My newest book came in the post. It’s a sight reading detective mystery for piano 🙂

My new music theory book arrived today 🙂

Playing like the Winter Sun Cherish the music you play. Dazzle with the easy! Stop thinking in terms of levels and progress, and start thinking about reaching the soul. Play like the winter sun...

Cherish the music you play. Dazzle with the easy! Stop thinking in terms of levels and progress, and start thinking about reaching the soul.

Play like the winter sun.

Well said! 🙂

Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful holiday season

Glad you are feeling better. All better here now too thanks 🙂

Feel better soon. I had to miss one of my last days of teaching too because of illness.

VOCES8 announces Lyyra: When the Earth Stands Still by Don Macdonald YouTube video by VOCES8

Don Macdonald’s ‘When the Earth Stands Still’, is, in my view, one of the most beautiful and exquisite pieces of music ever written, and captures so wonderfully everything about this season; the time and place of this moment. Day 17 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/PZTm51I0Mwg?...

This Endris Night YouTube video by Somerville College Choir, Oxford - Topic

With its gentle lilt, Day 10 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 brings Sarah Quartel’s ‘This Endris Night’: youtu.be/Bstvne9q2fc?...

This is so sweet 🙂
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Why do we play the piano? The question of why we play the piano would seem to be both an obvious one to ask and an easy one to answer. And yet it rarely is... In this article I consider four "types" of player, while recognising that most of us combine aspects of most or all...

The question of why we play the #piano would seem to be both an obvious one to ask and an easy one to answer. And yet it rarely is...

In this article from 2022, I consider four "types" of player, while recognising that most of us combine aspects of most or all...

Review: The Piano Player, Wintertide Collection - David Barton Music The Wintertide Collection from Faber Music offers a lovely mixture of wintry pieces for the intermediate pianist.

There is a good mixture of pieces in the @fabermusic.bsky.social ‘Wintertide’ volume of ‘The Piano Player’ collection, which will especially please those who don’t want to be too weighed down by Christmas music this season.

Catch up with my review: www.davidbartonmusic.co.uk/review-the-p...

Has anyone here used the free version of Microsoft Teams for online music lessons? Trying to figure out how to optimise the audio settings.

Thank you @davidbartonmus.bsky.social 🙂

This is the first piano book I wrote! It’s a fun detective mystery for young beginners. Learn the tunes, solve the theory puzzles and follow the colourful comic based story. Focuses on the notes BAG in the bass clef (plus CDE in treble)

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Pam Wedgwood • Piano Dreaming After a glittering career, and at an age when many would be putting their feet up, Pam Wedgwood continues to surprise us with her new projects, infectious enthusiasm, and boundless musical invention. "Piano Dreaming", her latest collection for intermediate players, can be considered yet another career peak...

In case you missed it, Pam Wedgwood has a brand new #piano collection out! And she continues to surprise us with her boundless musical invention, moving in a new musical direction with these pieces... 👇

You too! Feels much more like how twitter used to be on here. Glad I joined!

Review: The Harry Potter Piano Anthology - David Barton Music An exceptional volume of music from the Harry Potter films for intermediate piano. A true collector's edition to treasure.

If you’re looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the piano-playing Harry Potter-addicts in your life, then @fabermusic.bsky.social’s ‘The Harry Potter Piano Anthology’ comes highly recommended! A stunning collector’s edition!

Catch up with my review: www.davidbartonmusic.co.uk/review-the-h...

Hi everyone, just introducing myself if I’ve not met you on other social platforms! I’m a music teacher (piano and flute) and composer and author of music mystery adventure books for beginner piano like “Who Stole My Pizza?”.