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Piano
Music
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Solo Piano
Preparatory
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
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Piano and Voice
Soprano Voice and Piano
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Solo Piano
Preparatory
Reviewed in Clavier - September
2005
This waltz is in the key of C Major and in C position with phrasing and fingering clearly marked. Although harmonies overlap, one hand is either sustaining a note or is a rest when the other hand is actively playing a moving line. Interest is maintained by shifting the melody to the bass clef in measure 9 and then back to the treble clef in measure 17. The shifting of the melody will also present a great opportunity to introduce the concept of balance.
Catalog No. PNO 039 (Also available at Level 2)
Price $1.95
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Level 1
This waltz is in the key of C Major and in C position with phrasing and fingering clearly marked. Although harmonies overlap, one hand is either sustaining a note or is a rest when the other hand is actively playing a moving line. Similar to the prep level version, this version shifts the melody from the right hand to the left hand and then back to the right hand so the concept of balance can be taught. The accompaniment now has a two note chord rather than a single note and includes repeat markings with 1st and 2nd endings. The ending requires a shift of the left hand one octave lower. This piece is not only a great opportunity for teaching various concepts but makes a great recital piece as well.
Catalog No. PNO 040 (Also available at the Preparatory Level)
Price $2.50
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Level 2
Reviewed in Clavier - September
2005
Reviewed in Clavier - September
2005
This piece, two quarter time, begins with an eighth note pickup and alternates the melody between the left and right hands. Use of staccato and legato as well as alternating dynamic levels make the piece fun and interesting. Your student will enjoy playing this piece and will learn much about dynamics and balance. This also makes a great recital piece!
Catalog No. PNO 036
Price $2.95
This piece begins with a traditional arrangement of the popular hymn, Silent Night. The first portion of the initial theme is then used as a basis for the second section. Dotted quarter-eighth rhythms, extended hand positions, octave shifts, tempo changes pedaling and a liberal use of dynamics make this piece a great teaching piece and a wonderful change of pace for the holiday concert.
Catalog No. PNO 041 ( Also available at Levels 3 & 4 )
Price $3.95
This piece, in C Major, uses the gestures of the original hymn for a new look at an old standard. The piece, in 4 quarter time, utilizes an Alberti bass and some extended hand positions including a couple of brief arpeggiated figures (one octave only). Although there are two sixteenth notes in measure 5, the rest of the piece has note durations from 8ths through whole notes. Thirds in the mid section of the piece contrast nicely to the opening section and pedaling is notated throughout. This would make a nice change of pace for your student's next holiday recital or concert.
Catalog No. PNO 038
Price $3.95
click to enlarge image 8 of your favorite Chirstmas Carols arranged for level 2 jazz piano. Selections are:
- Angels We Have Heard Can Swing
- Deck the Hall with Swing
- The First Noel Swings
- Jingle Bell Swing
- King Wenceslas Swings
- Oh Christmas Tree Swing
- We Three Kings of Orient Swing
- We Wish You a Swinging Christmas
The songs have a generous amount of syncopation as well as chromatic riffs giving these carols a real jazz flavor. Chords are limited to I IV & V except final chords which may be a 6th or 7th chord. Hand position shifts and chromatic sections have been carefully fingered.
Catalog No. PNA 053
Price $9.95
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Level 3
Reviewed in Clavier - October
2005
This piece begins with a traditional arrangement of the popular hymn, Silent Night. The first portion of the initial theme is then used as a basis for the second section. The work at this level incorporates all the items found in the level 2 version (dotted quarter-eighth rhythms, extended hand positions, octave shifts, tempo changes pedaling and a liberal use of dynamics), but takes it a step further by adding an additional voice in the treble staff, more liberal use of eighth note movement in the bass staff and a key change.
Catalog No. PNO 031 ( Also Available at Levels 2 & 4 )
Price $4.95
Reviewed in Clavier - October
2005
This great new arrangement incorporates note values from 16th - dotted half, tempo and key changes and pedaling. There is an extended middle section which has clef changes requiring the student to shift the right hand over the left and then back in order to accomplish the task. Fun, new and different for the holidays.
Catalog No. PNA 033
Price $3.95
Reviewed in Clavier - May/June
2005
This set of etudes is designed to supplement the student's study of the hand over hand arpeggio while providing the student with an enjoyable diversion from dry practice of the technical exercises. The arpeggios covered are C Major, G Major, F Major, a minor, e minor and d minor. These are the six arpeggios listed as requirements in the Minnesota Music Teachers Piano Syllabus (2002).
Each etude is preceded by a musically notated arpeggio with fingerings as well as a keyboard graphic with fingerings noted on the keys. The five finger position is maintained virtually throughout the set of etudes. There are only a couple minor deviations from the five finger position and the fingering for the deviation is circled.
Catalog No. PNO 037
Price $9.95
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Level 4
This piece begins with a traditional arrangement of the popular hymn, Silent Night. The first portion of the initial theme is then used as a basis for the second section. The work at this level has two - three independent voices in the treble staff, arpeggiated chords, grace notes, pedaling and a key change.
Catalog No. PNO 032
Price $5.95
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Advanced
This bagatelle is tonal & in the key of E flat Major. The work is very melodic in nature beginning softly as a simple melody, building quickly to the climax and then retreating. Duration 2'0"
Catalog No. PNO 023
Price $4.50
Selected by the Society of Composers
through international competition
for European premiere
This three movement, non-tonal, work was selected by the Society of Composers, through international competition, for broadcast on a European television show entitled "The World Premiere". The first movement of this work is slow and ponderous in nature. Movement two is slightly faster with a dance-like quality. Movement three is light and spontaneous. Duration 8'54".
Catalog No. PNO 024
Price $14.95
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This bagatelle begins slowly and lyrically in the key of E flat making this work tonal in nature. The primary theme is slowly developed using various embellishments and eventually a complete change in the accompaniment figure from oscillating 8ths to octave quarters followed by full chords in a faster, loud section. The recapitulation section consists of a return to the oscillating 8ths occurring around middle C against a restatement of the theme in both the upper octave and bass sections in the style of a canon. Duration 3'0".
Catalog No. PNO 026
Price $4.50
Selected by ppIANISSIMO
through international competition
for their Contemporary Piano Festival
This piece incorporates a combination of tonal & note centricity to give it the flavor of a dance you might hear at a Halloween party attended by ghosts and others of the supernatural world. This work was selected, through international competition, for performance at the April 1999 ppIANISSIMO Contemporary Piano Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. Duration 1'57".
Catalog No. PNO 027
Price $9.95
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Piano and Voice
Soprano
Voice and Piano
This work is a setting of Emily Dickinson's poetry. The title was taken from the first line of the poem. The work is non-tonal in nature and combines a mixture of sung, spoken and whispered words & syllables. Duration 1'30",
Catalog No. PVO 028
Price $4.50
Selected by the University of
Wisconsin
for performance at their Contemporary
Music Festival in Wisconsin
Society of Composers
for performance at their regional
meeting in Massachusetts
This song cycle is a setting of Emily Dickinson's poetry. The work is non-tonal and was selected by the University of Wisconsin, Platteville for their Contemporary Music Festival as well as the Society of Composers for performance at their regional meeting in Massachusetts. The titles are taken from the text of the poem. Duration 3'10"
Catalog No. PVO 029
Price $16.50