MusicBasics4Keyboard

We got it right this time, friends, for buttery flaky pie crusts for chicken pot pie. I learned that working the dougball should be somewhere between wet and dry. It should be moist and "bouncy" neither wet nor dry. Watching this video takes me back to when my mother and her mother made noodles from scratch on Sundays in Ohio after church services. It's all about the love, isn't...

Man shall not live by music alone, but with savory egg dishes like fully loaded potato and broccoli quiche. Learn more by visiting Sally's Baking Addition Internet site. TIP NO. 1: slowly roll out the dough ball. TIP NO. 2. when there's no parchment paper in the pantry, try this. Foil wrap the bottom of a sauce pan lid for blind baking the dough. It fits perfectly in a glass 9 inch pie pla...

We're still rockin' around the Christmas tree and cooking up a storm. Happy New Year, music lovers. Wishing you and yours happiness, love, peace and realizing your dreams. I'm happy I never dreamed about opening a bakery, God knows the desires of your heart. Relax, keep a song in your heart and dream BIG in 2024. Thank you for your support over the past two years. Has it really been th...

Playing this Yamaha demo song is in response to time with friends today playing volleyball and who own musical instruments and play. It's great for music students who want to up their game from C major music and all major keys to a minor keys. This song is "high energy" and tremendous for anyone ready and willing to jump in with both feet and hands. I'm standing while playing. No...

Just as you think you can't play another note, you hear Norah Jones sing, if you're lucky, and you begin to pick up where you left off musically. These are the song lyrics from her latest video for this song on YouTube. Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light Next year all our troubles will be out of sight Ooooh Have yourself a merry little Chris...

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, dear friends. We've discovered the magic of audio tracks for beginners with TEMPO CONTROL in songbooks by Hal Leonard publishers. This is about downloading easy play audio tracks and mobility for those of us almost ready for prime time. This is a dream come true for piano and keyboard players who are interested in backing tracks and group settings with other...

Thanks to super easy songbooks by Hal Leonard publishing, beginning keyboard players could put together a few Christmas carols with seven chords within a short time and daily practice. It happened to me recently with daily practice, basic left-hand chord diagrams, and simple right-hand melodies. Make your musical dreams come true with Hal Leonard Super Easy Play songbooks. Peace, love and joy. Man...

The sheet music for this song can be found in the Hal Leonard Super Easy Songbook for Christmas Carols. This video lesson in C major is about chords and fingering. The Yamaha E360 was used for this video with the following settings: VOICE -- 003 Bright Piano. STYLE -- 007 - 8 beats and ACMP. Wishing you the best holiday season ever, dear friends. Keep up the good work. Thanks for watching.

When you choose a song you know well, can hear it in your head whether or not you played it before on a piano or keyboard, the results could be spectacular and energize you like magic. Following the basic rules of "read the sheet music first and then play", what you hear in this video is what I played and recorded within about one hour. The sheet music in a songbook titled Christmas Song...

This is a popular American Christmas song written by J.S. Pierpont in 1850. Note to music students: never give up. Work on songs you know by heart. The third time is the charm. Merry Christmas and best wishes for a blessed and prosperous New Year. Thanks for watching.

Sheet music comes with this $88 Casio keyboard from Sweetwater. Need more help? Ask interested young children and start pressing buttons. "Little Brown Jug" is a song written in 1869 by Joseph Eastburn Winner, originally published in Philadelphia with the author listed as Winner's middle name "Eastburn". The Little Brown Jug is a harness race for three-year-old pacing stand...

Taste of Mexico with guitar backup, trumpet leading the melody and sheet music from the Classical Hits EZ Play songbook by Hal Leonard. Letter names inside each note. Just add a palm tree. We're dreaming about sand and surf within one day's drive for Thanksgiving. If you're making travel plans, remember to bring a keyboard or ANY musical instrument like an accordion to pick up the pace...

This video contains two easy play arrangements in G Major from sheetmusicdirect and C Major in Hal Leonard's EZ-Play Today Classical Hits songbook. For beginners familiar or unfamiliar with this waltz, I strongly recommend playing the melody first, one note at a time, and then adding the left hand notes or chords or both. This video is about learning to read easy play sheet music arrangements...

Thanks for watching. Have a great week ahead learning to play this beautiful melody with two chords from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Add more chords over time and enjoy this popular classical composition with Easy Play sheet music by Hal Leonard Publishing.

Let's put together this year's holiday playlist dear friends. Our friends and family members are eager to see us at the keyboard, piano or accordion and HEAR how well we play in THE ZONE no matter what the level. Five easy songs should be nailed down by Thanksgiving just eight weeks away. One of the songs should be used as a backing track when you play another instrument. Bring along the l...

This is preparation work for the left hand before playing with both hands. A broken chord is called an arpeggio. Arpeggio is an Italian word meaning "in the style of a harp." A triad is a three-note chord. Watch the closing credits about musical terms. Thanks for watching.

Liebesträume (German for Dreams of Love) is a set of three solo piano works (S. 541/R. 211) by Franz Liszt, published in 1850. Both spellings are correct. Originally the three Liebesträume were conceived as lieder after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath. This is about playing along with the built-in song function in the Yamaha PSR-E360. The sheet music for this abridged arrangement...

Hope you play-along with this built in song from Yamaha for piano or keyboard. Want to learn more about this composition? Great! Spend time reading the sheet music available for download at MuseScore in E minor. Nearly all of my songbooks and sheet music are purchased online from Hal Leonard, MuseScore, SheetmusicPlus, Thrift Books and SheetmusicDirect, a Hal Leonard site. You'll need a comput...

Music on the Porch day is an annual outdoors world-wide event for people of all ages who can play a musical instrument or SING. Recordings are submitted in advance on Facebook, other media sites and YouTube for approval. For this event, I play a children's song in C major with my Yamaha PSR-E463 on the front lawn. Twinkle Twinkle is one of the prerecorded songs that come with the Casio SA-76 a...

Come gather 'round and I'll tell you a story, la, la - about teaching little fingers to play a musical instrument. Calling all parents, too, for the world-wide Music on the Porch day event this year on August 26, 2023. This video is also about people seated together at a piano or keyboard having a great time overcoming the fear of sightreading with easy play music by Hal Leonard publishers...

Play this music from the Nutcracker songbook by Hal Leonard with big notes and five chords. This is EZ Play Today for determined keyboard and piano players. Work on the melody and chords separately. Practice everyday until it comes together and it will when you keep at it. Many thanks for watching.

This is about an easy play melody with broken chords in the left hand from Hal Leonard publishers. This two-page arrangement by Elizabeth C. Axford can be instantly downloaded online as a PDF file for $4.99 from SheetMusicDirect. An audio recording is also available whether the music is purchased or not. Many thanks for watching and/or listening.

Learning to read music can be great fun for children as well as adults. First, choose a familiar song like Beauty and the Beast, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or any one of hundreds of songs you wish to play for keyboard. Second, locate middle C on the white keys. Count five notes up and down on the Grand Staff from middle C. Familiar songs, regular practice time and sight reading are the essential...

Play this famous aria by Giacomo Puccini in C major using Hal Leonard's Big Note easy play sheet music. Four chords: G major, D major, C major and A minor. More chords to learn possibly coming soon. Many thanks for watching

Let's begin with one chord, shall we? More chords will be added as time goes by. You can count on it. Many thanks for watching dear students and opera lovers (like me on occasion).