The ‘dumb it down’ series offers simplified piano accompaniments to works for violin, viola, violoncello, flute, clarinet and other instruments. The edition includes QR codes to playalongs in various tempi with original piano settings. Level of difficulty 1: Beginners, can be sight-read The edition is also available as a pdf file. Click on the drop-down menu under ‘ISSUE (please select)’.

The series ‘dumb it down’ offers simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann to standard works for violin, viola, violoncello, flute, clarinet and other instruments. The level of difficulty is strongly dependent on the tempo. The notation clearly differentiates which quavers should be played and which are optional by indicating the repetition marks (see the notation from bar 11 in the 3rd movement in particular). This additional possibility of simplification as well as a low tempo (realistic in a teaching context) justify the rating of the piano movement as 2. The faster the music is played, the closer one gets to difficulty level 4. The edition contains QR codes for play-alongs in various tempi with the original piano setting. Level of difficulty 2: Must be looked at before the lesson, practised before the concert The edition is also available as a pdf file. Click on the drop-down menu under ‘ISSUE (please select)’.

The level of difficulty of this simplified piano accompaniment is very high. The piano writing by the composer Clara Schumann is very complex, but the possibilities for reduction are limited. With this arrangement, Philip Lehmann makes it possible to play the accompaniment even without studying the piano. In the third movement, the present form of notation was chosen in order to offer the most manageable options possible, depending on the performer's ability: Accompaniment with the bass note only, chordally on the main beat or with tremolo in the specified rhythm. The rhythmic structure is notated from the first bar in order to preserve these rhythmic peculiarities (quintuplets, semiquaver rests) of the accompaniment in the right hand. The greatest possible simplifications should nevertheless be quickly recognisable. Level of difficulty 4: Compared to the original, the piano part is greatly simplified, but can still be practised by amateurs

From practice for practice: ‘dumb it down’ is a series of simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann to standard works for various instruments, which also offer piano players without a degree the opportunity to accompany their pupils, children, friends etc. Level of difficulty 3: Fingerings may need to be entered and practised

From practice for practice: ‘dumb it down’ is a series of simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann to standard works for various instruments, which also offer piano players without a degree the opportunity to accompany their pupils, children, friends etc. Level of difficulty 3: Fingerings may need to be entered and practised

From practice for practice: ‘dumb it down’ is a series of simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann to standard works for various instruments, which also offer pianists without a degree the opportunity to accompany their pupils, children, friends etc.. The level of difficulty of this edition is strongly dependent on the tempo. The notation clearly differentiates which quavers should be played and which are optional by indicating the repetition markings. This additional possibility of simplification as well as a low chosen tempo (realistic in a teaching context) justify the rating of the piano movement with ‘3’. The faster you play, the closer you get to a level of difficulty of ‘4’. The complete translation of Vivaldi's sonnet for the concerto is printed after the last page of the score. Level of difficulty 3: Fingerings may need to be entered and practised

From practice for practice: ‘dumb it down’ is a series of simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann to standard works for various instruments, which also offer piano players without a degree the opportunity to accompany their pupils, children, friends etc. Level of difficulty 2: must be looked at before the lesson, practised before the concert

The series ‘dumb it down’ offers simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann to standard works for violin, viola, violoncello, flute, clarinet and other instruments. Difficulty level 4: a greatly simplified piano setting compared to the original, which can still be practised by amateurs

From practice for practice: ‘dumb it down’ is a series of simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann to standard works for various instruments, which also offer piano players without a degree the opportunity to accompany their pupils, children, friends etc.. This ‘Cantabile’ is the only composition that Paganini wrote for violin and piano. The markings and execution are his own. Level of difficulty 2: must be looked at before the lesson, practised before the concert * it is mostly sufficient to play the left hand (in lessons)

Simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann from practice for practice. ‘Dumb it down’ is a series of simplified piano accompaniments to standard works for various instruments, which also offer pianists without a degree the opportunity to accompany their pupils, children, friends etc. Difficulty level 2: must be looked at before the lesson, practised before the concert

From practice for practice: ‘dumb it down’ is a series of simplified piano accompaniments by Philip Lehmann to standard works for various instruments, which also offer piano players without a degree the opportunity to accompany their pupils, children, friends etc. Level of difficulty 3: Fingerings may need to be entered and practised

Simplified piano accompaniment by Philip Lehmann from practice for practice. ‘Dumb it down’ is a series of simplified piano accompaniments to standard works for various instruments, which also offer piano players without a degree the opportunity to accompany their pupils, children, friends etc. Level of difficulty 3: ‘Fingerings may need to be entered and practised.