Category: music

  • My Musical Journey

    What I know about music – My progress in one page! (Go to last update 17 Aug 2025) 12 January 2018 I learned classical guitar for about 6 months when I was 15 years old, back in Brasilia. Long enough to develop callouses (which have long faded away) and to get frustrated because I wasn’t…

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  • New Roland HP704 Digital Piano!!!!!

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    Saturday 16th of August 2025 – New Roland HP704 Digital Piano!!!! Back in September 2019, just before my granddaughter turned 4 years old, I bought a Casio CTK-6200 61 keys Piano Style Keyboard for £148.54 (useful thing, the Amazon order history…). She started learning some very basic songs and music notation from whatever I could…

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  • Taylor Swift – how I became Swiftie

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    Early in 2024, Paula, a friend from Capoeira, offered tickets to see Taylor Swift in Wembley Stadium in August at face value. £112… General Admission Standing – 19th of August 2024. She had managed a feat of getting 4 tickets. Not only did she manage to do it in Wembley. She also got tickets for…

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  • SimplyPiano Syllabus Summary

    I wanted to summarise everything covered so far in Simply Piano to get a clear picture of what I have actually learned in the last 3 years. So, tada! The following chords courses require knowledge of 10 Chords. Need to have completed Pop Chords I, II, III. Major & Minor scales

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  • Chico Buarque de Hollanda Compilation

    First Published Sunday 14th of December 2014 – Chico Buarque de Hollanda I was talking to friends on Friday and they had never heard Chico Buarque. He’s one of my favourite composers/singer/songwriters ever – I grew up listening to his songs and still listen to them regularly. He has composed hundreds of songs and I…

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