Play it Again Piano Prep Book

Did you use to play the piano? And would you like to play again?

Play it again: Piano - Prep Book prepares returning pianists for Books 1–3 of the successful Play it again series by Melanie Spanswick. It will reunite you with the keyboard using real pieces that cover a wide range of styles and musical periods. It explicitly teaches specific basic techniques and gives tips to get you playing fluently once again. Each of the carefully selected 39 pieces in the Prep Book is accompanied by easy-to-understand practice tips, all designed to get your fingers speeding comfortably across the keys once again! The level of pieces in this book progresses from UK grades pre-grade 1 to grade 1.

“I used to play the piano…”
Aimed at ‘returning’ players who have spent some time away from the keyboard, Play it again: Piano gives you the confidence to revisit this fulfilling pastime and go beyond what you previously thought you could achieve. Each piece is accompanied by two full pages of easy-to-understand practice tips, all designed to get your fingers speeding comfortably across the keys once again! There are more comprehensive Piano Technique and Theory sections at the front and back of each book, so you can also delve deeper to regain a fuller understanding of music and technique.

Play it again Piano: Book 1
Play it again Piano: Book 2
Play it again Piano: Book 3
Women Composers - A Graded Anthology for Piano Book 1
Women Composers - A Graded Anthology for Piano Book 2
Women Composers - A Graded Anthology for Piano Book 3
Ghostly Piano Tales
First Repertoire for Little Pianists - Book 1
First Repertoire for Little Pianists - Book 2

Contents

Introduction
From the Author
How to use Play it again: PIANO
Posture, Hand and Finger Positions
Music Notation and Keyboard Layout
Rhythm and Pulse
Musical Symbol
Late Beginner

Repertoire

• Ave, Generosa by Hildegard of Bingen, arr. Melanie Spanswick
• Study in C from Kinder-Klavierschule by Heinrich Wohlfahrt
• Can Can by Jacques Offenbach, arr. Melanie Spanswick
• Little Melodic Studies for Beginners Op. 187 No. 13 and 14 by Cornelius Gurlitt
• Cradle Song Op. 49 No. 4 by Johannes Brahms, arr. Melanie Spanswick
• Song and Ukrainian Folk Song by Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev
• Cherries and Little Mazurka by Milada Borová and Zdena Janzurová
• Sparkle by Melanie Spanswick
• Ripples by Rosa Conrad
• Scarborough Fair Trad. arr. Melanie Spanswick
• Preparatory
• Old German Dance by Michael Praetorius
• Andante and Allegro moderato from 120 Pieces for Aspiring Beginners by Daniel Gottlob Türk
• Little Invention by Jakub Jan Ryba
• Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9) by Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Melanie Spanswick
• Melody No. 12 (Theme and Variations) from L’ABC du Piano by Félix Le Couppey
• Little Invention from First Term at the Piano, Sz. 53, No. 3 by Béla Bartók
• Canon  by Henk Badings
• Little Waltz by Gunter Kretschmer
• Rock Fever by Hans-Günter Heumann
• Sunday Afternoon Etude by Melanie Spanswick
• The Peacock Princess by Sharon Choi
• Molly Malone Trad. arr. Melanie Spanswick
• Early Elementary
• Minuetto from Harpsichord Suite No. 6 by Anna Bon
• Minuet in C (K. 6) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Dance No. 1 by Sophie Auguste de Weyrauch
• Waltz (Swan Lake) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Hans-Günter Heumann
• On Tip-Toe by Arnoldo Sartorio
• Le petit mendiant from Op. 103, Album for the Very Young by Mélanie Bonis
• NoÑ‘l! by Marguerite Balutet
• Little Dance by Alice Tegnér
• Secret by Barbara Heller
• Louisiana Blues: Swing
• Etude by Melanie Spanswick
• Amazing Grace Trad. arr. Melanie Spanswick

Theory
Piano Practice
Rhythmic Exercises