The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Easy Piano Movie Hits
25 Great Easy Piano Movie Hits
Arranged by Dan Coates
Piano Book & CD
Level: Easy Piano
The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Easy Piano Movie Hits helps you teach yourself piano by having you learn by playing outstanding, accessible arrangements of music you love. It’s like having a friend show you how to play all your favorite songs. You’ll learn to play 25 hugely popular movie songs and themes that will have you sounding like a pro in no time. For each arrangement you get lessons, warm-ups, tips, and techniques to make the most out of practice sessions, so you can spend more time making music. We also included a short refresher course in basic keyboard theory, an introduction to professional-sounding harmonies and common left hand patterns, a guide to key signatures, a glossary of musical terms used throughout the book, and an audio CD with recordings of each song.
Titles: As Time Goes By (Casablanca) * Believe (The Polar Express) * Cantina Band (Star Wars®: Episode IV — A New Hope) * Corpse Bride (Main Title) (The Corpse Bride) * Don’t Stop Believin’ (Rock of Ages) * Firework (Katy Perry: Part of Me) * Gonna Fly Now (Rocky) * Harry’s Wondrous World (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) * Hedwig’s Theme (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) * (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) * If I Only Had a Brain (The Wizard of Oz) * The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) (Star Wars®: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back) * In Dreams (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) * James Bond Theme (Dr. No) * The Notebook (Main Title) (The Notebook) * Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) * People (Funny Girl) * The Pink Panther (The Pink Panther) * Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark) * The Rose (The Rose) * Singin’ in the Rain (Singin’ in the Rain) * Star Wars (Main Title) (Star Wars®: Episode IV — A New Hope) * Theme from New York, New York (New York, New York) * Theme from Superman (Superman) * The Wind Beneath My Wings (Beaches).
| Title | |
| PART I: REVIEWING THE BASICS | |
| How to Sit with a Pianist’s Posture and Hand Position | |
| Notating and Reading Rhythm | |
| Notating and Reading Pitch | |
| PART II: PLAYING LIKE A PRO | |
| Expressive Markings and Other Common Performance Directions | |
| Pedaling | |
| Reading Chord Symbols and Professional-Sounding Harmonies | |
| Common Left Hand Patterns | |
| Intros, Codas, and Buttons | |
| 5 Things to Check Out when You Begin a New Piece | |
| Timesaving Practice Strategies | |
| Evaluating Your Progress | |
| PART III: 25 ESSENTIAL MOVIE SONGS | |
| As Time Goes By | |
| Believe | |
| Cantina Band | |
| Corpse Bride (Main Title) | |
| Don’t Stop Believin’ | |
| Firework | |
| Gonna Fly Now | |
| Harry’s Wondrous World | |
| Hedwig’s Theme | |
| (Everything I Do) I Do It for You | |
| If I Only Had a Brain | |
| The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) | |
| In Dreams | |
| James Bond Theme | |
| The Notebook (Main Title) | |
| Over the Rainbow | |
| People | |
| The Pink Panther | |
| Raiders March | |
| The Rose | |
| Singin’ in the Rain | |
| Star Wars (Main Title) | |
| Theme from New York, New York | |
| Theme from Superman | |
| The Wind Beneath My Wings | |
| APPENDIXES | |
| A: GLOSSARY | |
| B: KEY SIGNATURES | |
