This easy arrangement of Lehár’s famous Merry Widow Waltz in G major was arranged for a children’s chamber music group. There is 3rd position in the violin part and chords in the piano part. It is slightly beyond beginner music, but it is only beginner shifting. The Merry Widow, or …
Playmate, Come Out and Play With Me is a traditional children’s song. This version is an easy piano piece for beginners. The student does not have to change hand positions at all; the hand position is what I commonly hear referred to as “Middle C position”. However, to make this …
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My 2020 plan for children’s chamber music included this arrangement of Niccolò Paganini’s well-known theme from Witches’ Dance. It is also known as Le streghe, and the original music can be found at IMSLP. My students had fun doing this (or so they said)! Unfortunately, Covid-19 interrupted the chamber music …
This was nearly about “Self-Employment Without Needing Unemployment”, because I have been troubled by how many musicians and music teachers I have seen say that they will need to cut back on food or may be homeless because of the Covid-19 shutdowns. They were also unusually excited at the thought …
This easy piano arrangement is shared by our kind friend Lubor Horák for non-commercial use. Hernando’s Hideaway, composed by Jerry Ross and lyrics by Richard Adler, is from a musical called The Pajama Game from 1954. This arrangement is in C major, as appropriate for any easy piano arrangement. This …
During these days of social distancing, even those who usually try to avoid giving remote lessons now do so. I should know, because I am one of them! Below is the room set-up I use when teaching the piano remotely. General Set-Up To set-up for a remote lesson, you will …
The Moving Cloud is a traditional Irish reel. This version is in G major, fingered for harp, and has chords for use as a lead sheet. This song is more modern than what I would usually call “traditional” music because this was composed in the 1900s! It is disputed whether …
Thomas Walsh’s Inis Sear— my harp teacher seemed to be pronouncing it as /ih-nih SHEER/— is a traditional harp piece that my harp instructor had me prepare as one of my eight slow airs for a Mid-Atlantic Regional Fleadh. This is in the key of G major. The sheet music …
Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Swan, also known as Le cygne (Lowercase here deliberate.), is a staple of the cellist’s repertoire but is also so immensely popular that it has been modified and played on many other instruments, including the theremin. This was transposed from the original key of G to the …
