SKU: ST.C481
ISBN 9790570814817.
The Easy Piano Duets Series presents a selection of sensitively arranged piano duets, each with optional backing tracks. In the interests of playability, these two wonderful tunes have been simplified, while still allowing the spirit of the originals to shine through.In the interests of playability, the strict formality of Pachelbelâ??s Canon has been relaxed while allowing the spirit of the original to shine through. The key has been simplified from D major to C major and the seventeenth century rhythmic notation updated to improve readability. The optional backing tracks allow for small 12 bar sections (between each of the rehearsal letters) to be practised both â??slowlyâ?? (crotchet = 70 with metronome click) and â??a tempoâ?? (crotchet = 84), before putting the whole piece together â?? ideally in the company of another human!Arranged by Mark Goddard with optional backing tracks (available to download here).
SKU: HL.49002181
ISBN 9790204002160. UPC: 073999619461. 9.0x12.0x0.028 inches.
SKU: HL.285230
UPC: 888680908737. 9.0x12.0x0.264 inches.
'Flee the storms.' Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) put this motto of classical artists at the heart of his music for piano four hands, preferring the balance of proportions to the roar of passions, the eclecticism of good taste, charm and delicacy. Berceuses falls within the French tradition of children's music such as illustrated by Faure's Dolly and Ravel's Ma mere lOye. These seven pieces evoke with refinement the happiness of a cloudless day, the effervescence that reigns on Christmas Eve, or the gentle syncopated rocking of a young Creole, Selfiana. The Variations pueriles sur une melodie de Carl Reinecke manifest a free, whimsical vein, whereas the Trois preludes sur des airs irlandais drink at the pure sources of folk music, borrowing their thematic material from the famous collection Songs of Old Ireland which Stanford had brought out in 1882. Published for the first time from ahandwritten score, the Variations sur un theme de Charles Levade end with a wild quadrille that takes the heroes of the celebration to the nearest inn. The Piece en forme daria et Bergerie from 1896, finely polished, takes up with the ambiance of the pastorale, popular in the 17th century.
SKU: ST.C480
ISBN 9790570814800.
The Easy Piano Duets Series presents a selection of sensitively arranged piano duets, each with optional backing tracks. In the interests of playability, these two wonderful tunes have been simplified, while still allowing the spirit of the originals to shine through.Vivaldiâ??s The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni) is the name given to the four violin concertos Opus 8, No. 1â??4. Composed in 1723, they remain among the most popular concertos in all music. The texture of each movement is varied, resembling its respective season. For example, â??Winterâ?? is dark and sombre, whereas â??Summerâ?? invokes a thunderstorm in its final movement. Vivaldi wrote four sonnets to be read with the concerti â?? here translated into English overleaf.
SKU: M7.JO-15-01
ISBN 9790001215428. UPC: 842819116332.
SKU: BU.EBR-516
ISBN 9790560151618. 8.58 x 12.48 inches.
Comme tout professeur de piano, je suis continuellement en quête d’idées pour motiver les jeunes et moins jeunes élèves à la découverte de l’instrument.Le répertoire pour Piano Quatre Mains accessible aux débutants est assez restreint. L’écriture pianistique en ce genre doit prendre en compte une faible technique pianistique et des notions de solfège en cours d’apprentissage, sans que tout cela ne nuise au rendu musical.C’est pourquoi j’ai eu l’idée de créer ce recueil « grands débutants », attentif à ces difficultés, recueil où tout jeune pianiste peut aborder dès son premier cours, avec son professeur ou un autre élève, une pièce à Quatre Mains. L’expérience, appliquée en premier lieu avec mes élèves, est réellement enrichissante : elle révèle l’importance du rythme, renforce la musicalité, la motivation, et surtout, amène le partage de la musique et l’écoute de l’autre.Comme anecdote…j’ai donné à un élève de six ans, qui en était à son deuxième cours, l’étude d’une des premières pièces de ce recueil. Rapidement acquise, je lui ai dit que nous allions la jouer ensemble à quatre mains. Après quelques mesures, étonné du rendu sonore il m’a souri, car à ce moment là il était déjà Pianiste.MusicalementDavid Neyrolles.
