$39.99
- 12 Piano solos familiar tunes arranged in today’s popular styles
- Late Elementary to Intermediate (Levels 1 to 5)
- eBook Studio License 8½ x 11 PDF
Description
36 pages including covers and notes (29 pages of music)
Item number: ISMN:979-09001414-0-8 / NK-P901
12 Familiar Tunes Arranged in Today’s Popular Styles
Piano students love to learn and play music that sounds familiar to them. In Old MacDonald had the Blues you will discover a fusion of well-known tunes and popular musical styles. Clever and fun, these pieces will inspire your late elementary and early intermediate students, and will become recital and festival performance favourites.
The collection is based on songs children have been singing for ages. In choosing the pieces, I wanted to be able to twist the music as well as the titles. To my ear, The Wheels on the Bus was just begging to be set to Ragtime, while Jack and Jill sounded like a California beach groove just waiting to happen. Familiarity with the traditional songs will help students get the humor of the arrangements. To complete the artistic experience, Holly Carr created the delightful cover art and sketches, which invite children to play their music in full colour.
From a pedagogical point of view, the collection offers a first-rate introduction to the rhythms and technical characteristics of today’s popular styles. Piano students can try their hand at Jazz, Blues, Soft Rock, Ragtime, Latin, and more. These popular styles are part of everyday life and should be included in every piano student’s repertoire as you help them establish a strong foundation in music.
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Old MacDonald had the Blues
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- Elementary (Level 1)
- Popular / Blues / Folk Song
Three Cool Mice
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- Elementary (Level 2)
- Popular / Rock / Folk Song
Mary had a Little Jam
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- Elementary (Level 1)
- Popular / Swing / Folk Song
Jack and Jill went up the Beach
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- Elementary (Level 2)
- Popular / Rock / Swing
Jazz! Goes the Weasel
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- Elementary (Level 1)
- Popular / Jazz / Folk Song
Hickory Dickory Rock
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- Late Elementary (Level 3)
- Expressive / Pop Piano / Soft Rock
Jingle Bell Swing ~ Pierpont arr. Maxner
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- Late Elementary (Level 3)
- Jazz / Winter / Christmas
R & B Baby
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- Early Intermediate (Level 3)
- Expressive / Jazz / Lullaby
Hot, Hot Buns
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- Intermediate (Level 4)
- Popular / Latin / Folk
Twinkle, Twinkle Superstar
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- Early Intermediate (Level 4)
- Expressive / Pop Piano / Soft Rock
The Wheels on the Bus go Ragtime
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- Early Intermediate (Level 3)
- Popular / Ragtime / Folk Song
London Bridge is Gettin’ Down
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- Intermediate (Level 4)
- Celtic / Folk Song
Reviews:
“This is a great collection – lots of fun and lots of variety!” ~ Janice, ON
“What a wonderful book!…The world of music is better for composers like you sharing your work with students and families.” ~ Robin Carr
“I’ve got a student who LOVES your book of Old MacDonald. She’s kind of dragged her feet for quite some time with her practicing and lessons but now since I’ve introduced her to your book she is gobbling it up. It’s great, cause it’s making her count and use the metronome and she doesn’t mind at all!” ~ Caroline, AB
“If student demand is any indication of quality, this music “re-telling” of classic folk songs is already destined for success! Shortly after receiving a copy of “Old MacDonald Had the Blues”…a student [has] been begging to take it home and play them himself….” ~ Natalie Weber, Music Matters blog
“I loved your arrangements of the familiar tunes and thought they would be really fun to teach an older beginner.” ~ Elina, ON
“I love “Old MacDonald Had the Blues” I…am thrilled with my purchase. I have played through each of the pieces many times just for fun myself and I am very, very excited to share this with my students. I know they will love it just as much as I do. Thank you so much!” ~ Elizabeth, MD
“…one of my students in particular is impressed with the Old MacDonald book…. Again this week he remarked that, ‘She makes them all sound so interesting.’” ~ Janice, ON
“I’m looking forward to using it with my boys.” ~ Pete, GA
“Old MacDonald may have the blues, but you certainly will not when you are teaching these new pieces, by Rebekah Maxner, to your students! Old MacDonald Had the Blues is a wonderful collection of pieces that are fresh, interesting and engaging.” ~ Remi Lefebvre, NSRMTA Arabesque review, NS
“You have done a great job with the arrangements and the art work and lay-out are great too.” ~ Gayle, ON
“Just a quick note to tell you that my student Madeleine who…bought a copy of “Old MacDonald had the Blues” last week has already learned three of the pieces on her own…. Hope that makes you smile. 🙂 ” ~ Elizabeth, NS
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