PREPARATORY
1. I’m for the Easy Life… Oh, Yes!
2. Spiders Win the Olympics
3. Cradle Song
EARLY GRADES
4. Natasha’s Hedgehog
5. The Cool Camel
6. The Timid Fairy
7. Walking in the Park
8. See Who’s at the Door
9. The Cockney Kitten
10. Bonjour
11. Miss P. Dolce
12. Pictures from the Past
13. Surface Tension
14. Daffodils
15. Storybook Waltz
INTERMEDIATE
16. Dawn Primarolo
17. Horizon
18. June in Paris
19. Scottish Dance
20. The Lazy Leopard
21. Time for Reflection
22. Papillons de Nuit
23. Sarah’s Song
24. Waltz of the Vegetables
ADVANCED
25. Generation Bridge
26. The Spirit of the Saxophone
27. A Perfect Day
28. Piano Forty
29. The Lone Flier
30. The World Wide Waltz
31. Charlie Shavers
32. Annie Darwin
33. Hommage au Fromage
Graham Lyons started the piano at the age of six but at thirteen, inspired by Benny Goodman, switched to clarinet lessons. He continued to play the piano, but without formal tuition, using it to investigate harmony and jazz improvisation. His first clarinet teacher was George Draper, whom he remembered with great affection. For five years his weekly high spot was his clarinet lesson. After National Service as a Radar Fitter, Graham went to Oxford to read physics. At Oxford, music, not physics, took priority and, not surprisingly, he was sent down at the end of the first year. After Oxford he studied bassoon and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, paying his way by working in a jazz club on piano, clarinet and saxophone.
For the next twenty years Graham worked as a performer in symphony orchestras, musicals, clubs and on broadcasts. He also composed advertising jingles and television background music, and arranged for bands, cabaret and various (now defunct) BBC Radio orchestras. In addition he also taught woodwind instruments part-time in schools. In fact he is best-known for his educational publications, comprising more than sixty tutors and albums, with combined sales of more than 300,000. Many of his compositions are on the wind syllabuses of the music examining boards.
Graham Lyons Useful Piano Solos is a progressive album containing 33 pieces for beginner to advanced level pianists.
This is a bumper compilation of 33 of…
Graham Lyons Useful Piano Solos is a progressive album containing 33 pieces for beginner to advanced level pianists.
This is a bumper compilation of 33 of Graham Lyons’ most popular solos for piano. The book conatains recital pieces, jazzy in character, for those beyond the beginning stages.
Rewarding for the player and enjoyable for the listener.
