GCSE Performance Pieces - Piano
Arranger | Jeremy Ward |
Publisher | Rhinegold Education |
Text language | English |
Product Type | Book and CD |
Instrument Group | Classroom |
ISBN | 9781780386355 |
Series | GCSE Performance Pieces |
No. | MUSRHG533 |
The GCSE Performance Pieces series provides exciting contemporary repertoire levelled specifically for GCSE performance examinations, accompanied by expert commentary to help your students prepare and achieve their potential with material they really want to play. Each book has been compiled by an experienced instrumental teacher/examiner, and overseen by our Series Editor, Andrew Coxon, who is a senior GCSE examiner and an experienced classroom teacher. The songs have been carefully chosen to provide students with the best opportunity to show off their instrument and skills, with a broad range of artists and styles to choose from.
This book forPiano:
- is suitable for all exam boards
- contains ten songs with a range of difficulty appropriate for GCSE level
- is accompanied by a CD of professionally recorded backing tracks
It includes songs by:
- One Republic
- Tears for Fears
- Maroon 5
- Beatles
- Marc Cohn.
- Elton John
- Vanessa Carlton
- ABBA
- Beyonce
A YouTube playlist has been created containing all the songs in the book, along with additional suggested listening such as interesting cover versions or other songs for cultural context, allowing the student to explore ideas for their own interpretation.
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1. A Thousand Miles [Vanessa Carlton]
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2. Apologise [One Republic]
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3. Halo [Beyoncé Knowles]
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4. Lady Madonna [The Beatles]
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5. Mad World (Donnie Darko Version) [Tears For Fears]
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6. Song for Guy [Elton John]
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7. The winner takes it all [ABBA]
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8. This Love [Maroon 5]
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9. Walking In Memphis [Marc Cohn]
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10. Your Song [Elton John]