Welcome to Tennessee

Posted on December 6, 2024 by miriamtroxler

This rest stop had displays of crafts and a history corner in a log cabin structure with information readily available. Then watch out for the gnomes!

Video tour of one of the gnome gardens.

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Open String Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Posted on December 2, 2024 by miriamtroxler

Open String Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer lets a novice string student play duets and enjoy the holiday season. Available for two violin, two viola, or two cello players. The first part uses only open strings. The second part has the melody. It can be combined with the other duet parts.

It is another popular title like Open String Christmas, Open String Christmas Volume 2 and Open String Chanukah. It is available as a digital download so you can play it right away.

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Musical Monsters and American Jam

Posted on December 1, 2024 by miriamtroxler

Special Classes this year are Musical Monsters and American Jam. The 30-minute online classes will take place on Saturday mornings, January 11, 18, 25 and February 1, 8, and 15. The classes will be recorded if you have to catch up at a different time.

Musical Monsters (10:00 AM) is a basic theory and composition class.

American Jam (10:30 AM) is a play along class (no music reading needed). 

Each class is $90. Sign up by January 1st for the class rate of $55 per family for each class.

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Silvermont Park, Brevard, NC

Posted on November 29, 2024 by miriamtroxler
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Is That a Moo?

Posted on November 27, 2024 by miriamtroxler

Sheet music is available for the song that came from the children’s book Is That a Moo?

The piano solo’s lyrics match the book. You can hear the song in this video.

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Sound Explorers play multiple strings

Posted on November 27, 2024 by miriamtroxler

Here’s a link for this morning’s class. We explored double stops, triple stops and quad-stops.

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Blue Ridge Fiddle Camp

Posted on November 22, 2024 by miriamtroxler
with Darol Angor
with Scott Tixler
Scott Tixler, Megan McCormick, Jamey Haddad, Casey Driessen, Darol Anger, Tatiana Hargreaves and campers
Casey Driessen directing all camp rehearsal
with Zachary Brown
Scott Tixler, Casey Driessen, Zachary Brown
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Brevard Music Center

Posted on November 15, 2024 by miriamtroxler
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B Major and G Sharp Minor Reference Videos

Posted on November 13, 2024 by miriamtroxler

The new game
2, 5, 1 practice C#-7, F#7, Bmaj7

For Piano – 5 Finger Warm-Ups
B Major Pattern
B Major Arpeggio
B Major Waves
B Major Scale
G Sharp Minor Pattern
G Sharp Minor Arpeggio
G Sharp Minor Waves
G Sharp Minor Scale

For Piano – One Octave Scales
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural
G Sharp Minor Harmonic
G Sharp Minor Melodic

For Piano – Two Octave Scales
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural
G Sharp Minor Harmonic
G Sharp Minor Melodic

For Violin – One Octave Scales and Arpeggios
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural
G Sharp Minor Harmonic
G Sharp Minor Melodic

For Violin – Two Octave Scales and Arpeggios
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural
G Sharp Minor Harmonic
G Sharp Minor Melodic

For Viola – One Octave Scales and Arpeggios
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural
G Sharp Minor Harmonic
G Sharp Minor Melodic

For Viola – Two Octave Scales and Arpeggios
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural
G Sharp Minor Harmonic
G Sharp Minor Melodic

For Cello – One Octave Scales and Arpeggios
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural
G Sharp Minor Harmonic
G Sharp Minor Melodic

For Cello – Two Octave Scales and Arpeggios
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural
G Sharp Minor Harmonic
G Sharp Minor Melodic

For Cello – Three Octave Scale, First Hour Fingering
B Major

For Guitar – One Octave Scales
B Major
G Sharp Minor Natural

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English Chapel, Pisgah National Forest, NC

Posted on November 8, 2024 by miriamtroxler

The chapel is on a trail near the visitor center of the forest. It began as a wooden church. Here’s more information about the church’s history.

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