Jazz Standards for Students, Book 3: 10 Graded Selections for Intermediate Pi…
Jazz Standards for Students includes jazz favorites that have become classics over the years. This series is sure to bring out the jazz lover in any student! Book 3 is arranged at the intermediate level with the pieces placed in approximate order of difficulty. Sixteenth notes, triplets, and compound meters are used. Some pieces contain two voices in one hand, as well as finger substitutions. Titles: Ain’t Misbehavin’ * Blue Rondo a la Turk * Blues in the Night * Duke’s Place * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) * Medic Rag (Ragtime Two-Step) * My Funny Valentine * Poinciana * Satin Doll * Take Five. « Students who enjoy playing the piano and singing will love this. » – Nita Pelletier, Progressions
Jazz Performer: Solo Inspirations: Standards for Advanced Solo Piano
Paul Johnston’s arrangements of these wonderful standards incorporate stylistic elements of some of the great pianists of the last 60 years, including Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and others. Each arrangement includes a written-out solo section, so that even non-jazz pianists will feel as if they’re improvising. Titles: Alice in Wonderland (Farn/Hilliard) * The Days of Wine and Roses (Mancini) * Eternal Triangle (Stitt) * A Foggy Day (Gershwin) * Our Love Is Here to Stay (Gershwin) * Over the Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg) * Scrapple from the Apple (Parker) * Skylark (Mercer/Carmichael) * When I Fall In Love (Young/Heyman) * You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (Porter).
Jazz Sonatina
By popular demand, this all-time Vandall favorite is now available as a Belwin piano solo. This is dynamic writing, full of energy. There are three movements (Rhythmic, Lightly, Driving), each well defined and exciting. Teenagers won’t get tired of practicing and playing this super solo. Audiences and adjudicators won’t get tired of hearing it.
Jazz, Rags and Blues, Book 4: 9 Original Pieces for the Late Intermediate Pia…
Jazz, Rags and Blues, Book 4 contains original solos for late intermediate-level pianists that reflect the various styles of the jazz idiom. An excellent way to introduce your students to this distinctive American contribution to 20th century music.
Classical Jazz, Rags and Blues, Book 1: 10 Classical Melodies Arranged in Jaz…
Classical Jazz, Rags and Blues, Book 1: 10 Classical Melodies Arranged in Jaz…
Alfred’s Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1 and Book 3 – Very Good
The Alfred’s Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1 and Book 3 is a comprehensive piano instruction set designed for adult learners. This comb bound book set includes 160 pages of lessons and exercises, organized in a clear and organized manner. Published by Alfred Publishing in 1994, this series is perfect for individuals looking to learn the piano in a structured and effective way. With a focus on piano as the instrument, this course provides a complete learning experience for beginners and intermediate players alike.
Sounds of Spain, Book 2: 7 Colorful Intermediate Piano Solos in Spanish Styles
The precision of the tango . . . the rhythmic excitement of a flamenco guitarist . . . the clicking of wooden castanets . . . the whirling of great dancers. Such impressions of Spain are captured effectively by Catherine Rollin in this fantastic sequel to Sounds of Spain Book 1. Seven intermediate solos explore many of the diverse dance and harmonic elements that make up the colorful Spanish music tradition. All are very manageable technically, yet contain dramatic sections that sound difficult and showy. Great crowd-pleasers!
Simply Gershwin: The Music of George and Ira Gershwin: 20 of Their Most Popul…
Simply Gershwin is a collection of the most famous compositions by George and Ira Gershwin. Phrase markings, articulations, fingering and dynamics have been included to aid with interpretation, and a large print size makes the notation easy to read. Titles: Bidin’ My Time * But Not for Me * Embraceable You * A Foggy Day * I Got Rhythm * I’ve Got a Crush on You * Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Lullaby (for String Quartet) * The Man I Love * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Prelude II (Blue Lullaby) (1927) * Rhapsody in Blue * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch over Me * Strike Up the Band! * Summertime * ‘S Wonderful * They Can’t Take That Away from Me * Three-Quarter Blues.
George Gershwin: The Annotated Rhapsody in Blue: Restored to Gershwin’s Origi…
Rhapsody in Blue has been restored to Gershwin’s original manuscript by the talented Alicia Zizzo. This special edition includes an addendum to the two piano, four hands edition and the fully restored piano manuscript. When preparing the Rhapsody in Blue for publication, editors at Sam Harms Music Co. applied their own 19th century compositional conservatory training to the piece. With good intentions and due respect to Gershwin, they discreetly altered chords, phrases, dynamics, and accents, deleting whole passages to create a more concise work. Oddly, with the exception of four bars, all the deletions were from the piano solo sections, leaving the orchestration mostly undisturbed. Over 50 measures were deleted from the manuscript for the two-piano, four-hands publication, and the piece was shortened by several minutes. Approximately 80 measures were deleted from the original manuscript for the piano solo version and the editors used the second piano/orchestral reduction as a basis for it, further distancing the piano solo edition from Gershwin’s original intent. After 70 years, the majesty of the complete Rhapsody in Blue as originally conceived and performed is finally available to future generations in this special annotated edition.
George Gershwin: Three Preludes
George Gershwin’s three most famous preludes demonstrate his genius for piano writing, and portray a variety of styles. Prelude I exudes energetic syncopation, Prelude II is a lyric blues with an ostinato-like accompaniment, and Prelude III closes this set brilliantly with rugged rhythms and exciting syncopations. All three preludes are Federation Festivals 2016-2020 selections.