Where do mushrooms come from? How do they travel? What do mushrooms sound like?
Exclusively in bass clef, Carl’s Cremini attempts to answer the sonic riddle. An unusual work with the initial statement of the theme in the left hand, Carl’s Cremini uses a g minor tonality and covers two and a half octaves of bass clef reading. The sheet music is available as a digital print.
What am I supposed to practice? The links go to video examples.
2:00 Class
1. put a pencil in your case
2. practice open strings pizzicato
3. practice open strings arco
4. finger practice pattern (0,1,2,2,1,0) on page 7
5. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star first phrase
6. Adrian’s Song page 10
7. Yellow and Green Songs page 12
8. 10 Little Indians page 16
9. write the note names for the Blue Song page 13 and Purple Song page 14
3:15 Class
1. D Major Scale (pg 11 in Violin is Easy)
2. Chatter with the Angels add the new section
3. Skill Sheet 1 #2,4,5
4. Adrian’s Song pg 4 in Novice Book
5. Flop Eared Mule, violin 3 part
6. Flop Eared Mule, violin 1 part to the repeat sign add the new section
7. label all the A’s and B’s in the Bells of Amsterdam on pg 6 in Novice Book
Video of complete Chatter With the Angels
Video of complete Flop Eared Mule violin 1 part
Inspired by a true story, this delightful two-minute musical romp in E minor for piano solo is fun to play and an audience favorite. Is it possible to catch a chipmunk? And then what happens? Get the digital print sheet music of A Chipmunk for Emma.
It’s October! Time for pumpkin walks.
On today’s walk I saw 366 pumpkins. How many have you seen today?
Join the fun. Keep track on the pumpkin calendar or post in the comments.
Valentina’s Waltz is a delightful piano solo in A Major. The right hand melody soars above the left hand accompaniment. Valentina’s Waltz is a great piece to reinforce A Major chords and reading skills. The sheet music is available on demand as a digital print.
Inspired by the digital print publishing Labor of Love publishing contest, I wrote a piano solo for each of my current piano students. I will be publishing a series of posts about the new pieces.
As an overview, this is a list of the new music written between August 26th and September 14th.
in C Position
thumbs around middle C
C Major
G Major
G Minor
E Minor
F Major
D Major
A Major
Do you want to know what each piece sounds like? A musical sample is available on sheetmusicplus. Just follow the link with each title.
What am I supposed to practice? The links go to video examples.
2:00 Class
1. review parts of the violin and bow page 3
2. practice open strings pizzicato
3. practice open strings arco
4. finger practice pattern on page 6
5. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star first phrase
6. Adrian’s Song page 10
7. Red and Orange Songs page 11
8. write the note names for the Yellow and Green Songs page 12
3:15 Class
1. D Major Scale (pg 11 in Violin is Easy)
3. Skill Sheet 1 #1,2,3,4,5
4. Adrian’s Song pg 4 in Novice Book
5. Flop Eared Mule, violin 3 part
6. Flop Eared Mule, violin 1 part to the repeat sign
7. label all the A’s and B’s in the Bells of Amsterdam on pg 6 in Novice Book
Video of complete Chatter With the Angels
Video of complete Flop Eared Mule violin 1 part
Look for Miriam in the cello section at WaterFire.
What am I supposed to practice? The links go to video examples.
2:00 Class
1. review parts of the violin and bow page 3
2. label parts of violin and bow page 9
3. practice open strings pizzicato
4. practice open strings arco
5. finger practice pattern on page 6
6. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star first phrase
7. Adrian’s Song page 10
8. Red and Orange Songs page 11
3:15 Class
1. D Major Scale (pg 11 in Violin is Easy)
3. Skill Sheet 1 #1,2,3
4. Adrian’s Song pg 4 in Novice Book
5. Flop Eared Mule, violin 3 part
6. Flop Eared Mule, violin 1 part
Video of complete Chatter With the Angels
Video of complete Flop Eared Mule violin 1 part
The video is available showing each phrase of Yankee Doodle. Try it out. Let me know what you think by taking the survey.
12/8/12 and 12/21/12
Miriam Troxler 