Piano Lessons

” Hi! I’m Katie and I’m here on behalf of expertvillage.com to remind you to keep an eye out for rests. Just as it’s important to be aware of the notes that you are playing it is just as important to be aware of the silences or the rests. Younger or beginning musicians are often [...]

Notes & Clefs: The table below displays the different types of notes and clefs. All definitions are located at the end of the page. Treble Clef: When reading sheet music, you will notice that there is a treble clef at the top left hand corner of your music book. The notes along side the treble [...]

This kit will help a child become somewhat familiar with a keyboard instrument, rhythm, notes, rests and the music staff. Some moderate and usually fun practice with the interactive MyPiano software will have the child progress from ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ (lesson 15) to ‘Jingle Bells’ (lesson 106). The keyboard interacts with the MyPiano [...]

Learn jazz piano improvisation technique “I know to know nothing” (Socrates) Hullo, welcome to this site about The Art of Improvisation. I dedicate these pages to all musicians who love creating or composing in real time their own music. I come from Italy, and I have some difficulties to write in English but my passion [...]

Music Terms / Definitions for this page: Rest: A rest is a symbol that corresponds to a note value. When reading a rest in sheet music no note is played for the duration of the rest. Beat: A beat is the name for a unit of music. Musicians learn to count beats, and play notes [...]

“We’re talking about the basics of piano and now what I would like to talk about is the basic symbols and things that you will find in the music. The best way to understand these is to actually go to a music store, again, as we talked about with tempo, and purchase a music dictionary [...]