The Young Pianist

A New Approach for Teachers and Students 2/e-Now in its second edition The Young Pianist by Joan Last has even more insight into what it takes to give younger studends a better understanding of basic Piano technique. An excellent method with new thoughts on early piano education.

With this newly-edited complete edition of the essential book of practice exercises The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises is intended to help pianists acquire essential technical and practical skills. Themusic and text have been updated with a sleek modern design and the Download Card features audio demonstrations of every exercise.   When Charles Hanon first published these sixty exercises in 1873 heintended for the common problems of young pianists to be remedied by the practising of these pieces. Problems like crossing the thumb the strength of the fourth and fifth fingers and the difference in right and left hand skillwere all common and still are today. The book itself however became dated making this new and revised edition necessary. Updated with a beautiful and modern new design these practice pieces are a joy to play and the includedDownload Card lets you hear them first so that you can play them exactly as they should be played.   The method involves scales broken chords and other exercises split into three sections 'Preparatory' 'Transcendent' and 'Virtuoso'. Throughout descriptions help the student to better prepare themselves while recommended metronome ranges suggest tempos that the student can steadily increase. TheHanon Exercises have been praised and criticised over the years but with a sensible practice regime and their incorporation into a more musical and fun schedule some fantastic results canbe gained very quickly.    For over a century these Hanon Exercises have been testing amateur and professional pianists helping them to work on common problems faced by all.With this updated version of the complete Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises you can aim to acquire the agility strength and suppleness that Hanon intended but with a clean and modern looking design and the

This clever and playful series provides ear training and comp osing activities which complement the Very Young Pianist.Contains a selection of familiar folk tunes and original pieces in notated 5-finger positions in theGroup 2 keys (D A E) the Group 3 keys (D flat A flat E flat) the Group 4 keys (G flat B flat B) and in the middle C position.Presents intervals through the 5th.

Additional written theory to supplement and reinforce concepts in 'The Very Young Pianist' piano books.

'Tall Stories for Short Pianists' is an album of a dozen approachable Piano solos along with 5 duets (for pupil and teacher) pitched at the younger Pianist. Each piece connects with a tale or story (some will be more immediately familiar than others) while the level of difficulty starts at ABRSM Prep Test/Trinity College Initial with a couple nudging Grade 3.While in some cases the technical and reading difficulties have been kept to a minimum other pieces include hand-positon changes hand-crossing isolated high/low notes or brief chromatic features in order to widen the interest. The intrepid Pianist is warmly invited to take up a commanding presenceat the Piano (or Keyboard) and perform with authority!Mark Tanner's compositions encompass an impressively wide range of attractive styles. A number of his pieces written or adapted for a variety of instruments feature in current ABRSM TCL and LCM exam syllabuses drawing from a growing oeuvre (60 volumes) of music published by Spartan Press. You will find a few of his pieces within an appealing new ABRSM series due to appear later in 2016: 'Piano Star'. Mark's 'Scapes' series was shortlisted for the 'Best Print Resource' Award at the 2015 Music Teacher Awards and he is co-author of ABRSM's Teaching Notes an informative book to support the latest Piano syllabus. His thought-provoking book 'The Mindful Pianist' was published by Faber Music in 2016.

Later Elementary Level-A collection of piano solos for the later elementary pianist compiled and edited by noted composer William Gillock.

Par MC GREGOR JOANNA. PianoWorld: Exploring The Piano Repertoire Book is a fun collection, perfect for all pre-Grade 1 pianists! This book supports PianoWorld Book 2: Exploring the Piano but is ideal alongside the second part of any piano tutor. Beautifully and imaginatively written by Joanna MacGregor, these progressive pieces develop new skills gradually, reinforcing many essential techniques for young pianists such as new hand positions, slurred couplets and using the black keys./ Recueil / Piano

Kalmus présente l'Opus complète 82, tous les 100 exercices élémentaires pour le jeune pianiste, par Gurlitt. Ce sont amusement et construisent technique en même temps. EDITIONS KALMUS sont essentiellement des réimpressions des éditions Urtext, à des prix raisonnables et facilement disponible. Ils sont un 'must' pour les étudiants, les enseignants et les artistes. / Piano

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

Me and My Piano Complete Edition. Me and My Piano is the best-selling series by the distinguished authors Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood, that has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Designed especially for the needs of the younger beginner and delightfully illustrated throughout, the series makes learning the piano an enjoyable experience for both pupil and teacher. This Complete Edition combines Parts 1 and 2 in one book. Part 1 takes the young pianist step by step through the earliest stages of piano technique, leading to very easy pieces for hands together using a constant five-finger hand position in C major. Part 2 builds on these foundations by extending the compass of notes, introducing new rhythms, note values, chords and changes of hand position. Games and puzzles throughout give elementary theory a new lease of life, and children will love the rhymes, songs and Monkey Puzzles pages.

Théorie 3A-Conceived for Piano beginners who have already been introduced to music reading ?Le Voyage Magique Th?orie - Niveau 3A Adventurier?is the fifth of a series of eight completing the Piano method of the same name. It familiarises the young pianist to theory including harmonious sixths intervals rhythms perfect chords broken chords and additional notes and techniques of playing. This volume uses the same characters as the previous books who evolves through new illustrations to guide the young pianists. Le Voyage magique is the translation and adaptation by St?phane Blet of the American series PianoDiscoveries by Janet Vogt 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. 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. St?phane Blet is an international Solo Pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the ?cole Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”.

An exquisite collection of jazz miniatures for the beginner pianist that introduces the player to a range of keys rhythms and performance techniques. Composed especially for the grade 0-1 pianist these tiny moments of cool are designed to delight both player and audience alike. This is the first book in a brand new series by Elissa Milne. There are five books in all each filled with fun jazz pieces that can be used both as pedagogical studies and as repertoire pieces. The pieces have been written with the young pianist in mind avoiding leaps that are difficult for small hands and incorporating suitably short and light-hearted pieces. Technique is developed alongsidemusicality helping young players to move towards grade exams and the other books in the series.

Cahier 5 piano-For all budding young pianists The Magical Journey is an essential well-presented guide in to the world of Piano music. Pianist Leon Bates has toured the world performing with many symphony orchestras and his long-standing collaboration with pianist Janet Vogt in aiding aspiring piano players has proved popular from the start. As an excellent collection containing popular and specially selected recognisable tunes this illustrated book with accompanying CD will appeal to all young beginners.