My 5 Easiest Pop Arrangements for Early Beginners!

Do you have beginners who have just started reading on the staff, but are itching to play a familiar piece that sounds "big"? Then today's post is for you!

Today I am sharing my top 5 easiest pop arrangements for primer level students. Each piece includes a teacher duet part that makes even your littlest students sound "big"--perfect for a first recital!

​Keep reading to see the list...

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What makes these 5 arrangements my top choices for a first pop piece?

• Each piece uses a limited number of notes on the staff, with no position shifts.
• Each piece uses only quarter, half, and whole notes--no tricky rhythms that will trip up early beginners.
• Each piece is short, with repeated patterns that make it easy to learn.
• Each piece includes a teacher duet part designed to "wow" audiences and make students feel successful.

Click on the links below for more information about any of these pieces!

1. Love Story (Taylor Swift)

Your littlest Swifties will be thrilled to play this super-simple arrangement of one of Taylor Swift's most popular songs. This arrangement can be played with right hand alone and uses only 5 notes: C, D, E, F, and G.

​Get the sheet music HERE.

2. Soda Pop (from "KPop Demon Hunters")

This catchy song from the "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack is perfect for primers who are just starting to read bass clef. It uses only one note in the left hand.

​Get the sheet music HERE.

3. Test Drive (from "How to Train Your Dragon")

This popular movie theme is a great choice for students who need a short, familiar piece. It clocks in at only 16 measures, and the patterns in the melody make this piece quick to learn.

Get the sheet music HERE.

4. Linus and Lucy (The Peanuts Theme)

This classic theme by Vince Guaraldi has always been a student favorite and never fails to delight audiences of all ages. This primer version uses a limited number of notes and is repetitive enough that it can even be taught by rote.

Get the sheet music HERE.

5. Defying Gravity (from "Wicked")

This popular musical song is a great choice for students who are learning to read C position in the bass clef. The repeated phrases in the melody also make this piece an easy win for primer level students.

​Get the sheet music HERE.

Looking for more pieces like these for your early elementary students? Check out my "Primer Hits" series, available at Musicnotes! These arrangements are carefully crafted for students in their first year of lessons, with teacher duet parts for a fuller sound. 

Click on the images below to see each collection in the series, or click HERE to see a list of all of my primer pieces with teacher duets that are available separately!