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Pianotrio’s in Brazilië
Toch leuk om dan ineens een mail uit Brazilië te krijgen:
“Is there a digital version of the books Piano Trios for Young Players that I could purchase? I am a piano teacher from Brazil and tried ordering them from Amazon, but it was never shipped and the order got cancelled… I would love using them with my students!”
Wel suf dat het werd gecancelled, maar inmiddels heb ik ze ook digitaal.
Arrangement Oblivion (Piazzolla) for melodian and piano.
This arrangement I made for melodian and piano. I love the sound of the melodian, somewhere between bandoneon and harmonica.
As a professional pianist, I just discovered the melodian lately. It is big fun.
Latvia-Riga Suzuki Piano Days
Very lucky to have been one of 45 teachers attending the 1st official European Suzuki Piano Days in Riga Latvia. Organizers Kristine Ravine, Michelle Post, Sylvain Pénard and Anna Sibley had magical powers and everything went very smooth, from the first morning with kids and teachers performing various parts of ‘Carnaval des animaux’ from C.Saint-Saëns in a both original and funny way!
I had the honour of playing the National Anthem of Latvia in my own arrangement with four Latvian teachers, and using my ‘Waves’ with seven other teachers during a group session.
45 teachers from 17 countries felt deeply connected to one another. I know I will keep in touch with many of them. New friendships were made, old friends hugged again, all senses were involved in learning, group piano playing, technique classes, reading, intense and fun discussions with exchanges of ideas.
You can hear fragments of them in the audio appendix (recorded with the simple dictating function of my Iphone)


Quatre-mains & Improvisation
The following books are view copies. Please don’t forward them without my permission.
Link to Webshop Donemus for Piano animals
Ostinati boek & werkboek
Noten lezen (2) Note reading

Inleiding
In boek 1 zaten voornamelijk noten tussen de lijnen (“even” noten).
Dit was om de tertsen goed te leren onderscheiden. Vanaf nu gaan we hierop voortbouwen. De tertsen worden “ingekleurd” met “oneven” lijn-noten.
In dit tweede boekje komen de noten door de lijn in de vorm van toonladdertjes aan bod. De even noten vormen hierbij het raamwerk, en geven steun bij het lezen van de oneven noten. Het is als bij een kleurplaat: de even noten zijn de afbeelding, het inkleuren wordt gedaan met de oneven noten. Het gaat om de snelle herkenning van de noten, het moet uiteindelijk volkomen geautomatiseerd zijn.
Bij de meeste oefeningen heb ik de stokken weggelaten, zodat de leerling zich helemaal kan focussen op de hoogte. Ritme wordt een ander boekje!
Aan het eind van het boek is nog een apart hoofdstuk over meer intervallen. Dit kan desgewenst ook eerder worden doorgenomen
Introduction
In book 1 there were mainly “even” notes (between the lines), to learn to recognize the interval third. The beginning pianist is invited to discover a larger range of the keyboard. One doesn’t always count from the middle C or one specific note. The result is a better orientation.
In this follow-up booklet 2 also the notes on the lines (“odd” notes) will be used in short pieces with scale patterns. The even notes form the
Framework making the reading of the odd notes easier. It’s like a colouring picture: first there is a drawing, then the drawing is colored with odd notes. It’s all about fast recognition of the notes, and the more automatically this goes, the better!
I have omitted the sticks for most exercises, so that the student can fully focus on the height. Rhythm becomes a new book!
In the appendix there is a separate chapter on more intervals. This can also be discussed earlier if desired.
Heleen Verleur, april 2024
My student of 2,5 with his parents
He only started very recently. He is doing such a great job! And so do his parents, who are so involved.
Waking Up
Dit stuk was eerder oorspronkelijk voor baritonsax & piano geschreven (speciaal voor Arthur Heuwekemeijer!) maar ter gelegenheid van de boekpresentatie van Jan, heb ik het ook gearrangeerd voor fagot & piano.
Maple Leaf Rag
Some time ago I arranged this Maple Leaf Rag I for five (right) hands on piano. It is big fun (and possible!) to play it on one piano, but if you have the luxury to use multiple pianos, this is also possible.
Tips for playing on one piano:
- alle stand at the piano, with your right sight towards the piano
- before you start, check that everyone has enough space
- enjoy & laugh!
Other pieces I arranged for five hands on one piano:
Anitra’s Tanz/Grieg
Die Forelle/Schubert
William Tell/Rossini
Habanera/Bizet
Eine kleine Nachtmusik/Mozart
Train/Verleur: Intercity (movie)