the SPLOG » Student Video Recordings http://studiosplog.com begun in 2009 as the studio space log...but now just a cool hangout for students! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:01:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Blink of an Eye http://studiosplog.com/blink-of-an-eye/ http://studiosplog.com/blink-of-an-eye/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:15:10 +0000 Grant http://studiosplog.com/?p=208 I like playing this fast song!

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Just CLICK HERE!!!

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I’m an ”eggs-pert” hen they say,
‘Cause I lay an egg a day,
Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck !
I deserve a big bou-quet.

Laying eggs is not a ”yolk”.
Lots of times I’d like a ”coke”.
Cluck!  Cluck!  Cluck! Cluck!   Cluck!  Cluck!
I   just  hope    this   egg`s    not    broke.

]]> http://studiosplog.com/the-eggs-pert-hen/feed/ 4 Mini-Dulcimer http://studiosplog.com/mini-dulcimer/ http://studiosplog.com/mini-dulcimer/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:37:58 +0000 Naomi http://studiosplog.com/?p=135 Besides piano, this is my favorite instrument; I hope to play it someday. ;)
And I’m sure after you are done listening/watching this video you will have fallen in love with the sound as much as I did. (Like I wrote in the title, this is a “mini” dulcimer. If you want to hear a full-sized one watch the video below this one.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElgVKbex-WM

Full-Sized Dulcimer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFK7JsmWmMo

]]> http://studiosplog.com/mini-dulcimer/feed/ 2 Using YouTube as a Teaching Tool http://studiosplog.com/using-youtube-as-a-teaching-tool/ http://studiosplog.com/using-youtube-as-a-teaching-tool/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:25:00 +0000 Naomi http://studiosplog.com/?p=54 About a year ago I was working on “The Clear Stream by: Johann Burgmuller” and was to the point where I had it down, but the mood wasn’t right and something was missing! Natalie and I tried a couple different things, but the song still didn’t sound like a “stream”. We were thinking through different possibilities at my lesson one day…when all of a sudden, Natalie got the idea to check out YouTube. If I remember correctly, her thinking behind this was to see how others played the song and see how they approached it. So we watched a couple videos, and to my surprise, they were very helpful and insightful! I could see how they were phrasing according to the mood/style; I could tell they really brought out the dynamics (which were very key-especially with this song). And, they applied a very key technique I lacked: Right-Hand Rotation + Smoothness As you can tell, I learned a lot just from watching a couple online videos!

Next time you feel something’s amiss in one of your songs, try watching it on YouTube; I’m sure you’ll gain a few helpful tips. ;)

Here’s the wonderful result I experienced after applying the things I learned from YouTube…ENJOY!:

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