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My Top 5 Video Game Arrangements for Beginners

7/19/2020

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Do your students love video game music? Do they want to play the music from their favorite games?

​I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to find  well-written, legally licensed arrangements of video game music--especially for beginning students. So, I've made it my mission to build a catalog of arrangements that both students and teachers will enjoy using!

Today I am sharing my 5 favorite video game arrangements for beginning students. Your students will be thrilled to get to play the music from their favorite games--and you'll love these pedagogically sound, level-appropriate arrangements! Read on for my top 5 video game picks!


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Introducing...popmusicplus!

7/5/2020

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I am very excited to share a project that has been in the works for almost a year now--my new catalog site!

On this new site, you will be able to easily browse my entire catalog (around 600 titles!) for music of a particular level, genre, or style. You will also be able to listen to each piece, watch the accompanying YouTube video, and see sample pages all in one place!

If you see something you like, you can click on the link on each product page for more details or to purchase the sheet music.

I hope this new resource will make it even easier for you to find fun original music and arrangements for you and your students! Click HERE or on the photo above to check it out!

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An exciting announcement!

5/31/2020

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I am thrilled to announce that I have officially been signed as a Signature Artist for the website Musicnotes.com!

If you aren't familiar with Musicnotes, they are the leading online digital sheet music retailer in the world, with over 300,000 arrangements currently available. Partnering with Musicnotes will give me the opportunity to continue to grow my catalog of pop, video game, and film arrangements and to reach customers from all around the world!
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You can check out my Musicnotes Signature Artist page HERE--it will be updated frequently with my newest arrangements. As a bonus, if you are a teacher, you qualify for a free Musicnotes Pro membership, which entitles you to 10% off every Musicnotes purchase! Click HERE to learn more about Musicnotes Pro (scroll down to "Join Pro for Educators").

Thank you, as always, for your continued support of me and my music!

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Pre-Reading and Elementary Pop Arrangements Available!

8/11/2019

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Do your beginning students want to play their favorite pop songs right away? I know mine do--and it can be difficult to downright impossible to find good arrangements of pop music for beginners.

One of my projects this summer has been to remedy that!
Thanks to the "Copyrighted Songs" program at Sheet Music Plus (which secures licensing for independent composers to legally arrange copyrighted music) I have been working to create arrangements of favorite pop, video game, and anime songs that are accessible to beginning and elementary-level students! Here is a sampling of the arrangements I now have available (click on the pictures to see and hear the music):

Pre-reading arrangements (including note names)

(Click HERE to see all pre-reading music)
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Old Town Road (Lil Nas X)
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Megalovania (Undertale)
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Shallow (Lady Gaga)
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Eye of the Tiger (Rocky)
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Pokemon Theme
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Legend of Zelda Theme
Beginner/big note arrangements (for students in level 1-2 of most method books)
(Click HERE to see all beginner/big note music)
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Old Town Road (Lil Nas X)
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Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
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Shallow (Lady Gaga)
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River Flows in You (Yiruma)
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You Say (Lauren Daigle)
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Happier (Marshmello ft. Bastille)
And, of course, I also have a large catalog of pop, video game, and anime music for early intermediate to late intermediate students as well, that can be found HERE!

What do you think? Do your beginners enjoy playing their favorite pop songs right away? Any student favorites that you just haven't been able to find? I'd love to hear from you in the comments!
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    Chrissy Ricker is a pianist, teacher, and composer from North Carolina. These are her thoughts on teaching, composing, and all things music.


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