To: Not Your Mother's Piano Teacher:

I am in great need of a piano lesson... I really can't tell you how much I love playing piano.

Now I'm working on my own 3 minute showpiece song, which is going great. Plus I joined my church's worship team band... playing worship music on the piano in the band!!

Worship, gospel, pop, all totally new styles to me... yet low and behold, all the music theory studying is paying off. And the result is ridiculously fun! whew lol

So I really could use a quick lesson or two...

BP 9/24/14  0900  dw

My 3MM Spoken Word Lyrics

My 3MM - My Three Minute Medley Masterpiece Ballet Spoken Word Lyrics

00:00 to 03:30

  00:00

Sarabande, composed for the cembalo (harpsichord) by G.F. Handel in 1733, London

Sarabande from Suite IV in D minor, HWV 437

  00:20

I would like to dedicate this portion of the medley to the Jews of Auschwitz-Birkenau.  
That is when I first heard this as the theme song to a five hour documentary about Auschwitz-Birkenau.  

  00:50

I find that it’s harrowing tragic that German composer George Frideric Handel, who died in 1759 wrote this Symphony of the Holocaust 186 years before that horrific incident in Warsaw Poland.

  01:10

This is my interpretation of Sarabande…    Sarabande (from French sarabonda, itself derived from Spanish zarabanda) as defined by Wikipedia  ….   Sarabande is a dance in triple metre.

  01:30

And this of course is Beethoven Classic Masterpiece Für Elise...    In about ten percent of its glory.  
This is just the first 20 seconds that took me five years to learn…  This song I can play now play with Flow and with my Eyes Closed…  The reward of my years of practice, so worth it :)

  02:15

Now we move onto Pachelbel Canon, aka Canon in D, meaning in the key D major...
A soothing medley if you ask me.... Johann Pachelbel died in 1706  

  03:00

Last but not least is a little Mozart; Eine kleine Nachtmusik, meaning of course “A Little Night Music” in German. My ultimate goal is to learn to play Mozart’s brilliant piano masterpiece Ronda alla Turca, which I'm giving myself ten years to learn.... I’ve got 5 years to go….

  03:15 The End  ….   start playing  Pomp and Circumstance God Bless

Thank you for listening and God Bless…….

  03:30 real end  ….    applause… ty dw   

Auschwitz-Birkenau

I would like to dedicate this portion of the medley to the Jews of Auschwitz-Birkenau.  That is when I first heard this as the theme song to a five hour documentary about Auschwitz-Birkenau.  I find that it is hollowenly tragic that German composer George Frideric Handel, whom died 1759 wrote this Symphony of the Holocaust 186 years before that horrific incident in Warsaw Poland.

dwcoon

My Three Minute Medley Masterpiece Ballet Spoken Word Script

00:00 to 03:30:
Handel, Sarabande

00:20
This song is dedicated to the Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
When I first heard this song in a five hour documentary about Auschwitz-Birkenau.

00:50
George Frideric Handel 1685 - 1759

01:10
This is my interpretation of Sarabande.

01:30
The sarabande (from French sarabande, itself derived from Spanish zarabanda) as defined by Wikipedia on September 21, 2014, Sarabande is a dance in triple metre.

02:15
Next this is of course Beethoven Classic Masterpiece Für Elise... in about ten percent of its glory.

This is just the first 20 seconds that took me five years to learn...

This song I can play now play with Flow and with my Eyes Closed...
The reward of my years of practice, so worth it :)

02:45
Now we move onto Pachelbel Canon... A soothing medley if you ask me....


03:00
Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, my real Mozart goal is Ronda alla Turca, which I'm taking ten years to learn....

03:15 The End

Pomp and Circumstance God Bless

03:30 real end

applause...

ty dw


v1.00 BP 9/21/14 1452 dw



References: 
How to say Auschwitz-Birkenau:

• www.forvo.com/word/auschwitz-birkenau

Piano in the Sunlight

9/15/14 1905

There is a certain time of day that I love to practice piano. Sometime in the afternoon each day, the sun shines right through the window directly on my keyboard. Making it shimmer and shine brilliantly. 

The Scientist on Piano by Coldplay v1.00

piano mblog entry date Aug 25, 2014 1629 v1.00 

The Scientist on Piano by Coldplay

4/4 Time Intro

Dm7    Bflat   F    Fsus2

Chord        L.H           R.H
Dm7       D          C-D-F-A
Bflat       Bflat     D-F-Bflat
                            C
F            F           C-F-A
Fsus2     F           C-F-G  

REF http://youtu.be/UAOjhupr_-g

What do I love about classical music?

Book Back Cover

v302    

 I love the beautiful sound; that and the amazingly coherent mathematical beauty that is the core of music theory; that and of course the satisfaction, excitement and challenge of actually playing piano by sight-reading classical sheet music that was written by the likes of Beethoven and Mozart. And now with the internet, now is the best time in history to learn!

I love how eloquent and articulate classical sheet music “describes” the intricacies of the sound of that piece of music. That and the beauty of the simplicity of the black and white music notes on paper spanning the ten lines and spaces of the Piano Grand Staff. All music can be accurately translated into sheet music, which with understanding of music theory, it is easy to learn to sight-read and play on the piano.  All sheet music is composed of simple notation of whole, half, quarter and sixteenth notes, with some rests, accidentals, dynamics and articulation notation thrown in here and there (don't worry, this book teaches what all these fancy music terminology means). Piano sheet music also features key & times signatures, chords & arpeggios, finger numbers, slurs, ties, sharps, flats, crescendos, diminuendos and staccatos, the treble & bass clefs on the piano grand staff, measures and ledger lines, rhythms & harmonies, dotted notes, Major and minor Scales, repeats, octaves and pedal cue marks. Not to mention that without this 'written sheet music', we would not have any of the great sonatas and symphonies of the Classical Era that were written more than 200 years ago. These simple notations on paper immortalized the classical music of the late great icons like Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang A Mozart... And the best part of learning to music theory and to read sheet music is that there is an unlimited amount of sheet music waiting for you online and at your local music stores. There is more music than you could ever play in a lifetime! Your favorite songs are waiting for you. It all starts in first grade music school. (oh and the best part is the more you learn, the better it gets!)

ADDING YOUR OWN ARTISTIC COLOR TOUCH AS A GUIDE TO HELP YOU LEARN AND SIGHT-READ. Good old fashioned black and white, ink and paper sheet music is great just as is. I don't want to change anything about the unadulterated classic form of sheet music. I am not trying to re-invent classical sheet music, I think of adding a personal touch of color as evolving and improving upon the old.

This “My Music in Color” Book in your hands is currently black and white. You add the touch of color yourself as a learning tool and sight-reading guide. Use color to accentuate and emphasize the music. Make your own personalized color code system, something that makes sense and works for you. I like to color in the note tails of some pieces various colors, or color all the lines blue and spaces red, making “skips” and “steps” easier to read at a glance. Or some pieces I like to color all C notes red, and all G sharps green or B flats orange. It is completely up to you. Just highlight segments or the rhythms phrases or just make it the music look pretty, whatever makes you happy, and assists you in sight-reading faster and more effectively than ever before. Be sure to enter “your” colored music into the school contest for best Colored Sheet Music. Check out the BPS Color Music Contest for ideas.

♪ ♪ Meet Your 1st Grade Music Teacher ♪ ♪

David is a Sociologist and Scientist (Bachelors of Arts from the SUNY Albany '07),

United States Marine, Afghanistan War Veteran (Operation Enduring Freedom '09),

Author (library of works and website links at dwcoon.blogspot.com),

Teacher at the Online Tutoring School, Piano Teacher at BPS,

ESL Tutor, and a Computer and Info Sciences Teacher,
and an entrepreneur of multiple other businesses.