A contemporary composition focusing on lyrical expression and simple melodic development. It provides an accessible entry point for students working on tone production and musical phrasing.
Develop a warm, singing tone while maintaining smooth transitions between chords.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Believe In Peace is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Believe In Peace lasts about 4 minutes.
Believe In Peace is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Body Waves by Rob Saman, Call of the Countryside by Rob Saman, Bohemian Melody by William Vincent Wallace — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.