SKU: A0.573349

Written March 20, 2020, this is an original piano composition in the ancient Greek mode of D Phrygian. It is in a darkly reflective style. Some of the sounds in the melody and harmony you hear might not sound quite right because it is in neither major or minor. This particular mode is not used as much as some of the others because of the minor 2nd in the scale and because there is not a true dominant feeling chord because the V chord does not have a perfect fifth and is naturally a diminished chord. Sometimes I like to write a piece that is just an exercise in 20th century music theory utilizing the ancient modes. James Michael Stevens is a prolific composer residing in Nashville, TN and serves as the Music Department Chairman of Welch College.

SKU: A0.1294155

BRAVEHEART THEME for piano, in the key of F

The main theme of Braveheart begins with soft flute-like melody notes against a quiet background.  A fragment of the Scottish tune Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair weaves its way into the bottom of page one, and then deep chords at the top of page two give a low and ominous premonition of battle. 

Slowly it builds with bigger chords.  Dissonances compete in the melody and harmony, always building.  Big octave-plus-fifth left hand chords give a medieval sound.

The flavor of Braveheart, the movie, is captured in this arrangement.  Not too difficult, but with a few challenges, this is a satisfying piece to play over and over again, emotions soaring and always feeling like you are there with William Wallace in the fight for FREEDOM.

Two versions in different keys (F & Gb), but otherwise identical.  The arrangement in F is much easier, of course, and easier to read.  Though most of the music remains in the primary key (either F or Gb) Braveheart travels rapidly through several key transitions on pages 2-3 in the key of F, and pages 2-4 in the key of Gb.

Though the key of F is easier, the key of Gb seems to have a special magic, as piano pieces utilizing the black keys frequently do!  The piano recording heard in the video is performed in the key of Gb.

SKU: A0.1290690

Greensleeves - George Shearing (Complete Piano Transcription)

Jazz pianist George Shearing plays solo piano on this complete transcription of the traditional Irish folk song Greensleeves from the album My Ship released in 1974.

Song description. 
The solo is played over seven choruses in total. 
The first chorus is a simple but emotionally rich monophonic melody for the right hand only. 
In the second chorus, the melody follows the main melody of the right hand with a delay of one bar in the octave of the left hand in a canon-like style. 
The third chorus is a baroque style with lots of ornamental trills, and the inner voices move with a lively movement in the basic three voices. 
In the fourth chorus, the melody is finally reharmonized in jazz harmony (restructuring of the chord structure), supported by a stylish chord progression. 
The atmosphere changes again in the fifth chorus, where the main melody of the first half moves with two voices, and the second half is sung with block chords blending the chords in a glittering octave. 
The sixth chorus finally becomes George's quintessential jazz, with a fine and dynamic exchange of phrases in a swinging tempo. 
The final seventh chorus brings the song to a profound ending. 
Please enjoy the lustrous sound of George Shearing.

PDF format, 13 pages. Content : 8 pages score (Large notes) & 5 pages score (Small notes), There are the same score.
Instrument: For Solo Piano

Composition: Traditional 
Piano Performance: George Shearing
Album : My Ship (1975)
Album info. : Discog link
https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/533816-George-Shearing-My-Ship.

SKU: A0.1294153

BRAVEHEART THEME for piano, in the key of Gb

The main theme of Braveheart begins with soft flute-like melody notes against a quiet background.  A fragment of the Scottish tune Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair weaves its way into the bottom of page one, and then deep chords at the top of page two give a low and ominous premonition of battle. 

Slowly it builds with bigger chords.  Dissonances compete in the melody and harmony, always building.  Big octave-plus-fifth left hand chords give a medieval sound.

The flavor of Braveheart, the movie, is captured in this arrangement.  Not too difficult, but with a few challenges, this is a satisfying piece to play over and over again, emotions soaring and always feeling like you are there with William Wallace in the fight for FREEDOM.

Two versions in different keys (F & Gb), but otherwise identical.  The arrangement in F is much easier, of course, and easier to read.  Though most of the music remains in the primary key (either F or Gb) Braveheart travels rapidly through several key transitions on pages 2-3 in the key of F, and pages 2-4 in the key of Gb.

Though the key of F is easier, the key of Gb seems to have a special magic, as piano pieces utilizing the black keys frequently do!  The piano recording heard in the video is performed in the key of Gb.

SKU: A0.919937

This arrangement is designed to teach you how to arrange popular songs for the piano.  The left hand plays the Root, Fifth, and Tenth of each chord, while the right hand plays the melody with increasing levels of harmony, starting with two note chords and progressing up to four notes.