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Category Archives: piano
Brand New Tunes
Free Original Piano Music A Brand New Tune every month I’d like to write more tunes and just get them straight out there so I’ve decided this year I will write a piece each month. Each piece will be available for free on my … Continue reading
Posted in music teaching, piano, sheet music
Tagged intermediate, piano, sheet music, sunny, swing
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Silent Night and O Holy Night
I’ve made an easy arrangement of Silent Night for a student. It’s in G which is less stratospheric to sing along to. Silent Night in G with left hand Also O holy night, which goes very high and very low, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Ensemble, music teaching, piano, sheet music, singing
Tagged arrangement, carol, easy, free, piano, sheet music, singing
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Ding Dong Merrily on High
Free download, easy piano with chords. This carol is such a joy to sing, kids often request to learn it. One of my students was convinced the words were “Ding Dong Berry on a Pie” which caused quite a long … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, music teaching, piano, sheet music
Tagged carol, Ding dong merrily on high, easy piano, free download, sheet music, singing
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Twist and Shout
The new term is here! How did that happen? I’d love to share with you what we got up to at our end of term Big Fat Music Party back when the summer holidays were a dream waiting around the … Continue reading
Posted in charts, Ensemble, Fun, guitar, music teaching, piano, singing, ukulele
Tagged band, chords, Fun, kids, lyrics, performance, singing, twist and shout, violin
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Conrad’s Christmas Catalogue
Loads of Carols and Christmas Songs to Download It’s that time of year again, and Christmas carols are so great to use with music students. They are a whole group of tunes that are already familiar and, most of the … Continue reading
Posted in guitar, music teaching, piano, sheet music, singing, ukulele, Uncategorized
Tagged carols, christmas, easy, sheet music, songs
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Scarborough Fair
Chords, modes, feisty lyrics and endless variations Downloadable PDFs of Scarborough Fair: Tune line, chords and full lyrics. Scarborough Fair in Dm (the key in the LCM book) Scarborough Fair Am (our key) Scarborough Fair Em (Simon and Garfunkel’s key) One … Continue reading
Posted in charts, Ensemble, guitar, music teaching, piano, sheet music, singing, theory
Tagged chords, dorian mode, folk song, music teaching, piano, Scarborough Fair, sheet music, singing
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Pentatonic in 3
This duet is a firm favourite, and one of the first I wrote. Although it is the only one to venture out of the five-finger position, it is actually one of the easiest. I generally introduce it second after Breeze. … Continue reading
Allegro
Now that I have recorded all of my Delightfully Easy Duets with the unstoppable Rei Kozaki, I have been meaning to feature a different duet each week. So here is Allegro, duet 1 from book 1. It has an upbeat, … Continue reading
Workshop Day! Using Harmony Right fom the Start
The infinite benefits of Um Cha and Um Cha Cha A few Sundays ago I attended the event, Casio workshop for Piano Teachers in Waterloo. It was great to share some of my teaching ideas and techniques with the group … Continue reading
Casio Workshop for Piano Teachers
Come and see me and get in for cheap! Since Launching Fun, Games and Party pieces I have been really pleased with how versatile it has proved to be in my own teaching. I added chord diagrams to each tune … Continue reading
Conrad's Chords 