The School of Velocity, Opus 299: Complete (Alfred Masterwork Edition) [Paperback] Review

If this is too intimidating for you, I would start with Czerny -- Practical Method, Op. 599 (Complete) (Alfred Masterwork Edition), which is thinner and simpler than this.

If THAT'S too difficult for you, I would fall back to Preliminary School of Dexterity, Op. 636, which is about as low as you can go and still be playing authentic Czerny that hasn't been watered down.(I don't know why Amazon doesn't have a picture of it:it's certainly not rare or out of print.)

Only after finishing that should you go for the mother lode, the School of Velocity.

All of these Alfred editions are the best:carefully edited and handsomely presented.Palmer didn't simply run those old galleys again:everything's been recomposited and -- importantly for me -- the notes have been made larger where possible.At any rate, it's certainly more readable than that old yellow version everyone seems to own.

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This popular volume offers practical training in well-articulated pianistic passage work, particularly in playing the virtuoso music of the romantic period. In addition to this, each study is a complete music composition, demanding attention to dynamics and phrasing. Students who master Opus 299 have indeed progressed a long way in the "school of velocity." Available in a 112-page complete volume or in two separate books.

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Complete Preludes, Books 1 and 2 [Paperback] Review

This is one of those sets that I think, if I were stranded on a desert island with a Steinway (and a good piano tuner), I could delve into for years with little other music.
These short pieces are excellent for sight-reading difficult passages with many key changes and unexpected accidentals, for intricate harmony and for expression of mood. The names are evocative of feelings and sights, such as an underwater cathedral, bells in the evening air, wind through heather and the like.

Though short pieces of a few pages, each provides a particular challenge to the piano student, as well as being appropriate for concert encores or intimate playing.

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Here, in one volume, are two bodies of work that, perhaps more than any others, reveal the essence of Claude Debussy's extraordinary expressiveness and his innovative gifts for musical imagery. Each book contains 12 preludes for the piano, many of them well known to today's musical audiences because of their great popularity with pianists worldwide.

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Simple Things [Paperback] Review

I bought this book because I just love Jim Brickman's music.This book is one of those books you read a chapter at a time and reflect on the content.Jim has made me laugh and think back to those earlier years and to step back and realize what is important in life.I highly recommend this book and it certainly could not have come at a more appropriate time in light of our Nation's tragedy.God bless America!

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Complete with Brickman's biography and color photos, this album-matching folio contains: The Promise * Catching Twilight * Night Rain * Another Tuesday Morning * Gate 41 * Waiting for You * Journey * Devotion * One and Only * Serenade * Simple Things * A Mother's Day * It Must Be You.

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Stageline - X-Type Padded Keyboard Bench KB51 Review

Nice firm seat, much wider than I thought it would be. Great for a higher seat. It appeared for $59, bill arrived printed for $79 which was confusing. Arrived very quickly in perfect condition.

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Heavily padded for maximum comfort. Four adjustable height levels. Easy to set up. Height from 20.875" to 26". Seat 12.5" x 23.75". 4 position deluxe.

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Impromptus, Op. 90 (Alfred Masterwork Edition) [Paperback] Review

I was quite disappointed in this product. I'm not sure if it's just the copy I got, but the printing/stapling went awry and one side of the music did not print on page 20. I would ask for a refund of this product if I hadn't gotten it online. Save yourself the trouble and get a copy of this music that doesn't look like the printer was having an off day.

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This concise edition contains four expressive and lively impromptus that will challenge advanced pianists. To clarify the composer's original notations on tempo, dynamics, fingering, pedaling and ornamentation, Dr. Baylor has included notes on performing each piece and provided footnotes for difficult passages. These editorial suggestions make preparing for a performance both enjoyable and educational.

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Masterwork Classics, Level 1-2 (Alfred Masterwork Editions) [Paperback] Review

This Book/CD combination is hard to beat for someone who wants to start playing classical music from the get-go, rather than a lot of children's songs or folk songs.It is also a good value.It includes scores in easy to read format for 29 simple compositions, from baroque to 20th century.These are not watered-down versions of well-known pieces or popular melodies, but rather original classical compositions written specifically for the novice.Most are ½ page or 1 page, and no page turning is required.This is a great supplement to any method book, and provides at least several weeks worth of fine early material. I have been using the PIANO HANDBOOK (Carl Humphries) but realized I needed additional early material since that book moves so quickly.

The CD, which includes each of these pieces, is well played and nicely recorded.The CD is invaluable--not only to hear how the songs are intended to sound, but also to better choose which ones to work on (especially if, like me, you're self-taught).I've selected 12 of the pieces to work on over the next few weeks, starting with two, and adding a new one each week. These songs are appealing enough that I'll probably be playing several of them for a long time.I've also purchased the Level 3 Masterwork Classics and can hardly wait to get started with that.........but first things first.

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A progressive repertoire series designed to motivate students while allowing them to progress evenly and smoothly from the earliest classics toward intermediate literature.These pieces are from the standard classical literature, chosen to appeal both to teacher and student. Each volume comes with a corresponding CD.

PIanist Kim O'Reilly Newman holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois. She has performed throughout North America and Europe with the Hambro Quartet of Pianos and was an editor and recording pianist for Alfred Publishing. Kim is a brain tumor survivor and now specializes in performing music for the left hand.

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The Twelve Notes Of Music: Ear Training And Interval Study Course [Paperback] Review

I purchased this book in the hopes of finding a method to use with some of my students. As a professional teacher and performer, I am terribly dissapointed. In its 20 pages, the book does little more than define what intervals are, and offers little practical advice and no useful exercises on how to sucessfully learn intervals or recognize pitch. Further, the title 'Music Theory: Ear Training and Interval Study Course' is quite misleading. Sternal attempts to teach the student intervals by having the student play all intervals from the minor second up to the octave on the guitar. Thus, If you are not a guitar player, and/or do not read his non-standard guitar tablature this method will be completely useless for you. The back cover claims that this is a method for guitar, piano, or voice of which only guitar is really feasible because there are no notes or diagrams that can be read by vocalists or pianists or any other instrument for that matter (It only uses fretboard diagrams). Also, the front cover fails to mention that this is only intended for guitar, piano, and voice. If you are not a guitarist, this method will be unintelligible for you. If you are a guitarist, I would strongly suggest you find a different method as this is hardly a method, but more a very poor definition of intervals. This method is also problematic for guitar players in that Sternal does not address the tuning issues of the guitar. If you do not understand the problems of tuning a guitar, you will be learing these intervals incorrectly since you are using an improperly tuned guitar as a pitch reference. I hardly ever write reviews, but I was so turned off by this that I felt obligated to prevent others from making the same mistake.

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Music Theory Simplified - There are only 12 notes in the musical alphabet, when you have mastered them you have mastered music. Take an in depth look at each individual note and learn how it associates with other notes, giving you a full understanding of the tonal structure of melodies, harmonies, and chords. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced musician you will gain a world of insight by learning our twelve musical tones! *24 Page Study Course *US Patent Applied For *Improve pitch recognition, and note relativity *Music theory simplified *Start with one note and build at your own pace *Written with charts and thoroughly explained instructions *No sheet music or sight reading necessary *Each chapter is built on what you have previously learned *Learn to easily build any scale or chord structure.

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Theory Is Fun / Book 1 (Hirschberg) [Paperback] Review

a good book for teaching elementary aged children music theory, it covers the basics and some more advanced stuff as well. lots of Black and white illustrations, comics strips and such. the book teaches the note names and spelling with pictures and stories.

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THEORY IS FUN / Book 1, by David Hirschberg.

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Richard Rodgers Classics: The Phillip Keveren Series [Paperback] Review

As a church organist/pianist, I was looking for some music just for me to play at home - to enjoy.I first became aware of these books when shopping locally at a music store (Keveren also has leveled series for easier piano (think kids) which as a piano teacher and mom have been very well received.)I recommend the piano solo series to other pianist friends - describing the books as well put together volumes that are fun to play.Most of the pieces are a few pages in length.If you are at the late intermediate level, they may take some time to work up.If you are accustomed to playing advanced music, a few times through and you can probably sight read many of the pieces.I have purchased many of the other books in this piano solo level, and I think this is one of the more challenging books in the series (compared to the Irish, hymn collection, patriotic, folk music) - because of some of the octave intervals / rhythm combinations.This is a composer's name I look for when I do my music shopping for myself and my students.

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In honor of the Richard Rodgers centennial celebrations, this new collection features 17 of his all-time classics, tastefully arranged for piano solo by Phillip Keveren: Climb Ev'ry Mountain * Edelweiss * Falling in Love with Love * Hello, Young Lovers * I Whistle a Happy Tune * Isn't It Romantic? * My Funny Valentine * People Will Say We're in Love * Shall We Dance? * Some Enchanted Evening * The Sound of Music * You'll Never Walk Alone * and more.

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French Pianism: A Historical Perspective (Amadeus) [Hardcover] Review

I purchased "French Pianism" to trace the heritage of my teacher, Leo Steffens. He was a student of Robert Casadeseus, who was a student of Louis Diemer, (not a very good teacher, or so the book says), who was a student of Anton Marmontel, who was not much of a player, but a very good teacher, who was a student of Pierre Zimmerman, one of the original French School pianists.
Zimmerman came of age in the Chopin Era, and thus he brought that approach into the mainstream of French pianism. The chart on pages 54-55 shows a clear pedagogical lineage.
Chopin was a bit of a self-taught original, as were Liszt and Beethoven. Mozart, as well as Bach came from a background of family schooling. So, no real connections there, although Beethoven has a lineage of students through Czerny, and Liszt had many students, but only one real protege', Carl Tausig, who died young.
There do not seem to be any "national schools" of pianism left, as the interviews with mid-20th century performers and teachers makes clear. The French School, with its "jeux perle" or light,fast sound, and decidedly non-German approach, has made way for a more international, and thus blander approach to making piano music.
It is a bit of a "thing" for pianists to know who they are "grand-students" of, and, now I know.
Nice photos, many short bios, and little editorializing make this an even-handed, if not exactly thrilling book.
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The recognized pre-eminence of Paris as a center of the piano world dates from the early nineteenth century, and the rigorous standards of musical education that are the hallmark of the Paris Conservatoire transmitted the characteristic French piano style faithfully to each new generation for some 150 years. First published to critical acclaim in 1992, this landmark study, now considerably expanded and revised, surveys the historical development, performance practices, and pedagogical philosophies of this vital - and diverse - French school of piano playing. The author, himself a noted pianist, studied with several proponents of the jeu perle, that uniquely French style of playing categorized by rapid, clean, even passage work, note after note "bright and perfectly formed, like each pearl on a necklace." Over a fifteen-year period, he conducted more than seventy interviews with notable French-trained pianists, many of them new to this edition and all of them frank and lively conversationalists, ranging from a ninety-six-year-old Paul Loyonnet - an important link to the traditions of the nineteenth century - to emerging young talents of today. Adding an element of specificity to this edition are the author's detailed recollections of his own lessons with such luminaries as Gaby Casadesus, Jeanne-Marie Darre, Monique Haas, Eric Heidsieck, and Magda Tagliaferro.

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The Jason Robert Brown Collection: 24 Selections from Shows and Albums (P/V/G Composer Collection) [Paperback] Review

A Summer In Ohio
All The Wasted Time
And I Will Follow
Coming Together
Dreaming, Wide Awake
Getting Out
Grow Old With Me
Hear My Song
I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You
If I Told You Now
I'm Not Afraid Of Anything
It Don't Get Better Than This
It's Hard To Speak My Heart
Just One Step
Letting You Go
Moving Too Fast
Nothing In Common
See I'm Smiling
Someone To Fall Back On
Stars And The Moon
The Next Ten Minutes
The Old Red Hills Of Home
The Picture Show

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This collection includes the best of the first ten years of this young Broadway songwriter's career. It includes 24 selections from Songs for a New World, Parade, The Last Five Years, and also from the albums Songs of Jason Robert Brown and Wearing Someone Else's Clothes. In addition to many songs never before in print, this collection also has a note on every song by the composer, as well as a biography.

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Christmas Carols for Today: 10 Contemporary Arrangements of Traditional Carols (Sacred Performer Collections) [Paperback] Review

A nice collection of tunes without the cookie-cutter feel. Not too difficult for the volunteer church pianist.

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Carol Tornquist has applied her unique style to 10 familiar Christmas carols. Pianists and congregations will appreciate the colorful richness of surprising modulations, refreshing jazz chords, and unexpected rhythmic treatments. Approximate performance times make service planning easier. Titles: And the Glory of the Lord
* The First Noel
* Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
* He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child
* He Shall Feed His Flock
* How Great Our Joy!
* In the Bleak Midwinter
* Lo! How a Rose Eer Blooming
* The Rocking Carol
* Sing We Now of Christmas.

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Stories of the Great Composers (Book & CD) (Learning Link) [Paperback] Review

The book provides a very basic introductory level summary of each composer including birthdate, place of birth and style of music. There is a simple activity such as a wordsearch included with each lesson. The accompanying CD provides one composition for each composer to illustrate their style. Stories of the Great Composers is a fun and easy way to meet some of the greats.

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It is important that young students learn about the lives of the great composers who have enriched our lives with beautiful music. The 12 units in Stories of the Great Composers give elementary students a glimpse into each composer's life, character and music. A CD recording of the suggested listening is available, featuring one composition by each composer.

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Burgmuller: 25 Progressive Pieces, opus 100 (Book & CD) (Alfred Masterwork Edition: CD Edition) [Paperback] Review

Wow, this book is a treasure. I am taking lesson for 3 years and as an adult, my fall back is speed as I don't have flexible fingers like young kids.I have been doing Hanon trying to strengthen and to keep my fingers flexible, but I get so bored with the monotone.I still am at a beginner/intermediate level (4) and this book is just perfect to learn and practice. This book is definitely great until advanced level, as it will be so enjoyable to play and you will never get bored. All 25 pieces have beautiful melodies and so enjoyable to learn and most importantly...the speed.I listened to the CD and it helps so much to feel the speed; and with such lovely melodies, I could not get bored.This book is sooo worth it to have in your collection.I'm so glad I have it in my collection.
Play on :)

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Burgmuller's most famous work, the 25 Progressive Pieces, are short compositions with descriptive titles. Easier than his Opp. 105 and 109, each selection exposes students to a different technical challenge with the main emphasis on the phrasing, articulation, and dynamics often found in Romantic piano music. The collection includes "Arabesque" and "Ballade," both popular with many early-intermediate pianists.

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Simply Sacred Duets, Bk 2 [Paperback] Review

This is another excellent duet book.As a piano teacher and church musician, this book would be most appropriate for students in the late level 2 - level 3 environment.This book contains arrangments with eighth notes, some "larger" intervals, and some accidentals.Titles range from Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, In the Garden, Morning Has Broken, Simple Gifts/Holy, Holy, Holy + a couple of other fun children's hymns.I was very pleased with the variety of hymns in this volume; I personally would not classify this as an early intermediate book.A 3rd and 4th grader recently played out of it during church service, and it was very well received by the congregation.This book is an excellent addition to your music library - if you have elementary aged kids who have opportunities to play at church.

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The duets are appropriate for most denominations and church occasions and correlate well with Alfred's Basic Piano Library Levels 2 and 3. Titles: Amazing Grace
* Do Lord
* Hallelujah! Praise Ye the Lord
* In the Garden
* Jacob's Ladder
* Morning Has Broken
* O Stor Gud
* Simple Gifts with Holy, Holy, Holy

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Bill Evans - Everything Happens to Me: A Musical Biography (Book) [Paperback] Review

I also prefer How My Heart Sings over this one -I'm a huge Evans fan and as a jazz musician, I was thrilled about finding a "musical biography". Well, just repeating the same old stories as all the other books on the subject and then throwing in comments about the recordings -some of them suspiciously harsh, even- does not make it any more musical than any other biography. Not only that, but the times he comments on the actual music, he is almost invariably mistaken and wrong; "Freddie Freeloader" in NOT in a minor key and "These Things Called Changes" is based on "What Is This Thing Called Love", not "All The Things You Are" as Shadwick suggests. If he ever really studied the Manne-Hole live recordings instead of undeservedly dismissing them, he would know that Evans was already using the very same changes. As a collector of everything about Mr.Evans, I had to get this but I would not recommend it to anyone. Two stars for the subject alone.

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A Grammy winner and pioneer of multi-track jazz recording, Bill Evans was the pianist on Miles DavisÕ classic Kind of Blue album and a key figure in the development of modern jazz piano. This new Backbeat book details his wide-ranging and absorbing career, from freelance work in the 1950s, through his groundbreaking trios and solo releases, to his relationships with various record labels, to the intense final phase before his death in 1980. Printed on top-quality stock, the book includes fantastic full-page photos throughout, and a special color section.

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Bach Short Preludes & Fugues (Kalmus Edition) [Paperback] Review

The layout of this book is exactly the same as older Kalmus editions, but the format is smaller. Not only scores are now too small, the print quality itself is low: staff lines and text elements have gaps, multiple beams touch etc. This makes everything very hard to read, especially for beginners. It simply looks like a cheap copy. I returned it and was lucky to find an old Peters edition elsewhere - a little discolored due to age, but much more enjoyable.

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Music for Little Mozarts [Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD] Review

This is a two CD set each CD is 30 minutes long.The second CD is for the "music discovery book", I love this CD, it is just perfect for group music classes and it is a fun CD for kids to just listen to.There are 25 songs: a hello song (mentions mozart mouse and beethoven bear), a goodbye song (could be used for any program), 8 rhythm instrument songs, 5 movement/music appreciation songs, and 8 listening/ear training songs.

The first CD is essentially a "book on CD" of the "music lesson" book and I don't see why you would ever use it because a teacher could read the story herself much more entertainingly.

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Two compact disc recordings (sold as a two-disc set) support the concepts introduced in Level 4. The disc for the Music Lesson Book includes the narration for the story, as well as two performances of each piece-an acoustic piano version and an orchestrated version. The disc for the Music Discovery Book contains all of the songs and the "Listen and Sing" examples in the book performed by a teacher and students. In addition, professional performances of all listening examples for music appreciation and movement activities are included.

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Selections from Chicago [Paperback] Review

I was really excited when I got this piano book. The songs are a bit challenging, but they are accomplished quickly. It is good for students who are in Alfred level 6.

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Master arranger Dan Coates has taken Kander and Ebb's most famous songs and set them in a way that allows any player to relive the joy, pizzazz, and suspense of every character from the movie all over again. Titles are: All I Care About * And All That Jazz * Cell Block Tango * Funny Honey * I Move On * Mister Cellophane * Nowadays * Razzle Dazzle * Roxie * We Both Reached for the Gun * When You're Good to Mama.

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Symphony No. 4 (Kalmus Classic Edition) [Paperback] Review

I was looking for this somewhat hard to find score for my collection...and with some avid searching, I found and purchased it.With all of the scores I have, I already knew what to expect and the condition of the book itself was fine.Seeing that I'm going to make full use of it with markings of all sorts, as long as the book isn't trashed, I'm ok with the condition of it.The 4th is not the most popular of Mahler symphonies, but I always enjoy all of his work(s), regardless of the content.Thanks Amazon for helping me locate the score!:D

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This popular work reflects a shift in Mahler's musical development, as he turned from a single melodic line with subordinate harmonies to a more contrapuntal style. The orchestral richness of this work progresses from the striking sleighbells of the opening and the complexities of its early movements to the touching simplicity of the closing soprano song.

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The Liturgical Organist, Vol. 1 [Paperback] Review

I'm in this book virtually every Mass I play. At some point (pre, during, or post) during the liturgy I need a brief piece of fill. Major and minor keys are each represented with pieces ranging from 4 bars to over a page. Also, modulation formulas and extended pieces. All arranged by key. A very handy book that fills both those expected and unexpected gaps in the service.

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This is the first and easiest book in a 4-book collection of preludes, interludes, and postludes compiled and arranged by Carlo Rossini for performance on pipe, electronic or reed organs, and with Hammond registrations included. No separate pedal notation staff is included, however many examples indicate notes for the pedals. The Liturgical Organist provides the average organist with an orderly collection of liturgical compositions for church use and for possible performance even on the smallest instrument. The compositions include works from the baroque, classical and romantic eras.

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Romantic Impressions [Paperback] Review

This book is well worth the purchase and subsequent time given to the practice of individual songs will yield a pretty little repertoire. If an adult student, this book is late elementary.

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Warm, lyrical, cantabile melodies and rich harmonic structures are found in this expressive series.

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A Day in the Jungle [Paperback] Review

fabulous songs with great imagery.as a piano teacher I most recently purchased this book for a 9 year old boy who is devouring all of the songs and excitedly looking forward to the next.

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These are pieces to stimulate the musical imagination with such titles as ""Snake Sneaking"" and ""Jungle River Flowing."" They are also studies for dynamic balance between the hands, soft tone production, ""finger-pedal"" (sustaining tones with fingers instead of with pedal), and more. Jon George's illustrations add to the attractiveness.

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Hymns for Meditation [Paperback] Review

Hymns For Meditation was a little bit too easy but the arrangements were still very pretty and I enjoyed playing them.

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Church pianists are often asked to provide music that is reflective and meditative in nature. The six hymns in this collection by Martha Mier were chosen because of their beauty and for the messages of comfort and hope that they convey. Titles: In the Garden * It Is Well with My Soul * Near to The Heart of God * Sweet Hour of Prayer * 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus * What A Friend We Have In Jesus

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Complete Ballades, Impromptus and Sonatas [Paperback] Review

This is a great book. I have used it on numerous occasions and can give no more than an absolute satisfactory report. Often, publishers write incorrect fingering and/or dynamics, and this book appears to have notsubdued to that level. The publishers obviously knew what Chopin wanted anddelivered just that instead of placing marks they thought were appropriate.

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Edited by Chopin's student and teaching assistant Carl Mikuli, this edition includes highly authoritative versions of these favorite pieces: Ballades-No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23; No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38; No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47; No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 Impromptus-No. 1 in A-flat Major, Op. 29; No. 2 in F-sharp Major, Op. 36; No. 3 in G-flat Major, Op. 51; No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 66 (Fantaisie-Impromptu) Sonatas-No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 4; No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35; No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 New compilation of scores originally published by G. Schirmer, New York, 1894-1895.


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The Producers (Easy Piano Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I am a big fan of Mel Brooks and more recently a fan of his newest hit musical formerlly starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.Since then I have been reading The Producers forum at the official website, and almost every week someone asks "Where can I get a copy of the sheet music" or some variation there of.Well here it is!This collection of 19 catchy tunes and hillarious lyrics is great for singing along with a piano accompament.The songs include ...'Til Him, Along Came Bialy Betrayed, Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop, Goodbye!, Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? (Have You Ever Heard The German Band?), Heil Myself, I Wanna Be A Producer, In Old Bavaria, Keep It Gay, Opening Night, Prisoners Of Love (Leo & Max), Springtime For Hitler, That Face, The King Of Broadway, We Can Do It, When You Got It, Flaunt It, Where Did We Go Right?, and You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night!This is almost everysong on the CD (with the exception of the Oventure and the reprise of Opening Night).With this book you'll have an opportunity to sing, hum, clap and hail Mel the way you may have done when you saw this great Broadway hit!

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This songbook contains easy piano arrangements of a dozen songs from Mel Brooks' Broadway blockbuster, the winner of a record 12 Tony Awards! Includes: Along Came Bialy * Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop * Goodbye! * Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? * I Wanna Be a Producer * In Old Bavaria * Keep It Gay * Prisoners of Love * Springtime for Hitler * That Face * 'Til Him * When You Got It, Flaunt It.

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The Best of The Beatles (Pointer Organ) [Paperback] Review

Excellent book! My little second year Trombonist now has some great material to play that's far better than just the rudimentary stuff they're teaching in school! It essentially has him playing the melody (lyric) to the songs!

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This revised book features 26 favorites from the Fab Four. Includes: A Hard Day's Night* Come Together* Eleanor Rigby* Yesterday* and many more.

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Glory to the Newborn King (Book & CD) (Sacred Performer Collections) [Paperback] Review

I have a quite a collection of Christmas sheet music, from adaptations of carols that sound like Chopin or Handel (fun!), the Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas suite to hymnal standards. Marilynn Ham's arrangements, however, are a step above any I've played before.

The 10 songs include Hark, The Herald Angels Sing, Sussex Carol, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle, Ding, Dong, Merrily on High' It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Still, Still, Still, O Little Town of Bethlehem, What Child is This, and a Huron Carol. All of them have a certain structure; generally the introductory page is the familiar carol in a relatively high tessatura (usually at or above Middle C), with simple arrangement, followed by a transition and key change to a more broad arrangment, either keyboard-spanning chords or arpeggio accompaniement (either treble or bass) with the melody in the other hand. The logic of these arrangements is so beautifully thought-out that if you are a moderately advanced pianist, you can sight-read these with little trouble. If you are below intermediate, you will have a bit of trouble; there are a lot of keyboard-spanning arpeggios and big chords plus key changes requiring quick thinking. However, the openings are playable by any intermediate pianist, even advanced beginner (take a look online at the sample pages to get an idea.)

These are beautiful arrangements, well worth learning and they are traditional enough for most church performances as they stay very true to the original melody and harmony. Gorgeous work and pure pleasure to play.

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These contemporary arrangements make up the second addition to Alfred's best-selling Sacred Performer Series. Original introductions and postludes, large colorful chords, octave displacement and rubato are infused into favorites including "Ding, Dong, Merrily on High," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" and more.

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Classical Folk: 15 International Folksongs Phillip Keveren Series [Paperback] Review

Phillip Keveren is well-known in the piano world for his arranging.He doesn't disappoint in this book.15 piano solos include 'The Galway Piper,' 'Jacob's Ladder,' and 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home.'

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15 folk songs from around the world: (Oh, My Darling) Clementine * Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) * Greensleeves * Hatikvah (with Hope) * Jacob's Ladder * La Vera Sorrentina (The Fair Maiden of Sorrento) * Swing Low, Sweet Chariot * and more.

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The Complete Preludes and Etudes for Pianoforte Solo [Paperback] Review

Scriabin was a contemporary of Rachmaninoff, in fact, he studied under the same teacher. Like Rachmaninoff, he was a bridge composer between the late Romantic and the 20th Century period. He was far more modern, in fact, than Rachmaninoff, though his early works were profoundly influenced by Chopin (Rachmaninoff less so--he was influenced by Chopin but also Tchaikovsky.)
Despite the fact both composers shared Russian heritage and a love of the piano, Rachmaninoff did not admire Scriabin's works, saying he had gone off in a wrong direction. While I love Rachmaninoff's piano works intensely, I have to say that he was really wrong about Scriabin. This is some of the most gorgeous, introspective, Impressionist piano music ever written.
Scriabin had a tragically short life, yet he composed quite a number of etudes, preludes, sonatas and other short piano works. Dover has done a huge favor by putting all the preludes and etudes into a single volume. There is enough material here for years of exploration into the music of a piano master. The edition is a compact volume that manages to sit well on the piano music stand, and the music print is clear and easy to read.

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Russian composer and pianist Scriabin is best known for his perfectly spun miniatures. This volume collects his finest pieces, the complete etudes and preludes for the solo piano. Chopinesque works include the 12 etudes from Op. 8 and the 24 Preludes, Op. 11; Preludes, Opp. 33 and 48; and the Etudes, Op. 42.

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Perfect Wrong Note - Learning to Trust Your Musical Self (Softcover) (Amadeus) [Paperback] Review

I am a professional musician, a retired piano teacher of 25 years. In October of 2004, I produced my first cd of pre-Baroque pieces into an album called, "Carry the Light."Recently, I found out about "The Perfect Wrong Note" by William Westney from a friend. The book is stunning, progressive and suffice it to say, it will rub some traditionalist the wrong way.Westney totally challenges traditional teaching methods and rightly so. There is a revealing "Question and Answer" section in the book on pp. 95-97 which provides an astute summary of Westney's teaching philosophy. I found the following Q and A challenging to some very traditionalist teachings on using the metronome; "Is it a good idea to use a metronome?"Westney's replies, "Only for short periods, as a check of tempo consistency.If we use it too much we become passive slaves to it, and our inner rhythm stays dormant."Westney emphasizes that playing the piano is a "whole body, whole brain" experience.In terms of Westney's approach being a "feel good" philosophy, nothing could be further from the truth. When asked (p. 97), "Can your approach be simply stated as, "Just don't fret about wrong notes, after all nobody's perfect.?"Westney's response is clearly direct; "No.This isn't a feel good philosophy: it's a pragmatic problem-solving plan along the road to artistry.Control, accuracy, and refinement are still the goals."Westney takes a groundbreaking approach to teaching piano without killing the hope and aspirations of the student.That is to be herald and this work will be deeply respected by teachers willing to take on new and exciting challenges that take heed to an important ethos Westney holds for anyone practicing the piano."As you practice sense that you are taking care of yourself at every moment.Expect musical performing to be fun and feel good.Question any part of it that doesn't feel that way.Think of yourself as a healty athlete. Relax frequently and take stock." (p.227) I can't think of any performing philosophy that is more hope filled than that.

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In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers discover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfillment of making music. Drawing on experience, psychological insight, and wisdom ancient and modern, Westney shows how to trust yourself and set your own musicality free. He offers healthy alternatives for lifelong learning and suggests significant change in the way music is taught. For example, playing a wrong note can be constructive, useful, even enlightening. The creator of the acclaimed Un-Master Class workshop also explores the special potential of group work, outlining the basics of his revelatory workshop that has transformed the music experience for participants the world over. Practicing, in Westney's view, is a lively, honest, adventurous, and spiritually rewarding enterprise, and it can (and should) meet with daily success, which empowers us to grow even more. Teachers, professionals, and students of any instrument will benefit from this unique guide, which brings artistic vitality, freedom, and confidence within everyone's reach.

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Music for Little Mozarts: Lesson Assignment Book [Paperback] Review

This "Lesson Assignment Book" is a great way to stay organized with your child's piano lessons. It can be used with Levels 1 -4 of the "Music for Little Mozarts" series.

There are 32 lesson "Assignment" pages that span two pages each (eight months of weekly lessons!). It tracks the lesson number, day, date and time (this is a great feature for parents who need to keep track of when to pay the teacher next!), and when the next lesson is. There is a homework section that uses the Lesson Book, Music Workbook, Discovery Book and Other (great for Recital Book). There is a "New" and "Review" column for each lesson book used. Next is a days of the week tracker for recording practice time in minutes. For teachers, there is space for evaulating that day's lesson and comments. Parents are also given comment space. At the end, there is work space for the child with a printed keyboard and music notation lines.

The end of book has space for "My Favorite Pieces" and "Music I Have Performed."

This is an inexpensive way to stay organized while your child learns piano. We have enjoyed it thoroughly!

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The Music for Little Mozarts Lesson Assignment Book is designed to allow the teacher to write the student's assignment, using a minimum of lesson time.Using a two-page format, the book can accommodate assignments for 32 lessons.Additional spaces are provided to record practice time, evaluate each lesson, facilitate written instructions both from the parents to the teacher and from the teacher to the parents as well as work spaces for students that include a keyboard and staff.Special evaluation forms are also included.

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Masterpieces with Flair!, Book 1 (Alfred Masterwork Editions) [Paperback] Review

A good compilation of pieces in different styles, great to use approximately after one year of learning.

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Energetic and lively pieces to appeal to students who like fast and sparkling music. The selections are from such masters as Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Bartok.All pieces are in their original form.Early intermediate to intermediate.

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Prince - 3121 (Pvg) [Paperback] Review

I didnt shop carefully. I thought this was a Prince coffee table photo book like the last few I bought. Bought this, and 3121 for the wife for Christmas. Unfortunately She doesnt play an instrument, and I play guitar. Thankfully this wasnt the only gift I gave her because when we saw it was ONLY sheet music, I looked like Fred Flintstone giving Wilma a BOWLING BALL for a gift when she doesnt bowl and he does... all the time.

The publisher really SHOULD post up some pics of the inside contents so the buyer can understand what they are paying for.

A disappointment.

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All 12 songs from his critically-acclaimed 2006 album, including: 3121 * Lolita * Te Amo Corazon * Black Sweat * Incense and Candles * Love * Satisfied * Fury * The Word * Beautiful, Loved and Blessed * The Dance * Get on the Boat. Includes eight pages of color photos.

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Jerome Kern (Brimhall Composer Series) [Paperback] Review

My wife is in love with Jerome Kern.She says she can't believe she never tried these songs before since many are standards.She loves his style and his music.A very playable collection.

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John Brimhall has arranged 18 great songs written by one of America's leading composers, Jerome Kern. Kern's successes were mainly in writing music for the stage. Ol' Man River
* Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
* Why Was I Born
* Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
* Dearly Beloved are a few of his many Broadway hits. His popular compositions include: I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
* Long Ago (And Far Away)
* They Didn't Believe Me
* Pick Yourself Up
* All the Things You Are.

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Organ Works [Paperback] Review

This a reprint of Seiffert's 1901(?) ed. of both 'free' and hymntune-based works, with the free ones in a slightly more practical sequence than in the early publication. The scholarly apparatus is unfortunately omitted, and it both includes works now widely regarded as inauthentic, andexcludes works now widely regarded as authentic.Small print, but that has its advantages: a whole work on one page or a double-page spread (no page-turn).

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One of the great organ composers of the pre-Bach generation, Pachelbel left an enormous legacy of keyboard works. This rich treasury represents the full depth and range of his organ compositions. Included are 72 chorale settings for Lutheran ritual, 48 secular works, among them toccatas, fugues, preludes, ricercares and fantasias. All are reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, edited by Max Seiffert.


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Mussorgsky -- Pictures at an Exhibition (Alfred Masterwork Edition) [Paperback] Review

Moussorgsky's most famous work, "Pictures at an Exhibition" (orch. by Maurice Ravel) is available is this very nice edition from the Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library. This work has been one of the most performed orchestral works by American symphony orchestras over the past few years and is a major piece in the repertoire. This is considered to be the definitive edition of this great piece and comes highly recommended.Mussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionPictures at an Exhibition

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Based on the autograph manuscript and earliest editions, editor Nancy Bricard addresses the sources and discrepancies between the various publications of Moussorgsky's most important contribution to piano literaturePictures at an Exhibition. This well-researched edition describes the close relationship between the composer and Russian artist Victor Hartmann, whose paintings and sketches inspired the creation of this collection of musical works. Bricard offers fascinating insight into the composer's compositional process by including music passages in her footnotes that Moussorgsky had discarded from the autograph. Also discussed are matters of tempo, fingering, pedaling and interpretation, as well as background on the historical, cultural and social environment that influenced the composer's music.

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Minor Scale Picture Workbook [Paperback] Review

This book offers a unique way to learn scales.Anyone can learn scales!I'm privileged to know the author and I know her method works.This book along with the major scales workbook helps students of all levels to learn their scales on the keyboard using pictures that stay in your mind when you play.This is NOT your ordinary scale book.Glenna was my 5th and last piano teacher and by her method I went from knowing none of my scales to memorizing all of my scales along with their counterparts.Learning scales is a very important part of learning to play the piano and through her method I was able to play better because I knew the background for any piece I'd play.An example in the major scale workbook is the C major scale.Think of a color crayon, how it's straight across.Crayon begins with C, and since a crayon is straight you remember when you're playing that the C scale has no sharps or flats -it's played straight across the white keys starting on any C.I love using these books.I teach now, and these are the only books I recommend when learning scales.It's absolutely the best investment!

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The Minor Scale Picture Workbook offers a visual approach to learning minor scale patterns. Students follow a worksheet format designed to help them discover, then remember, scale notes and fingering. Great for late-elementary to early-intermediate students who are learning scales for the first time or those needing motivation to learn allthe scales, this book provides a fresh approach that is fun for students. This comprehensive book includes review and answer pages, plus a scale picture dictionary for quick reference.

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Evenings with Horowitz: A Personal Portrait (Book) [Paperback] Review

Other reviewers fault Dubal's self-absorption, and while I realize he is quite pleased with himself, I think the book is excellent - delightful to read, full of interesting stories about life with the monster maestro, and displaying the author's considerable musical erudition. There is much to be learned here. As for the ethical question -- when you have been a guest in a famous man's home for a period of years, do you then write a book exposing the flaws of your host? It seems to violate the norms of hospitality, but then, what norms of civil behavior have not been violated in our out of bounds culture? But if David Dubal had not written this book, we piano lovers would all be the poorer. I keep Evenings with Horowitz on a central bookshelf in my library, where I often refer to it -- not least for the valuable discography and insightful comments on Horowitz' recordings. I only wish Dubal had been a guest of Franz Liszt in the 19th century -- what a book that would have been!

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Evenings with Horowitz details a special friendship between two musicians. The book is a vivid account of their mutual passion for music and the piano. It reflects the struggles and triumphs of Vladimir Horowitz, a flaming genius who was also insecure and fearful of old age and the loss of his powers. In his conversations with the author, the Maestro reveals the agony and the ecstasy of a pianist's career and his love and awe for the great composers whose music he played."Dubal, broadcaster, concert pianist, and faculty member at Juilliard, draws upon his knowledgeable background to produce a fascinating portrait of the brilliant and electrifying pianist Vladimir Horowitz ... Discussions ensued on repertoire, stylistic interpretations, tastes of audiences, other famous pianists, favored composers, and even such non-musical topics as care of animals, modern-day presidents, and American youth. Dubal provides a rare and intimate glimpse of Horowitz and illustrates the precariousness of accommodating the temperament of a genius." - Library Journal

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Czerny Art of Finger Dexterity, Op. 740, Complete" (Kalmus Edition) [Paperback] Review

I haven't gone much further in the book, but, based on the few exercises I have gone throu, I feel a great improvement in the security of my fingers to play.

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An intermediate/advanced piano study by Karl Czerny.

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A Touch of Romance (WB Solo Library) [Paperback] Review

My all-time favorite piano piece to play is Le Salon de Musique by Eugenie Rocherolle, so when I saw a whole book of romantic music by her, I had to have it. These pieces are just want I had hoped they would be. Her ability to mix up chords to hold an eerily enchanting tone is just the signature feel I want in the romantic pieces I so enjoy playing. I took 7 years of actual classical piano lessons and have dappled in it for the last 4 or so years, so I would say for a mid to late intermediate player these pieces are just the right amount of challenging.I could sight-read through them slowly and decide the first time through that Souvenirs de Paris was going to be my favorite piece.Each song is only a few pages long, and they are quite different from one another (I think one of them has a Russian feel) making learning them much more enjoyable than a long strenuous journey toward playing perfection.

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A new edition of Rocherolle's Three Mazurkas and Three Waltzes, previously printed individually. Some have been re-engraved, and all updated for today's student. These pieces offer students fresh material for study and recital, and will challenge them more musically than technically. A must for every piano studio.

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Pop/Rock - Note-for-Note Keyboard Transcriptions Review

This book is exactly what the title says it is: accurate note-for-note transcriptions of pop/rock songs.It doesn't have the typical cheesy arrangements with the vocal line mixed into the piano part.It also doesn't have guitar songs that don't quite work on the piano.All the songs have prominent piano/keyboard parts, and every one I've tried is faithful to the original.Since the melody is typically not in the piano, you do need to be able to sing along or have a friend who can sing.But the result sounds much, much better than just about any other piano book I've bought.If you like at least a few of the songs in the book, you will not be disappointed!

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35 note-for-note transcriptions for those who want to play exactly what they hear on recordings. Songs include: Africa * Against All Odds * Axel F * Centerfold * Chariots of Fire * Cherish * Don't Let the Sun Go down on Me * Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) * Faithfully * It's Too Late * Just the Way You Are * Let It Be * Mandy * Sailing * Sweet Dreams Are Made of This * Walking in Memphis.

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Masterwork Classics, Level 7 (Alfred Masterwork Edition) [Paperback] Review

This book is special in that all the repertoire is at the same level andthe choice of pieces is superior.The selection is varied and includes lyrical and technical repertoire and all will appeal to an advanced highschooler looking to break out into challenging repertoire as well as an advanced adult. Has the added value of a very competant CD.This series is definitely a good buy; look for the others.

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A progressive repertoire series designed to motivate students while allowing them to progress evenly and smoothly from the earliest classics toward intermediate literature.These pieces are from the standard classical literature, chosen to appeal both to teacher and student. Each volume comes with a corresponding CD.

Scott Price is the chair of the Piano Department at the University of South Carolina and holds a doctorate in piano performance from the University of Oklahoma. He has given master classes and recitals throughout the United States and Southeast Asia. His recordings are featured in Alfred's Premier Piano Course.

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Yamaha S90XS 88-Key Balanced Weighted Hammer Action Synthesizer Review

Great sounds. I wish it is smaller and have a wooden Graded Hammer action.The keyboard feel simply not as good and responsive as the Motif xs. I personally feel the keyboard action need improvement for a more correspondence piano feel.

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The Yamaha S90 XS Music Synthesizer is an exceptional keyboard for performing and creating. It's a truly realistic, naturally expressive synth with a true piano sound. Its highlights include convenient, real-time controls for adjusting the sound as you play, the ability to record audio to USB memory, extensive computer music features, ease of use, and compact size and portability. The Yamaha S90 XS is designed specifically for players who want high-quality piano sounds and expressions; casual players and hobby musicians will appreciate the synthesizer's exquisite sounds, advanced features, and superb playability just as much as professional artists.Sounds that satisfy The S Series features all the voices, performances, arpeggios, and virtual circuit modeling effects found on Yamaha's flagship Motif XS Music Production Synthesizer. The S90 XS adds a huge 142 megabytes dedicated exclusively to high-quality piano waveforms, for a total of 456 megabytes of instrument samples. Foremost among these piano sounds are the samples taken from Yamaha's world-renowned S6 concert grand piano. This synthesizer fully captures the richly textured sound of the wonderfully expressive S6, and provides a warm, concert grand piano sound.In the past, conventional keyboards had sounds designed primarily for the listener. The S90 XS, however, was designed to satisfy the player. Yamaha reasoned that when a performer hears and experiences the best possible sound, their performance would be the best possible too. The result is the S90 XS, a genuine musician's instrument that truly inspires the live performer as well as the music creator and arranger.Streamline your performance The S90 XS electronic keyboard lets you quickly and conveniently create your own custom performances with the amazingly fast and easy Performance Creator feature. Select a voice, then quickly program layers and splits-even assign a drum voice complete with arpeggios to create your perfect performance. Let's say tha

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Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (""Pathetique"") (Kalmus Edition) [Paperback] Review

Purchasing this book was a waste of money. Any decent bookseller should simply refuse to sell this book: printing quality is terrible, it looks like some original was scanned in low resolution. Apart from the too poor printing quality, the distribution of the bars and notes over the width of the pages is sometimes changing by the bar, completely illogical and unmusical and close to impossible to follow while listening to the music.
With only half a centimeter larger and wider, and just 1 mm in thickness, the slightly more expensive Eulenburg edition is a pleasure to work with, and is thus highly recommended to everyone who might even dare to consider buying this dreadful Dover edition.

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From the Complete Works, Russian Edition, reprinted as a full-size score.

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J. S. Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias (Book & CD) (Alfred CD Edition) [Plastic Comb] Review

Many of the editions of the inventions that are out there are from very old, dated engravings. This edition has clear, nice-sized notation, good fingering suggestions, and excellent printing quality. I'd highly recommend this edition to any pianist, beginner or advanced!

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This historically accurate edition contains a wealth of background information on ornamentation, dotted rhythms in the Baroque style, and the recommended tempos and guidelines for performing the works on the piano. Bach's writing is carefully separated from the editorial suggestions in light gray print. A wealth of footnotes compare the various sources consulted. Students, teachers and professional pianists will find this volume invaluable. The Alfred Masterwork Library CD Editions conveniently combine each exceptional volume with a professionally recorded CD that is sure to inspire artistic performances.

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The Technique & Art of Organ Playing [Paperback] Review

I am a College professor who has taught piano and pipe organ for over 40 years. I have used just about every organ method book out there. The Technique and Art of Organ playing is older than dirt. Written by Clarence Dickenson, it contains eveything the would be, serious organist needs to know. This is not a method book for those who want to play Theater organ music, jazz, or popular music. It is a method book for the "classical", "church" organist. He covers in detail the four basic methods of organ playing: Manual - Hand technique (Differentiated from the piano technique) Registration - The art of understanding which stops or voices to use in combination with what piece of literature. Pedal - The technqiue of how to play the pedals efficiently and skillfully. And last the Art of how to put it all together to make music.
It's all in one book, and it's a must for any serious organist. I've used other method books and they all come up short to Dickenson's work.

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THE TECHNIQUE AND ART OF ORGAN PLAYING is designed to provide the teacher with the technical material necessary to carry the student from the beginning of his studies through to the acquirement of complete command of his instrument. The aim has been to include in one volume a study of all the distinctive principles of organ technique, with enough illustrations and exercises through which they may be mastered, together with interesting compositions which will at once call for their application.

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Symphony No. 5 (Kalmus Edition) [Paperback] Review

Finally I bought Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 in Full Score , though this edition is compact and reasonable.

The notes can be read. But with the age-glasses I cannot read the names of musical instruments and the characters of articulation and dynamics.

Anyway I cannot read the characters.

The signs of sharp and flat are also heavily to read.

Because they are printed dirty and collapsed on the rough paper like drawing paper.

The size of the book is the A5 edition.

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Piano duet players will be thrilled with this quality transcription for one piano, four hands of Mahler's Fifth Symphony.

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Organ-Stops and Their Artistic Registration [Paperback] Review

Detailed descriptions of every stop, rank and division of the organ. This book even explains how the pipes are made.

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This 1921 classic by a renowned organ builder provides organists and all those interested in the instrument with a guide to its numerous stops, among them bassoon, bass tuba, cymbal, double trumpet, oboe, piccolo, viola da gamba, and xylophone. The text supplies various names of each stop in different languages, traces their origins, and describes their construction, tonal characteristics, and value in artistic combination and registration. A fascinating book about the "Monarch of all Instruments" for students, teachers, and professional musicians. A "must-have" for the organist's library. Introduction by Rollin Smith. 5 plates of illustrations.


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Great Things He Has Done (Sacred Performer Collections) [Paperback] Review

I really enjoy Victor's works.They are very interesting, challenging, and cut against the stereotypical classification of traditional vs. contemporary worship.

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Great Things He Has Done contains arrangements in contrasting styles that can be used in a wide range of settings, including worship services and recital performances. Victor Labenske creatively exploits harmonic, melodic and rhythmic devices while sensitively communicating the hymn texts of each piece.The CD recording with the composer at the piano offers an opportunity to hear these pieces as Victor Labenske intended them.

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