This essential collection of 100 piano études is divided into 15 units that survey the technical challenges at the early intermediate, intermediate, and late intermediate levels. The early units review technical issues that students experience at the elementary levels, such as five-finger patterns and articulations. The later units introduce more difficult technical challenges that prepare students for advanced repertoire, such as playing ornamentation, octaves, and large chords. Each unit contains between five and ten études written by master composers from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods. Within each unit, the études are arranged in order of difficulty. Each piece appears in its original form - notes have not been added or removed. The composers' original dynamics, tempo marks, phrase indications, and articulations have been preserved. Ornamentation is realized in footnotes. Added measure numbers provide easy reference, and editorial suggestions for fingering and pedaling have been provided. A concise foreword discusses technique at the intermediate levels. Two indexes are included: one by unit and technical skill, and another by level and composer.Unit listing: Five-Finger Patterns * Articulation * Coordination between the Hands * Scales * Triads, Inversions, and Broken Chords * Double Notes * Left-Hand Development * Velocity * Arpeggios * Finger and Hand Independence * Repeated Notes * Accompaniment Patterns * Ornamentation * Octaves * Four- and Five-Note Chords. / Piano

The Hal Leonard Student Piano Library continues with this set of nine character pieces for Piano solo. This superb folio of pieces is designed to provide a varying yet always evocative repertoire for the late-intermediate Piano student with styles ranging from a gentle but menacing Arabesque (Autumn Storms) to the high speed fun of Scherzo (Sledding). Each piece expertly captures a different mood and all are ideal for festival concert or audition performance providing satisfying technical challenges as well as poignant melodies.

Alfred's Top Hits series has overwhelmingly been accepted by students and teachers. This series combines just the right combination of hits from Broadway Hollywood television and recordings! As you might expect from Alfred this series offers a rare combination of great music arranged with care and creativity. Your beginning and intermediate students can savor the excitement of playing pop music and reap the benefits from making practicing more fun and rewarding. Titles: Casper the Friendly Ghost * Do-Re-Mi * Edelweiss * I'm Late * I'm Popeye the Sailor Man * It's a Small World * Mickey Mouse March * My Heart Will Go On * Peter Cottontail * Puff the Magic Dragon * RubberDuckie.

Hal Leonard Adult Piano Method-This fantastic addition to the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Adult Piano Method offers plenty of exciting supplementary material for late learners featuring brand-new arrangements of standard favourites and popular hits arranged by Fred Kern Phillip Keveren and Mona Rejino. Tracks include: American Pie; Circle of Life; Fun Fun Fun; La Vie En Rose; Let It Be Me; Murder She Wrote; My Heart Will Go On; Sing; Strangers in the Night; Y.M.C.A. and The Way You Look Tonight This pack contains a General Midi disk with orchestrated accompaniments at both practice and performance tempos.

Add the glitz and glamour of Broadway to your repertoire at the earliest opportunity with this selection of show-stopping favourites specially arranged for the late-elementary Piano student.Do you love the songs of the great musicals? Maybe you adore the romance of Beauty And The Beast the passion of The Music Of The Night or the great sing-along anthems like You'll Never Walk Alone? If the answer is yes then this is the book for you - boasting eight Broadway hits that are the perfect addition to your early repertoire or for that important concert opportunity.

Mid-Elementary Level-The two books When Notes Go Walking (Book 1) and When Notes Go Skipping (Book 2) contain pieces for piano students who are playing for the first time from printed music. At the outset the student is given a practical manner of reading notes which needs not be discarded changed or modified as the student advances. The plan is simple: Watch the notes to see where they go! After the first note is played the student reads on by DIRECTION and DISTANCE observing each note in its RELATED POSITION to the last one played.

Atopos Fondazione in Italy this piece was premiered by John Tilbury on 10 June 2008. A homage to Morton Feldman and a companion piece to his Triadic Memories Skempton's Notti stellate a Vagli conjures up images of Tuscany through its in the composer's words 'nocturnal tone and stellar texture'.

KENNY DORHAM: jazz legend, master composer, arranger and performer. His unique and compelling voice on trumpet is well documented on recordings. Now K.D.'s music is presented in print, through the eyes, ears and heart of friend and fellow Jazz Messenger, pianist WALTER DAVIS, JR. These piano arrangements give all musicians the opportunity to enjoy and study many of the subtle complexities of Kenny's compositions and to explore the rhythmic and harmonic fabric of his music. All 30 compositions have been recorded by major jazz artists. Complete with recording credits, chord symbols and instructions for expanding the arrangements to include improvised solo choruses. / Piano

These diverse and entertaining solos are 'character pieces' that create a mental picture of a particular scene or episode. Students will find it easy to relate to the 'picture title' of each solo in order to determine its mood, style, and tempo. By interjecting their own musical ideas (such as dynamics, lyrics, rubato, etc.), students will enjoy using their imagination to help make each scene or episode even more colorful and descriptive. Students will also be inspired to become more thoughtful and expressive musicians. Book 1 includes 11 pieces for the late elementary to early intermediate pianist. / Piano

In C Minor Op. 13-The ?Pathétique? marks the beginning of the publication of all Beethoven piano sonatas by Bärenreiter in scholarly-critical Urtext editions.This Sonata in C minor was his first large work in this genre and a prime example of the late 18th century sonata. To this day it remains a source of fascination with its ardent pathos and emotional coherence. While first sketches probably date back to 1796 Beethoven did not complete the sonata until 1798/99 shortly after his string trio in C minor op. 9 from 1797/98. He published the work in December 1799 in Vienna.The Urtext edition of this famous sonata edited by the Beethoven expert Jonathan Del Mar remainsfaithful to the sources and reflects the latest research. With its clear print and practical page turns it will appeal to advanced piano students pianists and teachers. It includes a historical foreword a detailed critical commentary as well as informative notes on performance practice.Scholarly-critical performing Urtext edition based on most recent researchFor advanced piano students pianists and teachersOptimum page turns and notes on performance practiceDetailed foreword (Ger/Eng) and critical commentary (Eng)

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Later Elementary Level-Description: Southpaw Swing is a late elementary solo very frisky in its mood! Purpose: To work the LH with easy repeated rhythmic patterns and to have fun. Suggestions for Instruction: I would first practice each hand separately to establish the pattern. Key: C Major

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. The series 'Get to Know Classical Masterpieces' presents popular compositions in easy piano arrangements by Hans-Günter Heumann, the latest edition in this series being Tchaikovsky's famous ballet opera Swan Lake. The present edition, with explanatory texts and fully coloured illustrations, is aimed at young and adult pianists. The easily playable arrangements and original pieces provide an ideal introduction to the music of Tchaikovsky./ Répertoire / Piano

Schott Piano Collection-Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894) the musical child prodigy from Ukraine gave his first piano concert at the age of nine. He was one of the most successful and most famous performers of his time. His performance was characterized by overwhelming virtuosity and fascinating expressiveness. A later pupil of Franz Liszt he attracted attention not only for his successful concert tours throughout Europe but also as a composer. His extensive oeuvre covering numerous genres was influenced by Western European Romanticism by composers such as Mendelssohn Schumann and Chopin. This volume of selected works for the piano 'Ausgewählte Klavierwerke' offers a manageable selection fromhis numerous piano works including the popular 'Melody' in F major Op. 3 the beautiful 'Rêve angélique' as well as 'Romance' Op. 10/5 and 'Valse-Caprice' a popular bravura piece. Because of the full piano setting and the large fingering patterns his works are suitable for advanced players.