Piano teachers, piano students, and parents of piano students continually search for fun and exciting piano music their students can't wait to play. The search is over with Music Motivation® and the music composed by Jerald Simon! Jerald Simon is a popular pianist, composer, author, and performer/motivational speaker, who composes fun piano music that piano students love playing and performing for family and friends. Simon is well-known for his COOL SONGS Series which features over 200 of his fun, original piano music - most of which include accompaniment MP3 minus tracks to help piano students learn to play the piano the fun way. He is also wellknown for his Essential Piano Exercises Series , as well as his popular Music Motivation® company. In "Sweet Melancholy," Simon has composed 11 new original intermediate - advanced level piano solos that range in style from contemporary, classical, and new age, to a cinematic, score-like sound. With titles such as: "Sweet Melancholy," "Shadows," "Majestic," "Promised Land," "Blessing," "Through a Child's Eyes," "Life Everlasting," "Lavender Sunsets," "Dreamland," and "Enchantment," piano students are captivated by the melodious and harmonious sweet melancholy sound. This piano music is ideal for late intermediate - advanced level piano students. Throughout the book, students play intermediate level piano music that sounds and appears more advanced than it really is. Simon creates compelling melodies around familiar chord progressions. Students will enjoy playing ascending and descending triplets, blocked and broken octave intervals, and octave chords. Within the music, students will see how Simon incorporates familiar chords and scales in a new and exciting way. Through the music, Jerald hopes to convey a range of emotions from tender and sweet to bitter and overwhelming. The melodious and harmonious pieces transport the piano students and the listener to a state of sweet melancholy. These are the names of the 11 pieces from the book: 1. Sweet Melancholy 2. Shadows 3. Majestic 4. Sun Shower 5. Promised Land 6. Blessing 7. Through a Child's Eyes 8. Life Everlasting 9. Lavender Sunsets 10. Dreamland 11. Enchantment I'd like to introduce myself and tell you more about myself and why I love composing fun music to help motivate teens and adults.   My name is Jerald Simon. First and foremost, I am a husband to my beautiful wife, Zanny (her name is Suzanne - but anyone who knows her calls her Zanny), and a father to my three wonderful children, Summer, Preston, and Matthew. They are wonderful, and everything I do is for them. God and family always comes first in my life!   I am the founder of Music Motivation® , and the creator of the Cool Songs Series, and the Essential Piano Exercises Series/Course. I teach weekly online group piano lessons to students all over the world. I have a YouTube channel, and I love learning everything I can, and want to help myself and others do our best and live our best life.   This is my Purpose and Mission in life:   "My purpose and mission in life is to motivate myself and others through my music and writing, to help others find their purpose and mission in life, and to teach values that encourage everyone everywhere to do and be their best." - Jerald Simon Here is an  official bio  you can use... First and foremost, Jerald is a husband to his beautiful wife, Zanny, and a father to his wonderful children. Jerald Simon is the founder of Music Motivation®, a company he formed to provide music instruction through workshops, giving speeches and seminars, concerts and performances in the field of music and motivation. He is a composer, author, poet, and Music Mentor/piano teacher (primarily focusing his piano teaching on music theory, improvisation, composition, and arranging). Jerald loves spending time with his wife, Zanny, and their children. In addition, he loves music, teaching, speaking, performing, playing sports, exercising, reading, writing poetry and self help books, and gardening. Jerald Simon is the founder of  Music Motivation®  and focuses on helping piano students and piano teachers learn  music theory, improvisation, and composition . He refers to these areas as:  Theory Therapy, Innovative Improvisation, and Creative Composition . Simon is an author and composer and has written 30 music books featuring almost 300 original compositions, 15 albums. He has published three motivational poetry books featuring over 400 original poems, and is the creator of the best-selling  Cool Songs Series , the best-selling  Essential Piano Exercises Series  and  Essential Piano Lessons  for piano students. He has also created  Essential Piano Teachers  for piano teachers. You can watch Jerald's videos on his YouTube channel. Listen to Jerald's music on all streaming sites and his podcast,  Music, Motivation, and More - The Positivity Podcast with Jerald Simon  on all podcast platforms. In 2008, Jerald began creating his Cool Songs