Star Wars from Scratch

Star Wars from Scratch: Piano Lesson #5 - Starting the Fanfare

Monday, 10 August 2009 09:30 | Written by Administrator | PDF | Print | E-mail

Now we start the beginning of that famous brass fanfare from John Williams' "Star Wars" theme. To me, this sounds like a musical dogfight! This is a tricky section, so we're going to start with the left hand alone first. We'll also learn a little more about faster and slower notes, as well as about those "qualifiers" that are otherwise known as key signatures.

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Star Wars from Scratch: Piano Lesson #4 - Secrets to playing fast repeated notes

Monday, 10 August 2009 09:27 | Written by Administrator | PDF | Print | E-mail

In this lesson, we move from the opening chord to some fast notes. We'll learn about the parts of a note, how to number fingers, the idea of "fingering" (assigning finger numbers to notes), optimal finger position, and a "top secret" method to playing repeated notes really fast.

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Star Wars from Scratch: Lesson #3 - Reading notes in the Bass Clef

Monday, 10 August 2009 09:23 | Written by Administrator | PDF | Print | E-mail

Continuing with the main opening theme from the Star Wars movies by John Williams. Now that we have the right hand chord learned, we move on to learning how to read notes in the lower part of the piano and played with the left hand. This lesson looks at how the Bass Clef works and finishes with making the opening chord complete.

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Star Wars from Scratch #2: Learning to read notes in the Treble Clef

Saturday, 08 August 2009 07:30 | Written by Administrator | PDF | Print | E-mail

Now that we've been introduced to basic directions on a piano, we're ready to learn the first chord in the right hand. We start by learning about the Treble Clef, otherwise known as the G clef, and then from there we can make out the remaining notes. Along the way, we talk about flats and ledger lines.
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Star Wars from Scratch: Lesson #1

Saturday, 08 August 2009 00:25 | Written by Administrator | PDF | Print | E-mail

In this first lesson, we'll give a brief overview of the basics of piano orientation - navigating the keyboard, recognizing note names, and seeing how directions on a keyboard translate to notes on a sheet music score.

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