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Valse Triste
This is deceptively easy little waltz with very simple chords accompanying a lovely melody. It was written for piano students of all ages who have just mastered two octaves worth of notes and are now in that woeful ” donut gap” between the boring … Continue reading
“America the Beautiful”
In some twenty years of teaching piano, I encountered only two students who refused to learn to read the notes. The first one was a precociously pretty teenager with perfectly manicured nails which she clicked on the keys like castanets. She … Continue reading
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The Accidental ” Accidentals”
Accidental Accidents Magdalena was one of my first students after I moved to Hawaii. And she quickly became one of my favorites. A tiny little Eurasian girl with a quiet twinkle in her eyes, she was a model of … Continue reading
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Little Waltz in F Major
Little Waltz is a simple piece for beginning piano students. The chord progressions are very easy …. the basic I IV and V. The student should be encouraged to find the right hand melody in the first and last portions … Continue reading
Petite Gigue
This is a lively little piece written in the style of a popular baroque dance which had its origins with the British jig. Bach wrote many of these delightful pieces. The main difficulty is the typically baroque “non-stop” … Continue reading
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