FABER | Accelerated Piano Adventures (Sightreading Book)
- Sightreading skills is a powerful assets for the developing musicians. It makes every step of music-making easier. With the right tools and a little effort, sightreading skill can be developed to great benefit. In language literacy, the reader must not only identify sinlge words, but also group words together for understanding. Similiarly, music reading involves more than note naming. The sightreader tracks horizontally and vertically, observing intervals and contour while gleaning familiar patterns that make up the musical context. This decoding skill requires repetition within familiar musical contexts. In other words, pattern recognition develops by seeing a lot of the same patterns.Accordingly, this book presents musical variations to sharpen perception of the new against a backdrop of the familiar. To use the literacy analogy, the musician must not only identify single notes, but also group notes into musical patterns for understanding. Show More Show Less
CD - THE BELFAST SESSIONS
This, our latest collection of songs, was recorded at RedBox Studios in Belfast. We’ve wanted to record there for awhile now and finally the timing was right for all. Dónal O’Connor one of the owners, produced it with expertise, poise, patience and not a few threats, the main one being “no more Guinness till youse get this track right.” Inspirational words indeed! He was somehow able to corral us and steer us in the right direction on each song. I’m sure he’d love to work with us again – maybe! We had a great time all together recording there, and hopefully dear fans you’ll enjoy listening. In these uncertain times remember, music hath charms to soothe a savage breast. I think that was a quote from Paul McCartney, or possibly Bob Dylan. Enjoy!
The Belfast Sessions (2025)
Track Listing:
- BOYS OF BELFAST
- BELFAST BOOZELEERS
- DOWN BY THE LAGAN SIDE
- IRISH NAVIES
- MY BELFAST LOVE
- A NIGHT IN BUSHMILLS
- NO DOUBT ABOUT IT
- I’LL TELL YOU BOYS IT’S WHISKEY
- PRODIGAL SON
- NEW LINE TO DUBLIN
- PADDY’S DREAM
- SONG FOR BELFAST
- DAYTRIP TO BELFAST
