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Posted by MaryO on November 12, 2014

All kinds of tips and info for Piano Maestro and iPad in general. Keep this handy!

🎵 Wagner: Bridal Chorus ~ Daily Listening Assignments
The “Bridal Chorus” from the 1850 opera Lohengrin by German composer Richard Wagner is a march played for the bride’s entrance at many formal weddings throughout the Western world.
🎵 Dvorák: Largo ~ Daily Listening Assignments
Today’s piece is slow and easy-going. The name “Largo” itself means slow. Antonin Dvorák wrote this as a part of his Symphony No. 9 in E minor, also known as From the New World, Op. 95, B. 178, or just the New World Symphony.
🎵 Ravel: Bolero – Daily Listening Assignments
The other day, a student and I were looking at a piece with a l-o-n-g crescendo marking on it and she wondered how long the longest crescendo was in any piece. For those who don’t remember, crescendo means to get louder and decrescendo means to get softer. The sample below gets louder, then softer.
🎵 Mendelssohn: Wedding March – Daily Listening Assignments
Since we had the Bridal Chorus a couple days ago, it’s time to march the bride and groom back up the aisle with the Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn.
🎵 Haydn: Surprise Symphony ~ Daily Listening Assignments
Joseph Haydn’s music contains many jokes, and the Surprise Symphony includes probably the most famous of all: a sudden very loud (fortissimo chord) at the end of the otherwise soft (piano) opening theme in the variation-form second movement.
🎵 Confrey: You Tell ‘Em, Ivories
You Tell 'Em Ivories by Zez Confrey. This is a more advanced piece but I really like it. Some students may have heard this since it’s an alarm tone on my phone. My dog, Mimi, recognized this music as her signal to go out for a walk!
🎵Rossini: William Tell Overture ~ Daily Listening Assignments
Today, we’ll be listening to the end of the William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini. This piece, originally the overture to an opera, has been arranged for piano and is in several method books, including Piano Pronto Movements 1 and 2. It’s also in Bastien Book 4 and Piano Maestro.
🤫 Cage 4′33 ~ Daily Listening Assignments
What can I say about John Cage’s 4′33″? Pretty much anyone can play this anytime. It consists of the pianist going to the piano, and not hitting any keys for four minutes and thirty-three seconds. (He uses a stopwatch to time this.) In other words, the entire piece consists of silence or rests.
🎵 Happy Birthday ~ Daily Listening Assignments
Happy Birthday is a song that I like to have each of my students learn at various levels appropriate to their level. When a friend or family member has a birthday, it’s great to be able to sit down and play.
🎵 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star ~ Daily Listening Assignments
I’m sure many have you have learned Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by now. Did you know its’ the same melody as the ABC Song? You know…
🎵 Bizet: Carmen ~ Daily Listening Assignments
Today we’re going to listen and learn about the opera Carmen. I chose this for today since it’s the anniversary of French composer Georges Bizet‘s death...In the middle of the night during the first round of Carmen performances, Bizet died. He was only 36.
🎹 Piano Maestro Summer Camp is Returning Soon
How Summer Camp works: One new song will be added each week in 3 different levels for 4 weeks. A student with a 3 star performance will be randomly selected & awarded an Amazon gift card! Every 3 star performance of that week’s Summer Camp song is an entry.
🎵 Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance ~ Daily Listening Assignments
This is the month for graduations of all sorts, college, high school, even preschool. Perhaps you know someone who is graduating this year. Maybe it’s you!
🎵 Vivaldi: Spring ~ Daily Listening Assignments
Today, we start with Spring from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi. Many OCMS students have played this already in one of their Piano Pronto books. It’s also available in Piano Maestro.
🎹 Make Some Noise For High Jump Jackson, V. U. Level L
Make Some Noise For High Jump Jackson is composed for students who have completed their primer piano method books and are ready to move into a level 1 series. A book level chart for the Very Useful Piano Library is provided at the end of this book. Just in time for the Olympics, this exciting, […]
🎵 Daily Listening Assignments
These daily assignments, June through August will help you and your students learn a bit more about the pieces they’re learning during the year – or maybe give ideas for something that they’d like to learn.
🇺🇸 Happy Memorial Day!
Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and was initiated to honor the soldiers for the Union and Confederate armies who died during the American Civil War.
😍PreTime Piano Disney: Primer Level
PreTime Piano Disney offers an exciting set of contemporary and classic Disney favorites arranged for the Primer student. Motivating selections reinforce basic rhythms and beginning note reading, and optional teacher duets add vitality and color. Students will enjoy treasured songs from Frozen, The Lion King, Mary Poppins , and more. Songs include: Do You Want […]
🎹Ornamentation: A Question & Answer Manual
A really good book which explains about the trill and other ornaments is this one, available as a reference book in the O'Connor Music Studio. This guide to understanding ornamentation in each era of music includes information on how to understand and remain faithful to the composer's intention, how many and which notes to use […]
🎹 Bastien New Traditions - All In One Piano Course - Level 1B
Bastien New Traditions is a comprehensive and integrated method for beginning piano study that is easy to use and paced just right for today's busy students. Concepts are presented in a holistic way, with lesson, theory, and technic pages mixed with attractive performance pieces all in the same volume. A gradual multi-key approach is used […]

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