A Fishy Story - Pretime Jazz and Blues - pg. 12-13

1900’s - Present

Difficulty Level: 0

(5 Points)

Description:

“A Fishy Story - Pretime Jazz and Blues - pg. 12-13” is classified as a Level 0 Piano work worth 5 points within the Road to Virtuosity progression system. It is categorized under Faber Piano Adventures → Primer - PreTime Jazz and Blues and is part of the 1900’s - Present collection. The sheet music for “A Fishy Story - Pretime Jazz and Blues - pg. 12-13” provided on this website has the following copyright status: Copyrighted.

“A Fishy Story” is a short beginner jazz-and-blues style piano piece with a playful story character. The music uses simple hands-together coordination, lyrics under the melody, repeated phrase shapes, and a teacher duet part that adds a fuller blues sound underneath the student line.

Measures 1–8 present the first half of the song. The student part uses simple single-note melody in the right hand with basic left-hand notes underneath. The rhythm stays easy to follow, and the lyrics give the piece a clear comic story about fishing without catching anything.

Measures 9–16 complete the story. The melody continues in the same simple style, with short phrases and open spacing between the hands. The final line ends with the fish eating the bait and swimming away, closing the piece with a funny punchline instead of a dramatic musical finish.

Interesting fact: This piece comes from PreTime Piano Jazz & Blues, part of the Faber Piano Adventures series. The teacher duet is a big part of the design: the student part stays very simple, while the duet adds the bluesy harmony and rhythm that make the piece sound much fuller than the beginner notes alone.

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