Piano Star 1 / 24 pieces for young pianists
| Publisher | ABRSM Publishing |
| Genre: |
music for children, pupils and students
spirituals, folk, country & traditional |
| Arrangement: | piano |
| Cast: | solo |
| Difficulty: | Beginner |
| Lyrics language: | English |
| Format: | book |
Related products
Parameters
| Product code: | ABR499249 |
| Composer: | Various Composers |
| Author / Editor: |
Blackwell, David
Greally, Aisling |
| No. of songs: | 24 |
| Pages: | 32 |
| Language: | English |
| Size: | 23 x 31 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781848499249 |
| Weight: | 132 g |
Songlist (24)
- Start the Music! [David Blackwell]
- White sand and grey sand [Trad. Cameroonian]
- Bobby Shafto's gone to sea [Trad. English]
- Granny's footsteps [Mike Cornick]
- Grasshopper jig [Sarah Watts]
- Scarlet lanterns [Jane Sebba]
- Watch your step [Edmund Jolliffe ]
- A sad story [Jane Sebba]
- Secret mission [Andrew Eales]
- London bells [Trad. English]
- Double decker [Kathy Blackwell]
- After school [Aisling Greally]
- Ice on the pond [Jane Sebba]
- Five little speckled frogs [Trad.]
- Bike Ride [Jane Sebba]
- Old McDonald had a drum [Trad. American]
- Top-down tortoise [Alasdair Spratt]
- My best sandwich [David Blackwell]
- The path [Trad.]
- Bouncing ball bop [Karen Marshall]
- Shopping trolley rag [Alan Bullard]
- Teh o'clock tiptoe [Sarah Watts]
- Incy wincy spider [Trad.]
- Who built the Ark? [Trad.]
Product description
Piano Star is an exciting series for young pianists, offering a rich selection of new repertoire to help players build confidence and musical skills. Piano Star 1 is suitable for learners who have worked through a first tutor and includes compositions by David Blackwell, Jane Sebba, Nancy Litten, Mike Cornick, Sarah Watts, Edmund Jolliffe, Andrew Eales, Kathy Blackwell, Aisling Greally, Alan Bullard, Alasdair Spratt, and Karen Marshall.
Key features of the series:
- Solo pieces, plus a number of duets
- A rich mix of musical styles, with techniques introduced progressively
- Fun extension activities
- Beautifully illustrated
David Blackwell is English composer, arranger and music teacher. He studied music at Edinburgh University. He has written and edited a wide range of educational music for strings and for piano, including Piano Mix and Piano Star (ABRSM), The Foundation Pianist (Faber, 2 vols.), Get Set Piano Christmas Crackers (HarperCollins) and pieces in Piano Time series. His choral and organ music is published in the UK and America, and includes Carols for Choirs book 5, In the Mood and Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists, six volumes of hymn preludes.
