LEVEL 5 PIANO SONGS

1.  Auld Lang Syne:  This arrangement uses jazz chords in the right hand.  This music is written in the easy to read letter notes format.  This lesson helps you to learn how to play jazz chords as an accompaniment piano pattern to back you up as you sing the song.         PDF File --- Midi File

2.  Auld Lang Syne:  PIANO SOLO.  In this lesson you learn to combine jazz chords in the right hand with the melody in the right hand while the left hand plays a simple bass line.  Here is a general rule about using jazz chords in place of standard chords.  You can play a variety of jazz chords in place of the standard chord in the right hand as long as you have the ROOT or the elements of the standard chord in the left hand.  And the reverse is true.  You can play jazz chords in the left hand as long as you have some elements of the standard chord in the right hand.  The root or elements of the standard chord need to be in the left or right hand while you play a jazz chord in the opposite hand.  PDF File ----  Midi File

3.  Moonbeams In Your Eyes:  This is a song I wrote that is similar in tonality and style as Unchained Melody, Johnny Angel, Heart and Soul, and Blue Moon.  It follows that standard chord progression of C - Am - F - G.  You can play this song as a piano solo.  Click on the PDF file and listen to the MIDI file.  You can also learn the 1950's POP accompaniment pattern.  Click on the PDF File and then listen to the MIDI file.  Watch this YouTube video of my playing this song on my favorite guitar.  Also watch this video of me giving a lesson on how to ad-lib on this song and to use the comp patterns.  If you are a guitar player you might want to just download the PDF of the chart.

4.  Silent Night - Jazz Interpretation:  In this study you will learn about fast chord runs.  The first chord run is a G7 "sandwich" chord run.  The second chord run is a C6 "sandwich" chord run.  Fast chord runs are easy to do, especially the "sandwich" shaped chords.  Adding these to your songs really spices up the music and makes you appear to be doing something difficulty when in reality it is very easy to do.  Click on the PDF file and print up the Easy To Read Notes.  Then listen to the MP3 audio of this song.

5.  Amazing Grace:  In this lesson you will learn how to play the melody in chorale voicing.  Also, you will have the opportunity to continue to develop your left hand technique.  Print up the PDF file.  Listen to the MP3 audio file of this arrangement.

6.  Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie:  This song will teach you a country and western piano technique that some people refer to as the "wagon wheel piano effect".  The left hand plays a bass line that reminds you of the old west, cowboys, and a wagon train because this effect has been used in many motion pictures that were westerns.  This technique can be used on any cowboy song, folk song, or just used occasionally on any pop song.  Print up the PDF file.  Listen to the midi file.