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GIA Publications

This primer for all musicians provides a reliable base for a lifetime of playing and singing. The principles in these pages are the elemental foundation of music education and will protect a musician from injury, promote the physical freedom and sensitivity needed for technical mastery, and secure the embodied intelligence that grounds musical power and subtlety. Musicians teaching from these principles will see their students thrive. Students studying and restudying these pages will delight in their enhanced performance. What's new in the Revised Edition? Created with the input of experienced Licensed Body Mapping Educators and led by body mapping expert Bridget Jankowski, this edition includes updated and enlarged images big enough for coloring; streamlined and clarified content based on new science; an updated format that follows the associated body mapping course more closely; additional room for notes at the end of each section and more. Knowledge from the scientific community continues to inform the work of the Association for Body Mapping Education. This book also serves as the text for a six-hour course on body mapping for musicians developed by Barbara Conable. The book's associated course has evolved over the past two decades; an updated text for the course will be a valuable resource for novice and seasoned body mapping educators alike.

What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body (Revised Edition)

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Alfred Music Publishing

Unlock the secrets of piano chords with the "Pocket Idiots Guide to Piano Chords" by K. Berger. This essential resource for piano pedagogy offers clear, concise guidance, making it easy to master complex chords and enhance musical expression. A must-have for aspiring pianists and seasoned players alike. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

Pocket Idiots Guide to Piano Chords

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Hal Leonard Corporation

This handy and thorough guide is designed to help the independent piano teacher in all aspects of running his/her own studio. Â 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! Â 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 many more! Â Paper, 452 p.

Independent Piano Teachers Studio Handbook

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A piano is one of the largest consumer purchases most people will ever make. Yet when you shop for a piano you're up against a vast variety of brands, models, and styles, competing claims, and strange terminology. Finally, here is a book to guide you through the process with practical information on every aspect of buying a new or used piano: candid brand-by-brand reviews; tips on inspecting and buying a used piano; sales gimmicks to watch out for (and the real differences in piano quality and features); a special section on buying a used Steinway; piano moving, storage, and servicing. For anyone considering buying a piano, The Piano Book is the classic "friend in the business." Whether you're shopping for a Steinway or a student's special, this indispensable guide points you to the best - and pays for itself through a lifetime of satisfaction and pleasure! The 2008-2009 Annual Supplement to The Piano Book gives manufacturer and product updates and going prices of all makes of new pianos. An invaluable resource!

The Piano Book

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Indiana University Press

"Thinking as You Play" focuses on how to teach, not what to teach. Â 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. Â She suggests effective questioning and listening strategies for students to help them think independently and improve their practice and performance. Â She also discusses practical means to develop an awareness of learning modalities and personality types. Â A unique top-down approach assists with presentations of musical concepts and principles, rather than a bottom-up approach of identifying facts before the reasons are known. Â Includes 11 b&amp;w photos and bibliography. Â Paper, 184 p.

Thinking as You Play

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This book helps keyboardists understand and appreciate their instruments without getting too technical. Â It includes chapters on auditioning keyboards and pianos, appreciating sound, connections, MIDI, maintenance, and much more. Â A glossary, an index, and the Tipbook Company's unique "Tipcodes" complete the book. Â Paper, 240 p.

Tipbook Keyboard and Digital Piano

This comprehensive, 562-page method, called Solid, readable and relevant by Keyboard magazine and The major work for today's pianists by International Musician, is divided into four sections. The first, A Philosophy of Music, deals with communication, cause-effect principles and practice disciplines. The second section, Mechanics, covers all the basics of keyboard music and playing (notation, harmony, improv, sight reading, etc.), as well as their applications. The third section, The Business Scene, contains guidelines and industry advice for contemporary keyboardists. Section four, Interviews, provides insights into the artistry and technique of famous players such as Herbie Hancock, Henry Mancini, Edgar Winter, Keith Emerson, Paul Shaffer and many more. Includes an index.

Contemporary Keyboardist

Neil A. Kjos Music Company

If you want your students to truly learn, understand and recall the history of the piano and the great pianists, give them this thorough, scholarly and entertaining historical overview in the form of a comic book. It takes the reader through music and art history - from the Greeks, to the history of early keyboard instruments and players, to Bartolomeo Cristofori's invention of the fortepiano in 1700, through the life of Franz Liszt. Author/pianist Peter Coraggio and illustrator Jon J. Murakami have collaborated to create the Art of Piano Performance Series of five comic books: Imagery in Music (5895610); Musical Style (5983557); Pedaling - "The Soul of the Piano" (5558044); The Spectrum of Expressive Touches (5558051); and last but certainly not least, Perfect Practice -or- Chunks, Clumps, Hunks, Clods - Blocks Slivers, Slices, and Globs (5558069). These comic books are nothing short of brilliant as they effectively convey the true art of piano performance in a way we can all relate. �Readers will get to know Maestro Profondo (musician extraordinaire), Musabella (Profondo's lovely teaching assistant), Agitato (neophyte student), and their musical friends while becoming inspired, motivated, and educated. �Recommended for piano students from ages 10 to 100 - from beginners to advanced players!

Musical Style

Paperback Comic Book

Unlock the joy of shared music-making with "Piano Duet Repertoire," a comprehensive guide curated by C. McGraw. This paperback edition is essential for piano pedagogy, providing a rich selection of pieces perfect for two players. Elevate your teaching or collaborative performances with this expertly compiled collection. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

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Here's the most contemporary music dictionary on the market! Conveniently divided into three main sections: The Dictionary of Music Terms defines over 2,000 music terms concisely, including notation and theory terms, instruments and terms used in pop music, electronic music and the music business; The Dictionary of Musicians provides more than 400 capsule biographies of composers and other musicians; and Reference Charts give instant, at-a-glance summaries of the essentials of music, encompassing instrumental and vocal ranges, notation signs and symbols, and scales, modes and key signatures.  240 p.

Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Flexible in format, this concise and practical resource introduces 100 musical elements supported by 300 activities. With an emphasis on intervallic reading, ten core melodies and 17 other authentic pieces are carefully sequenced in mostly fixed hand positions. Perfect for either beginners or students with prior knowledge, this method is fitting for classrooms with students at a variety of experience levels.

Classroom Keyboard

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In this the final publication in a trilogy dedicated to spiritual music-making, James Jordan confronts the ethical questions musicians face in the course of their work.  The ethical "walk" musicians take is likened to a journey through a labyrinth--the walk toward a center that is met with turns and challenges along the way.  Collaborating with six other essayists for this substantial volume, Jordan brings definition to the mysterious and clarity to the meaning of inspiration.

The Musician's Walk

Faber Music

From preparing for the very first lesson to mastering fiendish fingering and performance anxiety, this inspirational guide helps teachers nurture and support students at every level and develop a love of the piano. With musical communication at its heart, The Piano Teacher's Survival Guide tackles universal issues and common frustrations faced by all pianists, as well as improving and developing teaching skills and piano technique.

The Piano Teacher's Survival Guide

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This second volume of Professional Piano Teaching is designed to serve as a basic text for a second-semester or upper-division piano pedagogy course. It provides an overview of learning principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects of teaching intermediate to advanced students. Special features include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach; numerous musical examples; chapter summaries; and suggested projects for new and experienced teachers. Topics: teaching students beyond the elementary levels, an overview of learning processes and learning theories, teaching transfer students, preparing students for college piano major auditions, teaching rhythm, reading, technique, and musicality, researching, evaluating, selecting, and presenting intermediate and advanced repertoire, developing stylistic interpretation of repertoire from each musical period, developing expressive and artistic interpretation and performance, motivating students and providing instruction in effective practice, teaching memorization and performance skills. 452 pages. Index.

Professional Piano Teaching, Vol. 2

Summy Birchard Co.

A book that is a must for all Suzuki piano students and teachers. Selected and compiled from her articles in Suzuki World over six years. Mrs. Powell discusses: communication with parents, home practice, listening, imitative games, psychology, "Fred," developing technique, reading, using the metronome, transposition, dynamics, balance, phrasing, Baroque style, Classical style, and effective teaching. A book rich with ideas for better teaching and better learning. Highly recommended.

Focus on Suzuki Piano

Practical Piano Pedagogy is a comprehensive 450-page pedagogy text - the first really practical pedagogy manual for all teaching situations. It offers a multitude of proven strategies and essentials for successful teaching that ensure artistic and business success in piano teaching. Topics covered include: lesson planning; a review of available methods and materials; teaching techniques; motivational ideas; organizational skills; technology in the studio; teaching jazz piano and dealing with transfer students. This definitive text also includes an up-to-date, state-of-the-art CD-ROM for Mac and PC, enabling teachers to adapt and personalize more than 40 teaching and business forms for use in their teaching studios. Contributing authors include Dr. Lee Evans, Dr. Keith Golay, Dr. Sam Holland, and Dr. Keith Tombrink.

Practical Piano Pedagogy

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In this remarkable volume, noted scholar and choral conductor Dennis Shrock brings together in one place writings from more than 100 Classical era authors and composers about performance practices of music during their time. Â These primary sources represent the entire time span of the Classical era, writings from throughout Europe and the United States, and details on virtually every type of performing medium and genre of composition common in the era. Dr. Shrock quotes from diaries, instruction books, dictionaries, letters, biographies, and essays all written during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Â Paperback, 454 p.

Performance Practices in the Classical Era

National Federation of Music

Discover the essential collection for piano educators and students alike! This compilation, spanning July 2016 to June 2020, features meticulously selected pieces perfect for Federation Festivals. Enhance your pedagogical repertoire and inspire musical growth with these celebrated compositions, tailored specifically for enriching performance and teaching experiences. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

NFMC FEDERATION FESTIVALS 2016-2020

Dover Publications Inc.

Friend, favorite pupil, and secretary of Franz Liszt, Arthur Friedheim was the composer's closest associate during the 1880s. Â In this profound and scholarly study, Friedheim examines Liszt's life as a man, pianist, composer, conductor, teacher, and writer. Â His vibrant, richly textured prose recaptures a golden age of music that ended with the outbreak of World War I. Â Friedheim's memoir evokes an era populated by giants of the keyboard and podium as well as scholars, writers, soldiers, and statesmen. Â A noted concert pianist and conductor in his own right, the author was the contemporary of Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Kreisler, Rubinstein, and Caruso. Â His reminiscences revisit the opulent social and musical circles of Europe and North America during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Â Modern readers will find this volume a rich source of sound musical scholarship on the forerunners of twentieth-century music. Â Reprint. Â Paperback, 352 p.

Life & Liszt

This comprehensive reference guide provides: 1,300+ chords in treble and bass clef notation; 42 chord qualities with multiple voicings for most chords; keyboard diagrams for each chord; and music theory info to aid in chord construction. A must for every piano player!

Hal Leonard Pocket Piano Chord Dictionary

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