Had the honour of writing this guest blog article for Colourful Keys on arranging, used Itsy Bitsy Spider as an example :)

https://colourfulkeys.ie/teaching-piano-arranging/

Muffin Menace - Whimsically Macabre - new recording

Made a new recording today of the very first Whimsically Macabre piece I wrote, back in 2012. 

A Wise Old Owl - Whimsically Macabre

A wise old owl lived in an oak

The more he saw the less he spoke

The less he spoke the more he heard

Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

This Is the Maiden All Forlorn - Whimsically Macabre

Margoton va t'a l'iau

Margoton goes to fetch water with her little jug

The well was hollow and she fell in.

Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, se dit Margoton

Margoton goes to fetch water with her little jug

Three handsome young men pass by

Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, se dit Margoton

Margoton goes to fetch water with her little jug

What will you give, pretty one, if we pull you out?

Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, se dit Margoton

Margoton goes to fetch water with her little jug

Pull me out first, she says, and then we'll see.

Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, se dit Margoton

Margoton goes to fetch water with her little jug

When the pretty one was out she struck up a song.

Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, se dit Margoton

Margoton goes to fetch water with her little jug

This is not what we want, pretty one.

Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, se dit Margoton

Margoton goes to fetch water with her little jug

It is to hold your little heart if we may.

Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, se dit Margoton

Margoton goes to fetch water with her little jug

My little heart, sirs, is not for lechers.

Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, Aïe, se dit Margoton

Alouette

Alouette, gentille alouette,

Alouette, je te plumerai.

Je te plumerai la tête,

Je te plumerai la tête,

Et la tête, et la tête,

Alouette, Alouette

A-a-a-ah

Lark, nice lark

Lark, I’ll pluck you.

I’ll pluck your head

I’ll pluck your head

And your head, and your head

Lark, lark. A-a-a-ah

Ethnomusicologist Conrad LaForte points out that, in song, the lark (l'alouette) is the bird of the morning, and that it is the first bird to sing in the morning, hence waking up lovers and causing them to part, and waking up others as well, something which is not always appreciated. In French songs, the lark also has the reputation of being a gossip, a know-it-all, and cannot be relied on to carry a message, as she will tell everyone; she also carries bad news. ~Conrad LaForte, Survivances médiévales dans la chanson folklorique, Université Laval Press, 1981 (from Wikipedia)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Boat

On the Way, I Lost It

A combination of A Tisket, A Tasket and a little part of

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean in ragtime style.

Sheet music is available here: http://pianopronto.com/stacy-fahrion-on-the-way-i-lost-it/

The Farmer Loves Adele

A short piece that reflects a farmer's unrequited love for Adele. Sheet music is available here: http://pianopronto.com/stacy-fahrion-the-farmer-loves-adele/

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty

Hickory Dickory Dock

Recorded on my brand new Nord, samples an Edison Talking Doll:

https://soundcloud.com/stacy-fahrion/hickory-dickory-dock

Tainted Teapot

Like an Ox in a Teapot Shop. “Tainted Love” and “I’m A Little Teapot” along with “Ox-Cart” from Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. Take note of the totally unnecessary cross-overs that show off how easily I would fit in a straightjacket.  

Malicious Old Man

Chopin-esque basslines underneath “This Old Man,” and “Sing a Song of Sixpence.”  

Wicked Weasel

Trampled Tulips

“Gingerbread Man” by The Residents stomps into a field of dissonance.

Pernicious Pumpkin-Eater

“Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater” used as an ostinato, with “Hush Little Baby” and “If You’re Happy and You Know It” woven in to make a cryptic feminist statement.