PPP202: Let’s Talk About Lead Sheets

PPP202: Let’s Talk About Lead Sheets

Summer time is one of my favorite times with students. I still get to see them regularly but our schedule is much more relaxed. We're not aiming for a challenging goal like spring recital or piano festivals and auditions so we can slow down and just enjoy playing the piano. Summer is when students have a little more time to play the music THEY want to play. With the current pandemic, your piano kid may have a little more time on their hands and they may not have been able to see their piano teacher as much as you would like.…
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PPP142: Intervals – Going beyond EGBDF

PPP142: Intervals – Going beyond EGBDF

Today let’s talk about intervals. As with any musical topic, we could make this discussion very in depth and complicated. It seems like there is a never ending well of information we can learn with music theory. Today we are going to stay with the basic foundation of intervals; things your second or third year student will be learning. Hey! I just used some intervallic terms when I described the students. I mentioned second or third year students and this offers a reference point for the knowledge of those students. Intervals in music do the same thing; they offer a…
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