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Six Short Pieces for Solo Piano
Arthur Frackenpohl
Cat.#10060
$5.00
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Black Jack-pentatonic; Duo-contrapuntal and lydian; Polka-F major, syncopation; Happy-F major;
Heartbeat Waltz-C major extended tonality; Tick-Tock 6/8 time and hand crossings. This is great supplementary literature
for young students.
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• Elementary
• Many different styles of pieces.
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Dorian Dance
Arthur Frackenpohl
Cat.#10061
$3.00
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A lively modal romp in 7/8. Good introduction to mixed meter. Uses fourths and fifths.
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• Late beginner / early intermediate
• Student saver
• Duration 1 minute.
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Mixo March
Arthur Frackenpohl
Cat.#10062
$3.00
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A strong articulation study with a simple hand crossing and happy melodies.
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• Late beginner / early intermediate
• Duration 1½ minutes.
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Genesee March
Arthur Frackenpohl
Cat.#10064
$3.00
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Parallel chords in a jaunty rhythm make for a excellent style study. Good compound meter study.
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• Late beginner / early intermediate
• Duration 1½ minutes.
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Intriguing Improvisations for Piano
Peter Arnstein
Cat.# 10027
$7.00
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These late elementary pieces are partly written out and partly left blank, with the blank areas to be
filled in by the performer's improvisation or composition. Suggestions for filling in those blank areas are given for each piece.
There are completely written out versions which can be used to give the students ideas to start their own improvisations, or they
can be learned as finished pieces themselves. Arnstein has some humorous and clever pieces called The Impudent Right Hand, The
Incredible Shrinking Scale, Rats in the Sewer to name a few. This is a great book for group classes where the students are
learning basic improvisation and composition.
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• Late elementary
• 17 pieces, 37 pages
• Good book for group classes where the students are learning basic improvisation and composition.
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Saturday at the Movies
Robert Donahue
Cat.# 10184
$7.00
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The ten pieces included in this volume are descriptive with tuneful phrases,
and they teach a variety of articulations. Every piece has the scale and chords prominently displayed for
students to understand the harmonic development, and perhaps be inspired to create their own melodies.
Pieces are tonal and in a variety of keys. The titles are: A Love Story, Ballerina, Dreaming Dancers,
Mademoiselle, Moonscape, October Song, Rascals, Silk, The Game's Afoot, Valentine. Highly recommended.
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• Late elementary / early intermediate
• Descriptive, fun solos which are good for recitals or festivals.
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The Drive-In: Creature Double Features
Robert Donahue
Cat.# 10183
$7.00
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The ten pieces included in this volume are descriptive with tuneful phrases,
and they teach a variety of articulations. Every piece has the scale and chords prominently displayed for
students to understand the harmonic development, and perhaps be inspired to create their own melodies.
Pieces are tonal and in a variety of keys. The titles are: Cloak and Dagger, Corsair, Coyote Caper, Ghost
Patrol, Harlequin Dance, Munchy Monster March, Prowling Cats, Skullduggery, Spooky Lane, Zombie Dance.
Highly recommended.
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• Late elementary / early intermediate
• 17 pieces, 37 pages
• Descriptive, fun solos which are good for recitals or festivals.
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Little Birthday Suite
Arthur Frackenpohl
Cat.#10080
$4.00
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This set contains a Waltz, a Bossa Boogie and Variations. The famous Happy Birthday to You
tune is cleverly quoted amidst the original material.
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• Early intermediate
• NYSSMA selection
• Duration 3 minutes.
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Six Pieces for Kelly
Jack Gallagher
Cat.# 10038
$6.00
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March, Lullaby, Piping Song, Chanson d’Insouciance, Folk Song, Balkan Dance:
These six short exciting contemporary solos (3 fast, 2 slow, 1 moderate tempo) are sure to delight your students of all ages.
Piano and Keyboard has given wonderful reviews of Gallagher’s music-exuberant, energizing, tuneful, substantial
compositions. Changing meters and expanded tonalities make these pieces good material for teaching contemporary idioms.
Each piece or group of pieces could be used as excellent recital pieces. Highly recommended.
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• Early intermediate / intermediate
• Well crafted recital solos.
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Piano Technique Concepts Book 1
Fifty Lithuanian Folk Etudes to Develop Technique, Sight-Reading and Musicianship
arranged by Nijole Boguta Dedinas
Cat.#10034
$10.00
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Ms. Dedinas, a native of Lithuania, has arranged these 50 folk etudes which can be used for
many areas of musicianship. The book is divided into the following sections: building hand position, phrasing, thirds,
repeated notes, scale passages, Alberti bass, chords, and syncopation. Each short etude is in AB form that can be easily
analyzed and readily memorized They will strongly impart to the ear the tonic-subdominant-dominant harmonic relationship.
The etudes can be used for sightreading and then transposed. They can be used as a starting point for composition and
improvisation. This book is essential material for transfer students who need work in all of these areas and for the piano
class or piano proficiency class.This text was given one the highest ratings of a new text in Lithuania. “The author is
well-acquainted with the expressive qualities of the piano and understands well the methodology of piano technique.” -
A. Jurgelionis, director of the M.K. Ciurlionis School of the arts, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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• Early intermediate/intermediate
• Excellent for developing sightreading using I-IV-V progressions.
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