hi!  
i am not sure i registered my same member name, but i havent been around in a while. i just wanted to pop in and say hi! i opted to go finish my associates degree in general studies  with a carreer certificate in music. it isnt much but it is what the community college offers.  i just want to finish out a degree of some sort, and i only have to do a few classes in residence. basically i already have 2 music classes down, and will have 6 to go, which works out great, because i have to do a minimum of 16 units at the school to qualify for the as.  i will be focusing on classical, but i asked the music teacher to focus on joplin if we could.. so my first assignment is hannon 8, 9 and 10.  any joplin rag, a peice from my romantic period book(i picked chopin preludes 4 and 7), and bach's prelude and fugue in c major.   the rag i picked is strenuous life.  

does anyone have any sugggestions for peices for me to work on, that have a good carry over and prep for jazz? she doesnt teach jazz, and unfortunately none of the music teachers do at the college.  so i am going to suggest some pieces that are classical in nature, but have a decent carry over.

thanks for the help!!

denise
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hey denise,nice to see you around here again!!i'd suggest getting intosome of the composers that influenced players in the 50's/60's like debussy/ravel/stravinsky or other more modern ones like scriabin....
hi! doug i downloaded the preludes from emusic! thanks so much!  i have it down in the classical sense, so i am ready for my first lesson.. in a month :-/ haha

smg, could you suggest some "easy" debussy?? i have piddled with a few here lately, and find him a bit difficult.  

i opted for solace for my joplin piece, and for the most part i have it down. although, the second part has a lot of grace notes that throw me off when working on the stride bass. im gettin there though!! soon i hope. solace is soooo pretty. i just bought a cd set of all of joplin's rags. dunno why i am attracted to it!

i was able to go to a dixieland jazz performance this weekend. it was sooo awesome!  i felt weird at first, because my friend and i were basically the youngest adults there (mid 30's) but we had a blast. 4 of the 6 band members were younger looking than us... so i thought that was really cool.

my passion for jazz is growing. :) cant get enough some days.
denise,give me a chance to check out some stuff at have at home i downloaded-i'll get you the links asap-the sites are free ones and whats' even better,some of them have fingerings written.......the one i have in mind has some really nice stuff  by him that is easily usable re-jazz.......
thanks!! last night i learned the little negro, not sure of the carry over, but it isnt too difficult yet it challenges me in playing within the same register.   of course i think i am playing it way too slow, but  thats fine :) it will build.
i just tried that to make sure it worked..i remebered the site had already been posted here on ljp and just wanted to double-check it-it is a great site,you can download 2 pieces a day..if you go to the debussy page you'll see just how much stuff there is..you might just want to download whatever you think will be good for week and check them all out-i myself recommend-
"the childrens corner" re-level of difficulty,and then whichever of these you think you can handle-even if you don't work them up for the purpose above,i'd suggest checking them out,learning the patterns and harmonic/melodic ideas he uses-etudes #3 and 7-12..let me know what you think..
smg,
thanks!! i have been to the site, and thouroughy impressed. i have about 40 downloads over them months.  i will check out what you suggest. i have 3 computers... so i can download 6 a day! :)

normally i only do 2 though... today i  already downloaded chopin prelude 17, and beethoven variations in c minor.

thanks!! :)
hi dsouva:
you are asking for debussy's easy works for piano. he is one of my favorites.
"reverie"  is a fantasy. try it.
"mazurka"
"clair de lune" his most famous piece.  
"passepied"
select one of them and study it slowly, a few bars each day.
debussy's piano music is written in the most advanced harmony.

passing from classical music, as you, to jazz music, i reccomend my "files":
"beginning scales and chords", "beginning modal scales", "beginning pentatonics", "extended chords", "melodic voicings 1, and 2".
good luck and enjoy ljp.
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