August 11, 2023

Arranged for Solo Piano Arranged and recorded by Thomas Gunther You can purchase the beautifully written sheet music (chord symbols and fingering suggestions included) at Sheet-music Direct What’s cool about this arrangement is that you can easily add a bass player and even an entire rhythm section while playing it the same way as you

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July 30, 2023

What Was I Made For (By Billie Eilish) Solo Piano Arrangement by Thomas Gunther Buy the sheet music at Sheet Music Direct for only $5.99 now. Price will go up soon! About the arrangement  Billie Eilish wrote WHAT I WAS MADE FOR for the 2023 Motion-picture Barbie . Here you find Thomas Gunther’s beautiful and highly accurate solo

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March 30, 2023

What Are Secondary Dominant Chords? The short explanation is this: secondary dominant chords (also called Applied Chords and Secondary Chords) are chords that function as dominant chords to chords other than the tonic chord of the key.  Roman Numeral Analyses When we encounter a secondary dominant chord, we analyze it as [Dominant Seventh Chord] of [some temporary

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January 21, 2023

About the arrangement Over The Rainbow is one of my favorite classic jazz standards. Most of you might know it from the classic movie The Wizard Of Oz, for which it was actually composed. I love everything about this song, it’s melody (which is so cleverly based on a descending diatonic stepwise motion during the

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December 21, 2022

This is my Jazz Piano solo arrangement of the famous Christmas song “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” for intermediate to advanced players. It features an Erroll Garner swing style left hand, perfect for pianists with small hands. In the video I talk more about this. Please note: The sheet music is

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December 3, 2022

Oh Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum) Oh Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum in German) is one of the most popular Christmas songs in Germany. I create two different arrangements for it. Oh Christmas Tree – Solo Piano Arrangement No. 1 The original song is based on a simple harmonic progression. In contrast, for my arrangement, I employed

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