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MusicBasics4Keyboard
Darlene Dranda
463 episodes
20 hours ago
Greetings from North America. In 1990 I graduated from a small college in New Jersey with a music program where I majored in piano, attended concerts in NYC, and watched my first opera with Luciano Pavarotti. As a keyboard instructor today and big fan of popular music including light opera, I encourage you to watch We Are Family Wednesday nights to hear the exquisite harmonies coming from the stage. Two episodes brought me back to my roots growing up in the 1960s singing along to girl groups like The Supremes. The beat goes on. I love Cher's music. Read my book "Songbird at the Shopping Mall".
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Greetings from North America. In 1990 I graduated from a small college in New Jersey with a music program where I majored in piano, attended concerts in NYC, and watched my first opera with Luciano Pavarotti. As a keyboard instructor today and big fan of popular music including light opera, I encourage you to watch We Are Family Wednesday nights to hear the exquisite harmonies coming from the stage. Two episodes brought me back to my roots growing up in the 1960s singing along to girl groups like The Supremes. The beat goes on. I love Cher's music. Read my book "Songbird at the Shopping Mall".
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MusicBasics4Keyboard
Buttery Flaky Pie Crust and Rockin' Music 4Keyboard

We got it right this time, friends, for buttery flaky pie crusts for chicken pot pie. I learned that working the dougball should be somewhere between wet and dry. It should be moist and "bouncy" neither wet nor dry. Watching this video takes me back to when my mother and her mother made noodles from scratch on Sundays in Ohio after church services. It's all about the love, isn't it, for mom's homecooked meals and grandma's hearty dishes (and raising chickens) that make lifetime memories? Now, it's time to watch another exciting episode of Hell's Kitchen. Got grit?

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1 year ago
2 minutes 35 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Quiche for Beginners with Easy Listening Solo Guitar

Man shall not live by music alone, but with savory egg dishes like fully loaded potato and broccoli quiche. Learn more by visiting Sally's Baking Addition Internet site. TIP NO. 1: slowly roll out the dough ball. TIP NO. 2. when there's no parchment paper in the pantry, try this. Foil wrap the bottom of a sauce pan lid for blind baking the dough. It fits perfectly in a glass 9 inch pie plate. Works like a charm. Happy New Year, dear friends!

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1 year ago
2 minutes 50 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Whisking the Night Away with Music for Bakers

We're still rockin' around the Christmas tree and cooking up a storm. Happy New Year, music lovers. Wishing you and yours happiness, love, peace and realizing your dreams. I'm happy I never dreamed about opening a bakery, God knows the desires of your heart. Relax, keep a song in your heart and dream BIG in 2024. Thank you for your support over the past two years. Has it really been that long? I promise to figure out how to find and read your comments.

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1 year ago
2 minutes 23 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Play Along to a Song in F Sharp Minor for Christmas

Playing this Yamaha demo song is in response to time with friends today playing volleyball and who own musical instruments and play. It's great for music students who want to up their game from C major music and all major keys to a minor keys. This song is "high energy" and tremendous for anyone ready and willing to jump in with both feet and hands. I'm standing while playing. Not reading sheet music. Take flight with this one. There is no sheet music that I'm aware of. There are more high energy demos in minor keys (I'm guessing) in this Yamaha E463. Let's go exploring! We can always use sheet music and see where this leads. Thanks for watching.

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1 year ago
1 minute 46 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in D Major One Chord

Just as you think you can't play another note, you hear Norah Jones sing, if you're lucky, and you begin to pick up where you left off musically. These are the song lyrics from her latest video for this song on YouTube. Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light Next year all our troubles will be out of sight Ooooh Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the yuletide gay Next year all our troubles will be miles away Here were are as in olden days Happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who are dear to us Gather near to us once more Oooooh Someday soon we all will be together If the fates allow Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow Oooooh So have yourself a merry little Christmas now Oooooh…. Many thanks for watching.

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1 year ago
2 minutes 8 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Super Easy Mary Poppins Chim Chiminey wAudio Track

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, dear friends. We've discovered the magic of audio tracks for beginners with TEMPO CONTROL in songbooks by Hal Leonard publishers. This is about downloading easy play audio tracks and mobility for those of us almost ready for prime time. This is a dream come true for piano and keyboard players who are interested in backing tracks and group settings with other beginners or just listeners. Lights, camera. Action!

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1 year ago
4 minutes 48 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Easy Play Jazz Club Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Thanks to super easy songbooks by Hal Leonard publishing, beginning keyboard players could put together a few Christmas carols with seven chords within a short time and daily practice. It happened to me recently with daily practice, basic left-hand chord diagrams, and simple right-hand melodies. Make your musical dreams come true with Hal Leonard Super Easy Play songbooks. Peace, love and joy. Many thanks for watching.

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1 year ago
4 minutes 58 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Super Easy O Come, All Ye Faithful

The sheet music for this song can be found in the Hal Leonard Super Easy Songbook for Christmas Carols. This video lesson in C major is about chords and fingering. The Yamaha E360 was used for this video with the following settings: VOICE -- 003 Bright Piano. STYLE -- 007 - 8 beats and ACMP. Wishing you the best holiday season ever, dear friends. Keep up the good work. Thanks for watching.

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1 year ago
4 minutes 31 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Super Easy First Noel in G Major

When you choose a song you know well, can hear it in your head whether or not you played it before on a piano or keyboard, the results could be spectacular and energize you like magic. Following the basic rules of "read the sheet music first and then play", what you hear in this video is what I played and recorded within about one hour. The sheet music in a songbook titled Christmas Songs by Hal Leonard got me started leading to memorization, a very good sign for musicians. Consider this method. Read the sheet music, play the melody and then choose chords you can identify quickly and begin to play. Success will be yours, maybe in one hour, one da or longer. This should not be a competition unless you dream of playing in Carnegie Hall. Finally, especially for beginners, daily practice improves sight reading, technique, self-confidence and musical memory. Keep up the good work, music students. Happy holidays and many thanks for watching.

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1 year ago
2 minutes 4 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Easy Play Jingle Bells with 3 Chords

This is a popular American Christmas song written by J.S. Pierpont in 1850. Note to music students: never give up. Work on songs you know by heart. The third time is the charm. Merry Christmas and best wishes for a blessed and prosperous New Year. Thanks for watching.

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1 year ago
3 minutes 58 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Super Easy Little Brown Jug with Casio SA-76

Sheet music comes with this $88 Casio keyboard from Sweetwater. Need more help? Ask interested young children and start pressing buttons. "Little Brown Jug" is a song written in 1869 by Joseph Eastburn Winner, originally published in Philadelphia with the author listed as Winner's middle name "Eastburn". The Little Brown Jug is a harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbred horses hosted by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds racetrack in Delaware, Ohio. Wanna know more about this song? Go to Wikipedia.org.

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1 year ago
3 minutes 25 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Brahms Lullaby with Trumpet & Guitar

Taste of Mexico with guitar backup, trumpet leading the melody and sheet music from the Classical Hits EZ Play songbook by Hal Leonard. Letter names inside each note. Just add a palm tree. We're dreaming about sand and surf within one day's drive for Thanksgiving. If you're making travel plans, remember to bring a keyboard or ANY musical instrument like an accordion to pick up the pace and liven things up. Thanks for watching.

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2 years ago
2 minutes 13 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Brahms Waltz Op., No 15 in G Major

This video contains two easy play arrangements in G Major from sheetmusicdirect and C Major in Hal Leonard's EZ-Play Today Classical Hits songbook. For beginners familiar or unfamiliar with this waltz, I strongly recommend playing the melody first, one note at a time, and then adding the left hand notes or chords or both. This video is about learning to read easy play sheet music arrangements from Johannes Brahms.

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2 years ago
3 minutes 52 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Super Easy Beethoven's Joyful, Joyful Melody

Thanks for watching. Have a great week ahead learning to play this beautiful melody with two chords from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Add more chords over time and enjoy this popular classical composition with Easy Play sheet music by Hal Leonard Publishing.

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2 years ago
3 minutes 44 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Holiday Songs from Rehearsal to Showtime!

Let's put together this year's holiday playlist dear friends. Our friends and family members are eager to see us at the keyboard, piano or accordion and HEAR how well we play in THE ZONE no matter what the level. Five easy songs should be nailed down by Thanksgiving just eight weeks away. One of the songs should be used as a backing track when you play another instrument. Bring along the lyrics for people to sing all five songs. Thank you for watching.

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2 years ago
4 minutes 25 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Liebestraum in G Major with Arpeggio-Chords

This is preparation work for the left hand before playing with both hands. A broken chord is called an arpeggio. Arpeggio is an Italian word meaning "in the style of a harp." A triad is a three-note chord. Watch the closing credits about musical terms. Thanks for watching.

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2 years ago
6 minutes 39 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Liebestraum by Franz Liszt in G Major

Liebesträume (German for Dreams of Love) is a set of three solo piano works (S. 541/R. 211) by Franz Liszt, published in 1850. Both spellings are correct. Originally the three Liebesträume were conceived as lieder after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath. This is about playing along with the built-in song function in the Yamaha PSR-E360. The sheet music for this abridged arrangement is available at MusicNotes. Please visit other online sites for sheet music in the original A flat major key. Thank you for watching.

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2 years ago
4 minutes

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Easy Smetana Die Moldau Classical Favorite

Hope you play-along with this built in song from Yamaha for piano or keyboard. Want to learn more about this composition? Great! Spend time reading the sheet music available for download at MuseScore in E minor. Nearly all of my songbooks and sheet music are purchased online from Hal Leonard, MuseScore, SheetmusicPlus, Thrift Books and SheetmusicDirect, a Hal Leonard site. You'll need a computer to download the PDF file and print it out instantly, a great time saver for PC owners like me. Thanks for watching

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2 years ago
3 minutes 1 second

MusicBasics4Keyboard
What Happens on Porch Day worldwide?

Music on the Porch day is an annual outdoors world-wide event for people of all ages who can play a musical instrument or SING. Recordings are submitted in advance on Facebook, other media sites and YouTube for approval. For this event, I play a children's song in C major with my Yamaha PSR-E463 on the front lawn. Twinkle Twinkle is one of the prerecorded songs that come with the Casio SA-76 and Yamaha keyboards that young children in my part of the world like and can sing along with at the drop of a hat. I encourage you to videotape lessons that overtime should help overcome the fear about playing for friends or in public. Video or audiotape reviews are very helpful regarding progress and building self-confidence. Start now to prepare for Porch Day in 2024. Thanks for watching.

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2 years ago
5 minutes 22 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Celebrating Porch Day with Beauty and the Beast

Come gather 'round and I'll tell you a story, la, la - about teaching little fingers to play a musical instrument. Calling all parents, too, for the world-wide Music on the Porch day event this year on August 26, 2023. This video is also about people seated together at a piano or keyboard having a great time overcoming the fear of sightreading with easy play music by Hal Leonard publishers and Walt Disney. Thanks for watching.

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2 years ago
5 minutes 3 seconds

MusicBasics4Keyboard
Greetings from North America. In 1990 I graduated from a small college in New Jersey with a music program where I majored in piano, attended concerts in NYC, and watched my first opera with Luciano Pavarotti. As a keyboard instructor today and big fan of popular music including light opera, I encourage you to watch We Are Family Wednesday nights to hear the exquisite harmonies coming from the stage. Two episodes brought me back to my roots growing up in the 1960s singing along to girl groups like The Supremes. The beat goes on. I love Cher's music. Read my book "Songbird at the Shopping Mall".