{"id":1105,"date":"2010-01-25T22:37:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T04:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2010-01-25T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T04:37:08","slug":"keyboard-class-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2010\/keyboard-class-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard Class&#8230; part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tonight we made it through the first keyboard (piano) class<\/strong> without any deaths or major injuries. &nbsp;There were a handful of students, and a few added lookers-on&#8230; it was fun.<\/p>\n<p>We only have 9 weeks. &nbsp;Today was mostly theory; next week we&#8217;ll be getting more into actually playing.<\/p>\n<p>I played a few examples of different kinds of music &#8211; different types of scales &#8211; even some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y1hDGHNAsCE\">microtonal music<\/a>. &nbsp;Some music from the UK, some Canadian music, and a whole lotta Mexican music.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some piano playing for you &#8211; one of the songs I used this afternoon as an example. &nbsp;I expect all my students to be doing this after 9 weeks. &nbsp;All right, maybe not <i>quite<\/i>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>This is a song played by the composer. &nbsp;The composer is Mexican <b>Consuelo Vel&aacute;zquez Torres<\/b>, and the song is <i><b>B&eacute;same Mucho<\/b><\/i>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/iibS5UW1O5Y&#038;hl=en_GB&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/iibS5UW1O5Y&#038;hl=en_GB&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight we made it through the first keyboard (piano) class without any deaths or major injuries. &nbsp;There were a handful of students, and a few added lookers-on&#8230; it was fun. 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