Piano for Quitters (1997)
When piano teachers stopped adequately explaining harmony, most students quit long before they learned how to make music
Género :
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 19M
Director : John Paget
Sinopsis
Piano for Quitters is designed for anyone and everyone who wants a practical understanding of chords and harmony. The 10 lessons will teach you to play great sounding chord progressions at surprisingly advanced levels. Whether you have had years of piano lessons or none at all, we highly recommend Piano for Quitters as a practical foundation for the entire series. These lessons are not repeated in the three volume sequel. Piano for Quitters covers: The simple building blocks of all chords and harmony — without technical terms — real chords and real chord symbols, not simplified substitutes. A practical analysis of music and how it relates to learning to play the piano. Chords placed in musical families — ten chord progressions which you will be using for the rest of your life. Step by step instruction in using chords and harmony in creating music. Techniques to improve left-hand, right-hand and hands-together playing.
Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) es un deficiente mental que deberá luchar por conservar la custodia de su pequeña hija, ya que el Estado considera que no está capacitado para hacerse cargo de su educación. De su defensa se encargará una prestigiosa abogada, Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), cuyo desinterés y frialdad inicial cambiarán tras conocer a Sam, descubrir el amor que siente por su hija y comprobar su determinación por defender sus derechos como padre.
Join high school-aged girls from around the world as they try to better their community through technology and collaboration in this thrilling, heartfelt documentary. By 2017, the app market will be valued at $77 Billion. Over 80% of these developers are male. The Technovation Challenge aims to change that by empowering girls worldwide to develop apps for an international competition. From rural Moldova to urban Brazil to suburban Massachusetts, CODEGIRL follows teams who dream of holding their own in the world’s fastest-growing industry. The winning team gets $10K to complete and release their app, but every girl discovers something valuable along the way.
Película basada en hechos reales acontecidos a finales del siglo XVIII. Narra el proceso de educación de un niño que creció aislado en el bosque sin contacto alguno ni con los hombres ni con la civilización. Una de las películas más celebradas de Truffaut.
Dos ladronzuelos intentan amañar una carrera de caballos en un hipódromo donde se está rodando una película. Uno de los actores, al tiempo que planea apoderarse del dinero de las carreras tiene un romance con la novia de un gángster que también está involucrado en el asunto. (FILMAFFINITY)
Stevenson Lowe (James Spader) y su novia Julia (Polly Walker) se mudan a una lujosa mansión habitada por los fantasmas de un antiguo e infeliz matrimonio (Michael Caine y Maggie Smith). La joven Julia desea casarse, pero Stevenson tiene fobia al matrimonio, especialmente cuando ve cómo le fueron las cosas al "matrimonio fantasma".
The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her teacher, Greta, or will she condemn Paul to obscurity?
Una tarjeta invita a Julien, (Mathieu Carrière) pianista luxemburgués, bloqueado en París en mitad de la Gran Guerra, (1917), a pasar dos días en La Fougeraie, una villa en los suburbios de París. Julien no duda ni un momento de que esta provenga de Jaques de Nouil, (Roger Van Hool) su único amigo, ahora oficial de aviación en la Guerra. A Julien le recibe en cambio la hermosa y misteriosa Elle, (Anna Karina) el ama de La Fougeraie. La espera le hace pasar la tarde recordando algunas vivencias del pasado compartidas con su amigo solo o en compañía de la amiga de Jaques, Odile, (Bulle Ogier), bonita aunque algo vulgar, a la que también se la llevó el viento…
A documentary on the late French jazz pianist.
Una joven abandona su casa y llega a ser una gran concertista de piano, pero su mente se desequilibra a causa de la actitud de su psiquiatra y su guardián.
Spud Milton continúa su tambaleo torpe hasta la adolescencia, se entera de una de las lecciones más importantes de la vida: Cuando se trata de mujeres y cretinos, nada es como parece.
On the keyboard, the young hands fly rapidly and the melody rises. For the child, nothing is easier; he hears the sounds in his head. These hands belong to 6 years old André Mathieu. He won his audiences and fired up concerts halls in London, New York, Paris and around the world. Adulated, hailed, praised, the child prodigy seemed to have everything to succeed. From the top of his vertiginous successes, to depths of torment, the life of the "Little Canadian Mozart" blends into his music. A romantic and passionate composer wishing for happiness, his story is nevertheless played on tragic notes.
Es otoño y la ciudad de Neo-Venezia está cubierta de hojas caídas. Algo está molestando a Anya, que trabaja en Orange Planet. Sus colegas Alice y Athena no se han visto debido a sus apretadas agendas, lo que hace que Athena se sienta triste. Pero por alguna razón, Alice parece estar evitándola por completo. Con la ayuda de sus amigas Ai y Azusa, Anya intenta encontrar una forma definitiva para que Alice y Athena se reúnan. Pero durante este tiempo, Anya se entera de una situación que solo ella puede resolver debido a su posición.
A dinosaur and his sidekick pilot their spaceship through the galaxy on a dizzying quest for knowledge.
Join Tad and Lily a they blast off on an exciting educational adventure! Tad and Lily need the perfect collection of things to take to school for their math assignment. When they finally decide on moon rocks, there's just one problem - how will they get them? With some magical help from their firefly friend, Edison, they board a rocket to start their quest. Soon the twins learn that math is everywhere, even in outer space!
When space explorers Nick and Sammy are sent on a mission they race against time to save Earth's creatures and learn valuable lessons along the way.
Thomas Edison opens up the laboratory of America’s most celebrated inventor and invites you to explore its secrets. Sprinkled with humor and packed with little-known details about the search for a working electric light bulb, this story will help you see for yourself why Edison quipped, “Genius is about one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
As Ben Franklin watched the lightning in Philadelphia’s night sky, he came up with a brilliant discovery—one that would change the world forever. Now, through this remarkable story, you can join this remarkable scientist, inventor and statesman as he rewrites human history because of his experiments with electricity.
Being and Becoming explore the choice not to school ones children, to trust them and to let them learn freely what they are passionate about. Through four countries, the US, Germany (where it's illegal not to go to school), France and the UK, the film is a truth quest about the natural desire to learn.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452-May 2, 1519) was an Italian scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, musician, and writer. Although revered as one of the greatest painters of all time, da Vinci also excelled in the field of engineering, conceptually inventing a helicopter, a tank, a calculator, the use of concentrated solar power, an elementary theory of plate tectonics, the double hull, and much more!
Documental en el que el Dr. Tony Wagner, presentador de otros documentales sobre la educación como "2 Million Minutes", explica el gran rendimiento de los finlandeses en materias de educación. El documental expone el curioso método que usan los escandinavos y demuestra su eficiencia, incluyendo varias estadísticas de distinto origen.
