Helen Marlais
Pianist, Pedagogue, Pedagogical author.
8 festive selections Holiday activity pages Pianistic arrangements Includes lyrics and short intros TABLE OF CONTENTS: Jingle Bells Silent Night (Stille Nacht) Away in a Manger The Skaters Waltz What Child is This O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) The First Noel Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
A part of the Intervallic Reading Series, Be A Star! Hymns, Book 3 provides supplemental repertoire that strengthens students’ reading abilities quickly. Practice strategies that focus on blocking, finger placement, and directional reading are included throughout the book. Two medleys are included in the 10 selections. Titles include: Morning Has Broken; Jesus Paid It Al; Near...
In Book 3, the early intermediate to mid-intermediate piano student will further their understanding of compositional forms, chords, phrases, intervals, and patterns within a piece of music. Following Helen Marlais’ carefully crafted practice strategies, the students’ awareness and ability to identify and label these forms, chords, and intervals, allows them to gain the freedom to...
Book 4 provides a perfect balance of styles to traditional repertoire with pieces by Judith R. Strickland, Kevin Olson, Valerie Roth Roubos, David Karp, Melody Bober, Martín Cuéllar, and Timothy Brown. The free downloads help students learn quickly and motivate them to explore all of the offerings in this engaging book! Sure to please students...
Use Energize Your Fingers Every Day® to develop natural, healthy technique from the very beginning! Students develop healthy, tension-free technique through sets of short exercises to be mastered weekly. Engaging illustrations and titles help students connect technique with music. This series can be used will all piano methods to ensure excellent technical skills.
Use Energize Your Fingers Every Day® to develop correct technique from the very beginning! Students develop healthy, tension-free technique through sets of short exercises to be mastered weekly. Engaging illustrations and titles help students connect technique with music. This series can be used with all piano methods to ensure excellent technical skills.
In Book 3 of Etudes with Technique, new techniques covered include: five-finger patterns and octave scales; independence of hands; triads and inversions; trills; chordal playing; and two-note slurs. Each technique is supported by several etudes to thoroughly exercise the technique. This book is correlated to The Festival Collection®, Book 3, and Succeeding with the Masters®...
This Early Intermediate level book utilizes dotted-quarter notes followed by eighth notes and sixteenth notes, one-octave arpeggios in one hand, and an introduction to the blues style. This book is a perfect stepping-stone to Intermediate level duet repertoire. Features arrangements of Hava Nagila; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; St. Louis Blues; Canon in D and more, plus...
In Book 4, we welcome contributions by Martín Cuéllar (a lyrical etude), David Karp (a Halloween piece and an equal-part duet), and Kevin Costley (an arrangement of America the Beautiful), along with showpieces by Melody Bober and Kevin Olson, who has also arranged a classical theme solo of Offenbach’s Barcarolle. New elements include: sixteenth note...
Book 4 of In Recital® Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a “Preparing for Success” practice guide, a “Creating a Story” feature, and “During and After the Recital,” as part of a progressive discussion on the art of performance. New elements include: sixteenth note patterns, compound meters, inversions of major, minor, and diminished I,...
