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Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles
This piano course has been specifically written to help students
progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the
piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire, quick studies, key
technical information and musicianship activities, students will
develop the skills that they require. Note-reading will be
improved, technique developed and a greater understanding of style
and music theory will be gained. The Intermediate Pianist Book 2 is
suitable for Grade 4 level pianists and forms part of the Piano
Trainer series.
(Piano Solo Personality). Stellar solo arrangements of a dozen
smash hits from Coldplay: Clocks * Fix You * In My Place * Lost *
Paradise * The Scientist * Speed of Sound * Trouble * Up in Flames
* Viva La Vida * What If * Yellow.
This book brings together - for the first time - selected exam
pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and audio downloads, to
support ABRSM's 2018-2021 Grade 5 Flute syllabus. Key features:
Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C with
piano accompaniment Classic repertoire and newly commissioned
pieces and arrangements Footnotes with helpful information about
the pieces All the new scales and arpeggios from 2018 Sample
sight-reading tests for the new requirements from 2018 Audio
performances of the nine pieces by expert musicians plus
accompaniment-only tracks for use when practising (download code
included in the book)
Jazz, Rags & Blues, Books 1 through 5 contain original solos
for late elementary to early advanced-level pianists that reflect
the various styles of the jazz idiom. An excellent way to introduce
your students to this distinctive American contribution to 20th
century music. Available separately (item #18115), the CD includes
dynamic recordings of each song in Books 1-3 of this series.
New G. Schirmer Library editions of these well-known Rachmaninoff
pieces for piano.
Graded Keyboard Musicianship provides graded and integrated
exercises for developing five core skills at the keyboard: figured
bass, score-reading, transposition, harmonization, and
improvisation. Organized into two books, it develops these skills
from an elementary level, providing support for practical and
theoretical music exams, and for teaching harmony. Book 1 assumes
keyboard ability of Grade 1 ABRSM standard and covers up to Grade
5, while Book 2 covers Grades 6 to 8. The bite-size approach,
catering for pianists and organists, uses practical worksheets of
exercises alongside supplementary text.
Put together for the first time in one book, the artist approved
Radiohead: The Electric Guitar Songbook contains over 20 of the
greatest guitar songs from Radiohead. Spanning their entire career
to date, each song is transcribed for electric guitar in standard
notation and tab, with melody line and chord boxes.
Dip into this stockingful of easy Christmas music for violin!
Unwrap a traditional carol, dance to the 'Skaters' Waltz' and a
'Christmas Calypso', and pull a cracker full of solos and duets.
With words to sing along, chords for guitar or keyboard, and a
fantastic play-along CD, Fiddle Time Christmas is the perfect gift
for any young violinist.
Learn to play the electronic keyboard and open up a brand new world
of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred.
Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of
musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn
about MIDI, position at the keyboard, preparing your instrument for
use, and proper hand position. You will then move right along to
learning about the different keys on the keyboard and basics of
standard musical notation. You will immediately dive into playing
notes and transforming them into well-known songs, all while
continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and
understanding standard musical notation and keyboard functions.
Throughout the book, you will be introduced to a variety of styles,
including pop, rock, country, blues, classics, folk favorites,
hymns, spirituals and ragtime and upon completion you will know how
to use chord symbols to play from pop sheet music, fake books and
lead sheets. This book is for keyboards with automatic rhythms and
"single-finger" chords.
The book features the following helpful resources for reference
during and after your lessons:
* Explanation of the Circle of 5ths
* Improvising techniques
* Exciting arrangements of "The Entertainer," "Amazing Grace," and
many more.
Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of
the way.
Guild Repertoire is divided into three levels, Elementary,
Intermediate, and Preparatory (Advanced). Each level is divided
into four categories: Classics (includes Baroque), Sonatina
(Sonata), Romantic, Modern. For this earliest level of Guild
Repertoire the editor selected pieces by many well-known writers of
children's music and were also able to include some heretofore
unknown Soviet and other foreign writers who have provided
outstanding material for the young student. Includes: Autumn Song *
Barn Dance Shuffle * Bashkir Song * Caprice * Chipmunkas Lullaby *
The Cuckoo * Dance * The Daring Horseman * The Drummer * Elephants
Walking * Gadabout Grasshopper * Gavotte * A Gay Waltz *
Grandfatheras Dance * Indian Dance * Irish Dance * Irish
Washerwoman * Kitten * A Little Story * Minuet * Persistent Motif *
Quarrel of Three Chickens * Ride on the Train * Sailoras Song * A
Street Organ * Variations on a Folk Song * Waltz of the Prince and
Princess * Whirligig
There is an animated, toccata-like feel to the opening and closing
sections of this flashy etude, interrupted by an expressive and
thoughtful andante middle section. Even the fastest portions of
this show piece are doable for the late intermediate level pianist,
and some of the more technical features include hand crossing,
dynamic and tempo contrasts, and a wide use of the keyboard, with a
very dramatic ending.
The Michael Aaron Piano Course Lesson books have been completely
re-engraved, expanded (adding more definitions of musical terms and
more musical pieces), updated (with modernized artwork), and
re-edited (with less emphasis on fingerings and more on
note-reading).
Warm, lyrical, cantabile melodies and rich harmonic structures are
found in this expressive series.
Books I and II of this traditional edition in Schirmer's Library of
Musical Classics have been combined in an affordable new volume. An
excellent resource for Late Elementary to Early Intermediate
pianists.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). Includes all of the songs from the
original recording as remastered on the Special 20th Anniversary
Edition. All of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman's guitar parts
included Layla * Bell Bottom Blues * Key To The Highway * Little
Wing * I Look Away * and seven other hits from this classic
recording.
(Ukulele). Strum a different song every day with easy arrangements
of 365 of your favorite songs in one big songbook The Daily Ukulele
features ukulele arrangements with melody, lyrics and uke chord
grids and are in ukulele-friendly keys that are particularly suited
for groups of one to one hundred to play and sing. Includes
favorites by the Beatles, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan, folk songs, pop
songs, kids' songs, Christmas carols and Broadway and Hollywood
tunes, all with a spiral binding for ease of use. Also features a
Tips & Techniques section, chord chart, and vintage
ukulele-themed photos and art throughout. The Daily Ukulele offers
ukulele fun all year long
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
A valuable assortment of teacher/student duets in their original
form written by teachers and composers during the 18th and 19th
centuries. Arranged in order of difficulty, the student parts are
limited to a single five-finger position and fall primarily within
the grand staff reading range. Each book includes works by such
composers as Diabelli, Gurlitt, Bercucci, Wohlfahrt, Berens and
others.
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