Tall Stories for Short Pianists

Tall Stories for Short Pianists

Mark Tanner

Catalogue number: C219
Former catalogue number: SP1220
Piano Solo
ISMN: 979-0-57081-219-6
Grades: Trinity Grade 2.
Price: £8.95

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Previous Publisher(s): Spartan Press

Tall Stories for Short Pianists is an album of a dozen approachable piano solos, along with 5 duets (for student and teacher), pitched at the younger pianist. Each piece connects with a tale or story (some will be more immediately familiar than others), while the level of difficulty starts at ABRSM Prep Test/Trinity College Inital, with a couple nudging Grade 3. While in some cases the technical and reading difficulties have been kept to a minimum, other pieces include hand-position changes, hand-crossing, isolated high/low notes or brief chromatic features, in order to widen the interest. The intrepid pianist is warmly invited to take up a commanding presence at the piano (or keyboard) and perform with authority!

Contents

  • Solos
  • A Tale of Two Kitties
  • Toucan Play at that Game
  • A Bundle of Laughs
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Jingle in the Jungle
  • Spooked
  • The Shark, the Lark and the Aardvark
  • Staccato Tomato
  • The Croc that Swallowed a Clock
  • Times they are a-Changin’
  • Orpheus in his Underpants
  • Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
  • Duets
  • A Brief Journey Through Time
  • The Great Diamond Heist
  • And the Cow Smiled at the Moon
  • The Spiral Staircase
  • Tintinnabulation

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Orpheus in his Underpants

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