Level 2 of Mike Cornick's Play the Piano! moves seamlessly on from Level 1 ensuring continuous musical and technical progress for the adult or older teenager. With the raised technical levels the choice of musical genres is even more enriched with arrangements of traditional folk music and music by, for example, J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Mike Cornick, Elton John and more. The result is a feast of beautiful music and the continued guidance from Mike Cornick will help the player develop the technical skills and confidence to interact with the rewarding musical experiences provided by the CDs. Again, at each stage, more pieces may be downloaded FOR FREE from the Universal Edition website.
PLAY THE PIANO!
- Step-by-step learning in playing and reading, starting from absolute scratch, presented in clearly structured stages
- Also suitable for the 'returning beginner'
- Performance pieces in a range of styles from classical and folk through to jazz
- Helpful and stimulating CDs with aural development exercises and recordings of the pieces, many with 'play-along' tracks
- Warm-up exercises
- Even more performance pieces which, together with more supporting material for each stage, are available as FREE DOWNLOADS from the Universal Edition website
Tschaikowsky Peter Iljitsch: Dolly's Funeral
Cornick Mike: Semiquaver Study
Bach Johann Sebastian: Largo
Martini Jean Paul Egide: Plaisir d'amour
Traditional: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Traditional: Morning Has Broken
W. A. Mozart / F. X. Süßmayr: Lacrymosa
Bach Johann Sebastian: Passion Chorale
Cornick Mike: Voicing Exercise 1
Cornick Mike: Voicing Exercise 2
Cornick Mike: Autumn Morning
Cornick Mike: Piano Blues in G
Byrd William: Pavan. The Earle of Salisbury
Bach Johann Sebastian: Invention 1
Chopin Frédéric: Prélude op. 28/20
Chopin Frédéric: Nocturne op. 55/1
Cornick Mike: Stoke Woods
Cornick Mike: Blues for Lydia
Cornick Mike: Bb Study for the Right Hand
Cornick Mike: Bb Study for the Left Hand
Cornick Mike: The Skippy Rag
Traditional: The Water is Wide
Cornick Mike: Minor Bossa
Cornick Mike: Study – Major to Minor
Traditional: Shenandoah
Traditional: David of the White Rock
Cornick Mike: Seventh Heaven
Cornick Mike: Early Morning at Dahouet
Cornick Mike: Chapelle de Trémalo
Traditional: London Bridge is Falling Down
Cornick Mike: The Hickory Rag
Cornick Mike: The London Eye
Cornick Mike: Palace Parade
Cornick Mike: Sonatina in F
Beethoven Ludwig van: Theme from "Six Variations"
Elton John: Your Song
