Piano songs

Classical music for the piano is all around us – it’s become part of our everyday lives. As well as in concerts and on the radio, we hear it in television adverts, shopping malls, airplanes, elevators, and so much more! Now that you’ve started learning how to play piano you’re no doubt eager to learn …

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“Greensleeves” is a very famous traditional song that has its roots in Tudor England. Nobody knows for sure who wrote the Greensleeves sheet music, but we do know that it was registered by the printer Richard Jones at the London Stationer’s Company in September 1580.     Learning how to play Greensleeves on piano will …

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“In The Hall Of The Mountain King” is a famous piece of orchestral music by the Norwegian composer Edward Grieg, composed in 1875 as part of his Peer Gynt suite. Its easily recognizable theme has helped it gain iconic status in popular culture, where it has been used in numerous films and television shows.   …

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“The Entertainer” is the most well-known piece of ragtime music. Written in 1902 by Scott Joplin, it was first recorded by the group the Blue Boys in 1928, performed on mandolin and guitar. Sign up for a 1 month free trial (no credit card details required) and learn The Entertainer and other iconic piano pieces …

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  “Rondo All Turca” is the third movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata #11 in A Major.” The piece was originally published in 1784. The third movement, variously titled “Alla Turca”, “Turkish March”, or “Turkish Rondo” is one of Mozart’s best known pieces and is often performed on its own apart from the other …

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Mozart was much more than just your average composer, and is still a household name all over the world. In addition to composing and publishing around 600 works, he made his living playing and performing music, and would become one of the most iconic piano composers there is. Many of the popular Mozart songs, sonatas …

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Halloween is approaching and what better way to get into the spirit of this holiday season than to learn some Halloween songs on piano. There are certain sounds that, through popular culture, we can’t help but associate with Halloween. These iconic sounds come from movie and TV soundtracks,, ranging from The Addams Family theme music, …

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One of the greatest virtuosos and composers of piano music, Frederic Chopin was a leading figure of the Romantic era. He was born Fryderyk Francisek Chopin on 1st March 1810 in a small village to the west of Warsaw in Poland. During his short and influential life Chopin wrote many of the best piano pieces …

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When you picture yourself playing piano, before you have even started to learn how to play the instrument, you may imagine yourself being able to play the most beautiful piano pieces. Certain songs and composers have a reputation for writing stunning songs. The piano is also one of the most expressive instruments, with its wide …

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Sometimes the best part of watching a film is not the dialogue, or beautiful cinematography, it is the soundtrack. Often, this means famous piano soundtracks and iconic compositions. Though many movies use full orchestras or even electronic scores, often the score can be played entirely on the piano. Movie soundtracks on piano are sometimes just …

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