Essential Keyboard Repertoire: Vol. 1: 100 Early Intermediate Selections in Their Original Form Baroque to Modern (Item 501C) Plastic Comb – Illustrated, November 1, 1993

Good selection. I bought the whole set of the essential keyboard repertoire. The problem is there is no connection between the volume number 12345 . For example, many pieces may appear in both level 1 and level 5. I don't understand why they put different volume number then.

My piano teacher recommended that I purchase this book and I have started working my way through the pieces. The level is early intermediate and beyond.I like the book very much for a number of reasons. First, the pieces are in their original form and help is provided on how to play the ornaments. Second, the printing is quite large and easy to read.Third, a CD is available and I like to listen first as I begin to read. I purchased the CD separately and it is very high quality as well, with Kim Reilly playing all the pieces in a very professional manner.Fourth, I am trying to sight read some of the easier pieces and this book will certainly help me develop that skill.Fifth, the book is spiral bound and opens (and stays) perfectly on the music desk.Finally, this is completely subjective but I enjoy all the pieces so far.All in all, a great selection and the perfect supplement to any of the classical piano methods you may be using.

I've begun working my way through the book from the beginning and am loving it. I enjoy that they are all well within the intermediate piano range, but have been selected because they are actually very pretty and are great additions to any piano repertoire. This is my third book in this series and each has been a high quality purchase.

I love this book! It has such a great selection of repertoire from the Baroque era of music all the way to the 1900s with composers such as Shostakovich and Kabalevsky. It has a nice range of pieces for late beginners and early intermediate students. I like how they are written in their original form and are original pieces that are not simplified versions of famous pieces. It's important to note that there is a greater emphasis on the early eras of music which is why I think it's a great book for someone interested in music mostly from the Baroque and Classical eras of music.

Nice volume of classics. Many pieces are easy enough for an early intermediate pianist. The CD that comes with this book is very good quality.

I really enjoyed this book so far. I started learning the piano a few years ago as an adult and a lot of the classical music you are given in training books such as Thompsons is not in the original form. Here it all is and with some effort you can learn to play it. As a Baroque fan I really enjoyed the first part of the book. It is excellent value and well printed and bound. I saw another review here which was very negative - the reviewer didn't like the modern selections. Well, even if you only get 10 or 20 selections you like the book is cheap enough and I quite liked some of the more modern stuff too.

comprehensive sampling of great pieces to play. I use for sight reading practice.

Great songs, lots of simple classical stuff, but challenging enough to keep me interested and working at it. I haven't played thorough any of the contemporary pieces yet.Lots of songs. Most are 1 or 2 pages per song, which I like.I definitely recommend it for an intermediate pianist looking for great sounding classical music to work on.

I like the sheer number of pieces in this volume of piano or keyboard music. The usual early to intermediate 'suspects' are there, and there are items less common. However there didn't seem to me much variety. But it can provide excellent and challenging sight reading practice as well as being a plentiful supply of music for a voracious pianist. The accompanying CD is well recorded and worth having for for its own sake, but particularly helpful for the intrepid learner, especially if self teaching. A. T. Synge Perrin

Il libro è arrivato anche in anticipo sui tempi stabiliti, in ottime condizioni e con cd perfettamente funzionante. Sono compresi 100 brani di diversa difficoltà ma sempre adeguati alle difficoltà di una prima fase di un livello intermedio. Non tutti i brani sono di pianisti conosciuti( ma questo penso sia dovuto al fatto che presentando i brani nella loro forma originale sarebbe stato impossibile inserire un brano di Chopin nella prima fase del livello intermedio in quanto la grammatica musicale è troppo complessa per tale livello) ma sono tutti orecchiabili e non troppo brevi, quasi tutti di due pagine di spartito ed il supporto del cd è fondamentale soprattutto nello studio individuale. Non adatto ad un principiante assoluto ma consigliatissimo a coloro che vogliano suonare dei pezzi ed allo stesso tempo lavorare sulla tecnica pianistica. Pienamente soddisfatta!

Very good repertoire for the beginner pianist. Some easy pieces for the first and second year student.