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Featuring all the basic techniques of piano playing from time signatures to changing hand positions, this guide provides all you need to develop essential skills and improve your performance.

A beautifully illustrated story bringing to life all that is wonderful about the flute. Created in partnership with, and featuring music downloads by, the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO).Follow flute player, Sonja, as she plucks up the courage to play a flute solo in tonight's concert. Discover how the flute is played, the different sounds it can make, and its role within the orchestra. Listen along to the vibrant concert performance at the end.With panels that offer suggestions for music to lis...

Turn it up! The newest addition to the nonfiction Eureka! series is a "biography" of guitars, an essential invention that gets people rocking. With a timeline spanning from the first time someone strummed a string stretched across a hollow object to electric guitars that bring stadiums of people to their feet today, Guitar is a fun and informative look at the development of an invention that adds music to our lives. This STEAM nonfiction title is part of the Eureka! series, with each book focusi...

There’s a concert in the forest tonight. Listen to the magical music as Squirrel, Mole, Weasel, Badger and Fox play their parts, then all perform together. A charming picture book with a sound panel with musical sounds. A wonderful introduction to different musical instruments, and how they sound on their own and together. Music by Anthony Marks.

A beautifully illustrated story bringing to life all that is wonderful about the clarinet. Created in partnership with, and featuring music downloads by, The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO).Meet clarinet player, Ed, as he shares his music and passion for the clarinet with a class of enthusiastic school children. Discover how the instrument is made, how it is played and its role within the orchestra. Join the students at Ed's energetic orchestra concert performance of the Firebird.With panels tha...

The Orchestra, a non-fiction book for children, introduces musical instruments, basic musical concepts and the symphonic orchestra. The very straight-forward text is accompanied by playful, but accurate, drawings. A number of musical concepts are explored, among them harmony, tempo and dynamics. The role of the composer and conductor are explored and each musical instrument described. A subplot, apparent only through the illustrations, shows two children who wend their way through the orchestra'...

*The funniest band in the world, The Horne Section (fronted by Taskmaster's Alex Horne), tell you everything you need to know to be a music genius - with bizarre tales, absurd history and unbelievable facts.*'An explosion of silliness . . the whole family will get something from it' Guardian on The Horne Section TV showWith FUNNY tales, ABSURD history and UNBELIEVABLE facts, this mind-blowing guide to music can help anyone become a sound-making sensation.In this book, you'll find answers to thos...

Brassy, smokey, melodious. There's nothing like the saxophone. This incredible work from the award-winners behind Before She was Harriet includes a poster of jazz music's greatest talents. You may think that the story of the saxophone begins with Dexter Gordon or Charlie Parker, or on a street corner in New Orleans. It really began in 1840 in Belgium with a young daydreamer named Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax—a boy with bad luck but great ideas. Coretta Scott King Honoree Lesa Cline-Ransome unrav...

The popular beginner instruction books for kids with fun exercises, theory and easy songs to play. An exciting new course by Heather Hammond and Karen Marshall, written specially for the twenty-first century child. The tried and tested progression guides beginners from their very first lesson through to Prep test level. Provides a holistic approach to music with plenty of fun activities covering: Note learningAural skillsMusic theoryComposing Packed with f...

A bold, bright and educational bilingual board book - children learn the words for music in two languages! This new title in Milet's popular board book series features a one-page spread on each featured musical instrument and musician. The images are photographs embellished with illustration, so they are fresh and creative but still simple and clear. Below each image is the word for the musical instrument and the musician in English and the second language in large, bold text. A highly enjoyable...

Guaranteed to enrich a toddler's vocabulary, this simple and fun series of bilingual board books is ideal for helping children discover a foreign language. Highlighting more complex concepts that go beyond colors and numbers, titles in the series feature jobs, music, opposites, and sports. This collection combines photographs, bright illustrations, and dual-language words in clear, bold text. Suitable for both individuals and groups, these books are a child's perfect introduction to exploring ot...