Keys to the Wild West: 12 Piano Pieces for Young Pioneers. Easy to Late Elementary. Studio License.

Keys to the Wild West is a rip roarin’, fun lovin’ collection for young Piano students!

6 pieces for Easy Elementary with lyrics & Teacher Duets, and 6 pieces for Elementary Solo.

See & Hear examples for all the pieces. Download the Performance examples here.

This version is for partners who are ready to read the notes - but don’t fret, m’am - all the tunes are in beginner friendly hand positions. For those students still riding the little ponies - look for the Alpha note version (coming soon!)

You’ll find a wide variety of styles & tempos - pieces just too cute to pass up.

Table of Contents:

• Saddle Up!

• Tumbleweed Trail

• Wild Wild West (3 Speeds of Backing Tracks included)

• Where’s My Hat?

• Cowpoke Waltz

• Galloping

• Echoes in the Canyon

• Stars on the Prairie

• Cactus Dance

• Rocky Mountain Snow

• High Noon Showdown

• Outlaws on the Run

Skill developments:

Fun music that get young students excited to play piano!! Reinforcing notes in RH C position, LH notes G,A,B (with finger number help), counting quarters, halves, dotted halves and whole notes & rests, options for percussive sounds, 3/4 and 4/4 time, staccato & lyrical articulations, following repeats and DC al Coda, variety of tempos, LH cross over (only once). For Late Elementary: use of the Damper pedal for effect, playing 2 notes together at the same time, even staccato playing between hands, dynamic contrast, Octave higher/lower, note pattern imitation, a little challenge at the end: Outlaws ask for steady beat LH with a different pattern in RH. Last 4 pieces are in D minor penta scale position.

Level: Elementary to Late Elementary. Faber Level 2, ABRSM Grade 1 - 3,  RCM Grade 1 -3

How Long: 26 pages total. 23 Pages Music. 3 Pages Cover Art.