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'Fun' music for gd 5 piano and/or clarinet

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HappyHolidays75 · 27/06/2019 22:50

Can anyone recommend a book for an 11yr to just enjoy playing? She's a fabulous sight reader so many of the easy arrangement books will be overly basic.
I'm thinking Disney, popular classics, pop songs. I'm very uninspired after an hour on Amazon.
For piano, but maybe a clarinet book too.
Thanks!

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BearAusten · 27/06/2019 23:36

No idea in regards to piano (Ds and myself are nowhere near Grade 5 at the moment). In terms of Clarinet, I used to play Sax music for added interest when I got to about Grade 7 Clarinet and above. I think it was Waffle (poster) who recommended Guest Spot as a series. I have used their Flute and Sax books. (Tunes are repeated in regards to Jazz book and Blues, best books Platinum/Gold edition)

www.amazon.co.uk/GUEST-SPOT-CLASSIC-PLAYALONG-CLARINET/dp/0711978409/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&keywords=guest+spot+clarinet&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1561674161&sr=1-7

The other thing I was using at that stage for fun was:
www.amazon.co.uk/Clarinet-goes-Hollywood-Twenty-British/dp/0711966389/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&keywords=clarinet+hollywood&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1561674500&sr=1-6

I can't believe you can still get it (Godfather, Jurassic Park, Love is all Around etc)

www.amazon.co.uk/Pride-Prejudice-Theme-Clarinet-Piano/dp/0571516777/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&keywords=clarinet+pride+and+prejudice&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1561674843&sr=1-1

www.amazon.co.uk/Victorian-Kitchen-Garden-Suite-Clarinet/dp/B00640O1O6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&keywords=Clarinet+garden&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1561674884&sr=1-1

(not pop or film but lovely music should be okay for Grade 5 I think)

horseymum · 28/06/2019 08:31

Music room website gives an idea of difficulty and you can often see a sample.

Pinkcloud3 · 28/06/2019 08:52

Mine really enjoyed playing anything Einaudi, especially the Le Onde piece. It’s quite easy to play, but very impressive.

HappyHolidays75 · 28/06/2019 14:10

Thanks loads, I'll look up all of these.

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Ridingthegravytrain · 28/06/2019 14:22

Download the scribd app and start you’re free month trial. Loads of sheet music you can download. Pretty much anything you can think of. I’m enjoying it so much I carried it on after the free trial. Plus there’s are loads of audiobooks and ebooks on there

Ridingthegravytrain · 28/06/2019 14:22

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HappyHolidays75 · 28/06/2019 15:50

I hadn't heard of that - loving these ideas, thanks!

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Kashali · 28/06/2019 15:53

The Entertainer, great piece for both.

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