These 3 habits for music teachers are the ones I think can make the biggest difference with the smallest effort. When I started thinking about applying his ideas to music teachers specifically, I was thinking back on what I’ve seen make the biggest impact for teachers in our membership community. (Isn’t it just too perfect that his name is “Clear”?!) The idea for these kinds of small changes which lead to bigger ones comes from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. I call these ideas “heroic” because they are easy alterations which could literally change your life. ⬆️ Listen to the podcast above or keep on reading, whichever fits your style. If you want to keep up to date with this series, go to. Sometimes it just feels good to be sad.Įb major is good at everything. She sees beauty in all things, you want to protect her… but she is fine on her own.Ī hardened heart, she is petrified of people. Try to resist her dark temptations… she can turn on you in a split second. What he lacks in intellect, he makes up for in his persistent optimism. He believes in taking the time to do things right. She’s torn between how she always imagined her life would be, and how it actually turned out… He makes you question your own cynicism because he finds joy in the simplest things… that little bird at the top of the tree. Mozart thought that it was the only key that could express sadness, and is the only minor key that he based two of his symphonies on… and no other symphonies were written in a minor key.įunny that I chose B minor for my first piano sonata… Listen to the last piece, and tell me if you recognize it… it’s the end to my favorite symphony of all time. Joyful by nature, she sees the world through rose colored glasses. A Little Inspiration D Major: Miss Congeniality It’s as if the keys have temperaments built in. One of the things that struck me, and still strikes me, is when you decide on a key signature and meter before hand, the mood seems to take care of itself. I think I will start picking up where I left off and finish the task. Inevitably, as always seems to happen one way or another, my plan to compose through all keys major and minor was derailed. Inevitably, I would make a few “corrections” when transcribing on the computer, but overall, the piece was composed in 30 minutes, or I had to leave it. The 30 minutes doesn’t include transcribing on the computer.I could prep the manuscript paper before I started.I could pick the key signature, tempo and meter before hand.30 minutes from start to finish, minus a few formalities:.They had to be completed in 30 minutes or less. These were very short pieces, with a specific time constraint. I began a long time ago (actually only a little over a year as of writing this post) composing what I called 30 minute compositions. These are all posted just a little ways down. The sadness of G minor the leadership of Eb major the optimism of Db major they all have a story to tell.
They rang so true, that I couldn’t help but be moved.
Needless to say, I listened to all of these this morning, in a row, and I was captivated.
#Music keys for heroic music series
He has put together a very fascinating series on key signatures and their “personalities”. Paolo Pietropaolo seems to think that’s not the case. Have you ever thought about the effect of key signatures on your composing? Does it matter what key signature you compose in, or can you just transpose after the fact and thats that? Key Signatures as Souls
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