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America
Piano Duet
Level: Beginner
The arrangement for this duet puts the primo on a beginning level and the secondo on a more advanced level. Teachers may play along with their students, or pair an older sibling with a younger one for a great patriotic number.
Little Prelude
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
Written in the key of A minor, this short piece has a classical feel to it that will appeal to older students on this level.
My Kitten
Piano Solo
Level: Beginner
This playful piece for a beginning student is in middle C hand position. It has some staccato and legato markings to show when the kitten is jumping, running, and falling asleep.
Midnight Caravan
Piano Solo
Level: Late Intermediate
This mysterious piece, written in the key of C minor, will add some flavor to your student's repertoire and to your recitals! It has a steady 6/8 rhythm and exotic sounding scale passages that bring to mind an ancient Persian Caravan making its way through the desert.
Amazing Grace
Piano Solo
Level: Late Intermediate
This well loved folk hymn has inspired congregations for many years. As a piano arrangement, its beautiful melody can continue the inspiration as students perform it at church functions.
A Pot of Gold
Piano Solo
Level: Late Beginner
This easy piece for beginning students uses middle C and C hand positions alternately, with an 8va at the end that moves both hands higher.
The Lucky Leprechaun
Piano Solo
Level: Late Elementary
This piece for St. Patrick's Day is written in G Major hand position. The right hand moves to a treble C position briefly, and then back to G. It has a lively rhythm in 3/4 time.
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Fizzy Dizzy Boogie Rag
Piano Duet
Level: Beginner
With both parts written in Middle C hand position, this piece makes for a fun and easy recital duet for beginners. It's also a great hit with audiences!
A Boogie Woogie Valentine
Piano Solo
Level: Early Intermediate
This piece, written in an easy boogie woogie style, is a great piece for students to learn for Valentine's Day.
S'Vivon
Piano Solo
Level: Late Elementary
This traditional Hanukkah song is arranged on a level 2-3 for students to play. Words are included so friends and family can sing along.
3 Christmas Pieces in 5-Finger Patterns
Piano Solo
Level: Late Elementary
These three Christmas songs are arranged for students who are playing in 5-finger patterns. They include C Major, G Major, and D Major patterns.
Away in a Manger
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Jingle Bells
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I Saw Three Ships
The First Noel
Piano Duet
Level: Intermediate
This 17th century English carol is arranged for 1 piano/4 hands.
Up on the Housetop
4 Piano Ensemble
Level: Late Elementary
This familiar Christmas piece has been arranged for a 4 piano ensemble. It can be performed on synthesizers too, with each part playing a different instrument for an orchestrated effect.
Carol of the Bells
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This traditional Ukrainian Christmas carol, a favorite with students, has been arranged on a level 3-4.
Sing We Now of Christmas
Piano Solo
Level: Late Intermediate
This traditional French Christmas carol has been arranged with a rhythmic, driving beat that is constantly changing time signatures. It slows down for an expressive middle part, then returns to the rhythmic style again as it proceeds to an exciting ending. Advanced students as well as teachers will love adding it to their holiday repertoire.
3 Simplified Classical Tunes
These three classical pieces have been simplified for early intermediate students to enjoy.
Piano Solos
Level: Early Intermediate
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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Song of Joy
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Musette
The Love of God
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
Beginning in the key of E flat Major then modulating to the key of C Major, this familiar hymn has a lot of interest for the intermediate student who is looking for a piece appropriate for church use. The use of slightly non-traditional harmonies and some variations on the melody gives a fresh sound to a traditional piece.
3 Halloween Pieces in 5-Finger Patterns
Piano Solo
Level: Late Elementary
These three Halloween pieces are for students who are playing in 5-finger patterns. They include C minor, D minor, and A minor hand positions.
The Magic Broomstick Ride
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The Skeleton Parade
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Watch Out For Flying Bats!
The Wheels on the Bus
Piano Ensemble
Level: Beginner
This arrangement of a favorite children's song is written for 1 piano, 6 hands. All three parts are arranged with a lot of action and fun for beginners.
Gigue
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This fast dance in a lively 6/8 meter is written in the key of D Major. It's almost like a dance for the hands too, once the fingers have been carefully choreographed into their precise patterns.
I'm Riding on My Scooter
Piano Solo
Level: Beginner
For beginning students who are working in the middle C position, this makes for a great "longer" piece to learn as a supplement to their lesson books.
Pirate Island
Piano Solo
Level: Early Intermediate
This piece has been set in a G Minor hand position (with a few extensions) to give it a mysterious sound. It's a good "student saver" that's fun to do without being too complicated.
Anna's Song
Piano Solo
Level: Late Intermediate
This lyrical piece is written in 3/4 time (except for 1 measure that changes to 4/4), and in the key of E Major. Left hand and right hand harmonies intertwine around a delicate right hand melody, giving it a tapestry effect much like an arabesque.
Balloons
Piano Solo with Teacher's Part
Level: Primer
This is a very easy pre-reading piece, using only three fingers with the left hand, and two with the right. It is played on the black keys.
Joshua Fit the Battle
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This well known spiritual has the words included for a sing-a-long with accompaniment, but can also be played as a piano solo. It's set in the key of e minor.
Safari Adventure
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This is a rhythmic piece set in a Mixolydian mode. The first part starts with the mode on "G" then moves it to a "D" for an expressive middle section. It does a Da Capo back to the mode on "G", ending with a coda on a G7 chord with a suspended 4th. It's quite the musical adventure with a safari adventure theme!
Butterfly Wings
Piano Solo
Level: Late Elementary
This late-elementary solo is written in an A Major 5-finger pattern, with the left hand moving an octave lower twice throughout the piece and then back. The pedal is used, but is kept very simple.
Blessed Assurance
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This beautiful hymn tune by Phoebe Knapp has been arranged in 6/8 time in the key of D Major. It has a relaxed, flowing style that moves the melody forward in an expressive way.
Bright Day Bugle Call
1 Piano Duet
Level: Beginner
This 1 piano, 4 hands duet for beginning students has both hands in a middle C position. The secondo is played an octave lower and the primo an octave higher. It's a great piece for a recital and for a beginning student's first duet experience.
Morning Has Broken
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
Taken from the old Gaelic folk tune "Bunessan", this hymn arrangement is perfect to play for church offertories as well as student recitals.
Kite Flying
Piano Solo
Level: Late Elementary
This flowing piece for young students begins in a C Major 5-finger pattern, then moves to a treble C pattern. The right hand plays a C Major arpeggio at the end, making the "kite" go higher and higher, up to the sky.
At the Ball Game
Piano Solo with Teacher's Part
Level: Primer
Middle C hand position is the pattern for this fun, pre-reading piece. Both hands go an octave higher when played with the teacher's part.
Spring
Piano Duet
Level: Early Intermediate
Taken from Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" violin concerto (composed in 1723), this piece has been arranged for a 1 piano, 4 hands duet . It's also fun to play on a synthesizer, using the strings and orchestra settings to give it more of an "authentic" sound.
Half-time Boogie
Piano Solo with Teacher's Part
Level: Beginner
This is a beginning piece for students who like to play ball as well as the piano. The right hand is in a D pattern, and the left hand in a middle C pattern. A teacher's part is included.
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This hymn arrangement is on an intermediate level and can be given to grade 3 - 4 students interested in adding sacred music to their repertoire.
Valentine Hearts
Piano Solo
Level: Primer
Primer students will love this Valentine piece in C Major hand position. It is in 3/4 time and uses skips and steps in both hands.
A Valentine Waltz (or Be Mine in 3/4 Time)
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This whimsical waltz is written in the key of D Major. The patterns created throughout the piece are easy to learn, and the fingering is precise and clear. It's a fun solo for students on an intermediate level.
Winter Waltz Impromptu
Piano Duet
Level: Early Intermediate
This 1 piano, 4 hands duet has the primo moving from the right side of the bench to the left... and back again, and again! It's a fun piece with lots of room for performance choreography. It's written in the key of d minor.
Lazy Day Blues
Piano Solo
Level: Early Intermediate
Beginning in an A Major hand position, this moderate blues piece has a relaxed tempo with a lazy "swing" to it. The hand position moves and extends from the beginning 5-finger pattern as the piece progresses in an easy, accessible way. The pedal is used and is marked clearly in each measure.
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Piano Solo
Level: Primer
This is an easy and fun Christmas piece, arranged on a pre-reading level for young students to play.
A Christmas Sonatina
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
"Jolly Old St. Nicholas", "O Christmas Tree", and "Jingle Bells" are the three Christmas pieces that make up this intermediate sonatina. It begins in the key of C Major with the first movement, then changes to the key of G Major for the last two.
We Three Kings
Piano Solo
Level: Early Intermediate
Set in the key of d minor and modulating to the relative key of F Major, this classic Christmas piece, written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820-1891), has been arranged for a level 3 student to play. The words, which were also written by Hopkins, are also included.
Up on the Housetop
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This is a short, fun arrangement of a popular Christmas song that was written by Benjamin Hanby from Ohio in 1864. The melody is shared by both hands alternately and left hand melodic octaves are used a lot to help keep the rhythm going.
Three Traditional English Carols
Piano Solo
Level: Late Intermediate
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Good King Wenceslas", and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" are the three melodies included in this collection of old English carols that have been arranged for the late intermediate student to play. Each carol is complete in itself, and could be played separately as a short piece or as an encore, or the entire piece could be performed collectively as written.
Silent Snow
Piano Solo
Level: Early Intermediate
As the title suggests, this is a quiet, gently moving seasonal piece that makes use of left hand triads. It is an ideal piece for older students and adults who are on this level.
Jingle Bells
Piano Ensemble
Level: Beginner
This fun Christmas piece is arranged for 1 piano, 6 hands. You can create a festive, sleigh bell sound by adding a synthesizer for the first part or by using electronic pianos to orchestrate all 3 parts.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Piano Solo
Level: Intermediate
This hymn was brought to the "New World" in the early 1600's. It soon became a favorite in the American colonies. It is still sung today as a traditional Thanksgiving hymn.
Black Hat Boogie
Piano Solo
Level: Late Elementary
This piece is in G minor 5-finger pattern. Its lively boogie rhythm and Halloween theme makes it a fun piece for students on a level 2 to learn and play.
Three Halloween Pieces in Middle C
Piano Solos
Level: Beginner
These 3 pieces for Halloween are all written in middle C position. "Dance of the Ghosts" also includes a teacher's part.
Dance of the Ghosts
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Jack-O-Lantern
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Trick or Treat
Candy Corn Rag
Piano Solo
Level: Late Elementary
This piece is on a level 2b. It begins in C Major 5-finger hand position, with the right hand moving to a higher C, then D position as the piece progresses. It has a lively, 4/4 ragtime rhythm.
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