The Piano Student: Top Posts

The Piano Student is a free music resource directory.  Below are a few of the most popular posts and the most active posts.  I hope you enjoy the resources you find.  If you are having trouble finding a particular resource, please let me know.  I would be glad to help.

Updated on November 24, 2011

Top Posts

Nursery Rhyme Piano Sheet Music for Children		86,427 Views
Free Sheet Music for Piano | Level 1 (Easy)		71,672 Views
Free Sheet Music for Piano | Level 3 (Easy)		51,353 Views
Free Sheet Music for Piano | Level 2 : Easy		48,363 Views
Free Sheet Music for Piano | Level 4 (Intermediate)		41,905 Views
Free Sheet Music for Piano | Level 5 (Intermediate)		38,459 Views
Free Christmas Sheet Music for Children		37,907 Views
Free Printable Note Naming Worksheets		33,164 Views
Free Sheet Music | The Entertainer for Piano : Three Levels		25,547 Views
Free Sheet Music | Bridal Chorus for Piano Solo		20,602 Views

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Free Website Templates for Your Music Studio (and more)

Free Website Templates for your Music Studio Website

Need an inexpensive way to put up a website for music music lesson studio? Here are a few free website templates that are attractive, and incredibly helpful in making the most of your new website. These free website templates offer:

1) Awesome tips on where to put text so that your visitors will be most likely to see it
2) Tips on identifying keywords that will help draw visitors through online search
3) Completely editable themes with Adobe Illustrator (Get a free 30 day trial on the Adobe website).

How to Build Your First Website with a Free Website Template
Check out this easy-to-understand tutorial that will help you build a simple and useful website from a generic free website template.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Free Website Templates
The internet has become a place where people with no website development experience can come and set up a website for themselves with relative ease. Below are some of the advantages and disadvantages for using these predesigned free website templates.

Advantages

• Free website templates are just that – FREE! They offer you the opportunity to save hundreds on the design of your website.
• You get to see what your design will look like the moment you see the template. This same advantage is not offered to you when you hire a designer. While many designers are competent, some are not, and the results will sometimes be far less than satisfactory.

Disadvantages

• The first and most obvious disadvantage is that the very same free website template may be being used somewhere else. If you do choose to use a free website template, spend a little time customizing the theme you have chosen. Using your own pictures is a great start toward making it you own. (Note: The website templates linked to above are in Adobe Illustrator files, which allows you to completely change the color of the design.)
• You will not receive website designer support in the customization and launching of your website. You need not limit yourself, however. Save hundreds by downloading your favorite template. Then take it to a designer with your ideas for customization. They’ll know just what to do.
• Templates don’t offer interior pages designs. This is often the case, though it is not true of the designs offered above. Just click to download one of the free templates and check them out.

Coventry Carol | Free Sheet Music for Easy Piano

Coventry Carol | Free Sheet Music
This free printable arrangement of Coventry Carol is perfect for the intermediate piano student

Download Coventry Carol for Easy Piano

 

Coventry Carol | History
Coventry Carol is a Christmas carol that first appeared around 1591. It was performed as part of a play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. It is the only carol that has survived from this play.

 

Coventry Carol | Lyrics
Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay.
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay.

O sisters too, how may we do,
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling for whom we sing
By, by, lully, lullay.

Herod the king, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight,
All children young to slay.

That woe is me, poor Child for Thee!
And ever morn and day,
For thy parting neither say nor sing,
By, by, lully, lullay.

Twelve Days of Christmas | Free Sheet Music for Easy Piano

Twelve Days of Christmas | Free Sheet Music
Here’s an easy version of Twelve Days of Christmas that you can print for free. It’s perfect for the young piano student with about 2-4 years of experience, for adults interested in playing some easy Christmas music for piano solo.

Download Twelve Days of Christmas for Piano

 

Twelve Days of Christmas | Lyrics
On the first day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Seven swans-a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans-a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans-a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans-a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans-a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
My true love gave to me
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans-a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French Hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Free Sheet Music | Moonlight Sonata for Easy Piano

Free Sheet Music
This free sheet music arrangement is ideal for students with 4 or more years of experience. It is transposed to the key of E minor with one sharp, from C minor with 4 sharps. This change, and other edits, make this arrangement a highly playable piece for the advancing student.

Download Moonlight Sonata for Easy Piano Solo

About the Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. The crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.

Read more in Wikipedia.org

 

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Level 1/Easy Piano Solos
Level 2/Easy Piano Solos
Level 3/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 4/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 5/ Intermediate Piano Solos

Free Sheet Music | Russian Sailor’s Dance (Red Poppy) for Piano

Free Sheet Music
Russian Sailor’s Dance for Easy Piano Solo

About the Composer
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (11 January 1875 [30 December 1874]  – 23 June 1956) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet composer of German–Polish descent. Glière was the second son of the wind instrument maker Ernst Moritz Glier (1834–1896) from Saxony, who emigrated to Kiev and married Józefa (Josephine) Korczak (1849–1935), the daughter of his master, from Warsaw, Poland. His original name, as given in his baptism certificate, was Reinhold Ernst Glier. About 1900 he changed the spelling and pronunciation of his surname to Glière, which gave rise to the legend, stated by Leonid Sabaneyev for the first time (1927), of his French or Belgian descent.

Read more on Wikipedia.org

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Level 1/Easy Piano Solos
Level 2/Easy Piano Solos
Level 3/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 4/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 5/ Intermediate Piano Solos

Free Sheet Music | Bible Songs for Very Easy Piano

Here’s a collection of Bible songs for Level 2 piano. These well written free sheet music arrangements are perfect for young piano students with 1-3 years for experience.

Free Sheet Music

The B-I-B-L-E for Piano Solo | Bible Song
Do Lord for Piano Solo | Bible Song
Hallelu, Hallelu for Piano Solo | Bible Song
He’s Got the Whole World for Piano Solo | Bible Song
I’ve Got Peace Like a River for Piano Solo | Hymn
Jesus Loves Me for Piano Solo | Bible Song
Kum Ba Yah for Piano Solo | Bible Song
This Little Light of Mine for Piano Solo | Bible Song
Who Built the Ark? for Piano Solo | Bible Song

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Level 2/Easy Piano Solos
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Music Teacher Directories | Review/Comparison

Interested in finding new music students? The following online directories represent value driven ways to find that next great student. Each will be reviewed and ranked on a 1-5 scale (5 represents best value).

MakingMusicFun.net - 5
Launched in 2007, MakingMusicFun.net averages 250,000 monthly visitors. With their original directory they drove an average of 50 visitors each month the manually created teacher profiles. They have since rolled out a brand new teacher managed directory. To attract teachers they are currently offering lifetime memberships for only $1 for the first year (Intro Price). The price will be $59.95 sometime soon. The Alexa.com ranking for this website in the best of any website with a music teacher directory.

Subscription Fee: $1 for first year (Intro Price) and the 59.95 per year and Ads

GetLessonsNow.com - 5
Launched in 2006, this music teacher directory is one of the largest and most useful online resources for music teachers. GetLessonsNow lets you to link to your own studio website or YouTube videos as well as letting potential music students contact you by telephone. This choice doesn’t always help them, because teachers don’t know where the referral came from, and therefore don’t appreciate the value of this service at times. It is however a wonderfully appreciated advantage for teachers.

Subscription Fee: $49.95 per year subscription fee and Ads

Craigslist.org - 5
Craigslist, a classified listing service,  has proven to be a terrific resource for letting prospective students know that you have a few openings. Almost every ad that I place it worth the investment of my time.

Subscription Fee: Select Paid Ads

LessonMaestro.com - 3
Launched in 2009, this music teacher directory offers visitors the ability to search for teachers in USA and Canada. Actually traffic is not known, though the alexa ranking and the age of this website indicate that trafic to the website is still fairly low. At the date of this post they are offering a one year trail membership. In the future memberships will cost 39.00 per year. They do seem like they are a web-based service to keep your eye on.

Subscription Fee: Free Trial/39.00 per year subscription fee

I hope you find some fantastic new music students!

Free Sheet Music | Duets for the Beginning Piano Student

Here’s a small collection of duets for the piano student with 1 to 2 years of experience from MakingMusicFun.net. The duets are written to be played by a teacher and their student, or by two students of equal skill. They are well written, and lots of fun to play. Enjoy!

Free Sheet Music for Level One Piano

Download The Farmer in the Dell for Easy Piano Duet

Download Swan Lake for Easy Piano Duet

Free Sheet Music for Level Two Piano

Download Chopsticks for Easy Piano Duet

Download Alouette for Easy Piano Duet

 

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Level 2/Easy Piano Solos
Level 3/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 4/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 5/ Intermediate Piano Solos

 

Free Sheet Music | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen for Piano Solo

History
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen is a traditional English Christmas carol. It was originally published in circa 1760, though the author is unknown.

Free Sheet Music
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen for Easy Piano Solo

Lyrics
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
For Jesus Christ our Saviour (or Remember Christ our Saviour)
Was born upon this day (or Was born on Christmas Day)
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.

In Bethlehem, in Jewry, (or “in Israel”)
This blessed Babe was born
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn
To which His Mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.

From God our Heavenly Father
A blessed Angel came;
And unto certain Shepherds
Brought tidings of the same:
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by Name.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.

“Fear not then,” said the Angel,
“Let nothing you affright,
This day is born a Saviour
Of a pure Virgin bright,
To free all those who trust in Him
From Satan’s power and might.”
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.

The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind:
And went to Bethlehem straightway
This blessed Babe to find. (or The Son of God to find)
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.

But when to Bethlehem they came (or And when they came to Bethlehem)
Whereat this Infant lay, (or Where our dear Saviour lay)
They found Him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His Mother Mary kneeling, (or His mother Mary kneeling down,)
Unto the Lord did pray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.

Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth efface.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.

 

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Level 2/Easy Piano Solos
Level 3/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 4/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 5/ Intermediate Piano Solos

 

Free Sheet Music | Angels We Have Heard On High for Easy Piano

Angels We Have Heard on High’s most common English version was translated in 1862 by J. Chadwick. Its most memorable section is its chorus Gloria in Excelsis Deo!, which is Latin for Glory to God in the Highest.

Free Sheet Music for Easy Piano

Angels We Have Heard On High | Traditional Carol for Easy Piano Solo

History
The words of the song are based on a traditional French carol known as Les Anges dans nos campagnes (literally, “Angels in our countryside”). Its most common English version was translated in 1862 by James Chadwick, the Roman Catholic bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, north east England. The carol quickly became popular in the West Country, where it was described as ‘Cornish’ by R.R. Chope, and featured inPickard-Cambridge’s Collection of Dorset Carols.

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Level 1/Easy Piano Solos
Level 2/Easy Piano Solos
Level 3/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 4/ Intermediate Piano Solos
Level 5/ Intermediate Piano Solos