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Steve Swayne Holiday Twists CD

Free Samples from Steve Swayne's CD
08 Three Disoriented Kings.mp3
05 Jolly Old St. Pachcelbel.mp3
16 Away in a Manger.mp3
17 Carol of the Bells.mp3
19 O Holy Night.mp3

How to play by ear

start with easy songs, like a famous classical melody u have heard but not studied the actual music.  Then identify whether it is major or minor.   Then pick a key and try to identify the relative pitch.  Most people who cannot play by ear make the mistake of trying to identify the absolute pitch.  They fail because they are skipping the relative pitch step.

Identifying the key narrows the possibilities considerably.  There are 12 chromatic steps but if you identify they key u have narrow the possibilities to 7, excluding accidentals.

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Davies Symphony Hall Program 2009 - program to be ~2 hours

Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor 15:03

1. Beethoven Appasionata
2. Liszt 1 - la campanella
3. Mozart Rondeau
4. Liszt 2 - mazeppe (replace with Beethoven presto agitato?)
5. Liszt 3- Alla Turca Capriccio -
6. Chopin Ballade No. 4 - 10 minutes -
8. Chopin Etudes -
   1. first one -
   2. winter etude - needs polishing - lacking sophistcation on runs.
   3. Revolutionary Etude

7. Scarlatti Sonatas -3 - E, D, and mordent. totally learnable, but now ask the tough questions on how to make the tone sound even better. Dont' start with just the piano, ask yourself the ideal tone in piano.

8. Beethoven Allegro Vivace - Rondo

9. Scriabin Prelude -

Performing notes:

E is sharped.
Right hand comes in on offbeat.
4 against three; unusual rhtyhm.

Double LH octave repeated. To get maximum efficiency keep alternating between songs and ask the tough questions. keep the pencil moving. There is a pattern in the LH.

Piece is mysteriously loud, but difficult because the intervals are larger than your hands.

Ossia - A word used in musical scores – as also, more rarely, oppure (particularly in Verdi), overo or ovvero (literally ‘or rather’) – to mark an alternative to a passage. This occurs in several different circumstances: (i) simpler versions, particularly in 19th-century piano music; (ii) embellished versions, particularly in bel canto vocal music; (iii) in scholarly texts, readings from other sources or alternative interpretations of the same source; (iv) changes made to accommodate the music to an instrument with a slightly shorter range, whether a piano with a smaller keyboard or an oboe, for instance, playing violin music; (v) alternative orchestration for an orchestra smaller or larger than that originally intended.

David Wong Pianist Message Board - suggestions from fans

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Reflective activity
Looking inside yourself
How do I want to hear this
What am I trying to say
Who is saying it to me?

Strong narrative inside – something that expresses what you feel inside
What does this music mean to you? 

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