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 OfSilence 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.

Op. 90-It was not until 1814 five years after the Sonata op. 81 “Les Adieux” that Beethoven then at the height of his popularity during the Congress of Vienna returned to the piano sonata. The highly lyrical Sonata in E minor the last piano sonata from his middle period consists of two movements with solely German tempo marks and is dedicated to his piano-playing friend and patron Moritz Count von Lichnowsky. In terms of technical difficulty regarding Beethoven’s later piano sonatas this sonata is one of the more accessible for advanced students.- Well-suited for advanced student lessons- Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the forefront ofmusical scholarship- All known sources taken into account- Elegant musical engraving with optimal page turns- Valuable notes on period performance practice (Eng/Ger)

Studio Ghibli Best Hit 10 Advanced/English. Please choose your best book with same songs in four different levels. This book is released for advanced pianists.

Book and CD. The Drop 2 Book is the first publication to explore the 4-note block chord approach to jazz Piano playing- as used by Piano masters like Kenny Barron, MyCoy Tyner, Barry Harris, Cedar Walton and Bill Evans. World renowned educator and pianist Mark Levine gives the reader a comprehensive, step-by-step, beginner to advanced Masterclass on this approach to voicing chords. This book includes chapters on: The basic Drop 2 approach Advanced techniques soloing and 'comping in Drop 2 Practice techniques Plus a CD of Levine demonstrating all the exercises This is an invaluable insight into the harmonic minds of some of the world's greatest Piano players.

from healthy technique to natural artistry-The Complete Pianist: from healthy technique to natural artistry offers a new and unique approach to piano playing in which Penelope Roskell shares a lifetime???s experience of teaching performing and ground-breaking research into healthy piano playing. Containing more than 500 pages of text 300 videos and 200 exercises newly devised by the author this is the most comprehensive book ever written on piano playing. The book has something new to offer to all pianists and keyboard players ??? student and teacher professional and amateur. Penelope guides pianists through the early stages of learning a piece through all the technical challenges and interpretative choices towardsinspired performance. Each new aspect of playing is addressed through a series of practical exercises which proceed step-by-step from the basics towards more advanced applications. Penelope demonstrates all the musical and technical points herself in videos accessible by smartphone tablet or computer. The Complete Pianist comprises 22 sections including: ??? A whole-body approach ??? Finger touch and tone production ??? Playing at speed ??? Fundamentals of chord playing ??? Advanced chords ??? Rotation ??? Lateral movements ??? Tone and texture ??? Pedalling ??? Learning memorizing and sight-reading

ABRSM Grades 7-8 . This special collection of intermediate to advanced piano repertoire has been lovingly curated by internationally renowned pianist, Isata Kanneh-Mason. Inspired by her musical journey from childhood prodigy to accomplished performer, and drawing on her championship of female composers and composers of colour, Isata has handpicked a wonderfully diverse melange of music for players to explore. Alongside classical masterpieces such as Clara Schumann?s Notturno, players will find repertoire by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, George Gershwin and Alexander Desplat as well as a stunning new work by Errollyn Wallen. Carefully edited and fingered, Piano Inspiration 2 is ideal both for recreational playing and those seeking own-choice repertoire for ABRSM Performance Grades (Grades 7 ). ? 12 pieces for intermediate to advanced players, each holding special significance to Isata ? A wonderful array of styles, composers and traditions that span four centuries of piano music ? An original work by Errollyn Wallen, specially composed for this collection ? Ideal for own-choice repertoire selection in ABRSM Performance Grades (Grades 7 ) Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is in great demand in the UK and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She offers eclectic and interesting repertoire and has performed at many of the world?s finest concert venues, including the Royal Albert Hall for her BBC Proms solo debut in 2023. As a Decca recording artist, she entered the UK classical charts at No. 1 with her 2019 album Romance, and has since released Summertime, featuring twentieth-century American repertoire; Muse, a duo album with her brother Sheku; and Childhood Tales, which showcases music inspired by a nostalgia for youth. Isata is recipient of the coveted Leonard Bernstein Award and the Opus Klassik Award for best young artist.

Ma mre l'oye (Mother Goose Suite) is typical of Ravel's style with its modal melodies, use of dance forms and rhythmic precision. For this suite, Ravel selected favorite French fairy tales with references to fantasy, dreams and legends of childhood, and provided simple and delicate settings for piano duet (one piano, four hands). Although featuring childhood themes, Ma mre l'oye is at the late intermediate to early advanced level. This teaching/performance edition contains the suite in its entirety and is based on the first edition published by Durand in 1910. Editors Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster have included expert fingering suggestions and hand redistributions for technical ease, and have suggested ways to perform grace notes and glissandi in footnotes. The primo and secondo parts are on separate pages with measure numbers in both parts for easy reference. Late intermediate to early advanced.

Intermediate to Early Advanced Works by 36 Composers-Works by 27 composers are included in this 248-page comprehensive survey of piano music written between 1750 and 1820. The pieces in this collection range in difficulty from intermediate through early-advanced levels and cover the widest range of styles and idioms of the Classical period. Historical and biographical background performance notes and suggested realizations of ornaments are also provided by Dr. Hinson.

Original Music by Dave Brubeck-This comprehensive anthology of Dave Brubeck's serious piano works is a must for every Brubeck fan. These dynamic works for the early advanced to advanced player are enveloped within boundaries of romanticism yet remain cutting-edge. Dramatic concert works that effectively showcase Brubeck's compositional genius are: Glances (a four-movement suite) Points on Jazz (an eight-part jazz ballet) Chromatic Fantasy Sonata (a four-movement contemporary sonata with fugue) Tritonis (a contemporary concert work full of harmonic creativity) They All Sang Yankee Doodle (theme and variations) The Salmon Strikes Back. This folio also includes numerous photographs.

Second Part of the Clavier Ãœbung-By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) edited by Christoph Wolff Walter Emeryr. BWV 971 831. Collection for solo piano (or harpsichord). Urtext of the New Bach Edition. 66 pages. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA.BA5161) ISBN M006466160. With introductory text (does not include words to the songs). Baroque. 9x12 inches. SMP Level 10 (Advanced)Very advanced level very difficult note reading frequent time signature changes virtuosic level technical facility needed. (Learn more about SMP levels)Contents:French Overture BWV 831 B MinorItalian Concerto BWV 971 F MajorFrench Overture BWV 831a (Early Version) C Minor

Intermediate--Advanced-After decades of anticipation Alfred is proud to release the officially licensed collectible sheet music companion folios to the Super Mario Bros. video game series.The 34 arrangements in this intermediate-advanced piano edition are note-for-note transcriptions of instantly recognizable melodies beloved by generations of gamers around the globe. From Koji Kondo's iconic 'Super Mario Bros.? Ground Background Music' to the New Super Mario Bros.? Wii? themes the dozens of pieces in this book represent two and a half decades of Nintendo video game favourites.Adding to the fun graphics from the corresponding games graceeach page of the sheet music. Impress friends family and audiences of all ages by playing from this magnificent collection which makes a great gift for every pianist.