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Blog #52 Music for Mixed Accent Exercises (and the Thanks Christmas Season)
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends! As a Canadian who was already done thanksgiving back in October, I'm eyebrow deep in Christmas preparations already! lol. The lights are up, the tree is up and cookies are start to get stored in the freezer! (Quick question, do you wait until Thanksgiving is over to decorate?)
Speaking of Christmas, GUESS WHAT?! I've been planning on releasing a Christmas ballet class album for years, literally.. about 10 years I kept talking about it but with 2...
#3: March, One Way or Another!
I was considering what topic to blog about and came upon the march.. it’s a music type that everyone uses, but doesn’t always know what it is.
To shed a little light on the topic, there are many kinds! Your standard 4/4 march will be my first mini glance. This march can have 2 different accents to it. One which could be the accent on the 1 (Think Of Star Wars march), OR, alternatively, the accent could be on the + (a favourite of mine for this accent is the song “Do You Hear the People...
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