You’re an adult learning the play the piano, but you don’t know where to start. The hectic nature of life doesn’t always allow for you to seek out piano instructors, but you’d really like some help with your playing. In the age information age, online piano instruction is a great place to start. It’s easy, quick and often free of charge.
Continue reading →Instruments such as a trumpet and clarinet (tuned to Bb) and alto saxophone (tuned to Eb) require transposing. For example, when the written note C is played on a trumpet, it is the same note as an Bb on a piano. Other instruments requiring transposing include English horn, alto flute, baritone sax, and French horn.
Continue reading →Among the many ways to motivate a young musician one of the finest ways is to take that young musician to a concert. It really doesn’t matter what kind of concert it is – it just has to be a concert of good music.
Continue reading →Vince Guaraldi’s music will forever stand as the sound of Charlie Brown. While other composers wrote quality music for Charlie Brown TV specials after his death, he is the true original. His jazz riffs that are part of the Peanuts musical oeuvre are instantly recognizable. His musical talent was a gift to the American public.
Continue reading →One of the most legendary musical satirists of the 20th century, pianist and comedian Steve Allen was born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen on December 26, 1921 in New York City. His mother and father were Vaudeville comedians with the stage names Belle Montrose and Billy Allen.
Continue reading →If you think of music as communication, perhaps it started with all creatures, including humans, developing a way to communicate and to ensure their survival. To this day, we hear birds communicating with distinct melodies and tones and consider it music. Even today we refer to music as the “universal language.”
Continue reading →Piano students, even beginners, are probably familiar with the metronome. Using one during practice can help students play more proficiently and consistently. Some piano instructors even insist on it. A metronome should be a basic tool for every person learning to play.
Continue reading →Known throughout the years as “The King of Swing,” Benny Goodman was the ninth of 12 children. He was born in the Maxwell Street neighborhood of Chicago on May 30, 1909 to poor Jewish immigrants from Russia.
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