Very interesting.....in my 26 years of playing the piano, I've never seen bass clef harmonic octave stems point up......all technicalities aside, your arranging style is beautiful, I've enjoyed your videos.
This is exactly the way I was taught to play hymns when I started playing out of the hymnal......brings back so many memories.
I like how you drew it all in on a piano score, that's a great visual for 1st time improvisers. I'm just wondering why you drew the stems going up on the bass clef octaves? I'm a piano teacher and I'm a stickler with my students on correct notation and knowing which way to turn the stems :)
@musicisfun4u Thanks for your comments ;) As far as the stems on the left hand octaves...I follow the guidelines from "The Art of Engraving & Processing" book and place my stems accordingly. Here's the stem rule as stated from this book: "When two notes share a stem, the direction of the stem is determined thus: 1) If the interval below the middle line is greater than the interval above the middle line, the stem goes up.
I found this very helpful. I've been reading your website posts for quite some time now,
but watching you do this is an added bonus. Thanks a lot!
shaneestrickland 6 months ago
Do you have the other tutorials up? I am happy you are offering this.
MsBmiller 9 months ago
@MsBmiller
I do plan on creating more tutorials as time allows this summer. Some of them will be available in my online music store.
jenofhickory 9 months ago
Very interesting.....in my 26 years of playing the piano, I've never seen bass clef harmonic octave stems point up......all technicalities aside, your arranging style is beautiful, I've enjoyed your videos.
musicisfun4u 10 months ago
@musicisfun4u Thank you :)
jenofhickory 10 months ago
This is exactly the way I was taught to play hymns when I started playing out of the hymnal......brings back so many memories.
I like how you drew it all in on a piano score, that's a great visual for 1st time improvisers. I'm just wondering why you drew the stems going up on the bass clef octaves? I'm a piano teacher and I'm a stickler with my students on correct notation and knowing which way to turn the stems :)
musicisfun4u 10 months ago
@musicisfun4u Thanks for your comments ;) As far as the stems on the left hand octaves...I follow the guidelines from "The Art of Engraving & Processing" book and place my stems accordingly. Here's the stem rule as stated from this book: "When two notes share a stem, the direction of the stem is determined thus: 1) If the interval below the middle line is greater than the interval above the middle line, the stem goes up.
jenofhickory 10 months ago
This Tip waws very helpful. Thank you for sharing.
DaShawnYork 2 years ago
Great teaching tip! I plan to use this for some of my students. Thanks for sharing!
notwearyinwelldoing 2 years ago
Looks like a great beginning for a valuable series! I look forward to the next tutorial.
jlo88pianokeys 2 years ago