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!

Carol Matz's Famous and Fun Jewish Songs, Book 2 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli, and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method and have optional duet parts for teacher or parent. / Piano

Carol Matz's Famous and Fun Jewish Songs, Book 4 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method. / Piano

Carol Matz's Famous and Fun Jewish Songs, Book 1 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli, and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method and have optional duet parts for teacher or parent. / Piano

By studying these pieces students will grow more familiar with the distinct sounds of the musical modes used in composition throughout the world. Contents include: McGuire's Jig; Song of Madrid; Ships of the Desert; Japanese Garden; Israeli Folk Dance; Calypso Band; Theme for a New America.

A collection of 140 traditional and contemporary melodies set to lyrics excerpted from the Psalms. Melody line chords Hebrew texts transliterations and translations. Culled from many Tara Publication editions this collection features traditional Hassidic Israeli Sephardic and popular Yeshiva melodies.