Barbara Arens (*1960) Small Hand Piano
40 Pieces without Octaves [pno]
Barbara Arens is playing Small Hand Piano on YouTube.
84 pages | 23 x 30,5 | 328 g | ISMN: 979-0-004-18716-6 | Saddle Stitch
Having a small hand span on the piano is frustrating. So much piano literature contains octaves or big chords making it difficult or impossible to play.
It is a problem for piano teachers to find playable yet engaging, motivating, fun literature for their small-handed students. One such teacher asked Barbara Arens to write some pieces without octaves and chords that are hard to play specially for her small-handed pupils – and the idea for Small Hand Piano was born.
Being an experienced teacher for all age groups herself, the author of One Hand Piano, 21 Amazingly Easy Pieces, Piano Misterioso, Piano Vivace – Piano Tranquillo and Piano Exotico composed 20 pieces in a large variety of styles without a single octave. And to ensure that the collection is as varied as possible, she not only chose tried-and-tested pieces by Massenet, Gurlitt, Sibelius, and Heller, but also unknown works of Marcello, Koželuch, Schytte, and Rebikov as well as arrangements of film music by Howard Shore and Barbra Streisand.
“Arens’s music is attractive and pianistically written. Highly recommended.”
(Michael McMillan, Pianist)
“The repertoire seems to flow naturally from one piece to the next, with Arens’ own pieces fitting in comfortably. This is a useful collection.”
(Dale Willis, Music Teacher)
1 Fanfare | |
2 Dark Blues | |
3 Sculley’s Reel | |
4 Improvise on a Walking Bass! | |
5 Allegretto scherzando – Neue Kinderszenen op. 55/13 | (T. Kirchner) |
6 A Little Folly | |
7 Unter dem Lindenbaum – Leichte charakteristische Etüden op. 73/4 | (L. Schytte) |
8 Berceuse – Noveletten op. 8/6 | (S. Majkapar) |
9 Lost inside of You (from: A Star is Born) | (B. Streisand, L. Russell) |
10 Hirtenreigen – Skizzen op. 77/11 | (H. Hofmann) |
11 Floating on Air | |
12 Hopscotch Frenzy | |
13 Allegretto (from: Pièces II) | (W. Rebikow) |
14 Sicilian | |
15 Pemberley | |
16 Schwärmerei – Albumblätter für die Jugend op. 101/17 | (C. Gurlitt) |
17 Capriccio | |
18 Gondellied op. 4 | (D. Pejačević) |
19 Many Meetings – Foundations of Stone – The Ring Goes South (from: The Lord of the Rings) | (H. Shore, arr.: B. Arens) |
20 Golden Gate Waltz | |
21 Quiet Thoughts | |
22 Pooh Sticks | |
23 Indecision | |
24 First Impression | |
25 Barcarolle – Album dédié à la jeunesse op. 138/5 | (S. Heller) |
26 Allegro moderato (from: Sonatina in F major op. 163/2) | (C. Czerny) |
27 Allegro moderato (from: Sonatina in A minor op. 168/7) | (A. Diabelli) |
28 Siciliano (from: Six easy pieces) | (L. Kozeluch) |
29 Balkan Intermezzo | |
30 Caledonian Intermezzo | |
31 Fleeting Memories | (A. Mathews) |
32 Gnossienne No. 3 | (E. Satie) |
33 Mélodie (Elégie) – 10 Pièces de Genre op. 105/5 | (J. Massenet) |
34 Valse chromatique | |
35 Sound and Fury | |
36 Reflections in a Dark Pool | |
37 Menuett BWV 813a | (J. S. Bach) |
38 Con spirito (from: Sonata op. 3/2) | (B. Marcello) |
39 Sonata in a | (D. Cimarosa) |
40 Präludium und Allegro BWV 998 | (J. S. Bach/F. Busoni) |