(Educational Piano Library). 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.

(Educational Piano Library). Provides elementary-level students with a valuable resource for basic keyboard skills, including five-finger patterns, I-V7-I chords and arpeggios in all major and minor keys. Students learn to apply these basic skills through improv exercises and reading pieces. Includes a helpful keyboard chart of the I and V7 chords in all keys. A perfect choice for students preparing for auditions!

(Educational Piano Library). Hal Leonard Student Piano Library mascots Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun, 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. This book correlates directly to Piano Lessons Book 2.

(Educational Piano Library). In Book 5 , students are introduced to sixteenth notes in various rhythm patterns. The wide variety of student selections include 3 folk, 4 jazz, 13 classical, and 8 contemporary original pieces. Scales (in both 8th and 16th-note patterns) with their cadences are presented in five major and five minor keys. Root, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion, and open position chords for each key center are also introduced.

(Educational Piano Library). Hal Leonard Student Piano Library mascots Spike, Party Cat and friends guide students 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 music they create themselves. Now updated to correlate with the newly revised Piano Lessons Book 3 !

(Educational Piano Library). New from the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Basic Skills Series. Scales, Patterns and Improvs provides students with a valuable resource for building technique through one octave scales, I-IV-V7 chords and arpeggios in all major and minor keys. Students apply these basic skills through improv exercises and reading pieces in every key, and by learning to transpose, create an accompaniment and play from a lead line. The accompanying audio features MIDI orchest...

(Educational Piano Library). Piano Theory Workbook 5 includes practical, intermediate-level exercises in identifying chords and their inversions, counting 16ths, subdividing beats into various dotted-sixteenth rhythms, identifying chords of the key, writing Major and minor scales, and exercises in transposition and improvisation. Each exercise is correlated to the musical concepts learned in Piano Lessons Book 5 .

(Educational Piano Library). Great movies have great music scores, and this collection includes many classic favorites as well as themes from recent films: Forrest Gump (Feather Theme) * Hakuna Matata * My Favorite Things * My Heart Will Go On * The Phantom of the Opera * Puttin' on the Ritz * Stand by Me * What a Wonderful World.

(Educational Piano Library). Six quintessential Joplin rags arranged by Fred Kern: Bethena (Concert Waltz) * The Entertainer * Maple Leaf Rag * Pineapple Rag * Pleasant Moments (Ragtime Waltz) * Swipesy (Cake Walk).

(Educational Piano Library). Scott Joplin's rags are twice the fun when played with a partner! Features full-sounding, intermediate-level arrangements for one piano, four hands of: Heliotrope Bouquet * Magnetic March * Peacherine Rag * The Ragtime Dance.

(Educational Piano Library). SHOWCASE SOLOS POPS is a graded series of popular song arrangements for solo piano featuring movie themes, Broadway classics, favorite children's songs, and today's top recorded hits. Each solo is expertly arranged with a winning combination of creativity and solid pedagogy. Ranging from Early Elementary through Late Intermediate levels, these exciting solos provide excellent supplemental material for any method, and are a perfect complement to the Hal Leonard Stu...

(Educational Piano Library). Includes 11 songs students know and love, carefully graded and arranged for piano solo with great teacher accompaniments. 11 Songs: The Bare Necessities * Can't Help Falling in Love * Castle on a Cloud * Climb Ev'ry Mountain * Goodnight, My Someone * Hello, Dolly! * I Just Can't Wait to Be King * Love Changes Everything * My Favorite Things * Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' * When She Loved Me.