Music
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Many readers have asked “In music, what is a chromatic scale?” I answered them by sharing my recent compositions. Just listen to the first four notes and you get the idea. Those four notes are accompanied by chords so that they become either the third or the seventh of each chord. You understand perfectly, I…
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What do you think of when you hear the phrase “US Army Band?” Probably not what you are about to see (if you click the play button).
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I woke up early this morningWith a cat sitting on my chestHe arrived without a warningAnd he interrupted my rest I asked him to be quietAnd to let me get some sleepPlease, won’t you try it?I don’t want to hear a peep! Then the room became dark as nightAs if we had blown a fuseThen…
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Right? Am I right? This song was written way back in 1903 by Hans Engelman. It is titled “Melody of Love.” We don’t hear much about Hans these days, but during his time he was quite popular. And he had great piano hands. So sit down with that someone special, and listen closely…….. (Artwork by…
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The eighth and final song from the book “Original Piano Duets by American Composers” is finished. It is titled “En Route March” and was written by Hans Engelmann. Hans Engelmann (June 16, 1872 – May 5, 1914) was a composer of popular music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although little is remembered…
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This morning there was a story online that talked about millions of dollars missing from a crypto fund. Perhaps someone accidently clicked on the “Clear Cash” button. If so, they are going to need some quality meditation time. With that in mind, here is today’s song which is titled Meditation, written by Louis Victor Saar.…
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I have always heard that campfire stories should always be accompanied by music. To that end, here is a song from the songbook “Original Piano Duets for American Composers.” It is titled Around the Campfire. You may have heard another version if you were here yesterday. And here is another song from the same book,…
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See if you can name that tune. I will give you a hint: The composer was named Ethelbert Nevin. His birthday was on Friday, the same day I posted the first versions of this song. But I didn’t know it at the time. Spooky! I just love learning about music and composers from the late…
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It’s time for you to name that tune. Or just listen to it. It’s entirely up to you.
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This was one of the first songs I learned in the music program at school. It is titled “Gymnopedie No. 1” by Eric Satie. Most versions are slower than this, but since we all have busy schedules I gave it a quicker tempo. Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (May 17, 1866 – July 1, 1925), who…
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Here is another Renaissance classic, called “Munchkins vive nobis,” written by my new favorite artist.
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This song was written by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and is titled “Hodie Christus.”
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This song is from an Academy Award winning film. I’m pretty sure. In any event, I have been working on it all day and it’s time to get it out into the world. It was written over 100 years ago by Scott Joplin. He was born on November 24, 1868 and he passed away on…
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Continuing along with our study of early 70’s music, here is one I’m sure you’ve heard before. This took a long time for me to transcribe into mp3 format because the sheet music was wrong in a few sections. It turned out to be a great learning experience because I was able to figure out…
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If you were around in the 1970’s you might remember that this song was played non-stop on the radio. Back in those days we had four ways to listen to music: A Turntable, an AM/FM Radio, an 8-track player, or a cassette player. This song got lots of airplay back then. Like so many songs…
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First, good morning: And then, good night.
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Coming in at number 49 in our countdown of The “Hits of the 60’s” (1760’s, that is) is Air on the G String from Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). For more on that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_on_the_G_String
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Here is song number forty-seven from the Big Book of Classical Music. It is an excerpt from Symphony No. 2 in C Minor by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): For more about the composer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No.2(Mahler)
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A while back I posted a song called On Green Dolphin Street. That version wasn’t, how should I put this, very good? It had no right being out in the world. So I re-did it just for you. You know who you are. That reminds me of the time someone asked me if I was…
