Christopher Norton's Bright and Bluesy: five intermediate pieces for solo piano DOWNLOAD Susan Griesdale

Christopher Norton's Bright and Bluesy: five intermediate pieces for solo piano DOWNLOAD Susan GriesdaleBright and Bluesy is a collection of five intermediate solo piano pieces, written in 1976 (at the age of 23!) in New Zealand. They pre date Microjazz by about 6 years, but they demonstrate the same easy mastery of a range of popular styles. To see videos of Christopher playing these pieces, go to https: www. youtube. com playlist? list=PLqe4eJb6dvp8 LjSWYjccO_1cR985sni3

The twelve short pieces in this book have been taken from Melanie Spanswick’s Lucky Charms for piano and adapted for either the pedal or lever harp

They are aimed at intermediate to advance level players and I hope they will be an interesting addition to the modern player’s repertoire

The movement soon took on a life of its own

students will love these new works: In a Dream  and Watching the Falling Snow

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was also too good an opportunity to miss

Kantemir (1673–1723) was a composer in the Ottoman court and he composed

It’s a hodge-podge mix of tunes that have come my way or come from me that I thought would be interesting vehicles for arrangement ideas

such as A Solitary Tale

again reiterating note learning

and use them as a jump-start for your own variations and explorations

were chosen because they seemed to offer opportunities for all six instruments to perform in a solo capacity