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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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