Finding Free Sheet Music Online If there’s one thing all musicians need, it’s music. If you are an enthusiastic musician, you can’t get enough music. Sheet music can be expensive to acquire. Not that composers don’t deserve to be compensated … Continue reading →
O Christmas Tree: A Fun & Playful Piano Arrangement Here is a transcript of the video if you would like to follow along: Good morning and Merry Christmas. This is Duane and I’d like to talk today about O Christmas … Continue reading →
Before we talk about musical form, we have to talk about symmetry. If we were to describe symmetry in one word, we would probably pick balance. Our bodies, for example, have symmetry. We have two eyes, both of which are … Continue reading →
It is very easy to locate the key of a song
Continue reading →Every single piece of sheet music has buried treasure hiding in it.
Continue reading →The best of all worlds, however, is to be able to read music as it is written in a sheet music score, but also be able to read the chord symbols. Then the musician is free to choose which is best — the written part, or an improvised part. The sky is the limit for musicians who can do both.
Continue reading →Many, many adults today learned to play the piano when they were young, but gave it up at some point. Although some of these people don’t miss it, there are others that secretly desire to play piano again.
Continue reading →Most modern musicians take sheet music for granted. Sheet music abounds in printed form and can even be downloaded from the Internet. It’s a far cry from the days of oral tradition. Centuries ago, there were few ways to pass on music other than to “hum a few bars” until the listener caught on.
Continue reading →Transposition is changing the key of a piece of music, or changing the notes without changing their relationship. This is often done to make the piece of music easier to play or sing. It’s a common practice in bands that don’t perform their own material; the singer may wish to cover a song with vocals that are far out of his or her range. Transposition can correct that problem by shifting the key into a range that is comfortable for him or her.
Continue reading →Reading piano notes may seem daunting at first, but it really isn’t if you ground yourself in the basics. The first step is learning the names of the notes. The great thing is that you only have seven to memorize.
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