Double Bounce
ten piano duets for older beginners
Playing duets is one of a musician’s great joys, but finding stimulating repertoire for two beginning pianists is not so easy—until now.
Ten graduated four-hand piano pieces from Piano, Body and Soul that will …
delight your spirits
The Bridge
The ten piano duets in Double Bounce, taken from our piano method, Piano, Body and Soul, offer beautiful, sophisticated sounds to adventurous pairs of players.
This collection also includes practice notes and a warmup by Joan Harkness.
Glass
wake up your ears
Anna Dembska, from the introduction
This music may ask you to open your ears to new ways of listening. It reflects both my musical inclinations and the kinds of musical ideas concert composers have been exploring in the 20th and 21st centuries.
One of the pleasures of playing—rather than listening to—music is that, as you practice a piece over and over, you begin to feel, hear, and understand the music more deeply. Sometimes you even begin to understand the composer’s intent, almost as if you are in telepathic communication with her brain. Welcome to my world! Hope you enjoy it.
strengthen your technique
Chowderhead
This sheet music + audio set is perfect for teachers seeking duets for teens and adult beginners, lapsed pianists looking for a fun and inspiring way to get back to the keyboard, and Piano, Body and Soul students who need a second score for their piano partners.
Perseverance Furthurs
explore playing with another pianist
The close interplay between the two pianists’ parts encourages intimate cooperation—an invitation into ensemble playing, where we feel as if we are merged into a single musical being, while simultaneously still able to express as individuals.
Excerpts from the scores
Using only Cs and C#s, Nocturnal Animal Nocturne familiarizes students with playing across the entire keyboard
Sleepless Nights adds in the Bs and Ds around the Cs.
The notes in Time move by seconds and circle around C, G, and F
The melodic line of Double Bounce moves by seconds around C, F, and G.
Fireflies is in Lydian mode with expressive dynamics
Urban Renewal uses tone clusters and has some tricky rhythms
In Chowderhead, seconds cluster on the off beats to provide a limping rhythm. The piece also uses first and second endings.
Glass is built on stacked fifths
Perseverence Furthers uses syncopation and many hand crossings
The Bridge is written in two simultaneous key signatures to create stacked fifths
