The Classic Piano Course Book 1: Starting to Play: The New Piano Course for Older Beginners
This new, user-friendly course means you can take up the piano at any age! Whether you're learning from scratch, or starting again, these three books will guide you gently into the pleasure of piano playing. You learn as you play. The course is based on familiar favorites from the classical repertoire, themes from opera and ballet, folksongs and blues, music by contemporary classical composers, and original pieces by Carol Barratt herself. The books include fascinating items of musical...
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This new, user-friendly course means you can take up the piano at any age! Whether you're learning from scratch, or starting again, these three books will guide you gently into the pleasure of piano playing. You learn as you play. The course is based on familiar favorites from the classical repertoire, themes from opera and ballet, folksongs and blues, music by contemporary classical composers, and original pieces by Carol Barratt herself. The books include fascinating items of musical history and biography, an easy-to-follow introduction to the theory of music, and suggested listening to enhance your musical appreciation.
General TopicsPiano keyboard and musical alphabet4Notation5Sitting at the piano7Hands: separately8Hands: alternating14Hands: together24Dynamics11Rests16Tied notes17Eighth notes19Phrase-marks19Dotted quarter notes21Flats22Half steps22Sharps23Chords26Expression marks28Whole steps33Naturals35Reading note groups - lines and spaces36Moving out of hand positions39Key signatures43Leger lines44Extending the hands46Slurs49Staccato52Sustain pedal56Dictionary of terms64PiecesAu Clair de la Lune French Shoo Shaggie Scottish9Air des Bouffons French Largo Dvorak (arr.)11Pick 'n' Mix C.B.12Surprise Symphony Haydn (arr.)14Tallis's Canon Tallis Barratt's Canon! C.B.15(Resting!) On The Bridge At Avignon French16When the Saints Go Marching In American17Ode to Joy Beethoven (arr.)18Din, Don Spanish Shepherd's Hey English20Skye Boat Song Scottish21Two Excerpts - Symphony No. 1 Brahms (arr.)22Rigadoon Purcell (arr.) F[sharp] Workout C.B.23First Study Czerny (arr.)25Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes English26Carefree John Turk Miserable Mary! C.B.27Clog Dance English28Gavotte Hook (arr.)29Der Meyen Swiss31Little Sonata Wilton32Gavotte Handel (arr.)33Raccoon Rag C.B.34Mopstick Rag C.B.35Bobby Shaftoe English39Two-Part Invention C.B.40L'homme Arme French41Les Cinq Doigts Stravinsky42Russian Dance Goedicke43Duet - Monet's Garden C.B.44Allemande Schein46Poor Wand'ring One Sullivan (arr.)47Scarborough Fair English48Cradle Song Kabalevsky49German Dance Schubert (arr.)50Don Giovanni Mozart (arr.)51Staccato Study Czerny53La Traviata Verdi (arr.)54Air in F Bach (attrib.)55The Blue Danube J. Strauss II (arr.)57Valse Chopin (arr.)58Lullaby Brahms (arr.)59Auld Lang Syne60Swan Lake Tchaikovsky (arr.)61Fur Elise Beethoven (arr.)62
