Getting Your Piano Fingers in Shape Piano technique is often misunderstood by non-pianists as a skill people are born with or a skill that requires long fingers. It’s more about learning to use your hands and fingers comfortably and how … Continue reading →
Here is how you can get some busy-ness and rhythmic sounds into your right hand while your left hand is doing it’s thing: Break up the chord notes UNDER the melody – sometimes from the top down and sometimes from … Continue reading →
[display_podcast] Here is a rough transcription of the podcast if you want to follow along: Hi, this is Duane and this is more good stuff you really ought to know. There are so many things in music as in any … Continue reading →
Most piano players play the melody (the tune) of a song just one way — usually with just the single-finger technique, or sometimes with the octave technique. But there are MANY different methods for playing the melody – watch this … Continue reading →
I came across this video on YouTube where the great jazz pianist Oscar Peterson is interviewed by TV personality Dick Cavett and explains some of the jazz styles used by other great jazz piano players such as George Shearing, Erroll … Continue reading →
How To Fill In Those Spots In Songs Where Nothing Is Happening This short video on piano playing has to do with adding filler to places in songs where not much is happening, for example when a melody note is … Continue reading →
The simple answer is yes, there is more than one way to play the piano, but you must decide what it is you hope to accomplish with your piano playing before deciding which technique is best for you. There are … Continue reading →
Is there anything better than music under the stars on a warm summer’s night? The good news is that you need not have season tickets to the symphony in order to enjoy amazing concerts, many of which are free this … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t music be boring if only one note was allowed to be heard at a time? A single melody is certainly pretty but there’s something about harmony that is so much better. Harmony is made with chords. A chord is … Continue reading →
Passing tones are notes that are not part of the chord in force, but pass between those chord notes. Watch this short video to see how to use one passing tone – the 2nd note of the scale passing to … Continue reading →
