I took piano lessons from the time I was 6 until about 13, but didn’t really get into music until I had a chance to play piano in the school combo my freshman year in high school. The piano player … Continue reading →
Figured bass is a type of notation that uses numbers to denote certain intervals or chords. It can be viewed as a sort of musical shorthand; only the bass note is shown on the staff, and the numbers written underneath … Continue reading →
We have all heard the terms “mambo”, “samba”, “bossa nova”, “beguine”, “rhumba”, and so on, but it’s easy to get confused — especially for those of us who don’t come from that tradition. Mambo is a Cuban genre of music … Continue reading →
Check out the article in the Medford Mail Tribune this morning about the relationship between music and health.
Continue reading →I’m sure that you have had the experience sometime in your piano-playing life when someone asks you to play a song — but in a different key than in which it is written. It might be a singer wanting you … Continue reading →
Watch this video then read the caption below: Acclaimed Jazz pianist Patti Moran McCoy plays “When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder” at Pastor Andrae Crouch’s church on Easter Sunday, 2005. Patti McCoy is a wonderful friend and neighbor of … Continue reading →
Several people have asked me if guitar chords are the same as piano chords. The answer is yes and no. No — because they are fingered entirely different, and of course the tone color of the sound is different. Yes … Continue reading →
