Written for three dramatic sisters who begged their mother, a seamstress, to sew them three big pink dresses for the performance (they settled for already-sewn costumes)...this piece invites laughs from audience, performers, and teacher alike. It was a hoot at our year-end recital in 2017!
Running out of keys, swapping places, "wrong" notes, exasperated sighs...can three people even fit on one piano? While repetition keeps this piece simple enough to learn and assemble, diversion from what's expected - combined with some acting skill - creates its hilarity.
Level: Early Intermediate, quite evenly-leveled throughout the parts
Duration: 2:00
Pages: 12, with all parts vertically aligned and sections marked to help aid learning and memory.
Three on a Little Carousel
One Piano, Six Hands
BESTSELLER
The real deal, with some extras! Have you ever clapped, snapped, and stomped your feet in a piano duet? Have you done it as a piano-playing secret agent?
Watch your pre-teen students' motivation rekindle as they play such an accurate theme from a movie they enjoy!
This duet sounds impressively similar to the recording, with the same rhythms and with melodies in the same octave. It is shortened some to make it a prime choice for studio recitals (2 minutes), sure to be well received!
Though a quite evenly-leveled duet, the secondo part is rhythmically more complex. However, the ostinato can easily be mastered by listening to/playing along with the music from the films as the piece is conveniently in the same key. (And how fun would it be to play along with the original?)
Percussive parts (claps, knee slaps, etc.) are well notated, add interest throughout, and aid the syncopation of the ending themes. Percussive instruments could be substituted if desired (ex. sandblocks or a cabasa instead of rubbing hands together).
Original music by Lalo Schifrin, Arrangement by Britney A. Wendel, Permission via SMP ArrangeMe
Level: Late Beginner/Early Intermediate
Duration: 2:00
Pages: 10 (8-10 measures per page), parts vertically aligned
Mission: Impossible Theme
Piano Duet with Body Percussion
With interactive questions for each piece, "Imagine" invites creativity and musicality. Students may be asked to write in their own dynamics, compare articulations, create a narration, or even paint on the page!
The six pieces are suitable as rote pieces for 1st or 2nd year students, or as reading pieces for those who've studied longer.
Cover art created by a multi-talented, artistic student of mine named Landon!
Piece Titles:
1. Lollipops in the Sky
2. Spot
3. Ripples
4. Festival
5. Watercolours
6. Elephants
Level: Beginner
Genre: Rote teaching, Solos
Pages: 7
Imagine: For Children
A collection of pieces for rote and reading
Duets and Trios
Rote Pieces
"Home" is the piece that is already inside of you. The key signature, the chord progressions, the rhythms, the simplicity...they will transport you. When asking others for input about a title, a student's mother replied "It felt like a song to reminisce on childhood or coming home." The title encapsulates both of those meanings...and whatever home means to you.
This would be an impressive recital piece for a young student, a musical choice for the intrinsically expressive student, or a welcomed "unwind and decompress" piece for teens. It could even be a stripped-down offertory or expression of worship.
While accessible to students early in their piano studies, if taught by rote, I would consider adding words to fill in the sustained notes to help with the rhythm.
Level: Easy Beginner
Genre: Piano Solo, Minimalism
Duration: 1:37
Pages: 2
Home
An Early Rote Piece
Intermediate to Advanced Solos
Round Road Rag is a spunky solo that reviews Rondo form and ragtime rhythm. It ends with a dramatic largo to prestissimo contrast that recital audiences are sure to enjoy!
Level: Late Intermediate or Advanced
Genre: Ragtime, Etudes and Exercises, Recital, Piano Solo
Duration: 2:00
Pages: 4 (72 measures)
Round Road Rag
Advanced Piano Solo
A Minute Minute Solo for Intermediates
Minute [min-it]
- 60 seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour
Minute [mahy-noot]
- extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree
- attentive to or concerned with even the smallest details (a minute examination)
Which is it? ALL OF THE ABOVE. (Thanks dictionary.com!)
This Sonatina is a quick study in:
* Alberti Bass
* Legato LH vs. Staccato RH
* A Major and E Major scales
* A Major and E Major triads
* Phrase shape
* Dynamics
* Balance between hands
* Classical touch and articulation
It makes a cute addition to your studio recital, and audiences will get a chuckle out of the subtitle...and perhaps be set at ease that this so-called "Sonatina" is only a minute long. ;)
Level: Intermediate (around RCM Level 4)
Genre: Piano Solo, Neo-Classical, Etudes and exercises, Technique
Duration: under a minute!
Pages: 2 (32 measures)
A Minute Sonatina in A
A minute solo that takes only a minute!
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Did your student break their arm? Do they need practice with their triad fingering anyways? This piece was written spontaneously when I found out my student fractured his arm. Rather than being frustrated his inability to play his pieces as usual, he enjoyed sight-reading the sonorous chordal accompaniment for a thoughtful, winding melody.
Performing with one hand may be a necessity, or a fun choice to impress recital audiences!
Level: Early Intermediate (Features the triads and inversions required for Conservatory Canada Level 3 exam)
Genre: One-hand piano solo, Etudes and exercises, Technique
Duration: 1:17
What's Right?
Early Intermediate Piano Solo for One Hand