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Let’s find a great FUN book for piano students! If you want to check with me as to whether this one is best for your student, please let me know! Looking for a particular song? Use CTL-F to search.
Remember, many of my students use the Bastien Methods. For variety’s sake I’m including supplemental books from lots of other publishers. Not all Level 1s are equal!
Mini Sonatina in C
Mini Sonatina in F Major
Mini Sonatina in G
- WP73 – Favorite Classic Melodies – Level 1
- Favorite Classic Melodies, Level 1
Morning Mood Performed by Eduwardo Di Capua
Ode to Joy
Symphony No. 5
The Thunder March
Radetsky March
Santa Lucia
O Sole Mio
Laughing Song Performed by Johann Strauss
Pastoral Symphony No. 6
Largo Performed by Alexander Borodin
Jesu Joy Of Mans Desiring
Polovetzian Dance
(Simplified: & transposed to C) Performed by Johann Sebastian Bach
(Simplified: 2nd movt theme—also transposed to C) Performed by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Turkish March Simplified excerpt, Composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Romance Simplified excerpt, Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Trout Simplified excerpt, Composed by Franz Schubert
Lullaby Simplified excerpt, Composed by Johannes Brahms
La Cinquantaine Simplified excerpt, Composed by Gabriel
Finale Simplified excerpt, Composed by Johannes Brahms
Country Dance Simplified excerpt, Composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Fiinale Simplified excerpt, Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
The Elephant Simplified excerpt, Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Sleeping Beauty Waltz Simplified excerpt, Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
March Slav Simplified excerpt, Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Thought Provoking Reads 