Carrington Rag

Gobble Wobble Rag is an upbeat pattern-based ragtime solo composed by Jennifer Eklund. This is a great exercise for early intermediates with a focus on split articulations between the hands. Gobble, gobble!

Easy Come, Easy Go is an easy ragtime-style jazz solo for late beginners that will reinforce syncopation and swing style eighths. Music by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Spotlight Solos Volume 2 songbook.

The Entertainer, Scott Joplin’s iconic ragtime tune, arranged for intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. This piece is part of Piano Pronto: Movement 3 and includes a teacher duet part.

Roker Park Rag is a jaunty, early intermediate piano solo by British composer Joanne Griffiths. It is a fun character piece with chromaticism, staccato octave jumps, and lots of opportunity for comedic expression.

This fun ragtime piece, composed by Chrissy Ricker, is a playful nod to Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King.” A perfect early intermediate showcase solo for Halloween, or any time of year!

Grandpa’s Gramophone, composed by Rick Robertson, is an early intermediate ragtime solo that evokes the sound of dance bands of the early 1920s.

Ragtime Dance is a bright, upbeat ragtime dance by Scott Joplin. This arrangement by Jennifer Eklund is ideal for intermediates of all ages!

Pineapple Rag, composed by Scott Joplin, arranged for early intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. Part of the Songs I Love to Play Volume 2 songbook.

The Entertainer, composed by Scott Joplin, presented in an easily accessible, hand-friendly version arranged for early intermediates Jennifer Eklund. Part of the Songs I Love to Play Volume 1 songbook.

Original Rags, composed by Scott Joplin, is a fun ragtime tune arranged for late beginners by Jennifer Eklund. Part of the Songs I Love to Play Volume 1 songbook.

Every pianist needs Happy Birthday in their repertoire, and this ragtime version by Chrissy Ricker is a fresh take on the familiar classic! Perfect for early intermediates of all ages.

The Sliding Thumbs Rag, composed by Lisa Shoemaker, is an upbeat ragtime-style solo for early intermediates. This piece is part of the Musical Mosaics songbook.

Terrifying Trilogy is an eerie and mysterious three-piece set with Hitchcock-inspired titles spanning late-elementary to early intermediate levels. All three pieces are in an expanded C minor five-finger hand position. With fast-slow-fast tempo indications, the three solos work well as movements of a modern sonatina or as stand-alone material.

Gabriel Faure’s iconic Pavane arranged for intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. This is an extended version based on the version from the Piano Pronto: Movement 5 method book.

End Game is a spooky and fun piano solo that is also part of the Dog Days Songbook. Music by Jennifer Eklund.

Fairest Lord Jesus arranged in a contemplative lyrical style for early intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. Part of the Sacred Spotlight songbook. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

This gentle, ambient piece will help ease pianists into playing in 5/4 time signature. It features broken fifths in the left hand that only happen on black keys, with a repeating chord progression of I-vi-ii-V in Gb major. The right hand stays in the same hand position throughout, other than leaping up or down by an octave.

Moonlit Night, by Rick Robertson, is a New Age style solo well-suited for early intermediates. It appeals to pianists of all ages, and is very effective on an electronic keyboard as well.