Beauty and the Beast (Piano cover by Elena Fortin) Based on music by Alan Menken

Описание: #med (Music.Every.Day)

Day 135 of my daily video posting project. I have been working on this project since November 2023--posting a video of piano music every single day!

For today's video, I am taking a break from "heavier" classical repertoire. My core muscles in my forearms are pretty sore! So I thought I'd make a "improv" arrangement of a Walt Disney favourite: Beauty and the Beast, with lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken.

I used the piece from "100 of the Best Movies Songs Ever" by Hal Leonard corporation. You may have seen these kinds of books that have Piano, Vocal, and Guitar written on the cover--they have the vocal (melody) line, guitar (chords) written above the music, and then somebody's realized piano score underneath. I will sometimes treat these arrangements as a "lead sheet" (the melody and chords only) and come up with my own ideas for melodies and fills, and left hand accompaniment.

So this is my "fleshed-out" version of the piece as it appears in the 100 Movie Songs collection. I said "improv" earlier, but that term might be misleading. I play through the plain arrangement (melody and chords), take their arranged version (the piano part), and then add left hand and melodic embellishments. I do practice it once or twice before recording, so not completely "on-the-spot" kind of improvisation! I hope you enjoy it!

Tune in tomorrow for more of my music.every.day experiment!