Modern dance has become more and more popular these days. Here is a dance team from Dominion High School. Hope you like it!
Singing
There is no greater way to make yourself happy than to sing a joyful song. When you sing, you are creating a positive mindset within yourself. If you have a good voice, you can enjoy singing in groups, lead music, or perhaps even record yourself. Often times, people become good at what they love, and grow to love what they can do well.
Even if you can’t sing very well, you will feel better if you sing a song while you are doing your daily chores. It will make the day go by much faster, and you will not even notice some of the aches and pains that you thought you felt in the past.
Music is good for the soul. Some folks say that when they are singing they feel good about Read the rest of this entry »
Free Christmas Sheet Music
Here are some of the free Christmas sheet music for downloading and printing. Click on the title of the song to view the sheet music. There is no membership required to download these public domain sheet music - download it now:
Jingle Bells
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Deck The Halls
Angels We Have Heard On High
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Music for Everyone Christmas Book
Music Is for Everyone Christmas Book Level 1 Sheet Music
by Gail Gilbert
For Piano. Solos. Mife. Christmas. Beginning. Book. 16 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.93811).
This highly acclaimed, innovative approach for teaching keyboard is for very young children. The series incorporates creative cartoons, vivid color, and teaching techniques in an extremely workable and well-researched method.Easy Piano
Best Christmas Music
Best Christmas Music - Easy Piano Sheet Music
by Various
By Various. For voice and easy piano. Big Note Songbook. Christmas. SMP Level 2 (Late Elementary). Songbook (big note notation). Vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and big note notation. 168 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.310325).ISBN 0793584361. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and big note notation. Christmas. 9×12 inches.
A giant collection of 62 Christmas favorites for big-note piano. Songs include: Away in a Manger • Blue Christmas • The Chipmunk Song • The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) • The First Noel • Frosty the Snow Man • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer • Happy Holiday • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus • It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas • Mary Had a Baby • Mister Santa • Pretty Paper • Silver Bells • Suzy Snowflake • Wonderful Christmastime • and more.
Music As Numeric Language
Language can be written or spoken - it functions as code used for communications. We can categorize language as being of two types: the “natural” language and “numeric” language.
The “natural” language helps us to communicate with one another with words. On the other hand, the “numeric” language which is written in “mathematical” forms – is a “mind set”. One sees relationship through various patterns just as one sees patterns in music. Both music and mathematics are not cold and lifeless formulas, since they can be used to express and reflect on beauty. It is helpful to have such languages that can Read the rest of this entry »
Names of Piano Keys
After you have learned the layout of the piano keys, it’s time to find out the names of these black and white keys. You can also watch the video below and take tests on the “Keyboard Trainer” at the end of this writing.
Names of 7 white keys are:
C, D, E, F, G, A, and B
Names of 5 black keys are: (each of them has two names)
A group of two black keys are:
C# (or, Db), and D# (or, Eb)
A group of three black keys are:
F# (or, Gb), G#(or, Ab), and A# (or, Bb)
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Free Sheet Music
Below are free sheet music that you can download and print out. There is no membership required to download these public domain sheet music - download now:
Fur Elise
Ode to Joy
Canon in D
Aria
The Entertainer
Deck the Halls
Jingle Bells
Oh Susanna!
This Old Man
Yankee Doodle
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The Power of Music
Have you ever listened to a song and it brought tears to your eyes, or found yourself smiling or laughing? It has been found that most people connect to the words in a song or the music itself.
We hear music from the time we are born and probably while we were still in the womb. We started out with lullabies; then, as we grew older we began to choose our own favorite songs. Once we have chosen our favorites we then begin to associate songs with events Read the rest of this entry »
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
First, we will learn how to play the melody of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” using the right hand only. Click to watch the video below, and you can practice what you have learned on the “ZebraKeys’ Z-Board” at the end of this writing. When you are comfortable playing the melody, watch the next video.
Next, we will learn how to play the chords using left hand:
Now, let’s play this song using both hands:
After watching this video, you can practice this song on ZebraKeys’ Z-Board (practice only the right-hand melody, or the left-hand chords separately). If you own a piano keyboard, you can practice playing this song with both hands, or you can browse through these Hot Buys - Keyboards
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Music for Healing
There is an old saying, “Music soothes the savage beast.” Music truly can soothe you when you are upset over something. It can also help in relaxing our mind, and healing of our body.
There is a therapy called “Brain Music Therapy,” where they record your brain waves and turn it into music. It is reported to soothe and make people feel much better. Music therapy has been used for Read the rest of this entry »
White Piano Keys
A full size piano has 88 keys, and they are consisted of 36 black keys and 52 white keys.
Today, we will look at the white keys and their patterns. White keys are divided into two groups: group of three keys, and group of four keys, a total of seven white keys in all.
The name of keys in a group of three (3) white keys are: C, D, and E. The name of keys in a group of four (4) white keys are: F, G, A, and B. Starting from the left - the name of the first white key (on the left of any group of two black keys) is C. See the diagram below:
C D E F G A B C
