Music and Friendship
in the Beauty of Central Maine
(207) 465-3025, Ext. 880
Below are some suggestions for getting started with the new music. ALWAYS, feel free to email me (or call) if you have questions. I can usually help quite a bit, even on the phone or in an email. So first, a bit about using sound files to help you learn the music.
There are several really good reasons for listening to the sound files of music you are playing:
If you are new to working with sound files, DO NOT try to play along right away. Your first task is to listen several times while just following along in your own music (not playing), and I recommend that you use your finger to keep your place in the music. See if you can stay with the music, whether or not you can hear your own part (sometimes it doesn't sound like your instrument because you are playing the same thing as some other instrument and your part adds to the overall, but isn't itself distinguishable). Watch for things like holds or sudden loud spots or a change from legato to staccato to see if you can hear those as you listen. Until you can reliably follow along & keep your place in your music while listening and looking at your part, you will never be able to play along. Be sure to do the listening first or it is just frustrating! Once you get good at that, try listening and speaking your rhythms. Once you can do that, then try playing with it, although you may find that it is too fast for you to keep up.
We will be working on the two pieces below:
--When the Wind Whispers (by Rob Romeyn): Click HERE to listen to the demo recording.
--Elizabethan Dance (by Mark Williams: Click HERE to listen to the demo recording