Play It! Children's Songs for Piano (Level 2)
A fun and easy way to learn to play the piano or keyboard, now with intermediate instruction on classic and favorite songs.
Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teach how to play the piano or keyboard in a simple, effective way. Using color-coded notes and character icons, the books include piano sheets of popular and favorite songs as well as a refresher on how to read sheet music and some intermediate playing techniques like playing with both hands, crossing fingers, and arpeggios. For intermediates ages 5 and up, Play It! Children’s Songs for Piano (Level 2) is the perfect way to level up on your musical journey.
Features these classic songs and includes color labels inside the book:
- A Hunting We Will Go
- A Tisket, A Tasket
- Alouette
- Alphabet Song
- Au Claire de la Lune
- Aura Lee
- Camptown Races
- Five Little Monkeys
- Happy Birthday
- Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
- He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- I'm a Little Teapot
- Kum Ba Yah
- Lavender's Blue
- Merrily We Roll Along
- O Sole Mio
- Old MacDonald
- On Top of Spaghetti
- Polly Wolly Doodle
- Pop Goes the Weasel
- Rock-a-Bye Baby
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- Sailing, Sailing
- The Entertainer
- The Farmer in the Dell
- The Man on the Flying Trapeze
- The Wheels on the Bus
- Three Blind Mice
- What Should we do With a Drunken Sailor?
Not quite an intermediate piano player? Check out Children's Songs for Piano (Level 1)!
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Book details
- Author
- Jennifer Kemmeter, Antimo Marrone
- Imprint
- Graphic Arts Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 76
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Series
- Play It!
- Ages
- 5-10
- Subjects
- Juvenile Nonfiction › Music › Instruction & Study
Juvenile Nonfiction › Music › Songbooks
Juvenile Nonfiction › Music › Instruments - Topics
- piano instruction · sheet music · color-coded notes · keyboard learning · sight reading · intermediate piano · classic nursery rhymes
- ISBN-13
- 9781513142029 (Paperback)9781513142036 (Hardcover)
About the authors
JENNIFER KEMMETER is the author and creator of the best-selling Build It! series and co-creator of the Play It! piano book series. Her recent books include Play It! and Build It!
Kemmeter began her career in marketing and economics at a multinational firm before transitioning into children’s book publishing. Her books are published by Graphic Arts Books.
Jennifer lives in London, England.
ANTIMO MARRONE holds degrees in Music from the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella and in Art from the Academy of Fine Arts, both in Naples, Italy. His recent book is Play It!
Marrone has taught piano in Italy and the United Kingdom since 2000, instructing students of all levels in technique, music theory, improvisation, composition, and history.
Antimo lives in England.











