Overview
Piano Sketches 1 is a fabulous new collection of easy pieces for younger pianists around the level of Grades 2-3. The pieces include a broad range of appealing and accessible styles and will delight student and listener alike, as well as helping to reinforce technical skills. Get ready to groove with the 'Frog Boogie', indulge in the beautiful harmonies of 'Lullaby', be transported by the energetic rhythms of the Scottish and Cuban dances, and sample the sounds of the Orient. As well as being great fun to play, these pieces offer young pianists an adventure in texture, melody, and harmony and will support formal study.
Full Product Details
Author: Vitalij Neugasimov
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780193413276
ISBN 10: 0193413272
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 21 July 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Book
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
After struggling to find appropriate pieces that would engage her pupils and help their technical development, Liudmila [Neugasimova] commissioned her brother, Vitalij, to compose new and original piano pieces. The objective was to provide young pianists with fun, enjoyable, appealing and accessible material to play, which was at the same time educational, imaginative and rewarding. Vitalij got to work and composed pieces that have proved to be an instant hit with player and listener alike . . . All the pieces have great individual character and offer different challenges, as well as scope for development and enhancement of musical skills. The pieces are beautifully crafted, meeting the needs of teachers and students. This quality has been recognised by ABRSM who selected 'Lullaby' from book 1 for the Piano Exam Pieces 2015 & 2016 Grade 2. * Piano Professional, October 2016 * . . . Vitalij Neugasimov's two books of Piano Sketches are among those that you really DON'T want to miss! . . . Neugasimov writes with personality and panache . . . all Neugasimov's pieces have a fresh contemporary feel to them - they really are a cut above the pastiche and faux-jazz offerings sometimes found elsewhere . . . both collections really are 'bang on the money' from cover to cover. . . . the books combine . . . striking cover artwork, clean, spacious music engraving, excellent editing, and judicious fingering. The Piano Sketches books are, then, something very special indeed. Piano Sketche and Piano Sketches Duets between them provide a rich and varied selection of contemporary music that intermediate students will very likely find appealing and fun to play, while developing sound technical skills, a more alert sense of style, and in the case of the Duet books, enjoyment playing with others. * pianodao.com, May 2018 *
Author Information
Vitalij Neugasimov trained as a pianist, organist, and teacher. He worked at Vilnius choir singing school, 'Liepaites', from 1999 until 2012, serving as Head of the Jazz Department between 2001 and 2009.
