exists for Flute (selected and edited by Sally Adams), Clarinet (selected and edited by Paul Harris) and Singing.

Piano Star is an exciting series for young pianists, offering a rich selection of new repertoire to help players build confidence and musical skills. Piano Star 1 is suitable for learners who have worked through a first tutor and includes compositions by David Blackwell, Jane Sebba, Nancy Litten, Mike Cornick, Sarah Watts, Edmund Jolliffe, Andrew Eales, Kathy Blackwell, Aisling Greally, Alan Bullard, Alasdair Spratt, and Karen Marshall. Key features of the series: - Solo pieces, plus a number of duets - A rich mix of musical styles, with techniques introduced progressively - Fun extension activities - Beautifully illustrated

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Part of the progressive series for manuals, this third book includes 12 titles for the advanced organist.

(Willis). Eight great pieces by Randall Hartsell This collection features six of Hartsell's favorite pieces over the last several years, as well as two brand new ones composed especially for this series. Titles: Above the Clouds * Autumn Reverie * Raiders in the Night * River Dance * Showers at Daybreak * Sunbursts in the Rain * Sunset in Madrid * Tides of Tahiti. Includes performance notes.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Designed for the teenager or transfer student, this technique course combines "Technique Secrets" from both the Primer and Level 1 with new exercises that correlate with Accelerated Piano Adventures Lesson Book One. The integration of technique and artistry gives students the tools for expressive performance. "Technique Secrets" develops a technical foundation, while the "Artistry Magic" page at the end of each unit explores expressive playing.

(E-Z Play Today). A dozen smash hits from Colplay, all in our world-famous, easy-to-play notation: Clocks * Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall * Fix You * In My Place * Lost * Paradise * The Scientist * Speed of Sound * Trouble * Violet Hill * Viva La Vida * Yellow.