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Saturday, July 27, 2024
Piano Pronto 5 Violin Concerto and 32nd Notes/
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Piano Pronto 5: Mexican Folk Medley and Latin Music
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Piano Pronto 5: Waltz by Brahms and A Flat Major
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Piano Pronto 5: Battle Hymn of the Republic and LH Stride
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Piano Pronto 5: Autumn Theme and Voicing Thirds
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Monday, July 15, 2024
Piano Pronto 5: Victory Theme and E Flat Major
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Piano Chords and Patterns Group Lesson
Can you spot the pattern?
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Bastian Lit 1 Waltz by Kabalevsky
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Technique and Artistry
Bastian Lit 1: The Lonely Traveler
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Bastian Lit 1: A Winter Tale by Bartok
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Bastian Lit 1: March by Shostakovich and Direct Modulation
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Bastian Lit 1: A Little Song and Cantabile
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Bastian Lit 1: Quick March by Kabalevsky and Energico
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Watch Quick March by Kabalevsky (practice speed). Notice how the small intervals in this piece are played with a closed hand with quick hand shifts to adjust alignment. Playing with a flexible wrist helps to control tone and eliminate tension.
Bastian Lit 1: Dance by Kabalevsky and Modern Era
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Bastian Lit 1: Minuet in F and Cadences
This post includes lesson plans and activities that correlate with Minuet in F K2 by Mozart in Bastian Lit Vol 1.
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Watch out for the "raspberry" triplet and tap the rhythm as you listen to Minuet in F K2 by Mozart. Think "down and up, lift" for the repeating rhythmic motif as you practice this piece.
Watch this short film called Minuet. Can you tell which musical excerpt is a minuet?
Theory
Cadences in music are usually the two chords at the end of a phrase.You can compare them to punctuation marks in sentences.
Half Cadences
Some phrases leave you feeling like the song isn't finished. What comes next?![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8XvFiFXN1TjWRHTE75SfL3B-r7vWNQYlmJK1P6bw0Uvo6JuQxLUqLwk9UdbM5_WPSe5p03TcjmWAUS82IeWLXfGHqnDAPybgaUn07Y6MQkLfvhiw6zKyt2aHof_JhhCO6-Psq2Y4JZNOYqdWzFYSTcOSmWmVSZ9Q6YETvYTTlGYLOvM4wFRAhaT72X84/s320/Authentic%20V-I%20(3).png)
Perfect Cadence
Watch the end of the video to learn about different types of cadences found in this Mozart minuet and mark the chord symbols and cadences in your music. (Start at 6:25).