Chris at the Piano: Recent Episodes

Chris Caton-Greasley LLCM(TD)

Podcasts about piano lessons, music history and music education.

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An AI generated audio from Notebook LM based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/the-keys-to-music

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An AI Podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/cultural-music-level-1-build-focus-11#viewer-sebv929994

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A teacher training podcast

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A teacher training podcast

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A teacher training podcast

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A part of the Triquetrae Music Teacher Training Programme

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Part of the Formations Challenge Teacher Training Module

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An AI Podcast based on the articles https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/startingmusiclessons/next-steps%3A-unlock-their-potential-today and https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/startingmusiclessons/ready-to-get-started%3F

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An AI generated podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/startingmusiclessons/why-stalybridge-music-academy%3F-

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An AI podcast based on https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/startingmusiclessons/nurturing-potential%3A-supporting-your-child-at-home

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An AI based podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/tarantella-an-ancient-ritual-to-piano-repertoire-part-1

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An AI podcast based on an article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/exploring-edvard-grieg-s-morning

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An AI podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/student-question-why-is-it-called-a-triad

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An AI podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/startingmusiclessons/finding-the-right-fit%3A-choosing-an-instrument

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An AI Podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/startingmusiclessons/what-to-expect-from-music-lessons

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An AI podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/startingmusiclessons/the-incredible-benefits-for-your-child

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An AI generated podcastbased on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/italian-terms-weekly-worksheets

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An AI podcast based on https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/startingmusiclessons/the-magic-of-music-begins-here

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An AI podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/tq-music-zones

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An AI podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/about-core-skills and https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/tqskills

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An AI podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/abouttheprogramme

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An AI podccast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/advanced-programme

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An AI podcast based on the article
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An AI podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/intermediate-programme

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An AI podcst based on https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/triquetraequalificationprogrammehttps://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/triquetraequalificationprogramme

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An podcast from Notebook LM on Chapter four. https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/chapter4https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/chapter4

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Notebook LM podcast on https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/chapter3

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A Notebook LM podcast based on chapter 2. https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/chapter2

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Chapter 1: A LM Notebook podcast based on https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/chapter1

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An AI generated podcast based on the articles https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/modes

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An AI generated podcast on the article https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/triquetraeskillsbasededucation

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An AI podcast on the article https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/the-piano-zones

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An AI podcast based on https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/the-piano-zones

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An AI generated podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/the-swan-a-graceful-movement-in-saint-sa%C3%ABns-carnival-of-the-animals

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An AI Podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/suo-gan-a-welsh-lullaby

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An AI generated podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/young-talent-big-dreams

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An AI generated podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/the-essential-skill-why-string-changes-matter-for-your-young-violin-player

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An AI generated podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/when-you-know-the-notes-to-sing-mastering-intervals-and-pitch-with-sol-fa

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An AI generated podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/circle-of-fifths-challenge

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An AI generated podcast on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/the-hidden-cost-of-missed-music-lessons

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An AI podcast base don the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/gemologists-of-sound

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An AI Podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/levelonefocusonepianoskills

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An AI generated podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/scales-level-3-build-tq-violin

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An AI generated podcast based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/diving-into-alberti-bass-level-3-develop-tq-piano

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https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/a-journey-through-musical-intervals

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An AI podcast supplied by Google's Notebook LM based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/mastering-triplets-on-the-piano-level-2-achieve-tq-piano

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An AI podcast supplied by Google's Notebook LM based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/playing-the-open-strings-on-a-violin

Please excuse the pronunciation of bowing (violin style) as bowing (the bending of the upper part of the body)

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An AI podcast supplied by Google's Notebook LM based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/knees-up-mother-brown

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An AI podcast supplied by Google's Notebook LM based on the article https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/are-you-a-musical-detective

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Audio from Notebook LM on https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/find-vocal-training-3notepatterns

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Download the music from https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/melody-1 


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See https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/tqv-level-2-technical-skills-a-major for the download.


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Download the music from https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/d-major-violin-exercise-in-3rds 


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Download the worksheet from https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/tqv-level-2-technical-skills-d-major

This audio contains the piano accompaniment for the worksheet.


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for more information please see https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/preschool-winter-term-week-3


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for more information please see https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/preschool-winter-term-week-2


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Triquetrae Tales Preschool Stories are part of our preschool program. This is week one of the Winter Program. Find out more on https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/preschool-winter-term-week-1


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Download the book and find out more on https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/harry-spike-learn-to-be-themselves


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View the books, songs, worksheets and downloads on this link https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/preschool-music


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A tale to help young students understand the concept of chords and the inversions. For more information please see https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/juan-s-daily-deliveries-c-major-chords


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for more details about the Ocarina workshops please see https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/ocarina-course-week-4-olga-and-the-other-ocarinas


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Follow the blog and download the music on https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/news/fluency%3A-three-right-hand-notes


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Follow the blog and download the music on https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/news/fluency%3A-three-left-hand-notes


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Triquetrae Tale to go with week two of the Triquetrae Recorder Course: Rainbow Recorders.


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Oscar D'Ocarina: Triquetrae Ocarina Course Week 3 to go with https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/ocarina-course-week-3-oscar-d-ocarina


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A Triquetrae Tale to go with week one of the Triquetrae Recorder Course: Rainbow Recorders.


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The Triquetrae Tale to go with week 2 on the Triquetrae Ocarina course https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/ocarina-course-week-2-olivia-s-pinata-party


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This tale is available for download from this link https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/toby-s-tiger-s-adventure-day-7


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This tale is available for download from this link https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/toby-s-tiger-s-adventure-day-6


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This tale is available for download from this link https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/toby-s-tiger-s-adventure-day-5


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This tale is available for download from this link https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/toby-s-tiger-s-adventure-day-4


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This tale is available for download from this link https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/toby-s-tiger-s-adventure-day-3


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This tale is available for download from this link https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/toby-s-tiger-s-adventure-day-2


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This tale is available for download from this link https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/toby-s-tiger-s-adventure-day-1


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This tale is to go with the Ocarina Skills workshop for Key stage 1 students. You can view this on https://www.stalybridgemusicacademy.com/post/ocarina-course-week-1-olly-s-outing 


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This is the right hand audio to go with https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/performance-level-1-piano-festival-dance

On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music.

This is the left hand part.

  • Play along with the right hand to ensure you can play it in time.
  • Play along with the left hand to understand how it feels hands together.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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Read about Ding Ding and download the book from https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/news-1/junior%3A-the-tale-of-ding-ding-dino


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This is the right hand audio to go with https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/interpretation-detached-or-connected

On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music.

This is the right hand part.

  • Play along with the left hand to ensure you can play it in time.
  • Play along with the right hand to understand how it feels hands together.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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This is the left hand audio to go with https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/interpretation-detached-or-connected

On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music.

This is the left hand part.

  • Play along with the left hand to ensure you can play it in time.
  • Play along with the right hand to understand how it feels hands together.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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This is the right hand part to The Grand Old Duke found on https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/interpretation-the-grand-old-duke

On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music.

This is the right hand part.

  • Play along with the right hand to ensure you can play it in time.
  • Play along with the left hand to understand how it feels hands together.
  • This version is slow and include all repeats.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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This is the left hand part to The Grand Old Duke found on https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/interpretation-the-grand-old-duke

On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music.

This is the left hand part.

  • Play along with the right hand to ensure you can play it in time.
  • Play along with the left hand to understand how it feels hands together.

This version is slow and include all repeats.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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This is the audio file to go with https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/easy-ee-__-__-__-__ . On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music.

This is the left hand part.

  • Play along with the right hand to ensure you can play it in time.
  • Play along with the left hand to understand how it feels hands together.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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This is the audio file to go with https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/easy-ee-__-__-__-__ . On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music.

This is the left hand part.

  • Play along with the left hand to ensure you can play it in time.
  • Play along with the right hand to understand how it feels hands together.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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This is the audio file to go with https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/interpretation-jump-rest. 

On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music.

  • When the right hand section is played, play along with the left hand.
  • When the left hand section is played, play along with the right hand.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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This is the audio file to go with https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/interpretation-jump-rest . On this link you will find the learning objective, requirements and a link to the sheet music. 

  • When the right hand section is played, play along with the left hand.
  • When the left hand section is played, play along with the right hand.

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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Listen to this Triquetrae mini tale about Simon and his first day at school. Read or buy the book from this link https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/simonthespectosaurus


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These are the audio files for the TQP piece An Active Rest. The piece is recorded hands separately at 60, 70 and 80 beats per minute on the metronome. This piece is available from https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/an-active-rest

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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These are the audio files for the TQP piece F____ G_____. The piece is recorded hands separately at 60, 70 and 80 beats per minute on the metronome. This piece is available from https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/f_______-g______

A TQP Junior Performance Level 1 Piano Program Component. This is part of an open education teaching program. Please see the website for the copyright statement.


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The fourth in our series looks at the meaning of clefs. The audio is taken from the video which is available from the link below. This episode covers the Bass clef space notes.

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The third in our series looks at the meaning of clefs. The audio is taken from the video which is available from the link below. This episode covers the Bass clef line notes.

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The second in our series looks at the meaning of clefs.

The audio is taken from the video which is available on the link https://youtu.be/JAafz9Upoxg. This episode covers the treble clef space notes.

The transcript is available on the blog on this link https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/meaning-of-clefs-video-series-episode-2


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals. Published on our social media channels, answers the following day.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills. Download the worksheet from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/week-of-intervals-thursday where you will also find the video and transcript.


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals. Published on our social media channels, answers the following day.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills. Download the worksheet from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/week-of-intervals-thursday where you will also find the video and transcript.


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals. Published on our social media channels, answers the following day.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills. Download the worksheet from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/week-of-intervals-wednesday where you will also find the video and transcript.


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals. Published on our social media channels, answers the following day.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills. Download the worksheet from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/week-of-intervals-wednesdaywhere you will also find the video and transcript.


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals.  Worksheets will be published on our social media channels, download from our website.  These are hints and tips for Sundays question sheet.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills. The worksheets are all available from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/week-of-intervals-tuesday


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals. Published on our social media channels, answers the following day.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills. Download the worksheet from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/week-of-intervals-tuesday where you will also find the video and transcript.


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals.  Worksheets will be published on our social media channels, download from our website.  These are hints and tips for Sundays question sheet.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills.   The worksheets are all available from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/week-of-intervals-monday


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals.  Worksheets will be published on our social media channels, download from our website.  These are hints and tips for Sundays question sheet.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills.   The worksheets are all available from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/week-of-intervals-monday


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals.   Worksheets will be published on our social media channels, download from our website.  These are the answers and workings for Sundays question sheet.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills.   The worksheets are all available from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/a-week-of-intervals


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Polish up your intervals with a week of intervals.  Worksheets will be published on our social media channels, download from our website.  These are hints and tips for Sundays question sheet.   Need any help? Book a theory lesson and polish up your skills.   The worksheets are all available from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/post/a-week-of-intervals


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A short story about Bartok.


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The first in our series looks at the meaning of clefs. The audio is taken from the video which is available from the link below. This episode covers the Treble clef line notes.

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The third in our series looks at the scales of E and B major.

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The second in our series looks at the scales of D and A major.

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The first episode in our series looks at the scales of C and G major.

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The audio from the You Tube video https://youtu.be/jOLe_MGqxXM, the required images can be found on the blog article https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/intervals-in-music-episode-1 along with a transcript of the video.

This video audio can be used with the worksheet https://www.musicacademyhub.com/product-page/intervals-in-music-episode-1


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“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!”

Benjamin Franklin

Every business or activity that you want to be successful requires a plan.

A business plan is a fluid document, however there are some sections that are clearly fixed. The document will represent the journey ahead, which will include the concept, the action required to make it happen, and possible variations from the plan.

Read the article at https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/opening-a-music-academy-episode-2


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A brief history of Chopin to go with workbook TQP.L9.CLCG.TG42 to be used while learning the Waltz in A minor B.150. Available to download from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/product-page/chopin-b-150-student-workbook


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A brief history of Béla Bartók to go with workbook TQP.L5.CLCG.K1 to be used while learning the Quasi Adagio. Available to download from https://www.musicacademyhub.com/product-page/knowledge-workbook-quasi-adagio-level-5


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This podcast is to go with the blog https://www.chrisatthepiano.com/post/about-bach-s-teaching


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