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Just for Fun! Just for Fun! is a collection of piano pieces I rote especially for students in their early levels of study. They ere inspired by activities and things I enjoyed as a young piano student. Several of the pieces date back as far as the early 2000s hen I as teaching many beginning students. Some of the pieces ere ritten especially for the primer levels of the Canadian National Conservatory of Music s Northern Lights books. I hope you enjoy this collection! Art by Myles Mathis Myles Mathis is a self-taught artist ho lives in Mission, B.C. Although he has orked in various mediums since childhood, he has focused mainly on atercolours since 6. His atercolours, hich have been exhibited in numerous art shos throughout the Fraser Valley, feature a ide scope of subject material including landscapes, seascapes, animals, and human interest. He has received several aards for his art including B.C. Wildlife Artist of the Year for 200. He is currently a member of the Mission Arts Council and has been a member of the Mission Arts Association and the Fraser Valley Watermedia Society in Abbotsford. Many thanks to Myles for painting the cover and draing the sketches for this collection.
Contents The Music Box..... Beat the Drums!..... Jazzy Cat..... 6 Circus Elephants..... 7 My Birthday Party..... 8 Wandering Panda..... Treasure Hunt..... 0 Trick or Treat..... Dancing Poodle..... 2 Raiding the Cookie Jar..... Rhythm and Blues..... I Like Popsicles..... Bunnies at the Hop..... 6 Electric Guitar Wizard..... 7 Parade..... 8 Teacher Notes..... 20
The Music Box Play to octaves higher than ritten. Dreamy mp Watch her spin optional: hold the right pedal don throughout 'round and 'round, grace - ful - ly dan - - cing. optional: repeat p ith ritardando at the end Copyright 20-207
Beat the Drums! With Energy mf - f Beat Jump the drums! up high! Stamp your Feel the feet! beat! All All the bells and the strings and 6. chimes inds are are ring - ing, I play - ing. I can can hear hear the the cho - ir sing - ing. 2. drums! play the last measure times; softer on each repeat Copyright 20-207
6 Jazzy Cat With Pizzazz mf. Ev - ery - one tells me that I am a jaz zy cat.. I can play. I can sing. I. can do this and that. That is hy U. ff I'm a cool cat! U. Copyright 20-207
7 Moderately f Circus Elephants mp # ff mf Copyright 20-207
8 Grandly > f My Birthday Party > ff f mp repeat the first line ith ritardando at the end Copyright 20-207
Moderately mp Wandering Panda. > mf - f > 2. Copyright 20-207
0 Treasure Hunt With Excitement mf #. # p # # 2. ritardando # ff diminuendo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - p Copyright 20-207
Mysteriously pp 2... Trick or Treat... mp... #.. #...... pp.. # f. p pp Copyright 20-207
2 7 Gracefully mp * Dancing Poodle 2.. p.. mf.. b mp b 2 f ritardando b... b. p * tap, play random notes or clusters, or even make a barking sound if you like! Copyright 20-207
Mischievously pp Raiding the Cookie Jar......... mp........ ritardando......... pp Copyright 20-207
Rhythm and Blues Make up a song using the suggested rhythm, ords, keys and LH accompaniment. Add a second verse about something you like. q q q q q h I like to sing the blues. I've got the rhy - thm. q q q h h q q q q q h q q q h h I like to play the blues. I've got the rhy - thm. q q q q q q q q q h h I sing it! I play it! I've got the rhy - thm! Copyright 20-207
Seetly mf I I Like Popsicles un like pop - si cles and - ice cream bars, roast - ing marsh - mal-los smoothly (legato) - der the stars, mp eat - ing cot - ton can - dy, choc - o - late too! U 7 f So ma - ny seet treats for me and you! Copyright 20-207
6 Bunnies at the Hop Quickly 2 mp-mf 2 Bun Will - nies they. at ev - the er hop. stop. Let's Don't. > > go! kno! f mf They can dance 'til the sun comes up! 2 pp Copyright 20-207
7 Rhythmically mf J Electric Guitar Wizard legato J is a iz - ard on e - lec - tric gui - tar. She ill go far. Copyright 20-207 She'll be a star! 7. 2 f - ff optional: measures - : add a second verse; measures - 7: improvise on repeat Play both hands an octave loer on repeat 2. both hands U U
8 Happily mf Parade.... f.......... p..... Copyright 20-207
20 Just for Fun! Notes for Teachers - Features of the Pieces The Music Box C position, triple meter, marked Dreamy, lyrics, mp dynamic, diminuendo, play 2 octaves higher than ritten, option to hold the damper pedal throughout, option to repeat p ith ritardando at the end. Beat the Drums! C position, quadruple meter, marked With Energy, lyrics, mf f dynamics, crescendo, play softer on each repeat at the end, repeat dots ith first and second endings, tie. Jazzy Cat C position, quadruple meter, marked With Pizzazz, lyrics, mf and ff dynamics, ties, fermata, staccato. Circus Elephants G position extended to the G major scale from bass to middle in LH, triple meter, marked Moderately, mp - ff dynamics, crescendo, ties over several measures, 8vb, damper pedal held at the end. My Birthday Party G position (bass and middle for LH), quadruple meter, marked Grandly, mp - ff dynamics, damper pedal held for the first four measures, 8va, tie, accents, slurs, ritardando. Wandering Panda A minor position, quadruple meter, marked Moderately, mf - f dynamics, crescendo, diminuendo, ties, repeat dots ith first and second endings, slurs, staccato, accents. Treasure Hunt E minor position, sharp, triple meter, marked With Excitement, p - ff dynamics, crescendo, diminuendo, repeat dots ith first and second endings. Trick or Treat D minor position ith some altered notes (sharps), quadruple meter, marked Mysteriously, pp f dynamics, crescendo, diminuendo, staccato, slurs, 8vb, damper pedal held at the end. Dancing Poodle F position, flat, triple meter, marked Gracefully, p f dynamics, crescendo, diminuendo, ritardando, clusters, option to improvise sound effects. Raiding the Cookie Jar D minor position, quadruple meter, marked Mischievously, pp to mp dynamics, crescendo, diminuendo, long ties, staccato, ritardando. Rhythm and Blues Composition exercise to compose a melody using the blues scale and a 2-bar blues structure ith rhythm and harmony provided, option to add lyrics for a second verse. I Like Popsicles Middle C position, quadruple meter ith eighth notes included, lyrics, marked Seetly, smoothly (legato), mp f dynamics, crescendo. Bunnies at the Hop Middle C position, duple meter ith eighth notes included, lyrics, repeat dots, marked Quickly, cluster, damper pedal held, pp to f dynamics, crescendo, diminuendo, ties, 8va, accents. Electric Guitar Wizard Middle C and C positions, quadruple meter ith eighth notes included, marked Rhythmically, ties, mf to ff dynamics, legato, 8va, repeat dots ith first and second endings, fermata. Parade G position (LH at middle), quadruple meter ith eighth notes and triplet eighth notes included, marked Happily, p f dynamics, crescendo, diminuendo, slurs, ties, staccato, 8va, ritardando.