First Hit Songs - Easiest Piano Course
Autore: John Thompson
Editore: Willis Music

This edition of John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course introduces a selection of First Hit Songs to the beginner pianist, providing easy-to-play hits in the well-loved John Thompson style with simplified arrangements and large notation. A number of the most popular chart songs are included, all simplified so that pupils working through parts two to four of the Easiest Piano Course are able to play familiar and famous tunes. The songs are ordered progressively, allowing pupils to put more challenging theory and techniques into practice as they advance. All the 15 hits included here are well-known tracks, featuring modern chart-toppers and piano-based ballads like Tom Odell's Real Love and Sam Smith's I'm Not The Only One, as well as upbeat pop tunes like Style by Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainor's Lips Are Movin'. Other major hits like See You Again, Hold Back The River, Blame It On Me and Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud are included, along with two all-time classics: Love Is All Around and We Are The Champions. Popular songs like these enable pupils to enhance their learning by using new techniques to play songs they already know and love, helping them develop a deeper musicality. Furthermore, because dynamics and phrasing are not introduced until part three of the main course, the earliest songs in this book omit these elements to match the student's level, while helpful outline fingering is provided throughout. As well as being a fun and enjoyable complement to learning, this book can also provide invaluable sight-reading practice for more advanced students.