{"id":10361,"date":"2014-06-15T00:33:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=10361"},"modified":"2014-06-16T03:04:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T07:04:17","slug":"first-recital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=10361","title":{"rendered":"First Recital"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<!-- Begin Video.js -->\r\n\t<video id=\"example_video_id_922742112\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin\" width=\"535\" height=\"300\" poster=\"http:\/\/www.minitosu.com\/videos\/2014_0615_1st_Music_Recital.jpg\" controls preload=\"auto\" data-setup='[]'>\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/www.minitosu.com\/videos\/2014_0615_1st_Music_Recital.mp4\" type='video\/mp4' \/>\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/www.minitosu.com\/videos\/2014_0615_1st_Music_Recital.webm\" type='video\/webm; codecs=\"vp8, vorbis\"' \/>\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/www.minitosu.com\/videos\/2014_0615_1st_Music_Recital.ogv\" type='video\/ogg; codecs=\"theora, vorbis\"' \/>\r\n\t<\/video>\r\n\t<!-- End Video.js -->\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mika and Tobin started taking weekly music lessons this past September. At first, they both went with piano. Mika had previously dabbled with a few group piano lessons in first grade, and could already read sheet music from her two years of singing in the school&#8217;s chorus. Naturally, she progressed much faster, and left Tobin rather frustrated. Luckily for him, our music teacher Nate is a singer-songwriter, who plays (and teaches) piano and guitar equally well. Three months into their lessons, Tobin switched to guitar, and has been happier ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Today, all of Nate&#8217;s students came together for a casual end-of-school-year recital. Mika has made quantum leaps in the past 9 months. Tobin had to learn to read music in the first place, and after only 6 months of guitar practice, he sounds quite nice.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmw_\">FYI: here are the original sources of\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PcmvwFcfWmY&amp;feature=kp\" target=\"_blank\">Rockin&#8217;\u00a0 Robin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bDrj5faA7ds\" target=\"_blank\">Aura Lee<\/a>, and (Rockin&#8217;) Mozart&#8217;s inspiration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qb_jQBgzU-I\" target=\"_blank\">Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.<\/a> The Spider Dance appears to be specifically written as a teaching song for piano students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mika and Tobin started taking weekly music lessons this past September. At first, they both went with piano. 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