Author: Sarah Bonsignore
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Butterflies – Songs for Children by Sarah Bonsignore
Here is a little song I wrote for my pre-k and toddler classes. The melody is based on the pentatonic scale, and the lyrics are all about butterflies (I love 🦋 by the way) I’ve included the sheet music pdf with simple chords attached (using my “Home is Where the Heart is” piano method system).…
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An Introduction to 20 Beautiful Piano Solos!
I wrote a piece for my Mom’s 70th birthday the day after Christmas, 2020. My mom lives in South Africa and teaches music full time, and she is one of the most amazing and heroic people I have ever met. More on her story in a future blog I am sure! Anyway, a few days…
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G Major scale and the relative minors!
Here’s another short scale and arpeggio tutorial, and again, we cover a lot of ground in 6 minutes! First I explain whole and half steps, because every major scale has the same pattern, and once you know the pattern you can start to figure out all the major scales. Then we look at E minor,…
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How to play C major (and the relative minor)
This 10 minute tutorial covers a lot of ground! We will go over the C major scale and it’s relative minor, A minor. We’ll cover natural, harmonic and melodic minor, arpeggios in C and A minor, as well as some chords and a simple progression! Learn about triads and their inversions in C major. Watch,…