• Home
  • About Ralph Carroll Hedges
  • Checkout
    • Purchase Confirmation
    • Purchase History
    • Transaction Failed
  • Compound Symbols
  • Courses
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Page
  • Ebooks
  • FAQ
  • Historical music theory books dating from 1571 through the 19th century
  • Instructor Registration
  • Instructor Registration Page
  • Join the Email List
  • Links
  • My Courses
  • Piano Instruction
  • Student Registration
  • Student Registration Page
  • Support The Piano Professor
  • Welcome
  • Word of the Day

The Piano Professor

Learning the Language of Music with Professor Ralph Hedges
  • Home
  • FAQ
  • Word of the Day
  • Lessons
    • Absolute Beginner Piano Lesson
    • Videos
    • Ebooks
    • Checkout
  • Support TPP 💙
    • Become a Patron
    • Join the Email List
  • Links
  • Welcome 😃
    • About Ralph Carroll Hedges
    • Why This Site
    • Piano Instruction

In This Issue

Issue #7 - Week of Feb. 2

CPE Bach ‘Solfeggio’ Lesson and Video

February 2, 2020 Ralph Hedges 1 Comment

The following is a video lesson on the scale used in the work. Below the video is a complete analysis of the work that must be learned and used in practicing the work. Read the complete analysis.

Issue #5 - Week of Jan. 12

Preview of Nocturne in C# minor (1830) …an analysis

January 12, 2020 Ralph Hedges No Comments

Analysis of these measures with traditional theory might look like the line below.  Note that functions I, IV, etc are combined with identities, Im, VI#6, and VM.  ‘VI#6’ is particularly disturbing since its identity is not given, only the function ‘#6’.  An ‘augmented-six’…

Continue reading →

Issue #4 - Week of Dec. 8

Beethoven Sonata Op 27, Nr 2 1st Movement, the ‘Moonlight’…an analysis, with video performance

December 8, 2019 Ralph Hedges No Comments

The movement begins in the key of the Sub-Mediant (VI), ‘C-sharp’ minor. In the first four measures there is much in the way of harmonic progressions, chord quality, and counterpoint. The first measure is a ‘C-sharp minor triad. The second measure is a ‘C-sharp’…

Continue reading →

Issue #3 - Week of Dec. 1

Solfeggio…an analysis

December 1, 2019 Ralph Hedges No Comments

C.P.E. Bach All compositions studied should be a learning experience, not just memorized.  Unfortunately, compositions by the masters are ‘just memorized’ and without the slightest knowledge of what they are made up of.  Josef Lhevinne, the legendary pianist of the 20th century, and…

Continue reading →

Issue #2 - Week of Nov. 24

An analysis of the First Line of the Chopin Nocturne in F minor (1830)

November 24, 2019 Ralph Hedges No Comments

Definitions are the basis of understanding the language of music, and without complete definitions of musical terms there is no such thing as musical understanding that is meaningful.  ‘Harmonic Identity’ is the first definition,[1] with ‘harmonic function next.[2] Please note the hierarchy of…

Continue reading →

Issue #7 - Week of Feb. 2

Welcome to this issue

November 17, 2019 Ralph Hedges No Comments

Music is a language, and if one doesn’t know the grammar, so to speak, one is only ‘parroting’ compositions by simply memorizing them. The CPE Bach ‘Solfeggio’ is a perfect example of learning, instead of memorizing. The following is a…

Continue reading →

Issue #1 - Week of Nov. 17

Modulation

June 11, 2019 Ralph Hedges No Comments

Modulation: moving from one key area to another key area; CM to FM, EbM to GM, for two such examples. The process of doing this is the subject of this article.  First of all, avoid indications of modulations whenever possible. …

Continue reading →

Music Theory

Characteristic Intervals Define Chords

June 11, 2019 Ralph Hedges No Comments

‘Harmony’ is defined as, ‘Any simultaneous combination of tones’. (from ‘Dictionary’ on the web). ‘Identity’ is the thing, person, scale, interval, or chord itself without reference to a function.  Scales, intervals, and chords must have their own unique identifiers; M…

Continue reading →

Next post
Previous post

Search The Piano Professor

Contact The Piano Professor

+1 (808) 262-0833
ralph.hedges@gmail.com

Follow The Piano Professor

RSS
Follow by Email
Facebook
Facebook
fb-share-icon
Twitter
Visit Us
Follow Me
YouTube
YouTube
LinkedIn
Share

Join Our Email List

Select list(s) to subscribe to


By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: Chopin Piano Academy, 9984 SW Walnut St Apt 11, Tigard, OR, 97223, http://chopinpianoacademy.org. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact

Categories

  • Articles
  • Debussy
  • Issue #1 – Week of Nov. 17
  • Issue #10 – Week of April 12
  • Issue #11 – Week of April 19
  • Issue #12 – Week of July 19
  • Issue #13 – Week of July 26
  • Issue #14 – Week of Aug. 17
  • Issue #15 – Week of Sept. 20
  • Issue #2 – Week of Nov. 24
  • Issue #3 – Week of Dec. 1
  • Issue #4 – Week of Dec. 8
  • Issue #5 – Week of Jan. 12
  • Issue #7 – Week of Feb. 2
  • Issue #8 – Week of Feb. 9
  • Issue #9 – Week of Feb. 23
  • Music Theory

Topics

Bach (2) Beethoven (1) chopin (4) Improvisation (1) jazz (1) music (1) musicianship (1) piano (2) ragtime (1) Touch (1)
© 2023 The Piano Professor. All rights reserved.
 

Loading Comments...