Piano Music

New Online Course for Piano!

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Donna

acoustic-black-and-white-chord-164935After over 20 years teaching college music classes I have launched my first online music course! I am starting by publishing online courses through the Udemy platform. In my first course, “Name that Key!” I show a very silly method for remembering the names of the keys on the piano and then a very good method for starting to learn the lines and spaces on the music staff. The course has a regular price of $49.95, but for a limited time I am offering the course free. If you want to help me get my first students, leave a review, too!  Thanks so much!

To get the course for free, click on the link and use the coupon code: FREEKEYS

https://www.udemy.com/name-that-key/learn/v4/overview

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New Covers for Christmas!

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Donna

Starry Purple front coverWith the help of illustrator Sandy Silverthorne, I have updated the covers on the Follow the Star series of Christmas piano books. Also, I’m especially excited to announce that Follow the Star Level 5 is now available on Amazon and other online retailers for the first time.

Level 5 contains early intermediate arrangements of Mary Did You Know?, Pachelbel’s Canon, Russian Dance (Nutcracker Suite), O Holy Night and more!

Check out these graded piano books from Primer Level through Level 5!

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New Release! Worship at the Keys: A Method Book

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Donna

Cover lowresAnnouncing the upcoming release of Worship at the Keys: A Method Book!  This one-of-a-kind book is a step-by-step method, paced for teens, explaining how to play praise and worship songs with a church band. It covers reading chord charts and lead sheets, playing with different groups of musicians, understanding practical concepts in music theory and playing by ear. It includes 23 contemporary worship songs written in simple keys and user-friendly format. This book is a great place to get started for students who have taken a couple years of piano lessons and would like to learn how to play worship songs.

Songs included are: Here I Am to Worship * This is the Day * He’s Got the Whole World * What a Beautiful Name * Cornerstone * Jesus Paid it All * Lord, I Need You * Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) * Holy Spirit * At the Cross (Love Ran Red) * From the Inside Out * Breathe * You Never Let Go * Every Move I Make * Happy Day * 10,000 Reasons * My All in All * Your Love Awakens Me * Jesus, Lover of My Soul * Our God * Open the Eyes of My Heart * You are My King (Amazing Love) * Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) *

I am very excited to make this book available to the public and hope it will be a blessing to students, teachers and worship leaders.  It contains everything about playing worship songs that I wish I knew when I was a teen! You can check it out on Amazon here!

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New Christmas Piano Fake Book!

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Donna

Follow Fake Book cover thumbnailAnnouncing the newest addition to the Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano series, an entry-level Christmas fake book! Have you even seen music with only a melody and chord symbols and wondered what to do with it?  That format is called a leadsheet and fake books are filled with them.  Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano (Fake Book) takes you step by step through a tutorial on how to play for carol singing or just creating your own arrangement.  The leadsheets are in easy to read print with simple chords and no more than two sharps or flats in the key signatures.

Songs include: * Angels We Have Heard on High * Auld Lang Syne * Away in a Manger * Good King Wenceslas * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * How Great Our Joy * It Came Upon a Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas * Joy to the World! * O Come, All Ye Faithful * O Come, Little Children * O Come, O Come Emmanuel * O Holy Night * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Silent Night * The Twelve Days of Christmas * The First Noel * Up on the Housetop * We Three Kings * What Child is This? * We Wish You a Merry Christmas *

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‘Tis the Season for New Releases!

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Donna

Follow 4_5I’m excited to announce the release of new piano books from Spencer Meadow Press: Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano Levels 4 & 5!

Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano (Level 4) for the early intermediate student contains arrangements of Deck the Halls, Away in a Manger, Good King Wenceslas, Silent Night, March of the Toy Soldiers (from the Nutcracker Suite) and more!  Arrangements are by Donna McFarland, Cherry Wilson and Tami Wilson.  Cute black and white illustrations by artist Sandy Silverthorne.

Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano (Level 5) is a collection for the intermediate piano student. Selections include the beautiful Mary, Did You Know?, a Pachelbel’s Canon with a Christmas twist, Russian Dance (from the Nutcracker Suite), O Holy Night, a sing-a-long carol medley, an original carol by composer Gene Skinner and a lively First Five Days of Christmas, which is based on the traditional 12 Days of Christmas. This fresh new version ends with a boogie woogie on Day 5 as the gift recipient pleads for no more birds. Arrangements by Donna McFarland and Cherry Wilson, illustrated by Sandy Silverthorne.

Both books are available in print in the new Spencer Meadow Press store. Level 4 is also available on Amazon in print and kindle formats.  To celebrate these new releases, the kindle version of Level 4 is available for free download on Amazon today through 10/21/15.  Click here to get your free copy!

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Calling all piano teachers!

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Donna

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I am excited to announce my new releases: Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano (Primer & Level 1) and (Levels 2 & 3)!  These books are designed for beginning, first or second year piano students who wish to play music for Christmas.  They contain the favorites: We Three Kings, Jingle Bells, Up on the Housetop, Carol of the Bells and many well-known Christmas carols.  Check out the full table of contents for each volume with the “Look Inside” feature on Amazon. Available in paperback and kindle.

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New Release! Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Donna

Follow the Star smaller thumbnailI am excited to announce the release of my new piano book! Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano (Primer & Level 1) is now available on Amazon!  This book contains one-handed and two-handed arrangements that are perfect for beginning piano students who want to play music for Christmas and it turned out really cute with Sandy Silverthorne‘s illustrations.  It sells for $5.95 on Amazon.  Teachers’ discounts are available if you order directly from me.  For more information, email me at: donna@duckandfriends.com

 

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