Two ‘Black’…Keys

We hope you’re having a nice Mother’s Day so far. The weather here in New York City is magnificently sunny! That’s after a couple of days of confusing temperatures and precipitation–snow?! huh?! You’ve got to be kidding me. Lol!–Anyway, we had fun yesterday on the podcast talking about ways to imagine the group of two […]

Music Making Motivation

Hi there! Thank you for listening to us online. We are posting a poll following today’s episode on CBTS. Please see the link to the poll question below. You may respond to the question at your leisure. https://PollEv.com/multiple_choice_polls/BKqWWoJFcVxdyeLPlwYGL/respond It’s a multiple choice poll that questions your value of composing with a mobile device, i.e. iPad. […]

Curious … Chord Progressions

For this week’s homework, we’re posting a live poll. It’s fun!–think about where you were in 1979. And, if you were not anywhere yet…maybe think about where some of your family members were. What types of music making were you or your family involved in? Mine was definitely piano lessons, playing piano and other instruments […]

TEXT Notation

A basic definition of notation is…’the method or methods for writing down music.’ Classical Greek music was notated by using means of letters. The use of letters for the indication of tones is restricted today to “theoretical and instructive purposes”. Unfortunately there is no uniform practice for indicating different octaves. Not all the new methods […]

Harmonizing Anthems

Hi there! This week’s homework is a little tricky…but hopefully somewhat challenging and fun for you. How many national anthems do you know how to play on the piano? We took an impromptu poll today…so if you have a chance, please check it out over on our social media pages. For homework, see if you […]