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What Key Is Dark Blue In?

What key is Dark Blue in? Look at the music book for FL4. 3 flats. Also, the first and last bass note is C hinting at the tonal center. Ian Yes. And yes. And yet: it doesn’t really ever sound like C is a definitive…

Roman Numerals for Amazing Grace Variation 2

I have a question about the Amazing Grace Variation from book two. How would you write the last line in I IV V format – from the vi, then F/D, F/G, and Fm. You wouldn’t write IV/2nd would you? Is it IV/6th? I have a…

Star-Spangled Banner substitute songs

I have a pair of siblings in Level 2 who have asked to be exempted from learning the Star-Spangled Banner for religious reasons. I suggested a compromise: they would learn the chords, but SSB would be the only Accompaniment song I do not require they…

When to introduce Accomp 1

I’m finding that my students are arriving at the Level 2 Foundation accompaniment songs faster than they’re getting to that point in the Accompaniment program. This results in them still being on triads (major and minor) when dominant 7ths come up (Amazing Grace); and then…

Accompaniment 1 – Root Chords

My query is on the subject of Accompaniment. Half my studio have just started Acc1 and everyone is wanting to learn a song of their choice. I notice with a lot of popular music that there are full of chord inversions and we have only…