Alfred's Basic Piano Course: Classic Themes (Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Level 4) [Paperback] Review

The Alfred series is one of the tried and true series that works with my piano students.

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These volumes contain easy-to-play arrangements of great classical melodies.The arrangements allow the music to be introduced to younger students.While designed to correlate with Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Classic Themes may be used with any piano method or instruction course.

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Joy Of Piano Duets [Paperback] Review

These pieces are mostly quite easy to play, and so are suited to beginners, beginners at dueting, or people who just want some fun things to play with a friend that won't need too much work to get going.
The pieces are quite short, only a couple are longer than a page, and cover a big range of styles - themes from classics, folk songs and jazz. Also, Agay has made the bars line up for the Primo and Secondo parts (doesn't seem like much until you play a duet without that and have to write the bar numbers on each part).
Tunes include: Oh Come All Ye Faithful, The Harmonious Blacksmith, All The Pretty Little Horses, The Trout, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Fasination, and themes from classics and operas.

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These familiar melodies for one piano, four hands are in arrangements equally easy for both players, with the melody alternating between the two. The collection includes Careless Love, Jamaica Farewell, and many more favorites.

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Newsies (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I've owned this book since it first came out, and it's a must for any true fan of the film. It includes some pictures from the movie as well as the music and lyrics for "Carrying The Banner," "Santa Fe," "My Lovey Dovey Baby," "The World Will Know," "Seize The Day," "King of New York," "High Times, Hard Times," and "Once And For All." It's helped me with more than one performance, and I even used it to compose Newsies ringtones for my cell phone.
On the down side, there ARE a few typos - from small things like spelling Spot's last name "Conlan" to more important transgressions like the complete lack of one chorus of "Carrying The Banner." Still, I've always found it well worth the money.

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Matching folio to the exciting Disney musical featuring 8 songs. Also includes lovely full-color photos from the movie. Original songs by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman.

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David Carr Glover Method for Piano: Lessons, Primer" [Paperback] Review

I grew up using David Carr Glover books when I took piano lessons myself.I still love them for the simplicity and ease of use.I like the way this method book does NOT start on the black keys.It starts right in with real notes in middle C position.This way the students learn the notes and what they look like on the staff.Other methods use the black keys and finger numbers--children end up relying on the finger numbers instead of on what NOTE they're supposed to be playing.
I highly recommend the Glover method--I would also recommend if you use this book to add the Primer level Technic, Performance and Theory books for a well-rounded experience.

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A sound approach to learning the piano, with emphasis on: reading music through interval and note recognition; clapping, singing and counting aloud for proper rhythmical performance; sight reading and ear training. Includes full-color illustrations. Also available from the DAVID CARR GLOVER METHOD FOR PIANO: Lessons, Performance, Technic, Sight Reading and Ear Training, and Christmas at the Piano for each level: Primer, One, Two , Three, and Four. Pre-Reading (Lessons and Theory) and other additional material are available as well.

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Complete Rags for Piano: Piano Solo [Paperback] Review

These rags are fun to play and sound great. They are of intermediate difficulty, but a few are more difficult.Some of them have interesting instructions for the performer, such as tongue clicking (like a snake), foot stomping, etc.The only gripe is that the binding makes the book hard to keep open.You have to get some sort of clasp to keep the pages from closing.It's maddening, when you're trying to read a passage, and the book closes.It can be overcome, though.Overall very fun, original, beautiful rags.Highly recommended!

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This exciting new edition includes every piano rag written by William Bolcom and matches the recording by John Murphy. There are 22 compositions, including: Eubie's Lucky Day * Graceful Ghost Rag * The Poltergeist * Raggin' Rudi * Tabby Cat Walk * Knight Hubert * Glad Rag * and more. Features a foreword by the composer, a biography, many photos, and commentary by Bolcom throughout.

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Etudes For the Piano: Complete (Alfred Masterwork Edition) [Plastic Comb] Review

This edition is awesome. It has a plastic spiral that lets the book open and lay flat, and in comparison to books without it this feature is definitely better.

The measures are numbered and they are spaced evenly throughout the pages. There is no crowding of notes and footnotes are kept at the bottom. The font and note color is big and black too.

Overall this takes the cake because Chopin's Etudes are so difficult the edition must be as clear to understand as possible.

I only wish that Alfred publishing would make more complete editions like this of other artists such as Beethoven and Debussy. In any case this edition is superior to the Schirmer editons.

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Although each study emphasizes an aspect of virtuoso piano technique, the etudes are some of the most effectively moving of all the concert works in piano literature. This 144-page volume includes the 24 Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25 as well as the three etudes without opus numbers composed in 1839 for Moscheles and Fetis's Method of Methods. Pedaling is taken from the original manuscripts and first editions, and fingering is editorial.

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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: P/V/G (Piano Vocal Series) [Paperback] Review

I bought this sheet music a few years back (because I could play the piano, and I LOVED the movie), but I found that it was WAY too advanced for my level. I still liked to pretend that I could play it and finger though the easiest songs (like sally's song). but more recently I pulled it out and decided I would try it again...I thought I improved a little, but it was still SO hard! Then one day I decided I was going to play the entire song of "This is Halloween." So I sat down and began to play...20 minute later I was so frustrated that I had to stop halfway through. Every note in the piece has a different sharp or flat than the one before it, I'm NOT joking. Even though this music is very hard to play (for me, anyway) I gave it 5 stars because I have heard it played by someone who COULD play it, and it was amazing! Even if you're not a master at the piano, I would still recomend it, if only because the music is so great, but it really is hard to play

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The newly revised edition of this book features 11 songs from Tim Burton's creepy animated classic, with music and lyrics by Danny Elfman. Songs include: Jack's Lament * Jack's Obsession * Kidnap the Sandy Claws * Making Christmas * Oogie Boogie's Song * Poor Jack * Sally's Song * This Is Halloween * Town Meeting Song * What's This? * Finale/Reprise.Now Back in Print!

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