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Sep 21, 2018
I've Been Working on the Railroad Guitar Tabs
I've Been Working on the Railroad - guitar tabs help students learn this old-time favorite easily. Easy to sing, this song is easy to love!
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Sep 03, 2018
Round Music from England, The Hart He Loves the High Wood
An unfamiliar, pretty round, with poetic words from England of long ago. Not hard!
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Aug 28, 2018
Note Reading Worksheets for Grand Staff & Single Staffs
These note reading worksheets are different versions of grand staff, treble clef staff, and bass clef staff sheets. Free downloads!
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Aug 16, 2018
Printable Piano Music What Do You Do With a Drunken or GRUMPY Sailor
What Do You Do with a GRUMPY (or Drunken) Sailor: free printable piano music that might become your student's favorite for a long time! FOUR arrangements, and TWO sets of lyrics!
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Jul 11, 2018
Heidi Evans, piano teacher
My 13-year-old student loves House of the Rising Sun because he thinks it sounds like Star Wars music! Thank you for this amazing resource! Dana: Hi,
Jul 07, 2018
Slane (Be Thou My Vision)
Greetings from Australia. I loved your posting on the beautiful Irish tune 'Slane'(Be Thou My Vision). The descriptions of the versions in different keys
Jul 01, 2018
Down by the Salley Gardens for Singers & Instrumentalists
Down by the Salley Gardens is a pretty English song with poetic words by William Butler Yeats. Download piano & vocal & lead sheets in several keys!
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Jun 14, 2018
How to Teach Voice Lessons, for the First-Time Teacher
How to teach voice lessons, when you are a beginning teacher? Get some tips to quell your fears at this new venture!
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Jun 06, 2018
Toccata by Monteverdi, Free Brass Ensemble, for Group Piano
Toccata from the opera L'Orfeo, an arrangement of the vigorous brass ensemble for piano ensemble, FREE!
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Jun 06, 2018
Carolinda Carlson
Thought you would like to know about the four new inventions for handicapped children who are now able to play ukulele with their classmates... See Facebook
May 28, 2018
When the Saints Go Marching In Sheet Music
When the Saints Go Marching In is an old and still popular song that has only FIVE NOTES - ideal for a young musician! Get the piano sheet music or lead sheets here, free.
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May 24, 2018
Piano Sheet Music for Kids "Kookaburra," from Australia!
Piano sheet music for kids "Kookaburra" is one of those famous songs a lot of us remember from childhood! Now offered as a vocal round in the key of C, this song from Australia is very fun to sing!
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Apr 26, 2018
The Moldau Solo & Duet Easy Beginner Piano Sheet Music
The Moldau, now with a secondo duet part for beginning piano. This famous piece is one of the most beautiful themes of Romantic orchestral literature.
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Apr 25, 2018
Free Fur Elise Sheet Music - Beautifully Readable Copies
Fur Elise sheet music in its entirety, with quarter notes for easy deciphering! These beautiful transcriptions are perfect for students who've just mastered coordination of right hand melody against left hand broken chords.
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Apr 18, 2018
Irish Piano Sheet Music Keegan's Waltz
Beautiful Irish piano sheet music, now for late elementary as well as for intermediate students, this lovely, lilting piece in a minor key will easily win their hearts.
Apr 13, 2018
Fuzzy Wuzzy, Free, Easy Sheet Music, 4 Versions
Fuzzy Wuzzy, now with a RIGHT HAND ONLY arrangement, is a cute piano piece that uses rests to create musical surprise.
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Apr 09, 2018
Thank you
Hello, I have finally returned to playing the organ after a long, traumatic divorce. Music has made my soul come alive again thanks to your free music
Apr 06, 2018
Solveig's Song
Solveig's Song, now in English & low enough for your young vocal students! This beautiful soprano solo from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite is set in 4 keys
Mar 31, 2018
Dyslexic & ADD - Hard to Read Notes
What to do about a Dyslexic person who is also ADD? For years I have tried to teach myself to read music but the lines and dots just jump around so much
Mar 20, 2018
Music Lesson Plan "The Vulture" for Piano
The Vulture - a ideal piano sheet for a music lesson plan for understanding minor cadence chords.
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Mar 09, 2018
What program did your use to make the music note worksheet?
Wondering what type of program you used to make the music note worksheet. I have an older (still usable) version of Finale Print Music. I have used it
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Mar 09, 2018
Duet Music for Piano "The British Grenadiers"
Duet music "The British Grenadiers" for piano, FREE! Your students will recognize this catchy fife-and-drum tune if they have ever watched a movie with British Redcoats in it anywhere.
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Feb 28, 2018
Found ideas for group lessons. Great resources.
Hi Dana, I feel so blessed to find your website while looking for ideas for group lessons to young beginners. I was looking for a picture of the grand
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Feb 15, 2018
Mari's Wedding, for Fiddle, Guitar, & Voice too
Mari's Wedding - NOW WITH LYRICS FOR SINGERS! This is a lively and fun song for beginning guitar and fiddle.
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Feb 08, 2018
Jazzy Piano Music for Beginners
Jazzy piano music for beginners: "The Little Man Who Wasn't There", solo and duet - now with a large-print secondo! This tune is based on one played by Glen Miller's "Big Band."
Jan 29, 2018
Thank you so much!
In my singing workshop with groups I need new songs with samples, sheet music, chords and lyrics from time to time and I am very happy that I just found
Jan 27, 2018
Alternative to Traditional Note-Reading: Piano Music on Key Maps - kmaps.com
Hi! Your readers might be interested in knowing about this source of free music and music instructional materials. There is never any charge. I have nothing
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Jan 09, 2018
Best Piano Books - According to This Piano Teacher!
Best piano books - or at least, the ones I find myself using over and over again in my music studio! Here are my favorites, and a new find!
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Jan 03, 2018
Classical Guitar Sheet Music by Giuliani
Classical guitar sheet music from "Le Papillon" (The Butterfly) by Giuliani, this "Allegro" is very easy.
Dec 31, 2017
Taps Works Well as Guitar Tabs
If you know how to turn a leadsheet into a guitar tab, this is a great song for a beginner like me to add to my songbook. Thanks! Dana: I agree Michael
Dec 22, 2017
Spanish Ladies Free Printable Sheet Music for Piano, Voice and Guitar
Spanish Ladies, with larger words for stage performance! This is a swashbuckling song of old England, a sea chantey, arranged for piano, guitar, and voice.
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Dec 15, 2017
Piano Music Sheets for Beginners- I'm a Pirate
Piano music sheets for beginners "I'm a Pirate", NOW with 2 late elementary solo versions.
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Dec 13, 2017
We Wish You a Merry Christmas Chords for Guitar
We Wish You a Merry Christmas chords for guitar beginner players. Chords they already know!
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Dec 12, 2017
Wassail, Wassail for Piano & Voice
Wassail, Wassail All Over the Town is a rousing, fun song for the Yuletide. Check out this easy piano arrangement.
Dec 08, 2017
Free Online Christmas Music for Piano: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Free online Christmas music Bring a Torch, NOW with 2 lovely full piano accompaniments. This is an old French carol.
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Dec 07, 2017
Free Online Christmas Music Vocal Duet Gabriel's Message
Free online Christmas music for a capella singers updated & simplified, Gabriel's Message is a haunting and very beautiful old Basque carol.
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Nov 21, 2017
Story about Scarborough Fair
This is one of my favourite songs. I don’t know if the story is interesting but let’s give it a try. It happened back in the Stone Age of cassette players;
Nov 19, 2017
Sheet Music Request: Great Green Gobs Of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts
Hey there. I was looking for sheet music for the popular camp song great green gobs Of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts. It Is Sung To The Tune Of The Old Gray
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Nov 16, 2017
Once I Was a Pretty Good Pianist...
Hi, I took lessons and played piano from 2nd grade through 12th. I wasn't an amazing pianist, but played at the usual level for that many years. I am
Nov 06, 2017
Ukrainian Saint Nicholas Song
I am looking for a Ukrainian song called O xto xto. This is played and sung on Dec 6th for St. Nicholas Day, a Ukrainian melody. My granddaughter has
Nov 02, 2017
Do you have a simple solo arrangement of What Child is This for 2 hands
I need a fairly simple copy of this song for 6th grade piano class Holiday and Christmas recital. This student is beyond beginner and can play somewhat
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Oct 05, 2017
Halloween Songs for Piano
Halloween songs for piano players who are past the beginning stages... solos and duets!
Sep 06, 2017
Loch Lomond Lyrics and Sheet Music
Loch Lomond lyrics and sheet music for all your music students. See the new piano arrangement for intermediate students
Jul 22, 2017
Can you do Humpty Dumpty for piano please?
This is a very popular nursery rhyme. Here are the lyrics: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all
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Jul 21, 2017
The Cat Came Back Lyrics & Sheet Music for Piano, Voice, & Guitar
The Cat Came Back is a fun, silly song that kids love. Start simple with just a 5-note lettered version for new beginners, or choose successively harder arrangement. Download it for piano, voice, or guitar students!
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Jul 19, 2017
Kum Ba Yah Sheet Music for Piano, Guitar, & Lead Instruments
Kum Ba Yah is a familiar church & camp song - give this easy & pretty music to your students!
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Jun 23, 2017
I Need Help Reading Notes
Dana: I am placing a link to a PDF book here that talks about basic notereading. (I've tried to place this link before; hopefully it will work this time...).
Jun 20, 2017
Starting a Community Music School
Please tell me how a person would go about starting a music education in the community type thing. It would be for faith based music ( any religion that
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