Overview
Excerpt of The Blue Notebooks
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Elements

16th Notes

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Rhythm

Notes whose lengths are equal to one-sixteenth the value of a whole note or one quarter of a quarter note.

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Accidentals

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Intervals

Sharps, flats and naturals that do not appear in a key signature.

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Blocked 2nds

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Intervals

Two notes played together, usually in one hand but sometimes in both, whose distance is the interval of a 2nd of any quality.

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Blocked Chord Accompaniment

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Accompaniment Patterns

A type of accompaniment pattern that primarily uses root-position major and minor triads with simple or slow-moving rhythms.

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Details

Title

The Blue Notebooks

Composer

Publisher

Year

2004

Instrumentation

Solo Piano

Key Signature

Time Signature

# of Measures

20

Student Ages

Student Type

Teaching Tips

Hands Separate Practice,

Play Only the Bottom Note of the Accompaniment Pattern,

Tap and Count,

Count Out Loud While Playing,

Practice Pedaling,

Play Without Pedal