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Sound Explorers 8/16

Today’s class started with play-by-ear in D Flat Major. Then we worked on the second verse of Buffalo Gals in A Year of Folk Tunes book. Fingerings were given for piano, violin, and cello. If you missed it, you can … Continue reading

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Sound Explorers 8/9 Learn the chorus of Buffalo Gals

Today we reviewed the D Flat Major Scale. We learned the next part of Buffalo Gals by ear. Fingerings for violin, viola, cello and piano were demonstrated. If you missed it, catch up with the video.

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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

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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

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Summer Sound Explorers 6/28

Play along with the video for extra practice in half position and the key of B. This morning we worked on arpeggios, Shenandoah and Catch Me if You Can.

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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

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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

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Spring Recital 1:00, May 20 Photos

Thank-you Linda for taking the pictures.

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Spring Recital 11:00 May 20, Photos

Thank-you Andrea for taking pictures.

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Spring Recital 9:00, May 20 Photos

Thank-you Becky for taking the pictures.

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