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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces Plus
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£11.83
Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S. Classic Themes by the Masters
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£7.80
Faber Music Ltd The Lang Lang Piano Method Level 1
Book SynopsisJoin the superhero world of Lang Lang and come on a piano adventure with The Lang Lang Piano Method Level 1. Level 1 introduces complete beginners to: *different five-finger positions *note reading *moving around the keyboard *developing both hands equally right from the start.Trade Review....as I played through these books with my pupils I was pleasantly surprised and eventually delighted. They represent a credible and imaginative approach to learning the piano....It is pedagogically and technically very sound; clearly presented; and works quickly, thoroughly and (most importantly) enjoyably from beginner to beyond Grade 1 level I would use it myself. Fiona Lau, Music Teacher Magazine, March 2016 Factor in their great visuals, fresh new pieces and low cost, and these books are sure to win many friends. Andrew Eales, Pianodao (Online Blog)
£7.87
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Cello Scales & Arpeggios, ABRSM Grades 1-5: from
Book SynopsisThis new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM's Grades 1-5 Cello exams. Contains all scales and arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns and suggested fingering, and a helpful introduction including advice on preparing for the exam.
£10.10
George B. Stone & Son, Incorporated Stick Control - Snaredrummer
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£11.88
Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. Suzuki Cello School 1
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£14.20
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Exam Pieces from 2024, ABRSM Grade 3, Violin Part & Piano Accompaniment
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 3 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. An edition of this book with audio is also available - it includes downloadable recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks.
£14.73
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Scales & Arpeggios, ABRSM Grade 2: from
Book SynopsisThis new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM's Grade 2 Violin exam. Includes all Grade 2 scales and arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns, along with a helpful introduction including advice on preparing for the exam.
£7.45
Faber Piano Adventures Piano Adventures All-In-Two Level 1
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£13.05
Simon & Schuster Ltd The Philosophy of Modern Song
Book SynopsisThe Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One — and since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over 60 essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyses what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylan’s unique prose. They are mysterious and mercurial, poignant and profound, and often laugh-out-loud funny. And while they are ostensibly about music, they are really meditations and reflections on the human condition. Running throughout the book are nearly 150 carefully curated photos aTrade Review‘The acidity, acuity and cynicism in [Dylan’s] writing is to be expected (indeed, welcomed). It is the love, enthusiasm, whimsicality and lightly worn wisdom that delight too. That, and the sheer depth and breadth of his dogged scholarship and restless inquisitiveness’ * Sunday Times *‘Discursive, unpredictable, but always illuminating. Characteristically Dylan, in fact… It is not just the breadth of Dylan’s musical knowledge on display here, but the depth of his listening. He has an unerring ability to pinpoint what sets a song – or a singer, or a group – apart’ * Observer *‘Its lavishly and wittily illustrated 350 pages are an excuse for the great man to write with joyful zest, piercing profundity and flamboyant imagination about whatever crosses his mind, offering startlingly and frequently laugh-out-loud riffs on art and life… This book is lightning in a bottle’ * Daily Telegraph *
£28.00
Faber Music Ltd Guitar Basics
Book SynopsisHelps young guitarists to start at beginner level and progresses to Initial/Preparatory Grade. This work explains the method in 15 stages and contains original pieces and traditional tunes in different styles including classical, folk and world music as well as favourite film and TV themes such as "James Bond", "Batman" and "The Flintstones".Trade ReviewDescribing yourself as 'landmark', as this edition does, might seem presumptuous – but there is much to recommend this new book. It is full of effective graphics, songs and clapping games, jokes that work and well-known movie and rock tunes (some using tab); in short, it does everything to engage the young pupil. Music Teacher, July 2010 Touted on the cover as a ‘landmark method for individual and group learning’ and aims to take young learners from absolute beginner to initial/preparatory grade for classical guitar. The book, which is attractively illustrated and moves with ease through the lessons, getting to grips with rhythm and then simple notation, building to the beginnings of repertoire, featuring original and selected tunes. MI Pro Magazine, May 2010Table of ContentsMulberry Boogie; Shaky; Totem Pole; Buzzing Bee; Spanish Bee; Open All Strings; Big Blue Bear; Easy Bees; The Dance Of The Clowns; Blues 'n' Shoes; Walking In The Rain; Groovy; On 'n' Off; Reggae GAGA; The Irish Washerwoman; Joe Cool; The House Of Doom; Spooky; I Spied A Spy; Mild Thing; Salsa Verde; Bees At Sea; Turkish Delight; The Soldier's March; The Finger Song; Rhyme Time; Hear The Train A-Comin'; Up And Down The Ladder; Rock The Boat; The Windmill Song; Hi D Hi; Chunk Of Funk; Batman; Falling Leaves; Canon; Sunday Morning; Run, Don't Walk; La Colombina; The Star; Beware Of Bears; It's So Easy; Calypso; Push And Shove; Bossy Nova; Easy Peasy; Safari; Cool Cat; Hannah's Mouse; My Grandad's Dog; Brother John's A Miner; Blue Who?; Scaly Fish; Skater Kid; Swing The Cat; In The Bleak Midwinter; Melody's Song; High In The Rockies; Up, Down, Flying Around; E For Elephant; Rock E And A; LemonADE; Rock School; Smoke On The Water; The Keystone Cops; Zoo Blues; Chinatown; D Rex; Hannibal's Elephants; The Lonesome Cowboy; The Irate Pirate; Shark Attack; Cool Cat; Turn It Up; Batman Riff; Tango Hideaway; Meet The Flintsones; James Bond Theme; Giulini And Aunty; Pig Jig; Fiesta; Guitar Basics.
£10.44
John Wiley & Sons Inc Piano Exercises For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part 1: Waking Up Your Fingers 3 Part 2: Developing a Strong, Supple, and Speedy Hand 3 Part 3: Including Your Arms and Body 4 Part 4: Integration and Independence 4 Part 5: The Part of Tens 4 The website 4 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 5 Part 1: Waking Up Your Fingers 7 Chapter 1: Getting Ready to Practice 9 Warming Up Away from the Instrument 9 Releasing tension and releasing your muscles 10 Breathing in an unending circle 10 Massaging, stretching, and contracting your hands 10 Warming up your wrists 12 Swinging and twisting your arms 13 Stretching your shoulders and neck 15 Working on your back 18 Stretching your hamstrings 18 Perfecting Practice with Proper Posture 19 Sitting at the piano: Height and angle 19 Getting a handle on proper hand position 20 Hands on the fallboard: Counting out loud and bouncing 21 Hands on the fallboard: Hand arches and finger drops 22 Hands on the fallboard: Rotation in and out, movement up and down the keyboard 22 Hands on the keyboard: Sound and movement on the keys 23 Overcoming other posture pitfalls 24 Chapter 2: Isolating and Exercising Your Fingers 25 Two-Finger Exercises for the Left Hand 26 Fingers one and two (left hand) 26 Fingers two and three (left hand) 27 Fingers three and four (left hand) 27 Fingers four and five (left hand) 28 Two-Finger Exercises for the Right Hand 28 Fingers one and two (right hand) 29 Fingers two and three (right hand) 30 Fingers three and four (right hand) 30 Fingers four and five (right hand) 31 Three-Finger Exercises for the Left Hand 31 Fingers one, two, and three (left hand) 32 Fingers two, three, and four (left hand) 32 Fingers three, four, and five (left hand) 33 Three-Finger Exercises for the Right Hand 33 Fingers one, two, and three (right hand) 34 Fingers two, three, and four (right hand) 34 Fingers three, four, and five (right hand) 35 Four-Finger Exercises for the Left Hand 35 Fingers one, two, three, and four (left hand) 36 Fingers two, three, four, and five (left hand) 36 Four-Finger Exercises for the Right Hand 37 Fingers one, two, three, and four (right hand) 37 Fingers two, three, four, and five (right hand) 38 Performance Piece: “Come Back to Sorrento” 38 Chapter 3: Music for Five Fingers 41 Smooth Articulation: Playing Legato 42 Legato exercise for the right hand 42 Legato exercise for the left hand 43 Short Articulation: Playing Staccato 43 Staccato exercise for the right hand 44 Staccato exercise for the left hand 44 Developing Right-Hand Finger Independence with Five-Finger Position Scales 45 Major: In sequence, out of sequence 45 Minor: In sequence, out of sequence 46 Whole tone: In sequence, out of sequence 46 Chromatic: In sequence, out of sequence 47 Developing Left-Hand Finger Independence with Five-Finger Position Scales 48 Major: In sequence, out of sequence 48 Minor: In sequence, out of sequence 49 Whole tone: In sequence, out of sequence 49 Chromatic: In sequence, out of sequence 50 Doubling the Fun: Putting the Hands Together 50 Legato articulation, five-finger positions 51 Staccato articulation, five-finger positions 52 Performance Piece: Paganini Variation for Ten Fingers 53 Part 2: Developing a Strong, Supple, and Speedy Hand 55 Chapter 4: Passing Under and Crossing Over 57 One Under Two, Two Over One 58 One Under Three, Three Over One 60 One Under Four, Four Over One 62 Extending Scales with Crossovers and Pass-Unders 63 C- and G-major scale passages 63 B-flat and F-major scale passages 64 Performance Piece: Aria from La Cenerentola 65 Chapter 5: Playing Intervals 67 Playing Seconds with Different Finger Combinations 68 Finger combination: Two and three 68 Finger combination: Three and four 70 Finger combination: One and two 70 Finger combination: Four and five 72 Playing Thirds with Different Finger Combinations 73 Finger combination: One and three 73 Finger combination: Two and four 73 Finger combination: Three and five 75 Finger combinations: One and four, two and five, one and five 76 Playing Fourths with Different Finger Combinations 78 Finger combinations: One and four, two and five 78 Finger combinations: One and three, one and two 80 Playing Fifths, Sixths, and Sevenths 82 Exercise in fifths 82 Exercise in fifths and sixths 83 Exercise in fifths, sixths, and sevenths 83 Performance Piece: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” 85 Chapter 6: Playing Chords without Tension 87 Chord Relaxation 88 A simple two-chord progression 88 A longer progression 88 Voicing Chords 89 Chord Repetition 90 Pulsing rhythms 90 Changing dynamics 91 Simple Progressions, Adding Small Arm Motions 92 Progression #1 93 Progression #2 94 Chord and Melody Combination Exercises 94 Chord and melody combo #1 94 Chord and melody combo #2 96 Chord and melody combo #3 97 Performance Piece: “Battle Hymn of the Republic” 98 Part 3: Including Your Arms and Body 99 Chapter 7: Extending Your Scales 101 The 12 Major, Harmonic Minor, and Melodic Minor Scales 102 C major, C harmonic minor, C melodic minor 102 G major, G harmonic minor, G melodic minor 103 D major, D harmonic minor, D melodic minor 104 A major, A harmonic minor, A melodic minor 105 E major, E harmonic minor, E melodic minor 106 B major, B harmonic minor, B melodic minor 107 F♯ major, F♯ harmonic minor, F♯ melodic minor 108 D♭ major, C♯ harmonic minor, C♯ melodic minor 109 A♭ major, A♭ harmonic minor, A♭ melodic minor 110 E♭ major, E♭ harmonic minor, E♭ melodic minor 111 B♭ major, B♭ harmonic minor, B♭ melodic minor 112 F major, F harmonic minor, F melodic minor 113 The Three Diminished Scales 113 Starting on C 114 Starting on D♭ 114 Starting on D 115 The Chromatic Scale 115 The 12 Blues Scales 116 C blues 116 G blues 116 D blues 116 A blues 117 E blues 117 B blues 117 F♯ blues 118 D♭ blues 118 A♭ blues 118 E♭ blues 119 B♭ blues 119 F blues 119 Gaining Greater Command of Scales 119 Varied articulation 120 Varied rhythmic groupings 121 Performance Piece: Variation VII from “Variations on ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’” 122 Chapter 8: Parallel and Contrary Motion 125 Parallel Movement at the Octave 126 Parallel octave exercise #1 126 Parallel octave exercise #2 127 Parallel Movement at the Interval 127 Parallel sixths 128 Parallel tenths 129 Contrary Motion Away from the Center 129 Scalewise motion away from the center 130 Chromatic motion away from the center 131 Contrary Motion Toward the Center 132 Scalewise motion toward the center 132 Patterns toward the center 133 Combination Movement Exercise 134 Performance Piece: “Turkey in the Straw” 135 Chapter 9: Footwork: Using the Damper Pedal 137 Pedaling Chords 138 Broken-chord pedaling 139 Block-chord pedaling 140 Pedaling Changes on a Single Line 141 Uniform pedal changes 142 Varied pedal changes 142 Pedaling for Effect 143 Blurred lines and long sustains 144 Sustaining as the hands leave the keyboard 145 Performance Piece: “Simple Gifts” 146 Chapter 10: Jumping Across the Keyboard 149 Jumping and Landing Accuracy Skills 150 Note-to-note jumps 150 Note-to-chord jumps 151 Chord-to-chord jumps 152 Mastering More Complicated Jumps 153 Accents on the downbeat 154 Accents on the upbeat 154 Jumping with Both Hands Together 155 Two-hand parallel motion jumps 156 Two-hand contrary motion jumps 157 Left-Hand Accompaniment Patterns (with Pedal) 158 Bass-note-to-chord pattern in 4/4 158 Bass-note-to-chord pattern in 3/4 159 Left-Hand Accompaniment Patterns (without Pedal) 160 Ragtime and stride pattern 161 Waltz pattern 162 Performance Piece: “Lily Pad Rag” 163 Part 4: Integration and Independence 165 Chapter 11: Playing Arpeggios 167 Finger Jumps 167 Jumping thirds 168 Jumping fourths 169 Jumping fifths 170 The Arpeggiator 170 Triad arpeggio exercise #1 171 Triad arpeggio exercise #2 172 Seventh-chord arpeggio exercise 173 Broken Chords (and How to Fix Them) 173 Alberti bass exercise 174 Guitar-style broken chord exercise 175 Blues-style broken chord exercise 176 Octave and extended broken chord exercise 177 Performance Piece: “Harp Heaven” 178 Chapter 12: Alternating Hands 181 Hand-to-Hand Scale Handoffs 181 Scale handoff exercise #1 182 Scale handoff exercise #2 183 Hand-to-Hand Arpeggio Handoffs 184 Arpeggio handoff exercise #1 185 Arpeggio handoff exercise #2 186 Crossing Over 187 Crossing over with the right hand 188 Crossing over with the left hand 189 One Hand on Top 190 Right hand on top exercise 190 Left hand on top exercise 191 Extreme Keyboard Positions 191 Full Keyboard Exercises 193 Full keyboard arpeggios 193 Full keyboard triads 195 Full keyboard seventh chords 196 Chord “Drumming” 197 Performance Piece: “El Choclo” 199 Chapter 13: Stretching Out with Octaves and Broken Octaves 201 Opening Up to the Octave 202 Octave scale exercise 202 Octave interval exercise 204 Octave Jumps 205 Exercise with shorter jumps 206 Exercise with longer jumps 207 Broken Octaves 207 Exercise with wrist rotation 208 Exercise with hand contraction and expansion 209 Octave Chords 210 Adding one inner note 211 Adding two inner notes 212 Performance Piece: “Schumann’s Octave Workout” 213 Chapter 14: Chord Progressions and Cadences 215 Triad Progressions 216 Diatonic triad progressions 216 Chromatic triad progressions 218 Seventh Chord Progressions 219 Seventh chord progressions exercise #1 219 Seventh chord progressions exercise #2 220 Chord Cadences and Familiar Patterns 221 Cadences 222 Turnarounds and sequences 223 Extended Chord Progressions 225 Extended major-key chord progression 225 Extended minor-key chord progression 226 Chords in One Hand, Melody in the Other 227 Chords with melody exercise #1 228 Chords with melody exercise #2 229 Performance Piece: “Awake, My Heart, and Sing” 230 Chapter 15: Trilling Thrills and Other Fancy Ornaments 231 Grace Notes 231 Trills 233 Mordents 235 Turns 236 Repeated Notes 237 Repeated notes in triplet rhythms 238 Repeated notes in eighth- and sixteenth-note rhythms 239 R-R-R-Rolling Chords 239 Rolling chords in the right hand 240 Rolling chords in both hands 240 The Glissando 241 The Tremolo 242 Performance Piece: “Caro Nome” 243 Chapter 16: Maximum Independence: Challenging Rhythms and Syncopations 245 Combining Scale and Arpeggio Patterns 246 Independent rhythms, scales, and arpeggios #1 246 Independent rhythms, scales, and arpeggios #2 247 Exercises with Changing Note Values 249 Scale patterns with changing note values 250 Arpeggio patterns with changing note values 251 Exercises with Changing Meters 252 Changing from 6/8 to 3/4 252 Expanding and contracting meter changes 253 Syncopation Exercises 254 Syncopation exercise #1 255 Syncopation exercise #2 256 Exercises with Polyrhythms 257 Two in the right hand against three in the left 257 Three in the right hand against two in the left 258 Performance Piece: “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” 259 Part 5: The Part of Tens 261 Chapter 17: Ten Dances for Your Hands 263 Jig: “Captain Jinks” 263 Calypso: “Water Come-a Me Eye” 265 Waltz: “Waltz from Faust” 266 Tarantella 268 Tango: “El Porteñito” 269 Mexican Hat Dance 270 Polka: “Pizzicato Polka” 272 Boogie: “Johnson Rag” 273 “Hungarian Dance No 5” 275 Gypsy Dance from Carmen 276 Chapter 18: Ten Great Composers and Their Daily Workouts 279 Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) 280 Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) 280 Muzio Clementi (1752–1832) 280 Karl Czerny (1791–1857) 280 Claude Debussy (1862–1918) 280 Enrique Granados (1867–1916) 281 Franz Liszt (1811–1886) 281 Edward MacDowell (1861–1908) 281 Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) 281 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) 281 Appendix: How To Use The Website 283 Index 287
£16.19
Hal Leonard Corporation Satie Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes
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£7.99
Faber Piano Adventures Piano Adventures Sightreading Level 2B
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£8.92
Clinical Press Playing Piano Blues
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£9.50
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Star 3, Student's book, with CD
Book SynopsisViolin Star is a three-book series offering beginner violinists a refreshing and inspirational choice of pieces to help build confidence and musical skills. The repertoire is imaginatively tailored to develop specific techniques through an exciting range of musical styles. This Student's book contains the solo violin parts, along with colourful illustrations, activities and a playalong CD. The Accompaniment book, available separately, includes piano and violin accompaniments for every piece. Key features of the series include: an approachable progression from beginner level to Grade 2; playalong CDs with each Student's book, which contain specially created instrumental arrangements to convey style and mood; and original compositions and arrangements by Edward Huws Jones.Table of ContentsGlitter Ball ; Bravo, Bravissimo [Trad.] ; Festou Noz [Tomas Breton] ; Eynhallow Sound ; Glanbran [Trad. Welsh] ; The Blue Danube [Johann Strauss II] ; Fandango ; For He's a Jolly Good Fellow [Trad.] ; The Basket of Turf [Trad. Irish] ; The Punk's Delight [Trad. English] ; Mr Kool ; The Quaker's Grace [Cesar Franck] ; Daydream ; Mattachins [Trad. French] ; Estampie [Trad. French] ; Haley's Comet ; Morag's Medicine ; Uskudar [Trad. Turkish] ; Bamboo in the Breeze [Trad. Chinese] ; Oh Father! [Trad. Klezmer] ; Venetian Gondola Song [Felix Mendelssohn] ; Tsamikos [Trad. Greek] ; Old Joe Clark [Trad. American] ; Monsieur de Caix's Fanfare [d'Hervelois] ; Baba Mnumzane [Trad. South African] ; Fiela [Trad. South African]
£10.95
Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. Alfreds Basic Piano Library Lesson 4
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£999.99
Faber Music Ltd Saxophone Basics Pupils book
Book SynopsisAndy Hampton's Saxophone Basics series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner saxophonists and their teachers. This new edition of Saxophone Basics (Pupil's book with CD) offers a fresh design, clear technical drawings, fun illustrations, new activities, pull-out fingering chart and all of the great tunes featured in the original.Trade ReviewI love this book; it’s brimming with repertoire that will really appeal to young saxophonists. Definitely the best book currently on the market. John HarleTable of ContentsStage 1: Down To Earth; Up And Away; Life’s Little Ups And Downs; Bitter Sweet; At The End Of The Night; Feel The Heat. Stage 2: Come Join The Band; And So It Goes; Cor Blimey. Stage 3: Merrily We Blow Along; Caribbean Calypso; Stop FEEF!; Brazilian Girl. Stage 4: Sorted! The F# Files; Set’ Em Up; This Land Is My Land; Cool Ghoul. Stage 5: As I Walked Out; Sad Jazz Waltz; When The Saints; Rock That Sax!; About Face; Song Of The Volga Boatman. Stage 6: Razor Sharp; That Sinking Feeling; Deep ‘D’ Duet; Call Of The Wild; Carnival Of Venice; Swanee River. Stage 7: Woogie Boogie; A Whole Lot Of Soul; Dotty Mazurka; Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen. Stage 8: Lazy Days; Knock, Knock; It’s A Cinch; Prokofieff: Lieutenant Kije; No Better Blues; Hatikvah; Sweet Betsy From Pike. Stage 9: Be Happy, Be Natural, Be Flat; Cool 4 Cats; Cat’s Tail Swing. Stage 10: Two Down, One On The Side; The Ashgrove; Frankie And Johnny. Stage 11: Dee For Two; La Follia; Green Onions; Just Left Of Right. Concert Pieces Corelli: Vivace; Walk The Cat; Lay Me Down; Blue Call. Stage 12: Warm-Up Bossa; Greensleeves; One Mint Julep. Stage 13: Wave Them Goodbye; Duetteud; Creepin’ Around. Stage 14: C U Down There; Go With The Flow; You And Me. Stage 15: Which Way Now?; That Swing Things. Stage 16: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Tell Me About It; Here Comes The Blues. Stage 17: I’m Late For School!; Wintertime Blues. Stage 18: Take Your Partners Please; Scarborough Fair. Stage 19: Goodall: Theme From Red Dwarf; Harris: Miami Beach; Franck: Allegretto; Another Wet Wednesday. Stage 20: Lisk: Theme From Men Behaving Badly; Beethoven: 7th Symphony – 2nd Movt; Alone Again
£10.44
Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S. Piano for the Young Beginner Primer A
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£7.80
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces Plus
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£11.45
ALFRED PUBLISHING CO.(UK)LTD PUMPING IRON 2ND EDITION
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£18.86
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 6: new edition from
Book SynopsisSpecimen Aural Tests provide teachers and students with many practice examples of the tests to use as part of a music lesson or when preparing for an exam. This volume covers Grade 6 and includes all new practice examples for each test in a range of musical styles including answers where appropriate, and the examiner rubrics (the exact words that will be used by the examiner to deliver the tests), so that candidates can be fully prepared for what will happen on the day. The Specimen Aural Tests volumes are each available in versions with or without practice CDs.Trade Reviewparticularly useful is the fact that at the beginning of each test the possible parameters are now listed...also new is the fact that the examiner's exact rubric is included at the top of every page, so there should be no reason a pupil will not know exactly what to expect! Model answers are given at the back of each book which I'm finding particularly useful in showing candidates the level of detail they are expected to go into for the descriptive answers. * Music Teacher *From a teacher's point of view, I thought the books were excellent in terms of content, layout and presentation...I feel they are an incredibly useful tool for ABRSM exam preparation. * Arco (ESTA) *What is good here is the clear and precise presentational style, an approach that is in keeping with the rubric and methodology adopted by examiners in ABRSM exams themselves...the new ABRSM syllabus and accompanying support material remains as the gold standard among exam syllabuses. * International Piano *
£10.88
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Piano Star, Book 1
Book SynopsisPiano Star is an exciting series for young pianists, offering a rich selection of new repertoire to help players build confidence and musical skills. Piano Star 1 is suitable for learners who have worked through a first tutor and includes compositions by David Blackwell, Jane Sebba, Nancy Litten, Mike Cornick, Sarah Watts, Edmund Jolliffe, Andrew Eales, Kathy Blackwell, Aisling Greally, Alan Bullard, Alasdair Spratt, and Karen Marshall. Key features of the series: - Solo pieces, plus a number of duets - A rich mix of musical styles, with techniques introduced progressively - Fun extension activities - Beautifully illustratedTrade ReviewI am so delighted to see these books. They are pupil friendly with clear layout, big notes and engaging colourful illustrations in all three of them. Book 1 has 24 pieces by composers we know and trust and includes solos and songs with words. Without doubt my pupils favourite is, My Best Sandwich! * Music Teacher *The editors, Aisling Greally and David Blackwell...have compiled an extremely valuable collection for the beginning pianist opening up a wealth of wonderful new and old music. * EPTA Piano Journal *The books offer a rich selection of imaginative solo pieces plus some duets for pupils and teachers to play together. There are also activities to enhance learning. * MI Pro *
£10.10
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, Grade 7
Book SynopsisThis volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for the ABRSM Grade 7 Piano exams. The book is written in attractive and approachable styles and representative of the technical level expected in the exam.Trade ReviewThe new sight-reading books, one for each grade, are shorter, more melodious and cover a wider range of styles. All this plethora of tests will enable teachers and students to build up confidence. * EPTA Piano Journal *
£10.88
State University of New York Press Theyre Playing My Song
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£17.10
Bloomsbury Academic Generations Z and Alpha Students at the Piano
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£30.52
Faber Music Ltd Piano Lessons Book One
Book SynopsisSuitable for older beginners, this book includes chapters that guide young players towards the successful performance of a comprehensive selection of pieces and studies. It also includes easy pieces by Purcell, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Schumann, as well as a note-learning chart.
£9.49
Faber Music Ltd Clarinet Basics Pupils book
Book SynopsisPaul Harris's Clarinet Basics series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner clarinet players and their teachers. This new edition of Clarinet Basics Pupil's Book (with CD) offers a fresh design, clear technical drawings, fun illustrations, new activities, pull-out fingering chart and all the great tunes featured in the original.Trade ReviewI have used this book for many years and always found it excellent. It combines warm ups, technical exercises and musical literacy in an accessible way, and I have yet to find it bettered by any other tutor book. Andrew Mason, Music Teacher Magazine, February 2014 This is definitely the book I will be using in future for beginners .... the method provides the most solid foundation imaginable for further progress. ClarinetwiseTable of ContentsStage 1: Going Down! Further Down!: Going Up! Top Floor!: Saucer; Rainbow; Stage 2: March Of The Clarinet Teachers; Dinner Time Dance; Circus Polka; Mango Tango; Merrily We Roll Over On The Lotter; Stage 3: Fast-Food Rag; The Bells; Smooth Mover; Sword Dance (Arbeau); The Sun Shines Hot; Stage 4: Cartoon Tune! Sweet And Sour Chicken; Ode To Joy (Beethoven); Good King Wenceslas; Stage 5: Spooks; Minty March; Bubblegum; Oteng ‘Teng’; When The Saints Go Marching In; Stage 6: Swaying In The Breeze; Skip To M’lou; The Birch Tree; Renaissance Dance (Susato); Stage 7: Dance Of The Broken Clarinet Reeds; Licorice Waltz; Mozart: Twinkle, Twinkle, Satellite Dish; Jasmine Flowers; Pop Goes The Weasel; Stage 8: Babbling Brook; Haunted House; Gibbons: The Woods So Wilde; Judge’s Dance; Chiapenecas; Stage 9: Steam Train; March Of The Guinea Pigs; Daisy, Daisy; Swanee River; Stage 10: Funky Footsteps; Sonata In F; Camptown Races (Foster); Happy Birthday; Stage 11: Rock Solid; The Floral Dance; Fight The God Fight; Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreeable; Stage 12: Dinosaur Park; Things That Go Bump In The Night; Poor Wayfaring Stranger; Minuet (Bach) Stage 13: Monday Morning; Friday Night!; Aura Lee; Frankie And Johnny; Stage 14: Suspense Movie; Sarabande; Down Memory Lane; Winter; Stage 15: Kangaroo Waltz; Tiger Tango; A Nordic Tale; Mountain Stream; March; Stage 16: Take A Break; Break Up; Break Down; Break Even; Yankee Doodle; Sweet Betsy From Pike; Stage 17: Coffee Beans; Round Dance; Theme From Eastenders; Waltz (Britten); Stage 18: Tongue Tango; Rush Hour; Scarborough Fair; Stage 19: Happy Music; King Richard’s Pavane; TV Movie; The English National Anthem; Twilight; Stage 20: The Can-Can (Offenbach); Canon Can-Can; Theme From The Archers (Wood); Stage 21: Hit The Roof!; Amsterdam; Affair In Manhattan; Greensleeves; Be Flat Cha-Cha-Cha; Dark Bluesy; Bilk: Stranger On The Shore
£10.44
Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method Book 1
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£19.90
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Exam Pieces from 2024, ABRSM Grade 4,
Book SynopsisThis book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 4 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. An edition with piano accompaniment and audio is also available - it includes downloadable recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks.
£10.88
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Exam Pieces from 2024, ABRSM Grade 4,
Book SynopsisThis book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 4 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. An edition of this book with audio is also available - it includes downloadable recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks.
£15.50
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces Plus
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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3: new edition
Book SynopsisSpecimen Aural Tests provide teachers and students with many practice examples of the tests to use as part of a music lesson or when preparing for an exam. This volume covers Grades 1-3 and includes all new practice examples for each test in a range of musical styles including answers where appropriate, and the examiner rubrics (the exact words that will be used by the examiner to deliver the tests), so that candidates can be fully prepared for what will happen on the day. The Specimen Aural Tests volumes are each available in versions with or without practice CDs.Trade ReviewWhat is good here is the clear and precise presentational style, an approach that is in keeping with the rubric and methodology adopted by examiners in ABRSM exams themselves...the new ABRSM syllabus and accompanying support material remains as the gold standard among exam syllabuses. * International Piano *particularly useful is the fact that at the beginning of each test the possible parameters are now listed...also new is the fact that the examiner's exact rubric is included at the top of every page, so there should be no reason a pupil will not know exactly what to expect! Model answers are given at the back of each book which I'm finding particularly useful in showing candidates the level of detail they are expected to go into for the descriptive answers. * Arco (ESTA) *From a teacher's point of view, I thought the books were excellent in terms of content, layout and presentation...I feel they are an incredibly useful tool for ABRSM exam preparation. * Music Teacher *
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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, ABRSM Grades
Book SynopsisThis volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for ABRSM Violin exams, Grades 1-5. Includes many specimen tests for the revised sight-reading requirements from 2012, written in attractive and approachable styles and representative of the technical level expected in the exam.
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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Specimen Sight-Reading Tests, ABRSM Grades
Book SynopsisThis volume contains valuable practice material for candidates preparing for ABRSM Violin exams, Grades 6-8. Includes many specimen tests for the revised sight-reading requirements from 2012, written in attractive and approachable styles and representative of the technical level expected in the exam.
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 3: Extended Edition: 21 Pieces for Trinity College London Exams from 2023
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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Exam Pieces from 2024, ABRSM Grade 5,
Book SynopsisThis book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 5 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. An edition of this book with audio is also available - it includes downloadable recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks.
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Faber Music Ltd Improve your sightreading Piano Grade 3
Book SynopsisHelps the player overcome problems, by building up a complete picture of each piece, through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues, then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions, and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulously-graded sight-reading pieces.Trade ReviewThis series of very practical and productive workbooks, one per grade, was published several years ago and has been updated, according to the cover blurb, 'to support the revised ABRSM sight-reading criteria' in the 2009 syllabus. With hundreds of fascinating, short character pieces it is an inexhaustible resource for lessons - and delightful music in its own right. Helpful tips and tricks will improve pupils' chances of gaining more marks in this bit of the exam, and this is an honest, well-designed, reasonably priced package. I would recommend its use outside the exam preparation period rather than at the last minute, because the skills picked up will help in every aspect of piano playing, aural perception and general musical awareness. Piano Magazine, January 2009
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Faber Music Ltd The Lang Lang Piano Method Level 2
Book SynopsisJoin the superhero world of Lang Lang and come on a piano adventure with The Lang Lang Piano Method Level 2. Level 2 builds on the first book by introducing: *eighth notes (quavers) *simple hands together *and thumb-under technique.Trade Review....as I played through these books with my pupils I was pleasantly surprised and eventually delighted. They represent a credible and imaginative approach to learning the piano....It is pedagogically and technically very sound; clearly presented; and works quickly, thoroughly and (most importantly) enjoyably from beginner to beyond Grade 1 level I would use it myself. Fiona Lau, Music Teacher Magazine, March 2016 Factor in their great visuals, fresh new pieces and low cost, and these books are sure to win many friends. Andrew Eales, Pianodao (Online Blog)
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Faber Music Ltd Me and My Piano Complete Edition
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Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S. Jazz Rags Blues Book 2
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Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S. Bastien Piano Basics Piano Primer
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces Plus
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Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Violin Exam Pieces from 2024, ABRSM Grade 1, Violin Part & Piano Accompaniment
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 1 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. An edition of this book with audio is also available - it includes downloadable recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks.
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Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces Plus
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