Piano Lessons

… it’s in musical instruments, computers, cell phones, and many other products from well known companies like Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Sony, Yamaha, & hundreds more consumer products companies. Film Composer Harry Gregson-Williams’ Production Suite Most popular recorded music is written and performed using MIDI-equipped electronic keyboards (aka “synthesizers”). Much music is also written on computers [...]

USB MIDI keyboard features: 49 full-size keys Built-in speakers LCD display – shows music notes as played 50 instrument sounds (includes drum kit) 5 drum pads 30 auto-accompaniment styles Record and playback feature Metronome Sustain feature One touch accompaniment 50 demo songs 8-note polyphony Headphone jack DV 9V jack Can run on six C-size batteries [...]

2007-05-29: General MIDI files (.mid files) are not the most popular way to distribute music on the web, and there are good reasons for that. General MIDI offers a limited range of instrument sounds, there are no vocals, and the end result almost always sounds… well, a bit like a toy piano. But good General [...]

Keyboard & MIDI Instruction R emember that keyboard that sounded so good in the store – how you couldn’t wait to start making music as soon as you got home? You purchased the keyboard and just as soon as you arrived home you plugged it in. You read the instruction manual and got as far [...]

Overview This bundle combines our acclaimed eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method software with a robust, high quality, full-size, touch-sensitive, 49-key, MIDI keyboard that you play through your computer speakers. Our specially-designed MIDI keyboard features pitch bend and modulation controllers, MIDI out port, USB port and a sustain pedal input jack. Connect the keyboard to your [...]

MIDI/JOYSTICK PORT – The joystick port connection from the MIDI keyboard connects the keyboard to your computer, and also provides the power to the keyboard. The most common problem in connecting a MIDI keyboard through the Joystick port is that there is no joystick port on the computer. The joystick port is usually found on [...]

That depends on which model of keyboard and computer you have. DIRECT USB CABLE version – If you have the USB port version of our Learn to Play Keyboard Pack, you’ll simply need to connect the keyboard directly to your computer. Insert the square end of the USB cable into the USB port on the [...]

Learning to play a musical instrument is a rewarding and creative skill that can enrich the lives of you and your family, but finding the time to learn isn’t easy. If you’ve always wished you could play the piano, or you’ve let your skills get rusty over the years, you’ll appreciate the convenience of interactive [...]

Having studied piano minimally as a child (six months?), I decided at the age of 49, while at my daughter’s recital, that I’d like to learn, but perhaps without the cost (at least at first) of lessons. So after looking through several books at the local music store, I bought this one, with CD (very [...]

Keyboard Notes – Major and Minor Scales The variation between two contiguous keyboard notes can be either a tone or a semi-tone, depending on which particular notes are being referred to. At any rate, the smallest distance between any two keys is a semi-tone – for example, this is the distance between F and F#, [...]