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KG · Weihergarten 5, 55116 Mainz · Printed in Germany  \nMusical terMs  \nNote values are given in the order American-British on their first mention within each section, then American terms alone thereafter.  \nwhole note (semibreve)  \nhalf note (minim)  \nquarter note (crotchet)  \neighth note (quaver)  \nsixteenth note (semiquaver)  \nOther terms follow British usage, for example:  \nbar (Br) = measure (Am)  \nwhole tone (Br) = whole step (Am)  \nsemitone (Br) = half step (Am)  \nED 23864  \nBSS 60 524  \n© 2025 Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz  \nCover design by Gary Baker Photos by Edwin James  \nBack cover photo by Sarah Barnes Layout by Barbara Brümmer  \nSchott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Weihergarten 5, 55116 Mainz, Germany [info@schott-music.com](info@schott-music.com)  \n[www.schott-music.com](www.schott-music.com)  \nContents  \nintroduction  \nFrom the Author  \nHow to use Play it again: PIANO Posture, Hand and Finger Positions Music Notation and Keyboard Layout Rhythm and Pulse  \nMusical Symbols  \nlate Beginner  \nAve, Generosa  \nby Hildegard of Bingen, arr. Melanie Spanswick Study in C from Kinder-Klavierschule by Heinrich Wohlfahrt  \nCan Can  \nby Jacques Offenbach, arr. Melanie Spanswick  \nLittle Melodic Studies for Beginners  \nOp. 187 No. 13 and 14  \nby Cornelius Gurlitt  \nCradle Song  \nOp. 49 No. 4 by Johannes Brahms, arr. Melanie Spanswick  \nSong and Ukrainian Folk Song by Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev Cherries and Little Mazurka by Milada Borová and Zdena Janzurová  \nSparkle  \nby Melanie Spanswick  \nripples  \nby Rosa Conrad  \nScarborough Fair  \nTrad. arr. Melanie Spanswick  \nPreParatory  \nold German Dance  \nby Michael Praetorius  \nAndante and Allegro moderato from 120 Pieces for Aspiring Beginners by Daniel Gottlob Türk  \nLittle Invention  \nby Jakub Jan Ryba  \node to Joy (Symphony No. 9)  \nby Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Melanie Spanswick  \nMelody No. 12 (Theme and Variations)  \nfrom L’ABC du Piano by Félix Le Couppey  \n4 5  \n5 8  \n11  \n16  \n17  \n20  \n23  \n26  \n29  \n32  \n36  \n40  \n42  \n45  \n48  \n51  \n54  \n57  \n60  \nLittle Invention  \nfrom First Term at the Piano , Sz. 53, No. 3 by Béla Bartók  \nCanon  \nby Henk Badings  \nLittle Waltz  \nby Gunter Kretschmer  \nrock Fever  \nby Hans-Günter Heumann  \nSunday Afternoon etude  \nby Melanie Spanswick  \nThe Peacock Princess  \nby Sharon Choi  \nMolly Malone  \nTrad. arr. Melanie Spanswick  \nearly eleMentary  \nMinuetto  \nfrom Harpsichord Suite No. 6  \nby Anna Bon  \nMinuet in C (k. 6)  \nby Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  \nDance No. 1  \nby Sophie Auguste de Weyrauch  \nWaltz (Swan Lake)  \nby Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Hans-Günter Heumann  \non Tip-Toe  \nby Arnoldo Sartorio  \nLe petit mendiant  \nfrom Op. 103, Album for the Very Young by Mélanie Bonis  \nNoёl!  \nby Marguerite Balutet  \nLittle Dance  \nby Alice Tegnér  \nSecret  \nby Barbara Heller  \nLouisiana Blues: Swing etude  \nby Melanie Spanswick  \nAmazing Grace  \nTrad. arr. Melanie Spanswick  \ntheory  \nPiano Practice Rhythmic Exercises  \n64  \n67  \n70  \n73  \n76  \n78  \n81  \n84  \n87  \n91  \n94  \n98  \n101  \n104  \n107  \n110  \n113  \n116  \n119  \n121  \nINTroDUCTIoN  \nFrom the Author  \nPlay it again: PIANO is a progressive piano course consisting of graded piano pieces for anyone who has played the piano before and wishes to rediscover this fulfilling pastime. 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