Silent Night – How We Got One Of Our Greatest Christmas Carols
The story of “Silent Night”
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Duane Shinn (that would be me) has good news for you if you want to play the piano. He (me) has little fat hands & stubby little fingers - not at all suited for playing the piano - more suited to making mud pies or some such. I am also fairly uncoordinated with just average musical ability - certainly not a great piano player. But I've learned a ton about music over the years and people tell me I'm pretty decent at explaining how music works & how to progress more rapidly on the piano. Over the years I have developed about 150 techniques for conquering the piano. Most professional pianists can do these techniques, but very few can explain them in a way people can understand. I specialize in making complex techniques simple. I invite you to watch a few of my free videos and see some of these for yourself before making any decision about taking any of my courses.
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The story of “Silent Night”
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“What’s the difference between arranging and improvising?”
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Musical form is simply how the musical composition is structured.
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7th piano chord types.
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Diminished 7th chords are formed by adding a double-flatted 7th to a diminished triad.
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7th Chord with flat 5th
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Augmented 7th Chords
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Half-diminished 7th chords
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Minor chords with a major 7th (such as cm/maj7)
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Minor 7th chords are composed of a minor triad combined with the lowered 7th of the major scale of that particular key.
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