These short eight-bar exercises are generally regarded as some of the best, most versatile and comprehensive of Czerny's studies. Apart from helping to achieve speed, suppleness and versatility of tone and touch, these exercises concentrate on many essential aspects of piano technique: diatonic and chromatic scales, tone repetition, chords progressions and arpeggios, thirds and octaves, two-part playing in one hand, polyphony, alternating hands, trills and other ornamentation, etc.
This new edition is based on the first edition of 1853 and contains Czerny's original fingering.

Drill & Excel On the Piano ? Read Music Like a Pro book 4 is for the late intermediate student. This 165 book has everything from the previous 3 books, with the first chapter being a recap of the previous books. Starting with chapter 2 it includes many new rhythms with odd meters with new bottom numbers. And there are tons of new theory, including altered intervals, triads and triad numbers, and 7th chords, with multiple worksheets to fully understand the student. Of course, there are more exercises and special exercises for specific skills included in the songs. The scales are the keys of C, G, D, A, and F to recap, then B flat and E flat is added. Best of all, 60 songs, written beautifully and specifically for what is taught in each chapter. By the end of this book, a student is ready for a college degree or a performance career!

"Holy Moly Wow Wow Wow?

Late Intermediate level.

About this song:

Sometimes, I use an exciting sound and words when my students have a good practice. I?d say ?Holy, Moly, you are very good? ?Proud of you?. One day, while I was teaching, One thought is flashing through my mind. And I think maybe it is a good topic to write a song about the word ?Holy, Moly?

In this song, on the first four measures, I use the notes following the syllable of the word ?Holy Moly wow wow wow?. Therefore, there are seven notes in every two measures. Another thing is that I feel it is a ?wonder? or ?marvel? words. I used 2nd interval to create that ?wonder? or ?marvel? sound on measure 5 to 6 (major 2nd). The 2nd interval movement also is appeared in the measure 1 to 4. On measures 36 and 37 (minor 2nd), hold the notes down with pedal, you will hear a long ?WOW? sound in the end.

When playing this song, please play andante. The andante (walking speed) with and the ?2nd interval? movement will create a feeling of

wonder and marvel. Please do not play fast at all. It is going to take away the ?WOW and WOW? feeling.

This is a great song for your teen students.

This PDF is designed to for two sided printing. It is going to look like a sheet music book. This is the reason why there is one blank page in some of the songs. You can also just print the sheet music pages only. Watch Youtube movie at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAvq1tp6UxM

ISBN 9783750256606, 8.3 x 11.7 inches, English, German.

Music essences were inspired by the idea of developinga piano book that is not a piano school but offers new pieces next to the oldclassics. So you can expand your repertoire for every occasion.

The title describes the pieces as very compressedmusic ideas, or even impressions. They can be musically developed and expandedin mind. Even extended interpretations are conceivable, both in playing and interms of instrumental arrangement.

Waltz No. 1

This Piano Sonata in G major has a light, liltingmelody and a midsection that underscores the style of a waltz. It is a verylively and dynamic piece. The mood is enhanced by a few diffuse moments, whichsupports the arc of suspense.

Impromptu

Based on Franz Schubert, this impromptu is inspired bythe trio of the fourth part of Opus 90 from 1827. The style has been expandedand reinterpreted with modern elements. The theme increases to the upperoctaves and culminates in a new theme in the midsection. It ends with a solemnmood.

Summer

Originally it is the theme of my first symphony forchorus and orchestra, third Movement. In this arrangement for piano, it is themelody that is intensively underlined and expressed.

2nd Intermezzo

In the beginning this piece is like a nocturne byFrederic Chopin, But the midsection is based on the midsection of the secondintermezzo, opus 118 by Johannes Brahms from 1893. Mood, harmony and style ofthe midsection are also inspired by the soundtrack from "PearlHarbor" by Hans Zimmer.

?Little Studies?, for piano solo (1998 ? 2002). 12 Studies,( 1st and 2nd volume) each of different style, character and technical demands using at the beginning a very simple tonic idiom, growing gradually to apply composition with symmetry of intervals, jazz harmony and free serialism. Parts of the work has been performed by Valeria Athanasiadou at ?Athenaeum? Concert Hall?, Athens in 2002.
Ι.
a. ?First Steps?, for the Five Fingers
b. ?Gnome?, for the Staccatto ( to Gyorgy Ligeti)
c. ?Clouds?, for the ?Tenutae?
d. ?Gallop?, for the Crossing Hands
e. ? A Knight?s Fanfare?, for the Chords
f. ?Sentiments?, for the sonority (to Bernard Hermmann)
II.
a. ?Nocturne?, for the Sostenuto Pedal (to Keith Jarret)
b. ?Sorrow?, for Multiple Layers
c. ?Step by Step?, for the Wrist
d. ?Riddle?, for the Subtle Dynamics (to Anton Webern)
e. ?Fire Dance?, for the Large Intervals (to Arnold Scoenberg)
f. ?Jazzy?, for the ?Swing? Feeling (to Thelonius Monk and Cecil Taylor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt_UFYkamQA

First published in the 1950s, Dorothy Pilling?s Harmonization of Melodies series stands the test of time as a resource for students wishing to develop facility in harmonisation at the piano. Prospective candidates for class teaching and general musicianship diplomas will find these books particularly useful in preparation for the spontaneous keyboard tests that are a feature of these examinations.
The books contain a number of melodies designed for a ?block-chord? style of harmonisation in order to test the student?s accuracy in the reproduction of different progressions; but many pianistic styles are also included to encourage initiative and imagination.

Dorothy Pilling?s Harmonization of Melodies series stands the test of time as a resource for students wishing to develop facility in harmonisation at the piano. Prospective candidates for class teaching and general musicianship diplomas will find these books particularly useful in preparation for the spontaneous keyboard tests that are a feature of these examinations. This is the first book of three.