Piano Music & Song Books

The latest instalment in Kate's songbook collection, this brand new book of written music (single line melodies and chord letter symbols) and lyrics containing songs from Kate’s 4 recent albums;

Make the Light,

Ghost,

Life in a Paper Boat &

Philosophers, Poets & Kings. 

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A total of 44 songs from Kate’s repertoire.

Bal Folk contains 214 tunes, mostly from Central France and will be of interest to anyone who enjoys playing French music, or playing for French dancing. The tunes are suitable for melodeon, fiddle and accordion, and many will fit within the range of bagpipes and hurdy gurdy.

This book contains a diverse assortment  of popular tunes, core repertoire heard at a typical traditional music session. The tunes range from relatively easy to fairly difficult. There are polkas, reels, rants, hornpipes, jigs, and waltzes from England, Ireland, Scotland and America, something to please everyone. A selection of these tunes will form the basis of many traditional music sessions, both at folk festivals and regular sessions throughout the year.

This is a lovely selection of tunes for piano (or keyboard) taken from the Gaelic song repertoire of the Scottish Highlands. There are over 50 tunes and they are from early beginnings to intermediate stages of playing.

Suitable for those who have been playing for about six months onwards. It is ideal for all piano players from children to adults as it is a very varied selection of lovely melodies.

This book is ideal for using at local or national Mods, concerts and Festivals and for pupils learning piano in a Gaelic medium environment. Each tune has its original Gaelic title and a translated title.

It is not intended as a stand alone tutor book but, although it is graded, it should be seen as an accompaniment to a standard piano book.

"Irish folk song" is the generic term that refers to ballads, rebel songs, work songs, lullabies, laments and drinking songs. Many Irish folk songs developed from historical events and Celtic mythology, and include airs, polkas, set dances, long dances, jigs, slides, slip jigs, hornpipes, and reels. About 200 tunes of the great Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan have also survived through the aural tradition. This collection contains 38 tunes representing a broad cross section of Irish folk music which have been arranged for intermediate solo piano. Also, the songs are suitable for use as teaching material, as recital pieces, or as music for dance.

Mel Bay Publications, Inc is proud to present this intriguing collection of fourteen tangos by French composers arranged for piano solo. The tango is a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin characterized by long pauses and stylized body positions. Most of these instrumental renditions were originally published as Musette pieces in France from the 1930's through the 1960's (with a couple of newer arrangements). Intermediate in difficulty.

A truly fresh and exciting book of piano solos featuring authentic Native American melodies. The history of the American Indian is sometimes a sad drama, yet is filled with a wonder reflected in music. This book, the result of extensive research by the outstanding educator, composer and musicologist, Gail Smith, conveys music that is truly American. Easy to intermediate in difficulty.

This collection features 20 well-known and beloved American patriotic tunes plus one original tune. Biographical information is supplied for many of the pieces. Selections include: The Star Spangled Banner; When Johnny Comes Marching Home; Yankee Doodle; Anchors Aweigh; The Stars and Stripes Forever and many more.

Alfred Duelling Banjos (From Deliverance) for Piano. From the Warner Bros. film 'Deliverance'.

The John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course is designed to present the easiest possible approach to piano playing, complete with an amusing family of characters and illustrations to help emphasize the information being taught.

Part one is devoted to developing fluency in reading by note, the biggest hurdle for most young children. The range is purposely limited. Only five notes up and five notes down from middle C are presented and time values do not go beyond crotchets. Each book of the course contains its own writing exercises, sight-reading drills, review work and later, technical studies. Accompaniments for teacher or parent are supplied with most of the examples.

In celebration of 120 years of Willis Music, the beloved characters in John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Parts One - Four have been redrawn. The content remains the same, so, like countless others before them, today's young students can continue to benefit from the Easiest Courses's clear and simple approach.

JOHN THOMPSON’S MODERN COURSE FOR THE PIANO is the essential piano method for beginner students of all ages. Clearly written, fun and easy to understand, the MODERN COURSE is a proven favourite with piano teachers and students worldwide, with millions of copies sold. This new edition has updated diagrams, clearer musical notation and access to online backing and demonstration tracks via PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right - available exclusively from Hal Leonard. Coming from John Thompson, the author of still the most widely used Piano method in the world, you can be sure that quality and consistency will be the number-one feature of this tutorial for beginner Piano players. This First Grade Book provides an excellent start to your studies and includes:

- 50 easy-to-play pieces, - Online backing tracks and performances of each piece, - Helpful technical exercises, - Fundamental lessons on scales and music theory
Helping students to both think and feel musically, the Modern Course is the most effective and enjoyable way to learn the Piano.