The number one choice of piano teachers everywhere now has new artwork, new engravings, and new fingering revisions. These piano solo arrangements of traditional and popular Christmas favorites include the lyrics so others may join in the Christmas spirit! Titles include: Angels from the Realms of Glory * Deck the Halls * Good King Wenceslas * I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus * I Saw Three Ships * The Wassail Song and more.

Contains themes by six American Ragtime composers.

Short, progressive exercises are easy to learn and fun to practice and they develop strength in all ten fingers!

Titles are: Down in the Valley * Funiculi, Funicula * Greensleeves * Happy Birthday * I've Been Working on the Railroad * Lavender's Blue * Listen to the Mockingbird * Mexican Clap Hands Dance * My Wild Irish Rose * On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away * On Top of Old Smoky * Over the River and Through the Woods * Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

A practical volume to follow the SCHAUM NOTE SPELLER, Book Two. This is a book that can be used by instrumental and vocal teachers who want their students to know some of the essentials of harmony, but who haven't the time to teach it as a separate subject. Thus, a piano teacher, for example, can teach harmony in conjunction with the regular piano lesson. At the end of Book II, we have employed harmony in an accompaniment sense rather than in the traditional four-part harmony way. Transposition has been treated both melodically and harmonically.

A practical volume that can be used by instrumental and vocal teachers who want their students to know some of the essentials of harmony, but who haven't the time to teach it as a separate subject. Thus, a piano teacher, for example, can teach harmony in conjunction with the regular piano lesson. At the end of Book 2, students will be able to harmonize melodies using a variety of harmonic accompaniment patterns. Also included are exercises in transposition and composition.

The perfect answer for broken fingers, broken arms, sprained wrists, fingers with band-aids, and arms with casts. Titles are: Can't Help Singing * Silvery Waves * Deep Valley * Rolling Along * Plus and Minus * Sunset Waltz * Out of the Past * Spring Song * Arkansas Traveler * Serenade * Two Is Company (duet) * Memories of You * Doing Things on a Big Scale * The Futile Courtship * Robin Adair * Halo on the Moon * Longing and more.

Titles are: Dream Dust * The Gypsy Baron (Waltz Theme) * Revolving Door * Washington's March * Spiral Staircase * Evening Sun * Nocturne * The Squirrel and the Acorns * In the Subway * Flashes in the Harbor * Sunken Gardens * Prelude * The Silent Rose * Album Leaf * Scotch Poem * Chorale * Sextet from Lucia.

A new edition of a practical and proven method for children ages 7 to 11. Helps teach good music reading habits. Combines eye, ear and finger training. Includes full color illustrations, music dictionary, built-in flash cards, reference pages, and technic preparatory drills. Optional duet accompaniments provide rhythmic training and ensemble experience. Many practical and clever ideas for practice variety, review, recitals, and technic development.

Creative Approach for Teaching Ages 7 to 11 -- Legato pedal, accents, grace notes, trills. Early Intermediate.

A new edition of a practical and proven method for children ages 7 to 11. Helps teach good music reading habits. Combines eye, ear and finger training. Includes full color illustrations, music dictionary, built-in flash cards, reference pages, and technic preparatory drills. Optional duet accompaniments provide rhythmic training and ensemble experience. Many practical and clever ideas for practice variety, review, recitals, and technic development.

This unique WRITING BOOK consists of a series of music history stories. Many of the words appear in notation so that the student will need to read notes in order to comprehend each composer's biography. The "Music History Speller" is recommended for all music students: instrumental, piano, and general classroom music. The contents are especially valuable for study in music appreciation classes. Music appreciation and note reading are developed simultaneously.

The Schaum Note Speller has the unqualified testimonial of thousands of teachers who pronounce it 'The Best.' Musical facts, beginning with line and space numbers are taught. Students learn by doing, since this book is in workbook form. This saves valuable lesson time, and immediately shows any mistakes in the beginner's thinking.

The Schaum Note Speller has the unqualified testimonial of thousands of teachers who pronounce it 'The Best.' Musical facts, beginning with line and space numbers are taught. Students learn by doing, since this book is in workbook form. This saves valuable lesson time, and immediately shows any mistakes in the beginner's thinking.

A Story Book with Many Words in Notation.

The John W. Schaum RHYTHM SPELLER makes no attempt to teach the feeling of rhythm. That would require the guidance of a competent teacher. The RHYTHM SPELLER does aim to present an understanding of note and rest values so that the student will be able to comprehend the raw materials that combine to make rhythm: the fractional values of notes, rests, beats, measures, etc. The Schaum Theory Lessons and Note Spellers have stressed pitch and staff recognition primarily and delayed fractional problems to conform with the pupil's mental readiness. For that reason, this detailed and comprehensive rhythmic study is presented as a follow-on to these first writing books. A Teacher's Answer Key is provided in the back

Each piece is perfectly fine as a solo, but also has a nice accompaniment. The 11 songs include: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Thirty-Two Feet and Eight Little Tails * The Little Drummer Boy * I'll Be Home for Christmas. The earliest beginners will be pleased and proud to play these pieces.

The SCHAUM SIGHT READING Books are designed to provide intersesting material to increase the pupil's skill in reading. Finger numbers have been omitted so that the student may concentrate on NOTE READING without any distraction. Book 1 can be used as early as the Pre-A Grade level. Book 2 is Grade 1 or "A" Book degree of difficulty.

A progression of book one, this is a valuable teaching tool. There are a variety of styles, rhythms and keys, making sure that the student cannot just "guess and play." Of course, there are no finger numbers, so students must read the notes. And there is the typical Schaum mix of serious and humorous lyrics.

Time honored and time tested, the Theory Lessons book has earned a face lift. Completely re-engraved, with color highlights on each page, the book is fresh and new-looking, while retaining the valuable theory studies which have made it an indispensable tool in studios across the land. Pages are perforated for optional removal from the book, allowing the teacher the opportunity to send home just a page at a time if desired. Progression of skill building is logical and easily presented. This is a theory book that takes a minimum of lesson time, a definite plus.

It's clean and clear, easy to teach and easy to understand. The Schaum theory books have helped countless students to learn the nitty-gritty of the music in their books, and with the attractive revisions, the process has become easier. Continuing the format established in Book One, the re-engraved pages are highlighted in red to help the student focus at a glance at the feature of each lesson. Perforated pages provide the teacher with a variety of ways to utilize the book. Good for any age student, this is a valuable teaching tool.

Discover What Makes Music Happen - Accompaniment & melody patterns, triplets, trills, grace notes. Early Intermediate.