Dreaming

Dreaming is an elementary-level piano solo that I teach to students once they can easily play five-finger scales. It’s built on a 5-note whole tone scale and uses the damper pedal throughout to give it a dreamy quality.

My students who play this piece haven’t necessarily learned to read the notes above the treble staff yet, so I give them the image of the hand position to make sure they don’t get lost when they’re home practicing on their own.

Students tend to use a combination of rote and reading when I have them learn this piece. It sounds harder than the pieces they typically play at this level, and they love that.

Level: Elementary
Pages: 2 pages of music plus a cover page
Format: PDF file for immediate download
Bonus: Includes an MP3 recording