A fun and easy way to learn to play the piano or keyboard, with helpful instruction on classic and favorite songs.
Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teach how to play the piano or keyboard in a simple, effective way. Using color-coded notes and character icons, the books include piano sheets of popular and favorite songs as well as a primer on how to read sheet music and some basic techniques. For intermediates ages 5 and up, Play It! Classical Music for Piano (Level 2) is the perfect companion on your musical journey.
Features these classic songs and includes color labels inside the book:
- Ode to Joy
- Morning from Peer Gynt
- The Carnival of Venice
- Can-Can
- Marche Slav
- Spring
- Gavotte
- The Blue Danube
- Symphony No. 5
- La Donna è Mobile
- Orchestral Suite No. 2
- Sonata Pathétique
- The Marriage of Figaro
- Hava Nagila
- Toreador Song from Carmen
- Eroica from Symphony No. 3
- Piano Quintet Opening
- Wedding March
- Glockenspiel from The Magic Flute
- Liebestraum
- Für Elise
- Swan Lake
- Air on a G String
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Piano Sonata No. 11
- Invention in C Major
- Pachelbel's Canon
- Moonlight Sonata
- Symphony No. 40
- Sleeping Beauty Waltz
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Jennifer Kemmeter is a designer and publisher, as well as the author and creator of the best-selling Build It! series, easy and fun LEGO® books with creative building projects for young kids. Her Play It! series focuses on teaching beginners how to read sheet music and and tabs and play the piano, keyboard, and guitar. Through books, she seeks to develop image-based tools to aid children in developing logical and creative approaches to independent problem solving. Jennifer lives in London, England, with twin sons who fill her home with their own piano education.