![]() ![]() This is what I have done in these arrangements of some of the most beloved piano melodies by the great composers. However, the musical material can be separated into melody, harmony, rhythms, and textures, and in some cases simplified while preserving the core ideas. After all, the big composers wrote music for professional musicians, and it takes many years of studies to achieve a level sufficient to play their pieces as written. ![]() ![]() This is for everyone who loves the great piano repertoire but haven’t (yet) developed the skill required to master it. Simple Solutions VOLUME 2 (Intermediate ~ Grade 5) Simple Solutions VOLUME 1 (Elementary ~ Grade 3) This arrangement is included in Simple Solutions VOLUME 3 - Nights & Dreams (Intermediate ~ Grade 5) It still requires 3 in RH against 2 in LH as an essential aspect of the musical idea, but all positions are vastly easier to grasp and yet still produce a heavy romantic pianistic sound! The second part of the middle section grows into a climax, which turned out surprisingly well in a lighter texture. Here I have also written out a repeat of six bars to show where the musical structure. The melody moves to LH in the middle section that starts in a more playful major mode, and the accompanying RH figuration is limited to one voice instead of oscillating chord intervals as in the original. That is still enough to make them feel big and spacious with typically one finger crossing and back per bar. The RH melody moves in scale steps, up and down one note at a time, and the accompanying LH broken chords that span extreme distances of up to five octaves (!) in the original are here diminished to five successive chord notes. It’s a special feeling to play a heart-wrenchingly sad melody by Rachmaninoff, as in this Elegie. ![]() Key: Easier key E minor + Original key E-flat minor included Simple Solutions arrangement by Henrik Kilhamn Sergei Rachmaninoff: Elegie in E-flat minor, Op. ![]()
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