You Raise Me Up - Advanced Piano Solo

Arranged by Elena Fortin
Music and Words by Brendan Graham & Rolf Lovland

This year, I am continuing to arrange songs that I consider to be important. In order to fit my criteria for arranging, I look for pieces that have stood the test of time, are uplifting, and can be used in many different situations. This one is a favourite of my Mom's so it went on my "To Do list" quite a while ago.

I decided to dedicate it to my Mom and Dad, for giving into my pleadings for music lessons and supporting me all these years.

The arrangement is written for an advanced player because the left hand can be quite challenging. There are many giant leaps and arpeggios all over the piano, including some challenging chord changes and full chords in the right hand. The piece starts in E flat major, but transitions to a F major finish. Each repetition of the melody is changed slightly--there is a challenging section near the end which brings out the melody in a thunderous full arrangement which is really fun to play. Rather than bringing everything to a crashing end though, I moved the melody into a sweet treble that signals a quiet, peaceful ending.

I hope you will enjoy playing this arrangement!

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I have arranged this firstly in the key of C. I tried to keep as much of the original as possible in terms of detail and some of the difficult octaves and hard to reach chords have been carefully arranged. What I wanted to do was to give intermediate pianists who were perhaps not quite ready for the full version, an opportunity to play a version of it, also for pianists who would appreciate a slightly modified approach.
I didn't want an "easy" version as such,but one that retains the qualities of the original. It is a beautiful piece which can be used for concerts, recitals, weddings,celebrations etc
I have listed this as Advanced intermediate, but it crosses the line to Intermediate on a number of ocassions.

Set in its original key of Eb Major, with modulations into F Major and F# Major, this arrangement looks challenging for an advanced Intermediate student at first attempt. However, as you get familiar with the simple chord progressions, all you need to master is the rhythmical pattern of both the left and right hand notes, and you'll be able to play the piece smoothly. Enjoy playing this piano solo arrangement of this beautiful song, "You Raise Me Up" as popularized by Josh Groban.

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Piano solo arrangement for advanced intermediate level players.
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