Easy Nutcracker Piano Songbooks

Dive into the enchanting world of Tchaikovsky's timeless masterpiece with our captivating Nutcracker songbooks! These collections feature arrangements by Jennifer Eklund and are ideal for late beginners and early intermediates of all ages.

Easy Nutcracker Piano Songbooks

Music from “The Nutcracker” is always popular and offers a nice reprieve from the same old holiday tunes we hear year-in and year-out. But it’s difficult to find easy piano arrangements that are both full-sounding and hand-friendly. The following three books should fill all the needs of your studio for easy Nutcracker solos!


First Nutcracker Solos (Late Beginners)

NOTE: This book is available exclusively through Musicnotes.com. It is a hybrid of selections from my multi-level songbook Level Up! The Nutcracker Edition.

The following nine pieces are included in the First Nutcracker Solos songbook. These are all available as separate singles, but you get the most value by purchasing the whole collection. All of these arrangements are appropriate for late beginners!

  1. Overture
  2. March of the Toys
  3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
  4. Russian Dance
  5. Arabian Dance
  6. Chinese Dance
  7. Dance of the Reed Flutes
  8. Waltz of the Flowers
  9. Pas de deux

Easy Nutcracker Solos (Late Beginners)

If you’re looking for arrangements that are slightly more difficult than the pieces in First Nutracker Solos, this book will be a great fit!

NOTE: This book is available through both Musicnotes.com and PianoPronto.com.

  1. Overture
  2. March of the Toys
  3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
  4. Russian Dance
  5. Arabian Dance
  6. Chinese Dance
  7. Dance of the Reed Flutes
  8. Waltz of the Flowers
  9. Pas de deux

Hear the music:


Level Up!: The Nutcracker Edition (Late Beginners & up)

If you’re looking for an awesome Nutcracker book that students can “grow” with over a few years time I would suggest this multi-level book! Each piece is presented in three different versions. Often times, motivated students will push themselves to “level-up” to the next version, especially during the holiday season when many students are highly-motivated to play familiar favorites.

NOTE: This book is available exclusively through PianoPronto.com.

  1. Overture (available as a single)
  2. March of the Toys (available as a single)
  3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
  4. Russian Dance
  5. Arabian Dance
  6. Chinese Dance
  7. Dance of the Reed Flutes
  8. Waltz of the Flowers (available as a single)
  9. Pas de deux (available as a single)

Sample pages of the 3 versions of the “Overture”:

VERSION 1:

VERSION 2:

VERSION 3:

Hear the music:


🤔 Looking for Nutcracker sheet music for intermediates & up? We’ve got you covered!


Jennifer Eklund
Written by Jennifer Eklund
Jennifer Eklund holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in music from California State University, Long Beach. She is an avid arranger, composer, and author of the Piano Pronto® method books series as well as a wide variety of supplemental songbooks. She is also a Signature Artist with Musicnotes.com with a large catalog of popular music titles for musicians of all levels.

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