Deck the Halls is a popular Christmas carol even among young pianists. The familiar tune is a great tool for teaching dotted quarter note rhythms. Written in C Major position (with some RH movement), this arrangement is perfect for a beginner playing at their first Christmas recital.
The Cradle Song melody by William Kirkpatrick celebrates the arrival of the baby Jesus in the stable at Bethlehem. This arrangement is perfect for a beginner student’s first Christmas performance, with a single-note melody, an 8va repeat, and a few harmonies at the finish.
In this traditional arrangement, the heavenly hosts can be heard in joyous salute heralding the first Christmas. Perfect for a first-year student as a solo recital piece or simply to celebrate the season.
This spirited American patriotic march is a great piece for a developing pianist to master. In this arrangement, the right hand carries the energetic melody while the left hand plays in steady march style accompaniment.
Enjoy this FREE Halloween- and autumn-related image that helps new musicians identify their basic rhythms! This hand-drawn image helps with recognition of basic rhythms, including whole, half, and quarter notes and rests.
Comes as two PDF digital downloads: one with American standard terms (whole, half, quarter) and a second one using UK/International rhythm terms (semibreve, minim, crotchet).
This Product comes with a studio license that allows you as a teacher to share this copy with any number of your own students through the coming years. May not be shared with other teachers or non-students.
Get 10 Color By Note images in the Halloween Bundle!
Enjoy this FREE Halloween image that helps new musicians identify their bass clef note names! This hand-drawn image helps with recognition of the Bass Clef notes Middle C, B, A, G, and F.
Comes as two PDF digital downloads: one with American spelling (“Color”) and a second one with UK/Australian spelling (“Colour”).
This Product comes with a studio license that allows you as a teacher to share this copy with any number of your own students through the coming years. May not be shared with other teachers or non-students.
Get 10 Color By Note images in the Halloween Bundle!
Enjoy this FREE Halloween- and autumn-related image that helps new musicians identify their treble clef note names! This hand-drawn image helps with recognition of the Treble Clef notes Middle C, D, E, F, and G. These notes appear as different note values (whole, half, or quarter notes) for an added challenge.
Comes as two PDF digital downloads: one with American spelling (“Color”) and a second one with UK/Australian spelling (“Colour”).
This Product comes with a studio license that allows you as a teacher to share this copy with any number of your own students through the coming years. May not be shared with other teachers or non-students.
Get 10 Color By Note images in the Halloween Bundle!
Celebrate Halloween with 10 “Color By Note” music theory pages of Halloween- and autumn-related images to help musicians identify note names and rhythm values!
All images are hand-drawn and have been enthusiastically received by students in my own music studio and others.
UK/International Terms version available (see below).
Bundle includes:
* 5 note-name images have only one note value while the other 4 images include various note values for an added challenge.
All theory pages are in black & white / grayscale. No color ink required. (Color ink recommended for printing Answer Key.)
This Product comes with a studio license that allows you as a teacher to share these pages with any number of your own students through the coming years. May not be shared with other teachers or non-students.
One of the most well-known Christmas carols in the modern world, Jingle Bells is played at almost every Christmas piano recital anywhere. With the verse in Middle C Position and the chorus in C Major Position, this classic take on Jingle Bells is ideal for beginners learning to navigate their way around the keys.
Soft, broken chords and a sad refrain paint a picture of lonesome beauty in this 3-page piano solo. The melody passes from treble to bass with continual flowing accompaniment and develops a progressively deeper tone over the course of the piece before ultimately dying away.
By the soft light of a moonlit night, a melancholy strain resonates through a quiet cemetery as a lonely soul caresses the black and white keys. This technical composition is filled with broken chords led primarily by the Left Hand with cross-staff slurs for a more fluid movement.
Who doesn’t love the thrill of finding that one perfect pumpkin and planning how you’ll carve the best Jack-O-Lantern in your neighborhood? To help new pianists not “fear” a challenging key signature, “Pumpkin Patch” combines a rhythmic staccato feel with a catchy melody and lyrics that remind you of everything fun about visiting the pumpkin patch in autumn.
With flickering eyes like witch hats and a fearsome pointy-toothed grin, Jack-O-Lantern chants his scary song from the front porch steps as All Hallow’s Eve begins. This composition combines bass Left Hand minor melody, black keys, spooky seconds, minor triads, and staccatos to capture the delightfully frightful spirit of the holiday.
As Peer Gynt finds his way into the troll Mountain King’s hall, the energy and excitement build from whispered footsteps to tremendous cacophony. This intermediate level arrangement of a world-famous piece pulls out all the stops as it gradually builds in volume and intensity to a wild and chaotic finish.
Whether they’re raiding your candy bag or tying your shoelaces together, these mischievous little hobgoblins put the “trick” in “trick-or-treat”! You might feel a little hobgoblin coming out in you when you play this delightfully spooky composition.
A classic arrangement of a German Christmas carol, this rendition of a quiet Christmas night is ideal for sharing the Christmas spirit and story in Christmas recitals, performances, and church settings. This arrangement consists of gently rocking accompaniment, a softly singing melody, and delicate, harmonious chords. A key change warms up the sound for the last radiant verse, building to resplendent, full chords before peacefully echoing the final lines.
What’s that sound?! In a haunted house, you never know what might be lurking around the corner about to jump out and petrify you. This composition will have your fingers taking turns tiptoeing, jumping, and shouting with fright.
Like a spider busily spinning its web, the fingers of the right hand chromatically spin their way up and down the keys. The Left Hand accompaniment is simple so that the beginner pianist can focus on fingering and speed in this chromatic composition.
This ethereal minor lullaby heralds the arrival of All Hallow’s Eve. Even very early beginners can play this composition written with single-note melody, stepwise reading, one black key, and one RH crossover at the end.
The all-famous Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah oratorio – countless people have told me they wish they could play this masterpiece! That’s why I’ve arranged this Hallelujah Chorus piano solo – so you can play it at Christmastime for your family, during Easter season, or anytime you feel like shouting, “Hallelujah!”
Every Halloween, all the monsters, skeletons, hags, and more come together for the Spooky Shuffle. This addictively swinging original (a Halloween favorite!) will have your fingers dancing and feet tapping right along with them.
These wide-eyed, spiky-backed creatures cause trouble for machinists, inventors, and the whole modern world. A short composition that’s just right for early beginners, Gremlins introduces eighth notes, accidentals, steps, and skip patterns with directional reading.
This traditional English carol tells the story of that first Christmas night long ago. This arrangement performs well as a lovely piano solo for a late beginner pianist and helps with pedaling, different rhythms in the left/right hands, and right hand scale fingering.
This arrangement comes in two different versions: one in D Major and one transposed to C Major. The Single-User License is available in either key. The Studio License comes with both versions.
The hypnotic powers of this archetypal vampire will capture the minds of your listeners as you play his portentous waltz. This composition featuring bass Left Hand melody is for any Halloween-loving pianist who wants something fun and easy to learn.