Get Set! Piano Christmas Crackers contains over 30 carols for the beginner pianist, featuring a range of techniques and quizzes to support musical development from the very first lessons to Grade 2. Full of festive favourites such as Jingle bells, Silent night and Deck the halls, with a few lesser known carols included for good measure, many of the pieces have simple but effective teacher duet parts to encourage ensemble playing from the start. The book is illustrated throughout in the charming Get Set! style, and students are encouraged to decorate and colour in the drawings to reflect their progress. Packed with fantastic, tried-and-tested arrangements and a variety of fun activities to reinforce learning, this is the ultimate beginner piano Christmas book!

Get Set! Piano – Christmas Crackers

Children's Books

Blackwell, David

Marshall, Karen

Arts, Music & Photography

HarperCollins, UK

Basic Statistics

McGraw=Hill

Fiddle Time Joggers

EASTWOOD, John

Blackwell, Kathy

Oxford University Press

Descripción Cello Time Sprinters is the third book in this hugely successful series, building on the firm technical and stylistic foundations of Joggers and Runners by featuring extended pieces in first position, and fourth position pieces. The book includes original pieces in different styles, pieces by a range of composers, and duets with parts of equal difficulty, together with CDs of performances and backings. Straightforward piano accompaniments are available in a separate volume.

Cello Time Sprinters: A third book of pieces for cello

Arts & Photography

Music

Oxford University Press Music

Building on the success of the Viola Time series, Viola Time Starters provides the best possible foundation for the budding string player. Carefully paced to suit young learners, the book supports players through the important early stages.

Viola Time Starters + CD: A beginner book for viola

Cello Time Starters is a great beginner book for the budding cellist. Carefully paced to suit young learners, it supports players through the important early stages, step by step-from how to hold your instrument and bow, through basic notation, to exciting pieces in a range of styles. With plenty of entertaining illustrations and a CD to play along to, with Cello Time it really is fun to play!

Cello Time Starters

Fiddle Time Starters is a great beginner book for the budding violinist. Carefully paced to suit young learners, it supports players through the important early stages, step by step-from how to hold your instrument and bow, through basic notation, to exciting pieces in a range of styles. With plenty of entertaining illustrations and a CD to play along to, with Fiddle Time Starters it really is fun to play!

Fiddle Time Starters + CD: A Beginner Book for Violin by Blackwell, Kathy, Blackwell, David (2012) Sheet music

A complete resource book for teachers of beginner strings (violin, viola, cello), giving a wealth of creative ideas on aspects of technique and general musicianship. Around 50 activities - songs, games, warm ups, and pieces - are presented with teacher's notes and all relevant musical material. Practical and accessible, the material is designed to be used very flexibly, and is suitable for group and individual lessons, junior string groups, and whole class lessons including Wider Opportunities.  An accompanying CD has performances and backing tracks for all the activities. It also includes a wealth of supplementary pdf pages for unlimited free printing, including pupils' parts in treble, alto, and bass clefs and flash-cards for teaching reading skills. The book also links with the new Starters books for violin, viola, and cello, with some of the pieces printed there.  With an emphasis throughout on learning through enjoyment, this is a must-have book for all teachers of young string players.

Starters Teacher's Handbook: Notes and accompaniments for Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time Starters (All String Time)

Dip into this stockingful of easy Christmas music for viola! Unwrap a traditional carol, dance to the 'Skaters' Waltz' and a 'Christmas Calypso', and pull a cracker full of solos and duets. With words to sing along, chords for guitar or keyboard, and a fantastic play-along CD, Viola Time Christmas is the perfect gift for any young viola player.

Viola Time Christmas: A stockingful of 32 easy pieces for viola

In this collection you'll find fun and accessible piano accompaniments for the 32 well-known Christmas carols and pieces featured in the Fiddle Time and Viola Time Christmas melody books. Accompaniments are labelled with the relevant instruments and the differences between violin and viola melodies are indicated throughout. Essential for teachers and musical parents, this book will help motivate all young violin and viola players as they learn to play.

Fiddle Time and Viola Time Christmas Piano Accompaniment Book

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