This piano course has been specifically written to help students progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the Piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire quick studies key technical information and musicianship activities students will develop the skills that they require. Note-reading will be improved technique developed and a greater understanding of style and music theory will be gained. The Intermediate Pianist Book 3 is suitable for Grade 5 level pianists and forms part of the Piano Trainer series. This series was the winner of the 2018 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence Best Print Resource

This is a collection of original piano pieces written by real living composers who eat breakfast get tired and irritable laugh at jokes and have favourite things. Using their imagination and with a love for piano music they have captured a little bit of what makes them who they are within some inspired pieces and left these as a set of musical fingerprints for you to play. This book is around Grade 1-4 standard.

This book is the second in a series of four books and follows on directly from Book One. It is a fantastic collection of new and original pieces for Solo Piano in a variety of styles to suit any mood. With a range from sentimental ballads to cosy dinner jazz and wistful blues to cheerful upbeat tunes it truly provides the perfect antidote to stress. Suitable for players at Grade 4-6 standard these lush harmonies and laid-back melodies are synonymous with the smoky dimly lit but relaxed atmosphere of a Jazz club and are perfect for performance or simply to enjoy.

Improve Your Sight-Reading! Grade 3 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems by building up a complete picture of each piece through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally ‘going solo’ with a series of meticulously-graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition has been completely re-written with new exercises and pieces to support the Associated Board's new sight-reading requirements from 2009. Improve YourSight-Reading! will help you improve your reading ability and with numerous practice tests included will ensure sight-reading success in graded exams.

Improve your sight-reading! Grade 1 is part of the best-selling series by Paul Harris guaranteed to improve your sight-reading! This workbook helps the player overcome problems by building up a complete picture of each piece through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions and finally ‘going solo’ with a series of meticulously-graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition has been completelyre-written with new exercises and pieces to support the Associated Board's new sight-reading requirements from 2009. Improve your sight-reading! will help you improve your reading ability and with numerous practice tests included will ensure sight-reading success in graded exams.

The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books including this volume for Grade 1 have been specifically written to reflect Trinity’s parameters for each grade and contain new material throughout.Designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems these books follow the same progressive format as previous editions: technical aspects are introduced step by step firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises then by studying prepared pieces with associatedquestions and finally ‘Going solo’ with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.

The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books including this volume for Grade 2 have been specifically written to reflect Trinity’s parameters for each grade and contain new material throughout.Designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems these books follow the same progressive format as previous editions: technical aspects are introduced step by step firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises then by studying prepared pieces with associatedquestions and finally ‘Going solo’ with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces.

Play at Sight For Piano is a systematic course in the essential skills and techniques required for successful sight-reading suitable for elementary pianists. Divided into four parts each covering a specific range of skills starting with separate hands within a compass of five notes moving up to reading two staves together with varied keys dynamics and articulation. One week's exercises are given on each page - the teacher can hear one or more at a weekly lesson. The technical point of each page is clearly explained. Specific problems such as keeping eyes on the music and reading two staves at once are discussed. The gradual pace encourages an accurate andmusical performance at every stage essential for confidence and enjoyment. Christine Brown is a renowned teacher and pedagogue of immense experience. She is highly respected for her lectures and articles on the subject of sight-reading and also a leading authority on the Hungarian composer Bela Bartok.

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' Improve your Scales and Improve your Sight-reading. The book begins by encouraging students to plan their practice sessions starting with warm-ups and then giving tips on how to 'explore a piece'. This book will encourage children to think about different aspects of their music as they play giving them a better musical understanding of their pieces and to encourage independent thought and exploration.

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series Improve your Scales and Improve your Sightreading. Improve your Practice Grade 3 begins by encouraging students to plan their practice sessions. starting with warm-ups and then giving tips on how to 'explore a piece'. This book will encourage children to think about different aspects of their music as they play giving them a better musical understanding of their pieces and also encourages independent thought and exploration.

This new series from Paul Harris builds on his previous series' Improve your Scales and Improve your Sight-reading.Improve Your Practice Grade 2 begins by encouraging students to plan their practice sessions starting with warm-ups and then giving tips on how to 'explore a piece'.This book will encourage children to think about different aspects of their music as they play by giving them a better musical understanding of their pieces and encouraging independent thought and exploration.

Some of the most enduringly popular songs in simple, playable piano arrangements. Ideal for beginner pianists. Contents: As Time Goes By; Bewitched; Cabaret; High Hopes; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'; It Ain't Necessarily So; Love & Marriage; Maybe This Time; Never Met A Man I Didn't Like; Over The Rainbow; Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head; Send In The Clowns; Singin' In The Rain; Summertime; Tomorrow

'Little Peppers' is the third book in a series of five. Each book is filled with fun jazz pieces that can be used both as pedagogical studies and as repertoire pieces. 'Little Peppers' is around Grade 3 standard and each of the pieces has been written with the young pianist in mind avoiding leaps that are difficult for small hands and incorporating relatively short lighthearted pieces. Technique is developed alongside musicality helping young players to move towards grade exams and the other books in the series.

Aimed at beginner-grade 1 level pianists Pam Wedgwood: Piano Basics Workouts is designed to be used alongside the Piano Basics tutor books. The fun warm-ups and technical exercises featured in this book are an ideal way to start practice sessions. Pam Wedgwood: Piano Basics Workouts aides early-grade pianists in their technical development strengthening hands and improving finger flexibility and co-ordination while helping to improve sight-reading skills. This book reinforces the new notes and techniques covered in Pam Wedgewood: Piano Basics Volume 1 and Pam Wedgewood: Piano Basics Volume2. Helpful hints and tips are included throughout to develop valuable musicianship skills.

Fanny Waterman DBE has become a household name and a legend in her own lifetime and this updated edition of On Piano Teaching And Performing is packed with the knowledge know-how and advice that stems from over 40 years of teaching experience.The book's insights into the fundamentals of playing technique and of musicianship its shrewd practical advice and illuminating turn of phrase have immeasurably benefited all who teach and all who learn the Piano. Now updated from the original 1983 publication the book is filled with inspiring thoughts and words of advice not just for pianists but for all musicians.On Piano Teaching AndPerforming also features a chapter concerning local national and international competitions for which Dame Waterman has become renowned. You will also find an appendix of the Rules And Maxims For Young Pianists by Robert Schumann which are still startlingly fresh and relevant for today's musicians.