Famous & Fun Christmas, Book 5


Book Description

Specially designed to supplement any piano method, this outstanding supplementary series expands to include popular holiday selections!




Famous & Fun Christmas Duets, Book 5


Book Description

Famous & Fun Christmas Duets, Book 5 contains 7 carefully selected Christmas favorites. The duets are arranged in equal parts for intermediate pianists, and are written for one piano, four hands. The melody often shifts between primo and secondo, creating interesting parts for both players. The arrangements in Book 5 include 16th notes, dotted-eighth notes, and key signatures with no more than two sharps or two flats. Students are sure to enjoy their experience with these fun duets!




Famous & Fun Christmas, Book 4


Book Description

Specially designed to supplement any piano method, this outstanding supplementary series expands to include popular holiday selections!




Famous & Fun Christmas, Book 3


Book Description

Specially designed to supplement any piano method, this outstanding supplementary series expands to include popular holiday selections!




Famous & Fun Christmas, Book 1


Book Description

Specially designed to supplement any piano method, this outstanding supplementary series expands to include popular holiday selections!




Famous & Fun Christmas, Book 2


Book Description

Specially designed to supplement any piano method, this outstanding supplementary series expands to include popular holiday selections!




Famous & Fun Pop Christmas, Book 2


Book Description

Famous & Fun Pop Christmas, Book 2, contains 10 carefully graded early elementary to elementary Christmas-season favorites, many originally from movies, radio, and television. The optional duet parts for teacher or parent add to the fun. Titles: * All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth * The Christmas Waltz * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * I'll Be Home for Christmas * March of the Kings * There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas * Toyland * When Christmas Comes to Town (from The Polar Express) * Winter Wonderland * You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas)




"Inspector Gadget" Theme


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This fun piano duet arrangement of the famous "Inspector Gadget Theme" is entertaining and full of wit. The four-hand arrangement captures the ragtime character of the original theme, before breaking free into arrangers' imaginations. Dramatic pauses, abrupt changes of tempo, and daredevil passagework up and down the keyboard make this an exciting showpiece, perfect for a recital encore.




Bella Tarantella


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Bella Tarantella dances its way onto the stage with finesse and excitement. Alternating between crisp staccato chords and a graceful twirling melody, a wonderful texture is formed right from the start of this fabulous duet in A minor! Featuring a lively 6/8 meter, strikingly contrasting dynamics, and a grand ending, this piece is sure to captivate all who take part in its dance. Careful attention to creating smooth passages and the wonderful effect of differing dynamics will yield a perfectly lively tarantella!




Sleigh Ride Duet Fantasy


Book Description

Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" is a holiday favorite, and this setting for advanced piano duet gives it a fresh twist. It begins with Anderson's jingling melody and some musical banter between the primo and secondo players, and then it launches into a series of variations that take the listener on a journey through a variety of styles, from gently swirling, impressionistic arpeggios to a triumphant coda with brilliant, virtuosic passagework. Audiences will enjoy a number of other musical surprises along the way.