- Notes on the History of the Piano
by Elizabeth Miller. Musical instruments with keyboards have been evolving since 220 B.C. when a Greek engineer named Ctebius created the "Hydraulis" to demonstrate, of all things, the principle of hydraulics.
The Hydraulis led to the organ and a technical evolution of that instrument that has spanned centuries.
Meanwhile came more instruments based on the concept of multiple strings, hammers and keyboards. F... articles, news
- How To Play More Notes On The Piano Without Reading More Notes!
by Duane Shinn. Most professional musicians play from a book called a "Fake Book". I bought my first fake book containing only about 200 songs when I was a teenager -- they were illegal then, but most musicians owned them -- for $50. That would be equal to $500. or more now. But fortunately, they have since become legal, so you can buy a real good one with 1000 songs now for $50. or less. A fake book contains ju... articles, news
- Piano Sheet Music - Notes On Improvising
by Brooke Hayles. It is a fact that genuine gifts for composing music is given to very few of us. However, that doesn't mean that an average person can't try composing his or her own pieces. Also, consider, that many songs are not planned to become sheet music ever. Finally, your amateur composing skills can grow, mature, and become a source of profit for you.
Earning royalties is an obvious way to make your c... articles, news
- Piano Lesson: Learn Piano Improvisation Through Classical Piano Music
by Peter Edvinsson. Piano improvisation in a classical music way is an interesting complement to ordinary piano improvisational practicing. Let me suggest a way to practice!
Piano sheet music is a means and not an end. It's a way to notate what to play on the piano.
You can find a lot of interesting passages in classical piano solos. These solos can help you collect improvisational material to work on to make ... articles, news
- Piano Lesson: Learn To Play Jingle Bells Without Piano Sheet Music
by Peter Edvinsson. In this piano lesson we will learn to play piano Christmas music. We will use piano tab notation so you don't need to read piano sheet music.
Jingle Bells is one of the most popular secular Christmas songs in the world. The most played part of the song is the refrain which we will concentrate on in this piano lesson.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
... articles, news
- Learn To Play Piano - Let The Train Station Teach You About Piano Playing
by Peter Edvinsson. Learn to play piano on a train station? Let me show you what you can learn about piano playing as you wait for your train!
Well, all people seem to go by car these days but we might have had the privilege to go by train and this experience can teach us a lot about piano playing:
1. You want to go somewhere by train. In piano playing this is the wish you have to learn something on the piano.... articles, news
- Piano Lesson: It Is Easy To Compose Piano Sheet Music
by Peter Edvinsson. Why is it easy to compose piano music?
Because you have to start from where you are. This should be fairly easy; Otherwise you have not started from where you are.
A suggestion is to start writing piano pieces for beginners in a progressive order. The idea is that as the pieces get more complicated for the player they will also become more complicated for you to notate and compose and you w... articles, news
- Piano Lesson: What Can Pippi Longstocking Teach You About Piano Playing
by Peter Edvinsson. Piano playing is an art with unlimited possibilites. Pippi Longstocking made a remark in a film that can be used when you try to learn to play piano.
Pippi Longstocking is a nine-year-old Swedish girl in a series of children's books. Pippi has red braids and is very unconventional, assertive, extraordinarily strong, and rich. She lives alone with a monkey and a horse in an old funny house. Her... articles, news
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