New Releases by DAVID CARR

Piano Technic provides a wide variety of studies to develop the necessary technic for performing music. It can be used with any piano course or library. The objective of the authors is to encourage students to play musically through the use of good, interesting materials that are not too difficult and which present one technical problem at a time. The music in the DAVID CARR GLOVER Piano Library is graded gradually so that the student may play with ease, beauty, and an understanding of musical values.

Piano Technic provides a wide variety of studies to develop the necessary technic for performing music. It can be used with any piano course or library. The objective of the authors is to encourage students to play musically through the use of good, interesting materials that are not too difficult and which present one technical problem at a time. The music in the David Carr Glover Piano Library is graded gradually so that the student may play with ease, beauty, and an understanding of musical values.

The Piano Repertoire books are written to supplement and reinforce the music fundamentals that the student is learning at this level of advancement. They may be used with any piano course or library. The books of the Primer Level and Levels 1 & 2 present familiar folk songs and original solos. Folk songs are used at this early beginning level to give the student materials that he is familiar with and which he will enjoy playing for himself and his friends. This wealth of folk music gives him reading experience, develops musical taste, and acquaints him with folk lore of other countries. Level 3 is a collection of melodies of famous composers.

David Carr Glover and Louise Garrow arrangements. Use in sequence for those just learning, or out of sequence for the experienced player. Titles: * Angels We Have Heard on High * Deck the Halls * It Came Upon a Midnight Clear * Jolly Old St. Nicholas * The Holly and the Ivy * We Three Kings of Orient Are * and more!

A useful little workbook that contains a log for lesson assignments, blank staves, a diagram of the circle of Major Minor keys, and a music dictionary.

My Piano Book is the core ''playing'' book featuring four-color illustrations. It includes ear-training patterns.

The Adult Piano Student provides the older beginner student with materials that will satisfy his/her musical needs while developing a pianistic technic. Book 1, from the beginning presents the fundamentals of music through the use of melodies in major keys harmonized with accompanying chords. For the older beginner who has had some previous keyboard training, the first book will probably be a refresher. For the beginner who has had no previous training, this first book moves slowly so that he/she will develop a sound keyboard technic before advancing into Book 2. This method is for both individual and group instruction with some materials arranged for ensemble practice.

Thirty-nine big note piano arrangements. Titles: * Angels We Have Heard on High * The First Noel * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old St. Nicholas * O Holy Night * Santa Claus Is Comin'' to Town * We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Being able to play favorite classical melodies is a goal of many beginning adult piano students. David Glover''s simplifications satisfy those goals. The character of the original piece is always retained, with rhythmic and harmonic support. The arrangements are easy to play and are pleasing to the ear as well as the hand. The 52 pieces include representations of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and many more. This is a wonderful leisure-time, take-it-easy, enjoy yourself-at-the-piano collection.

This Performance book provides supplementary solo materials to reinforce music fundamentals and concepts presented at this level of advancement. Original compositions, folk songs, and the sounds of today are included for enrichment of the student''s repertoire. This book provides supplementary solo materials to reinforce music fundamentals and concepts presented at this level of ad book is correlated page by page with the Lessons book and other supplementary materials recommended for this level. It may also be used with other methods of piano study.

Lessons, Level 3, from the David Carr Glover Method for Piano reviews the basic concepts presented in Lessons, Level 2. New concepts are introduced and reinforced sequentially through the use of original compositions, folk songs and the sounds of today, This book, combined with the recommended supplementary materials, continues to assist the student in developing the ability to read and perform musically through interval recognition, sight reading and ear training. The David Carr Glover Method for Piano has been created to provide an enjoyable program of piano instruction which is pedagogically sound.

The knowledge of note reading, intervals, rhythm, music symbols and terms, and the ability to listen are essential to the development of a strong foundation for the piano student. This "Theory" book was written to help provide this foundation by giving students reinforcement of the concepts presented in the "Lessons" book of the David Carr Glover Method for Piano. As the students advance in their ability to play the piano, the "Theory" book will help give them a better understanding of the music they are performing. The pages are designed to be interesting and fun for the students in order to spark their enthusiasm and increase their motivation.

This PERFORMANCE book provides supplementary solo materials to reinforce music fundamentals and concepts presented at this level of advancement. Original compositions, folk songs, and the sounds of today are included for enrichment of the student''s repertoire. This PERFORMANCE book is correlated page by page with the LESSONS book and other supplementary materials recommended for this level. It may also be used with other methods of piano study.

A sound approach to learning the piano, with emphasis on reading music through interval and note recognition, clapping, singing and counting aloud for proper rhythmical performance, and on sight reading and ear training. Includes illustrations.

Carr maintains that the transcendental tradition, often misinterpreted as a mere alternative version of the metaphysics of the subject, is in fact itself directed against such a metaphysics.

"For description and defense of the narrative configurations of everyday life, and of the practical and social character of those narratives, there is no better treatment than Time, Narrative, and History.... a clear, judicious, and truthful account, provocative from beginning to end." -- Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology "... a superior work of philosophy that tells a unique and insightful story about narrative." -- Quarterly Journal of Speech

The CHURCH MUSICIAN REPERTOIRE books supplement and reinforce music fundamentals. They are designed to be used with THE CHURCH MUSICIAN, however, they may be used with any piano course or library. Each book in this series presents standard hymns, some music of the masters and original solos, which have been carefully selected and edited for gradual progress.

HOW TO PLAY HYMNS AND GOSPEL SONGS IN EVANGELISTIC STYLES, is presented in three sections. The first section presents how to play hymns in Basic Chorale Style. The second section presents how to play hymns in Full Chorale and Accompaniment Styles. The third section is a collection of well-loved standard Gospel hymns, already arranged for you, using the three Styles taught in sections one and two. HOW TO PLAY HYMNS AND GOSPEL SONGS IN EVANGELISTIC STYLES, is not for the beginner. For the beginner there are books in the DAVID CARR GLOVER Sacred Music Library, Primer and Levels I-VI.

This TECHNIC book provides interesting musical studies to develop the student''s technical facility at the keyboard. The material reinforces music fundamentals and concepts.

This PERFORMANCE book provides supplementary solo materials to reinforce music fundamentals and concepts presented at this level of advancement. Original compositions, folk songs, and the sounds of today are included for enrichment of the student''s repertoire. This PERFORMANCE book is correlated page by page with the LESSONS book and other supplementary materials recommended for this level. It may also be used with other methods of piano study.

The knowledge of note reading, intervals, rhythm, music symbols and terms, and the ability to listen are essential to the development of a strong foundation for the piano student. This "Theory" book was written to help provide this foundation by giving students reinforcement of the concepts presented in the "Lessons" book of the David Carr Glover Method for Piano. As the students advance in their ability to play the piano, the "Theory" book will help give them a better understanding of the music they are performing. The pages are designed to be interesting and fun for the students in order to spark their enthusiasm and increase their motivation.

This PERFORMANCE book provides supplementary solo materials to reinforce music fundamentals and concepts presented at this level of advancement. Original compositions, folk songs, and the sounds of today are included for enrichment of the student''s repertoire. This PERFORMANCE book is correlated page by page with the LESSONS book and other supplementary materials recommended for this level. It may also be used with other methods of piano study.

This TECHNIC book provides interesting musical studies to develop the student''s technical facility at the keyboard. The material reinforces music fundamentals and concepts.

The knowledge of note reading, intervals, rhythm, music symbols and terms, and the ability to listen are essential to the development of a strong foundation for the piano student. This "Theory" book was written to help provide this foundation by giving students reinforcement of the concepts presented in the "Lessons" book of the David Carr Glover Method for Piano. As the students advance in their ability to play the piano, the "Theory" book will help give them a better understanding of the music they are performing. The pages are designed to be interesting and fun for the students in order to spark their enthusiasm and increase their motivation.

Sight reading and ear training are two of the most important skills for any musician. Consequently, they should be developed systematically with performance, technical and theoretical skills from the time that keyboard study begins. As new concepts are introduced in the LESSONS book, they are reinforced visually and aurally in SIGHT READING AND EAR TRAINING. These books can be used with equal success in private and group lessons. The reading exercises are based on the premise that students develop secure reading skills by first playing in specific patterns and gradually moving out of these patterns. The recognition of intervals is crucial to the development of good reading habits. In addition, students must be able to quickly identify individual notes and patterns (melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic).

This PERFORMANCE book provides supplementary solo materials to reinforce music fundamentals and concepts presented at this level of advancement. Original compositions, folk songs, and the sounds of today are included for enrichment of the student''s repertoire. This PERFORMANCE book is correlated page by page with the LESSONS book and other supplementary materials recommended for this level. It may also be used with other methods of piano study.

Sight reading and ear training are two of the most important skills for any musician. Consequently, they should be developed systematically with performance, technical and theoretical skills from the time that keyboard study begins. As new concepts are introduced in the LESSONS book, they are reinforced visually and aurally in SIGHT READING AND EAR TRAINING. These books can be used with equal success in private and group lessons. The reading exercises are based on the premise that students develop secure reading skills by first playing in specific patterns and gradually moving out of these patterns. The recognition of intervals is crucial to the development of good reading habits. In addition, students must be able to quickly identify individual notes and patterns (melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic).

This TECHNIC book provides interesting musical studies to develop the student''s technical facility at the keyboard. The material reinforces music fundamentals and concepts.