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Piano Lesson: Compose And Become A Better Pianist

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:59:59 +0000

Everyone can compose sheet music! You have to start where you are and anyone can do that. You can create your own compositions for piano! Let’s see why you should!
Where can you start?
Maybe you find it difficult to notate sheet music. Well, you don’t have to notate your music. You can record the things you do with a digital recording equipment, maybe your computer or a tape recorder.
But if you want to use sheet music? What can you do?
Let me suggest that you start by writing for piano beginners. Sheet music for piano beginners have to be very simple. Few notes and very easy rhythms. This is the place where you fit in!
If you start to write piano sheet music for beginners in progressive order you will also learn to write sheet music in progressive order. Smart idea, isn’t it!
But…, what benefits are there in writing and composing piano sheet music for your own piano playing?
Here are some of my own thoughts:
1. You own endeavors to create piano compositions will make you more aware of other composers music. Questions will arise in your mind on how to notate the things in your mind and how to arrange and so on. These questions will be in your mind and make you more aware of how other composers have written and notated their music.
You will probably look at other composers musical notation with fresh eyes trying to learn how professional composers write.
2. As you compose you will become more and more sensitive to intrinsic musical subtleties in your own music as well as in other composers music.
3. Gradually you will start to think and feel more like a composer. This will help you become a better performer as well. You will respect other composers music more, trying to convey their hearts intent to your public.
4. As you train your creative muscles by composing they will also help you as you perform piano music. Both performing and composing are creative processes requiring your heart.
5. You will become a better sight reader by composing piano sheet music. Many years ago I had an assignment to write sheet music to a musical. I encountered not a few notational problems. Problems I had not as yet solved for myself.
Afterwards I started to play piano sheet music again. To my astonishment I realized I had developed as a sight reader.
My own conclusion was that my concentrated efforts to notate my piano compositions also was a course in sight reading.
I realized I had experienced a reversed sight reading exercise by composing music with my fingers on the piano keyboard and then trying to notate the music on manuscript paper.
Do you have to buy manuscript paper?
Well, no! To notate sheet music does not need to be expensive. You can use an ordinary pencil and ordinary white paper. Sometimes I use this equipment when I have nothing else at hand. I write five lines, one bar at a time, as I compose. It works!
The musical ideas I jot down this way I can easily work more with in my notational software program on my computer later on.
To compose and write piano sheet music can be a part of your daily piano practice. Spending half an hour with piano composing, making your own piano exercices and more can increase your awareness of music and help you become a better pianist and musician.

Jazz Piano Lessons Online – Discover How to Play Jazz Piano the Quick and Easy Way!

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:25:58 +0000

Since you are reading this article, it’s clear to me that you are interested in exploring jazz. Let me guess if you are one of the following. You are either…
* looking to jump-start their jazz piano playing or wanting to beef up their skills.
* sick and tired of playing the same stuff over and over and wants to explore the world of jazz.
* trying to learn basic jazz changes, blues scale patterns, and various licks that can be put to use right away.
* wanting to learn the 12-bar blues and alternative ways to play it.
* just hungry for more!
Am I right?
For over 7 years, we’ve taught primarily gospel music by ear. Yes, you can pick up our 300-pg home study course and find general music theory, ear-training, and various progressions from other genres, but our main focus up until now has been on gospel music.
I simply called it “drilling deep” or focusing only on one type of player. It was the classic “don’t try to please everyone” and “stick with what you know best” philosophy.
But even I’ve realized the necessity for gospel (and ALL) musicians to explore other genres as there is a lot to be discovered by doing this.
Not only do you increase your creativity by pulling chords, patterns, licks, and tricks from other places, but you break yourself away from being limited to one style of playing.
That’s why so many musicians get stuck trying to figure out why they’re playing the same stuff they were playing years ago… or worse, have gone several steps in the wrong direction due to lost interest — because they’ve realized that most songs in a particular genre follow certain patterns and once you knows them all, it gets extremely difficult to learn new patterns unless you step outside the “genre.”
And if you are like me, you will agree with me that jazz is one of the most popular genres in the world today. In many instances, it’s like the “default” style of music you end up listening to whether in an elevator, waiting in a doctor’s office, as hold music on the phone, in the background at a fancy restaurant… even at church these days as many pastors are holding gospel jazz brunches and concerts.
Heck, it’s commonly used as an adjective to describe certain ways to play other genres. You’ve probably heard musicians say “jazz that up a little” or “play that a little jazzier.”
That’s why I’m finally answering the thousands of musicians who have literally begged us to teach the basics of jazz by ear — and this page reveals everything you need to know to start playing jazz now.
Are You “One Dimensional?”
Who wants to be stuck playing the same chords and songs over and over again?
I’m sure nobody… if they can help it.
No one wants to be labeled by others as “one-dimensional”. And to be honest, knowing only one style of music is pretty boring. And as a musician, excitement and unpredictability is the name of the game!
I mean, adding even just one style of music to your playing, especially one as vibrant as jazz, will have an exponential effect on you, forever.
Heck, just being able to understand jazz will ignite your creative side and allow you to accelerate your improvisational skills that can be used to instill your own personal touch in literally everything you play… regardless of the genre.

Piano Lesson: Learn To Play O Christmas Tree

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:05:14 +0000

In this lesson you will learn to play the melody to a popular Christmas song without the use of sheet music. You will also learn to play three easy chords together with the melody. Let us start!
O Christmas Tree is a Christmas carol of German origin. O Tannenbaum is its original name in German.
A Tannenbaum is German for a fir tree or Christmas tree. The melody to this Christmas song is an old folk tune and the best known lyrics comes from a Leipzig organist and teacher named Ernst Anschutz in 1824.
Here is the first verse in the English version:
O Christmas Tree O, Christmas Tree
Your branches green delight us!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Your branches green delight us!
They’re green when summer days are bright
They’re green when winter snow is white
O, Christmas Tree, O, Christmas Tree
Your branches green delight us!
The first thing we will do is to locate the middle C on your keyboard. On an ordinary piano keyboard it is located in the middle of the keyboard sometimes near the keyhole if there is one.
On a common piano keyboard you will find that the notes C-B are repeated along the keys. One such row of notes are called an octave and since the middle C is located in the fourth octave on an piano it is sometimes called C4.
Even if your keyboard is smaller with less octaves middle C is still called C4.
We will now take a look at the melody to O Christmas Tree and the chords you can play with your left hand. We will begin with the melody together with the lyrics:
O (F)Christmas Tree O, Christmas Tree
C4 (F)F4 F4 F4 G4 G4 G4 G4
The (F) in the lyrics and melody indicate that you shall play an F-major chord with your left hand together with the note after the chord. How then do you play an F-major chord?
There are many ways to play an F chord but here is an easy example for your left hand:
F: C3 F3 A3
C3 means that you play a C in the octave to the left of the C4. Play the three notes in the chord together as you play the following right hand note.
Time for the next line:
Your (C7)branches green de(F)light us
A4 (C7)G4 A4 Bb4 E4 (C)G4 F4
The note Bb is the black key immediately to the left of B.
As you can see it is time for a new chord, C7. Here is a suggestion for that piano chord:
C7: C3 E3 Bb3
Now you have to repeat the previous lines before we proceed with the next part:
They’re (F)green when summer (C7)days are bright
C5 (F)C5 A4 D5 C5 (C7)C5 Bb4 Bb4
C5 is the C in the octave to the right of C4.
Time for the next line:
They’re (C7)green when winter (F)snow is white
Bb4 (C7)Bb4 G4 C5 Bb4 (F)Bb4 A4 A4
Now we only have to repeat the first two lines and we are done!
O (F)Christmas Tree O, Christmas Tree
C4 (F)F4 F4 F4 G4 G4 G4 G4
Your (C7)branches green de(F)light us
A4 (C7)G4 A4 Bb4 E4 (C)G4 F4
I suggest that you learn this little song by heart one line at a time. Practice every line first with your right hand melody until you master it. Then it is time to add your left hand chords. When you know a line by heart with melody and chords it is time to proceed with the next line.
Before you know it you have completed the song and can contribute to the Christmas spirit in a new setting!

Essential Information of Piano Lesson

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:56:23 +0000

Not all people are born with musical talent. It is a time gift and heart given by God. Many persons actually start on how to learn musical instrument during their childhood and tend to give up when things become tough.
Upon realization of what they have regret, most of them, once again have the passion to try. But most of their ability and skills to learn is not as sharp when they are young, for young minds are fresher and more vibrant appetite for learning. These are some that they have lost.
If you have decided to learn piano, you must be careful with the materials you are going to choose from. Some reference is likely to frustrate you and others tend to be a real help. This is a matter of make of break situation. There are sites that offers learning materials designed to outsource musicians to become an astounding piano player.
Not all methods that are applicable to others may be applicable to you. You should consider choosing program or lessons you are at ease with. You must not loose your level of enthusiast and motivation, for it is a major factor for you to learn the piano. Playing piano is a form of art. So never get loose of your track. Playing piano is not a race, so don’t rush for it. It takes time. There are guides that are available on line to further increase you learning ability.
Play with passion. Do not exaggerate the piece. Always keep in mind that you must know your limitation. Always play with intense, do not over or under estimate you capabilities. Learn things in the best way applicable to you. You may resort to listening to the tune and thereafter try to do it your self. Read books or watch video tutorials, never be sucked by promises and offers.
There are some certain techniques or formulae in order to learn fast in effective way. It is what they call 10-24-7 formulae. Think of it, what does it trying to imply. Well, it’s simply means that 10 represent the amount of effort, others call it a perfect 10. You must give your 100% energy, but learn one thing at a time. Never over work your self, this may lead you to stress and you might loose the passion you have.
Once you have played the piece, you have to repeat it once a day. It requires thorough practice. Don’t stop unless you have mastered the lesson and refrain from skipping to other lesson without having perfection. Just focus on one at a time. Finally to complete the formulae, after 7 days, you may proceed to the next lesson. Follow this formula and you will be a good performer in no time. Practice and discipline is a must.
The experts call this method the “accelerated learning” and this is widely used among professional. They usually present this even during seminars because it is proven and tested approach. If you are beginner, just follow this procedure and you will be a good pianist. And it will happen! But you must have the intensity to learn.

Piano Lessons: One Piano Teacherâs Dream

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:58:09 +0000

Once there was a piano teacher whose students practiced at least half an hour every day, never complained about doing scales or theory, and were always on time for their lessons.

And then the teacher woke up.

Kidding aside, there is a reason behind everything your teacher wants you to do. And it isnât just to make your life hard. From daily practice to scales and theory, your teacher wants you to do these things in order to help you reach your musical goals. Hereâs why:

Regular Daily Practice: Quite simply, if you have goals you want to meet for your performance at the piano, there is no substitute for regular daily practice. During your weekly lessons, your teacher can give you some valuable ideas on how to improve your playing. But unless you put those ideas into practice, you will never see any improvement in your skills. Effective practice is the only thing that will help piano students improve their skills and meet their goals. (See my earlier article on How To Practice.) And the foundation of effective practice is regular practice.

Music Theory: Many students become reconciled to regular practice, but still resist completing their theory assignments. How can learning the Circle of Fifths and other silly things like that help one become a better musician? Well, as with many things in life, true mastery of a subject cannot be attained without understanding leading theories behind it.

If you understand about enharmonic equivalents, that will help you learn to transpose. If you understand about different musical modes, youâll come to recognize a piece that has been written in a particular mode. And this can help you sight-read or learn it more effectively. If you understand the basic structure of a typical musical form (a sonatina, for example), youâll know what to expect when you encounter one. And so on.

Scales: Oh, those tedious scales! There must be very few piano students on Earth who have never complained about learning their scales. Why do piano teachers insist on this torture system for their students? Several reasons.

For one thing, scales are a very basic means of developing proper form and nimbleness with your fingers. For another thing, familiarity with a scale will help you when you encounter a work written in that key, especially one with lots of accidentals. And this will also help you learn to transpose pieces from one key to another. Having your scales âin your fingersâ will also help you in learning to sight-read, and to improvise as well.

Sight Reading: And speaking of sight-reading, why do you need to do it? If practice makes perfect, then why develop the skill of sitting down and playing effectively without practicing? Because, although you should always strive to practice a piece to perfection, there will be occasions when youâll be called upon to play with little or no advance notice. If you are already accustomed to doing this in your lessons, you wonât be intimidated by such a request.

Improvisation: The same is true of improvisation, or the related practice of playing âby ear.â Especially if you begin playing jazz or rock or related styles, the ability to improvise or play by ear will be crucial to your success. If you have already been accustomed to doing this from your early piano-playing days, youâll be ready to meet this challenge.

Recitals: Some students are terrified of performing at recitals. They go to lessons all year, they practice uncomplainingly, they make good progressâ¦ But they wish they could avoid proving it to all their friends and family members! Why does their teacher insist upon a public performance?

Answer: To give them a chance to overcome this very fear. While one can certainly play for oneâs own enjoyment, the ultimate goal of learning to play piano is to share the joy of music with others. Again, if one is accustomed to performing in a recital from the earliest days of lessons, this will become a regular part of life, and the fear can be overcome before it grows overwhelming.

Yes, your teacher asks you to do all sorts of things that arenât very much fun â at least not at first. But the only reason to do so is to help you meet your own musical goals. So work with your teacher. Surprise her! Come to your next lesson on time, with all your assigned pieces well-rehearsed, and a couple of extra scales under your fingers! Your teacher will be delighted, but the real person to benefit â will be yourself.

Piano Lessons In London

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:41:25 +0000

A List Of Books For Teaching Piano

1. ‘Tunes For Ten Fingers’ by Pauline Hall – for absolute beginners (kids and adults)

2. ‘More Tunes For Ten Fingers’ by Pauline Hall – (only up to and including page 27) for students who have completed ‘Tunes For Ten Fingers’

a) ‘Theory Made Easy for Little Children Level 1′ by Lina Ng – for absolute beginners (kids)

b) ‘Monkey Puzzles set 1′ by Fanny Waterman – for absolute beginners (kids or adults)

a) ‘Theory Made Easy for Little Children Level 2′ by Lina Ng – for students who have completed ‘Theory Made Easy for Little Children Level 1′

b) ‘Monkey Puzzles set 2′ by Fanny Waterman – for students who have completed ‘Monkey Puzzles set 1′

5. ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 1′ by James Bastien – for students who have completed ‘Tunes For Ten Fingers’ and ‘More Tunes For Ten Fingers’ (up to and including page 27)

6. ‘Bastien Piano Basics Theory Level 1′ by James Bastien – for students who have completed ‘Tunes For Ten Fingers’ and ‘More Tunes For Ten Fingers’ (up to and including page 27)

7. ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 2′ by James Bastien – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 1′

8. ‘Bastien Piano Basics Theory Level 2′ by James Bastien – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Theory Level 1′

9. ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 3′ by James Bastien – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 2′

10. ‘Bastien Piano Basics Theory Level 3′ by James Bastien – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Theory Level 2′

11. ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 4′ by James Bastien – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 3′

12. ‘Bastien Piano Basics Theory Level 4′ by James Bastien – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Theory Level 3′

13. ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 1′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 4′ (although some students might be ready after completing ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 3′)

14. ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 1′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 4′ (although some students might be ready after completing ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 3′)

15. ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 1′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 4′ (although some students might be ready after completing ‘Bastien Piano Basics Level 3′)

16. ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 2′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 1′

17. ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 2′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 1′

18. ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 2′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 1′

19. ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 3′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 2′

20. ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 3′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 2′

21. ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 3′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 2′

22. ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 4′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 3′

23. ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 4′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 3′

24. ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 4′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 3′

25. ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 5′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 4′

26. ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 5′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 4′

27. ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 5′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 4′

28. ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 6′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 5′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

29. ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 6′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 5′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

30. ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 6′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 5′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

31. ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 7′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 6′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

32. ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 7′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 6′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

33. ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 7′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 6′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

34. ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 8′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2009-2010 Grade 7′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

35. ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 8′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Scales & Broken Chords (from 2009) Grade 7′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

36. ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 8′ by ABRSM – for students who have completed ‘ABRSM Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests (from 2009) Grade 7′. Prerequisite for entry: Grade 5 or above in Theory of Music, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz subject.

37. ‘ABRSM Jazz Piano Pieces Grade 1′ by ABRSM – For students who have completed ‘Tunes For Ten Fingers’ and ‘More Tunes For Ten Fingers’. This book is for any student interested in learning one or more of the following genres: Jazz, Blues, Rock, Latin-American. This series goes up to Grade 5.

38. ‘ABRSM Jazz Piano Scales Grade 1-5′ by ABRSM – For students who have completed ‘Tunes For Ten Fingers’ and ‘More Tunes For Ten Fingers’.

39. ‘ABRSM Jazz Piano Aural Tests Grades 1-3′ by ABRSM

For students who have completed ‘Tunes For Ten Fingers’ and ‘More Tunes For Ten Fingers’.

Rocket Piano Lessons?

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:05:36 +0000

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Piano Lessons: How to Read Notes Quickly

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:15:16 +0000

Recognizing the names of the bass and treble staff notes can be fun and rather simple. Before we begin, remember that the treble staff is where you will find all your right hand notes, and the bass staff is where you will find all your left hand notes. All you have to do is memorize a word for each note, like this. Bass staff space notes: *A C E G (All Cows Eat Grass) Bass staff line notes: *G B D F A (Good Boys Do Fine Always) Treble staff space notes: *F A C E (This spells “face”) Treble staff line notes: *E G B D F (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge) *The first word/letter is always the bottom of the staff. Now the fun begins. Here are some simple and fun ways to memorize these notes. 1) Speed Run: See how fast you can say the names of the notes. Try doing it first with the words, and then with the letter names only. 2) Reverse Speed Run: Now see how fast you can practice saying the letter names in reverse. This is a great way to see just how well you know the letter names. 3) Say-n-Play: While sitting at your piano, say the letter name out loud and then play it on the keyboard. If you are using flashcards, mix them up so that you can select a card at random and do the same activity. This is a very good memorization activity. 4) Play Them All: Now comes a fun way to test your knowledge. Say out loud the note then play all of those notes on the entire keyboard. For example, you have selected the note “A.” Play all the “A” keys on the entire keyboard. 5) Flash Cards: Make a set of flash cards with one note on a staff on one side, and the answer on the other side. (Don’t forget to specify which staff: bass or treble with the bass or treble clef sign.) The sooner one can memorize the names of the notes and recognize where they are found on the keyboard, the more enjoyment that can be found playing the keyboard. Just like you learned the ABC’s for reading you’ll be a great success at learning your ABCDEFG’s for the keyboard. This is a quick and fun way to learn how to read and recognize notes written on the staff and on the piano. However, there is no replacement for learning how to sound smooth and pretty on the piano than with step by step instruction and with songs that allows gradual progress.

For more information about reading music, please visit:

http://www.LearnPianoOnline.com Enjoy!