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It’s the middle of the week and I KNOW you’re ready for a change of pace! Join us this evening for Weekly Wednesday Bluegrass Night at Pit to Plate BBQ, 8021 Hamilton Ave. in Mt. Healthy, OH 45231. Enjoy… Continue reading
Seat-of-the-Pants Music Theory: Naming the Black Keys on Piano
NAMING the BLACK KEYS on PIANO
First, let’s review the white notes on the piano keyboard. Take a look at this diagram from the last lesson and make sure you’re confident of the white note names.
Got it? OK, let’s… Continue reading
DevouGrass Festival coming up October 7, 2017
We are looking forward to the upcoming DevouGrass Festival on October 7! Held at the beautiful Devou Park Bandshell in Covington, KY, the festivities start at noon with some lively bluegrass music by Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass. Other musical performances… Continue reading
Seat-of-the-Pants Music Theory: Naming the White Keys on the Piano
NAMING the WHITE KEYS on the PIANO
Although your interest is probably NOT in piano music, I am going to use the piano keyboard for this lesson in Seat-of-the-Pants Music Theory because the musical patterns I want to discuss are… Continue reading
Martha White Bakes Up Right
I had never heard of bluegrass music until 1974 when my brother Andy took me to Kings Row, a neighborhood bar featuring nightly performances by ‘The Appalachian Grass’. Andy was taking banjo lessons at the time and wanted me to… Continue reading