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Halloween Jackson Blues
I just remembered a Jackson Blues variation I like to teach around Halloween that makes it sound a little creepy: RH – for each chord, move finger 3 down a 1/2 step (makes them minor chords – they don’t need to know that if they…
Absence of Tempo and Expressing Markings
The below question was asked in response to a video Neil posted to help answer a question about what key Dark Blue is in, covered in a separate Simpedia post: https://simpedia.info/what-key-is-dark-blue-in/ Neil Moore hearing Joe’s playing also made me realize you don’t put tempo markings…
Music Book to Understand Dotted Notes
Quite relieved after todays lesson with my 7 year old. It is my first time ever to take someone that young through RR. She was previously doing well till we started dotted notes last week and she found them really confusing though the RR material…
Using the Diagram for Sleeping
This diagram represents the basic hand positions (BH) for the first section of the song. Put the page down flat and look over the page as though you are looking directly down onto the keyboard. Top Line: LH fingers 1 and 5. RH fingers 1…