Learning to play the piano is a fun and exciting adventure. Sharing music with your friends and family and developing a creative skill like piano makes life more enjoyable and helps build confidence and satisfaction. However, some beginning students can feel overwhelmed when they start to learn the piano keyboard. The piano keyboard layout might …
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The C major key is perhaps one of, if not the most commonly used key in music. This is due to the fact that in many instruments, including the piano, this key is easier to memorize and more comfortable to play than most other keys. Particularly in the piano, C major consists of exclusively white …
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“Do re mi fa so la ti da” is an instantly recognizable refrain. This is especially true if you have ever watched “The Sound of Music”. This is an example of solfege patterns being used to help teach a musical scale. For most musicians who take up an instrument, one of the first things you …
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Learning about a diverse range of musical artists is a great way to expand your knowledge, gather new inspiration, and experience new worlds and ideas. The universe of music is so vast and encompasses so many styles, cultures, and traditions that it would take several lifetimes to explore and appreciate all of it. Fortunately, we …
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The E major chord is a wonderful, bright sounding chord. It is commonly found in many songs and learning how to play it quickly and easily is a foundational part of learning to play chords on the piano. Let’s dive into some of the basics of the E major chord such as how it is …
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The F minor chord is a wonderful, darker sounding triad that is commonly found in a number of popular songs and classical favorites. Learning to master the F minor chord is a basic skill on piano that will broaden your repertoire of chords, deepen your understanding of music theory and harmony, and allow you to …
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“Moonlight Sonata” by Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the staple pieces of classical piano music. Its haunting melody, darkly dreamy tempo, and characteristic chord progression make it a piece that is both well-loved and often played. Like other standard pieces of classical piano music, beginners might not know the history and stories behind the …
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Learning how to balance your hands on the piano is an important skill to develop. Developing solid and consistent control over your tone, dynamics, and articulation is a skill that is not built overnight. It takes months and years of practice to build a strong sound on the piano. Fortunately, having an awareness of this …
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Learning chords is the first step to unlocking thousands of songs that you can play on the piano., With foundational knowledge such as chord structure and how to play chords, both playing and making music become possible. This example is all about the chords in the major key of G major. We focus on the …
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Memorizing music as a pianist is an important skill to develop. It is extremely easy in our modern world to simply access information via phone or computer and retain very little. Memorizing helps us to build a base of knowledge that we can use and extrapolate to other dimensions of our lives, helps us to …
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Practicing the piano should be a fun, exciting, and enjoyable experience. However, it is useful to take a step back on occasion and examine the habits you develop around piano practice. How often do you do this? This week, we will explore a range of bad habits that you can develop on the piano so …
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