Piano
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HL.49045690
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Klavierschule Piano Kids
Die richtigen Stucke fur
Konzert und Freizeit.
Composed by Hans-Gü
and nter Heumann. Piano.
Classical, German
Edition. Softcover. 56
pages. Schott Music
#ED22643. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045690).
For decades,
pupils (aged 6+) have
been learning the basics
of piano playing with
plenty of imagination and
creativity by using the
popular three-volume
piano method Piano Kids
by Hans-Gunter Heumann.
In 2014 the method was
revised and has since
been published in a
revised and expanded new
edition: New songs and
illustrations breathe new
life into the standard
work and adjust it to the
realityof life of today's
first-time piano players.
The educational concept
of Piano Kids, resulting
from the combination of
textbooks, additional
activity books as well as
the large number of
themed tune books, is now
completed by tune books
that are companions to
the textbooks.These new
tune books contain a wide
range of very easy pieces
for beginners which are
in line with the progress
of the textbooks
andprovide the young
pianists with
age-appropriate playing
literature from the very
first piano lesson.
Well-known folklore
melodies, upbeat
compositions in the style
of pop, rock and jazz
music as well as the
first little masterpieces
by Mozart, Beethoven
& Co. motivate and
stimulate the pupils and
add variety to the music
lessons. Volume 1 starts
with several pieces for
piano duet which will
easily motivate beginners
without demanding too
much. All pieces are
limited to the five-note
range while nevertheless
covering the whole
spectrum of styles: from
folk melodies via
classical pieces by
composers such as
Gurlitt, Turk or Bartok
to modern compositions
from the areas of pop,
rock and jazz music.
Alongside Vol. 2 of the
piano method, Volume 2
extends the pitch range
and heightens the
rhythmic demands. Apart
from the wide rangeof
songs from the areas of
folk, rock and pop music,
the young musicians get
to know the first easy
piano pieces by Mozart,
Beethoven & Co. Many
little 'treats' will have
a lasting motivating
effect on the pianists,
like e.g. the Baby
Elephant Walk by Henri
Mancini or The
Entertainer by Scott
Joplin. These pieces have
been arranged by
Hans-Gunter Heumann in
such a way that they do
not demand too much of
the children but motivate
them when playing these
famous melodies.