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		<title>Practice Makes Perfect, And Nobody&#8217;s Perfect, So Why Practice?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piano Practice &#8211; Is it Normal to Hate to Practice? 
Is it normal for a student to hate to practice? Anybody else feel this way? Most people love music, but hate to practice.
It&#8217;s very common for musicians to say they hate to practice. One undesirable aspect of practicing is the simple fact that the musician [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Piano Music Playing Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a vast number of piano teachers who offer their services and an overwhelming number of software and books available. There is also an incredible amount of online courses for you to choose from. But the problem is that not all teachers, software, books and online courses can teach you in a way that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Piano History</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 14:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are different types of jazz music, each with their own origin and  style. Jazz piano music is distinctly different from any other types of  music and can be recognized world wide as having a uniquely American  flair to it. Jazz had its beginnings in the United States but is now  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Promote Your Music on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Lessons & Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[*This is a guest post by John Oszajca from MusicMarketingManifesto.com. If you would like to submit a guest post for consideration of  publication to our site, please contact us.
Twitter is like any other social media site in that it can be a tremendous way to drive traffic to your music. However if you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Rap Beats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you enjoy listening to a nice catchy rap beat? Maybe you like the way a nice beat can sound when you play along with it on the piano.
Music producers have gotten their start in all sorts of different areas of the entertainment industry. And the nice part to see is that the talent and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Piano Hand Coordination</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of you have emailed me, repeatedly expressing your  frustration with the same issue:
“How do I make each hand play independently?”
“I never learned to use my left hand properly. It’s really  underdeveloped compared to my right hand. Now, I need tips to improve  the coordination in both hands.”
“My biggest problem is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hands Up! The Biggest Mistake Beginner Pianists Make</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weary teacher often wishes she could make this demand at the point of a pistol, and thus insure results. The continual repetition of &#8220;hands up,&#8221; &#8220;wrists up,&#8221; is exhausting. Yet pupils do not realize the importance of this injunction. They continue to play with their wrists sagging below the keyboard, which not only presents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning To Play Piano As An Adult</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Piano Lessons & Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adult lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learn piano]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to alleviate some of the stress in  their lives, more and more people are looking to take up hobbies.  For  some, they pick up a childhood hobby that always brought them pleasure.   Others choose, instead, to learn something new.  A hobby growing in  popularity, today, is the piano.  However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare Yourself For Keyboard Lessons With These Drills</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Piano Lessons & Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone really think that drills are fun?  It is not likely.  You have to do the same drills again and again &#8230; and then again and again.  It is possible to make them more enjoyable, though.  Once you have found a way to make them more enjoyable then the practice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect And Major Piano Intervals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Edward</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intervals
An INTERVAL in music is the distance in pitch between two notes. The interval is counted from the lower note to the higher one, with the lower counted as 1.

Intervals are named by the number of the upper note (2nds, 3rds, etc.) with two exceptions: The interval between notes that are identical is called UNISON) [...]]]></description>
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