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Neil Moore – can we share the videos of you telling the stories behind your compositions? If so, what’s the best way to access them? Any chance they could be on the website for students to easily see? I’ve made the videos public. They’re in…

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In Church Song, Level 7, one of the learning strategies is “Locking”. Could I get a clearer definition of what the locking strategy involves? Here’s the definition: Locking: A learning strategy where the hands essentially lock their ‘shape’ into place, but move from one position…

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Just wondering when do triplets get introduced in the curriculum? For some reason I did not see them in RR. Are they mentioned later in context of a specific song? I believe the first time they appear is in Blues & Improv “hickory” rhythm. But…

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Continued from Piano Stories Behind the Songs (Part 1), Neil shares the inspiration behind many of his songs and song names, beginning in Foundation Level 5 through Development Level 12. Topics include: Introduction Introduction (00:05) (FL5) Shoo-Fly, The Gaz, Sit By My Side (02:59) (FL6)…

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• ‘57 12/8 Blues, Beautiful Boy, Can I Share My Heart, Caught Between the Daybreak, Chorale, Church Song, Classical Pieces, composition, D-Part, dev 10, dev 11, dev 12, FL5, FL6, FL7, FL8, FL9, foundation level 5, Gold, Home, Level 10, level 11, level 12, Level 6, Level 7, level 8, Level 9, Lost, Miles, Moonlight, Neil’s compositions, Old Man Whistle, On This Day, One More Time, Panther, Pauly's Patter, Shadow, shoo-fly, Sit By My Side, Sky High, Soliloquy, The Gaz, the stories behind the songs, Time for More Music, Walk at Eleven