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1-B Piano

$215.00

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Schedule Type Title: Wednesdays

Class Schedule: Weekly on Wednesdays

Sessions: 8

Session Hours: 7.33

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Day of week: Wednesday

Instructor: Barry Brown

Assigned Room: Needs a piano

Pricing: $15 School Support Fee included in this price

Swallow Hill Music
71 E YALE AVE
DENVER, CO 80210-5736

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Piano 1-B
Barry Brown

Piano 1-B is a continuation class for students who have been playing for 8 weeks in Intro to Piano I-A. You will expand your repertoire of songs while reinforcing the concepts introduced in Intro to Piano

You should begin class after taking Piano 1-A, or these skills:

Understanding of fundamental piano techniques, like, hand & body posture, identifying note names on the keyboard, and creating a practice routine
Introductory sight-reading, playing play songs in 5-finger position in C, and, identifying and playing step and skip intervals
Navigating a lead sheet
Able to identify and play basic rhythms, including quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, and rests
Able to play three-note chords (C, F, G, Am) and C major scale
Improvising on the black keys

You will finish class with these skills:

Reading and playing with both hands at the same time
Identifying and playing 7th chords
Playing with different dynamics and expressions, like, legato and staccato
Identifying and playing sharps and flats, and new intervals, like 4ths and 5ths
Playing songs in major and minor keys
Applying new skills to improvising

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Cost includes $15 School support fee. Learn more about that fee here.

Barry Brown

VOICE, PIANO/KEYBOARD

Barry is a born and raised Colorado performer and educator whose professional background spans the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and fourteen years with the 17th Avenue All-Stars.

On both voice and piano, believes that music instruction is most effective when it is as unique as the student and offers an adaptive approach. He understands that a "leaned in" 5-year-old beginner, a budding musical theater performer, a budding singer-songwriter or band vocalist, and a 90-year-old hobbyist all require different tools and communication styles.

Barry teaches to the specific learning style and desires of each student, whether that's mastering a difficult audition piece or simply finding joy in playing favorite songs.

On piano, Barry emphasizes the playfulness of games and joy of discovery, using playing by ear or reading sheet music or chord charts. For voice students, Barry specializes in preparing singers and songwriters for live performances, finding the right keys for songs and getting them "stage-worthy."

When not performing music, Barry is a multidisciplinary artist. He is a four-time consecutive winner of the Denver Paper Fashion Show and a nationally award-winning Master Pumpkin Carver featured at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO - voted #1 Theme Park by USA Today.

First Concert?: Andraé Crouch and the Disciples.

What song could you listen to all day long? Anything by the Big Band era crooners, or the modern masters like Harry Connick Jr. and Michael Bublé.

Favorite hangout? Anywhere where the food is excellent and the conversation is deep.

What is your favorite thing about Swallow Hill? My favorite moments are when I’m on stage providing accompaniment or backup vocals for my students who dare to perform in public. There is a specific, exhilarating transformation that happens when a performer realizes they are actually doing it. Supporting them while they are on stage, giving what they have to give, is the BEST!

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Requirements: Min Age : 18yr

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1-B Piano

Barry teaches to the specific learning style and desires of each student, whether that's mastering a difficult audition piece or simply finding joy in playing favorite songs.

First Concert?: Andraé Crouch and the Disciples.

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