Book Description

John Thompson’s Easiest Piano Course is one of the most-loved and best-selling piano methods in the world. John Thompson’s timeless approach to teaching has been trusted by generations of teachers to start millions of students on their musical journey. This book includes 50 repertoire pieces to complement the Easiest Piano Course, helping to reinforce basic technique, develop musicality and increase the enjoyment of learning. These simplified arrangements are also ideal sight-reading practice for more advanced pupils. With a great selection of classical themes, folk songs and standards, there’s plenty in the Big Songbook for any child Tchaikovsky to enjoy! Songlist: - All Through The Night - Alla Danza (from Water Music) [Handel] - American Patrol - Ave Verum Corpus [Mozart] - Away In A Manger - The Can Can (from Orpheus In The Underworld) [Offenbach] - Clarinet Concerto (Adagio Theme) [Mozart] - Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) - Deck The Halls - Down By The Riverside - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st movement) [Mozart] - The First Nowell - Frankie And Johnny - Für Elise [Beethoven] - Go Down Moses - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Greensleeves - Jingle Bells - Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree - Lavender Blue - Lullaby (Wiegenlied) - March from Carmen [Bizet] - Mexican Hat Dance - Michael, Row The Boat Ashore - Minuet in G [Bach] - Moonlight Sonata (1st movement) [Beethoven] - Morning (from Peer Gynt Suite) [Grieg] - My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean - Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen - Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 [Chopin] - Ode To Joy (from Symphony No. 9—Choral) [Beethoven] - On Top Of Old Smokey - ‘Organ’ Symphony (Theme) [Saint-Saëns] - Scarborough Fair - Scene from Swan Lake [Tchaikovsky] - Silent Night - Skye Boat Song - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice [Dukas] - Spring (from The Four Seasons) [Vivaldi] - Sur Le Pont D’Avignon - Surprise Symphony (Theme) [Haydn] - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Symphony No. 5 (1st movement) [Beethoven] - Symphony No. 40 (1st movement) [Mozart] - Theme from Sleeping Beauty [Tchaikovsky] - Waltzing Matilda - We Three Kings - What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor? - When Johnny Comes Marching Home - When The Saints Go Marching In