Amazing Grace for Viola and Piano

Posted on August 2, 2023 by miriamtroxler

An elegant new duet arrangement of Amazing Grace is now available. It is suitable for church or recital performance. The viola and the piano both have melodic sections. The viola part requires some shifting but doesn’t go higher than third position. The sheet music is available as a digital download. If you would like to hear it, listen to the cello version video on YouTube.

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Sound Explorers 8/2 Starting Buffalo Gals and D Flat Major

Posted on August 2, 2023 by miriamtroxler

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 Scale. If you missed it, catch up with the video.

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Amazing Grace for Violin and Piano

Posted on August 2, 2023 by miriamtroxler

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 music is available as a digital download.

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Yankee Doodle Girls

Posted on July 29, 2023 by miriamtroxler

What do the results of three weeks of practice sound like?

For a beginner

Look, it’s memorized!

I learned the whole song.

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Yankee Doodle Piano Solo

Posted on July 26, 2023 by miriamtroxler

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 the piece.

Beginning on F Sharp, this version of Yankee Doodle uses lots of black keys. The first verse can be played with no hands together notes and could stand alone as a solo. The second verse requires hands together. 

Watch and listen to the Yankee Doodle piano solo. Get your own copy and start practicing it today.

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Sound Explorers 7/26

Posted on July 26, 2023 by miriamtroxler

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. If you missed it you can catch up with the video.

Did you hear Yankee Doodle doing the cha-cha?

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Shenandoah Piano Solo

Posted on July 19, 2023 by miriamtroxler

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 played with no hands together notes and could stand alone as a solo. The second verse requires hands together and a change of position in the left hand.

Listen to the solo piano version of Shenandoah on YouTube.

Get your copy of the sheet music and start playing it today.

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Johnny Appleseed Piano Solo

Posted on July 12, 2023 by miriamtroxler

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 be played without hands together notes and could stand alone as a solo. The second verse requires hands together and position changes in both hands. However, it is very straightforward and only requires a sixth in the right hand.

Listen to Johnny Appleseed here. Get your sheet music copy and play it today.

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Sound Explorers 7/12

Posted on July 12, 2023 by miriamtroxler

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 section of Yankee Doodle (starting on F Sharp.) If you missed it you can catch up with the video.

Did you hear Yankee Doodle on the train?

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Left Hand Yankee Doodle

Posted on July 5, 2023 by miriamtroxler
Look, one hand!

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.

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