Keys to the Wild West: 12 Piano Pieces for Young Pioneers. Easy to Late Elementary. with ALPHA NOTES.
Keys to the Wild West is a rip roarin’, fun lovin’ collection for young Piano students!
6 pieces for Easy Elementary with lyrics & Teacher Duets, and 6 pieces for Elementary Solo.
See & Hear examples for all the pieces. Download the Performance examples here.
Are your students PRE READERS? This version is for kiddos still riding the little ponies - with ALPHA notes (Letter note names included in each note) for just a little reminder.
You’ll find a wide variety of styles & tempos - pieces just too cute to pass up.
Table of Contents:
Saddle Up!
Tumbleweed Trail
Wild Wild West (3 Speeds of Backing Tracks included)
Where’s My Hat?
Cowpoke Waltz
Galloping
Echoes in the Canyon
Stars on the Prairie
Cactus Dance
Rocky Mountain Snow
High Noon Showdown
Outlaws on the Run
Skill developments:
Fun music that get young students excited to play piano!! Reinforcing notes in RH C position, LH notes G,A,B (with finger number help), counting quarters, halves, dotted halves and whole notes & rests, options for percussive sounds, 3/4 and 4/4 time, staccato & lyrical articulations, following repeats and DC al Coda, variety of tempos, LH cross over (only once). For Late Elementary: use of the Damper pedal for effect, playing 2 notes together at the same time, even staccato playing between hands, dynamic contrast, Octave higher/lower, note pattern imitation, a little challenge at the end: Outlaws ask for steady beat LH with a different pattern in RH. Last 4 pieces are in D minor penta scale position.
Level: Elementary to Late Elementary. Faber Level 2, ABRSM Grade 1 - 3, RCM Grade 1 -3
How Long: 26 pages total. 23 Pages Music. 3 Pages Cover Art.
Keys to the Wild West is a rip roarin’, fun lovin’ collection for young Piano students!
6 pieces for Easy Elementary with lyrics & Teacher Duets, and 6 pieces for Elementary Solo.
See & Hear examples for all the pieces. Download the Performance examples here.
Are your students PRE READERS? This version is for kiddos still riding the little ponies - with ALPHA notes (Letter note names included in each note) for just a little reminder.
You’ll find a wide variety of styles & tempos - pieces just too cute to pass up.
Table of Contents:
Saddle Up!
Tumbleweed Trail
Wild Wild West (3 Speeds of Backing Tracks included)
Where’s My Hat?
Cowpoke Waltz
Galloping
Echoes in the Canyon
Stars on the Prairie
Cactus Dance
Rocky Mountain Snow
High Noon Showdown
Outlaws on the Run
Skill developments:
Fun music that get young students excited to play piano!! Reinforcing notes in RH C position, LH notes G,A,B (with finger number help), counting quarters, halves, dotted halves and whole notes & rests, options for percussive sounds, 3/4 and 4/4 time, staccato & lyrical articulations, following repeats and DC al Coda, variety of tempos, LH cross over (only once). For Late Elementary: use of the Damper pedal for effect, playing 2 notes together at the same time, even staccato playing between hands, dynamic contrast, Octave higher/lower, note pattern imitation, a little challenge at the end: Outlaws ask for steady beat LH with a different pattern in RH. Last 4 pieces are in D minor penta scale position.
Level: Elementary to Late Elementary. Faber Level 2, ABRSM Grade 1 - 3, RCM Grade 1 -3
How Long: 26 pages total. 23 Pages Music. 3 Pages Cover Art.
Keys to the Wild West is a rip roarin’, fun lovin’ collection for young Piano students!
6 pieces for Easy Elementary with lyrics & Teacher Duets, and 6 pieces for Elementary Solo.
See & Hear examples for all the pieces. Download the Performance examples here.
Are your students PRE READERS? This version is for kiddos still riding the little ponies - with ALPHA notes (Letter note names included in each note) for just a little reminder.
You’ll find a wide variety of styles & tempos - pieces just too cute to pass up.
Table of Contents:
Saddle Up!
Tumbleweed Trail
Wild Wild West (3 Speeds of Backing Tracks included)
Where’s My Hat?
Cowpoke Waltz
Galloping
Echoes in the Canyon
Stars on the Prairie
Cactus Dance
Rocky Mountain Snow
High Noon Showdown
Outlaws on the Run
Skill developments:
Fun music that get young students excited to play piano!! Reinforcing notes in RH C position, LH notes G,A,B (with finger number help), counting quarters, halves, dotted halves and whole notes & rests, options for percussive sounds, 3/4 and 4/4 time, staccato & lyrical articulations, following repeats and DC al Coda, variety of tempos, LH cross over (only once). For Late Elementary: use of the Damper pedal for effect, playing 2 notes together at the same time, even staccato playing between hands, dynamic contrast, Octave higher/lower, note pattern imitation, a little challenge at the end: Outlaws ask for steady beat LH with a different pattern in RH. Last 4 pieces are in D minor penta scale position.
Level: Elementary to Late Elementary. Faber Level 2, ABRSM Grade 1 - 3, RCM Grade 1 -3
How Long: 26 pages total. 23 Pages Music. 3 Pages Cover Art.
