Author: Sarah Bonsignore
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About Me
Sarah Bonsignore is a South African born American musician and educator based just outside Nashville, TN. She is a classically trained pianist, singer, songwriter, teacher, producer and artist (with over 50 placements of her songs and intrumentals in TV and film). Sarah is also a conductor, arranger, composer, sometimes cook, wannabe organic farmer, a wife,…
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The Birthday Waltz by Sarah Bonsignore
Piano teacher friends, here are the first three pages for you to “try before you buy”. The sheet music is available on sheetmusicplus. Scan the QR code for the tutorial video with slow left hand and right hand demos to help your students practice 🙂 Tag us @singplaystudios and let us know how it’s going!!
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Autumn Leaves are Falling Down ~ A new song for children by Sarah Bonsignore
Here is a brand new song for fall by Sarah Bonsignore. Print out the sheet music if you can! Listen and watch, sing and play along, read the lyrics, improvise a new melody, and try it as a round. Subscribe to the youtube channel so you’re the first to hear new songs and lessons:)
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The Boy and the Boat ~ By Sarah Bonsignore
Here is a brand new song that I wrote for a pre-k class last week. We first read a story (a beautiful book called “Toy Boat” by Loren Long and Randall de Seve), and then we learned the song. We will be doing it again next week with our little desk bells and rainbow xylophones,…
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Songs for Children ~ It’s Time to Start Singing
Here’s a fun song I wrote for my toddler and pre-k classes. It’s great for practicing and reading sight words. I recorded it with a little help from my own (slightly older) kids who seemed to like it too!!
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Recommended Keyboards!
As a pianist and educator I think it’s tremendously important for students to have a keyboard or piano at home to work on when they begin learning. Set up the instrument in a quiet spot with not much foot traffic. Buy headphones so that you or yours can practice without disturbing others. Encourage your children,…
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Singing up the scale – Part I
A little vocal warmup for beginners, or those who’d like to get back into singing 🙂
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A Major (and the relative minors)
Here’s a short tutorial explaining A major scale and the relative minors (if you’re a beginner, be sure to start at the FIRST post on C major and go from there:)
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D Major Scale and the relative Minors!
Make sure you understand the C major and G major posts before moving on to D major (in the the previous posts). Here we look at D major which has 2 sharps, then we play through the natural minor, the relative minor, and melodic minor. We’ll go over arpeggios, as well as a simple progression.…
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Something in the Water – By Sarah Bonsignore
Hear Sarah’s original song off her 2020 “Future Memories” album here! She co-produced the album with her talented friend Wilson Harwood, recording tracks at both SingPlayStudios and Elevated Studios.