Tune Library

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1		Difficulty	Source	Starting Scale Degree	Highest Note (Scale degree)	Lowest Note (Scale degree)	Original Tempo	Original time signature	Original style	Original Dynamic	Range	Phrasing	Technical Considerations

2	Hot Cross Buns	easy	nursery rhyme	3	3	1	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any	short
3	Mary Had a Little Lamb	easy	nursery rhyme	3	5	1	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any	short
4	Twinkle Twinkle	easy	nursery rhyme	1	6	1	moderato	4/4	staccato	mf	any	short	fifth leap
5	Three Blind Mice	easy	nursery rhyme	3	1+	1	moderato	6/8	staccato	mf	any	short	articulation
6	Frere Jacques	easy	French folk tune	1	6	-5/1	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any	short
7	Blue Bells of Scotland	easy	Scottish air	5	1+	5	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any	medium	arpeggios
8	You Are My Sunshine	easy	American folk tune	-5	6	-5	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any	medium
9	When the Saints	easy	jazz standard	1	5	1	moderato	4/4	tenuto	mf-f	any	short	swing
10	America/God Save the Queen	easy	anthem	1	6	1	moderato	3/4	legato	mf	any	medium
11	This Old Man	easy	nursery rhyme	5	6	1	moderato	4/4	staccato	mf	any	short-med	pentatonic scale, articulation
12	My Bonnie	easy	nursery rhyme	-5	3	-5	allegro	3/4	tenuto	mf	any	medium	big leaps
13	Camptown Races	easy	American folk tune	5	1+	1	allegro	2/4 or 4/4	staccato	mf	any	medium	fast articulation
14	Jolly Good Fellow	easy	folk tune	1	6	1	allegro	4/4	staccato	mf	Any	medium	fast articulation
15	Ode to Joy	easy	hymn/Beethoven	3	5	-5	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	low/high	Medium	b section in V
16	Ye Banks and Braes	easy	Scottish air	-5	6	-5	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	high	medium	arpeggios
17	Alouette	easy	French folk tune	1	6	-5	allegro	4/4	staccato	mf	any	short	dotted rhythms
18	Claire de la Lune	easy	French folk tune	1	3	-5	moderato	4/4	tenuto	mf	any	short
19	Old Folks At Home	easy	American folk tune	3	2+	1	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	high	medium	octave leap, b section in V with IV chords
20	Amazing Grace	easy	hymn	-5	5	-5	lento	3/4	legato	mp	any	medium	Intro to Pentatonic
21	Drink to Me Only	easy	English air	3	1+	1	moderato	3/4	tenuto	p	Any	medium
22	Long, Long Ago	easy	folk tune	1	6	-5	moderato	4/4	Tenuto	mf	Any	medium	pentatonics, stepwise motion
23	Auld Lang Syne	easy	folk tune	-5	6	-5	Moderato	4/4	tenuto	mf	Any	medium	tonic arpeggio, ornamentation
24	Pop Goes the Weasel	easy	nursery rhyme	1	-5	2+	allegro	6/8	tenuto	mf	any	Medium	6/8, accents
25	Prayer of Thanksgiving (Netherlands air)	easy	Dutch folk tune	5	1	2+	lento	3/4	legato	mp	any	medium
26	Yankee Doodle	Easy	American folk tune	1	3+	-5	allegro	2/4	staccato	mf	high	medium	articulation
27	BINGO	Easy	nursery rhyme	-5	4	-5	allegro	4/4	staccato	mf	high	short	articulation
28	Kookaburra	easy	Australian folk tune	1	-6	1	Moderato	4/4	Staccato	mf	any/high	short	tonguing and slurs, hearing the octave
29	London Bridges	easy	nursery rhyme	5	6	1	Moderato	4/4	tenuto	mf	any/low	short	pentatonics
30	On Top of Old Smokey	easy	nursery rhyme	1	1+	1	Lento	4/4	legato	mp	any	short	major arpeggios
31	Happy Birthday	Easy	folk tune	-5	5	-5	allegro	4/4	tenuto	mf	any	short	useful at parties
32	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've seen	easy	spiritual	3	5	-5	lento	4/4	legato	mf	any/low	short
33	I'll Fly Away	easy	American folk tune	3	5	-5	allegro	4/4	tenuto	mf	any	medium	Dotted eighths, arpeggiation
34	Just a Closer Walk	easy	jazz standard	5	3+	3	lento/allegro	4/4	lwgato	mf	any	short
35	St James Infirmary	easy	jazz standard	1 (minor)	1+	1	lento/allegro	4/4	legato	mf	any	short	minor blues
36	A Kiss To Build A Dream On	easy	jazz standard	1+	2+	1	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any	medium	downward fifths
37	Bolero	hard	Ravel	b7	b2+	-1	moderato	3/4	Various	mf	high	long	glissandi, rhythmic style, verifying articulations, great for improving range in original key
38	Ride of the Valkyries (major)	hard	opera	5	7+	-7	allegro	9/8	marcato	ff	any	long	accent first beats, gallop rhythm, chord building
39	Ride of the Valkyries (minor)	hard	opera	5	minor 7+	minor -7	allegro	9/8	marcato	f	any	long	see above
40	Londonderry Air	medium	Irish air	-7	2+	-6	lento	4/4	legato	mp	high	long	long phrase ideas, smoothness, big leaps, accidentals
41	Simple Gifts	medium	hym tune	-5	5	-5	vivace	2/4	tenuto	mf	any	medium	fast, scales, arpeggios, b section in V
42	Annie Laurie	medium		3	3+	1	lento	4/4	legato	mp	high	long	octave leaps, ornamentation
43	America The Beautiful	medium	anthem	-5	3	-4	lento	4/4	legto	mf	any	medium	chord shift to V, large leaps
44	Oh Canada	medium	anthem	3	1+	-7	lento	4/4	legato	f	low	medium	long b section, dotted rhythms
45	Edelweiss	medium	Sound of Music	-3	2	-3	moderato	2/4	legato	mp	any	medium
46	Irish Washerwoman	medium	Irish folk tune	5/3	3+	-5	vivace	6/8	staccato	Mf	any	long	6/1+ gig feel, fast changes, grace notes
47	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	medium	Wizard of Oz	1	2+	-6	lento	4/4	legato	mp	high	medium	pseudo trills, modulation to V/V, octave leap
48	We Three Kings	medium	Christmas	5 (minor)	5 (major)	-5 (major)	Moderato	3/4	legato	mp	any	medium	Relative minor - Major
49	Greensleeves	medium	Christmas	1 (minor)	7	-5	moderato	6/8	legato	mp	high	medium	Nat/Melodic Minor
50	Top Gun	medium	movie	1	1+	-7	Moderato	4/4	Tenuto	mf	high	Long	Modulation by a tritone
51	Jeopardy	medium	TV	5	3+	1	moderato	4/4	Legato/staccato	mp	any	short	Modulation by a minor 3rd
52	La Donna Mobile	Medium	opera	3	6	-5	allegro	3/4	staccato	mf	any/high	short	triplets vs dotted eighths
53	Maria	medium	West Side Story	1	2+	1	moderato	4/4	legato	P-f	High	medium	dynamic contrast, altered fourths, quarter triplets
54	Last Rose of Summer	medium	English air	1	1+	1	lento	3/4	legato	mp	high	medium	appogiatura, ritardando, big leaps
55	Finlandia	Medium	anthem	3	6	1	lento	4/4	legato	mp	any	Long	Strong beats displaced, long ends of phrases, slow and soft
56	In the Gloaming	Medium	English air	5	6	-5	moderato	2/4	legsto	mp	any	medium
57	Santa Lucia	medium	Italian folk tune	5	3+	-5	moderato	3/4	legato	Mf	High	medium	altered 4th degree
58	Brahms' Lullaby	Medium	Brahms	3	1+	1	lento	3/4	legato	p	low	medium	octaves, 3/4 feel in slow tempo
59	I've been working on the RR	medium	American folk tune	1	6	-5	moderato	2/4	staccato	mf	any	medium	phrase variation, articulation
60	Addams Family Theme Song	medium	TV	5	2+	-1	allegro	2/4	staccato	mf	any	short	-5 to 1 scales
61	Theme from Tannhauser	medium	opera	-5	2+	1	lento	2/2	marcato	ff	any	medium	sustained forte playing
62	Home on the Range	medium	American folk tune	-5	5	-5	moderato	6/8	legato	mf	any/high	medium
63	Turkey in the Straw	medium	American folk tune	3	1+	-3	allegro	4/4	Tenuto	mf	any	medium	syncopation, speed practice
64	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	medium	spiritual	3	6	-5	moderato	2/4	legato	mf	any	short	syncopation
65	Over the River	medium	Christmas	5	1+	1	allegro	6/8	staccato	mf	Any	medium	rapid articulations in 6/1+
66	There's Music in the Air	medium	American standard	-5	4	-5	allegro	2/4	tenuto	mf	any	medium	IV-I patterns
67	Crusander's Hymn	medium	hymn	1	6	1	andante	4/4	tenuto	mf	high	short
68	A Mighty Fortress	Medium	hymn	1+	1+	1	andante	2/4	tenuto	mf	any	short	Practice with hymn tune phrasing
69	Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho	medium	spiritual	1 (minor)	5	-1	allegro	4/4 (cut)	staccato	f-p	Any	medium	accented syncopation, harmonic minor, dynamic contrasts
70	Little Liza Jane	medium	American folk tune	3	1+	1	allegro	2/4	Staccato	p-f	any	short	syncopation, dynamic contrast, traditional jazz swing style
71	Careless Love	medium	jazz standard	3	6	-5	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any	Medium
72	Caravan	medium	jazz standard	5	1	-5	allegro	4/4	legato/staccato	mp-f	any	medium	style shift Latin to swing, chromatic tones
73	i Found A New Baby	medium	jazz standard	#2	6	-6	allegro	4/4	staccato	mf	any	short	chromatic tones, minor/major shift, swing rhythms
74	Ain't Misbehavin	medium	jazz standard	1	2+	1	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any/high	short	diatonic motion with chromatic tones
75	Summertime	medium	jazz standard	5(minor)	5	-5	lento	4/4	legato	mf	any	short	minor jazz
76	Do You Know What It Means (To Miss New Orleans)	medium	jazz standard	1	3+	1	moderato	4/4	legato	mf	any	long	chromatic tones, modulation in b section
77	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	medium	jazz standard	5	3+	3	moderato	4/4	tenuto	mf	any	short	b section chromatics, IV chords
78	Take Me Out to the Ball Game	medium	standard	1	2+	1	moderato	3/4	Tenuto	mf	any	Medium	octave leaps, leading tones
79	When You Wish Upon a Star	medium-difficult	disney	-5	2+	-7	Lento	4/4	legato	mp	high	medium	functional chromaticism, big leaps
80	Largo from New World	medium	Dvorak	3	3+	1	largo	4/4	legato	p	high	medium	dotted eighths (at slow subdivision), IV-I/IV-V progressions
81	Reveille	easy	millitary	-5	5	-5	Allegro	2/4	staccato	f	any	medium	fundamentals. Especially good for practicing major arpeggios NOT in all one position
82	Battle Hymn of the Republic	easy	traditonal/hymn	5	3+	3	allegro	4/4	staccato	f	any	medium	Dotted rhythms
83	All Blues	easy	Miles Davis	3	5	-5	moderato	6/8	legato	mp	any	medium	minor/major pentatonics
84	Watermelon Man	easy	Herbie Hancock	b7	3+	1	moderato	4/4 (in 2)	legato/staccato	mf	any	medium	5+ bar blues, major/minor 3rds
85	Lt Kije Theme	medium	Prokofiev	5	1+	2	allegro	4/4	mixed	f	any	medium	IV-V-I progressions, mixed articulation, best tune ever
86	On Wisconsin	Medium	fight song	5	6+	5	allegro	4/4	marcato	ff	any	medium	tonicization of 5, dotted rhythms
87	76Trombones	Medium-difficult	Music Man	5	5+	1	allegro	6/8	staccato	ff-mf	any	medium-long	functional chromaticism, b section modulates to IV (March trio)
88	Super Mario Theme	medium-difficult	Nintendo	3	1+	5	moderato	4/4	staccato	mf	any/highh	medium	Functional chromaticism, theme and variations
89	Dona nobis pacem	medium	catholic hymn	1	6	-5	Lento	3/4	legato	mp-p	any/low	long	ABC form, inversions
90	Flinttstones theme	medium	Tv	5	1+	1	allegro	4/4	tenuto	mf	any	short
91	Hey Jude	medium	Beatles	5	2+	-7	moderato	4/4	legato	mp	any	short
92	A Tisket, A Tasket	easy	nursery rhyme/jazz standard	5	6 (1+ in jazz version)	1	moderato	2/4	tenuto	mf	any	short
93	(How Much Is) That Doggie	easy	American standard	5	1+	1	moderato	2/4	tenuto	mf	any	short
94	Yesterday	medium	Beatles	5 (minor)	3+	1	lento	4/4	legato	mp	any	medium	minor/major
95	Drunken Sailor	easy	irish folk tune	5(minor)	1+	1	allegro	6/8	staccato	mf	any	medium	functional chromaticism, rapid articulation
96	Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean	medium	American anthem	5	6+	#4	allegro	4/4	tenuto	mf	any	medium	functional chromactism, leaps, dotted rhythms
97	Singing in the Rain	medium	musical	-5	5+	-5	moderato	2/4	legato	mf	any	medium	Repetitive melodic lines with different rhythmic constuction
98	Take the A Train	medium	jazz standard	5	3+	1	allegro	4/4	mixed	mf	any	medium	chromaticism, swung 8ths
99	Minuet in G major	easy	Bach	5	1+	-5	allegro	3/4	mixed	mf	any	short	pentatonics
100	Old MacDonald	easy	nursery rhyme	1	3	-5	moderato	4/4	staccato	mf	any	short	rapid articulation