This edition of John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course introduces a number of First Hit Songs to the beginner pianist providing easy-to-play hits in the well-loved John Thompson style with simplified arrangements and large notation. A number of the most popular chart songs are included in First Hit Songs which have all been simplified so that pupils working through parts two to four of the Easiest Piano Course are able to play some familiar and famous tunes. The songs are ordered progressively so as pupils learn more challenging theory and techniques they can put that intopractice by getting to grips with more advanced songs. All the songs included here are well-known hits with most being modern chart-toppers. The 15 hits in this songbook include Piano-based ballads like Tom Odell's Real Love and Sam Smith's I'm Not The Only One as well as more upbeat pop tunes arranged for Piano like Style by Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainor's Lips Are Movin'. Other hits like See You Again Hold Back The River Blame It On Me and Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud are included along with two all-time classics Love Is All Around and We Are The Champions. Popular songs like these enable pupils to enhance their learning by using the techniques to play songs they know and love helping them to develop deeper musicality. Because dynamics and phrasing are not introduced until part three of the Easiest Piano Course  some of the songs early in First Hit Songs do not feature this while some outline fingering is included throughout helping pupils at this level. As well as being a fun and enjoyable complement to learning the book can also provide invaluable sight-reading practice for advanced students.  For a

Featuring 17 of the biggest hits from the current charts Ultimate Chart Hits is a contemporary-focused addition to the Really Easy Piano series helping beginners to play their favourite popchart tunes.   The standard of pop songs has been steadily increasing and right now it's possibly the best it's ever been. With songwriters like Meghan Trainor John Legend and GeorgeEzra gracing the charts with their catchy hooks and heartfelt lyrics there couldn't be a better time to learn the best pop hits on the Piano. This collection of perfect pop sheet music will allow you to learn hits likeAll About That Bass Rather Be and Stay With Me as well as the amazing instant classics Shake It Off by Taylor Swift and Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars.   If you are a beginner pianist who loves the current pop output Really Easy Piano: Ultimate Chart Hits is the sheet music book for you. The simplified arrangements give you just themost important parts of the songs with lyrics and chord symbols too. Not only this but interesting background information for each song will let you know which ones got to number one while some really helpful performance hintsand tips will let you focus on the difficult bits and nail each and every performance. Whether you love a bit of Ed Sheeran Tom Odell or Take That there is something for every pop lover here.   If youare a beginning pianist who has a proclivity for pop then Ultimate Chart Hits is most definitely for you. It's a brilliant collection of that pure pop perfection that we all enjoy on the radio and televisionevery day all arranged for Easy Piano enabling anyone to play these great tunes especially if you're a beginner.