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MusicBasics4Keyboard
by Darlene Dranda
Greetings from North America. In 1990 I graduated from a small college in New Jersey with a music program where I majored in piano, attended concerts in NYC, and watched my first opera with Luciano Pavarotti. As a keyboard instructor today and big fan of popular music including light opera, I encourage you to watch We Are Family Wednesday nights to hear the exquisite harmonies coming from the stage. Two episodes brought me back to my roots growing up in the 1960s singing along to girl groups like The Supremes. The beat goes on. I love Cher's music. Read my book "Songbird at the Shopping Mall".
Episodes
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Buttery Flaky Pie Crust and Rockin' Music 4Keyboard
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...
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Quiche for Beginners with Easy Listening Solo Guitar
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...
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Whisking the Night Away with Music for Bakers
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...
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Play Along to a Song in F Sharp Minor for Christmas
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...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in D Major One Chord
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...
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Super Easy Mary Poppins Chim Chiminey wAudio Track
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…
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Easy Play Jazz Club Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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....
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Super Easy O Come, All Ye Faithful
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....
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Super Easy First Noel in G Major
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...
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Easy Play Jingle Bells with 3 Chords
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.
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Super Easy Little Brown Jug with Casio SA-76
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...
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Brahms Lullaby with Trumpet & Guitar
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,...
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Brahms Waltz Op., No 15 in G Major
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…
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Super Easy Beethoven's Joyful, Joyful Melody
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.
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Holiday Songs from Rehearsal to Showtime!
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...
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Liebestraum in G Major with Arpeggio-Chords
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.
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Liebestraum by Franz Liszt in G Major
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...
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Easy Smetana Die Moldau Classical Favorite
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,...
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What Happens on Porch Day worldwide?
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…
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Celebrating Porch Day with Beauty and the Beast
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…
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy with 5 Chords
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.
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Easy Play Cole Porter Songs in G Major
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...
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Super Easy Play Beauty and the Beast with 3 Chords
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…
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Puccini O Mio Babbino Caro Easy Play w4Chords
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
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Puccini O Mio Babbino Caro EZ Play with One Chord
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).
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Yamaha E463 Bass Clef w/Three Notes 4Beginners
This episode is about three notes written for the bass clef. They are A, B, and middle C from the musical alphabet which consists of seven notes. That's it, dear friends. The same seven notes are used to write music for the treble and bass clefs. Only two clefs are used for these lessons. Treble...
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Songbook Guide for Easy Play Music
Learn to play piano or keyboard with music from easy play songbooks by Hal Leonard. See the videos with Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast. The keyboard used for this "Super Easy" song in C major is the Casio SA-76. Thanks for watching.
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Super Easy Disney Lesson for Casio SA-76
Learn to play or teach with this sample lesson. Be Our Guest is the name of the song from Beauty and the Beast. The songbook is Super Easy from Hal Leonard publishers. The keyboard used for the lesson is the Casio SA-76. Thanks for watching.
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Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast with Casio SA-76
Learn to read the music and play the melody (only) with sheet music from Hal Leonard's Super Easy Songbook. The next lesson will contain chords and more information about sight reading and technique. Thanks for watching.
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Be Our Guest 4Labor Day with Easy Play
Learn to play this song for keyboard starting today from Beauty and the Beast. Memorize the lyrics and gird your loins if you plan to play outdoors for friends and/or family. Three-to-five songs; keep it short. This is your time to shine. if you are also the host. Bring the food items out in…
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy with EZ Play Today
This was a TEST to see if the song could be learned in one day with one chord. Students, when you "make up your mind" to do something, there's a good chance you will succeed with EZ Play Today songs in C major by Hal Leonard publishers. We'll add more chords over the next few days. Happy July…
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Waltz of the Flowers E463 with EZ Play Today
Put together your song list, dear friends, with arrangements by Hal Leonard. Choose at least five songs you would like to play before a small audience of friends and/or family for this coming July Fourth. Include two patriotic songs. Videotape each song first. Your BEST song should be played…
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EZ Play Today Happy Trails for 4th of July and Song List
Here to help keyboard players prepare a song list for the upcoming July 4th holiday with music by Hal Leonard. Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light how PROUD we will be with a song list bright gleaming. And the rockets red flare, my heart bursting prepared, oh say does that star spangled...
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EZ Play Today Don't Fence Me In by Cole Porter
Celebrating Father's Day today with a song about wide open spaces and lots of land under starry skies above. Keyboard settings on the Yamaha DGX-640 are as follows: VOICE: steel guitar. STYLE: country. Thanks for watching.
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EZ Play Today Battle Hymn of the Republic
This publisher can take keyboard players from nowhere to somewhere in one day. Proof positive that dreams can come true with Hal Leonard EZ Play Today songbooks. The Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-640 is played for this video. Style No. 002, 8 Beats Modern. Tempo 92. The JVC Everio HD Memory camera…
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Your First Piano/Keyboard Performance in Public
Do you remember what happened before, after and during your first performance? Who attended? Was there a gathering afterwards with food and beverages? This video is about what happened during my first classical piano performance in college. Thank you for watching.
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Easy Play Carly Simon for Keyboard
This lesson is about a song by Carly Simon in C major from the movie Working Girl. Lady in Red by Chris DeBurgh is also in this movie and on the soundtrack along with Let the River Run by Carly Simon. Play along with the soundtrack and sheet music to increase your playing skills. Performed on my...
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EZ Play TODAY Songs for Memorial Day
Fire up your ambitions to play keyboard this holiday with sheet music from Hal Leonard. Salute our troops with music and grilled hot dogs while you join in with your own hit parade of songs. Be careful with backyard fireworks. Just saying. Thank you for watching.
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Easy Play Carly Simon Music with Groove Creator
This is Let the River Run from the movie Working Girl in C major. Words and music by Carly Simon. Here are the settings used with the Yamaha PSR-E463. Groove Creator No. 004, UK ELEC. STYLE: No. 001, Brit Rock. VOICE: No. 002, Oct Piano. Tempo 123 beats. WORKING GIRL PLOT: Savvy New York City...
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Nobody Does It Better E-Z Play for Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day!! Carly Simon was raised in an upper-class musical home. Her father was a cofounder of the Simon & Schuster publishing house and a pianist, and her mother was a singer and civil rights activist. Simon and her two sisters all pursued music; her brother became a photographer.…
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Easy Play 4Piano- Poison Apple Clue
This song is from Disney's Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. This is my tribute song to music students, friends, followers and animal lovers. Song title: Some Day My Prince Will Come. Who am I? I am a college-trained classical music educator and mature vocalist with many years of public performance....
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Super Easy Play Bella Notte PEP TALK
This is about putting it all together for keyboard players. Slow down. You may have heard this from other teachers. It works. Take it easy especially on day one with new songs or songs you know. Listen to the music as you play. Listen to the music in your head. They need to come together and will...
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Super Easy Play Belle Notte
This episode is about fingering, chords and videotaping. More to come in the next episode as we learn to play this song from the movies with sheet music published by Hal Leonard. Thank you for watching.
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So Far Away by Carole King
Do you know this song? What can be learned by looking at the sheet music and playing it on some musical instrument preferably keyboard? If you said repetition, go to the head of the class and collect your prize, preferably cash. For now it's confirmation of a desire to bring emotions to your...
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Getting to Know You
Just a few questions to help me as program director for music camp students. On day five, students will play one song from the movies in front of an audience. Be prepared! Thank you for watching.
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Overcoming Fear of Failure
This is about overcoming fear of failure for keyboard players. Learn to play songs you know. Play scales - slowly. Overcome fear of all the black keys. Memorize the location of middle C. Also, make videos of practice time, every time. You will be amazed at your progress. Thank you for watching.
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Let's Fall in Love with Casio SA-76
This is about a Cole Porter song from the Woody Allen movie Midnight in Paris. Thank you for watching.
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Celebrating Easter with a Hymn by Alfred Ackley
He Lives! was written by Alfred Henry Ackley who was born in Pennsylvania in 1887. It is one of the Christian church's most triumph Easter hymn. Hope I did justice to this beautiful hymn on the Casio SA-76 in my backyard today under the red umbrella. Happy Easter, dear friends. Thank you for...
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Songs from the Movies
This episode is about songs from the movies such as Chicago, Midnight in Paris with songs from Cole Porter and Carly Simon from Working Girl. It's the most wonderful time of this year for keyboard students interested in theory, technical skills, sight reading and composition. For more…
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Playing More Than One Instrument
For keyboard players, this episode is about easy play music for O Brother, Where Art Thou. The Yamaha E463 and DGX-640 keyboards are what I use to play in my videos. No Sugar is the soundtrack from the YouTube Audio Library. Thank you for watching.
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Greetings from North America. In 1990 I graduated from a small college in New Jersey with a music program where I majored in piano, attended concerts in NYC, and watched my first opera with Luciano Pavarotti. As a keyboard instructor today and big fan of popular music including light opera, I encourage you to watch We Are Family Wednesday nights to hear the exquisite harmonies coming from the stage. Two episodes brought me back to my roots growing up in the 1960s singing along to girl groups like The Supremes. The beat goes on. I love Cher's music. Read my book "Songbird at the Shopping Mall".
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Darlene Dranda
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