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“The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind.”
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Feels like home in C Major. Sheet(p. 2): https://musopen.org/music/23775-25-easy-and-progressive-etudes-op-100/ Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Back to the drawing board. We mark the start of a new series with a collection of early intermediate etudes and exploration of basic music theory concepts. We discuss how to make major scales, misconceptions of Arabic music, and a party of thirds. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Let's blast off to space and enjoy the freedom from time and rhythm. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
The train stops here. We've arrived at the present. We discuss the biggest premiere debacle in history, the end of time and space, and Crayola crayons. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Keep the three jazz components that we talked about in mind: the blues scale, syncopation, and swing. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Out of all the gin joints in all the world, you walk into this podcast episode? It's time for the Jazz Age. We discuss Rhapsody in Blue, New Orleans, and syncopation. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
In 1915, this served as a small light to the war-torn French people. Happy Birthday, Emma Debussy. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Welcome to the modern era! We have arrived at the 20th century. This week, we'll take a deeper look into the Impressionist movement led by Debussy and Ravel. We discuss World War I, the plural of "pegasus", and I butcher French phrases. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Romantic touchstones: rubato, dynamic contrast, and an expanded tonal palette. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
Next stop: Romantic period (1825-1900). We discuss nationalism, learn how to steal time, and reflect on how much we have already learned. Twitter: @PianoRhapsody Email: pianorhapsodypodcast@gmail.com Find PianoRhapsody on SoundCloud for this recording and more!
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