Once Upon A Piano

Pianistic Stories for Early-Elementary Level Students

Austin Stout
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Chapter One: Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair...........page 4 Chapter Two: The Frog Prince Green Frog Blues.............page 5-6 Chapter Three: Cinderella Cinderellas Waltz......................page 7 Chapter Four: Hansel and Gretel Breadcrumbs.........................page 8 Gingerbread House...................page 9-10 Chapter Five: The Three Little Pigs The Big Bad Wolf.......................page 11-12 Chapter Six: Pinocchio Little Wooden Puppet Boy..................page 13-14 Chapter Seven: The Reluctant Dragon A Not So Fearsome Dragon..................page 15-16 Epilogue Tell Your Own Tale................................page 17

Table of Contents

Let Down Your Hair

1 3 &4 F Re - pun - zel, Re - pun - zel, let down 1 ?3 4

Rapunzel
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Pleading q = 120

your hair!

Let it fall down from your tow'r.

&

will climb

up

to your

tow

er

room,

where I

will

re - scue you

from!

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The Frog Prince

Green Frog Blues
b 4 3 & 4 b b F It ain't eas - y ?4 4
5

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bei - ing green.

Not

when you're

small

frog!

& ?

Wait - ing

here,

for

kiss,

All

the

live

long

day!

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9

____ I sing

& b b ?

the

green

frog

Blues

b b
I

sing

the

green

frog

blues.

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____ It

& b b ?

ain't

eas - y

bei - ing

green.

Not

when

you're

small

frog!

19

& ?

Wait - ing

here,

for

kiss,

from

prin - cess!

Frog's Challenge: Dynamics are how loud or soft you play. This piece starts out at mezzo-forte (mf). Can you fill in dynamics for the rest of the piece?

Cinderella's Waltz
3 &4
play high on the piano

Cinderella
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p 4 ?3 4
8

! .

&

. ..

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Hansel and Gretel

Breadcrumbs

3

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4 &4

Creeping Along q = 80
Walk

3 ?4 4

a - long,

in

the

woods

in

search

of

some

food.

& ?

Drop - ping

bread - crumbs

on

the

ground,

it

will

get

dark

soon.

Teacher Duet

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Hansel and Gretel

Gingerbread House

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Piano

4 &4 F In ?4 4
3

Cheerful q = 120

clear - ing
1

in

for - est,

sits

house

of

ging - er - bread.

& ?

Can - dy

gum - drops,

choc' - late

i - cing,

de - co - rate

the

house.

Teacher Duet
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9

& p Who ?

could

live

here

in

this

nice

house?

Must

be

some - one

swee

eet!

13

& F Let's go ?

knock - ing

on

their

door,

let's

see

who

lives

in

side.

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The Three Little Pigs

4 &4
Sneakily q=90

The Big Bad Wolf

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play LOW on the piano

1 ?4 4

& ?

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& f ? & ?

p f

13

Story Idea: Have your teacher read the story of the three little pigs. As the wolf approaches each Little Pig's house, play in a different place on the piano. For the Straw Pig, play high on the piano, showing the weakness of his house. For the Stick Pig, play in the middle of the piano. Finally, end the story with the Brick Pig at the low end of the piano.

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Little Wooden Boy

&4 4
5

Pinocchio

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Happily q = 120

f ?4 4
5

Lit - tle

wood - en

pup - pet

boy,

dance

a - round

the

house once

more.

&

Dance

pol - ka,

dance

jig,

Whirl

a - round

and

'round

a - gain.

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& p Dan - cing, dan - cing ? & f Lit - tle wood - en ?

dance

some

Grow louder

more!

dan - cing,

dan - cing

'round the

floor!

13

pup - pet

boy,

how

wish that

you

were

real!

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The Reluctant Dragon

A Not So Fearsome Dragon
4 &4 F He's 4 ?4 4
5

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Jolly

not

so

fear - some

aft - er

all,

he's

real - ly

rath - er

nice.

He

& ?

likes

to

read

and

sing

and

play

all

day

long.

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& f not ? & ?

so

fear - some

dra - gon

he's

real - ly

rath - er

sweet.

13

not

so

fear - some

dra

gon

He

can't

be

beat!

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_______________________
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4 &4 ?4 4
5

& ?

*use staff paper if longer piece is desired.

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Tell Your Own Tale

1. Pick A Story!
Choose a story or a character from a fairy-tale Use the piano to write an original melody. Be to write about. If you wish, you can make up your own!

2. Write A Melody! 3. Add Words! 4. Add Extras!

sure to make it as accurate as possible (correct number of beats in each measure, fits within the hand, etc.) Choose to add lyrics (the words) to your song, or How should the piece sound? Add dynamic markings, leave them out. pedaling (optional), etc.

5. Illustrate! Illustrate your piece by adding your own personal art! 6. Perform! Play your new piece!
Congratulations! You Are Now A Composer!

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