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Jon Schmidt Piano Solos Vol 2
Jon Schmidt Piano Solos Vol 2
Good Times
(Class of '84)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
These #s are for rhythm help. I like letting the = 1 beat so
you can avoid the dreaded "ee- and-ah."
End of 8 va
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15 5 5
3
ap- ple
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
The more you count like the tick of a metronome, the better these numbers
work. (Use the word "apple" to keep the beat steady through a double flag.)
1
5
18
21
24
30
1 2 34 5 6 7 8 1 2 34 5 6 7 8
ap- ple
34
37
40
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5 5 5
46 2 3 4
1 1 2
etc.
( )
52 2 on top
5 5 5
55 2 3 4
1 1 2
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legato
61
cresc.
64 4 5 4
2 1
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67
5
2 5
76
79
( )
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
82
1 2 3 4 etc. 8
85
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 etc. 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ap- ple
5 6 7 8
91
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3 4 5 6 7 8
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94
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
You might want to delete these two measures. (They're not very interesting without the orchestra.)
97
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
cresc.
2 3 1
(use thumb for C&D)
5 6 7 8
106
5
4 4
108 2 2
1
( )
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8
( )
( )
110
113
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
cresc.
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119
Maybe do this part the same as measures 26-27 if it's still sounding bad after 100 tries.
122 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
124
8 va- - - - - - - - - - - -
127
133
decresc.
136
139
rit.
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You get flustered, hopeless, or go into denial whenever the music requires you to perform
weak-beat eighth note rhythms that tie in this fashion:
Hi-Hat Imagery Training: (For patients that are able to identify and
imagine the hit-close combination of a hi-hat when heard in pop music.)
Patients will also learn to apply any one of these same treatments when weak-beat eighth notes appear in the
following manner:
Passages
=95-115
un poco moderato largamente presto wafflemaker written by Jon Schmidt
copyright ©1998 (from the album Walk in the Woods)
End 8 va
8 va- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 678 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 56 7 ap- ple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 56 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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3
13 2
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Some have found the ties in the first few pages to be quite ... onerous, shall we say. It might be helpful to take a highlighter and mark the notes that actually do get played.
18
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
21
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 34 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8
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28
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5
4 5 5 fingering saves lives
31 2 3 4 3
1 1 2 1
34
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 3 4 5 6 7 8
3
38 2
4 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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42
R.H.
R.H.
45
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
48
ap- ple
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
51
5 5 3
1 2
5 1 3 2 1
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54
57 5 1 2 3 5 1 2 3
60
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
4
64 2
1
Passages ©1998 16
68
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
72
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
75 1
1
L.H L.H.
cresc.
HAZARDOUS AREA AHEAD: USE THE FINGERING OR TAKE THE DETOUR. (leave out the parentheses notes)
78
( )
( )
2 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 1
5 3 1
1
2
5
5
Passages ©1998 17
Those taking the detour may find it helpful to highlight the notes that actually do get played.
(G)
2
81
2
( )
( )
( )
cresc.
( ) ( ) ( )
( )
( ) ( ) ( )
( )
2 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2
5 4 3
1
4
5
84 2 2
1
( ) ( )
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
3 2 1 4 2 1 2
1 3
1
2 2
5 5
87
cresc.
( ) ( )
( )
1 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 4
1
1 2
5
4 5
5 5
2 2
2
90 2 1 1
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
2 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 4 3 2 1 3
5 4
1
4
Passages ©1998 18
93
( ) ( )
optional
R.H. notes
decresc.
( )
( )
3 2 1 2 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 1 2
1 2
1 5
2 2
5 5
96
() ()
99
Important 8 va - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
102
,
A
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106
For a more "pleasant" effect, please allow me to call your attention to the ties, rests and pedal lifts in this area.
109
molto rit.
112
a tempo B
1-5
3
114
rit.
A
1/2
8 vb Lift pedal half way so that the
low note stays ringing a little.
No pedal lift
Passages ©1998 20
Side Notes: Helpful Hints:
• I guess my German roots had a lot to do with this song being • Are you often tired....?
dedicated to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Try to Do you lack energy....?
recreate the scene of that day: Bells ringing through the Maybe you need food....
country side, people joyfully hammering away at the wall, Try food, for that extra touch.
and a performance of Beethoven's 9th with chorus and
symphony from both sides of the wall joined together.
Bells of Freedom
=135-150 written by Jon Schmidt
sehr klinghaftig (from the album Walk in the Woods)
copyright ©1998
1
Keep these repeated notes subtle. (Make them part of the wash)
Pedal ad-lib
drop lift
11 simile (This means keep doing it throughout the song so I don't have to keep pasting it in.)
drop lift
simile
4
5
21
26
5 4
30
1
(thumb on C&D)
37
42
46
55 L.H. L.H.
4 on top
59 3 on top L.H. over L.H. L.H.
(thumb on C&D)
64
(thumb on C&D)
( )
73
R.H.
option cresc.
2 1 1
1 2
1
77 4 1
5
2 1
1
( )
(thumb on C&D)
cresc. cresc.
(thumb on G&A)
89 L.H. L.H.
5 on top 4 on top
93 4
L.H.
3
1 1 2
( )
(thumb on C&D)
3 2 1
L.H. L.H.
97
(thumb on C&D)
106
R.H.
option cresc.
1 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1
5 4 1
4 1
110 1
5 5
4 4 4
2 2 2
114 1 4 on top
(thumb on G&A)
molto cresc.
this means quite a lot of cresc.
( )
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
3 2 1
( )
( ) ( )
122
( )
( )
1 2 1 1 2 1
2
1 2 1
5 5
G sounds better at slower speed
127
3
(thumb on C&D)
132
( )
( )
1 2 1 1 2 1
2
2
5 1 5 1
142
3 on top 5
147 3
2 2 2
(thumb on C&D)
slow cresc.
151
1 1 5 1 1 1 5 1
accent simile
159
163
3
167
cresc. allarg.
* * *
*
By Moonlight ©1998 31
I find it funny that people are fine with 6-8 time, yet they have a problem with 12-8 and 9-8 time. This is quite useless because they all work the same. Remember, whenever the bottom # is 8:
The =1 The =2 The =3. Isn't that easy? Oh, and sometimes you might need to know that The =4 The =6 and The =8
8 I use this system almost all the time because I don't like saying "ta te ta" or "ee and a".
(It can be used with 4-4 time!...or 3-4!.. or 2-4 or 2-2 or 7-8
or 5-8 ........
1 2 3 1 2 3 You might want to start on this measure the first time. If you do,
look at measure 2 to see what the asterisks mean.
11
14
17
pedal simile
By Moonlight ©1998 32
20
*
* *
F#
23
* *
26
*
*
29
cresc.
| A
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32
35
cresc. decresc.
38
dolce
40
*
* * *
1 2 3
*
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42
45
pp
cresc.
|
48
1
decresc. *
cresc.
5 3 2 1
51
| |
Do a 3 against 2 rhythm if you like.
By Moonlight ©1998 35
54
cresc. decresc. * *
57
4 5
60 1 1
a tempo
cresc. molto allarg.
63
A
* *
By Moonlight ©1998 36
66
cresc. decresc.
8 va - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(play R.H. notes octave higher)
69
dolce
* *
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72
cresc.
75
decresc.
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77
molto rit. E
1 2 3 4
(a division of Molto Meal ®) a tempo cresc.
79
F
decresc. molto rit.
no pedal lift
82
a tempo * *
important hold
A
G
84
rit.
By Moonlight ©1998 38
Side Notes: Helpful Hints:
• This is a favorite piece of mine. To me it is a scene • Try to paint the picture I describe in the side notes. Don't be
out of a movie. I see a lake surrounded by trees, with afraid to adjust or suspend the demands of tempo to fit the picture
shafts of light coming through clouds after a storm. you paint. I have marked some possibilites with ritards and fer-
The feeling is perfect stillness. matas.
Sacred Ground
(different key version can be downloaded free of charge at www.jonschmidt.com)
=60-70
Freely, but not dragging written by Jon Schmidt
(from the album To the Summit )
copyright ©1998
1
1 2 3 4 56 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
These #s are for rhythm help. I like letting the eighth note equal 1 beat so you can avoid the dreaded "ee-and-ah".
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R.H.
1 2 3 4 567 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 678 1 2 3 4 56 7 8
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15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
End 8va
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8 va - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
gentle
21
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
( )
optional note
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 &
27 gentle
( )( )
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
( )( )
gentle
30
33
slow cresc.
1 2 3 4 5 67 8 & 1 2 3 4 5 67 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 &
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 keep cresc.-ing
39
(pull back)
allarg.
(broaden as you rit.)
ap- ple
42
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
45
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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51 slight rit. a tempo
1 2 3 4 5 6 78
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54 important
rit.
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56
Ridin' West
=145-160 written by Jon Schmidt
Carl was here (from the album August End)
copyright ©1998
8 va - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(play R.H. octave higher) 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Pedal ad-lib
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 4 4
2
( )
These darn rhythm numbers are a royal pain to put in. You all wouldn't mind figuring it out on this one, would ya? (Don't worry, It's nothing like "Good Times")
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1 2
7 5
4
_ 4 4
2
( )
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13
4
_ 4
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End 8 va
16
( )
1
1
19
22 4 5
4
1
( )
( ) ( )
28
( )
31
( )
34
37
( )
( )
2 1
4
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3 3
43 3 1
2 1 4
8 va - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
46
( )
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End 8 va
49
3
( )
3
52
cresc.
( )
61
( )
64
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( )
67
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( )
Ridin' West ©1998 48
70
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
73
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( )
76
80
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
cresc.
84
( )
( )
( ) ( )
( )
90
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
96
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( ) ( )
( )
99
105 8 va - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
109
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
112
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
115
( )
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
121
( )
rit.