8 Units with Short Written Exercises to Maximize Limited Study Time.

This volume includes some of the most favorite selections from the ballet, including "Russian Dance," "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" and "Waltz of the Flowers." The story of "The Nutcracker" is provided to help players musically recreate scenes from this classic ballet. Bound to be popular with almost any student!

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.

While practicing the piano one day, Kelsey turned to her father and asked "Why can't I ever play anything like this?" and immediately improvised the first 10 measures of Toccatina Twister. E. L. took her idea and expanded it to a 58-measure, late elementary solo written in D minor. Students move around the keyboard in a variety of 5-finger patterns as the piece twists and turns. Both staccato and legato touches are used, making this solo a good technical study as well.

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 appealing repertoire with charming lyrics further reinforces and enhances the learning of new musical concepts introduced in the Lesson Book. Includes attractive music created by internationally acclaimed composers in a variety of styles, plus tips on how to perform more musically. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo.

Lesson Book 4 is the last in the Music for Little Mozarts series. After a review, the new concepts taught are: Flat and sharp sign; Tie; Crescendo and diminuendo. After reviewing C position and Middle C position, G position is taught. All three positions are used alternately throughout the rest of the book, with flat and sharp notes incorporated. When the student is finished with Lesson Book 4, he/she moves either into Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Prep Course, Level C or Alfred's Premier Piano Course, Level 1B.

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.

Alfredas Premier Piano Course, Level 4 students explore the full range of the keyboard, playing motivating, fun pieces that use triplets and sixteenth notes. Styles range from jazz and ragtime to original pieces by master composers. New concepts including natural and harmonic minor scales, one octave arpeggios and chord inversions are skillfully woven into intriguing pieces. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo. 48 pages.

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 appealing repertoire with charming lyrics further reinforces and enhances the learning of new musical concepts introduced in the Lesson Book. Includes attractive music created by internationally acclaimed composers in a variety of styles, plus tips on how to perform more musically. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo.

Christmas music from Hollywood, television and recordings will be a "hit" with adult piano students! Perfectly graded to fit with Alfred's Basic Adult Course Level 2. Titles: A Marshmallow World * Christmas Is * Do You Hear What I Hear * Happy Holiday * I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus * It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas * Last Christmas * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree * Santa Baby * Shake Me I Rattle * Silver Bells * The Christmas Song * The Christmas Waltz.

The music is fresh! The lyrics are current and in-tune with today's students! The subject matter is appealing! These accolades have been used to describe the all-new music in Alfred's Premier Piano Course The music in Performance Book 2B includes a variety of styles including boogie, ragtime, jazz, flamenco, contemporary and more--sure to bring smiles to the faces of all students. The attractive music, complete with performance tips, carefully supports the new concepts contained in the corresponding Lesson Book 2B. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo.

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) *

Coordinated page-by-page with the Lesson Books, the Notespeller Books reinforce note-reading concepts through coloring and written exercises.

Students are finding the Theory Books in Alfred's Premier Piano Course not only fun to do but very helpful in reinforcing new materials introduced in the Lesson Book. The Learning Links included in the Theory Book relate to learning more about important subjects found in the music and lyrics in the Lesson Book making for a more rounded education. Continued from previous Theory Books are Fun Zones, Now Hear This (ear training), and Now Play This (sight reading exercises) which add additional reinforcement to written theory.

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.

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. Three selections from this book are featured on the Royal Conservatory of Music Popular Selection List (2007 Ed.): Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Chim Chim Cher-ee * Yesterday.

This arrangement in the key of A minor uses dramatic dynamics and creative pedaling to create a unique and enjoyable performance. Early-intermediate students can recreate this holiday classic using legato melodic phrases as well as rich chords to fill in the harmonies. The addition of accidentals will help capture the spirit and sound of this timeless piece.

An intermediate student will enjoy playing this entertaining, one-movement Sonatina by Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795), who was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to a famous musical family and worked in orchestras in the courts of Gotha and Prussia. Written in classical style, with broken chords and short sections of scale work, the Sonatina also has a variety of touches, phrasing and dynamic treatments, and a left-hand-over section that is a lot of fun to play.

The pieces in this collection have proven to be favorites of early intermediate through intermediate students throughout the years. There are 20 pieces included in Solo Book One. Coincides with Accompaniment Book One, which contains specially composed second keyboard parts designed for a teacher, parent, or more advanced student.