Time for some spooky fun with Hoffman Academy! Make playing haunting tunes on the piano part of your Halloween celebration with our video tutorials and collection of creepy classical sheet music. You can also practice music theory concepts with our downloadable Halloween-themed worksheets and games.
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Video Tutorials of Piano Songs for Halloween
From spooky TV and movie themes to creepy classical favorites, we have a collection of Halloween-themed video tutorials to choose from. Many of these tutorials have been featured in Hoffman Academy’s annual Halloween Piano Costume Contest! These video tutorials will have you making spooky music at the piano faster than you can say “trick-or-treat!”
In the Hall of the Mountain King
This well-known classical piece tells the story of a visit to an underground kingdom of trolls, gnomes and goblins. It’s easily recognized as it’s often used to lend a creepy vibe to movies and television shows.
Watch the Late Elementary Level Piano Tutorial
Watch the Early Intermediate Level Piano Tutorial
Hedwig’s Theme
This beautiful, haunting theme by John Williams sets the perfect tone for the whimsically dark world of the Harry Potter series. It’s a perfect addition to your spooky repertoire. After all, what’s more Halloween than witches, wizards, and going to school in a haunted castle?
Stranger Things
Get ready to practice your spooky improvisation skills with the theme song to the hit Netflix series, “Stranger Things.” Hoffman Academy teacher Alex Isackson will show you how to play the accompaniment that creates the foundation for the theme, then get you started on improvising your own creepy melodies.
Gravity Falls
Fans of this weird and wacky cartoon series will enjoy learning how to play the exciting theme song for “Gravity Falls.” You can also get the sheet music that goes along with the video tutorials from Sheet music Direct. Choose the sheet music for the Elementary or Early Intermediate version.
The Addams Family
Creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, the Addams Family has been haunting television and movie theater screens for generations. Watch the tutorial and get the sheet music here to add this unforgettable theme to your repertoire.
Toccata in D Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach’s iconic masterpiece, the Toccata in D minor, may be one of his most famous pieces. Since the early days of silent film, this piece has been used to bring a dark and spooky atmosphere to the scene. This piece sounds great on the piano, but even better on the organ, so if you have an electric piano or keyboard try playing it with the organ setting for even more spooky fun. You can also download the elementary or intermediate level sheet music from the Hoffman Academy store.
Watch the Intermediate Level Piano Tutorial
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
This famous piece by Paul Dukas is featured in Disney’s 1940 classic, “Fantasia.” Get ready to enjoy this hilarious and frightening tale of magic gone out of control.
Halloween piano sheet music downloads
With 15 different spooky classical pieces to choose from, Hoffman Academy has your Halloween covered! Choose the piano level that’s right for you and have fun setting a Halloween mood with these creepy classics.
- Funeral March by Frederic Chopin – elementary level
- Toccata in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach – choose elementary or intermediate level
- Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns – late elementary level
- Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod – late elementary level
- Rumpelstiltskin’s Dance by Mary Wurm – late elementary level
- The Bear by Vladimir Rebikov – late elementary level
- In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg – choose late elementary or early intermediate level
- Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven – choose late elementary, early intermediate, or advanced (original composition) level.
- Dance of the Gnomes, Op. 20, No. 4 by Géza Horváth – early intermediate level
- Dancing Gnome by Vladimir Rebikov – early intermediate level
- The Witches’ Sabbath by Hector Berlioz – early intermediate level
- Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky – early intermediate level
- Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 by Mozart – choose early intermediate or late intermediate level
- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas – choose early intermediate or intermediate level
- Mars (from The Planets) by Gustav Holst – intermediate level
Halloween-themed music theory learning resources
Practice note names on the staff and keyboard with Candy Corn Matching Cards, learn your key signatures with Matching Witch Hats, and brush up on your rhythm skills with the Pumpkin Rhythm Game. We also have a colorful Halloween Music Theory Worksheets Packet (18 pages) graded for different levels and filled with colorful music learning fun. These downloads are free for Hoffman Academy Premium members, or can be purchased separately for a small fee.
Happy Halloween and happy practicing!