The Snowman Stomp
Grade 3
Here in the south of England it's a long time since we've had enough snow to build a snowman. So I just have to imagine what they might dance like, and the kind of music they'd like to dance to.
View tune
Scroll down to find hundreds of original piano pieces, with new pieces added every week! You can search by level of difficulty or song title.
Grade 3
Here in the south of England it's a long time since we've had enough snow to build a snowman. So I just have to imagine what they might dance like, and the kind of music they'd like to dance to.
View tune
Prep Test Level
This piece is very accessible to the fairly new pianist, but will impress audiences due to the crossing over of the left hand.
View tune
Beginner
Children will love making the sleigh bell sound in this simple piece.
View tune
Grade 4
Delivering gifts around the world in one evening must be quite a challenge, but somehow Santa pulls it off every year. At least he gets to rest for the other 364 evenings, while his elves get busy making next year's toys.
View tune
Grade 1
We don't often get snow in the South East of England, but the next best thing is a good covering of frost, which transforms the landscape into a ghostly tapestry.
View tune
Grade 2
This piece has a laid-back vibe, with quite a bit of chromatic movement in the left hand.
View tune
Grade 2
A gentle, lilting piece for a cold winter's day. The title comes from the colours I see and feel when I play this.
View tune
Grade 3
This winter classic is quite tricky for the right hand. It covers a wide range, intended for string instruments. As pianists we have to use clever tricks with fingering to achieve this.
View tune
Uncategorised
I was thrilled that pianist Jill Morton chose my 5/4 arrangement of Jingle Bells as one of the pieces for her excellent Musical Advent Calendar project this month. She has kindly agreed that I can share the video here.
View tune
More advanced
Here's the first of my series of 'Christmas Originals' - seasonal pieces appropriate for this time of year, that you won't have seen before - because I'm writing them right now!
View tune
Christmas
Today's offering is an experiment with my newly upgraded Sibelius software. A chance to see and hear the piece at the same time.
View tune
Christmas
This pretty tune would be useful for introducing the key of D Major, and talking about degrees of the scale. There are five verses, but you don't have to play every one unless you want to.
View tune
Christmas
Every day this week a new arrangement of Jingle Bells will appear here. Yep, that's 5 versions, all totally different.
View tune
Christmas
Look out for the ties in the left hand, and the few occasions where a slight change of hand position is needed.
View tune
Christmas
This is a beautiful French lullaby. Watch out for the G minor key signature, and the tied notes in the left hand.
View tune
Christmas
This lovely little tune has a gentle, lullaby quality. The final line has some challenges for the left hand, especially the last note.
View tune
Grade 4
Ah, summertime, how we love you. Piano Tunes has users all over the world, so some of you will be experiencing summer weather, you lucky things.
View tune
Prep Test Level
There are lots of repeated patterns in this piece. If you can spot patterns, it really helps you to learn.
View tune
Beginner
Try to get your left hand in position in good time to play the high C - use the minim rest to your advantage so that it's not a panic!
View tune
More advanced
This piece could easily be the slow movement of a Mozart Sonata...at first...and then I let it take its own course!
View tune
Grade 1
Dotted rhythms are tricky! Here's a piece that's crammed full of them. It was inspired by a girl called Dot, who sent me a wonderful video of herself playing one of my pieces.
View tune
Grade 3
This tune sounds impressive but it's actually not that difficult, as it falls nicely under the hands. As with so much music, it's all about getting the fingering right, especially the first note of a phrase.
View tune
Grade 1
A useful piece for giving weaker fingers a workout.
View tune
Grade 1
When I take my dog, Harvey, for a walk in our local woods, he can see pesky pixies everywhere. They make him do naughty things. Well that's what he says.
View tune
Subscribe below to receive my email newsletter