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Author Archives: Rosa Conrad
Allegro
Now that I have recorded all of my Delightfully Easy Duets with the unstoppable Rei Kozaki, I have been meaning to feature a different duet each week. So here is Allegro, duet 1 from book 1. It has an upbeat, … Continue reading
Mixing it Up: Two Tunes in One
Happy New Year everyone! I thought I’d kick off 2016 with two tunes: a really old tune and a brand new one that fit together perfectly. I’m lucky enough to attend a folk music workshop with Laurel Swift one evening … Continue reading
Posted in Ensemble, Fun, music teaching, sheet music, violin
Tagged Buttered Peas, Buttered Scones, duet, ensemble, folk tune, Fun, group music teaching, Laurel Swift, simple
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Workshop Day! Using Harmony Right fom the Start
The infinite benefits of Um Cha and Um Cha Cha A few Sundays ago I attended the event, Casio workshop for Piano Teachers in Waterloo. It was great to share some of my teaching ideas and techniques with the group … Continue reading
Casio Workshop for Piano Teachers
Come and see me and get in for cheap! Since Launching Fun, Games and Party pieces I have been really pleased with how versatile it has proved to be in my own teaching. I added chord diagrams to each tune … Continue reading
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
I recently realised that ‘He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands’ would make a wonderful two-chord song for beginners and wondered why I hadn’t thought of it before. It was a song we sang at school right at the … Continue reading
Posted in charts, guitar, piano, singing, ukulele
Tagged children's band, easy song, group music teaching, whole world
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Mairi’s Wedding
Mairi’s Wedding is a gorgeous folk song that is a real delight to sing and play. I chose it as one of the numbers that everyone would play together in my most recent Big Fat Music Party because of its … Continue reading
Posted in charts, guitar, music teaching, piano, sheet music, singing, theory, ukulele, violin
Tagged Big Fat Music Party, easy song, folk song, group music teaching, Mairi's Wedding
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Pick a Bale of Cotton
The group tunes for this term’s Big Fat Music Party were all tunes recently rediscovered from my past. ‘Pick a Bale of Cotton’, a work song from the deep south made famous by Leadbelly, is a great one that I … Continue reading
End of term = Big Fat Music Party!
I held my 7th Big Fat Music Party the other week. These are my concerts that don’t feel so much like a concerts. I want to get away from the feelings of dread which seemed inseparable from performing to other … Continue reading
Posted in guitar, music teaching, singing, ukulele, violin
Tagged Big Fat Music Party, easy songs, fun music concert, music teaching
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Percussive Piano Tunes
Knocking and Clapping in ‘Popcorn’ and ‘Short Legged Benjy’ There are two tunes in ‘Fun, Games and Party Pieces for Beginner Piano‘ with a percussive element where the pupils get to create a rhythm by a combination of knocking on … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Games and Party Pieces Beginner, music teaching, piano, ukulele
Tagged beginner piano music, clap, Fun, Games and Party Pieces, kids, knock, piano, Rosa Conrad, ukulele
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Chinatown
For everyone who uses my book, ‘Fun, Games and Party Pieces for beginner piano‘, here is an extra tune which fits perfectly with the third tune in the book, ‘Chinatown’. Download the PDF ‘Chinatown’ is proving popular with my pupils, … Continue reading
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