Music-Musical Instruments-Piano & Keyboard

A fun and easy way to learn to play the piano or keyboard, with helpful instruction on classic and favorite songs. Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teaches how...

(Jazz Piano Solos). A unique collection of jazzy piano solo arrangements of 20 beloved Gospel favorites, including: Amazing Grace * Do Lord * He's Got the Whole World in His Hands * How Great Thou Art * I'll Fly Away * Just a Closer...

(Keyboard Instruction). This comprehensive book will teach you the basic skills needed to play boogie-woogie. From learning the basic chord progressions to inventing your own melodic riffs, you'll learn the theory, tools and techniques used by the genre's best practicioners. The accompanying audio accessed...

(Willis). John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano is a musically appealing method that is well-loved throughout the world. Since its first publication in 1937, this method has been used by millions of students today they are concert pianists, pop icons, church musicians, composers,...

Author: Seymour Bernstein, Andrew HarveyISBN-10: 1401950531ISBN-13: 9781401950538Publisher: Hay HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/23/2017Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d

The Michael Aaron Piano Course Lesson books have been completely re-engraved, expanded (adding more definitions of musical terms and more musical pieces), updated (with modernized artwork), and re-edited (with less emphasis on fingerings and more on note-reading).Author: Michael AaronISBN-10: 0898988519ISBN-13: 9780898988512Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Satisfying to the point of sensuousness. -The New York Times Book Review Like no other instrument, a grand piano melds the magic of engineering with the magic of great music. Alone among the big piano companies, Steinway & Sons still crafts each of its...

The globally beloved musical themes of Nintendo's Super Mario(tm) video games sound great when they're played on the piano, and these new jazzy renditions make them more fun than ever Each arrangement in this collection was crafted under direct supervision by Nintendo and renowned...

Continuing the incredible popularity of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course, this book adapts the same friendly and informative style for adults who wish to teach themselves, but now includes a video. With the study guide pages that have been added to introduce the music,...

This is the famous Turkish Rondo" from Mozart's 11th Piano Sonata, and this edition by Willard Palmer includes helpful technical performance footnotes."Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartISBN-10: 0739017241ISBN-13: 9780739017241Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1986Pages: 8Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.05lbsSize: 5.00h x 4.00w x 5.00d

(Easy Piano Vocal Selections). Nominated for a whopping 10 Tony Awards, Wicked is the Broadway smash of 2004 A prequel to the all-American classic The Wizard of Oz, this new musical is a character study of Elphaba and Glinda, school roommates who grow up...

(Keyboard Instruction). Ever wanted to play the blues, but weren't sure where to start? Blues Piano will teach you the basic skills you need. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and even the tricks that the pros use. And, you...

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...

(Music Sales America). Enjoy 34 beautiful piano solos including hits from the Beatles, Norah Jones, Coldplay, the Fray and Elton John together with classical favorites by Debussy, Chopin, Einaudi and Beethoven. All pieces are arranged for easy piano solo, complete with fingerings and chord...

Titles: Alouette * Alpine Melody * Amazing Grace * At Last * Au Claire de la Lune * Aura Lee * The Ballad of Gilligan's Island * Beautiful Brown Eyes * Blow the Man Down * Brother John * Caf Vienna * The Can-Can...

(Music Sales America). The Piano Bench of Easy Classical Music is a tremendous piano collection containing 400 pages of great music literature, specially selected and edited for the developing pianist who loves classical music. Here you will find the world's favorite preludes, minuets, sonata...

A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...

(Piano Solo Songbook). This long-awaited collection features 11 transcriptions from the greatest New Orleans pianists of all time, including legends like Professor Longhair, James Booker, Dr. John, Fats Domino, Jelly Roll Morton and Tuts Washington. Songs: Big Chief * Blueberry Hill * Doin' It...

The interest in piano and the desire to play, has increased tremendously in the past few years. Especially is this noticeable among adults who have either had some elementary piano instruction in their youth or have been denied this study for various reasons. This...

Jazz, Rags & Blues, Books 1-5contain original solos for late elementary to early advanced-level pianists that reflect the various styles of the jazz idiom. An excellent way to introduce your students to this distinctive American contribution to 20th century music. The CD includes dynamic...

Beautifully presented and intelligently paced, the Lesson Books combine unusually attractive music and lyrics. The books feature note reading, rhythm reading, sight-reading and technical workouts. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo. The music from...

Volume I of this critically acclaimed three-part collection features introductory text and performance notes to 30 Scarlatti sonatas, from Sonata I to Sonata XXX. The works appear in chronological order and with Kirkpatrick numbers. This Urtext edition preserves the sonatas' original presentation, save for...

From Stephen Foster and Scott Joplin to George Gershwin and Aaron Copland, this new anthology features a diverse array of piano music by outstanding American composers. Among the 39 classics included here are The Joy of Autumn, by Edward MacDowell, a leading exponent of...

One of the 20th century's most prolific composers of piano music, Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) is celebrated for his unique piano idiom, combining the seemingly incongruous elements of highly percussive textures with passages of great lyrical charm. Above all, notes Grove's, his music shows a...

Splendid compilation features a variety of the composer's best piano works, all reproduced from authoritative sources. Taking its title from the popular orchestral work "Danse Macabre" (presented here in the brilliant arrangement by Liszt), this collection also includes "Allegro appassionato," "Album" (consisting of six...

Take more than forty years of partnering celebrated soloists in concerts all over the world, add nearly thirty years of teaching the art of accompanying, and you have the qualifications for such an audacious title as The Complete Collaborator. All the tools for understanding...

Practice, practice, practice to play like Chopin or the Piano Man The piano will help you add a touch of fun to your life, impress your friends at parties, and even reduce stress. It even makes you better at math (really!). Piano Exercises For...

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