- Level: Late Elementary
- Pages: 4 pages, 2 pages of music, cover included!
- Style: Celebratory
- Bonuses: mp3 performance recording included
- Series: One-Handed Piano Solos
- Format: PDF instant download
Fanfare is one of several one-handed pieces by Diane Hidy. This right-hand-only piece is triumphant and celebratory, while staying away from the trope of sounding overtly joyous. This is a proud moment that has been hard fought and hard won. Time changes in the piece allow the student to paint a picture of the tides finally turning in the hero’s favor so that they are now victorious. The use of cluster notes in the first motif give the same sound as horns blowing to announce the arrival of the proud victor, giving the piece a mature sound.
What Level is Fanfare?
Fanfare is a late elementary piece written for right hand only. It is written in d minor with accidentals written throughout. The piece begins in 4/4, changes to 6/4, and ends in 4/4. The smallest note value is an eighth note. Pedaling is written in throughout.
Multiple octaves are explored, but in a very accessible way. There are helpful fingerings written throughout, and the piece falls easily under the fingers. Dynamics and articulation markings make the piece sound mature and help tell the story, making it a wonderful opportunity for students to practice the more artistic elements of the piece.
Bonus
With your purchase of the Fanfare studio license, you will receive a bonus mp3 recording of the piece performed by Diane Hidy. You are permitted to send this example performance track to your students to help them learn the piece.
What is the Studio License?
Fanfare is delivered digitally (through your email receipt) and is studio licensed. This means that you can print and use these for any student that you directly teach for your entire lifetime of teaching.
One-Hand Piano Solo Discounted Bundle
Diane Hidy have crafted 3 one-handed piano solos that are perfect for students who have injured their hand or just need practice developing one hand or the other. You can get this piece and other one-handed literature at a discount when you purchase the One-Hand Piano Solo Bundle!
Betsy –
This piece was a perfect solution for an older-beginner teen boy who broke a finger playing basketball. Engaging, big sounds and the challenge of identifying chord shapes were just the thing to keep him excited about playing while he was limited to just his right hand and also continue to grow as a musician with such an artistic piece. I highly recommend Fanfare!