Tempo! Tempo!: Piano: Instrumental Album

A collection of relaxing music to ease the stress and make you smile again! 22 pieces that soothe and inspire for solo piano.When you're feeling the pressure why not take time out to play some of the finest contemporarymusic'This collection brings together 22 calming pieces including themes from films that include 'The Artist' 'Am?lie' 'The King???s Speech' and 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' as well as compositions from Philip Glass Michael Nyman and Zbigniew Preisner. So why not sit down and play and sing some of your personal favourites' They???ll calm you down and give you fresh energy to face whatever the day brings!

This outstanding collection brings together forty-nine of the finest keyboard works by major Italian composers of the 17th and 18th centuries. With works by Frescobaldi Scarlatti Martini and others arranged for piano solo or other keyboard instruments. The beautiful melodies flowing elegance and charm of these pieces will leave you uplifted and energised. 49 works arranged for Solo piano.

Pianoworks Duets 1 is the perfect resource for beginner pianists to explore duet-playing. They'll develop balance playing in time and sight-reading while learning attractive and accessible arrangements in a huge variety of styles and genres from Offenbach's lively 'Can-Can' and Joplin's 'The Entertainer' to traditional folk tunes from Japan and the West Indies. In addition the collection contains several new and original gems by Alan Bullard the co-author of this celebrated series.21 duets with parts of equal standard compiled and arranged for beginner pianists (approx. Grades 1-2)Wide range of styles includingClassical Romantic jazz folk and contemporaryCD with backing tracks for each part to allow solo practiceUseful tips on style and technique and background information on every piecePerfect companion to Pianoworks Book 1 and Pianoworks Collection 1

45 Festive Christmas Hits for Piano- The Great Piano Solos - Christmas Book is a bumper compendium of 49 Piano solos just in time for Christmas! This collection offers a fantastic combination of festive favourites and contemporaryclassics. All of your favourite Christmas songs are collected in one volume for solo Piano with this Great Piano Solos songbook. Whether you're more of a fan of the traditionals likeAway In A Manger or O Come All Ye Faithful or you prefer those modern Christmas hits like I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day and Fairytale Of New York there is truly somethingfor all tastes. Not only this but there is also an easy-listening section for the smooth and chilled Christmas melodies and a jazz section for arrangements of tunes with a little something extra. Thissongbook is ideal for a beginner to intermediate-pianist who wants a great deal of variety in their Christmas Piano playing. You will be able to impress your family with beautiful playing of the standards and then wake everyoneup after Christmas dinner with your jazzed-up arrangements of classic tunes.  When on a cold winter's night you're warming your bones by a log fire what better addition to this scene than solo Pianorenditions of everyone's favourite Christmas tunes? Whether you want to lead a singalong with your family or just practise your Piano privately the Great Piano Solos Christmas Book will make you thefavourite this festive season.

John Luther Adams' Among Red Mountains for solo Piano. 'I've always been intimidated by the Piano. As a performer I never played it very well. And as a composer I've never felt as if Icould make the instrument my won.On a recent trip to New York I heard the premiere performance of a lovely chamber work by Kyle Gann that embraces multiple tempos without sustaining them all at the same time.On the way home to Alaska I passed through Seattle. In the Seattle airport there's a large painting by Frank Stella It's one of his protractor works in which arcs of bright colours weave in and out of one another in a dizzyingcounterpoint of imaginary planes. Studying this painting (after hearing Gann's music) it occurred to me that I might be able to do something similar with the Piano. Virtually all my recent music has been composedof four five or six simultaneous tempo layers. If those ensemble and orchestral pieces are multi-dimensional sculptures then Among Red Mountains is more like a drawing. In this piece the challenge I set for myself was tosuggest five independent tempo planes within the limitations of two hands and what Vicki Ray calls 'the Big Black Box'. For three decades I've admired the Piano music of Peter Garland. At last I have a piece thatI hope is worthy of this dedication. The title Among Red Mountains is the translation of the Gwitch'in Athabascan name for a place in the Brooks Range north of Arctic Village.' - John LutherAdams

This is one of four level-two books in the American Popular Piano series - the educational piano course by Christopher Norton and Scott McBride Smith.The series has 11 difficulty Levels and each Level contains: Repertoire album with CD; Etudes album (including Improvisation); Skills book; Technic (technique) book.Level TwoFor students in their early years of study- Full triads and pedal- Whole note half note quarter note dotted half note- Whole rest half rest quarter rest dotted-half rest- pp p mp mf f ff crescendo and diminuendo- Slur legato staccato accent tenuto grace notes- 3/4 4/4 and 5/4 time signatures- Key signatures up to two sharps and one flat-Repeat 8va 8vb tie fermata ritardando a tempo - Fine DC al Fine Coda DS al Coda Etudes Albums:complement the corresponding Repertoire Album with traditional technical etudes in both classical and popular styles and through a revolutionary module-based approach to improvisation.· Technical Etudes: builds solid fundamentals by focusing on specifictechnical and musical elements; offers an enjoyable approach to improving facility;· Improvisation Etudes: delivers a practical framework for learning improvisation; integrates effortlessly into traditional piano lessons; module structure provides intuitive progressive development from the very first level; encourages creativity and spontaneity; trains critical active listening skills.The CD which comes only with the Repertoire Album contains accompanying instrumental backings both for the Repertoire Album's ensemble pieces and the Etudes Album's Improvisation modules: · provides convenient practice and performance tempos for realistic support of the learning process; · stimulates daily ensemble playing; · creates a full band improvisation experience; · makes reaching a polished performance just plain fun!About the American Popular Piano series:?Why can?t I play more music like this?? asked a fourteen-year-old piano student. ?My friends