Teresa Young’s sheet music
Welcome to the home page for Teresa Young‘s growing collection of downloadable sheet music. Genres include pop, rock, jazz, traditional and instructional pieces of all kinds. Instructional piano pieces include fingerings, and lead sheets/fake book pieces in all genres often include guitar chord diagrams.
In some piano-centric arrangements for vocalists, the right hand doubles the melody. In others, the piano/keyboard part is entirely independent, designed to allow the vocalist to shine. Many make fantastic performance and recital pieces.
— PIANO/VOCAL/GUITAR —
Christmas is All Around ~ Love Actually
Great Balls of Fire ~ Miles Teller
Happier Than Ever ~ Billie Eilish
I Go to the Barn Because I Like The ~ Band of Horses
I’ll Stand by You ~ The Pretenders
Little Saint Nick ~ The Beach Boys
Love Like You (End Credits) ~ Steven Universe
Shoo Fly (Easy Piano) ~ Traditional
(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow ~ Judy Garland
The Rainbow Connection ~ Jim Henson
This Little Light of Mine ~ Traditional
Wintertime is Jam Time ~ Blues for Kids
— SOLO PIANO —
Girls ~ Marina and the Diamonds
Nights in White Satin ~ The Moody Blues
Once Upon a Time in the West Theme ~ Sergio Leone
The State of Dreaming ~ Marina and the Diamonds
Trumpet Voluntary ~ Easy Piano
— LEAD SHEETS/FAKE BOOK —
Everything Happens for a Reason ~ Madison Beer
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue ~ Gene Austin
Freedom Fight Song (lead sheet)
Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You ~ Ella Fitzgerald
I Go to the Barn Because I Like The ~ Band of Horses
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight ~ Bob Dylan
I’m Just a Lucky So and So ~ Duke Ellington
If He Change My Name ~ Marian Anderson
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby ~ Dinah Washington
Long Time Gone ~ Crosby, Stills & Nash
Lover Man (Where Can You Be) ~ Billie Holiday
Maybe You’ll Be There ~ Diana Krall
To Catch a Thief ~ Nathaniel Merriweather
Walkin’ After Midnight ~ Patsy Cline
Wintertime is Jam Time ~ Blues for Kids
You Don’t Know What Love Is ~ Billie Holiday
You Sent Me Flying ~ Amy Winehouse
— OTHER —
Teresa’s growing collection of published sheet music includes an ever-widening range of genres and skill levels.
So be sure to check back here for more downloadable sheet music published regularly.
Or get in touch!
If you’re looking for a favorite piece to interpret and not finding an existing version that feels right, get in touch with Teresa here to request a custom arrangement.
Music is life itself.
—Louis Armstrong
Finally, an intriguing excerpt follows from The Benefits of Playing Music Help Your Brain More Than Any Other Activity, by John Ramptan, Entrepreuner and Investor, published in Inc. Magazine, August 21, 2017:
Why Being a Musician Is Good for Your Brain
Science has shown that musical training can change brain structure and function for the better. It can also improve long-term memory and lead to better brain development for those who start at a young age.
Furthermore, musicians tend to be more mentally alert, according to new research from a University of Montreal study.
“The more we know about the impact of music on really basic sensory processes, the more we can apply musical training to individuals who might have slower reaction times,” said lead researcher Simon Landry.
“As people get older, for example, we know their reaction times get slower,” said Landry. “So if we know that playing a musical instrument increases reaction times, then maybe playing an instrument will be helpful for them.”
Previously, Landry found that musicians have faster auditory, tactile, and audio-tactile reaction times. Musicians also have an altered statistical use of multisensory information. This means that they’re better at integrating the inputs from various senses.”Music probably does something unique,” explains neuropsychologist Catherine Loveday of the University of Westminster. “It stimulates the brain in a very powerful way because of our emotional connection with it.”
Unlike brain games, playing an instrument is a rich and complex experience. This is because it’s integrating information from the senses of vision, hearing, and touch, along with fine movements. This can result in long-lasting changes in the brain. These can be applicable in the business world.
Changes in the Brain
Brain scans have been able to identify the difference in brain structure between musicians and non-musicians. Most notably, the corpus callosum, a massive bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two sides of the brain, is larger in musicians. Also, the areas involving movement, hearing, and visuospatial abilities appear to be larger in professional keyboard players.
Initially, these studies couldn’t determine if these differences were caused by musical training or if anatomical differences predispose some to become musicians. Ultimately, longitudinal studies showed that children who do 14 months of musical training displayed more powerful structural and functional brain changes.
These studies prove that learning a musical instrument increases gray matter volume in various brain regions, It also strengthens the long-range connections between them. Additional research shows that musical training can enhance verbal memory, spatial reasoning, and literacy skills.
Continue this great article here.
A composer is a guy who goes
around forcing his will on
unsuspecting air molecules,
often with the assistance
of unsuspecting musicians.
—Frank Zappa