The Influence of Society Style and Musical Trends on the Great Piano Composers

9 Piano Arrangements of Contemporary Worship Songs

22 Hit Songs-Songlist: • As Time Goes By (from Casablanca) • Can You Read My Mind? (Love Theme from Superman) • Dancing in the Dark (from The Band Wagon) • Fiddler on the Roof • Forty Second Street (from 42nd Street) • I Cover the Waterfront • I Got Rhythm • Jeepers Creepers • Love and Marriage • Love Is Here to Stay (from Goldwyn Follies) • Song from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) • Star Wars (Main Theme) • Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) • Tammy • Teach Me Tonight • The Days of Wine and Roses • The Magnificent Seven • The Man I Love (from Strike Up the Band) • The Summer Knows (Theme from The Summer of 42) • The Varsity Drag • The Wind Beneath My Wings (from Beaches) • Theme from Ice Castles

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with recordings and a Technique book both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music performance practices and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Technique books are designed to give students a highly structured program of technical development. They include basic keyboard patterns (five-finger patterns scales cadences and arpeggios in the major and minor keys of the Repertoire books) exercises and études and other necessary technical drills for mastering each piece in the Repertoire books. Suggestions for efficient practice are also included.Internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature. She has performed solo recitals across the United States Canada and Italy and appeared in the original Monster Concerts in venues such as Lincoln Center and the White House. Nancy owns an independent teaching studio in Ohio. The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with recordings and a Technique book both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music performance practices and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Technique books are designed to give students a highly structured program of technical development. They include basic keyboard patterns (five-finger patterns scales cadences and arpeggios in the major and minor keys of the Repertoire books) exercises andétudes and other necessary technical drills for mastering each piece in the Repertoire books. Suggestions for efficient practice are also included.Internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature. She has performed solo recitals across the United States Canada and Italy and appeared in the original Monster Concerts in venues such as Lincoln Center and the White House. Nancy owns an independent teaching studio in Ohio.

Holiday Songs from Around the World

Holiday Songs from Around the World

Sight Reading

Sight Reading

Sight Reading

Jesus Lover of My Soul

Jazzin' Up Christmas 1

Star Wars Movies 1-6

Alvamar Overture

Fantaisie Impromptu

They Can't Take That Away From Me

The First Noel / Pachelbel's Canon

The late intermediate solo contains a beautiful lyrical melody over a left hand that features broken chords cross-overs and rolled chords. Written in the key of A-flat major the melody includes scale figures and arpeggiated chords. The use of rubato enhances the character and mood of the piece.

An excellent technical study in staccato touch this late elementary solo also allows students to play two-note slurs identify intervals and cross the left hand over the right hand. A steady tempo is required to capture the mysterious character of the music.

Impromptus Op.90

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