Piano Lessons

HOW TO READ MUSIC, METHOD STATEMENT. (For piano, but applicable to other instruments). Music is a language. Music works in octaves. Music language has 7 letters in its alphabet. All of music teaching apart from this bit, deals with the grammar of the music language, and is generally beyond the scope of this statement. This [...]

Music typing keyboard music online game online ear training You can download this game it to your computer. Ear Training & Pitch Q & A Q. What is ear training A. Piano Ear Training or Pitch Exercises are the terms used to describe the method of teaching and learning how to identify a note and [...]

You might be a first timer taking up a new interest in music… or maybe this is your second go at learning to play the piano. Like most music students, you dream that you’ll soon be playing your own favorite songs on the piano. Perhaps you look forward to the fun of playing the piano [...]

Learning how to read piano sheet music for beginners is like learning code. Every music symbol means something different. Here are 5 Tips on Reading Rhythm. Tip 1 – Rhythm is the beat of music. Without rhythm, music would just be random sound. Here are the values of each rhythm symbol. The hollow oval is [...]

In order for a guitarist to truly grow as a musician, he or she must learn how to read guitar sheet music. While using guitar tabs is a fantastic way for beginners to get up and running without having to know how to read music, their usefulness has a limited reach. For starters, tabbing out [...]

I f for some reason you don’t want the entire course all at once, then check the CD’s you would like and then click on “Submit order” Understanding & Mastering Music Theory 1: The Nature of Sound (vibration, transmission, reception, processing, interpretation) Understanding & Mastering Music Theory 2: Fundamental Notation. (pitch, duration) Understanding & Mastering [...]

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! L earning how to read music is like learning another language. It has its own letters, syntax and grammar. Whether you are learning to play the piano through the classic method or the chord method, you’ll have to be [...]

“Playing Popular Music With Ease” has really helped me understand my chords and — equally important — to be able to use them to enhance my playing. Helen Barry (San Diego, CA) From: Betty Wagner, Music Teacher I am totally amazed when I find so many people who are keen to play popular songs on [...]

Music Terms / Definitions: Staff: A staff of music is made up of five horizontal lines and four spaces. Each line and space represents a key on the piano. Notes and rests are then placed on the staff. Clef: A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a staff of music which makes it [...]

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