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The Take Note series is Robert Vandall's first collection of solos with Alfred. Each book is full of varying styles, keys and tempos. A special 'Take Note' section is included for each piece to help s...

This aptly named solo is filled with major, minor and diminished triads in both block and broken forms. The lively 2/4 meter and crisply articulated block chords create an exciting A section. The cont...

All students who play the piano want to play music that is impressive to an audience. They are drawn to pieces that challenge them to move their fingers, arms and hands quickly, creating sounds that b...

The 6/8 meter of this solo gives it a relaxed feel and compliments the blues style. The E minor tonal center takes on a Dorian modal sound with the use of C# in both the melody and the accompaniment....

Vandall's Historic Virginia highlights the history of Virginia in four movements. The opening movement, The New World, commemorates the 400th anniversary of the state and the settlement of Jamestown w...

This lyrical solo hovers between the keys of D major and D minor, giving the overall impression of a modal tonality. The flexible, moderate tempo lends itself easily to the 3/4 meter, creating a dance...

This delicate and expressive solo is filled with nuance and subtlety. Written in 4/4 meter and the key of G major, it features a lyrical melody in the right hand and blocked fifths, sixths and seventh...

Students will enjoy the beautiful and serene sounds of this solo as teachers celebrate all of its wonderful teaching points. Although it is written in C major, different major and minor 5-finger patte...

New Hampshire Landmarks is a musical tour of well-known sites across the state. Opening with 'The Old Man in the Mountain,' the suite begins with a solemn, yet lyrical, tribute to this beloved granite...

Each solo in this book features pianistic freedom within the style and form of the piece. Even when the hands move freely around the keyboard, the goal was to keep the technique required to play each...

Colorful Colorado provides a musical tour of this western state. The suite opens with 'Aspen Leaf Rag,' a buoyant ragtime number inspired by the colorful tree that covers many of Colorado's mountainsi...

Halloween theme or year 'round. Fast and showy, articulations, D minor, cut time. Also available in the collection 'Celebrated Piano Solos, Volume Three' by Robert Vandall.

A fast and showy tarantella that is small hand friendly. Articulated with staccato accents. Small hand friendly. A minor, 6/8 meter. Also available in the collection 'Celebrated Piano Solos, Volume Th...

This wonderful ballad has rich sounds with damper pedal. It offers a fun challenge for students in that the right hand thumb provides the melody notes. In the B section (ABA form), the left hand cross...

Repeated staccato eighth notes are interspersed periodically with measures that incorporate displaced accents creating a 3 + 3 + 2 feel within 4/4 meter. Composer Robert Vandall wisely gives a tempo r...

One of Mr. Vandall's top-selling collections, this collection has become a staple for training pianists. No. 1 in C Major, No. 2 in D Major, No. 3 in E Minor, No. 4 in F Major, No. 5 in G Major, No. 6...

Students enjoy expressing themselves through this melodic solo. Slow with an air of melancholy. Broken-chord accompaniment (with damper pedal) moves from the left hand to the right hand for the middle...

A fast and showy recital piece that is small hand friendly. Also a good study in staccato articulation. Toccata (Toccatina)A minor, 4/4 meter. Also available in the collection 'Celebrated Piano Solos,...

Theme and variations form (ten variations), various meters, C Major and C minor.

Seven impressive piano solos, one in each mode. Pastorale, Jazzy, Reveler's Dance, Lydian Nocturne, Energized, Regrets, and Turbulence (all are also available in single sheets).

Also available in the solo collection 'Modes and Moods,' also by Robert D. Vandall.