Oh God, How Much Heartache (Arrangement for Voice and Piano)Johann Sebastian Bach
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Remember that not until Gabrieli did we even have the innovation of notated dynamics but even Mozart did not fuss too greatly with them, frequently limiting himself to simply p and f with fewer marked crescendi and diminuendi, while Beethoven added more of these, including the...
I did a piece recently on “The worst kept secret in pop music,” which is that artists who don’t participate in songwriting are often asking or requiring that songwriters give over their publishing credit. It’s a really fun conversation with one of today’s biggest songwriters, Emily War...
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You might imagine it would be Bach, Beethoven, or Chopin. Chopin is my favorite piano composer. However, my most significant influence, to a disgusting degree, is John Mayer. Now, I’m not condoning anything he did in the past. He moved to Montana and reconciled with the early-2000s...
I find a lot of issues like this in Bach, where it just does not make sense fingering wise. While I can manage it, there just seems to be stumbling points that do not flow naturally (and I do not know if it's my fault or just part of the music). Usually if I ...
How should the organist begin to tackle Bach?器官应该如何开始以巴赫? Editor and distinguished organ teacher, Anne Marsden Thomas, gives advice on where to begin with Bach and how a young organist might best structure their practice sessions. https://glo
Collins' second solo LP didn't have the weight of an impending divorce steering it like he did with his 1981 debut, 'Face Value.' So he instead focused on sharpening the R&B elements of his hooky pop music. 'Hello, I Must Be Going!' had an effect on Collins' music going forward,...