Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Adds Popular Hits

April 13, 2018

Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, announces the release of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Popular Hits, Level 1, which answers the often expressed need for a variety of supplementary material in many different popular styles. Soon after beginning piano study, students can play attractive versions of the best-known music of today.

Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Popular Hits, Level 1 is correlated page-by-page with Lesson Book 1 of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course and Level 1 of Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course. When pieces from the Popular Hits books are assigned in conjunction with the material in the Lesson Books, new concepts are reinforced in a fun and motivating way, increasing the student's interest in piano study.

Titles in Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Popular Hits, Level 1: Best Day of My Life (American Authors) • Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) • Bye Bye, Love (The Everly Brothers) • Clouds (Zach Sobiech) • Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) • Everything Is Awesome (Awesome Remixx!!!) (from The LEGO® Movie) • Flicker (Kanye West Rework) (from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1) • I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady) • I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher) • I Love Paris (from Can-Can) • I'll Stand By You (The Pretenders) • James Bond Theme • Let It Go (from Walt Disney's Frozen) • Mamma Mia (from Mamma Mia!) • Over the Rainbow (as sung by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole) • Raiders March (from Raiders of the Lost Ark) • The Rose (Bette Midler) • Star Wars® (Main Theme) • Take My Breath Away (Berlin) • A Teenager In Love (Dion and The Belmonts) • Try to Remember (from The Fantasticks) • You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban).

Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Popular Hits, Level 1 is available for $9.50 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com/alfredsadultpopularhits.

Review copies are available upon request.