MusicBasics4Keyboard

Play the melody on the right hand first without playing any chords on the left hand. Next, play the chords with the left hand only. Third, use both hands to play the melody and chords or notes from the chords. You're doing fine. In fact, if you can play this song this well, you're doing great. Tune in for the next episode and a new song to learn for beginners. Thanks for listening.

John W. Schaum's piano course comes in many books designated A through H. There are also supplementary titles regarding sight reading, theory and notation. These books are priced at $6.95 and available online and in music stores. Thanks for listening.

Lesson Two. Music books highly recommended are written by Lee Davis in his Watch & Learn series for beginners. The book title is Keyboard Primer for Beginners. Total price with CD is $14.95. This book is the companion book to Introduction to Keyboards DVD priced at $9.95. Other recommends include instruction books for piano at all levels by John Thompson and John W. Schaum. Listen to future episodes for instructions as we learn to play piano or digital keyboards. Thanks for listening.

All music heard in this course is copyright free. The language of music for piano is about sight reading, ear training, and theory. We begin with reading the notes on sheet music and playing the melody with the right hand. Thanks for listening.

Lesson one. Organize your song books from easy to difficult. Set aside 30 mins. each day to practice. Thanks for listening.

Paul McCartney originally wrote the song released in 1968 to comfort John Lennon's son during his parent's divorce, according to the auction house. It was originally titled "Hey Jules," after Lennon's son, Julian. The famous Beatles track, 'Hey Jude' was one of the few compositions to be written directly about, and for, a personal associate. The lyrics espouse a positive outlook on a sad situation, while also encouraging "Jude" to pursue his opportunities to find love. After the fourth verse, the song shifts to a coda featuring a "Na-na-na na" refrain that lasts for over four minutes. Gentres: rock, pop rock. This easy listening arrangement is by Jack Jezzro, guitarist on YouTube.

Lyrics

Hey Jude, don't make it bad.

Hey Jude, don't be afraid.

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain,

Hey Jude, don't let me down.

Owen Wilson is a screenwriter and aspiring novelist. Vacationing in Paris with fiancé (Rachel McAdams), he has taken to touring the city alone. On one such late-night excursion, Gil encounters a group of strange -- yet familiar -- revelers, who sweep him along, apparently back in time, for a night with some of the Jazz Age's icons of art and literature. The more time Gil spends with these cultural heroes of the past, the more dissatisfied he becomes with the present. PG rated; Romance/Fantasy.

Who is Josephine Baker?  Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer and civil rights activist. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics. During her early career, was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue Un vent de folie in 1927 caused a sensation in the city. Her costume, consisting of only a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace, became an iconic image and a symbol both of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. 

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Toni Michele Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, actress, and television personality. She has sold over 70 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling female R&B artists in history. Braxton has won seven Grammy Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards, and numerous other accolades. In 2011, Braxton was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. In 2017 she was honored with the Legend Award at the Soul Train Music Awards. AUTHOR'S NOTE: On last night's episode of The Masked Singer, she appeared as the Puffer Fish.

Toni Michelle Braxton was born in Severn, Maryland. Her father, Michael Conrad Braxton Sr., was a Methodist clergyman and power company worker. Her mother, Evelyn Jackson, a native of South Caroline, was a former opera singer and cosmetologist, as well as a pastor. Braxton's maternal grandfather was also a pastor.

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This is the wedding theme by Richard Wagner also known as the "Bridal Chorus" from the 1850 opera Lohengrin by German composer Richard Wagner, who also wrote the libretto, is a march played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout the Western world. In English-speaking countries, it is generally known as "Here Comes the Bride". Wagner’s piece was made popular when it was used as the processional at the wedding of Victoria the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858. Although at most weddings the chorus is usually played on an organ without singing, in Lohengrin the wedding party sings these words at the beginning of act three.

Treulich geführt ziehet dahin,

Faithfully guided, draw near

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What should we know about the composer? Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches, generally being played on a church pipe organ. What can best be learned by listening to this performance? The pianist pushes through while reading the sheet music. Thanks for listening.