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Great for Beginners

A collection of great pieces for beginner pianists. These are not transcriptions or simplifications but pieces written with the purpose of improving basic techniques.

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Roly Poly in C major from Beginning Pieces, Vol. 2

Florence Price
elementary

First Winter's Snow in A minor

Martín Cuéllar
elementary

Clover Blossoms in C major from Beginning Pieces, Vol. 2

Florence Price
early beginner

Bright is the Sky in C major from Album for the Young Op.140 No.3

Cornelius Gurlitt
early beginner

Study in C major from 12 Very Easy and Melodious Studies Op.63 No.4

Jean Louis Gobbaerts
early beginner

Spooks in A minor

Maxwell Eckstein
early beginner

Pillow dance in C major from For Children Sz 42 No.4

Béla Bartók
early beginner

La Candeur in C major from 25 Progressive Studies Op.100 No.1

Johann Friedrich Burgmüller
early beginner

Minuet in G major from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach Anh 114

Christian Petzold
early beginner

Madrigal in G major from Album for the Young Op.103 No.16

Mélanie Bonis
early beginner

Tarantella in A minor from Bagatelles Op.14 No.8

Frank Lynes
early beginner

Moderato in C major from École Primaire Op.176 No.4

Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy
early beginner

The First Violet in F major Op.575 No.8

Franz Behr
early beginner

Study in C major from 12 Very Easy and Melodious Studies Op.63 No.6 "Distant bells"

Jean Louis Gobbaerts
early beginner

Rainbow prelude in A minor

Jennifer Linn
late beginner

Swinging in Fairyland in C major

Frederick Flaxington Harker
late beginner

Minuet and Trio in G major KV 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
late beginner

2. Un poco adagio in C major from Sonatina Op.36 No.3

Muzio Clementi
early intermediate

Waltz in C major from Children's Album Op.36 No.3

Amy Beach