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miriamtroxler
Miriam Troxler resides in Beaver, Pa, where she runs a private music studio. After graduation from Chatham University, she toured in Europe with the Continental Singers Orchestra as principal cellist. A long time member of Greenville Symphony Orchestra, she is also the founder and musical director of CelloBrationS. Miriam enjoys composing and arranging with several published pieces to date.
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Yankee Doodle Piano Solo
The sheet music for Yankee Doodle is now available as a digital download. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download version has F Sharp Major warm-ups and preparatory studies to make it easier to learn … Continue reading
Posted in music, piano, piano solo, sheet music, sheetmusic, teaching
Tagged 6 sharps key signature, folk tunes, keyboard, piano, sheet music, Yankee Doodle
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Sound Explorers 7/26
This morning we worked on the D Sharp harmonic minor scale, F Sharp Major Scale and G Flat Major Scale. We reviewed last week’s learn by ear harmony part for Yankee Doodle and played Yankee Doodle in F Sharp Major. … Continue reading
Posted in cello, music, piano, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged A Year of Folk Tunes, cello, D Sharp Harmonic Minor, F Sharp Major, G Flat Major, piano, viola, violin
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Shenandoah Piano Solo
Shenandoah is now available as a digital download. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download version has B Major warm-ups and preparatory studies to make it easier to learn the piece. The first verse can be … Continue reading
Posted in digital sheet music, music, piano, piano solo, sheet music, sheetmusic
Tagged 5 sharps key signature, B Major, folk tune, keyboard, piano, sheet music
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Johnny Appleseed Piano Solo
Johnny Appleseed is now available as a digital download. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download version has E Major warm-ups and preparatory studies to make it easier to learn the piece. The first verse can … Continue reading
Posted in digital sheet music, piano, piano solo, sheet music, sheetmusic
Tagged 4 sharp key signature, E Major, keyboard, piano, sheet music
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Sound Explorers 7/12
This morning we worked on the F Sharp Major Scale and arpeggio. It is the scale of the month for A Year of Folk Tunes. We also did some learn by ear musical fragments. Then we worked on the next … Continue reading
Posted in cello, piano, viola, violin
Tagged 5 Sharps, music education, sound explorers
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Left Hand Yankee Doodle
Yes, there are reasons to focus on one hand playing. Here’s an example of Yankee Doodle from A Year of Folk Tunes for piano. Watch the example of alternative fingerings for the same tune I showed in Sound Explorers.
Posted in piano, piano solo, Uncategorized
Tagged folk tunes, one hand, piano lessons
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Summer Sound Explorers Party Like it’s 1776
This morning we worked on the F Sharp Major Scale. It is the scale of the month for A Year of Folk Tunes. Then we worked on the opening of Yankee Doodle (starting on F Sharp.) If you missed it … Continue reading
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Summer Sound Explorers 6/28
Play along with the video for extra practice in half position and the key of B. This morning we worked on arpeggios, Shenandoah and Catch Me if You Can.
Catch You Later, Playing Music with 5 sharps!
F Sharp, C Sharp, G Sharp, D Sharp, A Sharp …. B is still natural, and E is natural. In A Year of Folk Tunes, June’s key of the month is B Major and G Sharp Minor. It’s not a key … Continue reading
Posted in cello, music, piano, sheet music, string trio, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged B Major, cello, G Sharp Minor, piano, sheet music, viola, violin
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Summer Sound Explorers 6/21
Summer Sound Explorers is Wednesday morning at 7:30. If you slept in and missed it, catch up with the video. We worked on B Major Scale and Shenandoah.
Miriam Troxler 