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Aura Lee II
(Key of G Major)

This arrangement is for an advanced beginner-intermediate pianist. It serves as an exercise in the Key of G major (one sharp) with a range of four octaves. Coordination of eighth note broken chords with accented notes in the melody are accompanied by mostly chord roots using half or dotted quarter with eighth notes. Some hand changes are required. Short arpeggio figures in both hands occur at the end. Chords G A A7 B Cm D7 Em E7 are used.

Aura Lee

(16 measures)

For rhythm coordination with three right hand changes and the left hand in extended F position, this melody includes quarter, half and whole notes accompanied with partial G, C and D7 chords using mostly half and whole notes.

Aura Lee Duet (21 measures)

Part 1: the melody in octaves above middle C

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Part 2: a right hand eighth note broken chord accompaniment in mostly an octave span with left hand chord root notes requiring several changes in both hands.

Danny Boy
(Key of D Major)

This arrangement is for an intermediate-advanced level pianist. It serves as an exercise in the Key of D major (two sharps) for varying dynamics and rhythm to express a melody that is coordinated with mostly alternating root note and broken chord accompaniment. Octave changes occur in the left hand accompaniment and for the right hand in the last phrase of the melody and ending. Partial and full chords are added to the melody for emphasis of particular notes. Coordination is required for rhythmic figures of a dotted eighth and sixteenth note and arpeggios with the melody’s higher range and louder phrases.  Chords D D7 G A A7 Bm E7 Gm Em are used.

Tell Me Why
(Key of E Major)

This arrangement is for an intermediate-advanced level pianist. It serves as an exercise in the Key of E major (four sharps) for varying dynamics and rhythm to express a short melody that is coordinated with mostly simple alternating root note and broken chord accompaniment. Octave changes occur in both hands.  The melody repeated in a higher octave with embellishments requires the same accompaniment coordination. Chords E A B B7 C#m F#7 G# G#m A+ G#m are used. Ascending right and lefthand G# arpeggios occur before the last phrase in both statements of the melody.

Titanic: My Heart Will Go On

This arrangement of “My Heart Will Go On” is for an intermediate-advanced level pianist. It serves as an exercise in the Key of G major for dynamic control of the melody with broken chords in the right hand accompanied by single chord notes in the left hand. The right-hand melody in octaves with some block chords requires coordination with left hand ascending arpeggios in the last section. Primary chords G C and D are emphasized with some secondary chords Em Bm and Am.

Water is Wide
(Key of A Major)

The water is wide, I cannot get o’er; And neither have I wings to fly; Give me a boat That can carry two, And both shall row, my love and I.

 

Dedicated to my husband Brereton W. Bissell 1937 - 2022

Czerny Melody (16 measures)

For rhythm coordination with both hands in G position, this melody includes sixteenth, eighth and quarter notes accompanied with eighth, quarter and half note block and broken G and D7 chords.

German Folk Song (16 measures)

For rhythm coordination with both hands in G position, this melody includes quarter, half and dotted half notes accompanied with “um-pah-pah” style block and broken G and D7 chords.

Alleluia

(8 measures)

For coordination of a right hand single position melody having a short repeated rhythm pattern of eighth, quarter and half notes combined with chords G, C and D7, accompanied with whole note chord roots in a single left hand position.

The Second Bach Chorale (16 measures)

For a coordination challenge with two simultaneous melodic lines requiring several changes in both hands.

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