An accessible, exciting arrangement of the popular Moana theme song "How Far I'll Go," arranged for late elementary pianist. Includes finger numbers to help you find your way around the keyboard. Follow us at Judi's Piano on YouTube and Instagram @judispiano for piano playing tips, music samples and an encouraging community of musicians who are learning to play the music they love! We hope to see you there!

16 Easy to Play Easter Hymns for Piano is a collection of your favourite Easter Hymns arranged simply for elementary pianists.

We all know that tricky period when beginner pianists struggle to coordinate both hands. I have always found that playing simple melodic hymns is a big motivation to students. Now, with this collection of Easter hymns, students can join in with Easter music-making and develop those two-handed skills at the same time.

These 16 hymns are arranged with the melody in the right hand, a harmony line in the left and just a few easily fingered chords here and there. There are suggested fingerings throughout.

The hymns are in alphabetical order and are as follows?

� All Creatures of Our God and King, (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)

� All Hail the Power of Jesus Name, (Coronation)

� Before the Throne of God Above, (Before the Throne)

� Blessed Assurance, (Blessed Assurance)

� Christ the Lord is Risen Today, (Easter Hymn)

� Crown Him with Many Crowns, (Diademata)

� The Day of Resurrection, (Ellacombe)

� Just as I Am, (Woodworth)

� I Know that My Redeemer Lives, (Bradford)

� It is Well with My Soul, (Ville du Havre)

� A Mighty Fortress is Our God, (Ein Feste Burg)

� Nothing But the Blood of Jesus, (What Can Wash Away My Sin)

� There is a Green Hill Far Away, (The Green Hill)

� Thine Be the Glory, (Judas Maccabeus)

� Were You There? (Were You There?)

� When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, (Hamburg)

This volume contains a wide selection of famous musical themes from Bach to Carl Orff. Some of them were originally written for the piano. most have had their scores carefully arranged to make them easy to play on the piano. Each piece is followed with a jazz interpretation, which can either be played alone or alongside the 'original' version. Perhaps this will show that the 'classics' are not all that far removed from jazz, and that music of earlier periods contains many of the essential characteristics of jazz. Doesn't Lully's 'Gavotte', for instance, contain one of the most famous jazz themes ever? The 'Blue Gavotte' may make this clearer. The theme from Mozart's Sonata in A major (K 331) doesn't require many rhythmic changes to give it a blues flavour ('Mozart Goes Blues'). The driving rhythm of the ostinato bass in Carl Orff's 'O Fortuna' would suit modern jazz-rock performers well, with a few small changes ('A Fortune for a Tune'). What do Bizet's 'Habanera', Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance No. 5' and Paganini's 'Caprice No. 24' have in common? Why have they been turned into salsa music ('Habanera con Cigarro', 'Hungarian Salsa No. 5', 'Capriccio Latino')? Much of this is up to the individual: if you want to discover similarities, they are easy to find.

This rousing arrangement of ?Christ the Lord Is Risen Today? begins with a fanfare-like intro followed by a bell-like entrance of the main melody. The tune continues to dance around the treble registers of the piano until a modulation from D major to A major introduces the tune in the left hand with hushed anticipation. Orchestrally inspired counterpoint and another fanfare-like transition return the piece to D major and a majestic tutti statement of the hymn, both hands playing octaves or full octave-based chords. Clever reharmonizations and brilliant scales and arpeggios bring the arrangement to an uplifting and celebratory climactic ending.