Up-Grade! Piano

Step it up! Piano Grades 2-3. Step it up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards...Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, and duets too - these carefully graded volumes are guaranteed to liven up your practice no end. So whether practising at home or performing to your friends, take your playing to another level with 'Step it up!' - and prepare to step up a grade at the same time!

Step it up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards! ..Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes and duets too - these carefully graded volumes are guaranteed to liven up your practice no end. So whether practising at home or performing to your friends take your playing to another level with 'Step it up!' - and prepare to step up a grade at the same time!

For the Earliest Beginner-Learn to play the Piano in the most enjoyable and natural way with the progressive tried-and-tested John W. Schaum Piano Course. This Green Book is aimed at the absolute beginner with no previous musical knowledge. Many teachers who use a tutor book to enhance their own pedagogical methods tend to try out a number of different titles but those who try John W. Schaum rarely move on to any other. These books are guaranteed to keep young beginners interested and motivated while also most importantly of all enjoying their playing. The book is very simple and easy-to-use moving logically through the conceptsthat any beginning pianist needs to know. This will ensure a solid foundation for when pupils move on to the next level of the Piano Course. The colourful pictures help to keep the sometimes difficult concepts exciting and the words that accompany the simplistic melodies are specifically aimed at young people creating tunes that beginners will genuinely enjoy playing. The John W. Schaum Piano Course lays out a clear and straightforward path for beginners to the Piano with this book aimed at those who have no prior knowledge helping them to lay the groundwork before they progress to Grade One.  For an efficient effective and most of all enjoyable way to teach young beginners to play the Piano you'd be hard-pressed to find a better quality tutor than John W. Schaum's Piano Course. With such a wealth of Piano tutor books out there it's difficult to know who to trust. Schaum's course was first completed back in 1945 and it's still a favourite today and we know you'll be amazed at how swiftly your child or pupil picks up the Piano with this tutor.

Pam Wedgwood's hugely popular 'Up-Grade!' series now extends into pop and jazz so even young beginners can bridge the gap between grades with some of their favourite tunes in cool new arrangments. 'Up-Grade Pop!' offers Pam’s own take on classic songs alongside her own specially composed pieces. Guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing the varied pieces in this collection are designed to easy you gently on to the next grade. So lighten up and move on with 'Up-Grade'!

A fun addition to the popular Up-Grade! Series 'Up-Grade! Jazz' is jam-packed with well-loved jazz hits in cool new arrangements. Specially selected for the pianist looking for something to bridge the gap between grades this selection for Grade 2-3 Pianists features hip classics alongside jazzy numbers by the inimitable Pam Wedgwood.

Up-Grade! is a collection of new pieces and duets in a wide variety of styles for Violinists of any age. The book is designed to be especially useful to students who have completed Grade 1 and would like a break before plunging into the syllabus for Grade 2. Whether you're looking for stimulating material to help bridge the gap between grades or simply need a bit of light relief Up-Grade! is for you!

Pam Wedgewood’s hugely successful Up-Grade! series allows Piano students of all ages to bridge the gap between grades while playing a varied collection of pieces that will allow them to gradually build on their skills.This volume contains 15 pieces in total including Pam’s own take on popular hits such as Robbie Williams’ Angels Queen’s Another One Bites The Dust and James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful alongside her own specially composed pieces.Guaranteed to breathe new life into your Piano playing this exciting collection is designed to ease students gently on to the next grade. There are several otherspin-offs in the Up-Grade! series for Piano including jazz and Christmas.

Following the runaway success of Up-Grade! Pam Wedgwood has provided more original repertoire for those pianists looking for something to bridge the gap between grades. More Up-Grade! is guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing the varied pieces in this bright collection range from toe-tappin' jazzy numbers to more classical styles all designed to ease you gently on towards the next grade.

A fantastic collection of popular pieces Making The Grade Piano: Preparatory Grade contains 25 easy pieces for young pianists. These have been carefully selected and arranged by Lynda Frith to be suitable for preparatorygrade either as starter material or to provide some immediately enjoyable and familiar pieces to learn. Includes Little Brown Jug Kum Ba Yah Hey Jude Uptown Girl and more!

Tired of the same old exam pieces? Looking for something to bridge the gap between grades? Need a bit of light relief? Up-Grade is for you! Pam Wedgwood's inimitable original style is guarenteed to breathe new life into your clarinet playing - the varied pieces and duets in this bright new collection range from toe-tapping jazzy numbers to more clasical styles all designed to ease you gently on towards the next grade.

The latest edition along with the Grades 0-1 book to the ever-popular Up-Grade! Series from Pam Wedgwood - the ideal series for pianists looking to bridge the gap between grades.This book presents some refreshingly jazzy arrangements of some favourite Christmas songs from traditional items such as The Holly and the Ivy and We Wish You a Merry Christmas to pop classics such as Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and Winter Wonderland all of which are complemented by some of Pam's own newly written pieces.

Examination Pieces. Par . The Edition Peters Grade 8 Piano Anthology has long been a popular resource for anyone approaching this important milestone examination. In September 2022 Edition Peters will release a new Grade 8 Anthology to support the new (2023/2024) Syllabus and, for the first time, will issue new anthologies to support pianists studying at or preparing for Grades 5, 6 and 7. Also new for this year: a selection of lesser-known additional repertoire suitable for the own-choice piece in the new Performance Exams. The four new Piano Anthologies for Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 2023/2024 comprise a broad selection of examination pieces from lists A, B and C of the Associated Board syllabus. The anthologies support students preparing for the Practical Exam or for the new Performance Exam. Those preparing for the Performance Exams are aided by Performance Notes by Norman Beedie (Lecturer in Classical Improvisation, Piano and Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), which give advice on technique and interpretation for each piece, and guidance on preparing an effective programme. The pieces in this volume are drawn from the extensive range of piano music in the Edition Peters catalogue ? one of the widest available. With candidates able to offer a free choice work in the Performance Exam, each Anthology contains additional lesser-known repertoire suitable for the exam. / Date parution : 2022-09-27/ Recueil / Piano

Examination Pieces. The Edition Peters Grade 8 Piano Anthology has long been a popular resource for anyone approaching this important milestone examination. In September 2022 Edition Peters will release a new Grade 8 Anthology to support the new (2023/2024) Syllabus and, for the first time, will issue new anthologies to support pianists studying at or preparing for Grades 5, 6 and 7. Also new for this year: a selection of lesser-known additional repertoire suitable for the own-choice piece in the new Performance Exams. The four new Piano Anthologies for Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 2023/2024 comprise a broad selection of examination pieces from lists A, B and C of the Associated Board syllabus. The anthologies support students preparing for the Practical Exam or for the new Performance Exam. Those preparing for the Performance Exams are aided by Performance Notes by Norman Beedie (Lecturer in Classical Improvisation, Piano and Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), which give advice on technique and interpretation for each piece, and guidance on preparing an effective programme. The pieces in this volume are drawn from the extensive range of piano music in the Edition Peters catalogue ? one of the widest available. With candidates able to offer a free choice work in the Performance Exam, each Anthology contains additional lesser-known repertoire suitable for the exam.