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Assignment #1: 1. Watch the YouTube video below ("How to make scary movie music on piano") 2. Answer the following questions: a. What two types of scales were used in this video to make scary music? b. Have you ever heard music that sounded this way, either in a movie/TV show or somewhere else? 3. Practice the two scales used in the video (see Mrs. Teitsma for help with this). Then, see if you can use the pedal to make the some of the same music as in the video.

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