September Free Sheet Music: Happy Birthday (Easy, Intermediate, and Jazzy)
Happy September! It’s an important month in my family because my husband’s birthday is September 28th, and he likes to have BIG...
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Gaili Schoen
Aug 1, 2023
August Free Sheet Music: ‘S Wonderful (by George Gershwin)
Hi Piano Pals I’ve been wanting to arrange the George Gershwin fav ‘S Wonderful since it came into the public domain this year. So many...
Gaili Schoen
Jul 2, 2023
Summer Practice and July Free Sheet Music: Puccini’s Musetta’s Waltz from La bohème.
For the last couple of months I have been consumed with preparing for my trip to Europe for my daughter’s wedding. She married her lovely...
Gaili Schoen
May 31, 2023
June Free Sheet Music: Beethoven’s “The Tempest” theme!
With all the record-breaking storms bombarding our world these days, I was reminded of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata No. 17, Movement 3,...
Gaili Schoen
Apr 30, 2023
MAY Free Sheet Music: And Her Mother Came Too!
To celebrate Mother’s Day this month, I am posting the funny song And Her Mother Came Too by Ivor Novello with lyrics by Dion Titheradge....
Gaili Schoen
Apr 1, 2023
April Free Sheet Music: Shenandoah
Happy April Piano Players! I’ve been revisiting some beautiful old folk songs lately. With all the pain and difficulty in the world right...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 20, 2023
Dynamic Balance for the Spring Equinox
Happy Spring to those in the Northern Hemisphere! Though it feels like our cold, wet winter will never end here in California, my garden...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 1, 2023
March Free Sheet Music: Playing The Blues
Happy March Piano Peeps! I have a remedy for your poor frozen fingers! Playing The Blues should give them a good thaw! If you are a more...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 26, 2023
Happy Birthday Mozart! And Free Sheet Music
Our beloved Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on this day, January 27, in 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. To celebrate his birthday and to set...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 5, 2023
Announcing: Free Video Piano Lessons!
Is 2023 Your Year to Start Playing the Piano? Sixty and Me As I have been hinting, I have started offering free video piano lessons...
Gaili Schoen
Dec 31, 2022
January Free Sheet Music: Blue Skies
82978491 © creativecommonsstockphotos | Dreamstime.com Happy New Year! January 1st is the most wonderful day for music arrangers; known...
Gaili Schoen
Dec 2, 2022
December Free Holiday Sheet Music: Carol of the Bells and Rock of Ages
Happy December Piano Friends I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving, filled with music, love and gratitude. Today I got out my holiday...
Gaili Schoen
Nov 1, 2022
November Free Sheet Music: Erik Satie’s Gymnopedie No. 1
Happy November! For my monthly free sheet music I wanted to give you a sneak preview from my forthcoming new piano songbook called The...
Gaili Schoen
Sep 29, 2022
October Free Sheet Music: Autumn from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Hope Lake, Courtland, NY Hi Piano Friends near and far One of my favorite pieces of all times is The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi....
Gaili Schoen
Sep 1, 2022
Sept Free Sheet Music: Bye Bye Blackbird: Easy, Int, & Adv
Happy September Piano Friends! Lately I have been posting a lot of classical sheet music, so today I thought I would offer something...
Gaili Schoen
Aug 1, 2022
August Free Sheet Music: Chopin Nocturne (intermediate arrangement) PART 2
Today, as promised, I have posted the full arrangement of Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2, transposed to F. You can find the original...
Gaili Schoen
Jul 26, 2022
How to Play in Swing Rhythm
Swing rhythm has to do with eighth notes 🎵: it is the long-short “lazy” feel you hear in jazz tunes, as well as country, rock, folk and...
Gaili Schoen
Jul 2, 2022
July Free Sheet Music: Chopin Nocturne (intermediate arrangement)
“Chopin Concert” painting by Henryk Siemiradzki (Public Domain) Chopin was only twenty when he composed his Nocturne Opus 9, No. 2 in...
Gaili Schoen
Jun 27, 2022
Exercises to Help You Play Triplets
Rhythm is one of the most difficult music skills to teach and to learn. Last month I posted an exercise to help you keep your eighth...
Gaili Schoen
Jun 1, 2022
June Free Sheet Music: Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 20, Andantino theme
Schubert by Gustav Klimpt In times of pain and suffering, sometimes we just need to play a piece in a minor key. It’s been awhile since I...
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