Find a Moment to Remember  Part 1 is a collection of 5 piano solos suitable for pianists that are Grade 6 - 7 / Advanced Intermediate and above.  Each piece has been carefully composed to promote piano technique, musicality and well-being.  
 
Each piece has been carefully composed to promote piano technique, musicality and well-being.  This collection includes the first five pieces of Find a Moment to Remember.  Each piece focuses on playing and hearing relaxing piano pieces that boost your mood as you progress on your musical journey.  
 
A Moment to Remember is celebratory, whimsical and has a sentimental feel.
 
There are echoes of familiar melodies that hark back to birthday and Christmas celebrations over the years, with the jubilant bell-like descending motifs accompanied by flowing pianist left hand patterns.  
 
Features: Ostinato-style left hand, chords of 3rds and 6ths, repetitive descending right hand motifs
 
Focus: To work on stamina, chord placements, co-ordination

 
Wondrous Beginnings is full of anticipation and excitement and has a celebratory feel.  
 
The sweeping left hand with its ostinato figures allows the right hand to take flight with its written out trills and mordents to evoke birdsong, while the part-playing and flurries of notes add to the overall imagery.
 
Features: Chords of 3rds, 4ths and 7ths, written out ornaments, 3 voices
 
Focus: Chord placement, finger dexterity, part-playing

 
The First Blossom of Spring is delicate, hopeful and full of optimism.
 
The flowing pianistic left hand is contrasted with melodic motifs that use semiquaver / sixteenth note flurries that help convey movement.
 
Features: Quaver / eighth note ostinato in left hand, chords in 3rds in right hand, syncopation
 
Focus: To build rhythmic stamina, produce even tone, finger dexterity

 
Searching for Butterflies creates a bittersweet feel with a hint of nostalgia.  
 
The ostinato pattern in the left hand creates the sense of walking and the lyrical right hand uses flurries of notes to imitate the presence of butterflies.
 
Features: Left hand ostinato patterns, semiquaver / sixteenth-note flurries, quaver / eighth-note movement throughout in left hand
 
Focus: Stamina, balance between hands, finger dexterity

 
One Beautiful Sunset is uplifting, joyous and has a celebratory feel.
 
The flowing pianistic left hand patterns mimic the flow of water while the flurries of semiquavers / sixteenth notes in the right hand evoke the sparkles of the shimmering sun as it sets.  The time signature change from simple time to compound time creates a more dance-like feel as the mood changes to reflect the setting of the sun at the end of the day.
 
Features: Octave jumps, flowing pianistic left hand, change from simple time to compound time
 
Focus: Spatial awareness, stamina, rhythm

 
Total number of pages in book: 28
 
Listen to Find a Moment to Remember here