Giraffe Piano Book 1

Giraffe Piano - Essential Sonatinas for Music Education Volume 1 edited Josef Sarmai

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.

Contents

1. Sonatina in C major (Haslinger, Tobias)
2. Sonatina in G major, Kinsky-Halm Anh. 5 No. 1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
3. Sonatina in G major (Pleyel, Ignaz Josef)
4. Sonatina in F major (Pleyel, Ignaz Josef)
5. Sonatina in Bb major (Pleyel, Ignaz Josef)
6. Sonatina in C