Béla Bartók - Mikrokosmos Volume 1 (Blue) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have started using these pieces with older beginners with a very good result. Trains reading, hand coordination and ear all at once.

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The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartók. (English/Spanish/Japanese/Portuguese text). In 1945 Bela Bartók described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for "didactic" purposes, seeing them as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world, or as the "world of the little ones, the children". Stylistically Mikrokosmos reflects the influence of folk music on Bartok's life and the rhythms and harmonies employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was written. The 153 pieces making up Mikrokosmos are divided into six volumes arranged according to technical and musical difficulty.

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Suzuki Suzuki Piano School New International Edition Piano Book and CD Volume 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)I am rating it so badly as the seller is horrible not the book. They sent wrong book and never sent the right one. never buy from them.

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Suzuki Piano School International Edition Piano Book and CD - Volume 2 Review

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The book is great!! The seler very professional and delivery was very fast!!

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This International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 2 includes French, German and Spanish translations, new Romantic and 20th-century pieces, as well as a recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased together right here for additional savings. The contents have changed slightly with minimal reordering of the music. The Mozart Minuet and Bach Musette from the earlier edition were eliminated and replaced with two new 20th-century pieces by Bartok (noted below), and the Bach "Minuet in G Minor" (from J. S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) has been moved to Volume 3. Other improvements include a cleaner appearance with less editing and spacious new engravings, as well as more detailed titles that include the keys, sources, composer dates, and catalog numbers. Titles: Ecossaise (J. N. Hummel) * A Short Story (H. Lichner) * The Happy Farmer, from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (R. Schumann) * Minuet in G Major, BWV 822 (J. S. Bach) * Minuet in G Major, from J. S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Anonymous) * Minuet in G Minor, BWV 822 (J. S. Bach) * Cradle Song, Op. 13, No. 2 (C. M. von Weber) * Arietta (W. A. Mozart) * Hungarian Folk Song, from For Children, Sz. 42 (Bela Bartok) * Melody, from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 1 (R. Schumann) * Minuet in G Major, from J. S. Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (C. Petzold) * Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5 (Moderato, Romance) (L. van Beethoven) * Children at Play, from For Children, Sz. 42 (Bela Bartok).

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eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method Deluxe v3 Review

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(More customer reviews)At the same time I purchased Alfred's book method. I use the software and then folow up with Alfred's books as theory homework. Between the two I am doing quite well never having touched a piano nor read music before. The fact the software shows me the keying from the animated keyboard and I can hear fwhat it is supposed to sound like. I like that I can use each hand seperately and with the midi keyboard the feedback is fantastic.

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eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method Deluxe includes everything you need to learn to play with over 450 audio- and video-enhanced lessons and more than 150 songs in a variety of musical styles. You'll be playing in no time by following the animated keyboard as it displays correct fingerings as the music plays or for any note or chord you choose. When used with a MIDI controller, eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method Deluxe provides specific feedback on playing mistakes, including wrong notes and rhythms. Other features include a metronome, recorder, variable-speed MIDI keyboard tracks, accompaniment tracks, and ear training exercises. eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method, included in eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method Deluxe, has received top ratings and honors from PC Magazine (4.5 out of 5), Music News, MacHome (4 Apples), Clavier Magazine and American Music Teacher Magazine which called it "an impressive and thorough piano teaching program." eMedia Intermediate Piano & Keyboard Method continues your musical journey with a focus on improvisation. eMedia Piano & Keuboard Method Deluxe includes many popular songs like: "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John, "Ode to Joy" & "Ecossaise" by Ludwig van Beethoven, "Minuet in G" by J.S. Bach, "Tishomingo Blues" by Spencer Williams, "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan, "Hungarian Rhapsody" by Franz Liszt, "Swan Lake" by Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas, "Fourth Ballade" by Frédéric Chopin, "The Schoolhouse Blues" by Irving Berlin, "Third Piano Concerto" by Sergei Rachmaninoff, "Twenty-First Piano Concerto" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Jelly Roll Blues" by "Jelly Roll" Morton, and "Piano Man" by Billy Joel

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