What’s This? Beginner Piano Sheet Music from Nightmare Before Christmas
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“What’s This?” Jack Skellington sings when he first discovers Christmastown in the Tim Burton Disney film “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.
Beginner pianists can learn to play Jack's song on the piano with this beginner piano Nightmare Before Christmas sheet music.
The excitement of Jack's song is captured with steady pulsing LH and moving RH melody in the A section. The B section contrasts nicely with slow, held notes in LH beneath the continually moving RH melody.
There's an optional D.S. for pianists who want to play the staccato A section again, and then it concludes with the final recapitulation, which blends the two styles into a more moving and urgent conclusion as Jack says, "I've got to know, I've got to know, What is this?!"
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Sheet Music Specs
Level | Key / Tonal Center | Finger Numbers | Position-based | Hand Size |
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Mid to Late Elementary (beginner piano) | C major (includes some modulation with accidentals) | Yes (included for some hand movement and to help newer readers) | No (hand movement is beginner-friendly, within one octave) | Small (largest harmonic interval is m6) |
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This easy piano arrangement of "What's This" is perfect for Halloween or Christmas! Happy Holidays!
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