This music was first uploaded 2 months ago. Sophie has been working on it since then have better fluidity and expression. Yesterday, 11-19-23, we recorded it again. I decided to exchange the files. If you heard it before there is  remarkable difference. I am proud of her.

Song for Johanna was written by Franz Gordan. Sophie is a student of mine, age 14, who I have been teaching for 4.5 years. There is a playlist with her name that has various pieces she has played or worked on with me since she was 9.

Learning to play the piano is more than learning to play the right note at the right time. A beginner doesn't have enough control over their hands to be able to affect how the note is played - how the keys are touched, and the sound blended. Can the emotion be felt? The player has to know the language of music so well that they don't have to think about the notes being played, and can separate themselves to  listen to the music they are playing. 

Unfortunately, most piano teachers can't teach this because they can't get beyond teaching songs in piano method books - They can only teach what they were taught. I have heard many parents tell me they took lessons when they were young, and when I ask if they are still playing, the answer is almost always, "No". They forgot whatever they had memorized so long ago and they never learned how to create music, so it is all moot. It is like learning another language. You can memorize a phrase but you don't understand how the words in the phrase work together. You can't have a conversation in that language let alone show emotion. Music is a conversation.

I have been teaching for more than 50 years and have had hundreds of students. Most don't last long enough to get to the point I am with Sophie - and hopefully I will have a few more years with her before she goes out in the world. But what she is learning she won't forget. Memorizing music is a small portion of what we do. There is so much more to learning how to play music on any instrument than learning how to play what someone else wrote. 

Listen to her playlist and hear her growth. Song for Johanna is the beginning of her next phase of learning. Her lessons are 2-3 hours. She couldn't learn enough in one hour to play with this much maturity. She is such a joy to teach.

Song forJohanna Played by Sophie (revision)

IN GLORIA

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Composed in 2015

Third and last composition about my city.

On this occasion dedicated to the cathedral of Seville. It is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. Inside it there are true works of art and painting, as well as gigantic organs and the tomb of Christopher Columbus, among other things to admire.

27 tracks of native instruments from Music Studio and the Xewton forum.

Art cover by Wukomm (Pixabay)

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Hardware. ipad
mix. My car. 🚘

Thanks for your comments.

Paco.

In gloria

I Been  [ Just G prod. Chameleon & Just G]

KISSIN' ASS FOR CHRISTMAS

Sempre dalla "Suite ferroviaria" una (molto) personale interpretazione del genere 'Marce Americane'.

Disclaimer:
Ogni riferimento a fatti e persone realmente esistenti è puramente coincidenziale e non si intende identificare alcun essere umano nella figura del Tram. Qualsiasi intento sarcastico che voleste ravvisare nel titolo e/o nella musica sarebbe unicamente frutto  della vostra malizia.

From the 'Railroad Suite', a (very) personal interpretation of the genre 'American Marches.'

Disclaimer:
Any reference to real events and people is purely coincidental and is not intended to identify any human being in the figure of the Tram. Any sarcastic intent you might perceive in the title and/or in the music would solely be a product of your own slyness.

Attenti al Tram - Marcia meregàna

Thank you so much SyA for singing with me:)
Rudi played drums, keyboards, percussions
Music: some decibel
Lyrics: some decibel
Vocals: SyA and Rudi

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