Yes! Piano Players Brains Are Different! Yes, as a matter of fact, piano players brains ARE different! And other musicians too. If you’re a musician, you’ve probably suspected this. Your friends may view your skills with a bit of awe, … Continue reading →
Floyd Cramer Piano Style: Country and Western Piano Pleasures Some musicians are true naturals. This certainly is true of Floyd Cramer, who learned to play the piano by ear at the age of five. Once he refined his raw talent, … Continue reading →
If you’re currently taking piano lessons and on our particularly frustrating days, you wonder how you’re ever going to use the piano in your music, many before you have asked the same question. The answer is easily found by looking … Continue reading →
Four Pianists turned Politicians Charles Dickens played the accordion, Neil Armstrong played the Baritone Horn, Thomas Jefferson played the violin, and Basketball great Wayman Tisdale played the bass guitar. These are only a few well known people who play a … Continue reading →
Some of the greatest piano players in history became known for
their proficiency in jazz. Technicality and a heavy reliance upon
the ability of the musician to improvise makes jazz piano one of
the hardest styles to learn. That does NOT mean, however, that it can’t be learned, but to get to the highest rungs a pianist must have lots of talent, a great ear, and the ability to improvise.
Continue reading →It seems as though pop music sometimes gets a bad rap. A glimpse at three of modern pop’s most famous pianists may dispel the myth that pop is an inferior genre. Their skill and level of musical expertise rivals that of pianists of other genres.
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