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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
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Tagged arrangement, carol, easy, free, piano, sheet music, singing
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Andantino
Back to showcasing the duets in my books. Here is Andantino, the third duet in Delightfully Easy Piano Duets: Book 1. It’s a good one for practice at reading the bass clef. It starts off with both players just playing … Continue reading
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
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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
Pick a Bale of Cotton
The group tunes for this term’s Big Fat Music Party were all tunes recently rediscovered from my past. ‘Pick a Bale of Cotton’, a work song from the deep south made famous by Leadbelly, is a great one that I … Continue reading
Percussive Piano Tunes
Knocking and Clapping in ‘Popcorn’ and ‘Short Legged Benjy’ There are two tunes in ‘Fun, Games and Party Pieces for Beginner Piano‘ with a percussive element where the pupils get to create a rhythm by a combination of knocking on … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner piano music, clap, Fun, Games and Party Pieces, kids, knock, piano, Rosa Conrad, ukulele
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Chinatown
For everyone who uses my book, ‘Fun, Games and Party Pieces for beginner piano‘, here is an extra tune which fits perfectly with the third tune in the book, ‘Chinatown’. Download the PDF ‘Chinatown’ is proving popular with my pupils, … Continue reading
Oh Christmas Tree: the Form of (Almost) All Music in a Nutshell
I was asked for this song by two sisters; one a piano student and one on the ukulele. They are big fans of Swiss Family Robinson. ‘Oh Christmas Tree’ turned out to be such a good one for beginners, as … Continue reading
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Tagged chords, christmas, Christmas Tree, easy, Oh Christmas Tree, piano, sheet music, ukulele
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