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Pavane de la belle au bois dormant, M.56 by Maurice Ravel Cover

Pavane de la belle au bois dormant, M.56 by Maurice Ravel

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Four Keyboard Duets from 120 Tonstücke für 4 Hände by Daniel Gottlob Türk Cover

Four Keyboard Duets from 120 Tonstücke für 4 Hände by Daniel Gottlob Türk

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation="" el_id="description-content"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Known especially for his easy and small pieces for the aspirational keyboardist, Daniel Gottlob Türk is little known for the 120 delightful duets that he wrote late in life. This SuperScore album contains four specially chosen duets that are...

Remembrances Cover

Remembrances by Paul Sheftel

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Play’s the Thing • Things to Play Cover

Play’s the Thing • Things to Play by Paul Sheftel

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation="" el_id="description-content"][vc_column][vc_column_text]How do you describe an album whose contents can be described with various combinations of these words: contemporary, satirical, eccentric, sentimental, humorous, lyrical, wistful, and/or energetic? Such an album is best described as “sheer fun!” Paul Sheftel has put...

Blues & All That Jazz Cover

Blues & All That Jazz by Paul Sheftel

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation="" el_id="description-content"][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you have been looking for a fun bluesy and jazzy album that sounds impressive, is not too difficult to play, and that is imbued with a unique sense of musical humor, then this album is for you! If...

Using SuperScore to Develop Fluent Reading Skills

Using SuperScore to Develop Fluent Reading Skills

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation="" el_id="description-content"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This document presents a protocol for developing music reading skills. It includes recommendations for using interactive materials that are available in SuperScore on the iPad and which lend themselves to independent use by students between lessons. Click to...

Shifting Shapes Cover

Shifting Shapes by Paul Sheftel

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation="" el_id="description-content"][vc_column][vc_column_text]A delightful compilation of short pieces at a late elementary/early intermediate level that illustrate how a simple keyboard pattern or “shape” can morph into a lovely and enjoyable to play composition. Many of the selections also have an...

The Virtuoso Pianist Part 1 by Charles-Louis Hanon-Cover

The Virtuoso Pianist Part 1 by Charles-Louis Hanon

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Easy as ABC by Paul Sheftel-Cover

Easy as ABC by Paul Sheftel

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Easy as 1-2-3 by Paul Sheftel-Cover

Easy as 1-2-3 by Paul Sheftel

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Scherzo by Paul Sheftel-Cover

Scherzo for Piano Four Hands by Paul Sheftel

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Paul’s Practical Piano Pieces by Paul Sheftel-Cover

Paul’s Practical Piano Pieces by Paul Sheftel

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation="" el_id="description-content"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This album consists of 9 inventive compositions that could only have been written by Paul Sheftel! These are amazingly fun and humorous works for aspiring pianists who have reached the intermediate playing level. Model MIDI performances and study...