Oxford University Press

Designed to build confidence and ability, the Piano Time Sightreading books are also enormous fun, interspersing lots of short, structured exercises with puzzles and games. The material is simple, imaginative, and clearly laid out. Book 3 is made up of short exercises using hands together and changes of position in varied time signature, styles, and dynamics.
 
 
Pages: 28Language: EnglishPublisher: Oxford University Press

This exciting series by the authors of Fiddle Time, Viola Time, and Cello Time provides great ensemble material for all string groups, whatever their size. String Time Joggers is a must-have for all those looking for imaginative and enjoyable ensemble repertoire.

14 fun and characterful ensemble pieces, arranged in suites for concert performance
CD with performances and backings for all pieces
Flexible scoring for violin, viola, cello, and double bass with piano or CD accompaniment – from two parts to massed string ensemble!
Pieces may also be played as solos for violin, viola, or cello, with piano or CD backing
Lively illustrations in the pupils’ books
Corresponds to the level of Fiddle Time Joggers, Viola Time Joggers, and Cello Time Joggers – part 1 uses all fingers, part 2 uses 0-1 only

Contents
Sea Suite

Shark attack!
Barrier Reef
Cap’n Jack’s Hornpipe

Jazz Suite

Simple syncopation
Feelin’ blue
Broadway or bust

Jamaican Suite

Tinga Layo
Jamaican lullaby
Kingston Calypso

Hollywood Suite

Spy movie 2
Sad movie
Action movie

Extras

Cowboy song
Banuwa

 
 
Pages: 24 Language: English Publisher: Oxford University Press

Duets with a Difference is an imaginative collection of duets to enjoy with a teacher or friend. Here are classical and popular duets, and pieces in jazz and folk styles, all playable by pupils around the level of Piano Time 2. With superb illustrations, fun listening games, and even the opportunity to make up your own duets, Duets with a Difference is a great introduction to the joy of making music together.
Allegro
Andante Cantabile
Berceuse
Black Key Lullaby
Blues For Two
Camptown Races
Donkey Ride
Listening Games
Lullaby
March
Moderato
Royal Procession
Stepping Out!
Swinging Fingers
The Derry Boat
The Emerald Isle
The Irish Washerwoman

Piano Time Dance is a fantastic collection of pieces in a dazzling array of dance styles. Witness the development of dance through the ages as you discover courtly gavottes, graceful waltzes, jazzy foxtrots, and lively Latin American tangos and sambas. To complete the fun, the collection includes duets for dancing partners, as well as witty illustrations and helpful explanations of the styles. These pieces are suitable for players of around grade 2 standard- building on the techniques introduced in Piano Time 1 and Piano Time 2 – and provide fresh and entertaining repertoire for young pianists everywhere looking to light up the dance floor!
Contents

Hoofer’s Delight [Croydon, Philip]
Allemande [Gervaise, Claude]
Needles And Pins [Anonymous]
Chatterbox Charlie [Drayton, Paul]
Forget-me-not Waltz [Duro, Stephen]
Hornpipe [Hall, Pauline]
Gigue A L’angloise [Telemann, Georg Philipp]
Ch-ch-chilly Cha-cha-cha [Drayton, Paul]
Gavotte (Trio Sonata in D Op.5 No.2 HWV 397) [Handel, George Frideric]
Perfect Polka [Cullen, David]
Clog Dance (La fille mal gardée) [Hertel, Peter Ludwig]
Latin Moves [Haughton, Alan]
Sarabande (Keyboard Suite No.4 In D Minor HWV 437) [Handel, George Frideric]
Festival Mazurka [Bullard, Alan]
Minuet (Keyboard Sonata No.5 In G Hob. XVI:11) [Haydn, Joseph]
Tango Misterio [Iles, Nikki]
Blue Train [Cullen, David]
The Soft-shoe Shuffle [Iles, Nikki]
The Trot Of Mr Fox [Cullen, David]
Circle Dance [Iles, Nikki]
Disco Baroque [Bullard, Alan]
Aces High [Marks, Anthony]
Two-tone Tango [Drayton, Paul]
Amber’s Samba [Cullen, David]

 
 
Pages: 32Language: EnglishPublisher: Oxford University Press

Music Through Time is an exciting series of instrumental repertoire books designed to provide young musicians with enjoyable, interesting and stimulating material in the early stages of their playing career. The contents of each volume are arranged chronologically, and each piece is accompanied by short notes which place the music in its wider historical context so that the student can more easily relate the style of the music to its period. The pieces in Book 3 are of around grades 5-6 standard.
Contents

Farnaby – Tower Hill (1598)
Purcell – Hornpipe (1699)
Babell – Rigaudon (1714)
W.F. Bach – Allemande (1746)
Bennett – Trumpet Voluntary (1758)
Arne – Myrtillia (1772)
Mozart – Les Echos (1781)
Wesley – Presto (1787)
Haydn – Andante (1794)
Boccherini – Minuet (1802)
Beethoven – Menuetto (1802)
Czerny – Legand (1851)
Burgmuller – Allegretto (1865)
Delibes – Clockwork Toys (1870)
Gurlitt – Impromtu (1874)
Karganov – Little Waltz (1879)
Grieg – My Homeland (1884)
Dvorak – Largo (1893)
Goedicke – Sonatina (1897)
Draper – Cheese Cake Walk (1908)
Curwen – Come Along Sam (1913)
Grechaninov – On Horseback (1923)
Elgar – Sonatina (1932)
Lang – Trumpets (1955)
Seal – The Old Wheelbarrow (1969)
Harris – Nocturne (1990)

 
 
Pages: 36 Language: English Publisher: Oxford University Press