Sheet Music Guides
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Author Focus: Paul Harris - The Clarinet
7th May 2025
Paul Harris discusses the clarinet, exploring his comprehensive guide to playing the instrument, 'The Clarinet'.
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Paul Harris: The Clarinet
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Author Focus: Paul Harris - Teaching Beginners
21st Apr 2025
In part three of our Author Focus series, Paul discusses setting the foundations for teaching beginners and the '4 Ps': posture, phonology, pulse, and personality.
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Teaching Beginners
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Author Focus: Paul Harris - Improve your practice
26th Feb 2025
In part two of our Author Focus series, Paul Harris talks through the ingredients of a successful practice session and how to make practising at home desirable and fun.
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Adam Kornas on 'Open String Tunes'
25th Nov 2024
Adam Kornas talks about his recent book for beginner violinists, featuring thirty progressive pieces using just open strings, with incredible backing tracks in popular styles to motivate students to sound their best.
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Open String Tunes
Hal Leonard | Violin
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Melanie Spanswick: Piano Publications
29th Oct 2024
Melanie Spanswick answers our questions about her best-selling publications, her favourite pieces from 'First Repertoire for Little Pianists' and 'Women Composers – A Graded Anthology', and the importance of celebrating diverse repertoire.
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Victoria Proudler: Piano Grades are Go!
17th Oct 2024
Victoria Proudler talks about her series 'Piano Grades are Go!', and offers advice on taking music examinations. Read the full interview here.
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The First Piano Recital: Preparing Your Beginners For A Performance
2nd Oct 2024
Award-winning author Melanie Spanswick discusses supporting your students in their first piano recital.
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Music for the Back-To-School Season
13th Aug 2024
With the school holidays soon coming to an end, we have collated a collection of handy links to help you quickly find everything you might need for the back-to-school season.
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Piano Exam Pieces 2025 & 2026
6th Jun 2024
Now available, ABRSM's Piano Syllabuses for 2025 & 2026 feature refreshed repertoire lists with wide-ranging repertoire from Baroque and Classical to pop, stage and screen. Find out more.
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Paul Harris on 'How to sight-read'
17th May 2024
Expert pedagogue Paul Harris recently paid a visit to our Leamington Spa shop, and kindly took some time to answer our questions about his latest book How to sight-read, as well as other key topics relating to the music education ecosystem. Find out more.
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Kit Massey: Music Theory for Kids
7th May 2024
Kit Massey talks about his recent book Music Theory for Kids, and the importance of holistic learning for young musicians.
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Music Theory for Kids
Hal Leonard
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ABRSM Piano Star Series
16th Feb 2024
Piano Star is a series of repertoire books to inspire young pianists and help them to develop their musical skills. Find out more.
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New Piano Exam Materials
8th Sep 2023
This week has seen the release of new piano publications for both ABRSM and Trinity College exams, with additional repertoire added to the Trinity exam syllabus, and two new piano collections for intermediate to advanced students by Isata Kanneh-Mason. Find out more.
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40 Years of Microjazz
18th Jul 2023
This year Boosey & Hawkes are celebrating forty years of the bestselling series Microjazz. Find out more.
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ABRSM New Bowed String Syllabus
21st Jun 2023
ABRSM recently launched their new Bowed Strings Syllabuses for Practical and Performance Grades from 2024. Featuring refreshed repertoire lists, the syllabus includes a wide range of composers and a greater choice of music than ever before. Find out more here.
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Ann Bryant on Instant Primary Music Lessons
15th Jun 2023
Inspired by her training in Dalcroze eurhythmics, Ann Bryant has published a fantastic new resource for classroom music teachers. Ann kindly took the time to answer my questions about Instant Primary Music Lessons. Read the full interview here.
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Andrew Eales on Naoko Ikeda: The Graded Collection
8th Jun 2023
Naoko Ikeda has composed many appealing piano works, introducing the world to the essence of Japan through music. Find out more.
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Penelope Roskell: The Essential Piano Technique
23rd May 2023
Following on from her award-winning book The Complete Pianist, Penelope Roskell's latest series Essential Piano Technique is aimed at children in the early stages of learning the piano, helping them develop a strong foundation of healthy technique, and allowing rapid progression through the early stages of piano playing. Find out more.
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The Jazzin' About Piano Anthology
13th Apr 2023
The Jazzin’ About Piano Anthology celebrates Pam Wedgwood’s best-selling series in a collection of the author’s favourite pieces. Presented progressively for the first time in one volume, pieces range from early elementary to intermediate level. Find out more.
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Fiddle Time Duets
23rd Mar 2023
Fiddle Time Duets is an exciting and attractive collection for violinists of all ages by the award-winning educational composers Kathy and David Blackwell. The duets are suitable for established beginners through to intermediate violinists. Find out more.
