PIANO MUSIC
Resources for piano teachers and students
You know your students’ capability and so will choose pieces that appeal for different reasons – easier keys, rhythmic/harmonic interest, pieces suitable for recital or concert performances, jazzy in flavour, etc.
Piano Scores and Audio mp3 Files |
THE EMERGING PIANISTA series of 24 individual pieces for students who are ready to move on from beginners and looking for a bigger challenge.
The series came about when Peter Hagen (musician and piano teacher) asked if I had anything for what he called “the emerging pianist” - students ready to move on from Beginners and looking for something a bit more challenging. NO, was the reply but it got the juices flowing and there are now 24 pieces in the series. With each score there is an Abridged version (one page) for younger students and a Full version (double page) for students ready for that bigger challenge. The Abridged versions could also be used by more advanced students for sight-reading practice. Each piece includes a notes about its main musical features – form, articulation, use of relative major/minor modes, shifting metres, styles, etc. |
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The Emerging Pianist Series: Titles Available |
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1. About Face (F/D )
2. Clowning Around (Gm) 3. Cruising Around (Dm) 4. Don’t Wake the Baby (Em/G) 5. End of Day (G) 6. Favourite Rellies (Am/C) 7. Floating and Gliding (G) 8. Going Round in Circles (C/Am) 9. In a Dreamy Mode (Dorian mode) 10. A Jazzy Kind of Waltz (G) 11. Just a Little Blue (C) 12. Lazy Blues (F) |
13. Little Motive (C)
14. Nice & Easy Does It (D) 15. Rickety Bridge (Cm) 16. Ripples (A) 17. Sway-time (Em) 18. Taking It Easy (Am) 19. A Taste of Latin (D) 20. Threedom (F) 21. A Touch of Mellow (Eb) 22. Two Sides of the Same Coin (G) 23. Two-way Flow (C) 24. Variations in Blue (Cm) |
Special thanks to:
- Peter Hagen for the inspiration behind The Emerging Pianist;
- Avi Cytrynowski for his encouragement and enthusiastic responses to the pieces.
The Emerging Pianist Series
Sample: Look & Listen
The Emerging Pianist series scores with audio mp3 files are available for immediate download from the Online Shop. Titles can be purchased individually or The Emerging Pianist can also be purchased as a complete series. For more information and to sample all 24 scores and audio, visit the Online Shop.
Piano Scores and Audio mp3 Files JAZZAMATAZZA series of 13 individual pieces for students who are Intermediate and beyond. The 13 pieces in the Jazzamatazz series cover a variety of styles and feels from swing to jazz waltzes to the blues. Six of these pieces are included in the 2018-2020 ANZCA Modern Pianoforte syllabus. |
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Jazzamatazz Series: Titles Available 1. Caught on the Hop
2. Crooked Waltz 3. Daddy’s in the Chicken Shed Again 4. Donna’s Tune 5. Goodnight 6. Jus’ Doodlin’ 7. Jus’ for You |
8. Jus’ Thinking 9. Keep the Change 10. A Little Raggy 11. Olga’s leaving Town 12. Pale Blue 13. Tied Up |
Jazzamatazz Series
Sample: Look & Listen
The Jazzamatazz series scores with audio mp3 files are available for immediate download from the Online Shop. Titles can be purchased individually or Jazzamatazz can also be purchased as a complete series. For more information and to sample all 13 scores and audio, visit the Online Shop.
Piano Score and Audio mp3 Files KALEIDOSCOPE
Kaleidoscope consists of these three short pieces each inspired by different aspects of the shifting colours of a kaleidoscope.
1. Flashes 2. Slow Revolve 3. Colours They are impressionistic in style, employing whole tone scales, octatonic scales and parallelism. The full score, six pages in length, contains notes outlining some of the musical features of each piece – tonality, rhythm, metre, structure, etc. |
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Sample: Look & Listen
The full score of Kaleidoscope along with the audio mp3 files is available for immediate download from the Online Shop.
For more information and to sample all 3 movements and audio, visit the Online Shop.
Piano Score and Audio mp3 Files THE WHOLE SUITEThe Whole Suite consists of seven movements. I became fascinated with the possibilities of the octatonic scale and its lack of a raised 7th. In Jazz it is known as the half tone-whole tone scale and Jazz musicians use it as an improvisatory tool.
As a compositional tool it leads into shifting tonal centres and the juxtaposition of the major and minor third in the same chord. This mode is the unifying factor in The Whole Suite. Rimsky-Korsakov is said to have called it the “mode of limited transposition”. 1. Adam’s Half 1’19” 2. Second Slice 1’46” 3. In a Heartbeat 1’50” 4. Walking the Straight Line 2’09” 5. Bitter Sweet 2’57” 6. White Chocolate 2’05” 7 . Tango with a Twist 2’11” |
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Sample: Look & Listen
The Whole Suite - full score with audio mp3 files - is available for immediate download from the Online Shop. However, if any teacher or student would like to purchase a single movement, please contact Lorraine Milne via the Contact Page.
For more information and to sample all 7 movements and audio, visit the Online Shop.