Chopin's Nocturne In C Sharp Minor Opus posthumous is an expressive and moving piece for solo Piano. With haunting melodies and rich sonorous harmonies this piece cannot fail to move the listener. This edition has beenedited by Leon Erdstein.

Pachelbel???s exuberant and justly famous Canon may well have been first heard at the wedding of Johann Christoph Bach. Originally for small ensemble Mary Cohen???s new arrangement of the work for solo piano or keyboard will suit players moving from easy towards intermediate repertoire.

Students can experience the thrill of a medieval tournament through this solo in 4/4 meter and the key of A minor. The left hand is an excellent study in fifths and moving around the keyboard. Following the right hand fingering carefully allows the stronger fingers to play the sequential melodic patterns, keeping the eighth notes even. Together, they create an authentic sound and style that is sure to make this piece a student favorite. 4 pages. / Piano

This clever solo uses a single line melody to portray the sound of a locomotive moving along at a quick pace. There are also double notes played in both hands to depict the sounds of the horn. The teacher part adds to the driving rhythm of the locomotive's speed.

Although each study emphasizes an aspect of virtuoso piano technique, the etudes are some of the most effectively moving of all the concert works in piano literature. This 144-page volume includes the 24 Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25 as well as the three etudes without opus numbers composed in 1839 for Moscheles and Fetis's Method of Methods. Pedaling is taken from the original manuscripts and first editions, and fingering is editorial.

Book 2 of the Accelerando series covers finger combination activities (hands together) in C Major position alternating with ?travel? studies moving away from Middle C (hands alone) simple transpositions; consistent quarter-note motion. This volume includes 60 studies and features: legato staccato & 2-note slurs intervals & triads--blocked broken & moving 'master the metronome ' ?hold? studies to develop finger independence and a transposition chart.

For Children Vol. 1. Bartók composed his first pedagogical collection For Children between 1908 and 1911. The first edition was issued between 1909 and 1911 in four volumes, comprising two of Hungarian and two of Slovak folk song arrangements. After moving to America, Bartók considered it important to produce new editions of his earlier works. Thus in autumn 1943, together with his new publisher Boosey

For Children Vol. 2. Bartók composed his first pedagogical collection For Children between 1908 and 1911. The first edition was issued between 1909 and 1911 in four volumes, comprising two of Hungarian and two of Slovak folk song arrangements. After moving to America, Bartók considered it important to produce new editions of his earlier works. Thus in autumn 1943, together with his new publisher Boosey

The Perfect Way To Rediscover The Piano-Did you used to play the piano? Would you like to play again? Play it again: Piano uses real pieces from the piano repertoire to teach specific techniques and tips getting you playing fluently once again. This is the second book which is for the more confident ?former? piano player or for those continuing their journey from Book 1. The level of pieces in this second book progresses from around UK grades 5 to 8 (intermediate to late advanced). ?I used to play the piano??Aimed at ?returning? players who have spent some time away from the keyboard Play it again: Piano gives you the confidence to revisit this fulfilling pastime and go beyond what you previously thoughtyou could achieve.Each of the 21 pieces in Book 2 is accompanied by two full pages of easy-to-understand practice tips all designed to get your fingers speeding comfortably across the keys once again! There are more comprehensive Piano Technique and Theory sections at the front and back of each book so you can also delve deeper to regain a fuller understanding of music and technique. A refresher course for all abilities each book is arranged in 4 progressive sections with Book 1 moving from ?Elementary? to ?Intermediate? and Book 2 taking you from ?Late Intermediate? to ?Late Advanced?. Dip in and out wherever your level of playing suits: this two-book course starts with simple and elegant miniatures and concludes with the famously showy Prelude in C-sharp minor by Rachmaninoff! Confident pianists could start with Book 2 but there is a wealth of delightful repertoire and valuable practice tips in Book 1 it?s always useful to go ?back to basics?. From Schumann to shuffles. Baroque Classical and Romantic works sit alongside Jazz Ragtime contemporary or traditional pieces at every level so each lesson brings something different and you?ll learn to play in a range of styles some of which may be new to your fingers. If you often find yourself saying ?I used to play the piano?? but wish you still did then Play it again:

Book 2 of this new edition of Denes Agay's famous Learning To Play Piano series for children presents More Music Basics that covers further beginning Piano techniqueand music theory in an accessible and imaginative way inspiring students to learn and practice. As a further way to make practising fun and inspiring the book includes attractive illustrations and colourful stickers.Topics featured:Binary FormChordsIntervalsKey SignaturesMusic FundamentalsPedalsPhrasingSemitones &TonesScalesTriads Learning To Play Piano: More Music Basics continues from Book 1 by progressing the topics learned previously by introducing new concepts as well as newmelodic pieces. Book 2 begins by reviewing the fundamentals of music before introducing new techniques side by side with numerous melodies and tunes that exhibit the theory in practice helping youngbeginners to understand theory in context and enhance a sense of musicality.  With a number of usually-difficult theoretical concepts dealt with in an easy-to-understand and fun way LearningTo Play Piano Book 2 will help any young beginner pick up more of the basics after progressing through Book 1 before moving on to the more sophisticated techniques of the later books. For young children learning thebasics Denes Agay's world-renowned series is one of the best beginner Piano books out there. Remember you can also purchase: Book 1 - Getting Started

The most romantic instalment of the Really Easy Piano series this collection of 22 popular Love Songs from the past and present features simplified Piano arrangements full lyrics as well assong background notes and performance tips so that your planned serenade can be perfectly successful.   Featuring a vast number of beautiful love songs from a variety of eras and genres thisReally Easy Piano love song sheet music is perfect for a beginner who wants to delve into some of the most popular romantic songs ever to have been written. Including timeless favourites like Elvis Presley'sLove Me Tender Patsy Cline's Crazy and Elvis Costello's She this songbook contains some of the best of those songs that have stood the test of time.   There truly issomething for everyone with this songbook though since contemporary love songs like Vanessa Carlton's divine A Thousand Miles Will Young's Leave Right Now and You Give Me Something by JamesMorrison are included here to get your heartbeat racing with the emotion and power of the modern love song. These songs will be familiar to most conjuring up memories of past romances former flings or your current nearest anddearest. If there are any you don't already know you'll be sure to love discovering a new ballad.   What sets the Really Easy Piano: Love Songs book apart from the countless otherlove song collections out there is that this really does mean really easy. The simplified arrangements allow beginners to pick up the familiarly moving melodies while the helpful performance tips will help you to perfect thesong ready to perform for your paramour. The background notes for each of the 22 songs are interesting giving you fascinating context behind who sung the song and why.   For the best way to learn the

With its highly attractive full-colour age-appropriate layout Poco Piano For Young Children encourages young children to take the first steps on a difficult but thoroughly rewarding journey. Together with the Music Theory for Young Children books the Poco Piano For Young Children series leads the child from the very beginning to grade 1 level. Poco Piano for Young Children includes exercises to help the child develop technique rhythm and reading and it involves the child in activities such as pasting colouring tracing circling and clapping. Book 3 introduces the concepts of key key signature scales triads tones and semitones in a novel and exciting way: each key is a group of characters or objects with note-names (i.e. a band a birthday party a clothes-line with garments). Certain notes belong while all other notes (accidentals) are outsiders. Transposition is a natural outcome of this concept with a tune moving from one group to another. The child masters eight new notes (up to Treble High G and down to Bass Low F) which facilitates the playing of more adventurous repertoire. The semiquaver semiquaver rest dotted crotchet and dotted quaver are introduced and tempo markings are now in Italian. As in the previous two books ensemble-playing is encouraged.

Par HAERLE DAN. by Dan Haerle. APPLICABLE FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS. A graded course on piano voicing skills, starting with simple block chords over Major and Minor and logically and methodically progressing into more exotic and advanced polychords and substitutions. Includes 123 skills in all twelve keys, designed to initiate a feel and understanding of piano voicings and how they work. Each new chapter includes a page of concise instructions for the teacher or the student. Also provides voicings for many of the common chord progressions you'll see in jazz songs because moving smoothly from one chord to another is the difference between a 'professional' sound and a 'choppy' sound. Works well for bothclassroom or individual study. The 156 spiral bound pages allow the book to open fully and easily on your keyboard music rack. / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Piano ou Clavier

Par HIGGINS ANDREW. Tracing the steps taken by the author on his musical journey, So You Want To Learn To Improvise? Offers teachers and students a step-by-step guide to acquiring the skills needed to improvise at the piano. The book is deliberately stylistically non-specific, working from the premise that once the basics are secured, choices about style can be personal issues. The content from So You Want To Learn To Improvise? is drawn from the material assembled over 25 years teaching experience in the classroom and at the piano, and 15 years of workshops, seminars and lectures across the world. The accumulation of teachers requesting that the ideas heard in the workshops be set in a usable step-by-step format with extensive musical examples to practise and teach from, made writing the book almost compulsory. The ideas are clear and specific, but demand a creative approach from the start, inculcating a mind-set that is both inquisitive and musical from the outset. The practise schedule is extensixe and progressive, demanding the student fully understand each process before moving on. The objective is to free the student from the 'tyranny' of notation, setting them free to explore music on their own terms. Most lapsed pianists who return to the piano in later life cite' just playing whatever I feel like' as being the one quality they aspire to - So You Want To Learn To Improvise? offers them that oppourtunity, and more.  / Instrumental Music, Methods