Audiovisual Study Tool (AST)

AST Update February 2025 - preview

A new version of Piano Street's Audivisual Study Tool will be launched in February 2025 and, as a member, you are invited to preview the beta version of the updated tool with all its new features.

Some of the improvements in the new version are:
- A two column composer/piece menu gives instant access to any piece.
- An updated modern layout and styling.
- Thousands of pieces added, now featuring all of the 3900+ pieces in the PS digital library.
- 20 000+ recordings added.
- All recordings can be streamed from Naxos Music Library, Spotify och YouTube Music. (A free or paid account is needed to use Spotify).
- Quick and easy access to all movements of a piece in the score and recordings.

See it in action is this short demo video:



Try out the new AST here:

[LINK UNAVAILABLE - GOLD MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED]

The AST feature is available for unlimited use for Gold members. When logged in to your Gold membership account, look for the AST icon (left) in the digital sheet music library to instantly open the AST for that piece.

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We are looking forward to your feedback. Please email your comments, suggestions and questions to:
webmaster@pianostreet.com

Some features under development, soon to be implemented:
- Increased resolution of all scores.
- YouTube videos from the previous AST version will be imported.
- Start times of movements will be added giving one click access to movements not starting at the beginning of a track, such as in variation works.

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More about the Audiovisual Study Tool

If you are like most other Piano Street visitors, you regularly listen to and enjoy piano music on YouTube or music streaming services like Spotify or Naxos Music Library. Compared to the era of LPs or CDs, the sheer amount of recordings we have instant access to today is completely overwhelming.

Blessing or curse?

While this is mostly a blessing for everyone who loves music, it can also be confusing. Sites like YouTube are not exactly designed to promote concentrated listening. How often do you listen to a complete Beethoven Sonata without being distracted? Many of us often end up just skipping around, in the vague hope of finding something even better or more interesting.

An idea was born…

So a few years ago, with 2800 piano pieces in the online sheet music library, one of our team members got the brilliant but crazy idea to create a tool which could give you easy “one-click” access to the best videos and streaming audio tracks while following along in the scores. This seemed to us like the perfect way of helping members find their own way through the vast richness of the piano repertoire.

Since then the Piano Street Team has been hard at work: 1200 man hours of listening and hand picking the greatest among the many great performers playing the greatest piano music is tough work. But we have persisted. We have not complained. And here we are, now even more convinced of the amazing possibilities of the digital world and - not least - with a new update of Piano Street's unique AST.

The Audiovisual Study Tool (AST) allows you to:

• Learn piano pieces faster
• Improve your interpretational skills
• Broaden your repertoire knowledge
• Improve your sight reading
• Effortlessly enjoy the great art of classical piano music

In the new AST version, 2200+ pieces by 28 of the most popular piano composers are included, and thousands of recordings from Naxos Music Library are fully integrated.

The AST feature is now available for unlimited use for Gold members. When logged in to your Gold membership account, look for the AST icon (left) in the digital sheet music library to instantly open the AST for that piece.

Sign up for instant access >>