PhantastiquePianist

This was one with my teacher - he moved me on several weeks ago but I want to keep this one (it’s why I got the book - Faber 4 BigTime Rock n’ Roll). It’s almost there (80-90%?!?!) now I’m working on playing the whole thing (and just keep going if I flub up … which I do here 🤣) and sound good.

Simple Version from Faber Adult Popular Book 1. Always loved this song when it was popular (I think I was in high school). I am pretty much sight reading this, practiced for 5-10 minutes.

I always thought a pianist should know how to play Happy Birthday! I used a Lead Sheet in the key of G to learn this and made a sort of little classical arrangement. I memorized the melody and the chords - I-V7-V7-I etc. so that I can be able to transpose it and play in any key. It was a good fundamental exercise for some things I would like to do in the future. Happy Birthday - Key of G Major