The chromatic scale is simultaneously one of the most important and most overlooked scales in music. It is a scale well worth studying for its technical and creative applications. Because the scale does not follow an interval pattern like any of the major or minor scales, the chromatic scale does not contain any of the …
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A scale in music theory is a sequence of notes played in ascending or descending order with a specific interval structure. There are many scales in music. Some are extremely common and fundamental, like the major scale or minor scale. Others are more obscure and only called upon in certain settings, like the whole tone …
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Learning to play an instrument is a series of small victories. First you learn how to create sounds, then press keys accurately. Soon you’ll know the names of all the notes, and how octaves are just the same notes but played higher or lower. Eventually you start playing chords and playing with two hands at …
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The piano is a dramatic instrument – there is no doubt about it. What other acoustic instrument has such an enormous range, both in register and dynamic? From some of the deepest and lowest pitches to the lightest of pianissimos, the piano can deliver huge drama at any moment. Not to mention the monumental worlds …
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The more time you spend around musicians, the more words you will hear that have only to do with music. A very common term said by musicians is “major scale”. Major scales are incredibly common, and are one of the first steps to learning about music in a sophisticated way. Scales related to music of …
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Everytime a musician sits down to play a piano they are limited to what they can play. The notes that come out of the instrument are either chords, arpeggios, or scales. Understanding and mastering scales is the key to playing an instrument well, but first we have to understand what they are. Scales are a …
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Practicing with a metronome is one of the best ways to improve your time feel and rhythmic consistency! A metronome is a tool that keeps time for musicians to practice with. The original metronome consisted of a weighted pendulum that could be set to different tempos, generally ranging from about 40 bpm, or largo, to …
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Everyone loves a good piano cover song. Learning a favorite tune is certainly fun, but it is more enjoyable to perform well-loved songs for friends and family. Many hit tunes of the last decades were not originally written solely for piano, but with a few small changes they become great popular piano covers. This week, …
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Pitch is one of the most fundamental concepts in music and one of the primary ways musicians categorize how a note sounds. A particular sound wave might produce a low pitch, a high pitch, a definite pitch, or an indefinite pitch. The tools of music theory can be used to analyze these sound waves and …
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The great strength of learning to play the piano is being able to use the incredibly large range of notes on the keyboard. Standard keyboards have 88 keys, and that gives us a lot of room to work with. Unfortunately, there are only 5 lines on the treble and bass staff. How can we use …
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The piano is without a doubt one of the most flexible and popular instruments, appearing in almost every musical genre. The piano is present in many genres, from classical to jazz to blues to rock and pop. This week, we will look at some of the most popular piano playing styles to give you a …
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Sheet music is a language, and sometimes learning to read a new language can be challenging. This is a very special type of language called music notation, and we use lots of different types of images and pictures to help musicians tell the difference between different notes. Some of these musical symbols we use are …
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