Jul 19, 20221 min read
Soldier's March
This little march is No. 2 from Robert Schumann's piano collection called "Album for the Young" . It was composed in 1848 for his three...
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Wiosna: Chopin
A Level 7 piece which is used for grade 3 piano exams. Chopin (1810 - 1849) composed this piece in 1838 and it was first published in...
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Piano Level 7 Exercises for Bach Prelude in C BWV939
BWV 939 is a prelude in C major by Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era. It is part of his collection...
Apr 8, 20212 min read
Sonatina in F. First movement
Transcribed from Publisher Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16: Sonaten für das Pianoforte (pp.183-88), Nr.160 Leipzig: Breitkopf...
Mar 23, 202110 min read
Cakewalk Analysis
Policy Sam by Joseph Gioscia This piece of music is three pages in length. This cakewalk was arranged by Arthur Pryor for the Sousa band...
Mar 17, 20212 min read
The Cakewalk and Ragtime Missing Site
I am currently writing an assignment for the Open University Masters Degree on The Cakewalk in Paris. Following this I will be writing a...
Feb 12, 20212 min read
Chopin, a summary; from a TQP level 9 workbook.
Chopin was born in a small village called Zelazowa Wola in the Duchy on Warsaw. His father was an immigrant from France called Nicholas...
Jan 16, 20213 min read
About Béla Bartók and Zoltan Kodaly; from a TQP level 5 workbook
Béla Bartók: 25 March 1881 - 26 September 1945 20th Century: 1901 - 2000 Location: Born: Kingdom of Hungary. Now known as Romania...
Jan 15, 20212 min read
About Bach's Teaching; from a TQP level 7 workbook.
Preludium is a little prelude, an opening, an introduction or a preparation, a sign of things to come. This prelude is one of a small...
Jun 23, 20205 min read
Snow, Moon and Flowers
The title of this set of pieces is a well known phrase from Eastern cultures and is often credited to Japan. The origin of the title...
Jun 17, 20204 min read
Remote Xianggelila
Between the communicable Tao and incommunicable Tao, the mind, and the heart, and the voice, and the hand there are three bridges
Jun 15, 20203 min read
Analysis and Exercises on Waltz in A minor Chopin B.150 (Grade 5)
One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most beautiful sounds. To know...
Jun 15, 20203 min read
Analysis and Exercises on Quasi Adagio by Bela Bartok
Knowledge Skills Béla Bartók is a Hungarian composer and Ethnomusicologist. This means his study and his music includes national folk...
Jun 13, 20203 min read
Analysis and Exercises on Prelude BWV939 Bach J.S.
Praeludium BWV 939 This sample text is taken from the teachers guide for this series available for download below. Knowledge Skills The...
Jun 10, 20202 min read
J.S. Bach
Today I have been researching for the work books on Prelaudium by J.S. Bach. I am writing a study sheet for Praeludium BWV 939 by Bach...
May 27, 20203 min read
Analysis and Exercises on Musette in D BWV Anh 126
Teacher's Notes Knowledge Skills The composer wrote this Musette as a teaching piece for Bach's second wife Anna Magdalane. It was...
May 22, 20201 min read
Grade 4 Performance Videos
ABRSM: List B1 The Reef - Walter Carroll The Reed is prefaced by a motto from Thomas Blood "The great rocks in the ocean stands and...
May 22, 20201 min read
Grade 3 Performance Videos
A1 First Movement Allegro from Sonatina in F. Opus 12 number 3: Hook This lively and energetic pieces is selected from 12 Sonatinas Hook...
May 22, 20201 min read
Grade 2 Performance Videos
A2 Musette in D:Bach This piece, generally thought to be by one of J.S. Bach's sons, is found in a little manuscript book called Little...
May 20, 20201 min read
Grade 8 Performance Videos
Snow, Moon and Flowers by Peter Sculthorpe. Trinity Guildhall 2019 - 2020 Snow, Moon and Flowers I was introduced to by Prof. Peter Noke...