Pure Imagination. Arranged for solo piano, with music sheet.

Solo piano arrangement. Music sheets for this and my other arrangements are available from SheetMusicPlus and SheetMusicDirect:
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[@easheraustinmusic]

Absolutely amazing Dad!!!!!!

[@rupertaustin]

Ah, bless you son. I might be persuading you to have a go at playing it when your hands are a little bigger 😜

[@brobrogappies8704]

Wholesome

[@ALGtheMC]

What about me dad

[@andrewpelletier1199]

​@@ALGtheMC😂

[@davidfryer9359]

Lucky boy. This is my favorite interp of this song. By far.

[@JazzyPomegranate]

Your arrangements are unbelievable, I'm slowly working my way through learning all of them :)

[@rupertaustin]

Hey, great to hear that Lydia

[@thedranoel9423]

thanking the youtube algorithm right about now

[@Hjknbvgukj]

Absolutely beautiful. Great arrangement of, in my opinion, one of the most gorgeous songs of all time. Makes one want to cry.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening

[@th3gimp17]

3:08 when that left hand takes over the melody, with beautiful 32nd notes shimmering above...brought me right into a land of Pure Imagination. Great cover, I'm glad I found this video

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your comment. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@elizabethakch]

This is an incredibly beautiful and intellectually complex arrangement! Thanks for your work! 👏🎹🇺🇦

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks for your kind comment. Thanks for listening!

[@tvittetoe]

What a beautiful arrangement. Thanks Rupert!

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks for listening!

[@soulsilverarlooker]

RUPERT AUSTIN YOU ARE, NO CAP ON A STACK, THE G.O.A.T. LOVE YOU MAN!

[@rupertaustin]

Hey thanks. Your comment gave me a smile!

[@davidfryer9359]

I can’t get enough of this arrangement. You have a singular talent. And Easher has inherited it form you. What a stellar child.

[@rudygomez6996]

Absolutely took me away to a magical place

[@rupertaustin]

Great to hear that

[@rupertaustin]

Music sheet available from SheetMusicPlus: www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/rupert-austin-sheet-music/3017008?isPLP=1&Ns=displayName&recsPerPage=50& More of my piano arrangements here: kzbin.infovideos For anyone who is working on playing this arrangement, there is some useful guidance in this video from BachScholar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYmsnZZ5l9Kep9E

[@KanSaaaUniverse]

Hello ! Good job on this one ! i can't access your music sheet.

[@rupertaustin]

@@KanSaaaUniverse Thanks. Glad you like it. Try this link for the music sheet: www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/pure-imagination-solo-piano-digital-sheet-music/21879041

[@배건희-k3o]

I really like your arrangement. Please keep playing until I die. 너무 좋아요

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you like it. I promise to keep playing and you must promise not to die for a very long time yet!!

[@PhatTrumpet2]

Love when the melody goes to the left hand. Very well done.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks. I am left handed actually, and occasionally my left hand wants a bit of the spotlight!

[@JohnThomas-pj9vs]

My favourite part too 😊

[@MississippiTruckSpotting]

3:08 Is The Best Part To This Song Because I Just Love The Way You Did Those 32th notes Going up and down so beautiful❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks!

[@bennettlimbaga2908]

Those are 16th notes for future reference

[@MississippiTruckSpotting]

I’m just speechless at this moment 😢😢😢😢😢❤ Man Made Me Cry So Much

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for listening!

[@MississippiTruckSpotting]

@@rupertaustin You Should Teach Me How To Play Like That

[@nataliehatinova7086]

Your arrangements are amazing! Also wanted to thank you, for making sheet notes available, I think lot of musicians appreciate it. Take care and please, never stop making such a good music ~ Thank you ♡

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your kind comment. Great to hear you are enjoying it

[@Sho_Jitsu]

That smooth "My Prince Will Come" lick at 4:06!!

[@rupertaustin]

Hey, that is an interesting thing you spotted there. That little quote was not done consciously, but Some Day My Prince Will Come is a song I worked on a lot prior to writing this arrangement, so I guess it was at the back of my mind / fingers.

[@annak1213]

I love your version. Thank you for your arrangement! from 🇰🇷❣️

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@wa7saka]

so nice wow

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks

[@humidifier8914]

Gotta say this is definitely one of my favourites along with green dolphin street, Misty, and over the rainbow. Your cocktail jazz is what makes me love playing piano. Keep up the good work!

[@rupertaustin]

Great to hear you are enjoying this song, and some of the others

[@fantasypiano1909]

I loved it!! I need to play it❤️

[@rupertaustin]

Thank you. Go on, give it a go!

[@cyw225]

So Beautiful ! Which transcends beyond words could describe! God Bless

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your kind comment

[@user-jp7hu3jh4e]

I'm commenting for the algorithm just because I'm speechless

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening

[@luca1521]

I'll buy it, i promise. I love it

[@rupertaustin]

Great, and thanks for listening!

[@shinmintan7359]

A really wonderful arrangement! It was such a pleasant surprise to see this here today since I was one of those who asked if you would consider doing an arrangement on this piece more than a year back. Happy to read that you have grown to really like this piece. Purchased and looking forward to more great music from you!

[@rupertaustin]

I remember a few people requested it, and I'm glad they did as I really enjoyed working on this one. And thanks for the purchase - appreciate it.

[@TheZerocrossings]

Exquisite! Despite being fully charted it feels very improvisational and free. Piano sounds great as well, may I ask how it's recorded?

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for the compliment! I use a Yamaha Avant Grand N1 keyboard linked to Sythogy Ivory II Steinway American Concert D (PC version) sampled piano library. It produces a lovely piano sound.

[@johnforte5005]

That was an awesome beautiful arrangement, Rupert!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening, appreciate it.

[@Firsk]

I just don't know how this song didn't win Best Original Song at the Oscars.

[@philandsueblakemore6255]

Thank you Rupert for another beautiful arrangement.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening

[@irinas1597]

It's magical! So beautiful arrangement! I will definitely learn it. You are so talented Rupert! Thank you very much!

[@rupertaustin]

Thank you for your kind comment. Hope you enjoy working on it

[@CharlesHarrisonMusic]

I continue to ADORE your arrangements Rupert! :)

[@rupertaustin]

Thank you so much Charles

[@ethannimmer267]

I am just mesmerized. The chord progression and voicing is just astonishing. I wish I had this kind of talent

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your kind comment. Really glad you enjoyed it

[@boreumkimlmlm]

Your arrangement touched me as always, I can’t stop listening to your playing as always. Thank you as always.

[@rupertaustin]

You're welcome. Thanks for listening.

[@monikazielke7967]

This is brillant- thank you so much, Rupert, this makes my day much better !!

[@rupertaustin]

Great to hear that

[@anzidebeljak6109]

You are so amazing man. Thank you for making these arrangements

[@rupertaustin]

Really glad you enjoyed it

[@ZyklonBeast12]

Most beautiful rendition ive ever had the pleasure of listening to

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks - glad you enjoyed it!

[@JJLof]

This is amazing.

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks

[@stevede0000]

Great arrangement.

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks for listening!

[@sunnyvictor7828]

Wow the melody being switched to the left hand in measure 75, SO BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT 😍

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you like it. I am left handed actually, and my left hand sometimes gets envious of the right which usually gets to play all the melodies!

[@BarnardoP]

This arrangement is the sheet music you should use if like me you’re a pianist who can read well, but needs a solo transcription and isn’t trained as a chord following jazz musician (Though the chord symbols are here too if you appreciate that!) The whole arrangement is very good, musically accurate both harmonically and texturally; with considered fingering throughout. Well worth learning and ending your google search for this amazing song right here! The audio here is a clear tutorial though it sounds like the basic audio output from the scoring software.. there is much potential for your own performance to be enlivened by musical phrasing, dynamic swing and expression!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your supportive comment!

[@coolliam422]

That was good. A six minutes well spent.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening

[@bajanguy2664]

Mr Austin has some of the spirit of Nat King Cole in his compositions and fingers!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening!

[@anima034]

Thank you for doing this arrangement! I am buying it now! Can you do My Favorite Things next? Keep it up! I love your work!

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you like it John. My Favourite Things is on my to-do list, but I don't get many of these arrangements done each year, so it will take a while until I get to it.

[@JoseFuentes-fn3dl]

Thanks Rupert! Beautiful arrangement as always!

[@JoseFuentes-fn3dl]

This song takes me to when I went to Disney with my parents when I was young. Such a powerful melody. This arrangement stands out. That ending was very nice!

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you mentioned the ending as I used some extra effort figuring out an interesting way to end the piece.

[@davidfryer9359]

Measures 74-99 make me feel like I crashed a cocktail party in heaven and heard something I was not meant to hear--A composition by G-d being played by G-d! It was indeed a sacred experience we all the angels gathered around HIS piano and sang the lyrics. Yes….only I can hear them! I did die and I went to Heaven hearing this song. In fact that’s where I am right now. Thanks for giving my soul flight. If but a moment.

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks for your enthusiastic comment. Glad you enjoyed it so much.

[@cesareideemusicali]

Magnifico! Pura immaginazione :)

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks!

[@alex_squeezebox]

Excellent arrangement, I'm more than happy to pay for the sheet music!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks. Glad you like it!

[@MagnusBaumgartl]

Absolutely gorgeous arrangement! I especially love how sweet that variation at 3:10 works. Great job man!

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks - glad you enjoyed it. I took a look at your channel, and congratulations on your recording of Paul De Schlözer's etude in Ab - fine job. I once read an interview with Stephen Hough who said it was the most difficult piece he had ever learnt. I'm guessing you are familiar with his wonderful CD "The Piano Album" which contains his recording of Paul De Schlözer's etude and many other delightful rarities. If not, then give it a listen.

[@MagnusBaumgartl]

@@rupertaustin thank you! It was pretty challenging but in my opinion there are other pieces much harder than this etude. Of course I know Stephen's album and his recording of the etude. One of my favorite pianists!

[@zinyu18]

Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure imagination Take a look and you'll see Into your imagination We'll begin with a spin Traveling in the world of my creation What we'll see will defy Explanation If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world? There's nothing to it There is no life I know To compare with pure imagination Living there, you'll be free If you truly wish to be

[@kambo317]

Beautiful

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening!

[@mariateresita3852]

Qué lindos arreglos Rupert ❤️❤️❤️

[@rupertaustin]

Gracias por su atención!

[@victornguyen8382]

Wow I've been listening to this masterpiece a lot lately. Nice timing!

[@rupertaustin]

I only recently came to enjoy this song. Apparently it wasn't very popular when first released at the time of the film and other songs from the soundtrack were initially more popular

[@mamaygrimm796]

It’s just so nice and jazzy. Me likey.

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you like it, and thanks for listening!

[@bosnathan]

Damn bro you really popped off with this one

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks. Your comment gave me a smile!

[@realdjwoomy]

The KZbin algorithm brought me here, and I'm not going to lie, this was really good. Great job, Mr.Rupert

[@rupertaustin]

Well I'm glad you were brought here. Thanks for listening

[@nathanielholzgrafe5274]

Measure 29 with no left hand rhythm is TASTY.

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks!

[@ltrizzle12]

Haunting arpeggiotic pedal point “cadenza”, if u will, at the end there. Entirely apropos of the libretto. Fanfkntastic. Utterly. 🤘

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your thoughtful comment. I enjoyed adding that pedal point passage to the end of the piece; it seemed to fit the mood nicely.

[@paulahyland9899]

One of my favourite songs played beautifully. Just discovered you on here as I was searching for bewitched sheet music. Wow, goregous arrangements and chords, you have so inspired me to get practising again. I will be downloading some of your sheets music. Thank you 😊❤️

[@rupertaustin]

Great to hear you enjoyed this so much. Thanks for listening and happy practising!

[@kelvinluk27]

Thank you KZbin & Rupert

[@rupertaustin]

You're welcome!

[@zacharybailey4580]

That... That.. was absolutely phenomenal.

[@rupertaustin]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@aydenburris8631]

"Pure Imagination" No.1 Claude Debussy - 1902

[@jordantate6114]

Are you able to do a version of "Rainbow Connection"? I feel like that song would suit your style very well.

[@rupertaustin]

Nice idea, but I have a very long "to do list". It might sneak in one day...

[@TheDusty1920]

You are world class!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks Dustin

[@psychogaymer314]

This phrase in bar 53 is so typical for your arrangements and i love it!!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening.

[@wa7saka]

bruh those chords......

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening

[@cunite9263]

Nice arrangement by Rupert! Just played along with the score but as an understudy. So in love with those chords and the arpeggios used. Will be downloading my favorites in his site...

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your enthusiastic comment. I hope you get much enjoyment playing some of them.

[@cantareliberamentesingfreely]

Just wonderful !

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening!

[@josephg9465]

Inventive and gorgeous. Well done!

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks for listening!

[@danielchaves9664]

Rupert, I've heard this rendition for the last month, I purchased the score and I'm looking forward to play it. I must say measure 93 is my favorite part: the way those G and A notes are missing, but get complemented by the harmonics of the bass F and G just left me speechless. You are my favorite piano channel on this website, thank you for this

[@rupertaustin]

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment

[@letsgobowling7]

I can't thank u enough, I'm used to read sheets and in jazz there aren't many out there, in love with your work fr 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@rupertaustin]

Great to hear you are finding this useful

[@ysatikv]

Have a good day 😊

[@linchingyung]

Nice arrangement! Purchased and started practicing!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for the purchase - appreciate it!

[@marlonbernales7706]

gud day sir....thank you for uploading these piano sheet.....thank you so much

[@rupertaustin]

Most welcome!

[@MartialdjsHudsonJeanMDH]

I would love to try and walk a line on Bass to this.

[@evan8463]

Please do and upload it if possible! I'd love to hear that. I can also "hear" some soft percussion with it. I'm gonna have to find a drummer in the comments lol

[@MartialdjsHudsonJeanMDH]

​@@evan8463 I guess per your validation, I must make this walk a reality

[@thundersstomtom]

@@evan8463 I'd love to drum to that if its made publicly availible!

[@danielvo-ngoc346]

Absolutely gorgeous! I really loved the impressionist feel of this arrangement - as if Debussy had been to the chocolate factory. LOL

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks! Glad you liked the style I wrote this in.

[@DoctorOviedo]

Exquisite. Intricate. Beautiful.

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for listening!

[@daheechu]

아찐짜좋다 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[@ethanhorspool1808]

Oh my god your arrangements are just getting better and better!

[@rupertaustin]

Hey, thanks Ethan!

[@han_nyat]

I love this so much 😢

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening

[@kienha5087]

Just hit the like and subcribe. Absolutely beatiful sound for beautiful day. Please keep up with amazing transcription

[@rupertaustin]

Many thank, and glad you enjoye dit!

[@davidfryer9359]

Lucky luck boy. This is my absolute favorite out of the hundreds in my library of this song. I kid you not!

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you like it so much!

[@andrewrhowe3840]

Thank you so much Rupert for another excellent arrangement! I'm buying it, even if it may take a lifetime to get to it! If you don't mind sharing, what is your background? Are you in a musical profession? Are you a music professor or teacher? I would love to know more about Rupert Austin.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks Andrew. I'm not in the musical profession, but am a very enthusiastic piano-obsessed amateur. Unfortunately I am a nervous performer and have never enjoyed performing live for even the smallest audience, so KZbin is a comfortable place for me play some piano.

[@NaTa-nk7uc]

you are a great romantic ... as always tender, delicate and ... delicious ...

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks!

[@ConTejasMusic]

Good lord this arrangement is the best one on KZbin! Hats off to you!

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks!

[@chikedonaldibewuike4867]

I'm going to use this for my guitar. Thanks!

[@rupertaustin]

You're welcome!

[@geraldgoodii2839]

Hi Rupert, I just bot Pure Imagination- I’ll be working on it all weekend. Happy New Year- Thank you for your incredible contribution to jazz education. Jerry, Chicago

[@rupertaustin]

Hi Jerry. Glad you are enjoying this. Hope your work on it is going well.

[@사랑퍄노]

와우!!❤

[@eros88keys]

Stunning arrangement of one of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you!

[@rupertaustin]

Wow, thank you!

[@myw022]

As a classical piano major who is now learning jazz piano- I love your arrangements so damn much. How long does it typically take you to do an arrangement, from the beginning of the process to the end?

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your interest. My background and first love is classical repertoire too. I typically play around with a song for a couple of weeks, maybe 1/2 hour or so each day, getting the feel of it and deciding how I will play the head. I will then spend 2 or 3 hours notating (Sibelius) the head. I will then spend a couple of weeks, maybe 1/2 hour each day, doing some improvising over the changes and deciding on any harmonic changes or embellishments. I then spend a couple of evenings making MIDI recordings of some improvisations, which I listen to and decide which bits I like. I then notate those passages and make changes to tidy it all up, and often "compose" some passages to join it all together into something coherent. Some passages are completely "composed" rather than deriving directly from improvisations, for example the section in Pure Imagination where melody switches to LH while RH plays 16th notes.

[@myw022]

@@rupertaustin Thank you so so much for your detailed answer! I'm also very much into improvising (but in semi classical style) and this helped cement the idea that I should utilize improv to compose. Hopefully I'll finally put out a polished product sometime soon! Anyway thanks so much Rupert, your arrangements are gorgeous and your channel is a huge inspiration.

[@jessicawatson891]

oh my god this is officially my favourite arrangement ever

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your kind comment Jessica. Sadly I heard this morning that Leslie Bricusse (one of the two composers of this wonderful song) passed away yesterday, so he is in my thoughts today.

[@jessicawatson891]

@@rupertaustin that is so sad... may he rest in peace

[@juliab9560]

This is sooo beautiful! Absolutely thrilled to learn this ❤️

[@rupertaustin]

Great to hear that!

[@samflory7780]

I played pure imagination a couple years ago and this arrangement is very amazing! Keep up the amazing work

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening. It is a song that I was not very keen on until a few people requested it, and after playing it for I while I really fell for it.

[@wendyjohn8315]

rupert! LOVELY LUSCIOUS arrangement. will purchase it!

[@rupertaustin]

Nice to hear from you again Wendy. Glad you are liking this. And thanks for the purchase - appreciate it!

[@wendyjohn8315]

@@rupertaustin i have the downloads on the piano right now.. oh those dissonant chords of which you are a master. i also got The Christmas Song, also full of wonderful chords. These pieces are going to need a lot of work on my part, but oh so worth !

[@davidfryer9359]

Please tell that talented son of yours, since he is too young to speak to, that I am subscriber 322. This is my absolute favorite arrangement of this song in my library of maybe 100 or more. Teach Easher well, if he is responsive to your tutelage. Thank you for passing along the message to him, in advance. Number 322. I wish him well. And you too.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your kind comment. He was thrilled to hear you are subscriber 322!

[@davidfryer9359]

@@rupertaustin I have learnt that your son’s depth of musical knowledge is astonishing. It’s as if Einstein and Mozart had a little girl… and you married her to make Easher. What a delight it must have been raising such a bright young child. You have done well. Thank you for conveying the message to him. His response was both swift and kind.

[@rupertaustin]

​@@davidfryer9359Funnily enough, my wife has the same birthday as Einstein! I was interested to hear that you had a good explore of Easher's KZbin channel. There is a wide variety of stuff in there; music is like a big playground for him.

[@davidfryer9359]

@@rupertaustin this child is absolutely extraordinary. And he is very kind. This combination will take him far. Has the King acknowledged his talent. I know that’s a dream of every man, woman, and child on planet Earth…to be notice by the King. Easher referred me to BBC Young Composers. I can’t wait to find that. I played some of his compositions to my family. Of course they were enthralled. They were taken aback after I revealed his present age. Einsteins birthday is easy for me to recall. It is the day before my youngest brothers birthday and the Ides of March, March 15. Einstein and your wife birthday is on the 14 of March. Coincidence? Destiny? Have you done an arrangement on “ Waters of March”? I should hope you might consider a bossa nova. I do love that genre. I like jazz, as well. Where ever did the name Easher originate. I am absolutely taken by it. Is it pronounced Asher, or Eeshur. I certainly wouldn’t want to mispronounce it.

[@rupertaustin]

@@davidfryer9359 I have done an arrangement of only one latin piece. I must do some more as I like that style. You can hear it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5WyaKxsepiCf9U Easher's name (Eeshur) originates from my wife's family and is of Indian origin

[@ninjaassassin27]

This is like hearing Tatum play again. No hesitation, ideas flowing, everything beautifully crafted.

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for listening.

[@Opocai]

This remembers me the unfindable magic kaito 1412's piano soundtracks

[@grahamshakeshaft2373]

Hi Rupert. A fantastic arrangement! What make of piano do you use?

[@Oleg__]

Rupert uses Yamaha AvantGrand N1 as his MIDI controller. And for the sound he uses VSTi Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D.

[@grahamshakeshaft2373]

@@Oleg__ Many thanks.

[@metgirl5429]

Glorious ♥️

[@rupertaustin]

Many thanks!

[@lucas88dejaneiro]

If i want to play this on alto sax, should I just move everything up 1and a half tones? For exemple, the first two notes with the right hand would be d# and f#?

[@rupertaustin]

I think alto sax is in Eb, so the written pitches should all be moved down a minor 3rd (3 semitones). So you should begin with A, C, G...

[@kaievans2607]

This is amazing, i am currently learning this as I adore how this sounds. With my sight reading skills this should not be too bad. Thank You!

[@rupertaustin]

Thanks for your comment. Good to hear you are enjoying it.

[@asteverino8569]

So cool. Sorry, I don’t read music. But sweet to watch and listen 👂🏻

[@rupertaustin]

Glad you like it!