The Classic Piano Course, Book 1: Starting To Play

This new, user-friendly course means you can take up the piano at any age! Whether you're learning from scratch, or starting again, these three books will guide you gently into the pleasure of piano playing. You learn as you play. The course is based on familiar favorites from the classical repertoire, themes from opera and ballet, folksongs and blues, music by contemporary classical composers, and original pieces by Carol Barratt herself. The books include fascinating items of musical history and biography, an easy-to-follow introduction to the theory of music, and suggested listening to enhance your musical appreciation.

Songs Include:

• (Resting!) On The Bridge At Avignon (French)
• Air Des Bouffons (French)
• Air In F [Bach]
• Allemande [Schein]
• Au Clair De La Lune (French)
• Auld Lang Syne [Scottish]
• Bobby Shaftoe [English]
• Carefree John [Türk]
• Chocolat (Passage Of Time)
• Clog Dance [English]
• Cradle Song [Schubert]
• Der Meyen [Swiss]
• Die Wetterfahne. Der Wind Spielt Mit Der Wetter-fahne
• Din, Don [Spanish]
• Don Giovanni [Mozart]
• Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
• Duet-Monet’s Garden [Barratt]
• El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
• Eternal Flame
• F-Sharp Workout [Barratt]
• Für Elise [Beethoven]
• First Study [Czerny]
• Flower Duet from “Lakme” [Delibes, Leo]
• Frankie And Johnny
• Gavotte [Handel]
• Gavotte [Hook]
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Got Tell It On The Mountain
• Greensleeves
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn/Hill)
• Havah Nagilah
• He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother
• Heres That Rainy Day
• Home On The Range
• How Deep Is Your Love (From Saturday Night Fever)
• I Know Him So Well
• I Saw Three Ships
• I Will Always Love You
• Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)? [Austin, Billy] [Jordan, Louis]
• La Marseillaise (French National Anthem)
• La Traviata [Verdi]
• Largo [Dvorak]
• Lascia Ch'io Pianga (From Rinaldo)
• L’homme Armé [French]
• Les Cinq Doigts [Strasvinsky]
• Let The Bright Seraphim (Samson) [Handel, George Frideric]
• Little Brown Jug
• Little Sonata [Wilton]
• Loch Lomond
• Londonderry Air
• Luck Be A Lady (From Guys And Dolls)
• Lullaby [Brahms]
• Make Yourself Comfortable
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence [Sakamoto, Ryuichi]
• Michael, Row The Boat Ashore
• Midnight Cowboy (Theme)
• Minuet In G Major
• Miserable Mary! [Barratt]
• Mopstick Rag [Barratt]
• My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
• Night Train
• Nocturne In F Minor
• O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
• O Come, All Ye Faithful
• Ode To Joy [Beethoven]
• Oh Susanna
• On Top Of Old Smokey
• Once In Royal David's City (Gauntlett/Mann/Willcocks)
• One Note Samba
• Pelagia's Song
• Piano Concerto No.5 (2nd Movement) [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
• Pick ‘n’ Mix [Barratt]
• Pizzicato Polka (Sylvia)
• Poor Wand'ring One [Sullivan]
• Prelude In C Major (Bach)
• Prelude in D Flat Major (Op. 28, No. 15)
• Prelude In E Minor (Op. 28, No. 4)
• Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
• Racoon Rag [Barratt]
• Rigadoon (Purcell)
• Russian Dance [Goedicke]
• Sailing
• Satin Doll
• Scarborough Fair
• Scarborough Fair [English]
• Serenade In B Flat (Gran Partita)
• She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain
• Shepherd's Hey [English]
• Shoo Shaggie (Scottish)
• Skye Boat Song [Scottish]
• Sleepers, Awake!
• Solitude
• Sonata In G Major Op.49 No.2
• Staccato Study [Czerny]
• Steal Away
• Surprise Symphony [Haydn]
• Swan Lake [Tchaikovsky]
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Symphony No. 7 (Allegretto Theme)
• Tallis's Canon Baratt’s Canon!
• That Ole Devil Called Love
• The Blue Danube [Strauss]
• The Entertainer
• The Eternal Vow (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)
• The First Noel
• The Girl From Ipanema
• The Godfather (Theme)
• The Holly And The Ivy
• The Night We Called It A Day
• The Raider's March (Raiders Of The Lost Ark)
• The Sailor’s Hornpipe
• The Trout Quintet Op.114 (4th Movement Andantino)
• Theme From E.T.
• This Years Love
• Tom Dooley
• Two Excerpts-Symphony No. 1 [Brahms]
• Two-Part Invention [Barratt]
• Un Bel Di Vedremo (One Fine Day) (From Madame Butterfly)
• Valse [Chopin]
• Voi Che Sapete (From The Marriage of Figaro)
• Waltz Of The Flowers (The Nutcracker)
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• When Sunny Gets Blue
• When the Saints (American)
• When You Say Nothing At All
• While Shepherds Watched
• Yankee Doodle