First Book For Pianists - Book Only (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

First Repertoire for Little Pianists is a series of delightful, original piano works for children from beginner to preparatory level. Comprising 25 performance pieces that may also be used to supplement a method, each book in the First Repertoire for Little Pianists series provides a treasure trove of meticulously graded music, bursting with imagination and inventiveness. Widening the range of note values, key signatures, and hand positions from Book 1, Book 2 features piano solos, solos with teacher accompaniment, and pupil duets that will motivate further study and foster a love for music-making.

First Repertoire for Little Pianists is a series of delightful, original piano works for children from beginner to preparatory level. Comprising 25 performance pieces that may also be used to supplement a method, each book in the First Repertoire for Little Pianists series provides a treasure trove of meticulously graded music, bursting with imagination and inventiveness. Focused on simplistic five-finger hand positions and with useful performance notes for each piece, Book 1 features piano solos, solos with teacher accompaniment, and pupil duets that will motivate further study and foster a love for music-making.

With the Really Easy Piano Playalong songbook, you can learn 19 Classic Hit Songs with these simplified arrangements for Easy Piano, then use the included download card to hear demonstrations and backing tracks that you can play along to. Featuring a wealth of some of the most famous tunes of all time by the greatest singers and songwriters ever, these Classic Hit Songs are essential playing for all pianists, and the Really Easy Piano Playalong book lets beginners immediately pick up these wonderful melodies. From classic pop songs like All Shook Up, Downtown and Waterloo to those beautiful ballads like Rocket Man, Hallelujah and Fields Of Gold, this collection offers amazing variety of tunes that can be placed right at beginner pianist's fingertips. With the accompanying download card, you will get instant online access to fantastic-sounding demonstration and backing tracks for each tune. This means you'll be able to hear how each Classic Hit Song should sound, then learn them using the easy-to-read sheet music, before playing your own versions along to the backing tracks. With songs by such bestselling artists as Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, David Bowie and Louis Armstrong, this is a fantastic book for learning all of those timeless tunes that everyone loves, and with the help of some fingering hints, performance tips, lyrics and fascinating background information, the Really Easy Piano Playalong really is the perfect songbook for pianists who love pop hits. The fantastic selection of brilliant songs from these wonderful musicians places some of the greatest tunes of all time at any beginner pianist's fingertips. Your friends and family will no doubt be wholly impressed with how great each of these songs sound on the Piano, especially when played along with the backing tracks. For a collection of 19 Classic Hit Songs, look no further than the Really Easy Piano Playalong songbook. / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / Piano

Description A First Book Of Blues For The Beginning Pianist With these easy-to-play renditions, beginning pianists of all ages can enjoy one of America's most celebrated art forms. Songlist Arkansas Blues Beale Street Blues Careless Love Crazy Blues Down Home Blues Jelly Roll Blues Joe Turner Blues Memphis Blues Outta' Bed Blues Prison Bound Royal Garden Blues St. James Infirmary St. Louis Blues The Hesitating Blues Weary Blues Yellow Dog Blues

Dutkanicz First Book Haydn. A mentor to Mozart and teacher of Beethoven, Joseph Haydn is known as the Father of the Symphony?and now even beginning pianists can master many of his most memorable works. This collection focuses on the composer's melodies and style to provide a satisfying and accessible introduction to the Austrian composer's oeuvre. Presented in gradually increasing order of difficulty, the pieces feature simplified keys and suggested fingerings. Selections include the opening of Haydn's Surprise Symphony No. 94, famous for its musical joke of a sudden fortissimo chord, as well as the openings for Symphony No. 44 (Trauer), Symphony No. 49 (La passione), and Symphony No. 104 (London), in addition to the second movements of Symphony No. 59 (Fire), Symphony No. 100 Militaire, and Symphony No. 101 (Clock). Other pieces include the Benedictus and Kyrie from Mass in Time of War, The Lark, The Master and the Scholar, and a variety of sonatas, allegros, and other pieces. All thirty-five selections are available as downloadable MP3s.

Debussy's music can be daunting to beginning pianists: his abstract sense of composition sometimes makes listeners feel lost the harmonies are more chromatic than traditional works and often his use of advanced keysis beyond the grasp of even more experienced players. This compilation however makes the composer's works highly accessible to beginning pianists.These introductory arrangements focus on Debussy's melodies andstyle. The more abstract works are excerpted and presented in manageable samples and the keys are simplified. Suggested fingerings are also provided. Beginning pianists will be able to enjoy a wide variety of works thatpreviously seemed unapproachable: 'Claire de Lune ' 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun ' 'Beau Soir ' 'Danse Bohémienne ' and many other etudes preludes and melodies. Best of all freedownloadable MP3s of each piece will familiarize players with the music.**Please note: The CD included with this title can only be played through an MP3 compatible program.**

29 Arrangements For The Beginning Pianist-This collection features 29 works by some of the greatest classical composers in pedagogically sound fun-to-play arrangements that are perfect for beginning pianists.The themes from Beethoven's Ode to Joy and Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze are included along with such favorites as Schumann's Träumerei Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 5 Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave and Wagner's Song to the Evening Star. This collection also features pieces by Chopin Grieg Handel Vivaldi Liszt and Haydn.An MP3 download is included for every piece which will help beginning pianists develop an ear for the melodies. The MP3smay be downloaded individually or collectively.**Please note: The CD included with this title can only be played through an MP3 compatible program.**

For the Beginning Pianist with Downloadable MP3s-Now even the often-challenging works of the last of Russia's Romantic composers are accessible to beginning pianists. Rachmaninoff's music can be daunting to those just starting out but these simple arrangements focus on the composer's melodies and style. The more abstract works are excerpted and presented in manageable samples and the keys are simplified. Suggested fingerings are also provided.The collection features easy-to-play versions of 'Vocalise'; Prelude in C-sharp Minor Op. 3 No. 2 ('Bells of Moscow'); the second movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 (Theme); Nocturne No. 1 in F-sharp Minor and Nocturne No. 3 in C Minor; Morceaux de Salon No. 3 Op. 10; Variations of a Theme of Corelli; and other selections.In addition to the piano arrangements the compilation includes a free MP3 download for every piece which will help students develop an ear for the melodies. The MP3s may be downloaded individually or collectively.

Par COROZINE VINCE. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 of the 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, and bass.Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass piano parts,making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues and pentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swing eighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context of accompanying a soloist (comping): in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazz soloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book.If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time you complete it! Includes access to online audio. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 ofthe 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, andbass. Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass pianoparts, making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues andpentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swingeighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context ofaccompanying a soloist (comping) - in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazzsoloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book. If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time youcomplete it! Includes access to online audio. / Jazz / Etude / Piano

This is the first book in the John W. Schaum Piano Course, which guides the pianist from the first encounter with the instrument right through Grade 6. Learn to play piano in an enjoyable, natural way with this progressive piano course. / Méthodes and études instrumentales / Partition /

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Beginning pianists can experience the pleasure and satisfaction of playing Mozart with this collection of special arrangements. It offers students of all ages the opportunity to charm listeners familiar melodies from The Magic Flute, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Don Giovanni and other popular works. 24 easy selections for Piano, with performance and historical notes by David Dutkanicz. / Niveau : Facile / Répertoire / Piano

A perfect introduction ot the music of Beethoven. The 10 pieces in this book are arranged in approximate order of difficulty and include the easiest menuets dances and more. Each are in their original form and this edition is intended for students in the early grades. Willard Palmer has provided notes on ornamentation pedaling and fingering.

Description A First Book Of Ragtime For The Beginning Pianist This compilation of easy-to-play ragtime favourites features 24 rollicking melodies by The Big Three of ragtime - Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph Lamb - plus pieces by Eubie Blake, Tom Turpin, and Songlist A Breeze From Alabama Blue Goose Rag Bohemia Rag Champagne Rag Charleston Rag Chevy Chase Rag Easy Winners Felicity Rag Fig Leaf Rag Fizz Water Grace And Beauty Great Scott Rag Harlem Rag High Society Magnetic Rag Maple Leaf Rag Mississippi Rag Peach Rag Sleepy Hollow The Entertainer The Weeping Willow Tiger Rag Twelfth Street Rag Violin Rag