The shortest Mystery Melody Challenge so far.
You know how this works. What melody is in this arrangement? I'll post the answer below after there is a winner.*
*Winner does not imply an actual, tangible prize.
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I've had a winner, so here's the answer.
The recording is of "This Old Man." It's a canon at the 5th with five voices, with the top voice having six omitted notes.
The KISS principle at work in music lessons.
On occasion, I'll do something I think of as clever in lessons with my students. And sometimes I like to share that here. So...
Recently I had a young student who would lift all his other fingers far off the keys when playing with his pinkies. Instead of talking about needing to have efficient finger movements or using curved fingers or having every finger assigned to a key or whatever, I thought of something else.
Later, I realized that it was the KISS principle at work. One simple request could keep every finger in the right place as they played a five-finger exercise.
Make sure you keep your thumbs in the right place!
The Oscar Peterson/Czerny video series #13-14
Slowly but surely I'm working through these.
The Mystery Melody Challenge is back with a Fender Rhodes!
Have a listen and see if you can identify the hidden melody in this arrangement. Happy melody hunting!
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UPDATE:
I had a winner over at facebook, and the correct answer is "When the Saints Go Marching In."
"Music allows people who normally can’t communicate with the world to have an outlet of communication"
It is obvious to me that music is therapy—in the broadest and most general sense—for everyone. It's also the case that music can provide specific theraputic benefits for folks with autism and other disorders.
My local NPR station, WFAE, has a piece about a mother whose son is receiving music therapy at Queens University for his autism. It's making a difference. Here are a few quotes from the story.
In just four months of therapy, his mother has seen a difference.
"After the first couple of sessions it was obvious to me ...that this was going to be really positive ...," Cindy Cavanaugh says.
But you should read or listen to the story. It's four minutes. And check out my previous post about the power of music as therapy.
Watch the power of music in our lives.
I saw this first on Facebook yesterday. It's beautiful and touching. But it also shows me the power of music in our lives. I'd love to do a longer post about how music and arts education is absolutely essential. But that will have to wait until another time. For now, enjoy the above video.
Should a musician be on Pinterest? What do you think?
Is there real potential for wedding gigs, marketing value, etc? Chime in!
"so-called jazz compositions may contain at most 10% syncopation" Whew, the Nazis on jazz:
Apparently, the Nazis didn't take to kindly to cowbells either, thinking them "alien to the German spirit..."
You know what cowbell joke goes here, right?
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/01/josef-skvorecky-on-t...
