William G Hirtz - Tales of Orp Piano Book (Musical & Literary Adventure)

William G Hirtz - Tales of Orp Piano Book (Musical & Literary Adventure)

Music by William Hirtz Story by Robert & William Hirtz

Level: Intermediate

A wonderfully imaginative collection of piano études where music, storytelling and comic-strip adventures come together to make essential pianistic skills memorable and fun.

Tales of Orp is a creative musical and literary adventure designed to help intermediate piano students develop important technical and expressive skills through music, storytelling and visual imagination.

The collection presents a series of piano études, with each musical concept accompanied by comic-strip text that uses entertaining literary and visual metaphors to make the technique easier to understand and remember. From dynamics, articulation and phrasing to pedalling, trills, scales and balance between the hands, each adventure focuses on a particular aspect of piano playing.

Rather than presenting technique as a purely mechanical exercise, Tales of Orp encourages students to connect musical ideas with memorable characters, situations and imagery. It is an engaging resource for piano lessons and independent practice, particularly for students who respond well to creative and visual approaches to learning. 36 pages.

Contents Include:

1. The Beginning

2. Anvils & Balloons – Piano & Forte

3. Honey & Hot Charcoal – Legato & Staccato

4. Swell & Shrink – Crescendo & Diminuendo

5. Hot Honey Slurs – Two-Note Slurs

6. Unplug That Fan – Ritardando

7. Dots Are Flattening – Dotted Rhythms

8. Rest Stop – Rests

9. How to Turn Two Notes into One – Ties

10. Beware of Quicksand – The Pedal

11. Slender & Slippery – Black Keys

12. See Saw – Trills

13. Thunderous Rex – Scales

14. Early Bird Catches the Note – Shifting Hand Position

15. The Shape of Things to Come – Shaping a Melody

16. Libra – Balance Between the Hands

Product Details

• Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company
• Instrumentation: Piano
• Pages: 1
• Dimensions: 30.5 × 22.9 × 0.5 cm (L × W × H)
• Weight: 510 g

Product Identifiers

• SKU: JP15