Keyboards by John Kember

Keyboards

The Keyboards series provides simple but interesting arrangements of well-known pieces.

Books in this collection

34 Well-known Folk SongsCo-written with John Caudwell, this book provides 34 folk songs from across the British Isles and the USA in easy arrangements together with a selection of more challenging versions. The keys are selected to make use of the most well-known chords and words are included for singing along.£5.99 (Grades 1 to 3, 44 pages, 34 arrangements)
Keyboard Essentials - 24 Christmas CarolsCo-written with John Caudwell, this book provides simple but interesting keyboard arrangements of 24 well-known Christmas carols.£6.99 (Grades 1 to 3, 32 pages, 24 arrangements)

Other collections from John Kember

Jazz masterclasses (Schott)
John has worked with Jiggs Whigham, internationally acclaimed trombone virtuoso, to produce this fine in-depth guide for aspiring jazz trombonists.

Jazz Piano Studies (Faber)
John Kember's love of jazz and latin styles is well illustrated by the volumes in this collection, which includes material for everyone from the beginner up to more advanced players with a wealth of pieces to help develop a true jazz style.

On the Lighter Side (Schott)
Although the pieces in this collection are on the lighter side, they are by no means trivial and offer pianists of all levels something interesting and challenging. The series contains both piano solo and piano duet volumes. The series is accompanied by a CD in which John plays a selection of pieces from several of the books. Some books also include CDs of the pieces as an aid to the student.

Play Ballads (Faber)
'The joy of ballad playing is indulgence pure and simple: performing the smoothest and most expressive of melodies'. The melodies are similar in style and are attractive, providing opportunities for developing tonal quality, phrasing and legato playing. Play Ballads offers the Grade 4-6 (intermediate) instrumentalist the inspirations of some of the greatest exponents of the form.

Play Broadway (Faber)
Each volume in the Play Broadway series features 10 of the best shows from across the decades. Available for six seperate instruments, each volume includes a CD with backing tracks and piano accompaniments.

Sight Reading (Schott)
Sight-reading is a vital accomplishment for any musician. This series provides a new approach and includes introductory introductory and more advanced volumes for instrumentalists (the Sight-Reading volumes) and vocalists (the Sight-Singing volumes).

Starting Out (Schott)
Short, tuneful pieces to help new players of all ages gradually widen their range of notes and rhythmic patterns. Although these pieces are broadly progressnve in range of notes and rhythmic figures used, they are intended as a source of material from which the teacher can select to suit the needs of individual pupils rather than needing to work from cover to cover.

String Quartet Arrangements (Schott)
John Kember provides in this series a variety of pieces from classical, romantic, baroque and modern periods in score and parts for the string quartet.

The Ensemble Collection (Schott)
These original compositions, presented in a variety of styles, offer each player an equal share of the melodic interest and are aimed at students of similar playing experience and standards. The minimum teacher assistance should be required.

The Jazz Piano Player (Faber)
The books in this series are based on well-known songs from the Great American Songbook. These songs are by great American songwriters such as Cole Porter, George Gerwin and Harold Arlen among others. The purpose of these books is to help pianists to understand chords, chord symbols and voicings. Each of the 16 songs in each book is shown in two forms - firstly melody, words and chords, showing both chord symbols and notation. This will enable pianists to develop their own styles. Secondly, a solo arrangement of intermediate standard. The books include a CD of performances by the arranger.

The Pop Piano Player (Faber)
Designed for pianist wanting to make the transition into playing pop piano, as well as those keen to develop their own style.