Chris Padilla/Blog / Piano
Ebony and Ivory...
Here are some common themes that you can explore:
All the Things You Are Chord Melody
My first swing at chord melody! Love this tune even more on guitar.
Sonny Rollins – Oleo
Today I learned that this jazz standard is named after margarine. Yum!
Antônio Carlos Jobim – Once I Loved... Continued!
Finishing out this bossa 🏝️
Antônio Carlos Jobim – Once I Loved
Because love is the saddest thing when it goes away~
Jimmy Van Heusen – Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Hoagy Carmichael – Skylark
Lucy Knows We'll Be Together Again...
My pup and I missed each other while I was in Chicago this week!
Raymond Hubbell – Poor Butterfly
🦋 Adding color with those chord extensions!
Carl Fischer – We'll Be Together Again
No tears, no fears. Remember, there's always tomorrow... ~
Had the pleasure of playing this beautiful piano just outside of the Frisco Discovery Center:
Shirō Sagisu – Rei 1
From Neon Genesis Evangelion! So mysterious. Who is Rei? What is her DEAL even???
Beethoven – Sonatina No 1 Exposition
Short and sweet this week! A little phrase from a very young Beethoven.
Nobuo Uematsu – To Zanarkand!
From FFX! Wildly beautiful. For 9 year old Chris, this was the midi arrangement that played on his Neopets page! 😂
Billy Strayhorn — Take the "A" Train
🚞 An oldie but a goodie
Gwynn — Woodland Waltz
A sweet dance from one of my Mom's old piano books 🦌
Faber – The Medieval Piper
Been enjoying sightreading short and sweet 5-finger pieces like this.