The Top Ten Film Themes To Play On Piano is part of a series that has been specially designed to help pianists of all levels to find the repertoire they really want to play.Featuring some of the world's greatest pieces of music, from a variety of different genres, the 'Top Ten' series contains music for everyone. Whether you're a beginner who wants to know the best classical pieces to learn or a more experienced player looking for the ultimate Piano songs to add to your repertoire, we have a 'Top Ten' for you! Each piece comes with interesting background notes to give you that extra bit of insight.The pieces in this book will transport you to a variety of exhilarating eras and locations. In no particular order, they include a gladiatorial arena in Ancient Rome, Juliet's balcony as she calls out for Romeo, bombed-out Warsaw in the dark days of the Second World War, the gritty world of Scandi-noir, and a secluded Pacific island where a team of scientists just happen to be breeding dinosaurs...So make sure your vaccinations are up to date, and enjoy the ride!This collection features Monty Norman's James Bond Theme, The King's Speech by Alexandre Desplat, Henry Mancini's Pink Panther Theme, Michael Nyman's The Heart Asks Pleasure First from The Piano and more. / Piano

Featuring Easy Piano arrangements of 21 more Classical Favourites, this sheet music songbook will satisfy any beginner's desire to play the most popular and enduring classical pieces ever composed by the masters of the genre. These simple arrangements feature fingering guidance, song background notes and helpful performance hints.With some of the most beautiful classical music included here, this Really Easy Piano songbook will let you play the standards, the traditionals and the essentials quickly and easily. Schubert's Ave Maria, Debussy's En Bateau, Mendelssohn's Song Without Words and the all-time favourite, Vivaldi's Spring from The Four Seasons are included, among many others. Each of these composers represents a very different school of music, so you'll love picking out your favourite or playing through them all and then exploring the rest of their oeuvre.This instalment of the Really Easy Piano series puts the best-loved Classical Favourites right at the fingertips of beginning pianists. All too often playing the works of these composers is but a dream of players who are just starting out. Now, such masters of composition as Beethoven, Mozart, Puccini, Wagner and Handel are immediately accessible to pianists in the early stages of their playing, letting them learn these glorious melodies and soaring chords without the decades of practice necessary to master the full arrangements. Even though they are simplified, they sound absolutely great, from the lively to the melancholy and everything in between, these pieces are sure to impress any audience.Not only do you get Easy Piano arrangements of tunes like Sarabande, Vocalise and Dance Of The Knights, as with all the books in the Really Easy Piano series some fascinating background information on each song is included, as well as really useful practical performance advice, ensuring that you nail every note and play every phrase perfectly.This book of Really Easy Piano: More Classical Favourites features a great number of beautiful classical pieces that are easy to play and sound utterly fantastic. This book is suitable for pianists at the early grades, bringing amazing classical music to the fingertips of beginners, enabling you to learn the timeless pieces that we return to again and again. / Piano

This songbook contains 101 top hits, arranged for easy Piano. Featuring pieces from many different genres, Really Easy Piano: 101 Top Hits includes songs by Elton John, Snow Patrol, Frank Sinatra, Beyoncé, Abba and many more well-known artists. / Piano

The world's best-selling keyboard method in one complete pack - everything you need to get the most from your Keyboard! This book and 3 CD pack has been compiled from the hugely successful Complete Keyboard Player series to offer an all-in-one solution to learning the best in Keyboard techniques, sounds and songs. This package includes: A complete tutorial guide giving a step-by-step approach to playing the instrument. Extensive chapters concerning selecting sounds, rhythms and using auto accompaniments. Music notation explained in full, along with single-finger and fingered chords, scales and keys. A comprehensive set of full professional-quality backing tracks across 3 CDs that will bring your practice hours to life. Handy Keyboard overlays will ensure that you will never have to hit a wrong note! Furthermore, over 50 hit songs have been provided to create an instant repertoire, and to give you the opportunity to learn using the songs that you know and love. No previous knowledge of the Keyboard or music is required. This book is A5-sized for easy transport! / Clavier

This unique collection of some of the finest Jazz Piano peices of all time includes songs written by Hoagy Carmichael, Michel Legrand, Richard Rodgers, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Jerome Kern among others here is a treasure trove of jazz Piano that lets everyone play their favourites. / Piano

Do you feel you've learned enough piano skills to take on some jazz tunes? This book is designed to let beginners dive into jazz standards with success. The arrangements, although easy, are full enough to make you sound great. Lyrics are also included. This collection features 50 of the best jazz standards ever, including: All the Things You Are - Autumn in New York - Body and Soul - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) - Georgia on My Mind - The Girl from Ipanema (Gar¶ta De Ipanema) - It Could Happen to You - Misty - My Funny Valentine - Night and Day - Satin Doll - Speak Low - Summertime - The Way You Look Tonight - When I Fall in Love - You Stepped Out of a Dream - and more. / Date parution : 2020-07-03/ Recueil / Piano

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ' a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy'he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book'encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation and pivot, and the application to tunes. The reader will be tempted to stop on every page and compose. I found the Lost Chord, but won't tell you the page number. Bert Ligon Jazz Pianist/Guitarist, Composer, Arranger, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, University of South Carolina Ever wonder how to move harmony around instead of repeating the same chord voicing over and over' Then Chords in Motion is a must have book for you! Andy has included a ton of information that will open up your comping and should keep you busy with new ideas for a long time! I highly recommend it! Dan Haerle Jazz Pianist, Composer, Author, Educator, Professor Emeritus, University of North Texas Chords in Motion is an essential guide to expanding one's conception of modern Jazz Piano Harmony. Andy LaVerne has managed to outline in a very practical and concise way, modern principles of piano chord voicings, as they pertain to the Jazz Pianist's primary group function of comping. David Hazeltine Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music Chords in Motion should be fun to take into the practice room to explore new ways of sustaining harmonies over the entire register of the piano. It is encyclopedic and thorough in its content. No stone is left unturned! Stephany Tiernan Pianist, Composer, Educator, Chair, Piano Department, Berklee College Of Music Chords In Motion is an excellent practicing resource that provides a garden of harmonic sonorities for a musician to choose and explore at the piano. I like the way that Andy has made the information accessible to any level of student. I look forward to discovering some different sounds with this book. Phil DeGreg Jazz Pianist, Author, Educator, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music I am delighted to recommend Andy LaVerne's Chords In Motion to aspiring jazz pianists! Andy is a superb pianist, very capable of addressing this topic. Prior to pianists like McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, and others, most pianists were content to have acquired a small handful of chord voicings, generally with the chord roots on the bottom of the voicings. Though 'rootless voicings' were adopted in later years, they were primarily for the left hand and generally only used the 3rd or 7th on the bottom. But now the serious jazz pianist needs to be able to move his or her voicings in a more diatonic manner, as shown in Andy's book. Jerry Coker Jazz Saxophonist, Author, Educator Andy LaVerne's Chords in Motion is a study of encyclopedic scope on the use of harmonies based on fourth intervals in the context of jazz harmony. There is a wealth of information in terms of voicings, voice leading and chord/scale relationships and their application to common harmonic formulae (ii-V, etc.) and the chord progressions used in blues and common standard tunes. Jazz musicians interested in this vocabulary should find this book to be a useful launching pad for exploring this important corner of the world of jazz harmony. Bill Dobbins Jazz Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Author, Educator, Professor of Jazz Studies, Conductor, Coordinator Jazz Composition and Arranging, Eastman School of Music Chords in Motion is a highly detailed, informative and filling-in-the-gap text. It's an important and welcome addition to the jazz piano literature, which can be applied to any level of proficiency. Stefan Karlsson Jazz Pianist, Educator, Professor/Jazz Studies Division, University of North Texas Fantastic pianist Andy LaVerne has put together an amazing, detailed, and incredibly comprehensive guide for effectively implementing quartal and related voicings. He has honed in on the 'secret' to using these structures musically and creatively: moving the voicings through changes in logical and interesting ways. Clearly presented, extremely thorough, and loaded with information, Chords in Motion is a must-have for any pianist! Martin Bejerano Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Assistant Professor, Jazz Piano, Frost School of Music University of Miami Chords in Motion is an in-depth look at fourth and related voicings that give an atmosphere that you want to improvise on. We play over the voicing, not the chord symbol. Chords in Motion targets that modal atmosphere that horn players love playing over. Love this book - can't wait to start practicing it! Jerry Bergonzi Jazz Saxophonist, Composer, Author, Educator, New England Conservatory I was thrilled when Jazz Piano Great Mulgrew Miller agreed to write a quote for this book. I was deeply saddened to hear of Mulgrew's passing just days before publication. All who loved Mulgrew and his music will sorely miss him, and are grateful for the rich musical legacy he left us. Rest easy, Mulgrew. Andy LaVerne

The bestselling series Piano Gefällt Mir! continues with Book 5, featuring 50 more hits from the charts and blockbuster movies, arranged brilliantly for Piano by Hans-Günter Heumann. This edition is spiral-bound so will stay flat on a music stand, while the included MP3 CD features full backing tracks and demonstration tracks with the Piano part removed.Including a huge number of hits from some of today's top performers, this is the ideal songbook for beginners to learn some popular songs straight from the charts and movies. Featuring FourFiveSeconds by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney, All About That Bass from Meghan Trainor and the instant pop-classic Photograph by Ed Sheeran, Heumann's arrangements are perfect for beginners, those re-learning the Piano, or even advanced players looking to expand their repertoire or practise sight-reading.The sheer range of songs in Piano Gefällt Mir! means that there really is something for everyone. Well-known songs from new and recent films are also included in this songbook, such as See You Again from 'Fast And Furious 7', Love Me Like You Do from 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' and Yann Tiersen's wonderful theme Watching Lara from 'Goodbye Lenin!' Each song in this fantastic volume features chord symbols, lyrics and useful fingering suggestions, ensuring you can learn to play these songs as quickly as possible.With Hans-Günter Heumann's Piano Gefällt Mir!, pianists of all ages and abilities can benefit from the diversity of popular songs and the expert arrangements on offer. / Piano

Album For The Young features 64 classic Piano pieces inspired by the spirit of childhood. From Johannes Brahms' unashamedly lyrical Wiegenlied through the more cerebral approach of Schumann's album Für die Jugend and the works of contemporary composers such as Lutoslawksi and Richard Rodney Bennett, the music contained in this collection offers many contrasting approaches to the idea of music for the young. Great composers down the ages have been consistently attracted to writing albums about or for the young. Some pieces are suitable for children to play and some are drawn from the nostalgic memory of childhood innocence. Here is a unique collection to treasure, reflecting the variety of both their emotional approaches and the richness of their creative responses. / Piano

First Pop Hits is a collection of popular songs in simplified arrangements designed for Pianists working through parts two to four of the renowned John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course.This repertoire book has been specially created to be complementary with the original and best selling Easiest Piano Course. The songs are ordered so that they progress in difficulty, so that songs at the beginning, like Fight For This Love and Let It Be, are best suited to beginning Piano players just getting started with the course. As the book progresses, songs like The Sound Of Silence and Let It Go are introduced, reinforcing more advanced musical techniques through well-known songs. To see the full list of songs included in First Pop Hits scroll down.With 15 contemporary pieces, this songbook is ideal for students who will be able to put what they've learned into practice with songs that are enjoyable, fun and familiar. This will help to develop musicality since the student will know how the song is supposed to be played.Helpfully, dynamics and phrasing are not included with some of the earlier pieces, since these concepts are not introduced until part three of the course. Outline fingering is included, with the hand assumed to stay in a five-finger position until a new position is indicated. The pieces can also be used as sight-reading practice for more advanced students, making these pieces truly versatile and useful.Whether you or your student is working through John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course, First Pop Hits is the perfect songbook to transform the newly-learned skills and techniques into the beginnings of a crowd-pleasing repertoire. / Piano