New Releases- Faber Piano Adventures: Sightreading Book - Level 1Level 1 students can have lots of fun while developing strong sight-reading skills. This inventive course uses sets of exercises based on melodic and rhythmic patterns from the Level 1 Lesson Book. […]
- World Music SongbookThis unique collection features 100+ folk favourites from countries around the globe arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. […]
- BigTime Piano: PopularThis new collection features 11 hits that students will love to learn, including: Dancing Queen • I Saw Her Standing There • Lean on Me • 100 Years • Pachelbel Canon • Pure Imagination • Star Wars (Main Theme) • You Raise Me Up • and more. […]
- Piano Duet Play-Along Volume 3: Broadway for TwoThis great series comes with a CD that features separate tracks for the Primo and Secondo parts – perfect for practice and performance, anywhere and any time! […]
- Ukulele Play-Along Volume 9: The Sound Of MusicThe Ukulele Play-Along series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! This pack features 8 beloved classics from The Sound Of Music […]
- Faber Piano Adventures: Sightreading Book - Level 1
Music News Archive
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World’s biggest violin goes from Guinness record to music fair
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsThe biggest violin in the world is to go on show at music trade fair Musikmesse next month. At over four metres it will take up a number of stands... -
This Day in Music – Sail on, silver girl
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsOn this day in 1970, Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the UK chart with Bridge Over Troubled Water. The album went on to stay on the chart for... -
10 marks left by Kurt Cobain and Nirvana on modern music makers
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsToday is Kurt Cobain’s birthday. He would have been 45 years old. A musical icon and the figurehead of the grunge counterculture, his influence stretches on into the sounds and... -
The music industry in 2012: more small gigs and a national plan for music education
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsAfter a turbulent 2011, the British music industry is looking ahead to a positive 2012 and according to Paul McManus, chief executive of the Music Industries Association (MIA), there is... -
MC5 bassist and educational music charity founder Michael Davis dies
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsBass guitarist and music education charity founder Michael Davis has died from liver failure at the age of 68. He had spent his youth in the 1960s and early 1970s... -
This Day in Music – Highway To Hell
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsOn this day 20th Feb 1980, Bon Scott, singer of AC/DC, was pronounced dead on arrival at a London hospital after a heavy night’s drinking. Scott was found in the... -
Was Stonehenge inspired by sound waves? (and not the ones created by Spinal Tap)
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsAn American researcher has claimed that music played a vital role in the creation of the ancient structure. People have been debating the purpose of Stonehenge for hundreds of years... -
David Blunkett calls government music plan ‘dishonest’
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 2 CommentsDavid Blunkett has called the government “dishonest” for claiming that its music education review offers more while it actually includes cuts of £16 million. The former education secretary under the... -
Young violinist wins the chance to play a £4million Stradivarius
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsStradivarius violins are some of the most famous and expensive instruments in the world. In late 2011, ABRSM and Pure Solo ran a competition offering one lucky, and highly talented... -
Could the UK get clearer rules on taking instruments on planes?
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No CommentsAfter a new legislation was passed in the US this month for a national policy on carrying instruments on planes, is it time for a similar rule to be brought...