Eight Keyboard Pieces

LCM Electronic Keyboard Handbook 2021: Step 2. Designed for those studying the keyboard at foundation level, this is part of a progressive series of ten handbooks, primarily intended for candidates considering taking the London College of Music examinations in electronic keyboard. This handbook covers all the material needed for the Step Two examination. Even if you don't intend to take an examination, the appealing content of musical repertoire and educational material provides a structured and comprehensive method of studying the keyboard. This handbook contains eight performance pieces in a variety of fun styles to enjoy, all the required exercises for the level, details of the discussion component of the exam and a handy chord dictionary for all the new chords encountered in the pieces - in fact, absolutely everything you need to take Step 2!

Edited by John Harley. This volume contains keyboard music of Peter Philips not included in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. With a single exception all the pieces in this collection are probably arrangements of music originally written for voice or strings.CONTENTSAlmande; Benedicam Dominum; Chi fara fed'al ciel; Deggio dunque partire; Ecco l'aurora con l'aurate fronte; Fantasia; Pavana Anglica; Veni Sancte Spiritus

Mid to Later Elementary Level-Composer's Choice: Glenda Austin features sheet music for eight great pieces by Glenda Austin all arranged for Piano solo.This collection includes six of Austin's favourite pieces through the years as well as two brand new ones composed especially for this series.Titles include Betcha-Can Boogie Jivin' Around The Plucky Penguin Rolling Clouds and more.

Here for the first time in a popularly accessible edition are 35 of his finest keyboard works for solo instruments reproduced from the monumental Deutsche Handelgesellschaft edition including eight 'Great Suites' and 'Fugue In A Minor'. For this new edition the pieces have been rearranged and retitled according to the latest scholarly sequences found in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Students and scholars will find many of the ideas Handel sketched here expanded and reworked in later chamber and orchestral works and in the opera dance movements; musicians and every Baroque music lover will see in these neglected pieces 'a Protean Fluidity' (New Grove) worthyof the great composer and more than worthy of any musical library.

Later Elementary Level-Musical Planets: 8 Original Pieces By Carolyn Miller includes eight great pieces inspired by the planets in our solar system all expertly arranged for Piano or Keyboard.These tuneful patterned pieces make perfect recital pieces and help students to look and sound good. Helpful performance notes provide informative insight.

Early to Mid-Intermediate Level-Composer's Choice: Randall Hartsell features eight great pieces by Randall Hartsell ideal for early to mid-intermediate level playing pianists or Keyboard players. Composer's Choice: Randall Hartsell includes six of Hartsell's favourite pieces over the last several years as well as two brand new ones composed especially for this series.This songbook includes performance notes.

Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana for piano is a cycle of eight contrasting pieces composed in 1838. The work belongs to one of Schumann's most creative periods. It was influenced by the writings of author E. T. A. Hoffmann and was inspired by Schumann's love for his wife, Clara. The current edition has been thoroughly researched, with comparisons made between all early sources. The 1850 second edition has been used as the primary source, which includes revisions made by Schumann and reflects his final intentions. Discrepancies with the first edition (1838), third edition (1858), and various Clara Schumann editions have been discussed in critical notes. Prefatory matter discusses the genesis of Kreisleriana, the relationship between Hoffmann's writings and Schumann's journalism and compositions, and the early champions and performers of this masterwork. Also included are discussions of the form of each piece and helpful performance suggestions. Editorial pedaling and fingering suggestions have been provided to facilitate learning and performance.Charles Timbrell is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he teaches piano, piano literature, and piano pedagogy. He also maintains an active career as a performer, author, lecturer, and adjudicator. / Piano

Suitable for grades 0-4.Includes companion backing CD.Carefully graded pieces to help pupils with reading and aural skills. Includes CD with backing tracks and chord symbols for a live keyboard or guitar accomp.Teacher's Notes: These carefully graded pieces have been designed to help your pupils with their reading skills from elementatry to grade 3 - 4. The scale melodies will help to develop a feeling for keys and tonality. The pieces have no performance markings and you and your pupils are encouraged to add these as part of the learning experience. The chord symbols throughout are in concert pitch and offer the opportunity to add a livekeyboard or guitar accompaniment.These pieces are designed to be both enjoyable performance material and a helpful teaching resource and the scale melodies will make preparation for examinations a more rewarding and musical experience.Student's Notes: Every piece has a full performance track and an accompaniment track on the companion CD. Listen to the performance tracks and try to copy what you hear - for example what do you notice about the quavers (eighth notes) in Pogo Stick and Swingin' - are they the same? Use your ears.Play along with the accompaniment tracks with as much style as you can and most importantly Have Fun!This book was originally published by Harlequin Music Cambridge in 2000.

With Performance Strategies-In Recital Throughout The Year is a series that focuses on fabulous repertoire with musically engaging pieces by leading FJH composers and arrangers. This series of books is carefully levelled to ensure that goals are attainable which is essential in motivating students. Providing excellent teaching material these books address the strengths and weaknesses of students with progressive discussions by Dr. Helen Marlais on the art of performance and an analysis of performance strategies.The pieces presented in these books provide repertoire for the entire year including pieces for Halloween and Christmas as well as arrangements of famous classicalthemes with original solos and duets.The accompanying CD includes demonstrations of the pieces presented in this book allowing the student to develop their interpretive skills.Volume Two Book 3 is suitable for Late Elementary pianists and covers many basic principles including:Eighth notes and those basic notes and rests introduced in books 1 and 2 dotted quarter notes are also introduced at the end of the bookPlaying different articulations such as legato and staccato at the same timePlaying pieces in a variety of different moods tempos and formPlaying block and broken major minor and diminished chordsPieces which reinforce five-finger scales as well as scale patterns that extend from the usual five-finger patterns (with finger crossing)Playing blocked intervals up to a sixth double thirds and hand-over-hand arpeggiosContinued movement up and down the keyboard and using the pedal artisticallyReinforcing basic musical terminology and symbols such as crescendo decrescendo ritardando fermata mezzo forte mezzo piano forte piano fortissimo pianissimo and D.S. al CodaKeys C G F A minor and D minor.

music for reflective times in worship-Text by Susan Sayers and Michael Forster Music by Kevin Mayhew Songs of Intercession is a marriage of inspirational texts and meditative music making each of the eight pieces ideal for any quiet moment - at the Communion for example or as aids to quiet prayer by groups or individuals. The texts intercede for those in any kind of need and open up the possibility of ourselves being part of the healing. The wonderfully melodic musicis multi-functional in that it may be performed in unison by everyone present or by a mixed-voice choir accompanied by any keyboard instrument with or without other instruments. There are optional short improvisations which may beused for silent prayer. The eight titles are:The breaking of breadTake us by the handTrust in the LordForgivenessGod knowsTo love with all your heartWise and holy GodThe giver of goodA recording of great beauty involving fine singers and instrumentalists is available and is ideal both for hearing how the music should sound and as a resource for prayer services.

Over 50 of the finest examples of sacred choral music from continental Europe from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. John Rutter has prepared completely new editions of all the pre-twentieth-century items going back to the earliest and most reliable manuscript or printed sources. English singing translations are provided for most pieces and playable keyboard reductions. Orchestrations are available for hire for the eight accompanied items and some pieces are available separately in the Oxford Choral Classics Octavo series.

Cahier 3A Piano-Conceived for Piano beginners who have already been introduced to music reading Le Voyage magique - Niveau 3A Aventurier follows up on Le Voyage magique - Niveau 2B Explorateur. Fifth in a series of eight it familiarises the students to more complex melodies and rhythms and to the techniques of playing. This volume uses the same characters as the previous books who evolve through new illustrations which guide the young pianists. Le Voyage magique is the translation and adaptation by Stéphane Blet of the American series Piano Discoveries by Janet Vogt and Leon Bates. The pedagogy of this bookhas been studied to be quite close to the language of children in order to develop their interest and concentration. A CD is provided to accompany the player while learning with Le Voyage magique offering some small melodic pieces to develop a musical ear. Janet Vogt is an American pianist professor at the College-Conservatory of Music. She also composed pieces for Keyboards for Choirs and some pop music. Leon Bates (born 1949) is a renowned American pianist who performed with the New York Symphony the Cleveland Symphony and many others. He is also a professor and participated to the conception of this method. Stéphane Blet is an international solo pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the École Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”.

Cahier 4 Piano-Conceived for Piano beginners who have already been introduced to music reading  Le Voyage Magique - Level 4 Traveller follows up on Piano Discoveries - Level 3 A & B Adventurer. Seventh of a series of eight it familiarises the young Pianist to more complex melodies and rhythms to minor chords and minor tonalities and to the techniques of playing. This volume uses the same characters as the previous books who evolve through new illustrations to guide the young pianists. Le Voyage Magique is the translation and adaptation by Stéphane Blet of the American series Piano Discoveries by JanetVogt and Leon Bates. The pedagogy of this book has been studied to be quite close to the language of children in order to develop their interest and concentration. A CD is provided to accompany the player while learning with Le Voyage Magique offering some small melodic pieces to develop a musical ear. Janet Vogt is an American Pianist professor at the College-Conservatory of Music. She also composed pieces for Keyboards for Choirs and some pop music. Leon Bates (born 1949) is a renowned American Pianist who performed with the New York Symphony the Cleveland Symphony and many others. He is also a professor and participated to the conception of this method. Stéphane Blet is an international Solo Pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the École Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”.