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Chris at the Piano
Chris Caton-Greasley LLCM(TD) MA (Mus)(Open)
Composer, Ethnographic Musicologist, Public Speaker, Researcher & Teacher
Using 30 years of teaching music
to provide an innovative, intuitive and individualised guide to achieving the goals that you want in the music you love.
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Fluency: Easy EE __ __ __ __
Easy as EE (then fill in the blanks) you can follow the music of add your own. This piece focuses on E, F and G in the third and fifth...
May 23, 20212 min read


Fluency: F_______ G______
This piece includes the notes F3, G3, F5 and G5. Watch for the change between line and space note. Requirements Link to PDF note cards...
May 23, 20211 min read


Fluency: See, Sea, C
As the title says this little piece introduces C5 and C3. Requirements Link for replacement sheet music. Keyboard with full size keys,...
May 23, 20211 min read


Fluency: Watch the Tie!
'Watch the Tie!' is a phrase a mum wrote on the top of her copy of music. It made me smile and I referred to it as that ever since....
May 23, 20211 min read


Fluency: Still Ends in C
'Still Ends on C' was named by a young boy I teach who was struggling a little with the new notes and piped up "... but it still ends on...
May 23, 20211 min read


Junior Fluency: D3 and D5
The purpose of this piece is to practice the new notes and gain experience playing hands together. Requirements Link for replacement...
May 20, 20211 min read


Junior Fluency: D3
The purpose of this piece is to introduce the note D3 using crotchets and minims and the time signature of three over four. Learning...
May 20, 20211 min read


Junior Fluency: D5
This piece is written to help students learn the note D5. It uses crotchets and minims and introduces a crotchet rest. This pieces uses a...
May 20, 20212 min read


Junior Fluency: C5
This piece has been written to learn the note C5. It uses the note values of a crotchet and a minim. Requirements Link to PDF note cards...
May 17, 20211 min read


Junior Fluency C3 and C5
The purpose of this piece is to learn the notes C3 and C5. It introduces the ability to play hands together. Requirements Learning...
May 17, 20211 min read


Junior Fluency: C3
The purpose of this piece is to introduce C3, the crotchet and the minim in time signature of two beats per bar. Requirements Link to PDF...
May 17, 20211 min read


Level 1 Hand Position & Posture
Hand Position The correct hand position at the beginning may seem one of the least important things, but in many ways it is the most...
May 12, 20211 min read


Level 1: Staccato - Legato - Detaché
Staccato Staccato is shown by a dot over or under the note on the opposite side to the stem. Staccato notes are often played at half...
May 12, 20211 min read


Fluency: Three Left Hand Notes
The purpose of this piece is to learn the notes C3, D3 and E3.
May 12, 20211 min read


Fluency: Three Right Hand Notes
The purpose of this piece is to learn the notes C5, D5 and E5
May 12, 20212 min read


Composition for Piano on a Theme by Haydn
You can download the music for this piece from my Musescore channel LINK
Apr 22, 20201 min read


Composition. Memories
This is a composition I wrote as part of my grade 8 revision theory course You can download the music for this from the following link...
Apr 21, 20201 min read


Composition. A la Mozart
This is a composition I wrote as part of my grade 8 theory course on a theme by Mozart. You can download the music for this from the...
Apr 20, 20201 min read
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