Recordings - Broadway - Movies
The series features popular hits from Broadway, Hollywood, television, and recordings, making it a favorite among students and teachers. It offers carefully arranged music that balances creativity and quality, allowing adult students to enjoy playing beloved pop songs. This approach not only enhances the excitement of practicing but also makes the experience more enjoyable and rewarding.
Motivational music in Alfred's Premier Piano Course: Duet 2B reinforces concepts from Lesson 2B through enjoyable duets for one piano, four hands. Designed by top pedagogical composers, each duet features equally leveled parts for both secondo and primo, allowing for shared melodic material. The collection showcases a variety of styles, including ballad, blues, boogie, jazz, ragtime, and Latin, with notable pieces like "The Carillon" and "Dueling Fingers," making it ideal for playing with friends or family.
For the Later Beginner
Contemporary Christian music is showcased in this compilation, designed for beginner piano students. It features accessible arrangements of popular worship songs, allowing students to engage with familiar melodies early in their learning journey. The book combines Level 1A and Level 1B pieces, aligning with the Lesson Book Complete Level 1 of Alfred's Basic Piano Library. Notable titles include "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)," "How Great Is Our God," and "Shout to the Lord," making it an ideal supplementary resource for piano education.
Ravel's suite draws inspiration from beloved French fairy tales, intertwining themes of fantasy and childhood through modal melodies and precise rhythms. Designed for a piano duet, it offers a delicate yet sophisticated challenge suitable for late intermediate to early advanced players. This teaching edition, based on the original 1910 Durand publication, includes expert fingering suggestions, hand redistributions for ease, and footnotes for performance techniques. The layout features separate pages for primo and secondo parts, facilitating easy reference.
A Piano Course to Bring Out the Music in Every Young Child
Focusing on foundational musical skills, this lesson book introduces students to advanced concepts such as staccato, legato, and slurs, alongside melodic and harmonic intervals up to fifths. The curriculum includes a review section and progresses to teaching bass clef notes C, D, and E for the left hand, enabling students to play in C position. The book culminates with instruction on playing with both hands together, providing a comprehensive approach to developing piano proficiency.
Coloring and Ear Training Activities to Bring Out the Music in Every Young Child
Designed to complement the Music Lesson Book 2, this workbook features engaging activities such as coloring, tracing, matching, and ear training. With 48 full-color pages, it reinforces musical concepts through interactive listening exercises, making it a valuable resource for enhancing musical education.
A Piano Course to Bring Out the Music in Every Young Child
The book progresses from pre-reading to reading on the staff, introducing essential musical concepts such as dotted quarter notes, 4/4 time, and mezzo-forte. It includes a review section and teaches staff and note reading, as well as the distinction between steps and skips. New notes F and G are introduced for both the left and right hands, completing the Middle C position, making it a comprehensive resource for building foundational music skills.
Some selections include instructor accompaniment.
The Teacher's Handbook for Levels 1 & 2 of Music for Little Mozarts serves as an aid in curriculum development and daily lesson planning while providing information related to teaching young children. The suggested lesson plans provide teachers with a starting point to adapt this series for their own teaching situation. A special section provides helpful teaching tips for using the Music Discovery Book and teacher examples for the ear training pages in the Music Workbook are also given. Beginning teachers of young students should find the handbooks especially useful.
Coloring and Ear Training Activities to Bring Out the Music in Every Young Child
Designed to complement the Music Lesson Book 4, this workbook features 48 pages filled with engaging activities such as coloring, tracing, matching, and ear training. Each page is crafted to reinforce musical concepts, making learning interactive and enjoyable for students. The vibrant full-color layout enhances the educational experience, encouraging creativity while developing essential music skills.