Beautifully presented and intelligently paced, the Lesson Books combine unusually attractive music and lyrics. The books feature note reading, rhythm reading, sight-reading and technical workouts. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo.

The motivation this music provides is outstanding! Playing duets is important to the musical growth of young pianists. And with Alfred's Top Hits Duet Books, students get twice as many benefits. In addition to learning how to develop steady rhythm, listen for proper balance, and play with appropriate dynamics, students will also receive the enjoyment of playing specially arranged duets of pop music.
These duet collections are correlated page-by-page with lesson Books 1B, 2, 3 and 4 of Alfred's Basic Piano Library one of the best-selling piano methods in the world (it's translated into 13 languages).
All four duet books feature the best-known popular songs from films, Broadway musicals and best-selling CDs. The arrangers selected for this series include Alfred's best-known composers including Dennis Alexander, Tom Gerou, Margaret Goldston, Martha Mier, Catherine Rollin and George Peter Tingley.

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.

Beautifully presented and intelligently paced, the Lesson Books combine unusually attractive music and lyrics. The books feature note reading, rhythm reading, sight-reading and technical workouts. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo.

The Music Workbook contains pages of coloring, tracing, matching, ear training and listening that have been carefully designed to reinforce the musical concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book 3. In full color, 48 pages.

Lesson Book 1 is pre-reading. Concepts taught are: How to sit at the piano; Correct hand position; High and low; Loud and soft (forte and piano); Keyboard topography; Bar line and measure, Quarter, half, whole notes and rests; and Repeat signs. The first pieces in the book are played on the black keys. Later in the book, C D E for the RH and C B A for the LH (Middle C position) are taught with letter notes (the name of the note is written inside the note head).

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.

This book may be used by students in Level 1A or the Complete Level 1 of Alfred's Basic Piano Library or in the first or second book of any method. Titles: The Christmas Song * Frosty the Snowman * Happy Holiday * (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer * We Need a Little Christmas.

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.

For the wedding pianist, this comprehensive collection contains 44 piano solos of the most frequently requested wedding preludes, processionals, interludes, and recessionals; plus, other beautiful music to play at receptions. Lush arrangements of popular and standard romantic ballads complement a treasury of piano masterworks, and selected Christian wedding favorites. The wedding party and their guests will enjoy the beauty of these timeless favorites. Additionally, a 4-page guide will aid brides, grooms and pianists in choosing music for the ceremony. Titles: Adagio Cantabile (2nd Movement from Beethoven's "Grande Sonate Path?tique") * Andante, from Elvira Madigan (Mozart) * Be Thou My Vision (Traditional) * Beauty and the Beast, from Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast * Bist Du Bei Mir (Be Thou With Me) (Bach) * Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin (Wagner) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Clair De Lune, from Suite Bergamasque (Debussy) * Dream a Little Dream of Me (Standard) * Emily (Johnny Mandel) * First Gymnop?die (Satie) * The Flower Duet, from Lakm? (Delibes) * Household of Faith (Steve Green) * How Beautiful (Twila Paris) * I Will Be Here (Steven Curtis Chapman) * I'm in the Mood for Love (Standard) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * Laura (Standard) * La R?jouissance, from Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel) * Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky) * Love Theme from Scheherezade (Mendelssohn) * Love Will Be Our Home (Steven Curtis Chapman) * More Than You Know (Standard) * Nocturne in E-Flat Major (Chopin) * Notturno (Grieg) * O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini) * O Perfect Love (Traditional) * Ode to Joy (Beethoven) * Panis Angelicus (Franck) * Plaisir D'Amour (Martini) * Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Standard) * The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli) * Prelude in C Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Bach) *Prelude in D-Flat Major (Chopin) * Prelude, from Te Deum (Charpentier) *

The Music for Little Mozarts Recital Book 3 includes motivational music to reinforce performance concepts that are introduced in the Music Lesson Books. The book includes an all new story about Mozart Mouse and Nina Ballerina, as well as familiar music for performance.

The adventures of Beethoven Bear and Mozart Mouse continue in this new series of solo/activity books written to correlate with the Music for Little Mozarts series. In Christmas Fun!, Book 2, Clara Schumann-Cat is having a Christmas party. Students will enjoy the Christmas story with its related pictures, piano solo (with optional teacher duets) and activity pages. Many will also want to color the illustrations found throughout the story. Use this book during the Christmas season after the student has studied page 38 in the Music Lesson Book 2.

Alfred's Top Hits series has overwhelmingly been accepted by students and teachers. This series combines just the right combination of hits from Broadway, Hollywood, television and recordings! As you might expect from Alfred, this series offers a rare combination of great music arranged with care and creativity. Your beginning and intermediate students can savor the excitement of playing pop music and reap the benefits from making practicing more fun and rewarding.

The Activity & Ear Training Books include coloring activities to help students recognize notes, musical symbols, rhythms and more, both aurally and visually. Each activity is carefully designed to encourage teacher/student interaction. Every activity coordinates page-by-page with the Lesson Books.

Meet the Music Friends provides an introduction to music and the piano for four- and five-year olds. It consists of a series of five lessons that include singing, listening, movement, rhythm activities and beginning activities at the keyboard. Mozart Mouse, Beethoven Bear, and Clara Schumann-Cat guide the students through the lessons. The program is designed to be taught in a music classroom with one keyboard instrument. The Curriculum Book contains five complete lesson plans for a classroom lesson of 45-60 minutes. After completing the five lessons, students should begin Level 1 of the Music for Little Mozarts piano course.

Notespeller 1B reinforces note-reading concepts presented in Lesson Book 1B through written exercises. Note and interval identification exercises are presented to provide systematic reinforcement to help the student read and write notes on the staff. QR codes are included and link directly to Premier Online Assistant videos that further support and increase understanding of the concepts.

With more than 60 essential solo piano masterworks in their original form, this book guarantees a lifetime of exploration and challenge at the keys. Titles: The Avalance, Op. 45, No. 2 (Heller) * Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 10 (Tcherepnin) * Ballade, Op. 100, No. 15 (Burgm?ller) * Bear Dance (Bart?k) * Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque (Debussy) * Consolation, Op. 30, No. 3, from Song without Words (Mendelssohn) * The Easy Winners (Joplin) * Elfin Dance, Op. 12, No. 4 (Grieg) * The Entertainer (Joplin) * Fantasy in D Minor, K. 397 (Mozart) * First Arabesque (Debussy) * First Gymnop?die (Satie) * Fughetta (Zipoli) * F?r Elise, WoO 59 (Beethoven) * A Giddy Girl, from Histoires (Ibert) * Golliwog's Cakewalk, from Children's Corner (Debussy) * Grillen, Op. 12, No. 4, from Fantasiest?cke (Schumann) * Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 142, No. 2 (Schubert) * Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (Bach) * Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 714 (Bach) * Invention No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785 (Bach) * Knecht Ruprecht, Op. 68, No. 12, from Album for the Young (Schumann) * Le Coucou (The Cuckoo) (Dacquin) * Le fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1 (Debussy) * Le petit n?gre (Debussy) * The Little White Donkey, from Histoires (Ibert) * Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) * Menuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2 (Beethoven) * Minuet in G Major, Op. 14, No. 1 (Paderewski) * Moments musicaux, Op. 94, No. 3 (Schubert) * Nocturne in B-flat Major (Field) * Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin) * Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1 (Chopin) * Notturno, Op. 52, No. 4 (Grieg) * O Polichinelo, from The Baby's Family, Book 1 (Villa-Lobos) * Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7 (Chopin) * Prelude in C Major, BWV 846, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Bach) * Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20 (Chopin) * Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) * Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 (Chopin) * Puck, Op. 71, No. 3