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I am a semi-retired Folksinger, retired Army Bandsman, currently teaching Guitar Ensemble, String Ensembles, Concert Choir, and Recorder Ensemble, grades 3 - 8. Next time I retire though, I am going right back into folk singing. (It keeps me humble)
Songs are like children. They have to get out on their own and find their own identity. I started the process by writing them, but you complete the process by learning them, passing them down to young minds, and keeping them alive. I sincerely hope that one or two of my little songs will live on past the time when anyone will know I actually wrote them. It is the sweetest form of immortality I could possibly think of. You can find free MP3s of my folk songs on Soundclick.com
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>>>We Went over 70,000 downloads, so the next goal is to get to 100,000. (Maybe even by the end of the year? < hope, hope >) When I was first invited to this webpage, I never thought it was possible, but now I have to admit that I am genuinely hopeful.
>>>Three songs have gone over 1,000 downloads now. I can't wait to find material that is at least as useful. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.
>>>Finally got the Sol-Feg files uploaded. I would love to get feedback on these.
I would love to hear if something you found on this page convinced you to become a member. I don't get anything for it and I'm not looking for bragging rights. I would just like to know if this page is helping out Mike in any way. I don't want his generosity to me, to become a burden for this site. If something else was a deciding factor, be sure and let Mr. Daly know about that as well. If there is anything that any one of us can do to keep this online, I'm sure we can find a way to get it done. Oh, and if you actually read down this far, thank you bunches. My students are used to me but I may be a bit overwhelming to the general public.
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Product Number: 1012000412 Series: Guitar Ensemble Pages: 1
Description: A friend of ours runs a foster home for ferrets. She once asked me what I would do with all of the energy that Ferrets seem to have. I suggested that she let them wander in and out of a large wheel and let them generate electricity for her house - a "Ferret's Wheel!" It took her a long time to get the joke. This is an ensemble piece for first to second year guitarists.
Product Number: 1012004043 Series: Guitar Ensemble Pages: 2
Description: Whenever my students tell me that something isn't fair, I tell them that they are absolutely right! I add that you can tell when you are at the fair because there is cotton candy, and a Ferris wheel! Here, is the Ferris Wheel.
Product Number: 1012004227 Series: Guitar Educational Pages: 2
Description: There are two pages of chords in P-I-M-A (Pulgar, Indice, Medio, Anular) fingerstyle format here. When you teach students to play chords in this style, it is actually easier than trying to strum the same chord. After they learn the basic pattern, they can play the same chord to a large variety of fingerstyle patterns. This is also an excellent way to begin the discussion about the different regions of the guitar and how it can be divided into three different four string zones, two five string zones, and even four different three string zones. This is my first attempt to put this on paper, so there may be modifications in the near future. There is no editor quite as effective as a student!
Product Number: 1012004134 Series: Guitar Ensemble Pages: 4
Description: This is a first year guitar ensemble piece that I wrote just because there were no songs about fluffy white clouds. We were having a fire drill and afterward, one of my students asked why we didn't play any songs about fluffy white clouds! I asked her if she really wanted to and she emphatically replied That she did, so - I wrote one. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. This song is on two facing pages and it is published with and without shorthand notation.
Product Number: 1012004070 Series: Choir Reduction With Chords Pages: 6
Description: This is a powerful song about the Underground Railway. It is apocryphal in that the drinking gourd is the Northern Star and it points the way to freedom. We use this song for our Black History Month Commemoration but it should be used whenever we talk about finding our way to freedom from oppression.
Product Number: 1012004185 Series: Choir Reduction With Chords Pages: 1
Description: Frere Jacques (Brother John) is a traditional French Round for young voices. It is written in both French and English. Sol-feg phonetics are included and each part is posted on a separate line.
Product Number: 1012004044 Series: Guitar Ensemble Pages: 2
Description: One of the surest signs that the weather is changing is the early morning frost upon the windows. It may still be warm during the day, but you can tell that the icy fingers of winter are creeping in at the edges.
Product Number: 1012000329 Series: Guitar Solo Pages: 1
Description: This is the piano piece that Beethoven gave his niece, Elise. Actually, it is a reduction, or the first part only. Most of my students ask for this piece at one time or another and I pretty much have to have it ready for them. I will eventually play around with the whole thing but for now, this gives my students what they are really after. They want to play deedle deedle deedle just like the kids who come in to play it on the piano!
