baroque music

  • Tuesday Tunes

    We don’t always do Beatles songs here. Sometimes we do other “B” music, like the Beach Boys or even Bach. Here are two Bach songs made from sheet music found here.

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  • Happy Memorial Day

    To help you celebrate this important day, here is another song from the “Summer of Bach.” It starts on page 46 of the sheet music posted below, in the event you want to sing along. I imagine he had trouble getting to sleep at night with all of this music in his head. This one

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  • Song Number Five Is Live

    Here is the fifth Bach Fugue from the sheet music below. This one starts on page 21 and is titled “Contrapuntus V.” And this is just one of over a thousand known songs he wrote. That is incredible.

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  • Hello out there guys and galsTo all my acquaintances and all my palsAnother masterpiece is here for youIt’s sure to help if you’re feeling blue It’s the fourth song from the sheet music posted below. I find it very relaxing, I hope you do also. Here is some info on how Bach wrote this music:

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  • I’m Back

    Did you know that there are over one thousand known compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach? Here is the fourth one transcribed from the sheet music below. For more on Bach’s compositions click here. By the way, do you know what the difference is between a cat and a comma? A cat has claws at the

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  • Number Nine

    Here is something few people know. I was kicked out of the Marines because I have dyslexia. When everyone was yelling “Hoo-Ra” I kept saying “Ra-Hoo.” I just couldn’t get it right. Apparently that was the last straw. Here is some more music for you. It is the ninth song in the attached sheet music

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  • Happy Eclipse Day

    In honor of the last solar eclipse visible in the continental U.S. until 2044, here is a song for you. You know who you are. And check out this video. I guess that’s what you would call a “Pooch Pirate.”

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  • Click if You Dare

    You are braver than I thought. Check these out.

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  • Counterpoint

    In Music Theory there is a discipline called Counterpoint. Here is a link that is very helpful if you are interested in learning more. I transcribed some counterpoint music and made these three mp3s. The first one is the melody, the second one is the bass line, and the third one is both of them

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  • Holiday Music

    Here is Beethoven’s Minuet in G Major. It is perfect holiday background music.

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  • Also, exercise and a proper diet is good for keeping away the blues. Can you name this song? It is song number 1,547 in my media library. Hint: It has something to do with the picture below.

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  • Name That Tune

    I know I asked this once beforeand now I ask you all once moreTo make a guess and not be wrongCan anybody name this song? I will give you a hint: It is called Reverie and was written by Claude DeBussy way back before there was even a Netflix.

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  • It is Finished

    I have finished transcribing all 18 songs from the music book Piano Literature, Volume One. All of the songs were written in the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary eras. The eight composers are as follows: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Fritz Spindler (1817-1905) Bela Bartok

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