Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics:83 Favorite Pieces-Easy Piano Arrangements

Author: Bergerac

Brand: Dover Publications

Color: multi-color

Edition: 37862nd

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 144

Release Date: 11-06-2008

Part Number: 0486466159

Details: Designed especially for beginning pianists, enjoy simplified arrangements of popular classics from renowned composers with lessons and free MP3 to guide you!

The Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics makes it wonderfully simple for students from the ages of 4 to 99 to improve their piano playing techniques with popular classics from renowned composers—allowing them to experience music that otherwise would seem daunting. Eighty-three simplified arrangements of beloved works include pieces from Brahms, Debussy, Grieg, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and more. Each piece comes with a free MP3 download so aspiring pianists can easily familiarize themselves with each song. These audio files serve as an auditory guide, helping learners grasp a piece's mood, tempo, and dynamics, which might not be immediately apparent from sheet music alone. Whether teaching yourself or learning with a music instructor, practicing alongside these recordings can enhance a student's timing and rhythm, providing a more immersive learning experience.
Simplified Classics for Beginners: Start your musical voyage with The Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics, which features 83 simplified arrangements of popular classics for children and adults of all ages. Perfect for Developing Musical Skills: This collection of piano lessons is the ideal starting point for beginner pianists to develop hand and ear skills and learn other techniques, such as playing in octaves, with accented notes, or four-part chorale playing. Complimentary MP3 Downloads: Each piece comes with a free MP3 download, serving as an auditory guide to familiarize learners with the music to internalize melodies and harmonies, understand the mood, tempo, and dynamics, and practice anywhere, anytime. Enhanced Learning Experience: Practicing alongside the provided recordings can significantly improve a student's timing, rhythm, and overall musicality, creating a more immersive and practical learning experience. Educational Extras: Includes a glossary of Italian musical terms used in the pieces, offering a more comprehensive learning tool and enhancing understanding of musical expressions. It also includes informative text about each work.
Lessons include the following music with free MP3 downloads:

*Bach:
Minuet
Sheep May Safely Graze
Sarabande
Air on a G String
Aria from Goldberg Variations
Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor (opening)
Prelude in C Major
Invention in F Major
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
*Bartók
Rumania Sketch
*Beethoven
Für Elise
Ode to Joy
Sonatina in G (opening)
Moonlight Sonata (opening)
Minuet in G
'Emperor' Concerto
Symphony No. 5 (opening)
Turkish March
*Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Lullaby
*Chopin
Mazurka
Nocturne
Etude No. 3
Prelude No. 7
Funeral March
“Raindrop” Prelude
Fantaisie-impromptu
*Clementi
Air Suisse
Rondo in C
*Debussy
The Maiden with the Flaxen Hair
*Dvorák
From the New World
Humoresque
*Foster
Beautiful Dreamer
*Gluck
Ballet Air
*Grieg
Piano Concerto
Morning Mood
*Handel
Sarabande
The Harmonious Blacksmith
*Haydn
Sonata in C
Rondo
“Surprise” Symphony
*Liszt
Consolation
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
*MacDowell
To A Wild Rose
*Mendelssohn
Venetian Gondola Song
*Mozart
Minuet from Don Giovanni
Papgeno’s Song
Romanze
Sonata in A
Allegro from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Aria from Don Giovanni
Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Rondo Alla Turca
Symphony No. 40 (opening)
*Mussorgsky
Hopak
*Paderewski
Krakowiak
Minuet in Olden Style
*Rameau
Tambourin
*Rachmaninoff
Prelude
*Rubinstein
Melody in F
*Saint-Saëns
The Swan
*Satie
Lullaby
*Scarlatti, D.
Sonata in A Minor (Aria)
*Schubert
The Trout
Impromptu
*Schumann
Träumerei
The Happy Farmer
The Poet Speaks
*Scriabin
Prelude
*Sibelius
Finlandia
*Strauss
Pizzicato Polka
*Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 (theme)
Marche Slave
Fifth Symphony
Romeo and Juliet (theme)
1812 Overture (Allegro)
Swan Lake (theme)
Eugene Onegin Waltz
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker
*Verdi
Grand March
*Vivaldi
The Autumn Hunt
*Wagner
Bridal Procession
Song to the Evening Star

EAN: 0800759466153

Package Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English