AboutChuck Expertise I am a professional musician, I can play by ear, I arrange music write music, teach music in the public school system, and teach privately. My father was a school music teacher, and I have written three volumes for teaching beginning string players, taking them from scratch to high school level. I have performed in a local production of Music Man (musical) with celebrities John Davidson/Susan Watson and have my masters degree in education. I retired from the classroom in 2004 with 38 yrs. experience-now still substituting for music- and writing arr. for my cello trio(with two audio cd's and one dvd of a performance)http://cellosound.blogspot.com
I have directed church choirs and am principal cellist in our local community orchestra. I really love to arrange music for the groups I perform in and sing and have music in my life every day. A day without music, is a mistake, like having a day without sunshine.
Experience Employment history: I have been employed by our local school district since 1967 as a music teacher from grades 1-12 Organizations: I play cello principal chair in the local community orchestra, and sing in a chorus,and perfom in a barbershop quartet
Education: My early life in high school and college was summer workshops in choral conducting with founder of Westminster Choir College (N.J.) Dr. John F.Williamson (in Who`s Who in Music) and summer workshops with Robert Shaw in San Diego Grad. of Sacramento STate Univ.and masters from Univ. of La VErne, ca
Awards: awarded the Bank of America award in my high school senior year for music
Question I play keyboard in church. Have a song for tomorrow (oops hope I hear from you today) in the key of A. I need to smoothly transition into B flat for the next song. Any suggestions without just moving with no transition?
Answer hi Sheri:
Yes, i have ideas. There are ''charts'' for the church organist, that are like 'math' multiplication charts, showing the key you leave and the key you go to, and the pivot chords between these two keys.
To keep a 'style' of modulation in your head as you encounter many of these key changes, think of HOW TO USE A CHORD in the key you are in, to move to a chord in the NEW KEY, AS A pivot chord, and in this case you have to create your own pivot chord, (one chord that appears in both keys) - in this case a D MAJOR chord appears IN THE KEY OF A AND A D Minor chord appears in the key of Bb so you can use that chord as your ''pivot'' chord so you play an A maj. chord (with melody) and go to the D minor chord as the IV in the old key, changing the mode of the chord , and now think of it as the iii chord in the new key, so you will now be playing as IF YOU WERE IN THE NEW KEY OF Bb,
so you play A major, d minor, g minor, c minor F Major, Bb final key
(short version) A Major, d min-. Eb Maj. F Maj. Bb (ready)
(simple)= A MAJ. /- d min. / C min. F maj. Bb (end)
If you have clearly established a key of A as you played the first song, it is good to give a final A, D M., A, D min- before you start the modulation i have printed above, but that is up to you and your time involved in this modulation-
Well, if you aren't sure of your chords for modulations- as i said, there are charts, and key transition pages, so you can collect them or learn the style of modulations and your chords per key, and how to move from one to another. Chromatic chords(with dim. sounds) are great for moving inbetween chords.
