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A landmark collection of Bartok's original compositions including 'For Children' (85 short pieces), 'Sonatina', 'First Term At The Piano', 'Five Bagatelles' and 'Three Folk Songs', this edition is arranged in progressive order of difficulty and is perfect repertoire for the young pianist.

New Age sounds blend with hints of Native American melodies and flute songs in this beautiful collection of six solos for the early-intermediate to intermediate-level pianist. Each solo stands alone, but the entire book can also be played in recital as a suite - the tempos alternate in a pleasing way to create a tightly woven, finely detailed desert landscape. Level: Early-Intermediate/Intermediate (Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Levels 4-5); Range: full grand staff and leger lines; Meters: 2/2, 3/4, 4/4, 7/8; Technical Features: broken chord accompaniments, some double-note intervals in both hands, cross-hand patterns, interlocked hand position, legato pedal, pedal points, multiple textures. Length: 2-5 pages; Average performance time: 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Performance time for entire suite: 10 minutes, 3 seconds.

The 'step-by-step' teaching suggestions in this helpful manual are divided into the following categories: PREPARE: Introduces the technical coordination and rhythm of each piece through listening and responding. PRACTICE: Includes steps to learning each piece through blocking, comparing phrases, and identifying intervals and notes names. PERFORM: Includes suggestions for putting all the musical elements together to play each piece in the appropriate style. Each page of the Teacher's Guide features specific references to all coordinated activities in Piano Practice Games, Piano Theory Workbook, Piano Technique, Notespeller, Piano Solos, and Music Flash Cards. This 96-page book also includes Lesson Planning Charts which provide an at-a-glance view of how to coordinate all of the books and materials in Level 1 of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library.

Spike, Party Cat and friends guide the student through fun and creative assignments that introduce the language of music and its symbols for sound, silence, and rhythm. Ear training and basic theory exercises help students learn to write and play the music they are learning as well as the music they create themselves.

From the very first lessons in Book 1, students are making music as they explore the piano keyboard through fun improvisation pieces called My Own Song. The beginning of the book introduces finger numbers, the black-key and white-key groups, and basic rhythm patterns. Directional reading is taught first by finger number, then by note name, and then by interval (stop, skip, and repeat). Once the students are introduced to the staff, they learn reading guides Bass F and Treble G and read by interval in several different hand positions.