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Bridal March (Wagner) Sheet Music to download. Arranged for easy piano

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A timeless wedding favourite loved around the world, Bridal March by Richard Wagner is a beautiful, romantic and elegant piece to play. This specially arranged and simplified version makes it accessible for beginner pianists, while still capturing the charm of the original.

Perfect for students, teachers, or anyone starting their piano journey, this edition is designed to be both enjoyable and achievable.

What’s included in your instant download:

Easy piano sheet music (PDF format)
MP3 audio guide recording of the piano part
High-quality files suitable for printing or digital use

Why you’ll love it:

Simplified arrangement ideal for beginners
Helps build confidence and musicality
Audio guide supports learning and practice

Skill level:
Beginner – intermediate
Suitable for children, adult beginners, and piano teachers

Digital download details:

Instant download – no waiting
No physical item will be shipped

Start playing this beautiful and uplifting classical piece today—perfect for practice, performance, or simply enjoying at the piano.

Available to download from Payhip here:

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Bridal March Wagner Easy PianoDownload
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MixPre-3 Screen Problems

My Sound Devices MixPre-3 screen has developed blotches and may need an expensive replacement — not what I would expect from a premium, high-priced product.

The recorder itself is well respected, and for good reason: excellent sound quality, strong analogue limiters, and solid overall performance. However, I’ve always found the menu system rather fiddly, and setting up simple tasks can feel more complicated than it should be. That may just be my ageing brain talking, but it has never felt especially intuitive to me.

The headphone volume control, which also doubles as the input gain adjustment, is particularly frustrating to use. The power switch is similarly awkward.

I’m now looking forward to trying the new Tascam DR-40XP when it arrives in the UK — I already have one on order. With 32-bit float recording now available, the appeal of the MixPre-3’s analogue limiters begins to fade.

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An alternative approach to hearing aids – put the microphone where the sound is…

I put my old little Tascam DR-05 audio recorder to a new use this afternoon.

My dad has quite advanced Alzheimer’s, along with significant hearing loss. Without hearing aids, it’s almost impossible to have a proper conversation — we’re mostly relying on facial expressions and raised voices.

The challenge with hearing aids, despite the claims and high prices from providers like Specsavers, is that they tend to amplify everything in the environment. That often means more background noise, more confusion, and more frustration rather than clarity.

So today I tried something different. I put a pair of comfortable over-ear headphones on Dad, adjusted the headphone and microphone levels on the Tascam, and spoke directly into the microphones. The result was surprisingly good — a clear, focused amplification of my voice. For the first time in a while, we were able to have a proper natter.

It also opens up other possibilities. I can record him, or load the Tascam with music and sounds he enjoys — maybe even some of his organ recitals from years gone by.

For him — and I suspect for many others — over-ear headphones feel far more comfortable and less intrusive than traditional hearing aids. And it’s flexible too: the microphones could be placed near the TV, or even by an open window so he can listen to birdsong.

Browse Tascam DR-05 on Amazon

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Pachelbel’s Canon Piano Solo Royalty Free Recording

Royalty Production Music Recording of variations of Pachelbel’s Famous Canon in D major played on solo piano. Beautiful melody and cyclical harmonic progressions make this piece so relaxing and enjoyable to listen to.

FREE sheet music below. You can purchase the sheet music here (Etsy)

Audio Recording Available to download here

Pachelbels Canon Piano Variations Copyright Sounds Visual Music LtdDownload
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O Holy Night (Sheet Music: Beginner’s Piano Version, plus recording )

A very stripped back arranagement of the beautiful Christmas Carol ‘O Holy Night’ for piano.

O Holy Night Beginner piano with wordsDownload

A beginner’s piano arranagement of the beautiful hymn – “O Holy Night” – celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. (Cantique de Noël) Often performed as a Christmas carol. Includes audio piano guide MP3, words and piano score.

You can purchase a copy of the sheet music and audio from Etsy here – for immediate download.

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From Exile to Return – new documentary about the life of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia

I travelled to Belgrade in Serbia to attend the screening of Director Lazar Vuković’s (Wolf Entertainment) new documentary about the incredible life of Crown Prince Alexander.

I composed the music for this documentary, including arranging the beautiful and haunting Tamo Daleko song for piano and viola, which opens the film.

Tamo Daleko by Dorde Marinkovic arranged by Jonathan Slatter
Crown Prince Alexander
From Exile to Return Documentary Film
Crown Prince Allexander Princess Katherine at the Royal Palace Belgrade November 2025 with composer Jonathan Slatter (1)Download

I also had the unexpected pleasure of meeting the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Katherine at the Royal Palace, before heading to the Yugoslav Film Archive with them to see the finished film, beautifully Directed by Lazar Vukovic.

Belgrade itself is a brilliant, surprising place. I probably spent far too much time recording trams, trains and general street noise, and not nearly enough time doing “proper” sightseeing. Turns out I’m still happiest standing on a street corner pointing a microphone or camera at whatever rattles past…

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Importing multifile WAV files from Sound Devices into Reaper – creating a stereo track to edit

If you are importing a mutifile WAV file into Reaper from something like a Sound Devices MixPre-3 recorder you might end up with in my case here, my four channels of audio contained within 1 item.

Item with 4 channels

In this example I only need to work with channels 3 & 4 in stereo, and to make it easy to edit I want them combined together as one item on one track.

To do this I’m going to select my 4 channel item, right click and look for:
ITEM PROCESSING / EXPLODE MULTICHANNEL AUDIO….

This will create a folder track and 4 separate child tracks – one for each channel.

I don’t need the folder track structure, so at the bottom of the folder track itself there is a ‘cross’ – click it to remove the folder structure.

Then delete the folder track plus the first 2 tracks, leaving 2 tracks with channel 3 & 4 containing the L & R portions of my stereo recording.

To make these into one stereo track, select both items, right click and find ITEM PROCESSING AGAIN and this time look for IMPLODE ITEMS ACROSS TRACKS INTO ITEMS ON ONE TRACK.
IMPORTANT! Both Items are now on top of each so under OPTIONS (Main Menu) select:

OFFSET OVERLAPPING MEDIA ITEMS VERTICALLY

Both items are on one track but as separate ‘lanes’ and both are panned to the centre. So double click on the top channel 3 item and pan it hard left, apply. Then d.click the lower channel 4 item and pan hard right.
We’re now in stereo.
Lastly select the items (d.click the track header) and glue them together. Right click and look for the Glue option.

Done – you now have one stereo item on one track.