Here’s wishing you a great ’08! Watch this short video on using chord substitutions to play “Auld Lang Syne”. Come on over to https://www.playpiano.com/Articles/47-AuldLangSyne.htm to read the story of Auld Lang Syne.
Continue reading →Hope you have a wonderful Christmas season, and hope your piano playing plays a big part in it. It’s so great to be able to sit down and play for groups of family and friends anytime, but particularly at Christmas … Continue reading →
It’s only a few weeks before Christmas, but there’s still time to learn to make your Christmas Carols more interesting and colorful. If you haven’t seen this short sample video, take a look: That sample video was only about 9 … Continue reading →
Für Elise: Beethoven’s Mysterious Inspiration In the 21st century, the music and notes to Beethoven’s Für Elise are the object of millions of Internet searches and downloads every day. The fact that the music is so freely available for download, … Continue reading →
Can Beginners Really Play Christmas Carols This Christmas? If you are just starting out on your piano playing journey — learning to play the piano — you probably don’t think it is possible to abe able to play Christmas Carols … Continue reading →
Scales Video Full length course on scales on DVD & CD & Scale Sheets.
Continue reading →I don’t often plug the work of a competitor, but in this case I’ll make an exception. Jermaine (a young guy from Southern California and one heck of a pianist) has come out with a course on playing Christmas carols … Continue reading →
Not a single professional musician plays the music exactly as it appears on a piece of sheet music. Instead, they use the written music as a map, or an outline, and then proceed to do their own thing with it. … Continue reading →
As a piano teacher for many years now, I have had countless students ask me some variation of this question: “What fingers should I use on such and such a note, or such and such a chord?” And my answer … Continue reading →
Yesterday I posted about the pentatonic scale, and mentioned that the 5 black keys on a piano form a pentatonic scale (penta=5). A student of mine sent me a YouTube video which illustrates this perfectly. Here it is:
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