Melody Bober

Cat lovers will relate to the antics of this very clever cat. This piece is not only fun to play, but also reinforces the A harmonic minor scale pattern. Two-hand 8va playing adds color to this piece.

Cat lovers will relate to the antics of this very clever cat. This piece is not only fun to play, but also reinforces the A harmonic minor scale pattern. Two-hand 8va playing adds color to this piece.

Hang on to the exciting sounds and great speed of Ride the Wind as you span the keyboard! Students will enjoy playing the rapid sixteenth notes of the cross-hand arpeggios, as the wind blows through t...

Hang on to the exciting sounds and great speed of Ride the Wind as you span the keyboard! Students will enjoy playing the rapid sixteenth notes of the cross-hand arpeggios, as the wind blows through t...

Written mostly in Middle C position, this happy, upbeat piece contains lyrics that describe the sights and sounds of a homecoming parade. Including a variety of dynamic levels, it features an optional...

While this piece is full of suspense, the swing eighths, syncopations, and triplet figures give it a sense of fun. An ascending chromatic scale and a chord passage that moves in half-steps help give t...

This lovely, expressive piece opens with a tribute to J.S. Bach's Prelude No.1, from Book 1 of the Well-tempered Clavier, then builds to a rich and powerful chordal section. These two musical ideas al...

With a singable, eight-measure theme that asks you to reminisce, Once Upon a Memory plays to its audience like a narrating storyteller. The accompanying Alberti bass moves this tale to and from a chor...

Students who are just picking up the boogie-woogie technique and sound will smile at the effortless way this piece comes together! Plenty of rhythmic and dynamic room to drive home the melody and the...

Great for students just moving to the intermediate level, this piece makes an ideal choice to ease young pianists into longer musical forms. Movements include: Classic Fanfare, a speedy, energetic pro...

An impressive sounding intermediate piece in 6/8 time offers cross hand arpeggios, and an artistic use of crescendos and decrescendos within one phrase, which enables the emphasizing and practicing of...

A furiously fast piece in D minor starting with the melody in the LH while the RH plays 16th notes. The melody is then picked up by the RH before moving back to the opening section, which is actually...

This clever solo uses a single line melody to portray the sound of a locomotive moving along at a quick pace. There are also double notes played in both hands to depict the sounds of the horn. The tea...

This elementary piece has both legato and staccato articulations played in the Middle C position using quarter, half & whole notes. Canyon Run also offers a lovely teacher accompaniment that both stud...

Water trickling from the fountain is portrayed by the running eighth notes in the introduction, while the LH picks up the melody. This piece utilizes the C major scale ascending and descending, and ha...

A fast, exciting piece in 6/8 time with staff changes and hand crossovers, and the RH alternating between eighth notes and chords. This piece proclaims that the tarantella is indeed, alive! Another te...

This late intermediate piece commissioned by the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League, in honor of their 2005 composer festival, is written in the Romantic style. This piece is full of expressive passage...

This late intermediate piece commissioned by the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League, in honor of their 2005 composer festival, is written in the Romantic style. This piece is full of expressive passage...

The early intermediate student will thoroughly enjoy this boogie-woogie style solo with its upbeat melodic and harmonic configurations. This fun piece has easy-to-learn patterns, and sounds great!

The early intermediate student will thoroughly enjoy this boogie-woogie style solo with its upbeat melodic and harmonic configurations. This fun piece has easy-to-learn patterns, and sounds great!

This early advanced piano solo is an expressive and lyrical piece that opens with a single note-melody accompanied by chords in the LH. The middle section develops into a flowing sixteenth-note legato...

This early advanced piano solo is an expressive and lyrical piece that opens with a single note-melody accompanied by chords in the LH. The middle section develops into a flowing sixteenth-note legato...

A catchy solo in 3/4 time, Melody Bober gives students a piece that fits comfortably under the hands utilizing a variety of dynamics and articulations. This piece is mostly in the D minor hand positio...

This bouncy piece lets students imagine they are on the back of a fire truck, rushing to the rescue. Elementary students will love to practice this energetic and adrenaline-pumping piece, which also c...

Students will love playing this piece written in the key of C minor that portrays an exhilarating train ride. Offering dynamics from p to f, and rapid alternating patterns utilizing staccatos, legatos...