Teacher's Choice for the Young Pianist


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Compiled from a survey conducted among hundreds of U. S. piano teachers, these 64 well-known melodies were selected as being the most popular. Titles: * America * American Patrol * America, the Beautiful * Andante Cantabile * Dance of the Hours * España * Fantasy-Impromptu Theme * Für Elise * Give My Regards to Broadway * Hava Nagila * La Cumparsita * Parade of the Tin Soldiers * Pomp and Circumstance * Tarantella in D Minor * Waiting for the Robert E. Lee * Yankee Doodle Boy and many more. With larger notation, fingering, pedaling and phrasing, this edition is perfect for "young" pianists of all ages.




Basic Timing for Pianists


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105 short exercises, leading to thorough and complete mastery of basic timing problems.




The Young Pianist


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Teachers' Choice


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The Young Pianist


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Notes from the Pianist's Bench


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Berman addresses virtually every aspect of musical artistry and pedagogy. Ranging from such practical matters as sound, touch, and pedaling to the psychology of performing and teaching, this volume provides a master class for the performer, instructor, and student alike.




Teachers' Choice


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Teacher's Choice! Dan Coates Pop Keyboard Library, Bk 1


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Dan Coates'sTeacher's Choice! series is designed to work with any piano method. It offers an outstanding source of supplementary material that will appeal to today's piano student. Specifically graded and with fingerings at each level, this 5-book series brings the magic of Dan Coates' arrangements into the piano lesson--an excellent incentive to play more and practice more! Optional teacher accompaniment parts are included. Titles: America, the Beautiful * Little Sir Echo * The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down * On Top of Old Smokey * Take Me Out to the Ball Game * This Land Is Your Land * This Old Man * Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star * When the Saints Go Marching In * The Yankee Doodle Boy.




A Portrait of Contemporary U.S. Teachers of Piano


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Using factors extrapolated from historical and social science literatures to frame the observations of twenty current U.S. piano teachers, A Portrait of Contemporary U.S. Teachers of Piano: A Musical Journey explores the contemporary U.S. piano teacher through a social science lens. Drawing on many interviewees' experiences with teaching piano, Barbara Stolz argues that each teacher is an artist and a pedagogue, teaching approaches are eclectic and pragmatic, and knowing each student is paramount.




The Young Pianist


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