Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1323881

By Michael Buble. By Haven Gillespie and John Frederick Coots. Arranged by Thomas Gunther. Blues,Christmas,Jazz. Score. 5 pages. Thomas Gunther Music Productions #912057. Published by Thomas Gunther Music Productions (A0.1323881).

Solo Piano Arrangement By Thomas Gunther
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town is another one of my favorite Christmas songs. For some reason I love playing it in a bluesy style, with some jazz voicings. The bridge is more in stride piano style.
About The Arrangement
The arrangement includes different stylistic elements found in more traditional popular piano music. It definitely has a bluesy vibe, but also shows elements of jazz and stride piano.
When it comes to the form I extended it by adding an intro that comes back in-between sections in form of an interlude. There is also an outro. 
About The Sheet Music
The sheet music is basically a transcription of my recording. It contains jazz chord symbols and plentiful of articulations as well as some dynamic markings. 
My Arranging Workflow
I have different approaches for creating solo piano arrangements of songs. The one I took here is as follows. First I come up with different ideas, try them out, and after a while settle on those I like best. Once I practiced and internalized those ideas I press record and hope for the best. Before the final version is done, I record myself many times over. This gives me the opportunity to improve upon each version until I have one that I feel comfortable with.
Recommendations For Learning The Song
I recommend that you first listen to my performance while reading along in the sheet music. This way you get a better understanding about the phrasing and the rhythmic feel.
You may want to spend a little time just vamping a few bars to get into the groove. When that feels good move on to different sections.
The bridge is different in feel because it is based on stride piano rather than blues. Stride piano features big jumps in the left hand and big intervals between the outer notes (up to a 10th). Should you have difficulty in playing those big intervals (smaller hands will make this hard) you may roll the notes and use the sustain pedal.
Is This Arrangement For You?
This solo piano arrangement is for every pianist who would like to try playing Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town in a more bluesy-jazzy style. Dependent on what your specialty is musically speaking, you made benefit from it in different ways. Here are some examples.
Classical Pianists
If you are a classical pianist who rarely listens to jazz and blues music, this arrangement might be a great way to dip your feed into more contemporary genres and styles like blues and jazz. This said, it might be quite challenging. Not from a technical point of view, but from a musical point of view. For example, swung eighth notes and accents and phrasing in blues and jazz are somewhat contrary to classical music. It's gonna be a great learning experience for sure!
Jazz Pianists
Should you be a jazz musician or blues musician, you may not necessarily want to play the arrangement as written note for note. Instead, you might just fall in love with some of my ideas and create your own arrangement based on those.
This goes especially for the solo section. You can play my solo or use it as inspiration for your own solo. Of course experiences blues and jazz musicians will prefer to make up their own solo.
I truly hope you have fun playing this arrangement! Yes.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.742468

Composed by Franz Liszt. Arranged by Arte Nova Music Lab. Concert,Romantic Period,Standards. Score. 7 pages. Arte Nova Music Lab #4412089. Published by Arte Nova Music Lab (A0.742468).

The Consolations are a set of six solo piano works by Franz Liszt. The compositions take the musical

style of Nocturnes with each having its own distinctive style. Each Consolation is composed in either

the key of E major or D-flat major. E major is a key regularly used by Liszt for religious themes.

There exist two versions of the Consolations. The first (S.171a) was composed by Liszt between 1844

and 1849 and published in 1992 by G. Henle Verlag. The second (S.172) was composed between 1849

and 1850 and published in 1850 by Breitkopf & Härtel, containing the familiar Consolation No. 3,

Lento placido, in D-flat Major.

The third Consolation is in D-flat major and initially marked as Lento placido. It is the most popular of

the Consolations and also a favorite encore piece.

Its style is similar to the Chopin Nocturnes, in particular, it seems to have been inspired by Chopin’s

Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2. The similarity between the two works has been interpreted as a tribute to

Chopin who died in 1849, a year before the Consolations were published. This third Consolation is

however one of several of Liszt's works that take a style reminiscent of Chopin; some examples include

Liszt's Polonaises, Berceuse, Mazurka brillante, and his Ballades.

In 1883, years after composing the Consolation, Liszt received a Grand piano from the Steinway

Company with a design that included a sostenuto pedal. Liszt began transcribing this Consolation for

the new sostenuto pedal and in a letter to Steinway he wrote:

In relation to the use of your welcome tone-sustaining pedal I inclose two examples: Danse des

Sylphes, by Berlioz, and No. 3 of my Consolations. I have today noted down only the introductory bars

of both pieces, with this proviso, that, if you desire it, I shall gladly complete the whole transcription,

with exact adaptation of your tone-sustaining pedal.

Liszt recommended sparing usage of the sostenuto pedal in the interpretation of this Consolation and

opined on the positive effect it would have on the more tranquil passages.

Notes taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolations_(Liszt)#cite_note-

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1000329

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Eber, and Steve Boudreau. Arranged by Steve Boudreau. 20th Century,Jazz,Sacred. Score. 2 pages. Steve Boudreau #6681051. Published by Steve Boudreau (A0.1000329).

The Bach Chorales are ultimate examples of melodies creating harmonies, the parts coming together to form a whole. They are also great examples of a musician taking a melody and making a new arrangement of it, like jazz musicians do today. This piece is a combination of two chorale melodies that Bach arranged, originally based on hymns by 16th-century composer Paul Eber. For context, Bach set the melody around 200 years after it was written, and I re-worked the melodies with my own harmonies nearly 300 years after that.

The first job I had when I moved back to Ottawa from Boston was as a church pianist. At one point there was a two-month stretch where I was in charge of programming the instrumental music we played, and I challenged myself to come up with new arrangements every week- the way Bach would have in his time, just on a much smaller scale. This was a terrific creative outpouring of music for me, and it renewed my enormous respect for the church music community and the work involved.

For this piece I took two seemingly unrelated chorales (they are actually from the same Cantata, BWV 127) and attached them, using their distant keys of A Major and F Major to set up an interesting modulation halfway through. I had to actively try out some more modern harmonic progressions to take the overall sound of the piece further away from Bach's version. One of my favourite moments is when you finish the C major resolution and then repeat back into F# Minor at the top for improvising. In the solo piano version this surprising cut doesn't occur unless you take a second pass through the piece, so I encourage you to try repeating the piece even if you don't feel comfortable embellishing or changing anything the second time around.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.988440

Composed by Carl Czerny (1791-1857). Arranged by KlavarScore. Instructional,Romantic Period. Score. 27 pages. KlavarScore #6667879. Published by KlavarScore (A0.988440).

Book 2, containing the pieces 23-44 from CarlCzerny's 110 Easy and Progressive Exercises as an addition to the free Klavarscore Beyer Piano Course (See www.klavarscore.org). This book is in Letter/A5 suitable for printing. In this book you will find QR codes for free download of the audio files, as an example of how these pieces could be played. Perhaps not only for exercising, but also because it is such nice music to play and hear..... Books 1, 3 and 4, each also containing 22 exercises are also available. Books 5 will be coming soon. The Video example shown on this site is exercise No.42, the audio example is exercise No.36. Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works. His books of studies for the piano are still widely used in piano teaching. He was one of Beethoven'snumerous pupils, Franz Liszt was his most famous pupil. Source: Wikipedia.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.988443

Composed by Carl Czerny (1791-1857). Arranged by KlavarScore. Instructional,Romantic Period. Score. 32 pages. KlavarScore #6698337. Published by KlavarScore (A0.988443).

Book 3, containing the exercises 45-66 from Carl Czerny's 110 Easy and Progressive Exercices as an addition to the free Klavarscore Beyer Piano Course (See www.klavarscore.org). This book is in the Letter/A4 format, suitable for printing.

In this book you will find QR codes for free download of the audio files, as an example of how these pieces could be played. Perhaps not only for exercising, but also because it is such nice music to play and hear.....

Books 1, 2 and 4, each also containing 22 exercises are also available.
Book 5, also containing 22 exercises will be coming soon.

The Video example shown on this site is exercise No.62, the audio example is exercise No.52.
Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works. His books of studies for the piano are still widely used in piano teaching. He was one of Beethoven's numerous pupils, Franz Liszt was his most famous pupil.
Source: Wikipedia.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201265

Composed by Valery Aralov. Arranged by Yury Chugunov and Zellev. 20th Century,Blues,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Video Game. Score. 6 pages. Zellev Music #799915. Published by Zellev Music (A0.1201265).

Key Signature: Natural
Time Signature: 3/4
Tempo: Con moto (with movement (as lively as possible/ vivace))
Difficulty: Advanced

not much known about the composer, the piece originally comes from jazz compilation by Yury Chugunov.

from the excerpt: The publication is dedicated to the waltz - not quite an ordinary genre in jazz, where the quadruple meter reigned supreme. The waltz was established in many respects thanks to the creativity in the fifty of the musicians kula (the so-called cool jazz - cool jazz). Interest in the waltz was shown by several major musicians of this direction, such as Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck. One of the first waltz themes to penetrate jazz was Frank Churchill's most popular melody from the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Soon waltzes written by jazz musicians began to appear.
The jazz waltz represents the lyrical side of jazz along with the jazz ballad and bossa nova. The collection includes works by Soviet and foreign authors.The latter are represented by the names of R. Rogers, B. Evans, D. Brubeck, P. Desmond with his famous Take Five waltz and others. Dave Brubeck (in whose ensemble alto saxophonist Paul Desmond played) was perhaps the first to experiment with five-, six-, seven-quarter time signatures, widely using variable time signatures, polyrhythm; a typical example of a waltz of variable size belongs to the young Moscow pianist Daniil Kramer (Caprice). Recall, by the way, that an example of a five-quarter waltz in symphonic music is found in Tchaikovsky (second movement of the Sixth Symphony).
We hope that the collection will be of interest not only to jazz musicians, but also to a wider circle of music lovers.
-Yuri Chugunov.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.933947

Composed by Jasmine LAI. Concert,Contemporary. Score. 7 pages. Jasmine LAI #6565277. Published by Jasmine LAI (A0.933947).

This is my first time I have written a piece that doesnot have a standard structure. It is also the first time that I have expressed my feelings about Australia through music, inspired by Lawson’s moving poem.

 

The reason why I name my piece ‘Consciousness2.0’ is because it depicts a picture of how people rise and fall in life. An example of this is what happened during the Australian bushfires, which was a time when people were very aware of what was happening.

 

Consciousness means to be aware and responsive to the surroundings, and it can also mean a person’s perspective of events.

 

My piece begins with a soft introduction, which describes the life of Australia and its unique environment. From the bustling cities to the open country, there is always some life around Australia. Sometimes there is also some wild weather, which is represented in the arpeggiated left hand (bars 10-14).

 

The story then shifts its focus to the animals, through short 2-part phrase in bars 23-26. The animals areenjoying their time in nature. The phrase is in Aeolian mode, so there is a bit of mystery instead of having an obvious key. Then, the parallel fifths depict the openness and vastness of the land.

 

The transition is shown in bars 32-34 by a smooth 4-part phrase going downwards.

 

The next fast section (bars 35-47) describes the rise of panic, just like a howling heat of the bushfire. The chromatic 7th chords (bars 36,38) make a sense of tension, and after 3 times, the chromaticism makes its way to a recent memory of the rushing semiquavers (bars 43-44) After the bushfires came closer, animals panicked as they rushed and left their precious homes. It was devastating to see how many people were affected, with houses destroyed, people and animals burning into the ashes (bars 48-54).

 

 

Then there is another new section (bars 55-68) which describes the uncertainty, for example, the right-handquavers describe a flashback of nature planning itself to create a bushfire, or the times when people were planning a solution to this incident.

 

The uncertainty was unfolded when the fast right hand semiquavers come back, (bars 69-82) creating a whoosh of destruction disappointment and adjustment. 

 

The last part is the ending of story (bars 84 to end). Though the fire has made a lot of destruction, with Aussie spirit, there is always hope that everyone can rebuild a new and better community in the future

Piano Solo - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1296630

Composed by Dr. Deborah Rambo Sinn, Author. Traditional. Score. 276 pages. Deborah Rambo Sinn at The Underground Conservatory #886807. Published by Deborah Rambo Sinn at The Underground Conservatory (A0.1296630).

Finally, a piano skills book that you don't have to lug around! This 260+ page book fits on your phone or tablet and can be opened in any PDF reader, like Adobe Acrobat or forScore.
 
Pocket Piano Proficiency: a revolutionary way to learn the skills you need offers basic piano skills in a new way. Author and veteran piano instructor Deborah Rambo Sinn wanted to find a solution for getting students to learn these solidly and efficiently­–along with finding a way to combine this with developing excellent aural skills. Ultimately, she sought a way to quickly make these skills relevant to understanding larger concepts of music theory.
 
Traditionally, it takes a long time of learning individual skills before a student can grasp how they all work together. Pocket Piano Proficiency flips this model, introducing tasks in chunks of like material. The circle of fifths appears from the first pages, demonstrating connections between keys from the start. The book’s pedagogical organization moves students from the easiest to more complex skills, allowing them to scaffold successfully from one chapter to the next.
 
The eBook format allows for a new way of learning these skills that a black and white printed book does not afford. Each page contains several layers of helpful material that can be accessed by zooming in and out. Because only one level of information can be accessed at a time, students need to assimilate information from around the page to successfully complete each task (see video.) Additionally, the use of color cues for tasks further organizes each chapter. As an example, red is used for the simplest keys or most common concepts.
 
Additionally, the use of color cues for tasks further organizes each chapter. As an example, red is used for the simplest keys or most common concepts.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1198473

Composed by Yury Markin. Arranged by Yury Chugunov and Zellev. 20th Century,Contemporary,Film/TV,Jazz,Wedding. Score. 4 pages. Zellev Music #797617. Published by Zellev Music (A0.1198473).

Key Signature: Bâ™­ Maj
Time Signature: 3/4
Tempo: Adagio Rubato (Slowly as the performer feels like)
Difficulty: Intermediate

not much known about the composer, the piece originally comes from jazz compilation by Yury Chugunov.

from the excerpt: The publication is dedicated to the waltz - not quite an ordinary genre in jazz, where the quadruple meter reigned supreme. The waltz was established in many respects thanks to the creativity in the fifty of the musicians kula (the so-called cool jazz - cool jazz). Interest in the waltz was shown by several major musicians of this direction, such as Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck. One of the first waltz themes to penetrate jazz was Frank Churchill's most popular melody from the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Soon waltzes written by jazz musicians began to appear.
The jazz waltz represents the lyrical side of jazz along with the jazz ballad and bossa nova. The collection includes works by Soviet and foreign authors.The latter are represented by the names of R. Rogers, B. Evans, D. Brubeck, P. Desmond with his famous Take Five waltz and others. Dave Brubeck (in whose ensemble alto saxophonist Paul Desmond played) was perhaps the first to experiment with five-, six-, seven-quarter time signatures, widely using variable time signatures, polyrhythm; a typical example of a waltz of variable size belongs to the young Moscow pianist Daniil Kramer (Caprice). Recall, by the way, that an example of a five-quarter waltz in symphonic music is found in Tchaikovsky (second movement of the Sixth Symphony).
We hope that the collection will be of interest not only to jazz musicians, but also to a wider circle of music lovers.
-Yuri Chugunov.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1371509

By James Michael Stevens. By James Michael Stevens. Arranged by James Michael Stevens. Classical,Contemporary,Film/TV,New Age,Sacred. Score. 28 pages. James M Stevens Music ASCAP #955745. Published by James M Stevens Music ASCAP (A0.1371509).

This is a collection of 10 original piano solos written in January 2024 and written exactly as played on Stevens' album Dreamscapes (Feb. 29 release) and distributed on streaming services worldwide. The YT example is of the first song, Starlight Serenade, while the MP3 example is of the 2nd song, Silver Stream. James Michael Stevens is a prolific composer residing in Nashville, TN and Music Dean of Welch College.

Piano Solo - Digital Download

SKU: A0.901081

Composed by Paul Copeland. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 50 pages. Paul Copeland #5988217. Published by Paul Copeland (A0.901081).

Audacious Binary Forms for pianist playing one or two pianos, won Australia’s most prestigious piano composition competition the Jean Bogan Prize for Piano Composition 2016.

The world premiere was performed by Michael Kieran Harvey. He is considered by many as being one of Australia’s greatest living concert pianists. Michael specializes in performing world premieres of compositions by Australian composers. He is also a prolific composer of avant-garde music.

ABSTRACT FROM THE GENERAL DIRECTIONS

Audacious Binary Forms for piano is in a fractured binary form. Two types of structures exist; lettered structures, which are experimental structures, and explore the sonorities of the piano, and numbered structures, which are more traditional structures. A structure may be a single page or more than one page. Each page in a structure is to be played sequentially. For example, with structure C, consisting of three pages, C1, C2, C3, each page is played sequentially in numerical order, C1, C2, C3.

EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURES

The structures A, B, C, D, E, F, G, Percussion, CADENZA, and CODA are experimental.

TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES

The structures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, are traditional.

PREPARING THE SCORE FOR PERFORMANCE

There are four different options for a performance.

MINIMALIST OPTION

The 13 cards cut from the CUTOUT page are shuffled. Card 4 Rag (1,2) is removed.  The 12 cards are placed face down. One card is revealed representing the structure that is to be performed. A member of the audience can be invited to shuffle the cards.

STOCHASTIC OPTION

An audience member or members can be invited to shuffle all the pages of the score. The resultant random sequence of pages becomes the whole score for the performance.

PERFORMER’S OPTION

The performer prepares the structures according to his musical tastes. All of the experimental structures should be performed. The performer is free to play none, some, or all of the traditional structures. Please note that each structure remains an independent structure and is played sequentially. For example, structure C, consisting of three pages would be played C1, C2, C3 in that order.

PERFORMER/COMPOSER OPTION

Months before the concert the performer can contact me at paulcopeland1@bigpond.com, to discuss the performance, and to work out an ideal performance structure for the work, taking into consideration the venue, expected size of audience, size of auditorium, music program, and if two pianos will be available.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING SHEET MUSIC SIZE

Please note that the score should be printed on separate pages (the notated pages), not back to back. Ideally the score should be printed on A3 pages in colour. However the score can still be printed in grayscale. 

The sheet music file is approximately 15Mb because the score is in full color. 

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Paul Copeland is an award-winning multi-genre composer, graphic artist, programmer, teacher, and author, based in his home city of Melbourne. His compositional styles range from neo-classical, jazz, ragtime, and musical theatre to electronic, avant-garde, post-avant-garde, and experimental music.

Born in 1947, Copeland grew up an only child in a musical household. His mother was a talented singer, his father an accomplished amateur pianist, composer of popular music, and internationally renowned travelling telepathist known as Argus The Boy Prophet. Copeland's musical studies commenced at the age of 16 when he began studying piano, and a year later, he enrolled at the Melba Conserv.