Heartfelt Thanksgiving early intermediate piano solos

These early intermediate Thanksgiving hymn solos are equivalent to most Level 2 and 3 curricula.

Ideal for church services, Thanksgiving services, conferences, recitals, and more!

The entire collection takes about 13-15 minutes to play through, making this ideal for a special Thanksgiving service prelude.

Arranged to be simple yet tasteful in style. There is a solid mix of upbeat, happy hymns and more reflective, thoughtful settings.

Here is all the information you’ll need to decide if this collection of early intermediate sheet music is the level you’re looking for:

• All arrangements in C major
• No key changes
• 2-3 verses each
• Simple patterns that are easy to learn/sight-read
• Mostly single-note melody (a few exceptions)
• Left Hand melody in 2 arrangements
• Note reading up to 2 ledger lines
• Easy rhythms (exception: dotted eighth + sixteenths in "To God be the Glory")
• Just 1 page turn each (for double-spread pages)
• Each arrangement is 4 pages total

A Look Inside Heartfelt Thanksgiving Early Intermediate Hymns:

Doxology is a church standard and is arranged in a reflective setting with a moving, repetitive left hand pattern. The second verse includes a droning, repetitive bass line, leading into a full, traditional-style third verse with easy octaves in the left hand and intervals in the right hand.

• Note reading: treble clef B3 - G5, bass clef C2 - E4 (lower notes in octaves)
• Rhythm: eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
• Time signatures: 2/4 and 4/4
• Technical aspects: ties, 8vb, dynamics, rit
• Verses: 3
• RH single-note melody for 2 verses
• RH intervals 6ths and 5ths for 3rd verse
• LH broad-sounding pattern (centered around 5ths)
• LH octaves

To God be the Glory starts exuberantly with the dotted rhythm we all love. It continues with a simple, single-note melody and left hand in open fifths. The last chorus features a moving LH melody with RH chords.

• Note Reading: treble clef B3 - C6, bass clef C2 - E4
• Rhythm: dotted sixteenth + eighth notes, quarter notes & rest, half notes, dotted half notes
• Time Signature: 3/4
• Technical aspects: dynamics, staccato, flats
• Verses: 2
• RH single-note melody
• RH chords
• LH melody
• LH open fifths

Count Your Blessings is another joy-filled arrangement that inspires the listeners to rejoice as they reflect on their blessings. The driving left hand keeps the momentum going for the entire arrangement.

• Note Reading: treble clef G3 - C6, bass clef C2 - D4
• Rhythm: eighth notes, quarter notes, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
• Time Signature: 4/4
• Technical aspects: dynamics, 8va, staccato, syncopation
• Verses: 2
• RH single-note melody
• RH scales
• LH in treble clef momentarily
• LH predominantly fifths

For the Beauty of the Earth is a gentle, moving arrangement reflective of the wind blowing through creation. 

• Note Reading: treble clef G3 - D5, bass clef C2 - D4
• Rhythm: eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
• Time Signatures: 2/4 and 4/4
• Technical aspects: dynamics, syncopation, rit, echo melodies, 8va
• Verses: 2
• RH single-note melody
• LH open fifths + 10ths (reposition hands easily)
• RH in bass clef for 2 measures
• LH in treble clef for 2 measures

We Gather Together has a very lilting sound where each measure is felt in 1 instead of 3. The open fifths make this sound very free and full.

• Note Reading: treble clef B3 - D5, bass clef C2 - A3
• Rhythm: eighth notes, quarter notes and rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
• Time Signatures: 3/4 (feel “in 1”)
• Technical aspects: dynamics, flats, sharps, 8va, 8vb
• Verses: 2
• RH single-note melody
• RH fifths
• LH fifths
• LH melody

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come begins very reflective, with a moving left hand for the first two verses. The last verse is more choral-like with the right hand taking up 2-parts while the left hand drones on whole notes.

• Note Reading: treble clef G3 - A5, bass clef F2 - E4
• Rhythm: eighth notes and rests, quarter notes, dotted quarter notes, half notes, whole notes
• Time Signatures: 4/4
• Technical aspects: dynamics, flats, sharps, fermatas, chromaticism
• Verses: 3
• RH single-note melody for 2 verses
• RH intervals for 1 verse
• LH moving scale-like & chromaticism
• LH in treble clef for 4 measures
• LH predominantly fifths

Note from the Arranger

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. For my entire life, my family has gathered together around the table and shared what we’re thankful for that year. It’s usually a time of worship, because no matter what difficulty we’ve faced, we can see God’s hand at work.

I pray that as you work through the hymns in this collection, your heart is led to worship God and reflect on His beautiful work in your life.

 ~Amanda Tero

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