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 Learn & Master Piano
CD / DVD Course
Superior instruction developed by Grammy award winning recording artist and musician, Will Barrow.
This program is top-notch and suitable for all levels, from absolute beginners to advanced professionals.
- 14 full-length, high quality DVDs
(computer not required)
- 5 full-length CDs
- CDs include 120 different jam tracks with REAL studio musicians, not generic sounding computer tracks
- Practice with our without piano track to simulate playing with a live band
- Adjust the tempo to play fast, medium or slow
- 110 page workbook with detailed lessons
- Online file library included (songs, music tracks, tips and tricks)
- Access to an online members forum to ask questions
- Unlimited online help
 Piano Wizard: Children's Learn to Play Piano Video Game
This award-winning game is the fastest and most fun way to learn to play piano. Children learn to play piano effortlessly while having fun playing piano games on their computer using a piano keyboard.
Finally a video game that you can give to your kids without hesitation! The results of long hours spent in front of the game aren't just honed reflexes and hand-to-eye coordination, but the gift of fluency in the most beautiful and timeless language of all...music. Kids have so much fun that they won't even realize that they are practicing.
- The Piano Wizard approach is very different from traditional music programs, which usually start by teaching kids how to read music. In this game, kids play music first and then learn musical notation.
- Comes with a full sized USB keyboard that plugs in to your computer. It also features both easy and advanced modes, 200 great songs, as well as unlimited access to more than 1,000 years of music literature.
- Simple to Use. Both Mac & PC compatible
- Infinitely expandable, so it grows with you. You can download thousands of songs and learn the songs that YOU want to learn - whenever you want.
By far the best program of its type on the market, Piano Wizard gets kids as young as 2 playing piano instantly and gradually gets more challenging until they are reading music...effortlessly. Piano lessons will never be the same!
 At the Beginning:
Teaching Piano to the Very Young Child
by Rhoda Rabin
Basic guidance and instruction for teaching the keyboard to young children aged 3-7. This comprehensive book includes methodology, printed music, lesson plans and tips, and advice on business matters. Three appendices supplement the text with musical games and exercises.
Adult All-In-One Course: Lesson-Theory-Technique
by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco
Belwin Complete Adult Keyboard Course
by Sandy Feldstein
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Piano
by Brad Hill
 The Contemporary Keyboardist
by Hal Leonard (Editor), Chick Corea, John A. Novello
A complete guide to becoming a professional modern keyboardist. Featuring hundreds of easy exercices in many different music areas such as basic rhythm, improvisation, advanced harmony etc... plus many interviews with today's most important jazz players such as Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea etc.
Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities: U.S. and Canada
Fundamentals of Piano Practice
by Chuan Chang
Learn the most efficient practice methods, musical playing, relaxation, and Mental Play (playing the piano or the music in your mind) which has been neglected by most teachers; all great musicians used it, yet often failed to teach it. Mental play impacts every aspect of piano playing: memorizing, controlling nervousness, developing performance skills, playing musically, acquiring absolute pitch, composing, improvisation, etc. Genius is more created than born; most of what had been attributed to talent are simple knowledge-based solutions that we can all learn. Improved memory can raise the effective IQ; memory is an associative process based on algorithms -- music is such an algorithm, enabling us to memorize hours of repertoire. Learning piano makes you smarter and teaches project management. Includes chapter on tuning your own piano; the chromatic scale, temperaments, circle of fifths, etc., are explained.
Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire
by Maurice Hinson
Online piano improvisation course. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced level pianist, you can supercharge your piano improvisation skills with these results-tested techniques.
How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy Lessons
by Norman Monath, David Hal (Designer)
How to Teach Suzuki Piano
by Shinichi Suzuki
Improvising: How to Master the Art
by Gerre Hancock
Improvising Blues Piano
Book & CD edition - by Martan Mann
Improvising Jazz Piano
by John Mehegan
The Independent Piano Teacher's Studio Handbook: Everything You Need to Know for a Successful Teaching Studio
by Beth Gigante Klingenstein
This handy and thorough guide is designed to help the independent piano teacher in all aspects of running his/her own studio. Whether it be business practices such as payment plans, taxes, and marketing, or teaching tips involving technique, composition, or sight reading, this all-inclusive manual has it all! Topics include: Developing and Maintaining a Professional Studio, Finances, Establishing Lessons, Studio Recitals, Tuition and Payment Plans, Composition and Improvisation, Marketing, Communications with Parents, Make-up Policies, Zoning and Business Licenses, Teaching Materials and Learning Styles, The Art of Practice, Arts Funding, and more.
Instruction Book for Beginning Organists
by David N. Johnson
Intermediate Piano Repertoire: A Guide for Teaching
by Cathy Albergo, Reid Alexander
 Practical Piano Pedagogy: The Definitive Text for Piano Teachers and Pedagogy Students
A comprehensive 468 page pedagogy text for all piano teachers, as well as those future teachers who are currently performance majors in college. This definitive pedagogy text will teach readers how to use any teaching materials in a better, more organized, and pedagogically sound way. Includes an up-to-date, state-of-the-art CD ROM for Mac and PC enabling teachers to adapt and personalize over 40 forms for use in their own teaching studios. Information on the business of piano teaching, technical tips, learning styles, methods and materials, technology, jazz in the traditional lesson, motivation, and lots of teaching tips make this text indispensable for every private piano teacher.
Jazz Improvisation for Keyboard Players: Complete
by Dan Haerle
Jazz Improvisation for the Classical Pianist
by Martan Mann
Jazz Piano from Scratch
by Hal Leonard Pubications
A complete step-by-step guide to playing jazz with confidence and style. Designed for the absolute beginner, it breaks down the process into simple yet fun activities, with many musical examples to illustrate the points made. The accompanying CD provides examples, activities and some great trio playing to use as a backdrop to the student's own work. Together with a range of other supporting materials - pieces, scales, quick studies, aural tests and more - this book/CD pack provides a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz.
Keyboard Musicianship: Piano for Adults
by James Lyke, Tony Caramia, Reid Alexander, Geoffrey Haydon, Ron Elliston
Keyboard Runs for the Pop & Jazz Stylist: Book & CD edition
by Noreen Grey Lienhard
Dozens upon dozens of runs and fills professional pianists use to add style to their performance. Includes various styles of runs such as: swing and society, blues, jazzy bebop, and contemporary. In addition, Noreen Grey Lienhard, one of today's pop pianists and arrangers, has demonstrated many of them on the enclosed CD in a special note-by-note slow versions, and at full tempo.
The Keyboard Scale Manual: A Complete Guide to Scales
by Leonard Vogler
Keyboard Strategies: A Piano Series for Group or Private Instruction Created for the Older Beginner
by Melvin Stecher, Norman Horowitz, Claire Gordon, R. Fred Kern
Keyboardists Picture Chord Encyclopedia
by Leonard Vogler
Kindling the Spark: Recognizing and Developing Musical Talent
by Joanne Haroutounian
Gathering perspectives of musical talent from the psychological, musical, and educational fields, Kindling the Spark is the only single sourcebook that defines musical talent and provides practical strategies for identifying and nurturing it.
 Making Music at the Piano: Learning Strategies for Adult Students
by Barbara English Maris
A must-read for any adult who is beginning, resuming, or considering taking piano lessons. It is also important reading for piano teachers. Based on decades of experience as a university piano teacher and performer, Dr. Maris offers numerous tips and insights on the process of learning to play the piano as an adult. The book covers many diverse topics including: characteristics of adult learners, rehearsal strategies, evaluating mistakes, the role of the body in piano playing, and dealing with common pitfalls.
The Mozart Effect : Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit
by Don Campbell
Stimulating, authoritative, and often lyrical, The Mozart Effect has a simple but life-changing message: music is medicine for the body, the mind, and the soul. Campbell shows how modern science has begun to confirm this ancient wisdom.
The Mozart Effect for Children: Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music
by Don Campbell
Musi-Physi-Cality: Making a Physical Connection to Musical Feeling for the Beginning Pianist
by Seymour Bernstein
Music for the Piano: A Handbook of Concert and Teaching Material from 1580 to 1952
by James Friskin, Irwin Freundlich
Vast amount of piano literature, essentially all classical and modern piano music heard today and also lots of music little heard. For each piece, organized by composer and period, a short review is presented, intended to give the reader an idea of the piece's artistic value, technical difficulty, etc.
 Music Today and Every Day: Ready-To-Use Music Lessons & Activities for the Elementary Grades
by Tod F. Kline
Pianist's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature
by Jane Magrath
Guide to the selection of piano literature from elementary through advanced repertoire. The coverage is comprehensive, representing four periods of music history. A solid guide for the experienced piano instructor as well as an important handbook for the beginning instructor. It is also a dependable sourcebook for the advancing piano student.
The Pianist's Problems: A Modern Approach to Efficient Practice and Musicianly Performance
by William S. Newman
Pianists Guide to Blues, Jazz, and Melodic Improvisations
by Herb Drury
The Piano Handbook: A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano
by Carl Humphries
This illustrated handbook offers a comprehensive tutorial for learning to play piano alone or with a teacher. An accompanying audio CD demonstrates key techniques and concepts. Readers discover how classical piano technique and musicianship inspire creative approaches to composing and improvising across a variety of styles, including pop and jazz.
PianoLab: An Introduction to Class Piano
by Carolynn A. Lindeman
Carolynn A. Lindeman is Professor of Music at San Francisco State University and past president of The National Association for Music Education. Active as a speaker and clinician, she has given presentations throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe, Southeast Asia, Mexico, Israel, and South Africa. She has published more than fifty articles in professional journals and served as series editor for sixteen publications related to implementing and assessing the National Standards for Music Education.
 Piano for the Developing Musician, Comprehensive Edition
by Martha Hilley, Lynn Freemen Olson
Tightly structured book focusing on skills that advanced students must know. Hilley's expert pedagogical approach takes full advantage of Olson's original music (written especially for this text), and the book aggressively pursues its musical goals. Together, the authors have created a compelling and consistent text that synthesizes keyboard skills, music theory, and creativity.
Piano for Pleasure: A Basic Course for Adults (with CD-ROM)
by Martha Hilley
This text is an accessible, thorough introductory text for beginning pianists. The authors present vital keyboard skills in a smooth, carefully calibrated progression that makes students feel comfortable learning to play the piano.
A Piano Teacher's Words of Wisdom: Common-Sense Commentary on the Study of Music
by Bertha F. Lang
Playing Keyboard Bass Lines: Left Hand Technique for Keyboards
by John Valerio
Book & CD edition
Playing Popular Piano and Keyboards
by Neil Thomas
Written for both beginners and trained pianists, this book will make the people who gave up on piano lessons want to start again. By making piano and keyboard lessons more approachable and fun, this guide ends the visions of lessons that go on forever, finger-stumbling exercises, repetitive scales, and the thought that favorite songs will never be playable. Organized in a straightforward lesson form, this provides an easy-to-follow method of understanding chords and using them to play either from sheet music or by ear.
The Private Music Instruction Manual: A Guide for the Independent Music Educator
by Rebecca Osborn
Any musician who teaches private music lessons will find this book an invaluable resource for starting, maintaining, promoting and growing their private music education business.
Programmed Ear Training: Intervals, Melody and Rhythm
by Leo Horacek, Gerald Lefkoff
Progressive Class Piano
by Elmer Heerema
As well as being a guide for teachers, this book is wonderful for the older student who is looking to play piano. For each chapter, there are rhythm, composition, and technical drills. The book comes with supplementary material, scales, chord progressions, circle of fifths, and transposing to other instruments.
 Promoting Your Teaching Studio: Practicespot Guide
by Philip A. Johnston
"As a private piano teacher, I couldn't imagine a more helpful book for promoting my small business! The author clearly explains why it is so vital to promote your teaching studio, and then provides hundreds and hundreds of great ideas that will help you to have a full studio and a full waiting list. His cheerful and enthusiastic style make this a quick and easy read. Mr. Johnstone tells you exactly how, where, and when to advertise, and offers suggestions as to other promotions. Far from expecting you to cold call or knock on doors, his creative ideas allow even shy teachers to help themsevles by helping others, so there is something in this book for every comfort level. My experience was that this book paid for itself in the first week I owned it! If you are a private music teacher (any instrument), you must own this book!."
A Rhythmic Vocabulary: A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising With Rhythm
by Alan Dworsky, Betsy Sansby
Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear
by Jermaine Griggs
Learn the secrets to playing literally any song on the piano with a few simple, easy-to-understand techniques and principles. Join Jermaine Griggs in learning tons of music theory, concepts, and tricks that will help you to learn piano by ear. Thousands of musicians have already taken advantage of this program.
Simple Steps to Playing the Piano
by Richard P. Anderson, Reid Nibley
Versatile. Easy-to-use. Comprehensive. This highly successful, classroom-tested program for beginning piano students is designed for the college music major and the general adult beginner.
Super Sight-Reading Secrets: An Innovative, Step-By-Step Program for Musical Keyboard Players of All Levels
by Howard B. Richman (Editor)
A Symposium for Pianists and Teachers
Bringing together the unique perspectives of some of the top pianists and pedagogues, along with physicians specializing in the treatment and rehabilitation of performance-related injuries, this text is truly unparalleled. These broad-based subjects are included in one of five sections – Mechanical, Technical, Musical, Healthful (Mind and Body), and Pedagogical – and include goals and exercises clearly articulated in a concise manner.
Teaching Piano: A Comprehensive Guide and Reference Book for the Instructor
by Denes Agay
A guide and reference book for the piano instructor. Covers theoretical, practical and technical matters as well as piano performance and basic keyboard skills for the young or adult beginner. Contains numerous charts, glossaries and bibliographies. An essential handbook for all piano teachers.
Thinking As You Play: Teaching Piano in Individual And Group Lessons
by Sylvia Coats
Focuses on how to teach, not what to teach. Sylvia Coats gives piano teachers tools to help students develop creativity and critical thinking, and guidelines for organizing the music taught into a comprehensive curriculum. Ranging from children’s small groups to larger university piano classes, Coats discusses auditioning and grouping students, strategies for maximizing student productivity, and suggestions for involving each student in learning process.
 Understanding Music through the Piano and Keyboard
by Julia Wade
Perfect for the beginning student starting out without a teacher. It is structured for studying by yourself and covers subjects in a way not found in other books or tapes. If you are in the market for an introduction to music through the use of a keyboard, then this book is for you.
The Well-Tempered Keyboard Teacher
by Marienne Uszler, Stewart Gordon, Scott McBride-Smith
This second edition of the best-selling piano pedagogy book provides future piano and keyboard teachers with the essential tools to meet the challenges the next century. Fundamental to every keyboard teacher, the text examines current learning theories, offers a historical overview of keyboard pedagogy, reviews educational materials, and describes specific teaching techniques. It also discusses specific repertoire and technique for beginning, intermediate, and adult students.
When I Sit Down To Play
by Joan St. James
An easily accessible book that takes the mystery out of playing the piano. Organized in eight chapters, Ms. St. James takes the reader by the hand to better understand the basics of music. Practical advice giiven on how to find a teacher, how to practice, and how to purchase a piano. Describes techniques for songwriting and even advises where to find opportunities for playing the piano. The text is interspersed with musical examples to illustrate key points. Appendices are full of valuable information that lets the reader go into more depth.
With Your Own Two Hands: Self-Discovery Through Music
by Seymour Bernstein
Addresses the challenges facing all aspiring and accomplished pianists, and provides invaluable advice on how to tackle them. Topics include: Reasons For Practicing, Why You Do Practice, Why You Don't Practice, Concentration, Tempo-Rhythm-Pulse, Listening, You and the Piano and Choreography, Fulfillment through Performing: Performing, Memory and Nervousness.
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