Penny Weedon: Variety Is The Spice…

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Penny Weedon_2010Teacher, composer, performer and arranger Penny Weedon has agreed to stay with us through 2016 and, for her new series, she’s come up with a new theme… In ‘Variety Is The Spice’ Penny shows us how to simplify, or embellish, pieces of music.

“Groovy Clementi Rondo” by Muzio Clementi (arr. Penny Weedon)

Published: April/May 2016 edition.

  • There are no MIDI files with this arrangement as the style used included an audio drum track. The sheet music, chord charts & performance notes for ‘Groovy Clementi Rondo’ are published in the April/May 2016 edition of the Yamaha Club Magazine.

  • ‘Groovy’ Clementi Rondo (Full audio version)

    • This audio version (MP3 format) of Penny Weedon’s performance is included so that owners of all models (other than Tyros5) can hear her original version.

    Penny also suggested…

  • Shorn Sheba (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) (Full audio version)
  • Tic Tic (Tico Tico) (Full audio version)
  • Widor Varied (Widor’s Toccata) (Full audio version)

    • “Twiddly Largo from Xerxes” by G. F. Handel (arr. Penny Weedon)

    Published: June/July 2016 edition.

  • Twiddly Largo – originally played on Tyros5. (Full MIDI Song file)

    • The sheet music, chord charts & performance notes for ‘Twiddly Largo’ are published in the June/July 2016 edition of the Yamaha Club Magazine.

  • Twiddly Largo (Full audio version)

    • This audio version (MP3 format) of Penny Weedon’s performance is included so that owners of models other than Tyros5 can hear exactly how her original version should sound.

    “Ode To Joy” / “Ode To Dismay” by Ludvic van Beethoven (arr. Penny Weedon)

    Published: August/September 2016 edition.

  • Ode To Joy/Dismay 1 (Full MIDI Song file)
  • Ode To Joy/Dismay 2 (Minus melody MIDI Song file)

    • The sheet music, chord charts & performance notes for ‘Ode To Joy/Dismay’ are published in the August/September 2016 edition of the Yamaha Club Magazine.

  • Ode To Joy/Dismay (Full audio version)

    • This audio version (MP3 format) of Penny Weedon’s performance is included so that owners of models other than Tyros5 can hear exactly how her original version should sound when performed at full tempo.

  • Unhappy Talk (Full audio version)

    • Readers of Penny’s article may also like to hear her super mp3 recording of ‘Happy Talk’ (from the film ‘South Pacific’). Played in the minor key it becomes a completely different piece of music – aptly titled ‘Unhappy Talk’.

    “Reflections on Greensleeves” (arr. Penny Weedon)

    Published: October/November 2016 edition.

  • Greensleeves 1 (Full MIDI Song file)
  • Greensleeves 2 (Minus melody MIDI Song file)

    • The sheet music, chord charts & performance notes for ‘Reflections on Greensleeves’ are published in the October/November 2016 edition of the Yamaha Club Magazine.

  • Greensleeves (Full audio version)

    • This audio version (MP3 format) of Penny Weedon’s performance is included so that owners of models other than Tyros5 can hear exactly how her original version should sound when performed at full tempo.

  • Gninrom (Morning by Edward Greig) (Full audio version)

    • Readers of Penny’s article may also like to hear her ‘mirror image’ version of Edward Greig’s ‘Morning’ from the Peer Gynt Suite as another example of her workshop.

    “A Winter Patchwork Quilt” (arr. Penny Weedon)

    Published: December 2016/January 2017 edition.

  • A Winter Patchwork Quilt 1 (Full MIDI Song file)
  • A Winter Patchwork Quilt 2 (Minus melody MIDI Song file)

    • The sheet music, chord charts & performance notes for ‘A Winter Patchwork Quilt’ are published in the December 2016 / January 2017 edition of the Yamaha Club Magazine.

  • A Winter Patchwork Quilt (Full audio version)

    • This audio version (MP3 format) of Penny Weedon’s performance is included so that owners of models other than Tyros5 can hear exactly how her original version should sound.