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The Ballads, Songs, & Vignettes (BSV) Collection [Part 3]

In the BSV series, each video will have a description, written by Neil–some of them are brief and some are longer. To watch the introduction read the first installment in this series “The Ballads, Songs, & Vignettes Collection ”. Song #4: “Tear For A…

Written by Neil Moore on Aug 9, 2019
Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground

The Ballads, Songs & Vignettes (BSV) Collection [Part 2]

Written by Neil Moore on Aug 6, 2019
Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground

The Ballads, Songs, & Vignettes (BSV) Collection [Intro]

Neil Moore founded Simply Music in 1998. He has travelled throughout the entire globe spreading his “playing-based” piano teaching method and growing a community of Simply Music Piano Teachers who believe in this method and share his worldview that “everyone is musical.” The heart of…

Written by Neil Moore on Jul 30, 2019
Ballads, BSV, music, music education, neil moore, piano, simply music, songs, the playground, Vignette

Study of a Song – How to Make Gravy

Although he’s spent quite a lot of time in the USA and elsewhere, Paul Kelly is not necessarily a household name worldwide. Here in his native Australia, this everyman poet is an unofficial Living National Treasure, one of our most loved musicians, for his unforgettable…

Written by Gordon Harvey on Dec 18, 2018
create, gordon harvey, Gravy, How to Make the Gravy, music education, musicians, Paul Kelly, simply music, simply music piano, songs, songwriting, the playground

A Way of Listening – Happy Songs: Pt 1

Recently I read an article by music educator and prolific blogger Ethan Hein called The Happiest Chord Progression Ever, citing The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” as the example of a triumphantly happy song, made so in part because of its irresistibly funky groove…

Written by Gordon Harvey on Jan 10, 2018
A Way of Listening, chord, gordon harvey, Happy Songs, music, simply music, songs, the playground

Story of a Song: Happy Birthday & How to Play It!

This month we celebrate a birthday of an unusual kind. You might call it the birthday of the right to properly celebrate birthdays. And surprisingly, it’s just a first birthday, because on June 30, 2016, after a very long and tortuous process, the most familiar…

Written by Gordon Harvey on Jun 20, 2017
chords, gordon harvey, Happy Birthday, learn piano, music, music education, piano, play piano, Public Domain, simply music, simply music piano, songs, the playground

My Big Fat Playlist

My big fat Simply Music Playlist… how will I ever keep it all alive?! Do you have a hard time managing this aspect of your piano lessons? It’s fun to learn new pieces but sometimes it can seem like a lot of work to remember…

Written by Guest Contributor on May 19, 2013
advanced, coaching, learn, music, piano, playlist, practice, sheir reingold, simply music, songs, student, teacher, the playground, tools

Learn Four Chord Songs

I remember hiring a car on a holiday a few years ago. We could only tune the radio to one station, playing popular music, and as the songs cycled by, I started to realize that maybe a third of them featured the same four chords,…

Written by Gordon Harvey on Apr 8, 2012
chords, learn, music, piano, simply music, songs, teach, the playground

Seasonal Selections

‘Tis the season to drag out the carols and traditional songs. But do we mindlessly mouth the well-worn words of all those all-too-familiar Christmas standards? We asked the Simply Music staff to tell us about their favorite seasonal songs, and discovered a treasure trove of…

Written by SM Admin on Dec 16, 2011
blog, Christmas, holidays, seasons, simply music, songs

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