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Teaching Little Fingers to Play More is a fun-filled and colorfully illustrated follow-up book to Teaching Little Fingers to Play. This book strengthens skills learned while easing the transition into...

Description: Purpose: I wanted young students to work on playing a smooth, lyrical piece, and thus improve their musicianship. Suggestions for Instruction: - Practice the left-hand harmonic intervals...

This elementary piece explores mysterious sounds, using mainly five-finger patterns in melodic lines and in clusters.

Theme and variations (4), from a baroque theme and in 18th century style.

TLF Familiar Tunes is a collection of just that. All of the pieces are very well known, primarily by school-aged children. Suggestions for Instruction: After the student has learned the song, add the...

Description: Southpaw Swing is a late elementary solo, very frisky in its mood! Purpose: To work the LH with easy, repeated rhythmic patterns and to have fun. Suggestions for Instruction: I would firs...

A short A-B-A piece that captures the funny character of a clown at the circus.

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Description: Staccatos and legatos combine in this song to help develop technique. Some syncopation is included. There are dynamic changes throughout to give color to this jazzy little swinging piece....

A spectacular jazz solo in 3 movements, Austin's second jazz suite is as challenging as it is satisfying.

Description: Fire Dance! is a lively, rhythmical piece written in the key of C minor. It's a real audience pleaser! Purpose: *Practice in dynamic changes. *Challenges student to maintain a steady temp...

A standard and highly effective recital favorite.

Sixteen biographical sketches of great masters with themes from their famous works. Simplified for young students in piano classes; also suitable for individual instruction.

A petite waltz.