Mastering the Piano : Level 1

Mastering the Piano : Level 1

A 7-Volume Series of Motivating Performance Repertoire

Carole L. Bigler & Valery Lloyd-Watts

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This new series features carefully selected performance repertoire of the great masters from all eras. Each piece is accessible to students and creates a feeling of accomplishment. Diverse in style and expression, each selection features melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic patterning to allow for ease in teaching and memorization. The CD, performed by Valery Lloyd-Watts, provides a powerful auditory tool for musical interpretation.

Valery Lloyd-Watts studied at the Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Royal College of Music in London. She earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she studied with Paul Badura-Skoda. She co-authored the text Studying Suzuki Piano: More than Music, which was endorsed by Dr. Suzuki.

Mastering the Piano is a 7-volume series of performance repertoire containing music for pianists of all ages. Featured in each volume : 

1. emotionally satisfying repertoire, carefully selected for accessibility

2. diverse styles and a wide variety of expressive qualities

3. repeated patterns and sequences that are easy to learn by ear and to memorize

4. a CD performed by Valery Lloyd-Watts that provides a powerful auditory learning tool for appropriate musical interpretation