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...Moser advises us to track down a "fake book," a collection of lead sheets to popular songs. I go to a music store and buy a fake book of jazz standards. I'm a very corny person, and if I'm learning one song, it will have to be the corniest possible chestnut. At first I think I'll go with My Funny Valentine, then decide I don't want the single piece in my repertoire to sound sad. Well, that, and the chords are too hard. I settle on one of my favorite Sinatra songs, Rodgers and Hart...
...teacher becoming my own personal Greek god of guilt. So I turn to that famous refuge of the half-assed hobbyist: the Learning Annex, New York City branch. I sign up for a three-hour, $39 course called "Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People." It's taught by Martin Moser, a sprightly ragtime fanatic. The course requires only that students be able to read music in the treble clef and be able to point to those notes on a piano keyboard. I'm there...
...Moser teaches according to a "lead sheet" method, in which only the melody of a pop song is read and played on the right hand, while the left hand - contrary to classical notation - follows along with chords that are written down as letters above the melody line. Moser leads us through what he calls "baby stuff" versions of Tom Dooley and When the Saints Go Marching In. The two most useful things I take away from the first lesson are a chord chart and Moser's advice on how to practice: "Swear in the name of Scott Joplin always...
...Moser advises us to track down a "fake book," a collection of lead sheets to popular songs. I go to a music store and buy a fake book of jazz standards. I'm a very corny person, and if I'm learning one song, it will have to be the corniest possible chestnut. At first I think I'll go with My Funny Valentine, then decide I don't want the single piece in my repertoire to sound sad. Well, that, and the chords are too hard. I settle on one of my favorite Sinatra songs, Rodgers and Hart...
...Moser teaches according to a "lead sheet" method, in which only the melody of a pop song is read and played on the right hand, while the left hand--contrary to classical notation--follows along with chords that are written down as letters above the melody line. Moser leads us through what he calls "baby stuff" versions of Tom Dooley and When the Saints Go Marching In. The two most useful things I take away from the first lesson are a chord chart and Moser's advice on how to practice: "Swear in the name of Scott Joplin always...