Mel Bay Animal Sketches for Solo Piano - Smith - Book

Composer: Gail Smith
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Beginning-Intermediate

These musical sketches were written to provide a variety of styles that are fun to play and yet sound harder than they are. Each solo represents a familiar animal that walks slow, jumps or runs fast. This will stimulate the students imagination helping them play and interpret each piece easily. This collection of 16 new piano solos will introduce piano students to a variety of musical styles. These pieces were composed with love for all my piano students and the hope that students everywhere will enjoy playing them as much as I have enjoyed composing them.

Song List:

• The Bunny Ballerina
• The Puppy's Palindrome
• Dancing Bear
• The Tiger's Tarantella
• Elephant's Etude
• The Busy Beaver
• Kangaroo Waltz
• The Classical Camel
• Lion's Lullaby
• The Zebra
• The Monkey's Minuet
• Squirrel Scherzo
• The Jazzy Giraffe
• The Cat's Canon
• Run, Cheetah, Run
• It's Raining Cats and Dogs