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Now we approach one of the most beautiful measures in the piece, where the hands swim over and under each other towards the top of the musical phrase. I'm using a virtual piano program called Pianoteq to illustrate how to use the damper pedal. My acoustic Cunningham Grand Piano has a QuietTime system installed, which uses special sensors on the piano action to transmit MIDI signals, allowing me to simultaneously route them through my computer to use in programs like Pianoteq.
We also talk about pivoting fingers, and why I encourage you to cheat and skip that technique by just using the damper pedal ;)
A challenging measure to work on, but by taking things one at a time, you'll see it really isn't so bad!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DslJJ2_pfb4
Dacia Clay is the music librarian for Houston Public Media’s Classical 91.7 station, as well as the host and co-producer of “Classical Classroom”, a weekly podcast that helps listeners learn more about the world of classical music. What makes this show so interesting is the fact that Dacia has a deep dark secret...
Visit http://www.amusicallife.com/dacia-clay-host-of-the-classical-classroom-podcast/ for links to the music played in this episode and show notes. http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/shows/classical-classroom/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffOiPwoKj-w
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Now we put the left hand notes together, with some challenging hand position changes that will become more comfortable as you get familiar with the "landscape" of the keyboard and the physical shape of the chords. We explore some alternate fingers, with an encouragement to experiment to find the ones most comfortable for your hand size and shape.
Please let me know if I go too fast through this measure! If necessary, I can develop some practice exercises, depending on requests from folks participating in this series. Great job for following along up to this point!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sfeLWWt_5k
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We get introduced to two new symbols: the 8va ("octava") symbol, and the "squiggly line", otherwise known as the "roll". After quickly mapping out the notes, we spend a good bit of time exploring various options for rolling the notes, from a simple unison roll, to a more complex "harp-like" note-by-note roll. Let your ears decide which effect you like best, and have fun experimenting!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ-qoKIxvhA
Version 1.22 of AirTurn's BT-105 Bluetooth Page Turner adds the ability to toggle on the iPad's Virtual Keyboard for simultaneous text entry and hands free page turning capabilities. This video demonstrates how to activate the Virtual Keyboard on the iPad and iPad 2 with the BT-105.
For more information, please visit http://airturn.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4BzFsR3uU
The AirTurn BT-105 is a wireless page turning transceiver for tablets and computers. It connects wirelessly to iPads and Mac & PC computers using Bluetooth technology. The BT-105 can be controlled by a wide variety of momentary switches, such as the ATFS-2 silent pedals, the Boss FS-5U and FS-6 pedals, and even bite and tongue switches for hands AND feet-free page turns.
Visit http://airturn.com for more details on our full line of wireless page turning and control options for iPads, Android tablets, Mac and PC computers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s73P08pZOiU
https://hughsung.com/pianos-blog/making-my-own-youtube-background-music-tracks-with-a-yamaha-clavinova
I've been making videos for quite a long time. I started making videos just for fun, interviewing friends, and when I started AirTurn, the videos became a primary means of marketing my young company. I would create video tutorials on how to use the AirTurn page turning pedals. That experience, of course, led me to do marketing videos for Cunningham Piano, and now I'm doing more and more videos with my personal life, with traveling, the foods I eat, etc. One of the most interesting things I'm finding as I am doing more and more activities as a YouTuber, is the fact that I need music. I need a lot of music, especially with the traveling videos and with the other personal stories that I like to share. It's always great to have background music. Interestingly, the more videos I make, the more I realize how challenging it can be to find just the right music, just the right track to go along with a particular scene or a mood for a video clip.
I wanted to share something interesting. I was preparing to make a promotional video for Yamaha's Lunar New Year rebates sale that we're getting ready to start here at Cunningham Piano. I had a lot of fun creating a fun clip trying to say “Happy New Year” in Chinese (I'm not Chinese by the way, I'm Korean American). Along with the Chinese New Year theme, I thought it would be great if we could have some Chinese New Year music as the background music track for this video. Rather than find this online, buy a track and download it, I thought since we're trying to promote Yamaha pianos, wouldn't it be great if I could use a Yamaha piano to create the track and create my own custom version? So that's what I did. I've actually been thinking about how useful the Yamaha CVP line of Clavinovas could be for YouTubers in particular.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bDCVs3AFyc
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We're just about to start one of the most difficult portions of the entire piece. I explain what makes this part so hard, between the twisting left hand runs and the challenging double-notes in the right hand, then give a preview of a creative solution to make it much easier to play (essentially, using the right hand to once again come to the "rescue" of the left hand). In the next lessons, I'll break down this creative fingering bit by bit, so don't worry - with a little patience and some careful practice, I think you'll be surprised at how well you'll be able to tackle this yourself!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W4BJ0kGyJM