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I give you “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” by Claude Debussy. It is played at a faster tempo than the original. My version is the first, Claude’s is the second (for those of you who don’t know what YouTube is.)
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However, it is not MY original song. I transcribed the sheet music and chose which instruments to use. I also chose the drum loops, of which there are no less than five. So outside of writing the actual music this is all me, baby. It is is called “Computer Blue” from Prince’s Purple Rain album.
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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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Here is a song that we all know. Can you Name That Tune?
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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 are some songs from a piano music book titled Piano Literature Volume One. Its $5.50 price has to be one of the best deals around. That’s around 30 cents per song. I posted some of the songs yesterday using an organ, but I think they sound better on a piano. Hence the title. There
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These songs were all written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Minuet in G (BWV 116): Minuet in G (BWV 114): Minuet in G Minor (BWV 115): March in D (BWV 122): Sonatina by Spindler: One of the readers asked what the letters “BWV” represented. The answer is as follows: The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV) Bach works catalogue is
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Here is another Renaissance classic, called “Munchkins vive nobis,” written by my new favorite artist.
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https://youtu.be/BzlManCoJtA
