May Free Sheet Music: What’ll I Do (Irving Berlin)
I first fell in love with Irving Berlin’s What’ll I Do when I heard Alison Krauss sing it in the 2003 movie Mona Lisa Smile starring...
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Gaili Schoen
Apr 24, 2020
Composing – first steps (WHO ME?)
With all of the extra time you now have, it is a great time for you to stick your toe into the pool of songwriting. Ok don’t scream,...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 31, 2020
April Free Sheet Music: Rhapsody In Blue (complete)
Forget-me-not! Since most of us are confined to our homes with more time to play the piano, I decided to post the complete Rhapsody in...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 26, 2020
More Pieces from Emma 2020 (Free Sheet Music)
I received requests for more pieces from the 2020 adaptation of Emma (now playing in theaters as well as online!), so today I am sending...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 24, 2020
Pieces from Emma 2020 (free sheet music)
In the last month I have seen the 2020 film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Emma twice; once in the theater, and a second time last...
Gaili Schoen
Mar 1, 2020
March Free Sheet Music: Rhapsody In Blue, pt.2
It’s a gray day here in LA, the best weather for getting cozy with a book (it’s stay home and read a book day!) or some new sheet music...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 10, 2020
You Made Me Love You and Giveaway!
In just a few days I will hold my drawing for 20 Sheet Music page holders! All who have left a comment since December have been entered...
Gaili Schoen
Feb 1, 2020
February Free Sheet Music: Rhapsody in Blue (Pt. 1)
Piano Friends, I am so excited to offer you a medley of Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin! One of the most beloved pieces by an...
Gaili Schoen
Jan 27, 2020
Claire de lune free sheet music reissued!
It has been awhile since I posted, as I was in France and England for 4 weeks, enjoying amazing architecture, music, art, books, and...
Gaili Schoen
Dec 31, 2019
It Had To Be You (January Free Sheet Music)
Happy New Year! It is SO EXCITING when a new year’s worth of songs come into the public domain! As of today, all American songs and...
Gaili Schoen
Dec 6, 2019
When You Lose Your Place In Your Music
One of the biggest issues piano students struggle with when their hands have to jump more than a few keys, is finding their location on...
Gaili Schoen
Nov 17, 2019
GIVEAWAY! 12 copies of Upper Hands Piano BOOK 1
Since this is the month for expressing gratitude, I would like to say that I am deeply grateful for the work I get to do– blogging about...
Gaili Schoen
Oct 27, 2019
Runnin’ Wild! (Marilyn Monroe) Free Sheet Music
In Upper Hands Piano: BOOK 2 the song Runnin’ Wild (from the film, Some Like It Hot) appears on p. 10 as a “lead sheet” ( just a melody...
Gaili Schoen
Oct 14, 2019
How to Build Chords on the Piano, Part 3 – 6th and 7th chords
Welcome to Part 3 of How to Build Chords on the Piano! In this video I explain how to build 6th chords, and 7th, MAJOR 7th and MINOR 7th...
Gaili Schoen
Oct 1, 2019
October Free Sheet Music: Toccata (from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue)
One of the scariest Halloween pieces I know is Bach’s Toccata and Fugue. I have adapted this organ piece for early intermediate piano so...
Gaili Schoen
Sep 25, 2019
How to Build Chords at the Piano, Part 2 – Inversions
In my post How to Build Chords at the Piano, Part 1, I demonstrated how to build Triads (3-note chords) using formulas. Once you have...
Gaili Schoen
Sep 19, 2019
How to Build Chords on The Piano, Part 1 (and free Autumn sheet music)
© Agb Photo Library | Dreamstime.com Music is made up of chords that blend with melody within a rhythm, to tell a story. As pianists we...
Gaili Schoen
Aug 30, 2019
September Free Sheet Music: Mozart’s Alla Turca (Intermediate Arrangement)
In Upper Hands Piano: BOOK 3 (p. 62-63) there is an arrangement of the popular theme from the third movement of Mozart’s Piano Sonata No....
Gaili Schoen
Aug 1, 2019
August Free Sheet Music: Für Elise (simplified) and Take Me Out To The Ball Game
© Louie Schoeman – Dreamstime.com Last month Upper Hands Piano blog subscriber Colin commented on my blog post asking for a simplified...
Gaili Schoen
Jul 26, 2019
Treble Staff Ledger Lines: Free Worksheets
©Alexey Arkhipov Dreamstime.com A couple of month ago I posted worksheets for learning bass ledger lines, and this month I wanted to...
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