Wiosna, Katawa Shoujo Theme

Did this as a bonus tutorial, i.e., second one, of the day. It was only one page, so I figured it'll be fast. Except the person making the request asked for separate hand tutorials. Then, to illustrate fingering, I uploaded an at tempo version too. At least it is a pretty piece. Well, 4 uploads today. Time to do nothing.

Storybook Love from Princess Bride

That's planned for today, as an experiment. Why? Not telling, for that would ruin the experiment.   ;)

Matching Sheetmusic to Jane's Piano Tutorials

As most of you know, Jane's piano tutorials are meant for those who play by ear or follow the sheetmusic. Trouble is, because the requester sends Jane the sheetmusic, most of the time it is impossible for her to tell viewers where to find the score. Finally Piano-Pal, a small company, agreed to take on the daunting task of matching sheetmusic to Jane's tutorials. Sheetmusic links are gradually being added to song webpages. Thank you Piano-Pal. :)

Jane will receive commission from orders, but she assures you, every single cent goes towards piano scholarships. 

Fun with Comments

•  youh cant play this song! i can play betta then youh!
  

  (username) 1 year ago 

   
• youh play betta than youh spelle?
  

  bbdhrggl in reply to (username) 1 year ago (21 thumb ups)

Completing the Square, Algebra Topic

Our friend who teaches Ordinary Differential Equations ( a course taken after Calculus III) was visiting and lamented that some of his students had forgotten the Quadratic Formula from Algebra II. That is a formula, like the Pythagorean Theorem of geometry, no one in math forgets! That motivated me to upload a Quadratic Formula tutorial, but I have to lay some ground work first. So am working on a set of tutorials called Completing the Square.

"The Show" is No Go

I have been trying to upload this tutorial since 8a this morning. Started its upload via Adobe Elements 10. Left for the beach for our 5 mile run. Message upon return at 11a, "upload failed. unknown reason"...

Had friend over for lunch, then 2nd attempt to upload. Another 2+ hrs later, "upload failed, unknown reason".

What's wrong with this program??????

Oh well, so I saved the file to the desktop in order to upload directly to YT, this 3rd attempt, again more than 2hr later, ended up "upload failed".

4th try, uploading via laptop. Midway through, Windows rebooted! And I followed up by deleting that video on the video manager.

Okay, 5th try. Wow, success! but why doesn't it show on the video manager?  "sorry, uploader removed the video". You got to be kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, 6th try then, 126 minutes remain...

If this one fails also, what will I do? A brochure to the Neptune Society sits on my desk. lol

Point of No Return

What an impressive composition of music and lyrics! I wish I had taken more time to practice it. But now that it is uploaded, I'm at a Point of No Return. ;(

Next on my piano tutorial list is the UEFA Champions League Anthem. Googled UEFA, it stands for Union of European Football Associations. Next on my math tutorial list is the Quadratic Formula, one of the most useful formulas in Algebra.

Phantom of the Opera

Working on "Point of No Return" today. Three viewers asked for this.

The slow tutorial is taking more than 2 1/2 hrs to upload via Adobe Elements. Such uploads have often failed near the end (AT&T DSL grief), and have to be retried. Half days lost. The worst part is I can't edit anything else, such as the at tempo version, while all this is happening. I need three PCs!

Insightful Viewer Comment

"To everyone who's saying this isn't a tutorial, it's only because you're not making it one. Everything in life is a tutorial if you just take the time to pay attention :D "     3 months ago