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Decision Almost Made
In my previous blog post I gave two duets from the forthcoming book two of ‘Rosamund Conrad’s Delightfully Easy Piano Duets′ as free downloads, and asked people to try them out and tell me which duet they think should stay, … Continue reading
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Tagged Easy Piano Duets, free download, piano duet, sheet music
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Which duet should go? Please help!
Book two of my ‘Delightfully Easy Piano Duets’ is due to be printed next month. The book is shaping up nicely. Now I’m faced with a decision. I have one duet too many, and one has to go. The trouble … Continue reading
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Tagged Easy Piano Duets, free download, piano, piano teaching, sheet music
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Hit the Road Jack
My previous blog was all about songs which have one short chord progression repeated throughout the entire song. But I’ve just realised I missed a real gem: Hit the Road Jack! It’s a joy to teach and jam through. Here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged cannet chaos, chord progression, chords, download chord chart, hit the road jack, music teaching, percy mayfield, piano, ray charles, song, ukulele
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‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’/’Marry You’ Ukulele Mash Up!
Downloadable charts (lyrics with chords) – Don’t Worry Be Happy Marry you in C Marry you in F The top two charts include chord diagrams for the soprano ukulele, but any instrument will work. Playing Around with Cyclical Chord Progessions … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby McPherin, Bruno Mars, chords, three chord song, Tricity Vogue, ukulele, ukulele teaching
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Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
The Frozen phenomenon continues unabated. The other evening my husband and I were treated to the sounds of a drunken teenage garden party wafting though our kitchen window, the climax being when they all started singing ‘Let it Go’ at … Continue reading
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Tagged chords, Do you wanna build a snowman?, frozen, let it go, music teaching
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As I Went Down in the River to Pray
I arranged a two-part version of the old spiritual, ‘As I Went Down in the River to Pray’ a while ago for a brother-sister duo to whom I teach baritone ukulele, piano and singing. We had to work out a … Continue reading
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Tagged brother-sister duo, close harmony, close harmony singing, spiritual, two-part harmony
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Dulwich Piano Festival
Set piece for the 2014 duet class: Andante con Moto, IV from Rosamund Conrad’s Delightfully Easy Piano Duets: book 1 I’ve realised you can’t create something and expect people to care about it without getting out into the big wide … Continue reading
Let it Go
I wonder how many more music teachers have noticed the ‘Let it Go’ from Frozen phenomenon? Having had the song mentioned to me by a couple of students, I looked it up on youtube, saw a cartoon character with an … Continue reading
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Tagged chords, easy key, frozen, let it go, music teaching
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American Pie
A while ago I was singing the beautiful round, ‘By the Waters of Babylon’ with a group of pupils. On listening to the recording by Don MacLean, I advised the young teenager to listen to his two most famous songs, … Continue reading
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By the Waters of Babylon
I was just researching the round, ‘By the Waters of Babylon’ as I mentioned it in another blog, and I found the original music, written in 1786 possibly or possibly not by Philip Hayes. It has crunchier harmonies than Don … Continue reading
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