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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 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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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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Bird Rounds for String Ensemble and Optional Piano
The bird canons for string ensemble are in E Major and C Sharp Minor. The rounds have one part doubled so they would be playable with only two parts. In score form, each tune also has an optional piano part … Continue reading
Posted in cello, music, piano, sheet music, string trio, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged Augustan Club Waltz Sheet Music, C Sharp Minor, Canon, cello, E Major, instructional, piano, viola, violin
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The Ants Go Marching Piano Solo
The Ants Go Marching is now available as a digital download on Sheet Music Plus. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download version has A Major warm-ups and preparatory studies to make it easier to … Continue reading
Spring Recital 1:00, May 20 Photos
Thank-you Linda for taking the pictures.
Posted in cello, Photo Album, piano, recital photos, violin
Tagged cello, music, piano, recital, violin
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Spring Recital 11:00 May 20, Photos
Thank-you Andrea for taking pictures.
Posted in Photo Album, photography, piano, recital photos, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged cello, piano, recital, viola, violin
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