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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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Sound Explorers 8/2 Starting Buffalo Gals and D Flat Major
Today we began working on the D Flat Major Scale. We also started to learn Buffalo Gals in by ear. Fingerings for violin, viola, cello and piano were demonstrated to make it was easy to learn the D Flat Major … Continue reading
Posted in cello, music, piano, sound explorers, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged 5 flats, A Year of Folk Tunes, cello, D Flat Major, piano, viola, violin
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Amazing Grace for Violin and Piano
An elegant new duet arrangement of Amazing Grace is now available. It is suitable for church or recital performance. The violin and the piano both have melodic sections. The violin part could be played entirely in first position. The sheet … Continue reading
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Tagged amazing grace, piano, sheet music, violin
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Yankee Doodle Girls
What do the results of three weeks of practice sound like? For a beginner Look, it’s memorized! I learned the whole song.
Posted in piano, piano solo
Tagged A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, photo, piano, video recital
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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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