Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The Shades of Sound Listening & Coloring Books series is a music appreciation curriculum for piano students of all levels. Combining music history, listening and coloring, this curriculum is a fun and relaxing way for pianists of all ages to learn about music history and piano literature. Coloring while listening to the music is advantageous because it engages three different types of learning - aural, visual and tactile - and it is something that all ages can enjoy Access the accompanying YouTube playlist by scanning the QR code inside the book.This volume of the series focuses on music for springtime. Listen to eighteen musical selections celebrating spring from the Baroque era through the twenty-first century. Included are twelve pieces for solo piano, and six orchestral or chamber works. Enter a musical world of rainstorms, sunrises, bubbling brooks, flowers, fairies and starlit nights.