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Slur A curved line that tells you to play all the notes under it smoothly.
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Review: Four Different Musicals that are (mostly) family-friendly
I know. I should be writing studio updates that everyone loves to read so much. *glances at blog statistics that suggest otherwise* But I'm planning something for February. I had originally planned it for last February, when Stephen Schwartz's Prince of Egypt was supposed to play in London's West End Theaters. And then I bumped it to after Festival. And then COVID hit, and my plans got derailed as I scrambled to learn the ropes of online teaching. None of my students are in Festival this year (Parkland isn't even having one), and I've adjusted to online teaching, so enters a slightly less elaborate version of my original plan: Musical Theater Month. Game Plan Shh...don't tell my students... it's actually Learning a New Piece by Ear month. :) Something I haven't been good at teaching so far. The idea is for them to pick a piece from one of the movies I'm going to review below, with their parents' help. Then they get to learn it by