About the Piano Lessons
Piano lessons from the author!
I will be using my own recently self-published piano songbooks during the lessons! I'm really excited about this new songbook series because it takes traditional nursery rhymes and makes them into a scary version by putting them into a minor key; or changes them into a bright and happy version by putting them into the major key. It's like a magic trick to hear how songs known since childhood can suddenly sound so much darker and scarier (or happier) by changing only one or two notes! Everyone loves these scary versions.
The Music Theory Matrix Piano Songbook Volume 1
The right and left pages mirror each other:
LEFT: The original well-known traditional songs are on the left page.
RIGHT: The altered minor or major versions are on right page.
SONGS INCLUDED:
- Interval Songs
- Brother John / Brother John in Cm
- Mary Had a Little Lamb / Mary Lost Her Little Lamb
- When the Saints Go Marching In / When the Beasts Come Charging In
- Ode to Joy / Ode to Sad
- Jingle Bells / Haunting Bells
- Morning Bells Are Ringing / Nighttime Bells Are Ringing
- London Bridge is Falling Down / London Bridge is Broken Down
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star / Flaming Burning Giant Star
- Snake Charmer / Butterfly Charmer
+ Celestial Patterns (Original Composition by Author)
Click here for audio files of the songs found in this book.
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LEVELS:
Each song has five levels from Easy to Hard, including a 'Variation' version that has been altered slightly for a very different sound. Both the switch from major to minor (or vice versa) and the Variations are designed to help users understand how to use traditional songs to learn how to improvise and compose their own new songs in a fun new way! The new song versions have either funny lyrics opposite of the original version, or lyrics about music theory and composition designed to be catchy and get stuck in your head to ingrain important concepts.
Song Versions:
1 - Lead Sheet (Right Hand Melody only)
2 - Single Note Bassline in Left Hand
3 - Variation Version
4 - Block Chords in Left Hand
5 - Broken Chords in Left Hand
Each song has five levels from Easy to Hard, including a 'Variation' version that has been altered slightly for a very different sound. Both the switch from major to minor (or vice versa) and the Variations are designed to help users understand how to use traditional songs to learn how to improvise and compose their own new songs in a fun new way! The new song versions have either funny lyrics opposite of the original version, or lyrics about music theory and composition designed to be catchy and get stuck in your head to ingrain important concepts.
Song Versions:
1 - Lead Sheet (Right Hand Melody only)
2 - Single Note Bassline in Left Hand
3 - Variation Version
4 - Block Chords in Left Hand
5 - Broken Chords in Left Hand
Here are a few of the songs I've composed:
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And some other songs: More videos coming soon.