The iconic feature song from the 1985 musical Les Misérables, “I Dreamed a Dream” was sung in the 2012 film by Anne Hathaway but has also been famously sung by Aretha Franklin, Elaine Page, Susan Boyle, Collbaro, Neil Diamond, and the Glee cast! It’s a great practice piece for beginners as the melody is relatively simple […]
More from the new film The Greatest Showman, this song “Never Enough” is a lovely, simple ballad which I’ve written as simply as possible to help out beginners! It goes quite low, so could be make a great practice piece for beginner pianists or guitar/ukulele, aiding note recognition. Woodwinds may need to shift the key […]
The first of a bunch of Les Misérables songs to come! I’ve got a bit obsessed with this song recently, it’s so lovely and so sad 😛 But it makes a great piece for beginners to practice. I’ve enjoyed shifting it up a bit to play it on the flute – I hope you enjoy […]
Play “The Greatest Show”, the lead piece from the new musical film “The Greatest Showman” – who knew Wolverine could sing like that?! Joking aside, Hugh Jackman does an amazing job spanning two full octaves in the epic song – impressive! Not to forget the rest of the crew, Keala Settle, Zac Efron and Zendaya. […]
Play the famous theme tune to “New York, New York” which was famously attributed to Frank Sinatra however was initially performed by Liza Minnelli (Judy Garland’s daughter) in the film. Queen also covered this for the film Highlander (worth a listen!). “New York, New York” has also been covered by Michael Bolton, Hans Zimmer, David Hasselhoff, […]
From the 1968 musical play by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. A fews years later, a version by Joe Cuddy ended up #1 in Ireland, then another cover by Jason Donovan hit #1 in Australia – the definition of a popular song! Any Dream Will Do – Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was last […]
One of my personal favourite Rodgers and Hammerstein films, the letter notes for ‘Shall We Dance’ will make great practice for beginners of any instrument 🙂 Shall We Dance? – The King and I was last modified: March 3rd, 2018 by nat
From everyone’s favourite singing nun musical film (Whoopi Goldberg specifically!) a great practice piece for beginners on any instrument. Let me know how you get on with the letter notes below by commenting or rating 🙂 Did you know? This was originally sung by Little Peggy March in 1963 and has been sampled by Eminem, […]
From the musical ‘West Side Story’, a famous song everyone knows 🙂 A real challenge to play, I’m yet to master this one! Good luck 🙂 America – West Side Story was last modified: September 22nd, 2018 by nat
From the most memorable scene in Dirty Dancing, ‘I’ve Had The Time of My Life’ makes a great tune to play on the flute, or other instruments! It was performed for the 1987 film by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes and has been covered and referenced numerous times. Enjoy the notes 🙂 I’ve Had The Time […]
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