Foreword Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Popular Music Book is designed to be used in conjunction with Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Book When students reach Unit in Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, they may begin using this book Included in the book are popular pieces to perform and lead sheets to harmonize The lead sheets can be further developed to create arrangements These familiar pieces were chosen to appeal to non-keyboard music majors with little or no keyboard experience They should be studied simultaneously with the correlating unit and assigned according to the instructions at the top of the first page of each piece Due to the melodic range and the harmonic vocabulary of the music, in some cases the pieces that correlate with each unit may be a little more complicated than the music found in Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Book In the repertoire pieces (pages 0) that correlate with Units of Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, more complicated technical aspects such as moves and cross-overs are labeled to help students learn the music more quickly The pieces in Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Popular Music Book are sure to motivate and bring hours of enjoyment to students while reinforcing important musical concepts Produced by Alfred Music PO Box 000 Van Nuys, CA 90-000 alfredcom No part of this book shall be reproduced, arranged, adapted, recorded, publicly performed, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without written permission from the publisher In order to comply with copyright laws, please apply for such written permission and/or license by contacting the publisher at alfredcom/permissions ISBN-0: -706-97- ISBN-: 978--706-97- GERSHWIN and GEORGE GERSHWIN are registered trademarks of Gershwin Enterprises IRA GERSHWIN is a trademark of Gershwin Enterprises Cover Art: Morrison977 / istock-getty Images Plus / Getty Images
Table of Contents Popular Solo Repertoire Page Correlating Unit in Alfred s Group Piano for Adults Beauty and the Beast (from Walt Disney s Beauty and the Beast) 0 The Entertainer 0 Great Balls of Fire Home I Got Rhythm 7 Inspector Gadget (Main Title) 8 Let It Go (from Walt Disney s Frozen) My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms) 8 Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) 8 The Pink Panther (from The Pink Panther) 0 8 Star Wars (Main Theme) Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) 6 Theme from New York, New York 6 8 Theme from Superman 6 We re Off to See the Wizard (from The Wizard of Oz) 0 9 A Whole New World (from Walt Disney s Aladdin) 6 Wipe Out 8 7 Yo Ho (A Pirate s Life for Me) (from Walt Disney s Pirates of the Caribbean) 6 You Raise Me Up Lead-Sheet Harmonizations Baby 0 Breakaway 7 7 Bridge Over Troubled Water Don t Stop Believin 0 Happy Birthday to You 7 Hopelessly Devoted to You (from Grease) 8 8 The House of the Rising Sun 9 9 Killing Me Softly 0 Mamma Mia (from Mamma Mia) Puff (The Magic Dragon) 6 The Sound of Silence 6 6 This Land Is Your Land 6
P opular Solo Repertoire Use with Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Book Unit, pages 7 Star Wars (Main Theme) Fast F Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Arr by Dennis Alexander and Martha Mier move b 7 b b move f Duet: Student plays one octave higher Fast RH b LH P b b b n 7 F 977 (Renewed) WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP and BANTHA MUSIC All Rights Reserved
P opular Solo Repertoire Beauty and the Beast (from Walt Disney s Beauty and the Beast) Moderato # F Tale as old as time, w # # true as it can Use with Unit 0, pages 7 Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Arr by Dennis Alexander and Martha Mier w be move Bare-ly e - ven friends, then some - bod - y bends un - ex - pect - ed - move # ly w Duet: Student plays one octave higher Moderato # RH J LH P J J J # J 99 WALT DISNEY MUSIC COMPANY and WONDERLAND MUSIC COMPANY, INC All Rights Reserved Used by Permission
Foreword Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Popular Music Book is designed to be used in conjunction with Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Book Included in the book are popular pieces to perform and lead sheets to harmonize The lead sheets can be further developed to create arrangements These familiar pieces were chosen to appeal to non-keyboard music majors They should be studied simultaneously with the correlating unit and assigned according to the instructions at the top of the first page of each piece Due to the melodic range and the harmonic vocabulary of the music, in some cases the pieces that correlate with each unit may be a little more complicated than the music found in Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Book The pieces in Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Popular Music Book are sure to motivate and bring hours of enjoyment to students while reinforcing important musical concepts Produced by Alfred Music PO Box 000 Van Nuys, CA 90-000 alfredcom No part of this book shall be reproduced, arranged, adapted, recorded, publicly performed, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without written permission from the publisher In order to comply with copyright laws, please apply for such written permission and/or license by contacting the publisher at alfredcom/permissions ISBN-0: -706-967-X ISBN-: 978--706-967-9 GERSHWIN and GEORGE GERSHWIN are registered trademarks of Gershwin Enterprises IRA GERSHWIN is a trademark of Gershwin Enterprises RHAPSODY IN BLUE is a trademark of the George Gershwin Family Trust All Rights Reserved Cover Art: Morrison977 / istock-getty Images Plus / Getty Images
Table of Contents Popular Solo Repertoire Page Correlating Unit in Alfred s Group Piano for Adults Anything Goes (from Anything Goes) 9 At Last 6 6 Breakaway 9 Bridge Over Troubled Water 0 California, Here I Come 6 Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from Walt Disney s The Lion King) 0 7 Colors of the Wind (from Walt Disney s Pocahontas) 8 Don t Stop Believin 7 Downton Abbey Theme (from Downton Abbey) 9 How High the Moon 6 Mia Sebastian s Theme (from La La Land) Rhapsody in Blue 8 Singin in the Rain (from Singin in the Rain) The Sound of Silence 6 6 Take Five Under the Sea (from Walt Disney s The Little Mermaid) You ll Be Back (from the Broadway musical Hamilton) 9 Lead-Sheet Harmonizations All About That Bass 9 Aquarius (from Hair) 8 The Ballad of Gilligan s Island (from Gilligan s Island) 8 0 Blowin in the Wind Fascinating Rhythm 6 6 Fly Me to the Moon 7 It Was a Very Good Year 8 Love Story (Where Do I Begin) 0 6 Misty 8 Open Arms 8 0 Stairway to Heaven 6 Star Dust 7 Take Me Home, Country Roads Try to Remember (from The Fantasticks) Weekend in New England 9 6 You Raise Me Up
P opular Solo Repertoire Singin in the Rain (from Singin in the Rain) Moderately, with swing (Â = Ç ) F # # Use with Alfred s Group Piano for Adults, Book Unit, pages 8 Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyric by Arthur Freed Arr by Dennis Alexander and Martha Mier w j J f I m sing - in in the rain, just 7 sing - in in the rain What a glo - ri - ous 0 feel - ing, I m hap - py a - gain I m 99 (Renewed) METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC All Rights Assigned to and Controlled by EMI ROBBINS CATALOG INC Exclusive Print Rights Controlled and Administered by ALFRED MUSIC All Rights Reserved
Use with Unit 9, pages 6 P opular Solo Repertoire Downton Abbey Theme (from Downton Abbey) Allegro 8 6 P 8 6 f Composed by John Lunn Arr by Tom Gerou simile 9 00 DEPOTSOUND LTD and DU VINAGE PUBLISHING LTD All Rights for DU VINAGE PUBLISHING LTD Administered by RD MUSIC All Rights for DEPOTSOUND LTD Administered by UNIVERSAL POLYGRAM PUBLISHING INC All RIghts Reserved Used by Permission