Books
Francis Knights and Nigel Yandell, Introduction to Keyboard Skills (2026)
A hands-on tutor outlining the basic skills for Sight-Reading, Score reading, Harmonization, Reading notation and clefs, Improvisation, Transposition, Figured bass and Accompaniment at the keyboard. 158 pages, A4 spiral-bound, £26
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Francis Knights, A Sight-Reading Method for Early Keyboard Players (2026)
This method, for players of the harpsichord, clavichord, organ and fortepiano, uses seventeen marked-up scores covering music from c.1550-1800 to show how performers can improve their ability to understand and decode musical notation fluently. Works by Gibbons, Frescobaldi, Purcell, Buxtehude, Couperin, Bach, Haydn and others, supplemented by versions in original clefs and by historical facsimiles. 149 pages, A4 paperback, £23
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Nigel Yandell and Francis Knights, Advanced Keyboard Skills (forthcoming 2026)
A higher-level tutor developing the skills for Sight-Reading, Score reading, Harmonization, Reading notation and clefs, Improvisation, Transposition, Figured bass and Accompaniment at the keyboard. A4 spiral-bound
Francis Knights, Observations on Bach's keyboard and organ works (2025)
12 essays examining aspects of sources, style, instruments, technique and performance, with chapters on the Well-tempered Clavier, the Inventions & Sinfonias, the early clavier suites, the Orgelbüchlein and the Art of Fugue. 232 pages, A5 paperback
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