Music-Musical Instruments-Piano & Keyboard

This book is for kids or adults who are absolute beginners in music. We tried to write it as simply as possible. We use an "easy-to-play" visual aid so any beginner can play music quickly. Neither kids nor their parents have to read sheet...

Thinking and Playing Music: Intentional Strategies for Optimal Practice and Performance distills cutting-edge teaching and learning methods for musicians of all levels, investigating topics in cognitive science that apply directly to musical development. Containing over one-hundred musical examples, many from the standard piano repertoire,...

If you want to learn the exact theory and techniques you need to play the piano without boring or complicated lessons then keep on reading.Traditionally, piano lessons can be very boring and require a fixed time. Then many books are either too complex or...

The Complete Guide to Keyboard and Piano Technique with over 140 ExercisesAt last - a method that addresses every aspect of piano technique and is clear and easy to follow This book lays the foundations for a lifetime of effortless piano playing. Do you...

More than 3-million adult students have learned to play the piano using this well-sequenced course. Perfect for beginners who prefer a chord approach, students learn how to play chords in either hand in order to move beyond simply playing single note melodies. The accompanying...

Read Music Method for Adult Beginners provides an unforgettably fun and easy way to learn how to read music and play piano. The beginning stages of reading music are broken into easy progressive steps. Students quickly gain a deep comprehension of the musical staff,...

(Music Sales America). A great collection of 14 rhythmic pieces for piano in easy-to-play arrangements, complete with chord symbols and fingering. Includes music by Scott Joplin, George Botsford and Frank Metis, as well as popular traditional pieces, arranged for the pianist wishing to explore...

Adult Cursing Coloring Book For Piano LoversThis swearing coloring book features laugh-out-loud, funny, original designs to color. Perfect for stress relief from work, relationships etc. Hours of coloring fun and at the same time beautiful designs at home, work, in the car, while traveling...

Luna's Little Organ Book is a collection of twenty-six short organ pieces that have been minimally adapted to be playable on one manual without pedal. All pieces are within a 54-note compass of C to f''', ranging in difficulty from sight-readable to challenging. They...

What movements, then, produce the most desirable sounds at the piano? Drawing from experience in the fields of piano instruction, medicine, and Body Mapping, author Lisa Marsh presents a detailed discussion--complete with anatomical drawings and music examples--about the types of movement that contribute to...

(Guitar Solo). If you're looking for a comprehensive collection of the best Baroque guitar repertoire, this is it This one-of-a-kind collection includes selections by Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert de Visee, Ernst Gottlieb Baron, Santiago de Murcia, Antonio Vivaldi, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, and more. Each...

Keyboard Skills for the Practical Musician provides undergraduate music majors in class piano courses with the techniques and fundamentals they need to flourish into independent, versatile musicians who play with confidence and sensitivity. Organized by skill (rather than level), the topics sequenced in this...

Learn Jazz Piano Soloing Skills With This Easy Step-by-Step MethodDo you want to learn how to improvise jazz piano solos?Would you like to recreate the sounds of the jazz piano greats, but have no idea where to begin?Do you want a simple method to...

"Piano Freedom is a great teaching aid for adults or children, and makes it fun, as music should be." - George Winston, pianist and composer Anyone can play piano Are you a frustrated pianist? Do you long for piano freedom? Do you exhibit any...

Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today's pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy....

A fascinating celebration of the piano, including tales of its masters from Mozart and Beethoven to Oscar Peterson and Jerry Lee Lewis, told with the expertise of composer and author of Temperament, Stuart Isacoff. This history takes us back to the piano's humble genesis...

Adaptive Strategies for Small-Handed Pianists brings together information from biomechanics, ergonomics, physics, anatomy, medicine, and piano pedagogy to focus on the subject of small-handedness. The first comprehensive study of its kind, the book opens with an overview of historical, anatomical, and pedagogical perspectives and...

Beginners First Book of Easy to Play Classic Songs 50 Songs (Beginner Piano Books for Children)Easy Kids Piano Sheet Music is a great first songbook for budding pianists. Inside you will find 50 of the most popular familiar favourites ranging from classic, Christmas, Nursery...

The Music Road: A Journey in Music Reading presents an exciting, effective way for beginning music readers to experience the joy of reading and playing music at the keyboard. In the three volumes of The Music Road, a comfortable sequence of steps is presented....

(BH Piano). The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartok. (English/French/German/Hungarian text). In 1945 Bela Bartok described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for "didactic" purposes, seeing them as a...

(Educational Piano Library). This great collection of pop songs correlates with Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Piano Lessons Book 2, and is a perfect supplementary book for all methods. Large staff notation is easy to read. Each student solo also has a teacher accompaniment....

(Piano Collection). A fascinating anthology of the great solo piano versions of J.S. Bach's most beloved works. 26 transcriptions by celebrated pianist/composers including Brahms, Liszt, Busoni, Rachmaninoff and others.Author: Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 0793568102ISBN-13: 9780793568109Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1999Pages: 228Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.67lbsSize: 11.94h x...

(Piano). Two Pianos, Four Hands. 2 Copies needed to perform. To see other NFMC selections, click here.Author: Camille Saint-SaensISBN-10: 0793538874ISBN-13: 9780793538874Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.90w x 0.30d

(Piano Collection). Contents: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1 * Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36, No. 2 * Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 3 * Sonatina in F Major, Op. 36, No. 4 * Sonatina in G Major, Op....

This collection of chart-topping songs from blockbuster movies includes: Across the Stars (Love Theme) (Star Wars(R): Episode II Attack of the Clones) * Angel Eyes (Angel Eyes) * Can't Fight the Moonlight (Coyote Ugly) * Gollum's Song (The Lord of the Rings: The Two...

This collection is inspired by the most popular praise songs written by the best contemporary Christian songwriters. The solo piano arrangements provide pianists with ample selections for worship services. Approximate performance times are included. Titles: 10,000 Reasons (Matt Redman) * He's Always Been Faithful...

Some of the most famous selections from the Great American Songbook are included in this collection. These classic favorites, masterfully arranged by Dan Coates for advanced piano, sound rich and full and will delight audiences as well as provide hours of enjoyment for hobbyists,...

For the wedding pianist, this comprehensive collection contains 44 piano solos of the most frequently requested wedding preludes, processionals, interludes, and recessionals; plus, other beautiful music to play at receptions. Lush arrangements of popular and standard romantic ballads complement a treasury of piano masterworks,...

Alfred's Basic Piano Library---Praise Hits fills the need for contemporary Christian music to be used as supplementary pieces for students. Soon after beginning piano study, students can play attractive versions of the best-known worship music of today. This book is correlated page-by-page with Level...

French composer Francis Poulenc wrote his Sonata for One Piano, Four Hands in 1918 and it was published in London the following year. This edition is based on that 1919 original edition. A teaching/performing edition, the duet has been carefully edited and fingered for...

This elementary book introduces students to the art of original composition. It features the following composition tools: melodic shaping, phrasing, octave displacement, accidentals, major chords, minor chords, articulation, tempo changes, motif, and form. This is hands-down THE BEST step-by-step guide for teaching and learning...

Your student's favorite pop and movie hits have been arranged to correlate with Lesson Book 5. Titles: And All That Jazz (from Chicago) * Anything Goes (from Anything Goes) * At Last * Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from Walt Disney's The Lion...

The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire...

The Celebrated Christmas Duets series features arrangements of sacred carols and secular songs that are favorites of piano students at all levels. New and exciting harmonies and rhythms create satisfying musical experiences, and careful balancing of the primo and secondo parts gives both performers...

Celebrate the holidays with treasured songs of the season Pick up World's Most Beloved Christmas Songs and choose from 60 classic favorites to play and sing all season long. Each arrangement includes lyrics and chord symbols. Titles: (There's No Place Like) Home for the...

The appealing repertoire with charming lyrics further reinforces and enhances the learning of new musical concepts introduced in the Lesson Book. Includes attractive music created by internationally acclaimed composers in a variety of styles, plus tips on how to perform more musically. Each piece...

Here is a luscious and haunting, romantic-styled original waltz which will make a lovely recital piece for two intermediate-level pianists. Written in the key of A minor, the texture and rhythms are nicely varied, but not excessively complex, and the pages are nicely laid...

This Teacher's Handbook is designed to be used when teaching Levels 1 and 2 of Alfred's Basic Group Piano Course. This unique method was designed specifically for young students who are beginning piano study in a group setting. This easy-to-teach beginners course includes all...

This is the brand new edition of Paul Harris' very popular Improve Your Sight-Reading Piano series The covers now contain US levels Now more than ever, the ability to sight-read fluently is an essential part of the pianist's training, whether playing alone, as an...

Taking account of Bach scholarship of the past twenty-five years, the first two volumes of Peter Williams's classic study of Bach's organ works are fully revised. This work is a piece-by-piece commentary on this ever-popular repertoire, demonstrating the music's unique qualities and how we...

These easy-to-intermediate piano duets are adapted from the works of Dvoř k, Ravel, Schubert, and other great composers, offering exercises that promote rhythmic steadiness and cultivate sight-reading skills. Featured pieces include Schubert's Variations on a French Song; Dvoř k's Slavonic Dances, Op. 72; La...

This collection of effortless arrangements allows beginning pianists to experience the pleasure of playing favorite Tchaikovsky compositions. Offering an inspiring mix of tempos and moods, the twenty-one simplified compositions include themes from The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and other popular...

This unique collection offers a variety of church and concert works for the organ -- many available for the first time since their original publication -- in a mix of virtuoso works and brilliantly effective pieces on a less technically demanding level. This comprehensive...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was not only a brilliant and innovative composer and the greatest piano virtuoso of the 19th century; he was also a generous popularizer of other composers' music. One of his primary methods was through his superb piano transcriptions of great orchestral,...

A native of Nuremberg, Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) was one of the great organ masters of the generation before J. S. Bach. Since the 17th century, interest in his music has remained constant and today he is widely considered one of the greatest and most...

A virtuoso of the piano and a pioneer of musical Romanticism, Carl Maria von Wolfe (1786-1926) wrote piano music of elegance and grandeur enhanced with bravura technical effects that profoundly influenced later 19th-century piano music. This volume presents virtually all Weber's works for piano...

Classical Favourites For Piano Book 1This is the first of two classical sheet music books I have arranged for piano. The skill level required for this book is grade 1 to grade 2 level, so they are relatively easy to play, however, a new...

(Piano Solo Songbook). Craig Curry has transformed 10 Christmas classics into unique jazz settings that will energize Christmas services, recitals, parties, and more Titles include: Baby, It's Cold Outside * Do You Hear What I Hear * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man...

(Piano Solo Personality). 15 of the Rocket Man's best artfully arranged by Phillip Keveren for classical piano. Includes: Bennie and the Jets * Circle of Life * Daniel * Goodbye Yellow Brick Road * I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues *...

The Fender Rhodes story is a historical tribute to the electric piano that changed the sound of music. Invented by Harold Rhodes as a rehabilitation tool for soldiers in World War II, the Fender Rhodes piano both revolutionized and empowered musicians to explore a...