May 27, 20211 min read
Junior Performance: Suo-Gan or Gently Sleep
Gently Sleep is also known as Suo Gan, it is a Welsh lullaby that was first printed in 1800. The song's title simply means lullaby (suo...
May 27, 20211 min read
Junior Performance: Hot Cross Buns
The song known as Hot Cross Buns is originally thought to be the cry of a street seller or market stall hold. After the cry had made the...
May 26, 20211 min read
Interpretation: Jumps & Slides
This piece was composed to work on the skill of staccato when combined with piano and forte dynamics. There is only one note which is not...
May 26, 20211 min read
Interpretation: Jumps
This piece was composed to work on the skill of staccato when combined with piano and forte dynamics. There is only one note which is not...
May 26, 20211 min read
Interpretation: Detached or Connected?
This piece was composed to practice the alteration between staccato and legato. Before playing this piece a student should be able to...
May 26, 20211 min read
Interpretation: Staccato Chords
This piece was composed to introduce the concept of staccato with an interval and a triad. The rest allows time to think and prepare for...
May 26, 20212 min read
Interpretation: Jump & Rest
This piece was composed to introduce the concept of Staccato with enough time to rest and prepare for the next note. One hand uses the...
May 24, 20212 min read
Junior Fluency: E5
This piece has been written to learn the note E5. It uses the note values of a crotchet and a minim and introduces the 4 beats in a bar....
May 24, 20212 min read
Junior Fluency: E3
This piece has been written to learn the note E3. It uses the note values of a crotchet, a minim and a semibreve. This piece also...
May 23, 20211 min read
Fluency: Metronome Work
The purpose behind 'Metronome Work' is to introduce the notes C, D, E, F, G in the 3rd and 5th octave (or register) and learn how to...
May 23, 20211 min read
Fluency: Ten Fingers
This piece is inspired by a Czerny piece and is used to give space to think about the note that follows and avoid introducing a pause....
May 23, 20212 min read
Fluency: Hands Together
This piece is hands together using the note C, D and E in the third and fifth octaves. The purpose is to hold the left hand notes down...
May 23, 20211 min read
Fluency: After the LP
'After the LP' is a little age pun after a student asked me if we used the black CD's. These notes being the content of this worksheet; C...
May 23, 20211 min read
Fluency: An Active Rest
'An Active Rest' is influence by the concept behind the word rest. In reality the only thing that rests during that time is the sound....
May 23, 20212 min read
Fluency: Easy EE __ __ __ __
Easy as EE (then fill in the blanks) you can follow the music of add your own. This piece focuses on E, F and G in the third and fifth...
May 23, 20211 min read
Fluency: F_______ G______
This piece includes the notes F3, G3, F5 and G5. Watch for the change between line and space note. Requirements Link to PDF note cards...
May 23, 20211 min read
Fluency: See, Sea, C
As the title says this little piece introduces C5 and C3. Requirements Link for replacement sheet music. Keyboard with full size keys,...
May 23, 20211 min read
Fluency: Watch the Tie!
'Watch the Tie!' is a phrase a mum wrote on the top of her copy of music. It made me smile and I referred to it as that ever since....
May 23, 20211 min read
Fluency: Still Ends in C
'Still Ends on C' was named by a young boy I teach who was struggling a little with the new notes and piped up "... but it still ends on...
May 20, 20211 min read
Junior Fluency: D3 and D5
The purpose of this piece is to practice the new notes and gain experience playing hands together. Requirements Link for replacement...