Robert D. Vandall

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...

Written in a changing, irregular meter, this early intermediate piece provides opportunities to develop counting skills. A melodic middle section contrasts with the exciting, robot-like beginning and...

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...

This waltz in G major has a majestic sound with flexible and lyrical lines. This late intermediate piece provides practice in voicing the top note of chords to project the melody. The patterns and seq...

This early intermediate piano solo is for left hand alone, with the option to play the same part one octave higher as a duet. In the key of C and ABA form, this blues-style piece makes use of syncopat...

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...

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,...

This lilting waltz for the late elementary student by Robert D. Vandall is in 3/4 meter with dotted half notes in the left hand and quarter notes on beats two and three in the right hand. Sudden chang...

Halloween theme or year 'round. Popular sounds with driving bass. A minor, mixed meters. Also available in the collection 'Celebrated Piano Solos, Volume Two' by Robert Vandall.

This has been a favorite solo sheet for many years. NFMC selection 1998-2000, neoclassical, optional mordents and trills, dance theme (minuet), G Major, 3/4 meter. Also available in the collection 'Ce...

A very accessible teachers' favorite using triads throughout. Five finger positions, C Major, 4/4 meter. Also available in the collection 'Solos Now, Level One (1313)'.

Mirrored technique, articulations, dynamics, A minor, 2/4 meter. Also available in the collection 'Celebrated Piano Solos, Volume One' by Robert Vandall.

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