Category: Repertoire

"Perfect Patterns Plus" is here!

9/3/2019

I am excited to share the release of the newest book in my "Perfect Patterns" series: "Perfect Patterns Plus!"

I wrote my "Perfect Patterns" series to give students who struggle with note reading fun, flashy pieces that can be learned quickly and sound sophisticated. I have had such a wonderful response from teachers and students who enjoyed the original "Perfect Patterns" and "Easy Perfect Patterns" books that I am thrilled to share this newest release in the series!

Like the first two books in the series, "Perfect Patterns Plus" contains sophisticated-sounding, pattern-based pieces. However, this book has an added bonus: each piece focuses on a technical pattern that appears in intermediate piano literature. Students will have fun exploring patterns such as the chromatic scale, rolled chords, two-octave scales, blocked and broken inversions, arpeggios, and more!

Check out a few of my favorite pieces from this new collection:

Click HERE to see sample pages and hear recordings of every piece in this book!

What do you think? Have you tried the "Perfect Patterns" books yet? Do your students enjoy pattern-based pieces? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

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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)

Old Town Road (Lil Nas X)

Megalovania (Undertale)

Shallow (Lady Gaga)

Eye of the Tiger (Rocky)

Pokemon Theme

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)

Old Town Road (Lil Nas X)

Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

Shallow (Lady Gaga)

River Flows in You (Yiruma)

You Say (Lauren Daigle)

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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A Rockin' Christmas!

7/7/2019

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Are you planning ahead for Christmas recitals and looking for fun, holiday repertoire? If so, today's post is for you! (And if not--well, bookmark this post and come back and read it in November!)

Last year I released two rock-style Christmas singles ("A Rockin' Bell Carol" and "Rock On, Merry Gentlemen!") and received many kind comments from teachers and students on how much fun they had performing them for the holidays. So, I am excited to announce that this year I have released a whole rockin' Christmas collection for intermediate students featuring ten fun holiday arrangements in rock, pop, and blues styles!

Here are a few of my favorites from this new collection:

Want to hear more? As always, you can see sample pages of every piece and listen to every piece in its entirety on the Piano Pronto website HERE.

Looking for even more unique holiday arrangements? Don't forget to check out my "Medley Magic" Christmas books HERE and HERE!

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