Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.18854 Arranged by Horter & Rutledge. Railroads, Transportation. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.18854). Banjo Gems, A Special Collection of Vocal and Instrumental Music Arranged for the Banjo. (1) The Locomotive; (2) The Blue Bells of Scotland. (1) Arr. by Horter; (2) Arr. by Rutledge. Published 1884 by The John Church Co. in Cincinnati. Composition of (1) sectional [with programmatic captions, e.g. Getting up steam, Engine Whistle, etc.]; (2) theme and variation with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Railroads, Transportation. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.860471 Composed by Sandra Lynch. 20th Century,Children,Standards. Score. 2 pages. Sandra Lynch #2031239. Published by Sandra Lynch (A0.860471). Who wants to play the banjo? Hear the melody picked in the left hand while the right plays the chords. Then they swap over and the theme develops. A fun piece which could be enhanced with the addition of a real banjo? From my All Keyed Up Level Three book.

Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.14073 Composed by Henry Oakey. African Americans, Musicians, Banjos, Dancing, Ethnic stereotypes. Lester S. Levy Collection. 7 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.14073). The Ethiopian Quadrilles. (1) Air. Buffalo Gals; (2) Air. Lucy Long; (3) Air. Sun Go Down, Up Come De Moon; (4) Air. Lucy Neal; (5) La Finale. The Boatman's DAnce, And Railroad Overture. by Henry Oakey. Published [n.d.] by H. Tolkien, at his Piano Forte Warehouse, 28 King William St., London Bridge in London. Composition of da capo, theme and variation with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include African Americans, Musicians, Banjos, Dancing, Ethnic stereotypes. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951677 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635907. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951677). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951681 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635923. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951681). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951678 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635913. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951678). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951680 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635915. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951680). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951679 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635903. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951679). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951675 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635911. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951675). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951676 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635909. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951676). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951683 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635931. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951683). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951682 By Steve Tyrell. By John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Travis Hayman. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Travis Hayman #6635927. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.951682). Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a Christmas song, written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. This version became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours.

Small Ensemble Harpsichord,Organ,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.913678 Arranged by Clay Boland, Jr. Folk,Traditional. Score and parts. 56 pages. BOLAND MUSIC LLC, P.O. BOX 493, CARBONDALE, CO 81623 #6880017. Published by BOLAND MUSIC LLC, P.O. BOX 493, CARBONDALE, CO 81623 (A0.913678). The piano scores used for the original sheet music of these folk songs, hymns, and spirituals of the 1800’s were purposely made simple in order to sell as many copies as possible. The idea being that if someone in every family could read the most basic piano score, then the rest of the family could gather around the piano (usually an inexpensive upright) and sing along in the days before records, cassette tapes, CD’s, Radio, Television, iPods, YouTube etc. Nowadays, the few people who can sight-read at the piano are more musically literate, often being able to read and play classical compositions by Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. They, therefore, deserve more interesting and rewarding arrangements of these wonderful musical treasures of the 1800’s. Furthermore, since these arrangements for piano and voice can also be played as piano solos, the piano scores are designed to be of enjoyable musical interest on their own; that is, orchestrated for the piano as if they were sketches for an ensemble of instruments. These arrangements can also be considered theatrical improvisations on the original sheet music. Following the best improvisational guidelines, they are based on 1) the implications of the title; 2) the meaning and words of the lyrics; 3) the melody; & 4) the harmonic pattern. For example: Oh, Susanna! is obviously a humorous nonsense song and is therefore arranged to sound carefree, jaunty, and joyful. Also, since the singer refers to my banjo on my knee, the piano arrangement imitates the sound of a banjo as it is played for singing and dancing, strumming its rhythmic way through the simple harmonic changes. You can see and hear the music for most of these contemporary arrangements on Sheet Music Plus and some also on YouTube. And if you wish to play and/or sing along alone or with your friends or family, please do so. Happy time travel!!!

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1277927 Composed by Terry Gilkyson. Arranged by Thomas Gunther. Comedy,Film/TV,Jazz. Score. 2 pages. Thomas Gunther Music Productions #869433. Published by Thomas Gunther Music Productions (A0.1277927). About the arrangement(See also (PopJazzKeys.com/The-Bare-Necessities)This is a relatively easy to play solo piano jazz arrangement of THE BAR NECESSITIES. The song is a traditional jazz tune made famous in the Walt Disney movie THE JUNGLE BOOK. The video and audio recording I posted here features me playing the short version of my arrangement. When played as written (with all the repeats) it is almost 4 minutes long.What's cool about this arrangement is that you can easily add a bass player and even an entire rhythm section while playing it the same way as you would in a solo performance!Who this arrangement is best suited forI think everyone who likes the song except perhaps advanced jazz pianists will have fun learning and playing this arrangement. I arranged this piece originally with my younger piano students in mind, who have smaller hands than most adults. That’s why there are no large intervals or big jumps in the left hand. Something generally found in ragtime and early jazz piano styles. This means that my arrangement is perfectly suited for pianists with smaller hands. Of course pianists with large hands (like myself) can play it too (ha-ha!).I think it is also a great piece for pianists who want to familiarize themselves with playing jazz piano. And since I wrote out every note and articulation, they can play along with the recording and hopefully pick up the traditional jazz feel along the way.Although the arrangement is not very difficult, it poses several challenges for the inexperienced pianist, as explained later.How I arranged itAs I already explained above, there are no large intervals or big jumps in the left hand to be found. Instead, I focused more on polyphonic arranging techniques, in both hands. I also used guide tones and inversions.The left hand imitates the accompaniment style of a traditional jazz guitar or banjo player with added half time bass figures that are typically played by a tuba or upright bass an octave lower. Tips for how to learn this arrangementWhen I teach this song to my students I strongly recommend to them to listen to the original version and my recording a lot, rather than explaining to them how swinging eighth notes and jazz articulation work. By the way, there are a few bars where you hear me playing straight eighths on the recording (as indicated in the sheet music). I decided to add articulations so that pianists who have not a lot of experience with playing jazz will find it easier to play it with the appropriate “touch�. It's a good idea to check those out.Should you not be familiar with playing polyphonic passages with one hand, you might want to practice very slowly at first and attempt to balance the different voices appropriately. Listening to the recording will also help with discovering dynamic possibilities. I didn’t want to clutter up the sheet music with dynamic markings, so listening to the recording is really the only way to figure out what dynamics I had in mind.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767653 Composed by French carol. Arranged by c.e. walz. Christian,Christmas,Folk,Sacred. Score. 4 pages. C.E. Walz #3907417. Published by C.E. Walz (A0.767653). I don't know if you've ever seen a great-grandmother dance a jig. Well, I see Grandma kick up her heels every time I play An Appalachian Christmas. I think it reminds her of the days back on the farm when all they had to make music was an old banjo and a washboard...and what fine music it was! This intermediate level piano solo can be practiced at a much slower pace than 104 bpm, but it will be fun working your way up to that speed (or faster) for performance. In the Appalachian style of a dulcimer drone, the bass employs a lot of fifths and repeated chords.Key of F with no key changes, four pages, performance time of approximately 2:15 minutes. .