Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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As a tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Conservatory of Music has released a special recording of “The Lord is My Shepherd”, her favourite hymn.
Adding an open string 1 to these shapes creates an Fmaj7 (commonly used by beginners to replace an F chord) or Fmaj7sus2.
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Read More »As a tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Conservatory of Music has released a special recording of “The Lord is My Shepherd”, her favourite hymn. The traditional hymn is sung by soprano Jonelle Sills, a 2022-23 Rebanks Fellow at The Glenn Gould School, accompanied by pianist Geoffrey Conquer, a 2016-17 Rebanks Fellow and alumnus of The Taylor Academy. The performance was captured at the RCM’s Mazzoleni Hall. The hymn was sung in November 1947 as then Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, and at the Queen’s funeral on September 19, 2022. Dr. Peter Simon, President and CEO of the Royal Conservatory, recalled his meeting with the Queen in Toronto in 1997 on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the RCM’s Charter in a media release. “She had an extraordinarily warm and glowing smile that made you feel relaxed, welcomed and honoured. She was immensely gracious and open and therefore having a conversation with her was very easy and a true pleasure,” he said. “What an extraordinary person she was, and it is truly sad that such a special person is no longer with us.” The gesture continues a tradition of affiliation with the royal family. King George VI, the late Queen’s father, incorporated The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1947. The former Toronto Conservatory of Music became The Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2012, the RCM was granted a Royal Patronage from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales (now King Charles III). The RCM was also chosen to work with the Prince’s Charities Canada on an arts education project. Note: The images of Queen Elizabeth II were slightly altered to fit the width/height format. The 1959 image is available from Library and Archives Canada under the reproduction reference number e010975985 and under the MIKAN ID number 4301935, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. The 2015 image is used under a United Kingdom Open Government Licence v3.0.
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D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B♭, and C. Its key signature has one flat.
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