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Double Bounce: Ten Duets for Older Beginners

Ten graduated four-hand piano pieces from Piano, Body and Soul to …

delight your spirits
wake up your ears
strengthen your technique
explore playing with another pianist

Playing duets is one of a musician's great joys, but finding stimulating repertoire for two beginning pianists is not so easy—until now. Anna's ten duets from Piano, Body and Soul offer beautiful, sophisticated sounds to adventurous pairs of players. This book/CD 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. It includes practice notes and a warmup by Joan Harkness.

$19.95 book and CD set

The compositions in Double Bounce

Using only Cs and C#s, Nocturnal Animal Nocturn familiarizes students with playing acoss the entire keyboard

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Nocturnal Animal Nocturn page 2

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Sleepless Nights adds in the Bs and Ds around the Cs.

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The notes in Time move by seconds and circle around C, G, and F

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Time page 2

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The melodic line of Double Bounce moves by seconds around C, F, and G.

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Double Bounce page 2

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Fireflies is in Lydian mode with expressive dynamics

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Fireflies page 2

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Urban Renewal uses tone clusters and has some tricky rhythms

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Urban Renewal page 2

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In Chowderhead, seconds cluster on the off beats to provide a limping rhythm. The piece also uses first and second endings.

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Chowderhead page 2

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Glass is built on stacked fifths

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Glass page 2

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Perseverence Furthers uses syncopation and many hand crossings

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The Bridge is written in two simultaneous key signatures to create stacked fifths

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The Bridge page 2

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