The Music of Life
The Music of Life

Author: Elizabeth Rusch

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-04-18

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1481444859

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Award-winning biographer Elizabeth Rusch and two-time Caldecott Honor–recipient Marjorie Priceman team up to tell the inspiring story of the invention of the world’s most popular instrument: the piano. Bartolomeo Cristofori coaxes just the right sounds from the musical instruments he makes. Some of his keyboards can play piano, light and soft; others make forte notes ring out, strong and loud, but Cristofori longs to create an instrument that can be played both soft and loud. His talent has caught the attention of Prince Ferdinando de Medici, who wants his court to become the musical center of Italy. The prince brings Cristofori to the noisy city of Florence, where the goldsmiths’ tiny hammers whisper tink, tink and the blacksmiths’ big sledgehammers shout BANG, BANG! Could hammers be the key to the new instrument? At last Cristofori gets his creation just right. It is called the pianoforte, for what it can do. All around the world, people young and old can play the most intricate music of their lives, thanks to Bartolomeo Cristofori’s marvelous creation: the piano.

100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know
100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know

Author: Jerald Simon

Publisher: Jerald Simon

Published: 2018-06

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781948274111

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100 Different Ways to play the same song. Piano students learn 100 fun left hand patterns to take any music and change it up 100 different ways. Also included in the book is the FUN FAKEBOOK which includes 100 piano pieces in facebook format where the melody (Right Hand - treble clef) and the given chords for each measure are shown. The students can then fake or make up a left hand pattern to go along with the melody.

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1
Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1

Author: Willard A. Palmer

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 2005-05-03

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1457442116

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Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for the beginner looking for a truly complete piano course that includes lesson, theory, technic and popular repertoire in one convenient, all-in-one book. This course has a number of features that make it particularly successful in achieving this goal, among them are smooth progression between concepts, the thorough explanation of chords and outstanding song material. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular music ever written and will have gained a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of music.

Harmony and Voice Leading
Harmony and Voice Leading

Author: Edward Aldwell

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13:

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Harmony and voice leading is a textbook in two volumes dealing with tonal organization in the music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Creating Music at the Piano Lesson Book, Book 2
Creating Music at the Piano Lesson Book, Book 2

Author: Amanda Vick Lethco

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published:

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781457441882

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This volume surveys the major keyboard style periods with a variety of familiar compositions, each prefaced by a brief explanation. A unique aspect of this edition is the introduction it provides to music editing. Using facsimiles, the editors explain the importance of good editions and some of the steps involved in creating a performance edition.