From time to time, I will be adding videos of my students performing a composition they have written. Each student is at a different stage in their learning process, and several students have learning challenges. But, each one of these students has learned to create music that they and their families can be very proud of. In my student's compositions, I give them plenty of "wiggle room" when it comes to musical form. I give them a basic chord progression, but they can add additional chords into their music and "go outside the box" -- as long as it sounds good to them. Through this process, they are learning how to "hear" what sounds good together, as well as learning the theory behind WHY it sounds that way. The students learned how to write their compositions from my book "Chord Piano Is Fun!" I hope you enjoy these videos!
"Sailing Over Seas", written by Zoe N.
This wonderful composition was written and performed by Zoe N, who is only 10 years old. She used the chords in the key of A minor and loves the use of broken chords and arpeggios.
I am SO glad that I got my first blooms of the Passion Flower came out this morning -- just in time for Easter! This is one of my most favorite flowers of all.
The Passion Flower (or Passiflora) is the plant from which the Passion Fruit is born. It is called the "Passion" flower because it is refering to the passion of Jesus. Here is a quote from Wikipedia: "Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion."
Enjoy the views I have posted of these beautiful flowers!
One of the things I like the most about living in a subtropical area, is how early things start blooming. My morning walks are just PERFECT and filled with some unbelievable aromas -- the GOOD kind!
I'm baaaaack! It's been a few weeks since my last post, but I'm finally getting to putting some photos of the garden here! Things have really taken off since my last post, and you can see the progression with the before and after pictures:
Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that my OTHER new blog is now up and running. It is called "Music Maker's Musical Musings" and is found HERE.
Please stop by, and for those of you with TSA, this will be the site that I will be using from now on (but you are welcome to come back here as well!)
