Piano, Organ & Keyboard Sheet Music arranged by Simone Collins
Every couple of years, as MuseScore (my music engraving program of choice) undergoes significant development, I revisit old arrangements and tweak their layout. The latest piece to be revamped is The Holy City, my best selling organ arrangement. With easier layout tools, I’ve changed the spacing slightly and improved the appearance of the lyrics. Anyone …
As an arranger who uses Arrange Me as one of my distribution channels, I had originally opted in to their “extended distribution” network, which promised quarterly payments of subscription views through MuseScore Pro and Sheet Music Direct Pass. Initially, this worked well, bringing in extra money, though the subscription view option has seen download sales …
The newest Christmas Carol now available is O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël). Currently lead sheets and organ arrangements are available, as well as all 3 verses of the lyrics in both English and French. I’ve also added the lead sheet for Carol of the Bells (Ukrainian Bell Carol) along with all the lyrics.
As we head towards December, I’m publishing at least 1 new Christmas arrangement each day. The latest additions are:
The first five finger piano piece I arranged for a student a number of years ago was “Yellow” by Coldplay. Coldplay songs are among the most requested in my studio. This was a student who had only been learning for a few months, so I had to write something appropriate for them. I’ve now added …
This week’s Christmas song is the Coventry Carol. My personal preference is to play this in F minor, but the key signature may be off putting to some! Unable to choose whether to publish arrangements in G minor (the more common key), F minor (my preference), or even E minor, I’ve decided to go with …
There’s a number of lead sheets currently available in the Christmas songs and bundled with the Park Jam piano / vocal / guitar pop songs. On recently discovering that Arrange Me (the platform I use to publish to Sheet Music Direct, Sheet Music Plus and MuseScore) does in fact offer Lead Sheets as a category …
This week’s Christmas song is an interesting one, in that the melody is a traditional one in the public domain, whereas the words are still under copyright. So I’ve published a variety of arrangements of “Carol of the Drum” without words, for piano and organ plus a lead sheet, as well as just the lead …
With the recent request from a parent for their new beginner child to learn to play “Stand By Me“, I wrote a simple 5 finger piano arrangement. Having published some 5 finger piano Christmas arrangements, I thought I’d start publishing my contemporary 5 finger piano arrangements as well, as I’m sure other teachers might find …
Two of my piano arrangements are now able to be used for repertoire in Con Brio Examinations as part of their piano syllabus! I’ve created new cover artwork to help them stand out on Sheet Music Plus, since the syllabus doesn’t link directly to the exact score, but to a search for the song title. …
