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After a hard day’s work collecting dying souls, the Grim Reaper goes dancing to liven things up! This fast and fun groove has a repeating bass line featuring G minor blues and fast, swinging treble rhythms and chords. Groovin’ with the Grim Reaper is a lot of fun for early intermediate students (especially during Halloween season) and makes a great choice for a jazz piano recital piece!
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“Come, listen closely to the secret I will tell about a sorceress who’s casting magic spells…”
Enjoy this spellbinding witchy tale for beginner piano! Beginners will love the lyrics and learn to extend beyond 5-finger position with this bewitching melody that will make any listener fall under the sorceress’s spell.
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Skeleton Dance is SO much fun to play! Heavy swing, syncopated rhythms, LH stride, grace notes, big chords — this is a definite favorite for a Halloween advanced piano solo. Use it as a showpiece for your Halloween piano recital, or enjoy playing it all through the Halloween season to bring out that delightfully spooky mood!
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I came across this nursery rhyme one day and immediately knew it needed to be set to music. This original composition tells the story of the old woman sweeping the cobwebs up in the sky, with waltz chord patterns and a mysterious descending chromatic melody. Performs well as a recital piece for Halloween or any time of year.
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Any cat lover will have a blast playing this late beginner original composition. Sneaky Black Cat exhibits very cat-like behavior, with unexpected trills, dynamic changes, staccatos, accents, and more. It really feels like a cat walking and pouncing along the piano keys. Sneaky Black Cat is a great beginner piano piece for Halloween or any time of year.
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The monster under the bed takes on a whole new concept with Mister Pumpkinhead, whose attempts to scare the little ones are met with offerings of friendship and candy. Beginner pianists will love hearing his story and playing his bouncy original song filled with repeating patterns and spooky-sounding minor thirds and seconds. This is a fantastic choice for a beginner performance piece at an autumn or Halloween piano recital.
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With a calm start that increases in volume and speed, Diminished is an unusually fun beginner waltz. RH and LH take turns playing broken chords in minor and diminished forms, changing octaves and dynamics to add mystery. Beginner pianists will love the fortissimo finish that is “as fast as possible”! This is a great original composition to help students channel their Halloween excitement!
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It was a dark and stormy night — lightning flashes, thunder crashes, pouring rain, pounding hail. Late elementary to early intermediate pianists will love how Stormy Night captures this moody, dark scene, perfect for Halloween music. In this original composition, RH takes on the role of the rain and hail while LH controls the thundering melody. Octave changes and harmonic intervals help with keyboard awareness and reading skills, while the quick tempo and dynamics develop musical expression.
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In countless old cartoons, the Villain’s Theme introduced the “bad guy” for audiences everywhere. This widely recognized musical refrain has been arranged here for beginner pianists, complete with staccatos, eighth note 2nds (instead of trills), and octave changes for added drama. Beginners will love taking on the role of the villain!
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Moonlit Walk is a somber beginner piece in C minor. It has moving melodic lines in both hands, played in turn so that the two hands are not moving simultaneously and so that beginners can focus their attention on the moving hand. It also has atypical hand positions (instead of both in C), all intervals are steps or skips (except one), and finger numbers are only included occasionally to help develop reading skills. Moonlit Walk is a contemporary beginner Halloween piece that is smooth, serious, and sad in tone.
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These musical themes from Gurlitt’s etude (“The Storm” or “Night Escape”) and Mozart’s Great G Minor Symphony are famously recognized for their intense, dramatic energy. This medley combines them into an early intermediate piano classical performance piece. Starting with Gurlitt’s etude, it weaves in the motif from Mozart’s symphony, transitions fully into the symphony theme, then concludes with a robust merger of the two for a bold finish. It is an excellent choice for a classical piano recital piece for intermediate level.
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One of the most recognizable and ominous-sounding classical themes, this theme from Chopin’s Funeral March is Halloween ready! Beginners will love the drama of this intense music, arranged here with steady repeating LH minor 2nds and RH melody that occasionally changes octaves or adds a few simple harmony notes. With dynamics ranging pianissimo to fortissimo, this piece helps beginner pianists develop interpretation, expression, and performance skills while having plenty of fun scaring the neighbors.
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Kullak’s “Grandmother Tells a Ghost Story” is a great Halloween character piece for intermediate students. In this newly edited edition, it is easy to picture the scene as Grandma tells a chilling ghost story from when she was a little girl, with stops, shocks, spooks, and all, finally ending with a too-quiet “nighty night”… This is a fun choice for a fall piano recital piece.
All Original Classics are historic works, reformatted and edited for readability and accessibility for today’s pianists.
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Kullak’s “The Ghost in the Fireplace” (or “The Ghost Up the Chimney”) is a fun Halloween-time piece. This newly edited edition is ideal for early intermediate students and evolves through several musical themes, including repeating spooky chromatic passages, a waltz-like middle section, and sad lonely harmonic sixths. Great choice for a fall piano recital piece.
All Original Classics are historic works, reformatted and edited for readability and accessibility for today’s pianists.
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Burgmüller’s “Ballade” is a popular piece with interesting contrasting musical themes. This newly revised edition is ideal for early intermediate students and develops musical interpretation skills as well as finger technique (especially for the left hand). Because of its mysterious minor introduction and ending, it’s a great choice for a Halloween or fall piano recital piece.
All Original Classics are historic works, reformatted and edited for readability and accessibility for today’s pianists.
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Kullak’s “Witches Dance” is a Halloween-time favorite. This newly revised edition is ideal for early intermediate students who love to play quick, running passages with animated dynamic contrast. Great for a fall piano recital piece.
All Original Classics are historic works, reformatted and edited for readability and accessibility for today’s pianists.
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Kids look forward to going trick-or-treating every year. The costumes, candy, and spooky atmosphere are always a hit! Beginner pianists who are just getting used to on-staff reading will do well with this Halloweeny 5-finger stepwise melody. Each hand gets the chance to play individual melody lines. Finger numbers are included at the beginning of each line only to help students learn to recognize steps and when notes go up, down, or repeat on the staff.
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This stately patriotic song arrangement for beginner piano allows new pianists to play a favorite American song. It is arranged for 2-hand piano, with RH melody and LH accompaniment comprised of mainly simple harmonic intervals centered around C Major Position.
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“From sea to shining sea!”, America the Beautiful is a favorite American patriotic piece. This arrangement for late beginner pianists is an easy piano solo perfect for a summer performance. Requested by a student who wanted to play a “flowy version”, this arrangement is accompanied by broken LH chords and has beautiful dynamic contrast that make for an inspirational patriotic performance.
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This arrangement of Yankee Doodle is an early advanced ragtime piano solo. Ragtime music is one of America’s great contributions to the music world, and this American patriotic rag does not disappoint! Perfect for a patriotic performance or summer recital, Yankee Doodle Rag is riddled with ragged rhythms, chromatic play, and classic LH stride piano. Early advanced pianists will love two-stepping with this fun patriotic piano solo.
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This popular Christian song is a favorite at Christmas time. It is arranged here for early intermediate pianists with a steady rocking pattern LH bass and RH melody with harmonies. Its full sound and natural swing feel make this arrangement an excellent choice for a Christmas recital or worship meeting.
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The Christmas carol natively known as “Adeste Fideles” has been beloved for hundreds of years. This melody-only arrangement is written simply around Middle C so that even the newest or youngest beginner can successfully learn to play it. Finger numbers are listed only on the first note of each hand to indicate hand position; other fingerings are intentionally excluded to build note-reading and aural skills.
Comes with 2 versions (one PDF): Version 1 includes rests while Version 2 has all rests hidden to simplify readability for new music readers. Both versions sound the same when played.
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This traditional well-known Christmas carol is arranged here for mid-beginner pianists. With simple RH melody supported by LH harmonies (dyads/2-note chords), this arrangement has a satisfying “full” sound without being overly challenging. The LH stays in C Major 5-finger position while the RH moves minimally using one-octave scale fingering. This arrangement is perfect for a beginner pianist of any age and makes a great choice for a holiday performance.
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Brazilian Carnival is a huge festival celebration filled with rhythm, dancing, costumes, and music. Mama Paquita is a well-loved Brazilian folk song that celebrates this song and dance. This arrangement is perfect for helping beginners feel rhythm and beat and learn how to navigate around the piano. Right Hand melody is supported by percussive Left Hand octave jumps that keep the fingers dancing! A great choice for a beginner piano recital piece.
