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This is a book to learn patterns, shapes used in scales on the piano. It is not a book for note reading. The notation is for those who...

This is a selection of Circle of Fifths worksheets published under a creative commons agreement. If you require any assistance please...

This little march is No. 2 from Robert Schumann's piano collection called "Album for the Young" . It was composed in 1848 for his three...

A Level 7 piece which is used for grade 3 piano exams. Chopin (1810 - 1849) composed this piece in 1838 and it was first published in...

My initial observations of the book are influenced by a previous knowledge of Ragas and Sitar playing. I like the simplicity in the...

This piece was composed to practice the alteration between staccato and legato. Before playing this piece a student should be able to...

This piece was composed to work on the skill of staccato when combined with piano and forte dynamics. There is only one note which is not...

Hand Position The correct hand position at the beginning may seem one of the least important things, but in many ways it is the most...

Staccato Staccato is shown by a dot over or under the note on the opposite side to the stem. Staccato notes are often played at half...

Sonata form is a style of composition which describes the structure of an individual movement in a sonata, a symphony, a concerto, a...

Transcribed from Publisher Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16: Sonaten für das Pianoforte (pp.183-88), Nr.160 Leipzig: Breitkopf...

Policy Sam by Joseph Gioscia This piece of music is three pages in length. This cakewalk was arranged by Arthur Pryor for the Sousa band...

Preludium is a little prelude, an opening, an introduction or a preparation, a sign of things to come. This prelude is one of a small...

The title of this set of pieces is a well known phrase from Eastern cultures and is often credited to Japan. The origin of the title...

Between the communicable Tao and incommunicable Tao, the mind, and the heart, and the voice, and the hand there are three bridges

One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most beautiful sounds. To know...

Knowledge Skills Béla Bartók is a Hungarian composer and Ethnomusicologist. This means his study and his music includes national folk...

Praeludium BWV 939 This sample text is taken from the teachers guide for this series available for download below. Knowledge Skills The...

Today I have been researching for the work books on Prelaudium by J.S. Bach. I am writing a study sheet for Praeludium BWV 939 by Bach...

Teacher's Notes Knowledge Skills The composer wrote this Musette as a teaching piece for Bach's second wife Anna Magdalane. It was...