Big Book of Piano Classics for Beginners: 83 Favorite Pieces in Easy Arrangements (Book & MP3)

Designed especially for beginning pianists, enjoy simplified arrangements of popular classics from renowned composers with lessons and free MP3 to guide you! The Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics makes it wonderfully simple for students from the ages of 4 to 99 to improve their piano playing techniques with popular classics from renowned composers—allowing them to experience music that otherwise would seem daunting. Eighty-three simplified arrangements of beloved works include pieces from Brahms, Debussy, Grieg, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and more. Each piece comes with a free MP3 download so aspiring pianists can easily familiarize themselves with each song. These audio files serve as an auditory guide, helping learners grasp a piece's mood, tempo, and dynamics, which might not be immediately apparent from sheet music alone. Whether teaching yourself or learning with a music instructor, practicing alongside these recordings can enhance a student's timing and rhythm, providing a more immersive learning experience. Simplified Classics for Beginners: Start your musical voyage with The Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics, which features 83 simplified arrangements of popular classics for children and adults of all ages. Perfect for Developing Musical Skills: This collection of piano lessons is the ideal starting point for beginner pianists to develop hand and ear skills and learn other techniques, such as playing in octaves, with accented notes, or four-part chorale playing. Complimentary MP3 Downloads: Each piece comes with a free MP3 download, serving as an auditory guide to familiarize learners with the music to internalize melodies and harmonies, understand the mood, tempo, and dynamics, and practice anywhere, anytime. Enhanced Learning Experience: Practicing alongside the provided recordings can significantly improve a student's timing, rhythm, and overall musicality, creating a more immersive and practical learning experience. Educational Extras: Includes a glossary of Italian musical terms used in the pieces, offering a more comprehensive learning tool and enhancing understanding of musical expressions. It also includes informative text about each work. Lessons include the following music with free MP3 downloads: *Bach: Minuet Sheep May Safely Graze Sarabande Air on a G String Aria from Goldberg Variations Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor (opening) Prelude in C Major Invention in F Major Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring *Bartók Rumania Sketch *Beethoven Für Elise Ode to Joy Sonatina in G (opening) Moonlight Sonata (opening) Minuet in G "Emperor" Concerto Symphony No. 5 (opening) Turkish March *Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 Lullaby *Chopin Mazurka Nocturne Etude No. 3 Prelude No. 7 Funeral March “Raindrop” Prelude Fantaisie-impromptu *Clementi Air Suisse Rondo in C *Debussy The Maiden with the Flaxen Hair *Dvorák From the New World Humoresque *Foster Beautiful Dreamer *Gluck Ballet Air *Grieg Piano Concerto Morning Mood *Handel Sarabande The Harmonious Blacksmith *Haydn Sonata in C Rondo “Surprise” Symphony *Liszt Consolation Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 *MacDowell To A Wild Rose *Mendelssohn Venetian Gondola Song *Mozart Minuet from Don Giovanni Papgeno’s Song Romanze Sonata in A Allegro from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Aria from Don Giovanni Overture to Marriage of Figaro Rondo Alla Turca Symphony No. 40 (opening) *Mussorgsky Hopak *Paderewski Krakowiak Minuet in Olden Style *Rameau Tambourin *Rachmaninoff Prelude *Rubinstein Melody in F *Saint-Saëns The Swan *Satie Lullaby *Scarlatti, D. Sonata in A Minor (Aria) *Schubert The Trout Impromptu *Schumann Träumerei The Happy Farmer The Poet Speaks *Scriabin Prelude *Sibelius Finlandia *Strauss Pizzicato Polka *Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (theme) Marche Slave Fifth Symphony Romeo and Juliet (theme) 1812 Overture (Allegro) Swan Lake (theme) Eugene Onegin Waltz Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker *Verdi Grand March *Vivaldi The Autumn Hunt *Wagner Bridal Procession Song to the Evening Star
ASIN: 0486466159
VSKU: DBV.0486466159.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Bergerac|Dutkanicz, David
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!