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Lang Lang Piano Academy: Mastering the Piano Level 4

Name: Lang Lang Piano Academy: Mastering the Piano Level 4
Brand: MusicGurus
Author: Lang Lang

Lang Lang's Mastering the Piano Level 4: eight early intermediate units of pedalling, chords and rubato with backing tracks.

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Modules81

Replay songs41

InstrumentPiano

LanguageEnglish

Contents (81 modules, 41 replay)

- 01. Introduction by Lang Lang
- 01. Lang Lang Introduction – Practice and Discipline
  Free lesson
  1:08
- 02. Unit 1: Posture, movement and hand shape
- 03. Little Study from Mikrokosmos (Bartok)
- 04. Flower Drum Song (trad. Chinese)
- 05. Waltz (Lang Lang)
- 01. Lang Lang Introduction – Using the Left Pedal
  1:28
- 02. Unit 2: Legato pedalling
- 03. Little Study (Schumann)
- 04. Arirang (trad. Korean)
- 05. Prayer (Gliere)
- 01. Lang Lang Introduction – How Music Can Inspire Us
  1:26
- 02. Unit 3: New accompaniment styles
- 03. Study in F (Dunhill)
- 04. Waltz (Brahms)
- 05. About Strange Lands and People (Schumann)
- 01. Lang Lang Introduction – The Art of Dynamics
  1:38
- 02. Unit 4: More on chords
- 03. La Petite Reunion (Burgmuller)
- 04. Allegro Assai (Benda)
- 05. Morning Prayer (Tchaikovsky)
- 01. Lang Lang Introduction – How Piano Shapes Your Life
  2:06
- 02. Unit 5: More on rhythm
- 03. Study in G (Czerny)
- 04. Sonatina (Kabalevsky)
- 05. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (Gershwin)
- 01. Lang Lang Introduction – Learning Life Experience from Music
  2:17
- 02. Unit 6: Musical context
- 03. Ballade (Burgmuller)
- 04. Watchman's Song (Grieg)
- 05. Sweet Dreams (Tchaikovsky)
- 01. Lang Lang Introduction – Phrasing and Musical Language
  1:18
- 02. Unit 7: Phrasing and rubato
- 03. Der Dichter Spricht (Schumann)
- 04. Alla Siciliana (Guilmant)
- 05. Andante (C.P.E. Bach)
- 01. Unit 8: Dexterity
- 02. Study from L'agilite (Le Couppey)
- 03. Sonatina (Clementi)
- 04. Invention in F (J.S. Bach)
- 01. Page 8 Warm Up - Right Hand
- 02. Page 8 Warm Up - Left Hand
- 03. Page 8 Warm Up - Both Hands
- 04. Little Study from Mikrokosmos
- 05. Flower Drum Song
- 06. Waltz (Page 12)
- 07. Page 13 Warm Up
- 08. Little Study
- 09. Arirang
- 10. Prayer
- 11. Page 19 Warm Up 1 - Left Hand
- 12. Page 19 Warm Up 2 - Both Hands
- 13. Study in F (Dunhill)
- 14. Waltz
- 15. About Strange Lands and People
- 16. Page 24 Warm Up in 3rds and 6ths - Right Hand
- 17. Page 24 Warm Up in 3rds and 6ths - Left Hand
- 18. Page 24 Warm Up in 3rds and 6ths - Both Hands
- 19. Page 24 Warm Up (La Petite Reunion) - Right Hand
- 20. La Petite Reunion
- 21. Allegro Assai
- 22. Morning Prayer
- 23. Page 30 Warm Up - Right Hand
- 24. Page 30 Warm Up - Left Hand
- 25. Page 30 Warm Up - Both Hands
- 26. Study in G
- 27. Sonatina
- 28. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
- 29. Ballade
- 30. Watchman's Song
- 31. Page 42 Warm Up - Right Hand
- 32. Page 42 Warm Up - Left Hand
- 33. Page 42 Warm Up - Both Hands
- 34. Der Dichter Spricht
- 35. Alla Siciliana
- 36. Andante
- 37. Page 47 Warm Up - Right Hand
- 38. Page 47 Warm Up - Left Hand
- 39. Study from L'agilite
- 40. Sonatina
- 41. Invention in F

About this songbook

Play with Lang Lang at your side

Step up to Grade 4 with one of the world's most celebrated pianists as your guide. Lang Lang's Mastering the Piano Level 4 turns eight early intermediate units into a real musical adventure, pairing classical studies and Romantic repertoire with Lang Lang's own warm, encouraging commentary on pedalling, chords and rubato.

Why early intermediate pianists love this book

Across eight units you refine posture and hand shape, master legato pedalling, explore new accompaniment styles, balance chords in 3rds and 6ths, sharpen dotted rhythms and swung jazz feels, dig into musical context and storytelling, shape phrases with rubato, and build the dexterity to handle Baroque counterpoint. Each unit opens with a friendly message from Lang Lang and a focused warm up, then grows into studies and pieces by composers such as Bartok, Schumann, Grieg, Gershwin and Bach.

Who it is for

This book suits pianists around Grade 4 who read confidently in both hands and want a structured, inspiring path into early intermediate repertoire. Teachers will find eight self-contained units that can be taught in any order, while independent learners get clear technical guidance on every page, from Chinese and Korean folk arrangements to Romantic character pieces and a Baroque invention.

Play along and learn by ear

Every warm up, study and piece comes with a recorded backing track and an interactive score, gathered in a Replay sheet music playlist. Start now, listen to the model performances, then press play and learn the way Lang Lang himself first learned: by listening closely and playing along with real classical, Romantic, Baroque, folk and jazz repertoire.

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Meet the Guru

Lang Lang

Lang Lang is a Chinese concert pianist, born in Shenyang in 1982, regarded as one of the most celebrated musicians of his generation. He studied at Beijing's Central Music Conservatory and at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia under Gary Graffman, and became an international sensation at seventeen after a last-minute debut at the 'Gala of the Century' with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The first Chinese pianist to perform with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, he is a Steinway artist, a Grammy nominee, a TIME 100 honouree, and the founder of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, which champions music education for young pianists around the world.

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Faber Music

Faber Music is a British music publisher founded in 1965, growing out of the literary house Faber and Faber to publish the works of Benjamin Britten. Six decades on, it represents many of the world's leading contemporary composers and holds one of the most respected catalogues in classical and concert music.

It is also a mainstay of music education: its instrumental tutors, graded repertoire and exam materials are used by teachers and students worldwide, alongside a broad catalogue of pop, rock and film songbooks that bring popular repertoire within reach of players at every level.

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