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Bradley, Dorothy and Tobin, Raymond: Sight-Reading made Easy. Book 1. Primary Ref: 0143

To cover the keys of one and two sharps and flats - simple melodies of 2, 4, 8 bar basis, distributed between the hands on piano score, chiefly within five-finger range.

Price: £4.75

Bradley, Dorothy and Tobin, Raymond: Sight-Reading made Easy. Book 2. Elementary Ref: 0144

Simple keys - not more than two sharps or flats, a few accidentals, easy melodies of 8 or 12 bars with hands playing together, independent movement, a few small intervals (together) not exceeding the minot 7th, easy examples in compound time, bigger keyboard range achieved by arm movement, easy expression marks.

Price: £4.75

Bradley, Dorothy and Tobin, Raymond: Sight-Reading made Easy. Book 3 Transitional Ref: 0145

More examples in keys of two sharps and flats, including minor keys with inflected 6th and (or) 7th, and easy modulations, greater diversity in rhythms, semiquavers in various subdivisions of the beat, more variety in easy compound time, detail in touch and phrasing, 8, 16, 24 bars.

Price: £4.75

Bradley, Dorothy and Tobin, Raymond: Sight-Reading made Easy. Book 4 Lower Ref: 0146

To cover keys to three sharps or flats, more detailed melodies with free keyboard movement, very simple part-writing, L.H. detail, melody and small accompaniment in same hand, phrasing, touch variants, a little pedalling. 16-24 bars.

Price: £4.75

Bradley, Dorothy and Tobin, Raymond: Sight-Reading made Easy. Book 5 Higher Ref: 0147

Keys including sharps and flats, melodies with greater complexity of detail, broken chord figures, syncopations, part-writing and easy antiphonal movement of parts with independent phrasing between the hands, phrases beginning on quarter-beat, subdivisions of quaver in compound time, pedalling. Guided tests train eye to follow independent parts and gibe each its due time and tone value. 16-32 bars.

Price: £4.75

Bradley, Dorothy and Tobin, Raymond: Sight-Reading made Easy. Book 6 Intermediate Ref: 0148

To cover keys to four sharps and flats, free use of minor keys and modulations, a few chromatic accidentals, quicker movement of notes, more sub-divisions in compound time, independent treatment of inner parts, legato against staccato, couplets of slurred notes in different guises, broader phrases, finer detail within the phrase, varied touches, fuller harmony-chords include octaves, suspensions, easy ornaments. 16-32 bars.

Price: £4.75

Bradley, Dorothy and Tobin, Raymond: Sight-Reading made Easy. Book 7 Advanced Ref: 0149

Keys to include a few in five flats and sharps, more difficult passage and scale work, more antiphonal detail, sustained inner or lower voices, pedal notes and wider skips in L.H., melodies and counter-melodies, melody and accompaniment shared by hands or working independently, test of interpretative skill and pedalling devices. Graded tests show how to reduce horizontal harmonies, to connect melodic lines, spot key changes, pedal for different effects.

Price: £4.75

Bradley, Dorothy and Tobin, Raymond: Sight-Reading made Easy. Book 8 Final Ref: 0150

Will deal with more difficult pulse divisions, greater detail in requirements of touch contrasts, octaves moving against arpeggios, scale figures against chords, more complexity in part-writing and antiphonal movement, melody in both hands above or below accompaniment shared by the hands on half or quarter beat, more artistic use of pedal required. Guided tests show how to read progressions of block harmony, to balance melodies in poper proportion, to recognise ornamental notes, cadences-inverted and decorated, and "spot" essentials. 12, 16, 32 bars.

Price: £4.75

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Preliminary Book Ref: H334

Simple tunes with separate hands around middle C, basic note and rest values, lines and spaces, steps, leaps, slurs and elementary dynamics.

Price: £4.25

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Book 1 Ref: H335

160 progressive exercises for Associated Board and similar grade 1 exams, covering simple key and time signatures, tunes with anacrusis, hand positions on middle D, elementary articulation with staccato and legato, simple expression marks, preparatory exercises for changing hand positions.

Price: £4.25

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Book 2 Ref: H336

Playing hands together, simple intervals and chords, scale and broken-chord patterns, accidentals, more contrasts of articulation and expression, key signatures of one flat and up to three sharps, 12 pieces for grade two.

Price: £4.25

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Book 3 Ref: H337

Revision of melodic and harmonic intervals, dotted notes, syncopation and more difficult rhythms, key signatures of up to three sharps or flats, 3-8 time, B sharp equals C natural, 12 pieces for grade three.

Price: £4.50

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Book 4 Ref: H338

Wide-stretch two-note chords, four-note chords, two in each hand, semiquaver patterns, unusual accidentals, changing fingers on repeated notes, simple pedalling, playing without fingering, 10 pieces for grade four.

Price: £4.50

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Book 5 Ref: H339

Finger shapes and three-note chords at a glance, further treatment of compound time and syncopation, cantabile tone production, double dotting, 10 pieces for grade five.

Price: £4.50

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Book 6 Ref: H340

Pedalling and balancing of chords, trills, unusual time signatures, part writing, identification of inner melodies, both hands playing on the same stave, quaver triplets, key signatures of up to five sharps or flats, 10 pieces for grade six.

Price: £4.75

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Book 7 Ref: H341

Four-note chords in one hand, changing time signatures, changes of key signature, identification of styles, baroque, ragtime, serial, 10 pieces for grade seven.

Price: £4.75

Lawson, Peter: Sight-Reading for Fun. Book 8 Ref: H342

Grace notes, turns and trills, coordination of two over three, tremolando, more than two staves, 'looking ahead', 10 pieces for grade eight.

Price: £4.75

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