Piano Notes

Author : Charles Rosen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781439135228

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Piano Notes by Charles Rosen Pdf

Charles Rosen is one of the world's most talented pianists -- and one of music's most astute commentators. Known as a performer of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Elliott Carter, he has also written highly acclaimed criticism for sophisticated students and professionals. In Piano Notes, he writes for a broader audience about an old friend -- the piano itself. Drawing upon a lifetime of wisdom and the accumulated lore of many great performers of the past, Rosen shows why the instrument demands such a stark combination of mental and physical prowess. Readers will gather many little-known insights -- from how pianists vary their posture, to how splicings and microphone placements can ruin recordings, to how the history of composition was dominated by the piano for two centuries. Stories of many great musicians abound. Rosen reveals Nadia Boulanger's favorite way to avoid commenting on the performances of her friends ("You know what I think," spoken with utmost earnestness), why Glenn Gould's recordings suffer from "double-strike" touches, and how even Vladimir Horowitz became enamored of splicing multiple performances into a single recording. Rosen's explanation of the piano's physical pleasures, demands, and discontents will delight and instruct anyone who has ever sat at a keyboard, as well as everyone who loves to listen to the instrument. In the end, he strikes a contemplative note. Western music was built around the piano from the classical era until recently, and for a good part of that time the instrument was an essential acquisition for every middle-class household. Music making was part of the fabric of social life. Yet those days have ended. Fewer people learn the instrument today. The rise of recorded music has homogenized performance styles and greatly reduced the frequency of public concerts. Music will undoubtedly survive, but will the supremely physical experience of playing the piano ever be the same?

Author : Brooke Halpin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781440517808

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The Only Basic Piano Instruction Book You'll Ever Need by Brooke Halpin Pdf

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Author : Jerald Simon
Publisher : Jerald Simon
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1948274116

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100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know by Jerald Simon Pdf

100 Different Ways to play the same song. Piano students learn 100 fun left hand patterns to take any music and change it up 100 different ways. Also included in the book is the FUN FAKEBOOK which includes 100 piano pieces in facebook format where the melody (Right Hand - treble clef) and the given chords for each measure are shown. The students can then fake or make up a left hand pattern to go along with the melody.

Author : Aaron Whitehead
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-30
Category : Piano
ISBN : 1438202865

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A Piano Chord Book You Can Actually Use! by Aaron Whitehead Pdf

This book offers a fresh look at how to learn chords on the piano. Made with the beginning piano player in mind, this book is perfect for the person desiring to learn and play their favorite song on the piano. For more information about our piano program, please view our tutorials on YouTube at youtube.com/thepianochordbook

Author : Charles Rosen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780141979861

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Piano Notes by Charles Rosen Pdf

In this eloquent, intimate exploration of the delights and demands of the piano, world-renowned concert pianist and music writer Charles Rosen draws on a lifetime's wisdom to consider every aspect of the instrument: from what makes a beautiful sound to suffering from stage fright, from the physical challenges of playing to tales of great musicians, including Vladimir Horowitz's recording tricks, Rachmaninov's hands and why Artur Rubenstein applied hairspray to the keys. Gracefully blending anecdote, history, expertise and memoir, Piano Notes will enchant anyone with a passion for music.

Author : Ernst Bacon
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486310855

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Notes on the Piano by Ernst Bacon Pdf

This easy, entertaining read by a distinguished musician and teacher is suitable for players at all levels. Topics include "The Performer," "The Learner," "The Player and Writer," "The Observer," and "Technically Speaking."

Author : Scott Houston
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 1401307663

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Play Piano in a Flash by Scott Houston Pdf

As seen on public television stations nationwide, a revolutionary new approach to playing non-classical music on the piano. Have you ever wished you could play the piano Well, now you can! Scott "The Piano Guy" Houston teaches you to play the way the pros play, in a style enormously simpler than traditional classical piano and with an absolute minimum of note-reading. By focusing on playing the melody with the right hand (one note at a time) and simple chords with the left hand, Houston gives you the tools you need for a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Best of all, your tour guide to this adventure forces you to have fun along the way!

Author : Alfred Music
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781470616205

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The Giant Book of Classical Sheet Music by Alfred Music Pdf

With more than 80 essential masterworks arranged for easy piano, this book guarantees a lifetime of exploration and enjoyment at the keys. Titles: * 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) * Air on the G String (Bach) * Andaluza No. 5 (Granados) * Anvil Chorus (Verdi) * Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) * Ballade No. 1 (Chopin) * Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) * The Blue Danube (Strauss) * Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach) * Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin (Wagner) * Can-Can (Offenbach) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Clair de lune (Debussy) * Doretta's Song (Puccini) * The Entertainer (Joplin) * Egmont Overture (Beethoven) * Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) * "Emperor" Concerto (Beethoven) * Fantaisie-Impromptu (Chopin) * Flower Duet (Delibes) * Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) * The Garland Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) * Habanera (Bizet) * Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) * Hornpipe (Handel) * Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) * Intermezzo (Mascagni) * In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * L'Arlí©sienne Suite No. 1 (Bizet) * Líæ ci darem la mano (Mozart) * La donna í mobile (Verdi) * Libiamo, from La Traviata (Verdi) * Mandolin Concerto in C Major (Vivaldi) * Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) * March from The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) * March of the Toreadors (Bizet) * Meditation, from Thaí¿s (Massenet) * "Merry Widow" Waltz (Lehíçr) * "Military" Polonaise (Chopin) * "Minute" Waltz (Chopin) * The Moldau (Smetana) * "Moonlight" Sonata (Beethoven) * Morning Mood (Grieg) * Musetta's Waltz (Puccini) * "New World" Symphony (Dvo�»ak) * Nocturne, Op. 55, No. 1 (Chopin) * O mio babbino caro (Puccini) * Ode to Joy (Beethoven) * Overture from The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) * "Pathí©tique" Sonata (Beethoven) * Pavane (Faurí©) * Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) * Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart) * Polovetsian Dance (Borodin) * Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar) * Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 (Bach) * Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4 (Chopin) * Prince of Denmark's March (Clarke) * Queen of the Night Aria (Mozart) * "Raindrop" Prelude (Chopin) * "Revolutionary" Etude (Chopin) * Rondeau from Suite de symphonies (Mouret) * Rondo alla Turca (Mozart) * Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) * Solace (Joplin) * The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) * Spring, from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) * Stí_ndchen (Schubert) * "Surprise" Symphony (Haydn) * The Swan (Saint-Saí‚ns) * Swan Lake, Act I Finale (Tchaikovsky) * Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) * Symphony No. 40 (Mozart) * Toccata in D Minor (Bach) * Toreador Song (Bizet) * Turkish March (Beethoven) * Un bel díå (Puccini) * "Unfinished" Symphony (Schubert) * Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" (Mozart) * Voi, che sapete (Mozart) * Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15 (Brahms) * Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 145741581X

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Burgmüller, Czerny & Hanon -- Piano Studies Selected for Technique and Musicality, Vol 1 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alex Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798635859520

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Easy Piano Sheet Music for Kids by Alex Franklin Pdf

Easy Piano Sheet Music for Kids is a great first songbook for beginners. Songs on every page page have letters above each note to help children who are yet to learn how to read sheet music. Inside you will find 40 familiar favorites that are some of the most popular tunes for those beginning on piano or keyboard and are new to lessons. The following pieces are included: Mary Had a Little Lamb Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Happy Birthday Are You Sleeping? The Wheels on the Bus Itsy Bitsy Spider London Bridge Humpty Dumpty Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes When the Saints Go Marching In This Little Light of Mine I'm a Little Teapot This Old Man Jingle Bells Rock-A-Bye Baby Old MacDonald Had a Farm The Muffin Man Row, Row, Row Your Boat She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain Three Blind Mice Hickory, Dickory, Dock Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Bingo Ring a Ring of Roses If You're Happy and You Know It Rain, Rain, Go Away Silent Night Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Hot Cross Buns Pop Goes the Weasel Sing a Song of Sixpence For He's a Jolly Good Fellow Take Me Out to the Ballgame Yankee Doodle Hey Diddle Diddle We Wish You a Merry Christmas Skip to My Lou Polly Put the Kettle On I've Been Working on the Railroad Hush, Little Baby This is a great addition to your young one's beginner instruction as they start learning notes. For example, this works best for a toddler that has taken a piano lesson and then wants to play some childrens songs. Nursery rhyme primer books are great for kid keyboards and pianos alike. Beginners of all ages are welcome!

Author : Ф. Чопен
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781176266797

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Concerto no. 1 in E minor (two-piano score) by Ф. Чопен Pdf

Author : Boris Berman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Piano
ISBN : 9780300221527

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Notes from the Pianist's Bench by Boris Berman Pdf

Berman addresses virtually every aspect of musical artistry and pedagogy. Ranging from such practical matters as sound, touch, and pedaling to the psychology of performing and teaching, this volume provides a master class for the performer, instructor, and student alike.

Author : Chilly Gonzales
Publisher : Rough Trade Books
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781912722877

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ENYA by Chilly Gonzales Pdf

Chilly Gonzales is one of the most exciting, original, hard-to-pin-down musicians of our time. Filling halls worldwide at the piano in his slippers and a bathrobe—in any one night he can be dissecting the musicology of an Oasis hit, giving a sublime solo recital, and displaying his lyrical dexterity as a rapper. In his book about Enya, he asks: Does music have to be smart or does it just have to go to the heart? In dazzling, erudite prose Gonzales delves beyond her innumerable gold discs and millions of fans to excavate his own enthusiasm for Enya's singular music as well as the mysterious musician herself, and along the way uncovers new truths about the nature of music, fame, success and the artistic endeavour.

Author : Shellie Gregorich,Benjamin Moritz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781136666193

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Keyboard Skills for Music Educators: Score Reading by Shellie Gregorich,Benjamin Moritz Pdf

Keyboard Skills for Music Educators: Score Reading is the first textbook equip future educators with the ability to play from an open score at the keyboard. Score reading can be a daunting prospect for even the most accomplished pianist, but it is a skill required of all choral and instrumental music instructors. Although most music education curricula include requirements to achieve a certain level of proficiency in open score reading, standard textbooks contain very little material devoted to developing this skill. This textbook provides a gradual and graded approach, progressing from two-part reading to four or more parts in a variety of clefs. Each chapter focuses on one grouping of voices and provides many musical examples from a broad sampling of choral and instrumental repertoire ranging from Renaissance to contemporary works.

Author : David M. Koenig
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191034435

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Spectral Analysis of Musical Sounds with Emphasis on the Piano by David M. Koenig Pdf

This book addresses the analysis of musical sounds from the viewpoint of someone at the intersection between physicists, engineers, piano technicians, and musicians. The study is structured into three parts. The reader is introduced to a variety of waves and a variety of ways of presenting, visualizing, and analyzing them in the first part. A tutorial on the tools used throughout the book accompanies this introduction. The mathematics behind the tools is left to the appendices. Part Two provides a graphical survey of the classical areas of acoustics that pertain to musical instruments: vibrating strings, bars, membranes, and plates. Part Three is devoted almost exclusively to the piano. Several two- and three-dimensional graphical tools are introduced to study various characteristics of pianos: individual notes and interactions among them, the missing fundamental, inharmonicity, tuning visualization, the different distribution of harmonic power for the various zones of the piano keyboard, and potential uses for quality control. These techniques are also briefly applied to other musical instruments studied in earlier parts of the book. For physicists and engineers there are appendices to cover the mathematics lurking beneath the numerous graphs and a brief introduction to Matlab® which was used to generate these graphs. A website accompanying the book (https://sites.google.com/site/analysisofsoundsandvibrations/) contains: - Matlab® scripts - mp3 files of sounds - references to YouTube videos - and up-to-date results of recent studies