Product Description
Developed by Kiyoshi Tamagawa in chamber music workshops with younger pianists, Playing Together presents twelve standard works of keyboard literature for the intermediate to early advanced student combined with added violin and cello parts of moderate difficulty. The piano student who plays these arrangements with the aid of careful coaching will:
1. Gain an introduction to the art of chamber music
2. Learn basic ensemble and rehearsal skills
3. Experience pieces he or she already knows in a new way
4. Have fun making music with others
The string parts occasionally extend beyond the first position; the violin to third position (in the Attwood Sonatina) and the cello to fourth (in the Musette, Attwood Sonatina, Bach G minor Minuet, Heller LAvalanche, and both Petzold Minuets). String students who have not yet studied beyond first position may need to transpose occasional notes or passages an octave downward. More advanced players may of course elect to take even lower passages in alternate positions for musical reasons.
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