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  • October 16, 2015 6:53 am at 6:53 am in reply to: Jewish Music Sheet Music #1105380
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    Striving – if you learn how to play chords, then you will be able to play like a concert pianist off of those sheet music that have “just the right hand”.

    There are letters on top of the notes (like C, Am, F#m etc) that tell you what to do with your left hand (and right, if you so choose!).

    They don’t specify specifically which notes to play when and for how long, but rather give you an idea of which notes will sound good. Then you can decide on your own exactly how you want to combine those notes.

    It is actually a much easier and more fun way to play anyway.

    October 16, 2015 6:46 am at 6:46 am in reply to: HELP! Instrumentals to jewish music #1105416
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    Project relax, especially old ones

    Shloime Cohen has a sax instrumental album

    Yaron Gershovsky has a piano instrumental album

    The Dveykus albums all have an instrumental medley at the beginning

    September 27, 2015 5:13 pm at 5:13 pm in reply to: Learn to play jewish music #1100995
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    Ha ha. This is still a challenge! I can never play for “just a few minutes”!

    September 25, 2015 5:24 am at 5:24 am in reply to: Learn to play jewish music #1100992
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    So nobody here plays jewish music???

    September 21, 2015 9:51 pm at 9:51 pm in reply to: Learn to play jewish music #1100991
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    when I was learning to play the piano, my mother would ask my teacher to teach me Jewish songs too (my teacher was Jewish but not observant). My teacher told my mother that if we brought her the notes, she would teach me the songs. But whatever we brought her was not good.

    Most Jewish music is written as just a melody (right hand on the piano) with chords above the melody line.

    My teacher would say – this is much too easy! There is no left hand!

    I did not know any better in those days, and never did learn much more than Avinu Malkeinu and Fiddler on the Roof with her (in terms of Jewish music).

    September 21, 2015 9:44 pm at 9:44 pm in reply to: Learn to play jewish music #1100990
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    You play the trumpet?

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