Isidor Phillip - Exercises for Independence of Fingers - Book 1: Piano Technique (Piano Method) [Paperback] Review

Isidor Phillip - Exercises for Independence of Fingers - Book 1: Piano Technique [Paperback]Place your hand, completely relaxed, palm down flat on your desk. Now gently curl your middle finger back under your hand so that your hand will be slightly raised yet supported by your tucked under middle finger. Your thumb, index finger, ring finger and pinky should be extended outward and spread evenly. Raise up only your thumb. NO PROBLEM. Next your pinky..., now your index finger. Finally your ring finger. BIG PROBLEM. As a piano player your ring finger is by far your weak link in developing technical dexterity. This book with it's exercises changes that! A must for anyone wishing to become a serious player. And don't forget book two of this series! Practice on!

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56 Songs You Like to Sing: Voice and Piano (Vocal Collection) [Paperback] Review

56 Songs You Like to Sing: Voice and Piano [Paperback]Purchased for my daughter who is taking voice lessons...her teacher uses it. I don't know many of the songs, but it seems like it's a good variety of music for a beginning vocal music student...Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Strauss among the composers. Challenging, but she enjoys the songs.

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Contents: One Sweetly Solemn Thought (Ambrose) * The Lass with the Delicate Air (Arne) * My Heart Ever Faithful (Bach) * Then you'll remember me (The Bohemian Girl) (Balfe) * I love thee (Beethoven) * Habanera (Bizet) * Carry me back to old Virginny (Bland) * Calm as the Night (Bohm) * A Dissonance (Borodin) * Cradle-Song (Brahms) * Sapphic Ode (Brahms) * O Sole Mio (Capua) * Beau Soir (Debussy) * Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak) * Drink to me only with thine eyes (Traditional) * The Last Rose of Summer (Traditional) * Londonderry Air (Traditional) * Song of Volga Boatmen (Traditional) * A Resolve (Fontenailles) * My Old Kentucky Home (Foster) * Dedication (Franz) * Dearest, believe (Giordani) * Lullaby (Godard) * Jurame (Promise, Love) (Grever) * Ich liebe dich (Grieg) * Solvejg's Song (Grieg) * Do not go, my love (Hageman) * Were my song with wings provided (Hahn) * Where'er you walk (Handel) * Whispering Hope (Hawthorne) * My mother bids me bind my hair (Haydn) * Aloha Oe (Queen Liliuokalani) * Elegie (Massenet) * O rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) * Love's Old Sweet Song (Molloy) * The Violet (Mozart) * Barcarolle (Offenbach) * Passing By (Purcell) * Lilacs (Rachmaninoff) * When the roses bloom (Reichardt) * A Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov) * My heart at thy sweet voice (Saint-Saens) * Ave Maria (Schubert) * Serenade (Schubert) * Thou art so like a flower (Schumann) * The Two Grenadiers (Schumann) * Sylvelin (Sindling) * To You (Zeuignung) (R. Strauss) * All Soul's Day (Allerseelen) (R. Strauss) * The Lost Chord (Sullivan) * One who has yearn'd, alone (Tchaikovsky) * Goodbye (Tosti) * Le donna e mobile (Verdi) * Mother-Love (Voigt) * Dreams (Traume) (Wagner) * La Paloma (The Dove) (Yradier).

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Small Thumb Piano - Kalimba Review

Small Thumb Piano - Kalimbabeautiful wood, only had to tune one key easy to do, beautiful product, hit any key and there is music, portable.Sounds like Tiki Tiles.

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The thumb piano originates in Africa. It is also known as the mbira or likembe. The metal keys are mounted on a wooden box that acts as the resonating chamber. Longer keys have lower pitches and shorter keys have higher pitches. The keys can be adjusted by tapping them in or out to adjust their pitch.

Many different tunings are acceptable, according to personal preference. Similar tuning is only an issue when two instruments are played together; then they should generally agree in tuning.

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Moonlight Sonata Opus 27, No. 2(Complete Edition) (A Belwin Classic Edition) [Paperback] Review

Moonlight Sonata  Opus 27, No. 2(Complete Edition) [Paperback]This is sheet music.What can you say?It is complete and the printing large enough to read easily and make your own notations.Includes a one-page bio of Beethoven plus background on the piece.If you are considering this one, you might want to get the Arthur Schnabel version.It is essentially the same (same publisher) but with Schnabel's notations, which you can always ignore if you don't like.

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Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Op. 27, No. 2 is among the most popular andmost frequently performed compositions by any great composer. Reflectingthe depth of Beethoven's musical power, the Moonlight Sonata is one of thebest-loved sonatas Beethoven ever composed. In this Belwin Classic Libraryedition, each page of the music is spaciously laid out, meticulous anduncluttered, with clear, clean engraving. All three movements are included: I. Adagio sostenuto, II. Allegretto, and III. Presto agitato.

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Nichole Nordeman - This Mystery (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

Nichole Nordeman - This Mystery [Paperback]I must say, Nichole Nordeman is one of the best singers/songwriters I have ever heard.Her lyrics really touch people, and the melodies are awesome.I recommend this to anyone who plays the piano, or loves to sing.You will really be moved by her awesome tunes, words and the radiance it give of God.Truly, this shows, that she is in love with God.Her songs have helped me, personally, in my Christian walk.All of these songs will move you.I give it 5 stars, and you should get her cds as well, especially "Wide Eyed" and "This Mystery".

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This great songbook matches the latest release by this Dove-nominated singer/songwriter, and also contains three bonus songs (River God * To Know You * Who You Are) from her debut Wide Eyed. Includes: As * Every Season * Fool for You * Help Me Believe * Home * Lookin' at You (Lookin' at Me) * Please Come * Small Enough * This Mystery * Tremble * Why (Live Recording).

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Danse Macabre and Other Works for Solo Piano [Paperback] Review

Danse Macabre and Other Works for Solo Piano [Paperback]1: The music is REALLY hard. Saint-Saens was not an easy man.
2: Franz Liszt isn't that great at transcribing this title piece.
3: Everything else is great though.

It hasn't happened yet, but I sense that the book is going to fall apart soon. So learn bookbinding and keep it in BETTER condition for cheap.

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Splendid compilation features a variety of the composer's best piano works, all reproduced from authoritative sources. Taking its title from the popular orchestral work "Danse Macabre" (presented here in the brilliant arrangement by Liszt), this collection also includes "Allegro appassionato," "Album" (consisting of six pieces), "Rhapsodie d'Auvergne," "Theme and Variations," plus six etudes, three waltzes, and six etudes for left hand alone. Introduction.


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The Stevie Wonder Anthology (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

The Stevie Wonder Anthology [Paperback]I have been looking for a comprehesive overview of Sevie's music for piano for quite some time. This book gives a nice coverage of his songs during his career up till 1998. All songs are in the original settings, so certainly not for beginners. The only pity is the fact that the songs are in alphabetical order. I would have preferrred to have them ordered in chronological order per album.

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A must for every Wonder fan, this is a comprehensive collection of 75 gems from 1963 to 1998. Includes: Boogie On Reggae Woman * Ebony and Ivory * Fingertips (Part 2) * For Once in My Life * Higher Ground * I Just Called to Say I Love You * I Was Made to Love Her * Isn't She Lovely * My Cherie Amour * Part Time Lover * Ribbon in the Sky * Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours * Sir Duke * Superstition * Uptight (Everything's Alright) * You Are the Sunshine of My Life * and more. This deluxe, 368-page collection also features a discography of all the songs, listed chronologically by album!

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Yamaha P155B Contemporary Piano with Ebony Top Board, Black Review

Yamaha P155B Contemporary Piano with Ebony Top Board, BlackDont expect a big difference in sound quality over the P-140 or you will be dissapointed.At most there may be an ever so slight increase in micro-dynamic expressiveness on softer, subtle passages (maybe that's the 4th layer?), but dont expect anything to jump out at you.I mean subtle! Not much difference in the decay versus the P-140.About the same. I owned them both.The action is heavy and responsive on the P-155 (same as P-140) which I like and the features are an improvement over the P-140.Given how inexpensive and small digital memory has become, it would be nice if Yamaha could give us a DP with a natural sounding decay instead of a looped one. On a real piano the harmonic overtones decay faster than lower fundementals.This sonic reality has not been incorporated into this instrument unfortunately.The P-155 does sound resampled, just not enough to show a really audible difference from the P-140. At soft levels its pretty good but at mezzo forte or louder decay is unnatural, like the P-140.Sound quality via the built-in speakers is the same as P-140. Dynamic range and volume is a little better because of greater wattage but thats about it. Speakers and frequency range are unchanged.Unlike P-140 you can choose brightness levels in between Bright, Normal and Mellow for a total of 5, not 3 choices which is nice.If you can get one for $1,000 or less its worth it but I wouldn't spend 1200 on it over the P-140, unless you need the new features.

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Whether you're practicing at home, playing with the band, or doing alive solo performance, the P155 series offers professional quality sound with our legendary touch. Thanks to top-shelf Yamaha digital piano technologies, musicians don't have to choose between portability and piano quality- the quality you expect from a company that's been building world-class acoustic pianos for over a century.

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