The Adventures of Fearless Fortissimo - the Carloforte Trilogy, Episode 1

Author: Andrea Dow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781725571617
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
The Adventures of Fearless Fortissimo is the Bam, the Zzzwap, and the Kapow for teaching children who crave action to love piano lessons. Each book in the collection turns original piano pieces into the backdrop for a thrilling comic adventure. As your children learn the music they become the driving force behind the story. Drawn into the tale, they will be keen to perfect each new piece to help the story unfold.The Carloforte Trilogy, Episode 1 is the first of three books in The Adventures of Fearless Fortissimo, Series 1. The 10 piano pieces are composed for children aged nine to twelve who are working in a Level 2 method book.

Fortissimo

Author: William Murray
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
This insider look at what it takes to make it in the world of opera is unveiled through the lives of 12 young singers at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Bravo Fortissimo Glenn Gould

Author: Helen Mesaros
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504

Book Description
"Bravo Fortissimo Glen Gould" is an exceptionally written psychobiography of piano virtuoso Glenn Gould, the musical genius who was said to hold a magical power over his audience. His untimely death at age fifty prompted the author to conduct extensive research into Gould's life. Richly nformative, entertaining, and wonderfully thought-provoking, readers will find it to be a truly "human" sotry that uncovers Gould's life one layer at a time.

ROAR-chestra!

Author: Robert Heidbreder
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525302744
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Musical terms come to life, and kids get to join in! A rhythmic poem is paired with exuberant illustrations of a conductor and his animal orchestra to convey the meanings of seven musical terms. The text contains a succinct physical definition for each term. For example, to define glissando the text reads, “Gently gliding, slipping, sliding.” And in the illustrations, the animals use movement to interpret this description, flowing across the spread as if rolling on a wave. Readers will find it easy to learn the terms — and will have great fun playing along! Staccato. Adagio. Allegro. Fortissimo. What child can resist pronouncing these words — or performing them!

Nothing Happens in This Book

Author: Judy Ann Sadler
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525300997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47

Book Description
Reader, don’t waste your time with this book. You might as well stick this book back on the shelf. Or toss it under your bed. You don’t need to read it because nothing happens. Or, wait, is that something? It’s a trumpet without a trumpeter. And there’s a tiny car without a driver. And a baton without a twirler. Maybe if you keep turning the pages, you’ll find out who is missing these items. Maybe they are all together, about to do something surprising. Maybe something does happen after all — something amazing! Kids will be hooked as they embark on a quest to find this (seemingly) missing story!

Piano Forte Pianissimo Fortissimo Crescendo Diminuendo Sforzanado Ritardando

Author: Jhwh Publishing
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781731072597
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Are you looking for a beautiful gift for that special someone? This is a blank, lined journal that is perfect for you or your friends, whether kids, women or men who Music and Music Theory. Use it as Logbook, Notebook, Journal or Diary! Other details include: 110 pages, 6x9, white paper and a beautiful matte-finished cover. Make sure to look at our other products for more journal ideas.

The Really Awful Musicians

Author: John Manders
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547328206
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
A wacky tall tale about how musicians first learned to play together. All the musicians in the kingdom are so awful that the king sends his men-at-arms to round up musicians and feed them to the royal crocodiles. Pipe and drum player Piffaro heads for the border, collecting other refugee musicians on the way.

Murder Fortissimo

Author: Nicola Slade
Publisher: Williams & Whiting
ISBN: 9781912582204
Category : Extortion
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
Retired headmistress Harriet Quigley finds no end of suspects while investigating the death of blackmailer Christiane Marchant, who was universally disliked by the staff and guests at the posh residential home where Christiane met her end.

Child of Fortune

Author: Norman Spinrad
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575117265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401

Book Description
In the exotic interstellar civilization of the Second Starfaring Age, youthful wanderers are known as Children of Fortune. This is the tale of one such wanderer, who seeks her destiny on an odyssey of self-discovery amid humanity's many worlds.

WunderKeys Elementary Piano Level 1A

Author: Trevor Dow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781793022967
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
Need to know where to go when your piano students are finished their primer series? WunderKeys Elementary Piano Level 1A is your answer! This level 1 piano method book is, in a word... LOVEABLE. It will be loved by teachers for its all-in-one approach that enables them to deliver "out of this world" piano lessons packed with creative teaching strategies, "pick-a-path" sight-reading modules, technical exercises, "lap and clap" rhythmic duet experiences, game-based ear training, enjoyable teacher duets, and of course... a ton of exciting piano solos. It will be loved by students for its hilarious, story-based approach, its unique game-based learning activities, its shared teacher/student music-making experiences, and its, "Can I please play this one more time!" piano pieces. Finally, it will be loved by parents whose investment in piano lessons is rewarded now that they finally don't have to fight with their kids to practice at home. In this book, that follows the WunderKeys Primer Piano Series, students will: Continue their exploration of note reading on the grand staff. Add expression using staccato, legato, crescendo, diminuendo and pedal. Identify and play harmonic and melodic intervals of a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Improve coordination, gain confidence playing "out of position," explore mid-piece hand movement. Reinforce rhythmic accuracy, gain a sense of pulse, and explore rest values. If your kids have completed a primer series and are ready for a Level 1 book that will turn them into lifelong students who LOVE the piano, continue their journey with WunderKeys Level 1A.