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Issue #15 - Week of Sept. 20

Sense of Touch and Tone at the Piano

September 17, 2020 Ralph Hedges No Comments

The piano student’s touch on the piano keyboard is rarely if ever mentioned, let alone addressed.  Yet, it is certainly one of the major factors in making music at the piano. ‘Piano’ and ‘forte’, may be mentioned, but that’s not touch.…

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Golliwog’s Cake Walk

September 7, 2020 Ralph Hedges No Comments

           Debussy’s “Golliwog’s Cake Walk” from the ‘Children’s Corner’     Debussy and early jazz stand hand in hand with a music that is the successor to the earlier period of the Romantics – Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, et.al.  Ari Kast has said in his…

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Issue #14 - Week of Aug. 17

It’s Your Choice

August 17, 2020 Ralph Hedges No Comments

Dear Colleague, It’s Your Choice. Yes, it is your choice, and it’s between ‘memorize and practice’, and knowing exactly what you are doing every moment you are playing. The study of music theory, however is study about theory, not music… by definition.…

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Issue #13 - Week of July 26

Improvisation – the better way to learn the language of music

July 29, 2020 Ralph Hedges No Comments

‘Memorize and practice’, a method used by those whose music will always be meaningless, has been referred to as ‘parroting’, like a parrot who, after enough repetitions will say a phrase, but with no understanding of what it is saying.…

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Issue #12 - Week of July 19

The language of Music… as Bach gave it to us

July 19, 2020 Ralph Hedges 5 Comments
Bach

These are not lessons in the music of Bach, per se, but he knew it all and gave it to us who are the benefactors of his genius. Indeed, he gave us the very scale we use; the ‘tempered scale’…

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Issue #11 - Week of April 19

Training Piano Students

April 16, 2020 Ralph Hedges No Comments

The training of music students with traditional theoretical principles; figured bass, secondary dominants, types of cadences, etc. are an egregious waste of time, as they contribute nothing to the understanding of a musical composition.  Josef Lhevinne in his book, ‘The Principles…

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Issue #10 - Week of April 12

Missing Elements in Music

April 16, 2020 Ralph Hedges No Comments

Music is a language, therefore follows much of the same principles as the spoken language. For example, we may see an octagonal sign on the side of the road while driving at night. It’s red color may be dark because…

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Issue #9 - Week of Feb. 23

Chopin Waltz Op 64 nr 2 in C# minor … an analysis

February 23, 2020 Ralph Hedges No Comments

The Waltz begins with a pickup to the tonic (I) of ‘C-sharp’ minor, the key of the Sub-Mediant (VI).[1]  Note that harmonic functions (I, II, V), etc. are placed below the bass clef, and harmonic identities (M, m, x), etc. between…

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