Giraffe Piano, vol. 1: Essential Sonatinas for Music Education = Ausgewählte Sonatinen für die Musikausbildung

Sonatinas form a vital part of the teaching material for beginner and intermediate piano students. Compared to the great classical piano sonatas, they are technically and musically simpler and typically shorter. However, they still convey the basic elements of Classical style: the relation of melody to accompaniment, articulation, stylistically authentic playing, and correct interpretation. For the two volumes of Giraffe Piano, the most favoured and instructive of the sonatinas have been chosen. Volume 1 contains simpler pieces and Volume 2 is compromised of moderately difficult ones. Correct interpretation of the pieces is facilitated by added performance and fingeringmarks. Learning is helped along by clear presentation of the score, carefully placed page turns, and by inspiration from colour images showing the keyboard instruments of the 1720-1820 period for which the pieces were written. The most notable of them is the giraffe piano, after which the collection is named.

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Sonatina in C major
Sonatina in G major, Kinsky-Halm Anh. 5 No. 1
Sonatina in G major
Sonatina in F major
Sonatina in Bb major
Sonatina in C major, Op. 36 No. 1
Sonatina in A minor
Sonatina in C major, Op. 55 No. 1
Sonatina in D major
Sonatina in G major, Op. 300 No. 93 (Praktische Klavierschule, Vol. I)