Description:

Book A

These original piano solos offer students at the early elementary level the opportunity to explore a variety of styles, techniques, and moods. Within the pieces in this collection, the hands share a single-line melody, with no hands-together playing or harmonic intervals. Challenges include reading accidentals and playing melodies that have steps, skips, and the interval of a 4th. Titles: A Famous Movie Star * How Sporting of Me * Insects * It's a Celebration * The King's Ugly Clothes * Old Norse Sagas * Playing Minecraft * The Silk Road * Spicy Wings * Twilight and Dawn * Unicorns Are Real.

Book B

These original piano solos offer students at the elementary level the opportunity to explore a variety of styles, techniques, and moods. The pieces require some hands-together playing and harmonic intervals. Challenges include reading accidentals and playing melodies that have intervals from 2nds through 5ths. Titles: The Big Escape * Game Master * The Mummy * Oath to the Earth * Roaming Drone * Space Police * Squeaky Clean * Swiss Echoes * The Top of the Skyscraper * Watch Out for Popcorn * The Wild Ride.

Book C

These original piano solos offer students at the late elementary level the opportunity to explore a variety of styles, techniques, and moods. The pieces in this collection use the various registers of the piano and require some hands-together playing. Challenges include reading in the keys of G major and F major, playing melodic and harmonic intervals of a 6th, simple pedaling, and more frequent hand shifts. Titles: Black Widow's Wedding * The Brand-New You * Feelin' Terrific * The Gentle Giant * The Leprechaun * Lure of the Mermaids * Numero Uno * Of Pirates and Gold * Rich and Famous * Seaside Scavenger * What Is Blue?