The Useful Piano Series: Recital pieces for those past the beginning stages. Compositions selected for the series are rewarding for the player and enjoyable for the listener and are at a consistent technical level throughout.Grade: 2 - 4

1 Piano 4 Hands/Mid-Intermediate Level-Contents: Bach's Gavotte Beethoven's Sonata in D (Op. 6) and Brahms' Waltz (Op. 39/11).

Various Arrangements on a Theme. Par YOASOBI. YOASOBI, the Japanese duo known for their catchy melodies, lyrics that resonate with listeners, and captivating vocals that immerse audiences in the world of their songs, has been making waves in the music industry, setting various JPOP charts abuzz. Their hit song 'Idol', which achieved worldwide success, is now available in the Various Arrangements on a Theme series, allowing piano players to enjoy it in their preferred arrangement. The book brings you the globally acclaimed hit song 'Idol', the theme song of the Japanese Anime 'Oshi no Ko' or 'My Favorite Idol', with five different piano arrangements to suit your preferences: Easy Solo, Intermediate Solo, Advanced Solo, Intermediate Piano

Transcriptions et analyses par Armand Reynaud et Jérémy Brun

Je suis honoré d'écrire quelques mots à propos d'un des plus grands pianistes, Kenny Barron. Il a été une figure importante de la scène New Yorkaise durant quarante ans et il fait partie de l'élite des pianistes de jazz dans le monde.
J'ai tout d'abord rencontré Mr Barron en 1977 dans un haut lieu du duo piano/basse, au Bradley's, dans Greenwich Village. Je l'ai entendu à Cincinnati (dans la ville où j'habitais) en 1974 avec le Quartette de Yusef Lateef et fus très impressionné. Au Bradley's, il était chaleureux et a été très encourageant avec moi, pianiste de 21 ans récemment arrivé à Big Apple (New York). Le moment venu, il me laissa m'asseoir avec son bassiste, le grand Buster Williams - ce fut un réel plaisir.
Lorsque j'ai commencé à réaliser des CD pour le bénéfice de Classical Action : Performing Arts Against AIDS, dans le début des années 90, je lui ai demandé de participer au second enregistrement Fred Hersch and Friends : The Duo Album en jouant un duo avec moi. Cette organisation collecte des fonds vraiment nécessaires pour les services de personnes atteintes du Sida et la prévention. Kenny, sans attendre, donna de son temps et joua magnifiquement. Il apparaît aussi sur le disque suivant, The Richard Rodgers Centennial Solo Jazz Piano Album .
Nous avons également joué à deux pianos à New York au Town Hall et deux fois au Jazz Standard, pour mon plus grand plaisir. C'est un partenaire merveilleux et compréhensif, disposé à tout essayer. Bien qu'il soit difficile de l'identifier, et je ne veux le mettre dans aucune sorte de boîtes, je perçois son style comme étant en grande partie influencé par McCoy Tyner (les lignes longues et claires) et Tommy Flanagan (le phrasé et l'utilisation de l'espace). Il a réussi à obtenir le statut rare de maître du jazz par la vertu de sa longévité, sa profondeur et sa musicalité. Nous partageons tous les deux une passion pour la musique de Monk, Strayhorn et de l'American Popular Songbook et nous sommes tous les deux de grands partisans de l'idée de rendre ce que nous avons absorbé en enseignant aux jeunes pianistes et en devenant leurs mentors.
En plus, il a une personnalité chaleureuse et engageante - il est d'un grand soutien, a un grand sens de l'humour et une attitude posée. Je suis très heureux que ce livre puisse apporter un éclairage sur le parcours du pianiste Kenny Barron - je suis sûr que cela sera d'une grande valeur musicale et historique pour tous ceux qui suivent l'évolution du piano jazz. / Jazz / Partition /

This songbook collection features Beethoven Minuet in G (First Movement) an adaptation of the theme from his Pathetique Sonata Chopin’s Nocturne in E Flat Schubert’s March Militaire and the traditional Londonderry Air.The Kunz style favoured big many-layered chords in the right hand with a more rhythmic underpinning in the left. For instance the Kunz arrangement of Beethoven’s famous Minuet in G (First Movement) transforms a student piece to a flowing chordal display which Kunz himself was able to play with grace and finesse. The arrangements tend to end with the thrill of a rallentando and chord in the upper registers.Pianist Charlie Kunz enjoyed a twenty-year careeras a solo pianist touring throughout Britain and appearing on television and radio. He had originally emigrated to the UK after World War I to work in a dance band but his distinctive and winning style soon led to a solo career performing his own versions of classical favourites.

9 pieces for jazz piano-This stylish collection of pieces for solo Piano takes players on a musical tour of autumn presenting nine well-loved songs such as September in the Rain Witchcraft and (Somewhere) Over the Rainbow as well as original compositions on other seasonal themes.Suitable for intermediate level pianists the pieces in this book 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 thatauthentic sound. This book comes complete with a CD of full performances to aid interpretation.

Comme beaucoup de gens, je me suis intéressé au ragtime en tant que forme artistique grâce à Joshua Rifkin et ses interprétations de la musique de Scott Joplin. En 1971, après divers projets communs au Royaume-Uni, un ami américain m'envoya un exemplaire des Collected Piano Works (oeuvres complètes pour piano) de Joplin, tout juste publiées. Quelque temps après, au cours d'un voyage en Australie, un ami pourvu d'une immense collection de disques me fit écouter des enregistrements de rags et de musique de style ' stride '. C'est ainsi que je découvris l'incomparable James P. Johnson interprétant, entre autres, Mule-Walk Stomp et The Carolina Shout.Mon initiation fit un bond en avant quand je fis la connaissance de William Albright. Son disque Ragtime Back to Back, enregistré avec William Bolcom, avait déclenché en moi une admiration passionnée. Non seulement Bill Albright me donna la partition de sa Grand Sonata in Rag (Jobert-Paris, 1974) que j'avais eu le plaisir d'entendre auparavant, mais il me fournit aussi des copies de ses transcriptions d'anciens enregistrements de ' strides ' figurant sur le disque mentionné ci-dessus. À Terre-Neuve, un passionné de ragtime me fit écouter des enregistrements de Max Morath et de sa musique. Je pris contact avec le compositeur qui eut la gentillesse de m'envoyer la partition de Polyragmic. Récemment, j'ai travaillé les magnifiques rags de William Bolcom (Complete Rags for Piano, Edward B. Marks Music Company), superbement enregistrés par John Murphy (Albany).Ainsi, après avoir joué les rags de Joplin, Albright et Morath au fil des années, et plus récemment ceux de Bolcom, le temps me semblait venu de m'essayer moi-même à ce genre.J'ai intitulé A Handful of Rags (Une poignée de rags) cinq rags composés en janvier et février 2012. Un an plus tard, j'en ai composé cinq autres sous le titre de Another Handful of Rags (Une autre poignée de rags). Sur les dix, l'un est dédié à mon épouse, sept à des amis du Gers, et deux à des parents au Royaume-Uni et aux états-Unis.Pour finir, un conseil de Scott Joplin : ' C'est toujours une erreur de jouer le ragtime vite. ' / Piano

from healthy technique to natural artistry-The Complete Pianist: from healthy technique to natural artistry offers a new and unique approach to piano playing in which Penelope Roskell shares a lifetime???s experience of teaching performing and ground-breaking research into healthy piano playing. Containing more than 500 pages of text 300 videos and 200 exercises newly devised by the author this is the most comprehensive book ever written on piano playing. The book has something new to offer to all pianists and keyboard players ??? student and teacher professional and amateur. Penelope guides pianists through the early stages of learning a piece through all the technical challenges and interpretative choices towardsinspired performance. Each new aspect of playing is addressed through a series of practical exercises which proceed step-by-step from the basics towards more advanced applications. Penelope demonstrates all the musical and technical points herself in videos accessible by smartphone tablet or computer. The Complete Pianist comprises 22 sections including: ??? A whole-body approach ??? Finger touch and tone production ??? Playing at speed ??? Fundamentals of chord playing ??? Advanced chords ??? Rotation ??? Lateral movements ??? Tone and texture ??? Pedalling ??? Learning memorizing and sight-reading

People Get Ready: The Piano Collection. This ground-breaking and unmissable piano collection celebrates the music of iconic black songwriters. Including acclaimed songs such as People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield), A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke), Blinded By Your Grace Part 1 (Stormzy), I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Nina Simone), Redemption Song (Bob Marley), and more. All of the pieces are idiomatically arranged for intermediate-level piano solo (approximately Grade 3-5). The nature, style and genre of the songs vary widely, but the aim is to introduce players to a range of musicians and works that may well be new to them but are nevertheless important classics. The song People Get Ready was written during a time of civil unrest in America. Curtis Mayfield was increasingly infusing his songs with social commentary and it was written to give a message of hope, that change is on the way and there will be better times ahead.

Par WEDGWOOD PAM. Piano Meditations is a beautiful collection of 12 original piano compositions that have been inspired by paintings of a meditative nature. By best-selling composer Pam Wedgwood, these piano solo pieces are perfect for practising mindfulness in music. The book is suitable for intermediate-level players and is accompanied by a stunning pull-out poster of art providing the visual inspiration for each piece/ Recueil / Piano

This ground-breaking and unmissable piano collection celebrates the music of iconic black songwriters. Including acclaimed songs such as People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield), A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke), Blinded By Your Grace Part 1 (Stormzy), I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Nina Simone), Redemption Song (Bob Marley), and more. All of the pieces are idiomatically arranged for intermediate-level piano solo (approximately Grade 3-5). The nature, style and genre of the songs vary widely, but the aim is to introduce players to a range of musicians and works that may well be new to them but are nevertheless important classics. The song People Get Ready was written during a time of civil unrest in America. Curtis Mayfield was increasingly infusing his songs with social commentary and it was written to give a message of hope, that change is on the way and there will be better times ahead./ Recueil / Piano

This Really Easy Piano: Christmas Carols songbook includes twenty-five of the most popular Christmas carols arranged for easy Piano with lyrics and chord symbols.   These seasonalstandards are essential playing for all pianists. Familiar to everybody all the carols included here are sure to welcome the Christmas spirit into the most scrooge-like of people. From classics like Away In AManger and O Little Town Of Bethlehem to all-time favourites like We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Jingle Bells the carols are so versatile that they can be enjoyed on your own or aspart of a performance uniting everyone through the holiday harmonies.   Every tune includes lyrics and chord symbols as well as interesting background notes and a wealth of useful performance hints andtips to ensure you nail each note of the traditional Noel standards. Suggested fingerings are also printed that will help you to play each song as simply as possible. Not only does the book contain all the standard carols youwould expect there are some more unfamiliar ones like Jolly Old Saint Nicholas and I Saw Three Ships  which will keep you learning new pieces and will keep any and all audiences interested.  The songbook features great arrangements of the festive favourites with some more challenging sections. This is so that pupils can develop and progress naturally within the context of familiar songs. The ReallyEasy Piano: Christmas Carols will help beginners to play all of the merry melodies associated with Yuletide but also works as brilliantly seasonal sight-reading practice for more advanced players.

Par ARCHER DARRELL. The word gospel means ?good news,? so it is no surprise that many songs of faith are uplifting, rhythmic and exuberant. Such is the case with the fresh piano settings of the 9 well-known gospel songs in this collection. These country-style arrangements enable the pianist to offer upbeat music that sets hands to clapping and feet tapping.These creative settings are best suited to the intermediate to advanced player as a few of them feature syncopation, meter and key changes, and the left-hand, alternating bass note/chord pattern popularized by ragtime pianists. Suggested chords with all the right inversions and harmonies are provided should a backup guitarist and bassist wish to join you.Many moods?including commitment, assurance, devotion, dedication, praise, thankfulness, adoration, peace, and inspiration?are expressed through the medium of what is commonly referred to as southern gospel music. A natural outgrowth of these heartfelt emotions is the joy that is so evident in many of the tunes found in this collection, including: ?Glory to His Name?, ?Come and Dine?, ?The Lily of the Valley?, ?At Calvary?, and ?Unclouded Day?? all songs with uplifting purpose, bright tempos and catchy melodies that will engage musicians as much as their audiences. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Recueil / Piano

Embark on a voyage of discovery with this captivating collection of 14 new Pacific Preludes from the creator of Microjazz inspired by traditional music from the shores of the world’s largest ocean. Explore the rich and varied musical landscape of the Pacific Rim as each Prelude weaves together native themes from countries including Australia Canada China Costa Rica Japan Peru New Zealand and the United States of America with Christopher Norton’s characteristically innovative popular music styles. Ideal for intermediate to advanced-level keyboard players these pieces are perfect for the concert platform as well asproviding excellent teaching material. An accompanying CD puts each Prelude on the map with stylish demonstration performances by Iain Farrington.