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- Read Music - Music Seems to Be More Important Today Than Ever Before!
Music Seems to Be More Important Today Than It Ever Has...
Date of Article: 13Oct2008
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How to Play the Piano - Eurhythmics, Solfege and Improvisation
"Dalcroze Eurhythmics" is an approach to music education based on the premise that rhythm is the primary element in music, and the source for all musical rhythm may be found in the natural rhythms of the human body.
Date of Article: 28Sep2008
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How to Play the Piano - You Have to Practice Scales and Arpeggios!
Don’t Live in a “fools” Paradise! You Have to Practice Scales and Arpeggios to Play ANY Style of Music
Date of Article: 20Aug2008
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Playing the Piano - "Pitfalls" to Avoid When Studying Piano for the First Time!
For the 18+ years old adult, studying the piano for the first time in their life, I believe you should avoid three "pitfalls" to assure realistic progress.
Date of Article: 24May2008
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- How to Play the Piano - For Adults Only!
You’re never too old to start learning how to play the piano. There are SO many online instruction programs today, that I know it can be very confusing. It is my intent that this article will shed some light into your search to find the most appropriate course for your specific needs.
Date of Article: 17Mar2008
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Play Piano - Beginners MUST Learn to Count Out Loud!
The fastest way to learn to play piano and make music, is to count out loud. If you choose not to, then you must use a Metronome...
Date of Article: 23Feb2008
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Play Piano - There is No Substitute for Practice
There is no substitute for practice. By spending a couple of hours with your instrument every day you develop a special relationship with it.
Date of Article: 25Apr2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Piano Lesson - The Piano is a Drum Set
Too many pianists seem to have forgotten that their instrument is classified as part of the percussion family. They spend so much energy and focus on the minute details, such as which note goes where, that they lose (or never get) the visceral connection with their instrument, the relaxed physicality that drummers have.
Date of Article: 24Apr2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Play Piano - Preparing to Practice
When the practicing "blahs" strike, you just need an attitude adjustment. You don't have to sweat blood to practice well. You don't even have to think of it as work, or duty, or even something that you ought to do.
Date of Article: 27Mar2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Play Piano - There Is No Substitute for Practice
There is no substitute for practice. By spending a couple of hours with your instrument every day you develop a special relationship with it.
Date of Article: 22Mar2006
Category: Arts & Entertainment
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- Play Piano - How to Play Piano By Ear
Training your ear is much the same as training your dog: you keep shouting orders at it until it recognizes what a certain sound means.
Date of Article: 20Nov2005
Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation
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- Play Piano - How to Play Shell Voicings
They make use of the root and either the third or the seventh any chord. Sometimes referred to as "shell" voicings, these are commonly used as left-hand accompaniment in the piano stylings of Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Sonny Clark, and others who play primarily in the "be-bop" idiom.
Date of Article: 17Nov2005
Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation
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- How to Play Piano and Write Music
You are neither too young nor too old to play piano and compose. If you think otherwise, get that fairy tale out of your head.
Date of Article: 04Nov2005
Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation
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- How To Become A Better Sight-Reader
If you are like most people, your performance of a piece of music “at first sight” could probably stand some improvement. Oh, to be able to breeze through a brand new piece without all the stops and starts!
Date of Article: 30Oct2005
Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation
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- Visualization Techniques for the Pianist
It is sometimes more expeditious to memorize a song by reading and thinking it through than it is to play it.
Date of Article: 25Jul2005
Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation
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- "Play Piano As Fast As Possible!"
Proven Tools, Tips and Tactics (that anyone can learn) to Play Rock, Pop, Blues, R&B and "Smooth Jazz" Piano.
Date of Article: 19Jul2005
Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation
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- Does Reading Make Music?
Ron Worthy's Perspectives on Reading and Playing Piano by Ear.
Date of Article: 13Jul2005
Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation
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- How to Create Hip, Mature and Lush Harmonies
This article provides some insights to learning and mastering good "voice leading" techniques. It isn't difficult as long as the student follows some simple rules.
Date of Article: 12Jul2005
Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation
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