Gershwin created these 18 song transcriptions between 1919 and 1931. He played the pieces at numerous private parties, often with many variations. Gershwin's impromptu performances of these 18 songs served as the basis for the transcriptions. His unique playing style can be detected in these wonderful pieces. / Piano

ABRSM Grades 4-6. This special collection of intermediate piano repertoire has been lovingly curated by internationally renowned pianist, Isata Kanneh-Mason. Inspired by her musical journey from childhood prodigy to accomplished performer, and drawing on her championship of female composers and composers of colour, Isata has handpicked a wonderfully diverse melange of music for players to explore. Alongside well-known classical masterpieces, Isata presents stunning pieces by Florence Price, Amy Beach and Eleanor Alberga, as well as a beautifully evocative new work by Natalie Klouda and her very own Waltz. Carefully edited and fingered, Piano Inspiration 1 is ideal both for recreational playing and those seeking own-choice repertoire for ABRSM Performance Grades (Grades 4?6). ? 16 pieces for intermediate players, each holding special significance to Isata ? A wonderful array of styles, composers and traditions that span four centuries of piano music ? Original works by Isata Kanneh-Mason and Natalie Klouda, specially composed for this collection ? Ideal for own-choice repertoire selection in ABRSM Performance Grades (Grades 4?6) Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is in great demand in the UK and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She offers eclectic and interesting repertoire and has performed at many of the world?s finest concert venues, including the Royal Albert Hall for her BBC Proms solo debut in 2023. As a Decca recording artist, she entered the UK classical charts at No. 1 with her 2019 album Romance, and has since released Summertime, featuring twentieth-century American repertoire; Muse, a duo album with her brother Sheku; and Childhood Tales, which showcases music inspired by a nostalgia for youth. Isata is recipient of the coveted Leonard Bernstein Award and the Opus Klassik Award for best young artist.

The ultimate Christmas songbook for Piano, Christmas Piano Gefällt Mir! features 50 top hits from the charts and blockbuster movies, in Easy Piano arrangements by the bestselling Hans-Günter Heumann.The songbook features some new pop tunes like I'll Be Home by Meghan Trainor and Mistletoe by Justin Bieber alongside some classic Christmas songs in Wonderful Christmastime, Do They Know It's Christmas and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Every song is arranged for Easy Piano, so it includes standard notation, full lyrics, a fingering guide, as well as chord symbols throughout. Heumann's Piano Gefällt Mir! series has proven consistent in helping beginner and intermediate pianists play the greatest songs, and this Christmas book is no exception. Including a fine selection of popular songs as well as traditional hymns and carols, as well as some favourites from a variety of films, the 50 tunes are everything you'll need for some well-loved repertoire during the festive period.Continuing the brilliant Piano Gefällt Mir! series, Hans-Günter Heumann has brought together some of the best Christmas songs for Easy Piano, giving you an essential songbook for the festive time of year. / Piano

Finally, the most popular arrangements by Carsten Gerlitz are available in an anthology for bar piano!


`Best Of Piano Lounge` contains the 30 most beautiful titles of the previous twelve volumes, offering wonderful pieces to suit everyone's taste ? from jazz and swing standards via musical and film melodies to pop and rock ballads. Each one of them in easily playable and fresh arrangements for the piano.

The perfect first step for pianists into the world of the bar piano. / Partition /

inspiring confidence to play by touch-Richard Smith's Don't LOOK At The Keys! teaches students how to play by touch feeling their way around the keyboard using various 'signposts' whilst keeping their eyes on the music. Designed to make sight reading easier and more effective the books in this innovative series contain a progressive set of imaginative pieces to take students and teachers step by step through the technique. This is not just another sight reading book. Don't LOOK At The Keys! contains actual practice pieces as well as instructions that demonstrate how toplay Piano by touch. It instructs and develops the skill and confidence to look at the music instead of the hands and helps those students who commit pieces to memory or play by ear then wonder where to look while playing. 'Don't LOOK At The Keys!' is a progressive series in three parts teaching piano keyboard geography by touch in an accessible enjoyable way making sight reading easier and more effective. The pieces in Book 2 are all within an octave spread in each hand to demonstrate progress and inspire confidence following the five finger range in Book 1. To get started there is one page of notes for teachers and students followed by a varied selection of 14 pieces; titles such as 'It Only Took A Minuet' 'Hot Israeli Nights' the boogie woogie pieces 'Lazy' and 'Toe Tapper' as well as 'Flat Footed Flip Flop Waltz' - inspirational and great fun!

This work shows the composer's need to move in another musical direction away from the Urban Jungle style he had sought in previous works such as Kraft and UR. The piece is based upon the composer's interest in the musical confrontation between serial and spectral thinking as if it is the conflict between different views of organisation that create interesting and unforseen constellations of musical material.Twine took over a year and a half to complete a fairly long time for a piece which is only 7 minutes long. Although wonderful in its own right Lindberg now considers it a study for his orchestral piece Kinetics which was written between1988-89. Arranged for Solo Piano.

A wonderful variety of outstanding songs and themes from some of the top TV series-There's something about a great TV theme that always raises a smile and this wonderful collection features over 40 timeless favourites all arranged as sumptuous Piano solos.Whether you adore a good comedy or a thrillingdrama these themes are sure to evoke special nostalgic memories of unforgettable shows. From Bleak House and Brideshead Revisited to Blackadder and Only Fools And Horses you'll never again be stuckfor a guaranteed crowd-pleaser!

It has been over 20 years since I released the first volume of ?100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards? in 1996 my most popular selling book. One of the constants has been the continued popularity of my Blues music instructional books for not only piano/keyboards but also Saxophone Flute and Guitar. With developments in music software faster internet download speeds for downloading mp3 audio files (over 5 hours of downloadable audio backing tracks for this book) I felt it was time to author a 2nd volume that uses newer software for improved sound quality. Also it is the 50th anniversary since I started to learn to play Blues piano in 1968. Iremember the wonderful feeling I had when I started to learn from the first two Blues piano books I bought from a music shop along the Charing Cross Road in London I still have both books ?Just Blues? a compilation of Blues Jazz and Boogie-Woogie songs and ?How To Play Blues Piano? by Junior Mance. I have again created 100 Blues riffs with many of them having elements of Rock Funk Country Jazz Boogie-Woogie Gospel and Latin styles. The riffs are in the order that I composed them giving you the learner an element of surprise as to what the next riff is going to sound like. Each of the 100 riffs have been recorded twice the 1st time the piano part with a rhythm backing track and the 2nd time a rhythm backing track to practice playing along with. I have also created a separate play-a-long track that consists of 10 choruses of the 12 Bar Blues progression. I would hope that you will use each riff to build your own Blues ?song? through the 12 Bar Blues progression.

With this sheet music songbook you can learn a diverse range of Piano Solos from a great selection of genres that have all been carefully chosen with the specifications of the major exam boards in mind. Thisparticular book is perfect for Grade 3 pianists including some pop chart toppers classical favourites and timeless tunes.   This fantastic songbook includes some valuable supplementaryrepertoire for beginning Grade 3 pianists of any age. These particular Piano Solos will aid with your technique and theoretical skills while also allowing you to play some incredible tunesthat will help your musicality. Including such contemporary pop classics as Clean Bandit's Rather Be Stay With Me by Sam Smith Someone Like You and Wicked's DefyingGravity  these familiar tunes will be fun to play for any pianist.   Not only this but a big collection of timeless pop tunes are included such as Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through TheGrapevine Nina Simone's I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free and Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World such familiar favourites allowing everyone to enjoy Grade 3 Piano!Aside from the pop Piano Solos there is a fine selection of classical tunes meaning there's something in this songbook for everyone. Featuring The Entertainer Moonlight Sonata Elgar'sNimrod and Tchaikovsky's incredible Waltz Of The Flowers you'll be amazed at the diversity and quality of the Piano Solos that you can play at just Grade 3.   With a fantastically diverse collection of pop and classical songs some beautifully crisp engraving and helpful performance tips for each song this is the perfect songbook for Grade 3

Now available as a book and CD edition. This course is designed to present the easiest possible approach to Piano playing complete with an amusing family of characters and illustrations to help emphasise the information being taught. Part one is devoted to developing fluency in reading by note the biggest hurdle for most young children. The range is purposely limited. Only five notes up and five notes down from middle C are presented and time values do not go beyond crotchets. Each book of the course contains its own writing exercises sight reading drills review work and later technical studies. Accompaniments for teacher or parent are supplied with mostof the examples. The accompanying CD is a wonderful tool for enhancing this method with highly acclaimed midi-orchestrated backing tracks. Practice becomes so much fun! Each track is split to enable the pupil to hear both Piano part and accompaniment is the balance is centred the accompaniment without Piano if the balance is to the left and the Piano part alone if the balance is all the way to the right. There are also two tempos for each song allowing slower practice while it's needed - an ideal accompaniment for learning!

Now available as a book and CD edition. Pre-practice technical exercises for the Piano. The purpose of this book is to help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. The idea is to learn two or three exercises at a time which should be played each day before practicing. Only when these are mastered should you add another. When all in the first group are mastered the next group may be introduced. Many of these exercises may be transposed to different keys. The accompanying CD is a wonderful tool for enhancing these exercises with highly acclaimed midi-orchestrated backing tracks - learning becomes so much fun! Each track is split toenable the pupil to hear both Piano part and accompaniment is the balance is centred the accompaniment without the Piano is the balance control is all the way to the left and the Piano part alone if it is all the way to the right! An ideal accompaniment to practice.