Step It Up! is the fun way to move your piano playing onwards and upwards. Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain – with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, and duets too – this carefully graded volume is guaranteed to liven up your practice no end. So whether practising at home or performing to your friends, take you playing to another with Step It Up! – and prepare to step up a grade at the same time!Pamela Wedgwood writes as Louise Chamberlain for the Step It Up! series. She is recognised around the world as one of the UK’s most prolific and successful composers of popular repertoire for young instrumentalists.
Contents

Foorsteps
Forget-me-not
Frankie and Johnny
Gone Fishin’
Henry’s Wilde
Jessie
Over And Out
Rock-Bottom Rag
Scoot
Seascape
Walking In Shadows
Watermark

 
 
Pages: 24Language: EnglishPublisher: Alfred

Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, these graded volumes are guaranteed to liven up your practice. Titles include: Baby bossa nova, Chopsticks, Polly-wolly-doodlin’ and more.
 
 
Pages: 24Language: EnglishPublisher: Alfred

The Technic Books provide reading and rhythm drills and exercises perfectly paced with each Lesson Book in “Alfred’s Basic Piano Library” to improve musicianship and develop coordination of the hands.
 
 
Pages: 48Language: EnglishPublisher: Alfred

The Repertoire Books contain attractive compositions from the 17th century to the present. The pieces have been organized in progressive order and meet the requirements of many piano festivals, auditions and competitions. The books may also be used as sight reading material or a supplement to other method books.
Contents

Air in D Major (Handel)
Alberti Etude (Duvernoy)
Allemande (Haydn)
Among the Leaves so Green-O (English Air)
The Beautiful Jasmine (Chinese Melody)
Blues Adagio (Amanda Vick Lethco)
Capriccio Allegro (Gossec)
The Cello (Spindler)
Distant Bells (Streabbog)
Dreams (Spindler)
Etude in A Minor (Kohler)
Etude in C (Czerny)
Etude in D Minor (Gurlitt)
Etude in Sixths (Czerny)
Folk Song (Bartok)
Follow the Leader (Gurlitt)
Friendly Conversation (Beyer)
Humming Song (Kabalevsky)
Hungarian Folk Dance (Bartok)
In Hot Pursuit (Palmer/Lethco)
Interlude (Bischoff)
March in C (Kohler)
Mechanical Toy (Godicke)
Miniature Suite No. 1 (Turk)
Miniature Suite No. 2 (Turk)
Minuet in D Major (Mozart)
Minuet in F Major (Mozart)
A Momentous Occasion (Palmer/Lethco)
Music Box (Gurlitt)
A New Irish Tune (Purcell)
Novelette (Hardy)
Prelude in G Major (Bach)
Quiet Falling Snow (Palmer/Lethco)
Russian Song (Anonymous)
A 16th Century March (Anonymous)
Song Without Words (Kohler)
Two Songs (Kabalevsky)
Variation on a Theme by Mozart (Mozart)
Waltz in A Minor (Dubois)
The Wild Rider (Schumann)

 
 
Pages: 48Language: EnglishPublisher: Alfred

The Fun Books provide additional recital pieces designed for students who require more solo material and are particularly useful when two students are from the same family (Recital Book for one, Fun Book for the other).
 
 
Pages: 64Language: EnglishPublisher: Alfred

The Ensemble Books contain eight 4-part ensembles, carefully coordinated with material in the Lesson Books. Part 1 is a selected favorite from the Fun Book or the Recital Book. Parts 2, 3 and 4 use the same concepts and hand positions at the same level of difficulty. Includes suggested electronic sounds for those ensembles using electronic instruments.
 
 
Pages: 72Language: EnglishPublisher: Alfred

The Sight Reading Books teach sight reading in a systematic way by creating exercises based on the same concepts that students are studying in the Lesson Books. Also includes rhythm sight reading drills and improvisation exercises to develop tactile freedom on the keyboard. Exercises are short and the music is generally easier than the corresponding pages in the Lesson Book.
 
 
Pages: 48Language: EnglishPublisher: Alfred

The Alfred’s Basic Piano Library method offers nine graded series designed to prepare students for a successful learning experience.The Notespeller Book is designed to be used alongside the Lessons books as a supplement and learning aid. This boo is particularly for late beginners and younger students who show particular aptitude in music. It reinforces note reading concepts that are presented in Lesson Book 1, through written exercises and repetition of principles whilst maintaining an interesting course.
 
 
Pages: 48Language: EnglishPublisher: Alfred