Jeff Beal's Composition Techniques

Jeff Beal in The House of Cards Theme

Some of his techniques are:

1. Chordification and hemiola (0:15)
2. Electronic base line (1:00)
3. Major - Minor counterpoint between RH - LH (1:30)
4. F#major with 3rd in the base (2:50)
5. Shift forth and back between two keys A minor-major. (3:17)
6. Rubato (3:40)

You and I by Claribel

Charlotte Alington Pye Barnard (23 December 1830 in Louth, Lincolnshire –
30 January 1869 in Dover) was an English composer who wrote often under
the pseudonym Claribel (More about here on Wikipedia).

Best
known for her traditional Irish song Come Back to Erin (1866) she
composed this emotive film music which Kathryn Grayson and Carl Esmond
sung in the film Seven Sweethearts (1942) directed by Frank Borzage for
the screenplay of  Walter Reisch(original screenplay), Leo Townsend
(original screenplay) and Ferenc Herczeg(play).

It is one of the best known female compositions of a Waltz in 4/4.

Find the sheet music here.

Learn to play this song with the Piano Marvel Method here.

Piano Marvel Disney Challenge: God help the Outcast

At Piano Marvel we are challenging each other with Disney songs, this month.

I wish to take this occasion to highlight a song that touches me very specially: God Help the Outcasts

from Walt Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Versions

Listen to the song in different language versions.

The version in English:

The version in Ukranian:

The version in French:

The version in Russian: 

The version in Spanish: