Hand in Hand (Book 1) is a set of arrangements of most of the pieces that appear in Suzuki piano book 1.
These are arrangements for soloist + small piano ensemble and there are pdf sheet music parts for the arrangements. Each piece has an optional backing track in MP3 format which can be fun for rehearsing with and demonstrates the suggested ensemble sounds.
A specimen example of one of the backing tracks and the related sheet music arrangement can be viewed here.
Headphones or good speakers are recommended www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXRBm0zUR7Y
To purchase all 32 Backing Tracks for £22 please follow this link: https://grahamrix.gumroad.com/l/yqijqx
To purchase all 16 arrangements as a pdf file for £18 please follow this link : grahamrix.gumroad.com/l/mraeyn
Each piece has two backing tracks, one with the solo piano part and accompanying instruments and one without the solo piano part (so just the accompanying instruments). To help you play along to the backing tracks, each backing track has a short introduction. I strongly recommend using headphones (open backed headphones) or good speakers.
Please note that "Allegro" is not included in this collection
Contents : Honey Bee, Cuckoo, Lightly Row, French Children's Song, London Bridge, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Au Clair de la Lune, Long Long Ago, Little Playmates, Chant Arabe, Allegretto 1, Good Bye To Winter, Allegretto 2, Christmas Day Secrets, Musette.
These could be used for group lesson repertoire. The parts are mostly simple and where they are a little more involved, should be manageable for children in early / mid Book 2.
Most of the ensemble parts are for three instruments (keyboards) in addition to the solo part and a couple of the pieces have an optional additional part. The intention is that you choose appropriate sounds on an electric keyboard to match the sounds on the backing tracks.
