Books published by Faber Music Ltd

The 21 little performance pieces in The Really Easy Cello Book have been written and selected with beginners in mind. Despite the technical limitations this imposes, there is plenty of scope for musical interest! The pieces are arranged progressively and the piano accompaniments have been kept as simple as possible. 

This superior Manuscript Notebook is designed to inspire all musicians to compose. It contains 240 pages of high-quality 120gsm white paper, ideal for ink or pencil. The sewn binding allows for lie-flat pages, a page-finder ribbon helps you keep your place, and the elastic closure and pen loop provide ease of use. Each page presents twelve 6mm staves, designed with optimal spacing and line weight, plus an increased left-hand margin to allow for instrumentation indications.

With Violin Playtime, the beginner violinist can make music from the very first lessons. In the three books that make up the series, there are over a hundred little pieces, a treasure-trove of attractive tunes - some traditional, some by composers of the past, some newly composed. But this is more than just an easy anthology; the underlying approach is 'learn as you play', and a carefully devised ground plan of technical development makes it a manual in disguise, a tutor without text.

Me and My Piano is the best-selling series by the distinguished authors Fanny Waterman and Marion Harewood, that has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Designed especially for the needs of the younger beginner and delightfully illustrated throughout, the series makes learning the piano an enjoyable experience for both pupil and teacher.This Complete Edition combines Parts 1 and 2 in one book. Part 1 takes the young pianist step by step through the earliest stages of piano technique, leading to very easy pieces for hands together using a constant five-finger hand position in C major. Part 2 builds on these foundations by extending the compass of notes, introducing new rhythms, note values, chords and changes of hand position. Games and puzzles throughout give elementary theory a new lease of life, and children will love the rhymes, songs and Monkey Puzzles pages.

Adagio in G minor Thomaso Albinoni Chord Left Agnes Obel Dreaming Robert Schumann Faiths Song Lawrence Love Greed Flora Henrik Lindstrand Gymnopedie No.3 Erik Satie Inizio Ludovico Einaudi Last Song Alexis Ffrench Mandus Jessica Curry Mass Re-Imagined Phoria Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence Ryuichi Sakamoto New Moon The Meadow Alexandre Desplat Petrichor Keaton Henson The Tearjerker Returns Chilly Gonzales Throes Half Moon Run Variations on the Kanon George Winston What We Are Anne Lovett Written On The Sky Max Richter...and many more.

Iron & Wine: The Songbook contains songs from albums and EPs by American singer-songwriter Iron & Wine. The artist-approved chord songbook includes lyrics and chords with short picking patterns in tab and notation, and is full color throughout with artwork, photographs, tour posters, a song index, and an index of first lines.

This new edition of Improve your sight-reading! Clarinet Grades 6-8 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-reading.

The romantic musical comedy-drama film La La Land is the winner of six Oscars, seven Golden Globes and five BAFTAs. This artist-approved selection of 10 songs from the Oscar-winning music by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul has been expertly arranged for intermediate solo piano, including the Oscar winning City of Stars.

New edition of Improve your sight-reading! Clarinet Grades 1-3 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-reading.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST PRINT RESOURCE AWARD AT THE 2015 MUSIC TEACHER AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE Paul Harris's highly successful Simultaneous Learning approach is an entirely positive and imaginative way to teach, which embraces the understanding that all the elements of music are connected.

Momentum is Jamie Cullum's sixth studio album, due for release on 20th May 2013.This artist approved, album-matching songbook features all songs from the album transcribed for piano and vocal with guitar chords by Cullum's musical director, Tom Richards, together with three bonus tracks as featured on the deluxe album version.

Join the superhero world of Lang Lang and come on a piano adventure with The Lang Lang Piano Method Level 1. Level 1 introduces complete beginners to: *different five-finger positions *note reading *moving around the keyboard *developing both hands equally right from the start.

The new editions of this popular series supports the new ABRSM string syllabus requirements from 2012, ensuring success in the sight-reading tests of graded exams.

Keyclub is a fun-packed series of tutors for beginner pianists, introducing young players to the rudiments of piano playing in an exciting and colourful way.

A fun packed tutor for beginner pianists. Introducing young players to the rudiments of piano playing, it is packed full of great pieces as well as animated charaters such as the Mud Monsters and the Wizards of the White Wishing Well. It is also jam packed with activities and sticker fun for children.

Part of the "You're The Voice" series, this book features arrangements of classic Billie Holiday songs for piano, voice and guitar and a short artist biography. It includes an accompanying CD that contains full backing tracks for each song, professionally arranged and recorded to recreate the sounds of the original recording.

The Waterman/Harewood Piano Series - devised jointly by the world famous piano teacher Fanny Watermann and her co-founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition, Marion Harewood (now Thorpe) - is established as one of the foremost piano methods. It represents a distillation of the thoroughness, inspiration and sense of adventure that characterize Fanny Waterman's own teaching methods. The excellence of the musical material and attractive presentation have won universal acclaim. This book contains a diverse range of pieces from the great composers who wrote for young players including J. S. Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Bartók.

Takes the young pianist step-by-step through the earliest stages of piano technique, first with separate hands, then with a sequence of easy pieces for hands together. This title offers games and puzzles that present theory a fresh lease of life. It includes rhymes and songs that introduce characters such as the Ostrich and Sammy Squirrel.

The Young Violinist's Repertoire is an ideal introduction to the established repertoire for the violin. Progressively arranged to take the young player from the very early stages to intermediate standard, the four books bring together music from all over Europe and span a wide range of composers, periods and styles. The piano accompaniments remain easy throughout. Titles: Gluck: Allegro * Mozart, Leopold: Aria * Moniusko: Baika * Handel: Bourree * Tchaikovsky: Chanson Triste (Douze Morceaux Op.40) * Schubert: German Dance * Traditional: Hebrew Prayer * Tchaikovsky: Neapolitan Song (Swan Lake) * Mozart: Pantomime (Les Petits Riens) * Hadjiev: Rondino * Handel: Sonatina * Russian: The Nightingale Romance * Ivanovici: Waves Of The Danube.

50 Graded studies for recorder brings together a broad range of repertoire spanning three centuries. Placing pieces by de Boismortier next to specially composed pieces by Sally Adams. The book is progressive and studies are arranged in order of difficulty spanning from a beginner level to around intermediate standard.

The Young Violinist's Repertoire is an ideal introduction to the established repertoire for the violin. Progressively arranged to take the young player from the very early stages to intermediate standard, the four books bring together music from all over Europe and span a wide range of composers, periods and styles. The piano accompaniments remain easy throughout. Titles: 16th Century Italian: Passamezzo Antico * Bach: Gavotte From Suite BWV1012; Gavotte From Suite BWV811 * Baklanova: Fast Dance; Mazurka * Beethoven: German Dance * Couperin: La Bourbonnoise; Gavotte * Cui: From My Homeland * Elgar: Andante From 6 Easy Pieces, Op.22 * Grechaninov: The Joker * Handel: Rigaudon From Almira * Kabalevsky: The Clowns * Mozart: Duo From 12 Duos, K.487; Minuet From Don Giovanni * Traditional: Maytime; Polish Dance * Weber: Gypsy Dance; March Of The Hunters From Der Freischütz.