by Swinstead
Sailor's Song was written by Felix Swinstead, published in the 20th century as an easy character piece for piano within his educational collections. Felix Swinstead was a British pianist, composer and long‑serving professor at the Royal Academy of Music who wrote numerous short teaching pieces, and Sailor's Song is a simple, tuneful miniature in a nautical style aimed at elementary players. Today Sailor's Song is best known through graded piano exam syllabuses and teaching anthologies, where it is used to introduce young students to character pieces and storytelling through music.
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Explore the Piano arrangement of Sailor's Song at Easy level. arrangements have right and left hands recorded separately, so you can practise one hand accompanied by the other. An optional visual Piano under the score shows the right notes and fingerings in real time, to help you learn the piece.
Explore the Violin arrangement of Sailor's Song at Easy level. An optional visual Violin under the score shows the right notes and fingerings in real time, to help you learn the piece.
Explore 2 Saxophone arrangements of Sailor's Song, ranging from Easy to intermediate to Easy to intermediate. An optional visual Saxophone under the score shows the right notes and fingerings in real time, to help you learn the piece.
Explore the Flute arrangement of Sailor's Song at Easy level. An optional visual Flute under the score shows the right notes and fingerings in real time, to help you learn the piece.
Explore the Clarinet arrangement of Sailor's Song at Easy to intermediate level. An optional visual Clarinet under the score shows the right notes and fingerings in real time, to help you learn the piece.
Explore the Cello arrangement of Sailor's Song at Very easy level. An optional visual Cello under the score shows the right notes and fingerings in real time, to help you learn the piece.
Explore the Trumpet arrangement of Sailor's Song at Intermediate level. An optional visual Trumpet under the score shows the right notes and fingerings in real time, to help you learn the piece.
Explore the Viola arrangement of Sailor's Song at Very easy level. An optional visual Viola under the score shows the right notes and fingerings in real time, to help you learn the piece.
You can play Sailor's Song Sheet music on 8 instruments, including Piano, Violin, Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Cello, Trumpet, Viola.
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