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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Prelude b minor by Morovsky:
Prelude b minor: This prelude in b minor written by Morovsky has a beautifully ominous melody in the left hand and is great for a level 4-5 student. Download Prelude-in-b-minor
Posted in Alexander Morovsky, b-minor, Free, Intermediate, Keyboard Classics, L4, L5, Piano Solo
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Primer Beach Matching Worksheet
Primer Beach Matching Worksheet: This colorful matching primer worksheet helps beginning students to identify note values and rest signs. Primer beach worksheet...
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Painter Pallet Primer Worksheet
Painter Pallet Primer Worksheet: This “painter’s pallet” worksheet helps the primer student to recognize rest signs and note values. Painter Pallet Primer-Worksheet ...
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Pink Seashell Matching Worksheet
Pink Seashell Matching Worksheet: This beach scene printable worksheet allows the elementary student to draw and match note values.
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Rainbow Rhythm Worksheet
Rainbow Rhythm Worksheet: This is a colorful printable “Rainbow rhythm” worksheet. Have beginning students write the number of counts next to the rainbow’s end. Rainbow rhythm primer worksheet
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July 4th Primer Matching Worksheet
July 4th Primer Matching Worksheet: This is a seasonal matching printable for the 4th of July. Have beginning students draw a line to the correct note value or symbols. July-4th-Primer-Worksheet
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Theory – Flower Symbol Worksheet
Theory – Flower Symbol Worksheet: This is a colorful printable which allows the elementary student to identify and write in the correct musical symbol hidden in the picture. Download Theory-Flower-Symbol-Worksheet
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Theory – Ice Cream matching Worksheet
Theory – Ice Cream matching worksheet: Primer students will have fun matching the instrument to the correct word on this ice cream puzzle worksheet. Download Theory-IceCream-Matching-Worksheet
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Theory – Musical Instrument Worksheet
Theory – Musical Instrument Worksheet: A bright colorful worksheet allowing elementary students to identify musical instruments. Download theory-Musical-Instrument-Worksheet
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Theory – Butterfly Dynamic Worksheet
Theory – Butterfly Dynamic Worksheet: Students love learning dynamic symbols with this vibrant “Butterfly dynamic” worksheet. Download Theory-Butterfly-Dynamic-Worksheet
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Theory – Music Forms Worksheet:
Theory – Music Forms Worksheet: Many piano forms of music were influenced by dance forms. Have students listen to an example of each musical form and match with the correct definitions. Download Theory-Music-Forms-Worksheet
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Butterflies
“Butterflies” is a lyrical beginning piece for piano and voice in the key of C major with the repeat one octave higher, and written by my student Emma at age five. Download Butterflies
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Lyrical Arabesque
“Lyrical Arabesque” is a soft piano piece in a ternary form with a accelerated middle section containing smooth spiraling arpeggios, and great for a intermediate student. YOUTUBE VIDEO...
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Diamonds & Lace
“Diamonds & Lace” is a delicate and reflective piece I wrote for flute and piano in the key of C major, requiring the intermediate pianist to maintain a rich and smooth legato as the melody glides from the left hand...
Posted in C major, Impressionistic, L4, L5, Late Intermediate, New This Month, Piano / Flute, Piano Solo, Romantic, Valentine's Day, Wedding
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A Summer Seascape
“A Summer Seascape” is a beautiful impressionistic piano solo written in the key of A major. The late intermediate student should portray the contrasts in dynamics and bring out voicing in the right hand....
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Thanksgiving Prayer
Thanksgiving Prayer: This is a 16th century Dutch melody originally written by Adrianus Valerius , translated by Theodore Baker, and is a wonderful traditional holiday piece great for the level 2-3 student. Thansgiving-Prayer
Posted in Beginner, C major, Children's Corner, Free, L2, Piano / Voice, Piano Solo, Seasonal, Traditional
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The Nutcracker
Download The Nutcracker The Nutcracker: This is Tchaikovsky’s famous Nutcracker theme arranged in a middle c position, with an optional second part in a arpeggiated accompaniment. It is a fun seasonal duet for the beginning student and teacher.
Posted in Beginner, Children's Corner, Christmas, Free, L2, Middle C Position, P. Tchaikovsky, Piano Duet, Piano Solo, Seasonal
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Over The River And Through The Woods
Over the River and Through the Woods: This is a Thanksgiving song originally written by the novelist Lydia Marie Child celebrating her childhood memories, and is a great holiday piece for the beginning student written in a middle c position. … Continue reading
Posted in Beginner, Children's Corner, Free, L1, L2, Lydia Marie Child, Middle C Position, Piano Solo, Seasonal
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Fur Elise
Fur Elise: This is my arrangement of the main theme to Beethoven’s Fur Elise and is great for the early pianist as it utilizes broken chord patterns in a minor and E major. See the original score in “Keyboard Classics”....
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Caprice
Caprice download Caprice: This is a vigorous piece by the famous Italian virtuoso violinist Niccolo Paganini requiring the level 3 student to play with technique and articulation.
Posted in A minor, Children's Corner, Early Intermediate, Free, L3, Niccolo Paganini, Piano Solo
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The Joy of Serenity
The Joy of Serenity: This is a peaceful solo written by my student Alexa at age nine to depict a feeling of serenity by using both consonant and dissonant intervals in the left hand.
Posted in Alexa Laux, Beginner, Children's Corner, Free, L1, L2, Middle C Position, Piano Solo, Student Composition
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The Flowing River
The-Flowing-River download The Flowing River: This is a lyrical solo which my student Hannah wrote at age 8 to depict the quiescent ebb of a river. The Flowing River is perfect for a beginner working in a middle c position.
Posted in Beginner, Children's Corner, Free, Hannah Luttrell, L1, L2, Middle C Position, Piano Solo, Student Composition
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Rachel’s Minuet
Rachels minuet: Free Download This Baroque style minuet was written in the key of G Major with a 3/4 time signature by Rachel at age eleven.
Posted in Beginner, Children's Corner, Free, G Major, L2, Piano Solo, Rachel Grimley, Student Composition
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O Christmas Tree
O Christmas Tree: This German Christmas carol was arranged with a relaxed jazzy style by my student Ryan at age 12, and would be great for any early intermediate pianist. O-Christmas-Tree
Posted in C major, Children's Corner, Christmas, Free, Intermediate, L3, L4, Piano Solo, Ryan Luttrell, Student Composition
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Silent Night
Silent Night: This is a holiday favorite which was originally written by an Austrian priest, Father Joseph Mohr, and set to music by his headmaster Franz Gruber. The left hand has a broken chord bass line, creating a smooth and … Continue reading
Posted in C major, Children's Corner, Christian, Christmas, Early Intermediate, Franz Gruber, Free, L2, L3, Piano Solo
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Trains come in on Christmas Day
Trains come in on Christmas Day: Free Download Trains come in on Christmas Day is a piece which conveys the acceleration and deceleration of a busy train on Christmas day, and was written by Owen at age seven.
Posted in Beginner, C major, Children's Corner, Free, L1, Owen Brown, Piano Solo, Student Composition
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Riding the Wind
Riding the Wind: Riding the Wind is a short lyrical piano piece in the key of F Major and written by my student Summer at age eleven. Download Riding-the-Wind
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Liebestraum
Liebestraum: This is an arrangement of one of Franz Liszt’s most popular works “Liebestraum” (Dream of Love) which was first published in 1850. The level 2 student may play piano 1 as a solo or one octave higher with the … Continue reading
Posted in Beginner, C major, Children's Corner, Franz Liszt, Free, L2, Piano Duet, Piano Solo, Romantic, Valentine's Day
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Nocturne Opus 9, No. 2
Nocturne Opus 9, No. 2: This is a simple arrangement of Chopin’s melodic “ Nocturne” opus 9, no. 2 in the key of F Major ( originally written in E flat ) and is a great piece for the level...
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Mother’s Day Song
Mother’s Day Song: This lyrical beginning piano piece by my student Kate at age seven, was written in a C position with the right hand ending one octave higher. Students may have fun adding their own lyrics. Download A-Mothers-Day-Song
Posted in Beginner, Children's Corner, Free, Kate Cabassa, L1, L2, Middle C Position, Piano Solo, Student Composition
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Prelude in a minor
Prelude in a minor : Prelude in a minor is a short piano piece utilizing sequences and Baroque articulations and written by my student Priscilla at age eleven. Download Prelude-in-a-minor
Posted in A minor, Children's Corner, Early Intermediate, Free, L2, L3, Piano Solo, Pricilla Deng, Student Composition
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My Valentine’s Song
My Valentine’s Song : My Valentine’s Song is a pleasing piano piece written in a C position for the right hand by my five year old student Zaslea . The beginning student should give attention to the legato phrasing and … Continue reading
Posted in Beginner, C major, Children's Corner, Free, L1, L2, Piano Solo, Student Composition, Valentine's Day, Zaslea Pietre
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America The Beautiful
America the Beautiful: This traditional song was a poem first written by Katherine Lee Bates in 1893 and inspired by a trip to Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The piece was later set to music by Samuel Ward. Arranged … Continue reading
Posted in Beginner, Children's Corner, Free, L2, Middle A Position, Patriotic, Piano / Voice, Piano Solo, Samuel A. Ward
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Clair de Lune
Clair de Lune: This is one of the most famous movements from Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque which comes from a poem that means “moonlight”. This impressionistic work shares a common motif with Debussy’s previous two movements and is a beautiful piano … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced, Claude Debussy, D-flat Major, Free, Impressionistic, Keyboard Classics, L8, L9, Piano Solo
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Consolation Burgmuller
Consolation Burgmuller: This etude by Johann Burgmuller, who was known especially in Paris for his intimate style of playing, is a melodically pleasing piece for the early adult or young pianist requiring much attention to phrasing, dynamics and musical expression. … Continue reading
Posted in C major, Early Intermediate, Free, Johann Burgmuller, Keyboard Classics, L3, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Andantino
Andantino: This is a peaceful solo by Kohler in the key of F Major with a lullaby quality and a broken chord pattern in the left hand. Andantino breaths with dynamics and the beginning student should pay attention to the … Continue reading
Posted in Early Intermediate, F Major, Free, Keyboard Classics, L3, Louis Kohler, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Sonata Opus 49 No. 2
Sonata Opus 49 No. 2: This is an impressive Sonata (Allegro) by Beethoven in the key of G Major requiring the intermediate student to play with a crisp yet fluent articulation. The student should give close attention to the quarter … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced, Classical, Free, G Major, Keyboard Classics, L5, L6, Late Intermediate, Ludwig Beethoven, Piano Solo
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Bouree
Bouree: This is a lively Bouree by Bach in a melodic minor and contains both legato two note slurs and staccto articulation. Despite the minor key this piece has a uplifting character and is great for a level 1-2 student. … Continue reading
Prelude b minor
Prelude b minor: This expressive prelude contains a lot of melodic rubato with it’s arpeggiated chords and melody in the left hand. The level 4-5 student should give much attention to dynamics and phrasing Prelude in b minor Op. 28, … Continue reading
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Schumann-First Loss Opus 68. No. 16
Schumann-op68-16-Premier-Chagrin-let-First-Loss : Free Download Schumann-First Loss Opus 68. No. 16: A beautiful short piece in the key of e minor by Schumann containing descending two note slurs. The level 3-4 student should give much attention to the counterpoint in measures 20-22.
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Petite Etude
Schumann-op68-14-Petite-Etude-let Petite Etude: An expressive and arpeggiated piece requiring much phrasing and movement, containing subtle harmonic changes which quickly resolve. This is a rewarding piece in G Major for an intermediate student.
Posted in Free, G Major, Intermediate, Keyboard Classics, L4, L5, Piano Solo, Robert Schumann, Romantic
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Melody
Melody: This lyrical work by Schumann requires the level 2-3 student to maintain a continuous flowing manner in the right hand while keeping the left hand subdued. Download Schumann-op68-01-Melodie-let
Posted in C major, Early Intermediate, Free, Keyboard Classics, L3, Piano Solo, Robert Schumann, Romantic
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Sonatine 1 Allegro let Kuhlau
Sonatine 1 Allegro let Kuhlau: This is a rewarding sonatina containing a alberti bass in the left hand in the key of C major and brief modulations to c minor with a triplet pattern in the right hand. The intermediate … Continue reading
Posted in C major, Classical, Free, Keyboard Classics, L4, L5, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo
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Fur Elise
Fur Elise: An excellent example of a Rondo form (abaca) set in the key of a minor over an arpeggiated bass which alternates from a minor to E Major. This piano solo by Beethoven has a beautiful two octave chromatic … Continue reading
Posted in A minor, Classical, Free, Keyboard Classics, L4, L5, Late Intermediate, Ludwig Beethoven, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Intermezzo
Intermezzo free download Intermezzo: A lyrical piece for solo piano in A major with melancholy and tonal color. Traditionally the intermezzo was meant to be a middle piece but Brahm’s wrote his intermezzo’s as independent works. This piece is intended for … Continue reading
Posted in A Major, Advanced, Free, Johann Brahms, Keyboard Classics, L8, L9, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Ballade
Ballade: This piano ballad is in the key of c minor and begins and ends with the melody in the left hand and alternates to the right hand in a beautiful middle section. The melody line should resonate over … Continue reading
Posted in C-minor Position, Free, Johann Burgmuller, Keyboard Classics, L5, L6, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo, Romantic
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La Pastorale
La-Pastorale Download La Pastorale: An excellent piece for voicing, the student should bring out the melody in the right hand over a constant left hand and use different fingers on repeated notes in the left hand. This is good piece for … Continue reading
Posted in Free, G Major, Intermediate, Johann Burgmuller, Keyboard Classics, L4, L5, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Arabesque
Arabesque: This is a fast piece in the key of a minor and requires a lot of articulation . The student should follow exact fingering in measures 24-26. This is a good level 4 piece. Arabesque Burgmuller
Posted in A minor, Free, Intermediate, Johann Burgmuller, Keyboard Classics, L4, L5, Piano Solo, Romantic
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La Candeur
This etude is a beginning level. The student should play with expression giving attention to dynamics and accent the first and third beat. La-Candeur
Posted in C major, Early Intermediate, Free, Johann Burgmuller, Keyboard Classics, L2, L3, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Schumann Traumerei
Schumann Traumerei: This delicate piece in the key of F major by Robert Schumann reflects images of childhood. This was also a encore piece performed by Vladimir Horowitz and is great for the intermediate student.
Posted in F Major, Free, Keyboard Classics, L5, L6, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo, Robert Schumann, Romantic
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Pavane
Ravel Maurice Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte: This is a slow processional dance containing a beautiful recurring theme by the French romantic composer Maurice Ravel. The advanced pianist should play with much rubato as the tempo varies. Download Ravel-maurice-pavane-pour-une-infante-defunte-677
Posted in Advanced, Free, G Major, Impressionistic, Keyboard Classics, L10, L9, Piano Solo, Ravel Maurice
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Kinderscenen
Kinderscenen Download Kinderscenen: This is a favorite of Schumann’s compositions with a playful harmonic structure that is deceptively simple and good for a mature pianist. Vladimir Horowitz used this work as an encore piece.
Posted in Advanced, Free, G Major, Keyboard Classics, L5, L6, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo, Robert Schumann, Romantic
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Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum: A beautiful lively piece from Debussy’s “Suite for Piano” containing rubato and a slower middle section with aesthetical modulations which return to the main theme. This is a great piece for the late intermediate student. Download … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced, C major, Claude Debussy, Free, Impressionistic, Keyboard Classics, L8, L9, Piano Solo
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FREE: Nocturno Op. 54, No. 4 Grieg
Nocturno Op. 54, No. 4 Grieg: This charming solo is from Grieg’s “Selected Lyric pieces for Piano” and has a elegant yet complex polyrhymic texture requiring the mature pianist to play with an expressive right hand motif and breath between … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced, C major, Edvard Grieg, Free, Keyboard Classics, L8, L9, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Harmony of the Angels
Harmony of the Angels: A pleasing and tender arpeggiated piano solo by Burgmuller in the key of G Major. The level 4-5 student should glide smoothly from the left hand to the right hand. SEE STUDENT VIDEO Download Harmony-of-the-Angels
Posted in Free, G Major, Johann Burgmuller, Keyboard Classics, L5, L6, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Gather Around the Christmas Tree
Gather Around the Christmas Tree: This is a cheerful and lyrical short piano piece by the Romantic composer Vladimir Rebikov written in the key of G major. The level 3-4 student should give attention to the phrasing and bring out … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Classical, Early Intermediate, Free, G Major, Keyboard Classics, L3, Piano Solo, Romantic, Vladimir Rebikov
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Chord Study Opus 166
Chord Study Op. 166, No. 6: A pleasant piece in the key of G Major requiring the level 2-3 student to glide with an even tone from the left hand to the right. Download Chord-Study-OP166-no6
Posted in Classical, Early Intermediate, Free, G Major, Henri Bertini, Keyboard Classics, L2, L3, Piano Solo, Romantic
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Debussy Arabesque No. 1
Debussy Arabesque No. 1: This beautiful impressionistic arabesque ( in the key of E Major ) was composed by Debussy in his late twenties when he was developing his musical style. The advanced pianist will enjoy playing this reflective spring … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced, Claude Debussy, E Major, Free, Impressionistic, Keyboard Classics, L8, L9, Piano Solo
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Clair De Lune
Clair de Lune: This is my arrangement in the key of C Major of Claude Debussy’s famous “Clair De Lune” which was originally written in 1890. This is a expressive piece containing suspended harmonies and arpeggiated chords characteristic of impressionism. The...
Posted in __Member, C major, Claude Debussy, Impressionistic, L4, L5, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo, Student Favorites, Valentine's Day, Wedding
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Blue Angel Boogie Woogie
Blue Angle Boogie Woogie: A lively blues piano piece with a boogie bass line requiring the late intermediate student to play with great fluency and rhythmic virtuosity. While the bass has a steady ostinato the right hand travels with many...
Posted in __Member, A minor, Advanced, Blues, Boogie, Jazz, L5, L6, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo
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Dawn On Destin Beach
Dawn on Destin Beach: This is a simple lyrical piano solo in the key of C Major with a 3/4 time signature and is great for the early intermediate student. The left hand contains a repetitive sixteenth note pattern which...
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Mermaids In The Moonlight
Mermaids in the Moonlight: This is a lyrical rondo (ABABA) in the key of C Major which captures an impressionistic style and is great for an early intermediate student. ...
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Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: This is an arrangement of Sergei Rachmanioff’s beautiful Rhapsody on Theme of Paganini (variation 18) . I arranged this in the key of C Major for both solo piano or optional violin and piano....
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Romantic Boogie
Romantic Boogie: A softer blues containing a steady rhythmic left hand pattern in a 6/8 time signature and utilizing harmonies influenced by American jazz and blues genres. The right hand travels several octaves and utilizes swing eights and triplets. Romantic...
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San Francisco Mornings
San Francisco Mornings: Is an expressive piano solo ( with optional flute ) containing dynamic changes and rubato within cantabile melodic style and great for the intermediate student....
Posted in __Member, C major, Impressionistic, Intermediate, L3, L4, Piano / Flute, Piano Solo
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Heaven’s Grace
Heaven’s Grace: A lyrical solo with a ternary form in the key of C major and excellent for a level 3-4 student. ...
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In The Moment
In the Moment: Is an intermediate piano solo written in the key of A Major with rich arpeggios and use of rubato. It is great for a level 5-6 student. ...
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Ballerina Intermezzo
Ballerina Intermezzo: is an early intermediate flowing piece in the key of C Major that travels with patterns from low C to high C and is good for a level 3-4 student....
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Sunrise On Pensacola Beach
Sunrise on Pensacola Beach: Is a piano solo that has a delicate lyrical melody written in a 3/4 time signature and is excellent for a level 4-5 student. ...
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Soft Rainfall
It’s Raining: Is a intermediate piece in the key of a minor. The changes in tempo from 6/8 to 4/4 reflect a gentle rain’s changes in movement. This is a good piece for a level 4-5 student....
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Pensacola Nights
Pensacola Nights: Is a short syncopated intermediate piano piece reflecting the jazz idioms inspired from Twentieth Century American Jazz styles. It is a light, fun piece for a level 4-5 student....
Posted in F Major, Intermediate, Jazz, L3, L4, Piano Solo
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Midnight Ghosts
Midnight Ghosts: Is a good seasonal beginner piano piece written in a mysterious 3/4 tempo and using cross over c minor arpeggios. ...
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Beaches Of Guam
Beaches of Guam: Is a short relaxing piece that reflects rich jazz harmonies and serves well for a level 3 or 4 student. ...
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Ballet Shoes
Ballet Shoes: Is a lyrical piano solo for the early intermediate student, level 3, and in the key of G Major. It is a good memorization piece as it utilizes patterns....
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McGuire’s Irish Jig
McGuire’s Irish Jig: Is a lively piece which moves from a C position to middle C and back and is great for a beginning student. ...
Posted in __Member, Beginner, Children's Corner, Irish, L1, L2, Middle C Position, Piano Solo, Seasonal
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Barbie Loves Boogie
Barbie loves Boogie: Is a late elementary fun piece with a lively tempo in a middle c position and a boogie style, and written for a level 1-2 student. ...
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Ballerina Prelude
Ballerina Prelude: Is an early intermediate piece for students at a 2-3 level written in G Major. ...
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Photographs
Photographs: Is a lyrical piano solo with a ternary form in the key of G Major with a 6/8 time signature and perfect for a level 5-6 student. ...
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Where The Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows: Is a very expressive piece using a lot of rubato, dynamics, counterpoint, and written in a minor for students level 5 through 6....
Posted in __Member, A minor, Impressionistic, L5, Late Intermediate, New Age, Piano Solo
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Toccata Rag
Toccata Rag: This lively piece reflects a ragtime style with its syncopated melody over a steady bass line and combines with freestyle passages typical in a toccata form. The intermediate pianist should play with dexterity and technique, accenting the beats...
Posted in __Member, Advanced, C major, Jazz, L5, L6, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo, Ragtime
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Jingle Jangle Boogie
Jingle Jangle Boogie: This traditional popular holiday piece was written by James Lord Pierpont and published in 1857. Jingle bells is brought to life with a fun “boogie” bass line and great for the intermediate student....
Posted in __Member, Blues, Boogie, C major, Christmas, L4, L5, Late Intermediate, Piano Solo
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Vienna Snowfall
Vienna Snowfall: This is a delicate piece utilizing a three note motive and descending thirds with changes in time signature to reflect a soft transforming snowfall . Vienna Snowfall is a great piece for a level 4-5 student....
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First Christmas Snow
First Christmas Snow: A delicate piano solo in the key of D Major with meter changes depicting winter’s first snowfall. This seasonal piece is great for the level 4-5 student....
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Valentine’s Arabesque
Valentine’s Arabesque: This lyrical piano solo, intended for the intermediate student, is written in the aeolian mode with a rondo form that contains a beautiful two against three note pattern....
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My First Valentine Waltz
My First Valentine’s Waltz: This is a piece in a 3/4 time signature moving from a C position to middle C, and is great for the beginning student. ...
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Ireland Reverie
Ireland Reverie: This soft melancholic piece is in the key of d minor and has a rich Irish quality containing tempo changes. The intermediate student should give close attention to the voicing as the melody alternates between the right and...
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Springtime Ballad
Springtime Ballad: This is a expressive piano solo in the key of G Major with a ternary form. The intermediate student will enjoy the pleasing middle section which portrays the beginning of Springtime blossoms....
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Surf’s Up
Surfs Up: This is a fun light blues piano solo with a lively swing rhythm written in the key of C Major and great for the intermediate student. ...
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Letters From Vietnam
Letters from Vietnam: This soft piano solo is intended for a late intermediate student, and is in a ternary form including a tender two against three note pattern in the middle section and ends on a picardy third....
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If I Were A Butterfly
“If I Were a Butterfly” This is a melodic beginning piece in a middle c position which can be played as a solo or one octave higher with the second piano part. ...
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Summer Prayers
“Summer Prayers” This soft cantabile piano solo intended for the late intermediate student, is in the key of D flat major with changes in meter and in a rondo form. ...
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Hannah’s Song
Hannah’s Song is a delicate piano piece for a level 3-4 student in the key of G major with changes in time signature and a reoccurring theme. https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/hannah-s-song-19974961.html...
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Spanish Roses
“Spanish Roses” This tango reflects characteristics found in Latin American dance and contains much articulation with a duple meter, sudden pauses and a lyrical middle section. Spanish Roses is a great piece for the level 3-4 student. ...
Posted in __Member, A minor, Intermediate, L3, L4, Piano Solo, Romantic, Student Favorites, Tango, Valentine's Day
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A Soft September Breeze
“A Soft September Breeze” this delicate piano solo intended for the level 4-5 student is in the key of G major with beautiful simple melodic motifs the recur throughout the piece. ...
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Haunted Lighthouse
“Haunted Lighthouse” is a short beginning Halloween piano piece in a middle c position containing tritone intervals for a extra “spooky” touch. ...
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A Day At Palafox Pier
“A Day at Palafox Pier” is a gentle piano solo in the key of G major with a soft descending two against three note pattern intended for the level 4-5 student. ...
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A Seaside Ferris Ride
“A Seaside Ferris Ride” is an intermediate piano solo containing ascending and descending broken chords traveling several octaves. The student should give much attention to phrasing and dynamics as the left hand glides evenly to the right portraying a gentle...
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Ballet At The Saenger
“Ballet at the Saenger” is a short graceful piano piece in the key of C major utilizing a alberti bass to create a sustained accompaniment for the early intermediate pianist. ...
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O Come, O Come Immanuel
“O Come, O Come Immanuel” is my arrangement of the beautiful and evocative Christmas hymn which celebrates the advent of our holiday season and was translated to English by John Neale in 1818. O Come, O Come Immanuel is in...
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A Jazzy Jolly Christmas
“A Jazzy Jolly Christmas” is a traditional holiday favorite written by Johnny Marks, arranged with a fun “jazzy” bass line with swing eight notes and great for the late intermediate student. ...
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Wishing On A Christmas Star
“Wishing on a Christmas Star” is a gentle piece arranged for voice and piano in the key of A major, but may also be played as a piano solo intended for a late intermediate student. ...
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Angels We Have Heard On High
“Angels We Have Heard on High” is a beautiful French Christmas carol in the key of C major and great for the early intermediate pianist. ...
Posted in C major, Christian, Christmas, Early Intermediate, L3, Piano / Voice, Piano Solo
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Angelic Hearts
“Angelic Hearts” is a tender intermediate piano solo in the key of C Major with articulations to be played in a flowing manner. ...
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Heaven’s Tears
“Heaven’s Tears” is a late intermediate piano solo with triplets and second inversion chords that cascade downward into a delicate melody. ...
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An Irish Lullaby
“An Irish Lullaby” is a soothing melody with poetic lyrics was made famous by Bing Crosby in 1944, and is a great piece for the level 3-4 student. ...
Posted in F Major, Intermediate, Irish, L3, L4, Piano / Voice, Piano Solo, Traditional
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The Swan
This graceful piano piece is from Saint-Saens’ fourteen movement work entitled “Carnival of the Animals”. It is arranged with a arpeggiated bass line in the key of G major and great for a level four student. ...
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Raindrop Etude
“Raindrop Etude” is a soft yet technical piece utilizing triplets and requiring the intermediate pianist to play with a semi detached melodic style which depicts falling raindrops. YOUTUBE VIDEO...
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Easter Lily
This is a gentle piano solo requiring the level 2 student to play the left hand in a flowing manner, while the right hand stays in a treble c position and ends one octave higher. ...
Posted in C major, Children's Corner, Early Intermediate, L2, L3, Piano Solo
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Garden Blossoms
Garden Blossoms is a charming piano solo in the key of B-flat major with a sustained melody and great for a late intermediate pianist. ...
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Rainbow Rhapsody
Rainbow Rhapsody is a beautiful free flowing one movement piano piece in the key of E major. The late intermediate student should give close attention to the dynamics and tonal color. ...
Little Rainbow In The Sky
“Little Rainbow In The Sky” is a lyrical piano piece written in G position for a level 2 student. The right hand moves one octave higher in measure 9, the left hand moves to treble G position ending with a...
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Jazz Moves
“Jazz Moves” is a lively piano piece in the key of C major reflecting a jazz idiom and great for the intermediate student. ...
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In A Summer Sky
“In A Summer Sky” is a lyrical ballad in the key of G Major requiring the intermediate student to maintain a relaxed wrist and create subtle musical inflections....
Posted in Christian, G Major, Hymn, Intermediate, L3, L4, Piano / Voice, Piano Solo, Seasonal, Student Favorites, timeless, Wedding
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Timeless
This is a delicate hymn in the key of F major with an expressive melody over a broken chord accompaniment and ending with a ornately embellished free flowing cadenza. “Timeless” is a great piece for the level 4-5 pianist....
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Autumn Dreams
“Autumn Dreams” is a charming seasonal piano solo (written in the key of C major) and reflecting our most colorful season. The level 5 student will enjoy the recurring brisk section which fades into a gentle melody yielding into a...
Posted in C major, L5, Late Intermediate, Optional Synthesizer, Piano Solo, Romantic, Seasonal
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Imagine Waterfalls
“Imagine Waterfalls” is a programmatic piano solo in a rondo form with decorated aesthetic sections depicting the cascading flow of waterfalls. The late intermediate pianist should give close attention to the decorated turns which begin above the principle note....
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Afternoon At Casino Beach
This is a relaxing, light-hearted piano solo I wrote in the key of C major for the intermediate student, and also in D flat major (which falls easy under the fingers) for the late intermediate student. “Afternoon at Casino Beach”...
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Elegant Ave Maria
This is my arrangement of “Ave Maria” which was originally brought to us by the French Romantic composer Charles Ground who created a melody to be superimposed over Bach’s Prelude no. 1. Written in the key of E flat Major,...
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White Christmas Nocturne
This is my arrangement of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” which was first made famous by Bing Crosby’s performance on his radio show, Christmas day in 1941. The intermediate pianist will enjoy this rich and lyrical piece in the key of...
Posted in C major, Christmas, L4, L5, Late Intermediate, New This Month, Piano Solo, Romantic, Student Favorites
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A Winter Wedding
This is a soft melodic vocal and piano piece in the key of D major intended for the late intermediate pianist. Notice how the melody gently seeps upward to portray the tossing of a winter wedding bouquet. ...
Posted in D major, L5, L6, Late Intermediate, Piano / Voice, Piano Solo, Romantic, Wedding
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Romance
“Romance” is a beautiful rondo written in the key of C Major combining a simple leading theme that blends with contrasting sections rich in tonal color. The intermediate pianist should strive to maintain a legato phrasing with a polyrhythmic pattern....
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Snowflake Prelude
This is a soft impressionistic piano piece with images depicting a gentle snowfall. “Snowflake Prelude” is a great recital piece for the level 3-4 student. SEE STUDENT VIDEO...
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Something More
This is a lyrical hymn for voice, piano, and optional flute written in the key of C Major. The late intermediate student should play with a flowing character. ...
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Pachelbel’s Prayer
This is a gentle medley of “Pachelbel’s Canon” (originally written in D Major) and Wagner’s “Bridal Chorus” written in the key of C Major and arranged for piano with optional flute and cello. The late intermediate pianist will enjoy this...
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Waking up in Paradise
This is a light hearted flowing piece arranged for solo piano with optional flute and strings. The late intermediate student should maintain a consistent legato fingering with the arpeggiated chords in the left hand. ...
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