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 […]

Women & Music

Today, March 8th, marks International Women’s Day. How are you celebrating?! March is off to an interesting start. Did you remember to move your clocks forward to Daylight Saving Time? I hope you did. If you tuned in to CBTS (CMajor Before The Show) and CRS (the CMajor Radio Show) you know that we are […]

Improvisation Fun

CMajor agrees that the secret is out!–Everyone can improvise. That is part of this week’s fun music exercise (FME). You have one job and that is to find a way to make music-making fun. Oh, and feel free to use technology to help you out as needed. Improvisation is a natural part of jazz/rock playing…The […]

Songs & Verses

As we approach the new year, I invite you to continue to find some fun and funny moments to share in your music making. We intend to do just that in 2020!–Life is too short to be stressed out over making mistakes at the piano and worrying about playing everything perfectly all the time. And, […]

CMAJOR CHORD CHANGES

Have you ever noticed how many CMajor Chords there are in a song that’s written in the key of F Major? What about other keys other than C, such as G or D? This past week, I had some fun with one of my students who wanted to transpose a Christmas tune to a “better […]