Bigtime Piano Christmas Level 4

(Faber Piano Adventures ). An entertaining collection of traditional and popular Christmas songs arranged to offer a variety of sounds and styles. Includes: Carol of the Bells * The First Noel * Hallelujah Chorus (from Handel's Messiah ) * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * A Holly Jolly Christmas * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * O Come, O Come Emmanuel * O Holy Night * Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Silent Night * What Child Is This? * Winter Wonderland.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Christmas favorites arranged to correspond with the Level 4 Lesson Book. Contents include: Ave Maria * Housetop Boogie * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * Silent Night * Waltz of the Flowers * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * Fum, Fum, Fum.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). This book is a treasury of the most popular and most requested masterworks of Western music. The selections are taken from original non-keyboard sources and arranged to create a "big" sound while remaining within the intermediate level. Contents include: Arioso (from Cantata No. 156) by J.S. Bach * Canon in D by Pachelbel * Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens * The Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition ) by Mussorgsky * Habanera (from the opera Carmen ) by Bizet * Hornpipe (from Water Music ) by Handel * Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms * Liebesfreud by Kreisler * Rondeau (from Suite de Symphonies No. 1 ) by Mouret * Russian Sailor's Dance (from the opera Sadko ) by Rimsky-Korsakov * Spring Song by Mendelssohn * Tales from the Vienna Woods (Opus 325) by J. Strauss, Jr. * Theme from Symphony No. 40 by Mozart.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). BigTime Studio Collection draws from the best pieces in the BigTime Level 4 Supplementary Library, offering nine exceptional student favorites in a full array of genres and styles. A current song from the pop charts is featured as a Bonus Hit to entertain and inspire the intermediate pianist! Songs include: Canon in D * The Pink Panther * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Morning Has Broken * Rock Around the Clock * 100 Years * Autumn Leaves * Deep River * Solace. Plus the Special Bonus Hit: Gangnam Style!

(Faber Piano Adventures ). By Level 4 students are sightreading variations on Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag," new settings of Grieg's "Hall of the Mountain King," and patterned variations of Bach's "Prelude in C." Rhythm patterns become more complex with the dotted eighth to sixteenth; harmonic patterns advance to the V7 chord in root position and sharp key signatures of D, A and E major.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). The Popular Repertoire Book combines popular hits with imaginative "Activity Pages" that explore rhythm, note reading, and theory fundamentals. Level 4 includes: Ashokan Farewell * Change the World (recorded by Eric Clapton) * The Greatest Love of All (recorded by Whitney Houston) * If You Believe (recorded by Jim Brickman) * I Will Remember You (recorded by Sarah McLachlan) * "Jurassic Park" (Theme from) * Mr. Bojangles * New York, New York (Theme From) (recorded by Frank Sinatra) * The Way It Is (recorded by Bruce Hornsby).

(Faber Piano Adventures ). A collection of Christmas and winter holiday favorites arranged to provide work on arpeggios, scales, 2-hand gestures, balance between hands, balance within the hand, chord voicing, and octave playing all within a delightful musical context. Includes: Skaters' Waltz * Jingle Bells * Auld Lang Syne * A Celebration of Carols (A Christmas medley containing O Little Town of Bethlehem, We Three Kings, and Good Christian Men) * Silent Night * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * and more.