The Reader's Digest Children's Songbook [Spiral-bound] Review

I was very disappointed in this book.It includes many popular songs, but excludes many many more.I was looking for a classic collection of children's songs (Home on the Range, O Susannah, On Top of Old Smokey, There's a Hole in my Bucket, Down in the Valley) none of which are included.The binding is adequate, the lyric book is flimsy.

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The liveliest, most varied collection of songs for children ever. 131 enduring favorites including songs from movies and shows, nursery rhymes and rounds, holiday songs, folksongs, nonsense songs, and more. Spiral-bound to lie flat plus a sing-along lyric book.

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Theory Lessons, Book One [Paperback] Review

I had this book 25 years ago. Now I am teaching piano and this theory lesson book is still the same; which is great! So glad to see it still has removable pages for easy lesson work. Highly recommend and would buy this item again.

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Time honored and time tested, the Theory Lessons book has earned a face lift. Completely re-engraved, with color highlights on each page, the book is fresh and new-looking, while retaining the valuable theory studies which have made it an indispensable tool in studios across the land. Pages are perforated for optional removal from the book, allowing the teacher the opportunity to send home just a page at a time if desired. Progression of skill building is logical and easily presented. This is a theory book that takes a minimum of lesson time, a definite plus.

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50 Songs for Children (Easy Piano (Hal Leonard)) [Paperback] Review

This music collection is for future use by my granddaughter.Right now I plunk out favorite tunes for her, and she likes it.

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50 children's favorites arranged for easy piano: Baa Baa Black Sheep * Do Your Ears Hang Low? * Eensy Weensy Spider * The Farmer in the Dell * Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) * Hush, Little Baby * I've Been Working on the Railroad * If You're Happy and You Know It * London Bridge * Mary Had a Little Lamb * The Muffin Man * Old MacDonald Had a Farm * Pop Goes the Weasel * Row, Row, Row Your Boat * This Old Man * Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star * Yankee Doodle * and many more.

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The Library of Children's Song Classics [Paperback] Review

This collection is a mainstay of my collection of teaching materials.There are many classic tunes as well as some lesser known gems.The collection is organized into songs by category. Some of the tunes are different, but it is a great resource for lyrics alone.My children love this book as well!!!

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An illustrated volume of storybook, and holiday songs, lullabies, marches, and rounds. Easy-to-read lyrics, piano arrangements, and guitar chords. Includes Simple Simon, This Old Man, and Take Me Out To The Ballgame.

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100 Songs for Kids: Sing-along Favorites [Paperback] Review

This is a great book for fun easy songs. Has a lot of the classics. I am a beginning piano player and I can play quite a few of the songs and sing along with my little one. I would buy this book again for sure.

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This big collection of childhood favorites in easy-to-play arrangements by Dan Coates is designed to encourage parents and teachers to sing along with their kids. Titles include: Baa Baa Black Sheep * Daisy Daisy * Do Your Ears Hang Low? * The Farmer in the Dell * Happy Birthday * Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush * I'm a Little Teapot * Jack and Jill * London Bridge Is Falling Down * Mary Had a Little Lamb * On Top of Old Smokey * Pop Goes the Weasel * Skip to My Lou * Three Blind Mice and more.

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Notespeller for Piano - Book 1: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library [Paperback] Review

This is pretty good for making a game out of piano theory (which I remember as being horribly boring in my childhood).The characters and games would only appeal to a young audience, probably no more than 8 years old or so.

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Join Spike, Party Cat and friends on an adventure-filled camping trip as they complete activities that help them learn keyboard geography and finger numbers, identify steps and skips, and read and write notes on the treble and bass staffs. Corresponds to Piano Lessons Book 1.

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Piano Pieces for Children 2 (Music Sales America) [Paperback] Review

This is another great help to my son. He has really enjoyed learning to play using it and your other book. It enjoys it for practicing which has helped him and he is actually starting to sound promising.

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Progressively graded for teaching purposes, this collection contains over 100 selections for the developing young pianist by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Joplin, Rameau, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and many others. Includes a glossary of musical terms.

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Everybodys Favorite Piano Pieces Efs 2 (Music Sales America) [Paperback] Review

I looked everywhere for this book - I'd somehow lost my old copy. I'm so glad I found it on Amazon.com. It has a great selection of, as the title suggests, everybody's favourite piano pieces! Particularly like the Chopin and Rachmaninoff pieces contained within - and all in original keys!

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Entirely devoted to the best-known compositions of the great composers, this book will be a permanent part of any pianistÂ's library. There are works by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, and many others. Each composer is introduced in a short biography.

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Piano Lessons Book 1 - Book/CD Pack: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library [Paperback] Review

This book is excellent.It inrtoduces one concept at a time and allows for mastery before moving on.My son is 7 and he really likes it.We tried Usborne Piano, and it was needlessly confusing, combining several concepts in a single lesson; for instance, learning where notes are on the staff, but using half and quarter notes in the sample piece.Half and quarter notes look different, and this added confusion in determining which note went where on the staff.The reviewer who states that this book, Hal Leonard, only uses pictures, not 'real music' with notes on a staff, must not have progressed very far into the book.The book begins by just showing notes rising, 'Climbing Up' is the song, then falling, 'Climbing Down', so that the beginning student understands when the notes pictured are going up, and that correspondingly, you will play the notes in a rising pitch; and vice versa.As such, concepts are gently introduced, and after several lessons, very slowly, the student begins to learn the notes on the staff.There are many concepts to understand about playing piano, and reading music is only one of them.Eventually, many lessons into the book, the student is reading music with notes on a staff.This book proceeds in the same fashion as professional piano teachers that I have observed.The beginning student is not overwhelmed, as my son felt using the Usborne book, which moves too quickly and mixes several concepts into one lesson, which led to frustration, something you want to avoid when introducing your child to music! Playing the piano is complicated; there are many concepts to be understood, and it is essential that these concepts be set out simply, and one at a time, allowing for mastery before moving on.Hal Leonard does this.It comes with an excellent CD of accompaniment, each song twice, once at practice speed with an orchestra and featuring a piano for the student to play along with, then another up to tempo with just the orchestra for when the student has mastered the song.The CD is a great feature.Lastly, I read a great piece of advice on the internet:that students learn much easier when they hear the pieces they are to play over and over before attempting them; when they know it by ear.I tried this several lessons into the book, and it made a world of difference.As part of his lesson he sits and watches me play the pieces he's learning, and several pieces ahead, to familiarize him with them.This worked wonders.He was able to do new lessons much easier and faster when he knew how they were supposed to sound.It was easy for me to do, because the book is easy; I don't play the piano myself.

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From the very first lessons in Book 1, students are making music as they explore the piano keyboard through fun improvisation pieces called My Own Song. The beginning of the book introduces finger numbers, the black-key and white-key groups, and basic rhythm patterns.Directional reading is taught first by finger number, then by note name, and then by interval (stop, skip, and repeat). Once the students are introduced to the staff, they learn reading guides Bass F and Treble G and read by interval in several different hand positions. This package includes a Piano Lessons Book and CD featuring wonderful tracks to accompany the student during practice or performance.

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Piano Theory Workbook Book 1: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library [Paperback] Review

I have taught piano to young children for many years. This book works best for me. It starts out with the student being able to make music immediately with just a few notes. It makes it a lot of fun and they tend to continue on longer than with any other series.

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Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves. Correlates to Piano Lessons Book 1.

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My First Book of Christmas Songs: 20 Favorite Songs in Easy Piano Arrangements [Paperback] Review

Here are the 20 songs in the book:
Angels We Have Heard on High; Jingle Bells; Away in a Manger; Joy to the World; Silent Night; Deck the Halls; O, Come All Ye Faithful; Song of the Birds; The Coventry Carol; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; We Three Kings of Orient Are; The First Nowell; O Little Town of Bethlehem; What Child is This?; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Christmas Tree; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Pat-a-pan; Shepherds, O Shepherds.
There are illustrations throughout the book for children to color, and all-in-all it's not bad for the price. I do wish, however, that all the verses of the songs could have been included (only the first verse is given) so that you wouldn't have to buy a Christmas songbook separately or hunt down verses on the Internet.

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Beginning pianists will love playing these beloved favorites in musically attractive, easy arrangements: "Jingle Bells," "Deck the Halls," "Joy to the World," "Silent Night," "Away in a Manger," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," 12 more. Illustrations.


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John W. Schaum Piano Course: A-The Red Book : Leading to Mastery of the Instrument [Paperback] Review

I used the older version of this book when I was a child and it was excellent.Easy to read and understand.Perfect for learning to play the piano if you want to go at your own pace.I had a private instructor as well but the book was the key to my lessons. I have almost the entire collection but they are a bit out-dated so I plan to buy the new ones soon for my own review, and also so I can teach my kids to play when they are old enough. I loved the John W. Schaum series.Note: These books aren't really theory based so if you intend to teach yourself, you'll also need a book to really teach you the basics (Tip: I used the AB Guide to music theory by Eric Taylor, it's alittle difficult to find now though), once you master the theory, you'll be on your way to playing tons of songs. Fun fun fun!!!

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A time-honored tradition just got better! The JOHN W. SCHAUM PIANO COURSE has been newly revised with 100 percent new engravings and typesetting, color highlighting for concept emphasis, updated song titles and lyrics, and full-color illustrations. Other products available from the best-selling John W. Schaum collection: * John W. Schaum Piano Course (level Pre-A or Green through H or Grey) * Schaum Pop Favorites (level Pre-A or Green through C Purple) * After the H Book (Volume I & II) * Adult Piano Course (Book I-III) * Pop Piano Course (Book I-IV) * Popular Piano Pieces (level Pre-A or Green through D or Orange) * Schaum Christmas (level Green through Orange) * John W. Schaum Solo Piano Albums (For the Young Student) * additional supplementary books

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My First Book of Classical Music: 29 Themes by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Other Great Composers in Easy Piano Arrangements [Paperback] Review

I am an adult beginner and I'm teaching myself.This book has fun and easy arrangements to songs that you may already know the melody to.It's good for the adult beginner that is ready for their second book after getting down the basics. You should know how to read the notes (at least figure them out) in the bass and treble clef. It's a good book because you can probably play these songs right away, and you'll feel like you're really playing something, that otherwise would take years and years to accomplish. It's much better that playing kiddie songs. It has easy, short, two-hand abbreviated arrangements of classic's such as Nocturne by Chopin; Minuet by Bach; Ode to Joy by Beethovan; Minuet in G by Beethovan; Hungarian Dance by Brahms; Rondo in C by Clementi; From The New World by Dvorak; Sarabande by Handel; Sonta in C by Haydn; Suprise Symphony by Haydn and others.

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Fun-to-play, pedagogically sound piano arrangements include themes from Beethoven's "Pathétique Sonata" and Haydn's "Surprise Symphony," along with such favorites as Schumann's "Traumerei," Brahms's "Lullaby," Chopin's "Prelude," Tchaikovsky's "Marche Slave," Moussorgsky's "Promenade" (from Pictures at an Exhibition), and many more. 20 piano arrangements.


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