Saturday, September 23, 2023

How to Create Spooky Halloween Music Piano Lab Activity

 How To Create Spooky Halloween Piano Music Level 1 from Rebeccaspianokeys

Watch the elementary tutorial about how to use spooky intervals (minor, tritone) to create spooky music.
Pause as needed to try creating your own spooky music on the keyboard.
1- Left Hand:  C minor Add 2 Broken Chord
2 - Right Hand: Minor 3rd, Minor 6th, Tritone Major 7th
3- Alternate Hands
4- Ending: Alternate C Minor Add 2 Chords Bass Drop
5- Optional: Add Damper Pedal

How to Create Spooky Halloween Piano Music Level 2Rebeccaspianokeys

Intermediate/Advanced Tutorial for Hands Together Spooky Improv
1- Left Hand C Minor Triad, B Minor Triad
2- Alberti Bass
3- Melody C Harmonic Minor Scale Notes, Replace F with F#.
4- Melodic Elements (Rocking Intervals, Harmonic Intervals, Breathe (Rests/Pauses)
5- Ending  Chromatic Scale


More Tips for adding expression to spooky music of any level.
1- Dynamics - crescendos/decrescendos,  accents, sudden changes (terraced dynamics)
2- Tempo - gradually increase (accelerando)
3- Pitch - use a variety high pitch tinkle, low bass rumble, wide gap, hand crossovers
4- Voices - choose different sound effects of voices on a digital piano (organ, electric piano, etc.)
5- Articulation - vary with slow legato or  quick staccato organ 

Try adding a Tritone?




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