Learning Beginner Piano Basics
February 18, 2010 by Ryan Edward · Leave a Comment
Have you often dreamed of playing the piano, but feel it is a dream out of your reach? I was exactly like you before I stumbled upon some basic piano lessons which totally transformed my view. Not only did I learn to play the piano, but it had a true impact on my life.
Right from my very first lesson, the way I viewed the piano changed. I realized suddenly that the keys on the piano make a pattern and that pattern allows the keys to be separated into sections. When you break the piano down in such a manner it suddenly doesn’t seem so daunting or confusing. I never realized that the keys could be looked at individually rather than as a collective group.
It all started with simple lessons in material I already had before me. I realized that it was quite fun to try out the new ideas presented in each lesson and later on even tested myself to see how much I had improved. I learned to practice playing and writing notes, clapping rhythms, and eventually stringing together melodies. The more I practiced these things the more improvement I could hear. Read more
Time after time, I have come across pianists who cannot read music well and rely on memorization to save them. Do you admire pianists who can just pick up any piece of sheet music and play without stumbling? If you want to take your sight reading to the next level then check out the piano course "Mastering The Art Of Piano Sight Reading!"
Play Piano Resources
February 10, 2010 by Ryan Edward · Leave a Comment
If you want to play piano, then you are in luck! Below is a massive list of the Internet’s top piano lessons and resources …
Piano History
Pianos:
- Buying a Keyboard – There are many different questions when it comes to buying a keyboard. How much should I pay, how many keys it needs and so on. A lot of it really depends on the buyer and your own personal preference.
- Caring For a Piano – Practical tips and advice about caring for your piano.
History:
- Jazz Piano History – There are different types of jazz music, each with their own origin and style.
Piano Lessons
Free Lessons:
- Piano Tutorials And Video – Take your piano playing to the next level: Mastering the piano techniques successfully used by professionals.
- Musician Transformation – Discover how you can use ta free chart to easily find and fix your most frustrating problems hindering you from getting to the next level in your gospel playing.
- Hear and Play 705 – Free 34-minute video reveals how to start playing by ear and quickly & easily figuring out the key to any song within minutes.
Adult Lessons:
- Rocket Piano – YOU can learn how to play piano using our FREE LESSONS, step by step instructions, tutorials, jam tracks and famous songs!
- Learn & Master – Is by far the world’s most complete video instruction course for learning recreational piano. It was designed to walk you through from start to finish – even if you’re taking piano lessons for the very first time.
- Piano For All – Imagine being able to sit down at a piano and just PLAY – Pop, Blues, Jazz, Ragtime, Ballads, even incredible Classical pieces? Now you can.. and you can do it in months not years!
Children Lessons:
- Piano Wizard – An amazingly simple video game that can virtually teach anyone how to play REAL piano music in minutes.
- Piano Is Fun – Fun piano software to help children and adult beginners learn to read piano notes.
Piano By Ear Lessons:
- Hear and Play – This course is a 300 page ebook that includes charts, diagrams, notations and techniques. It also comes with a CD-ROM that contains several bonuses.
- Piano System – A massive training package by Nate Bosch – with four DVDs, two play-along CDs, and two professionally printed workbooks.
Jazz Lessons:
- Jazz 101 – In this 2-hour, 2-disc set of step-by-step instruction, you’ll be taken by the hand and shown, step-by-step, how to master TONS of award-winning jazz tips, tricks, and techniques as well as signature soloing secrets that’ll have you sounding like a pro very soon.
- Jazz 201 – In this 5-hour, 4-disc set of practical instruction, you’ll discover how to overcome fear when it comes to improvising and learn what it takes to play runs, licks, and solos with ease.
Gospel Lessons:
- GospelKeys 101 – This dvd course will teach you everything you need to know to get started playing basic hymns and congregational songs.
- GospelKeys 202 – Learn the secrets behind how chords, progressions, and patterns are formed – which means you’ll have what it takes to easily learn new worship songs BY EAR on your own!
- GospelKeys 300 – This dvd course will teach you everything you need to know to play just about any praise song you can think of.
- GospelKeys 500 – In three steps, you’ll learn everything from left-hand bass runs, right-hand fill-ins and chordal movements, “cool-downs,” advanced stride techniques, basic progressions, and much more!
- GospelKeys Master Class – Now you can learn tons of extremely personal secrets from one of the best gospel musicians to ever touch the keyboard… Michael Bereal!
- GospelKeys Ministry Musician – uncover tons of contemporary gospel secrets from one of the baddest gospel musicians in the industry today, Mr. Jason White!
Chord Lessons:
- Power Piano Chords - Who else wants to learn chords for one buck a lesson?
- Hear & Play Chords – Discover how to form various types of chords: major, minor, diminished, augmented and the easy theory behind them. DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED.
- Tritone Xtravaganza – Use these Tritone techniques to take your piano & keyboard playing to new heights.
Urban Lessons:
- GospelKeys Urban Pro 600 – A way to quickly and easily play all the latest contemporary urban chords, progressions, licks, and tricks by ear.
- GospelKeys Urban Pro 625 – Play better than you’ve ever played before in half the time with these 57 phat-sounding, contemporary worship chords.
- Urban Worship Classic – Find out how to make all your worship songs sound contemporary in a matter of minutes …
Christmas Piano Lessons:
- Christmas Keys – A way to sit down at the piano and easily play all your favorite Christmas classics in less than 3 hours – without sheet music!
- Christmas Piano DVD – These 2 DVD’s are chock full of special instructions and techniques – lessons available no where else but here. If you ever wanted to experience the joy of playing Christmas “improv” – everything you’ll need to know is in this step by step course.
Piano Fingering Exercises:
- Hanon Exercises – These are exercises specifically designed to train the pianist in speed, precision, agility, independence, dexterity, and strength of all of the fingers (and wrist too!).
- Hand Coordination Techniques – Accomplished pianist finally breaks the musical code and develops a step-by-step piano lesson and system unleashing the secrets to playing piano with two hands and better hand eye coordination.
Piano Sheet Music:
- Virtual Sheet Music – They currently have a high quality growing digital sheet music archives as well MIDI and Mp3 audio files, which include over 6,500 unique single compositions and collections (over 1,500 items), that are updated regularly.
- Sheet Music Plus – All Piano music, including songbooks, solos, duets, play alongs and methods at Sheet Music Plus.
Organ Lessons:
- GospelKeys Organ Collection – A step-by-step way to quickly and easily master praise & devotional songs, worship chords, and shouting music… ALL on the organ!
Ear Training Software:
- PITCH Ear-Training Software – A learning tool that drills you on notes, scales, chords, intervals, and even allows you to sing and mimic what you hear (using the microphone on your computer or a USB headset mic).
- Pitch Master Pro – Utilizes your brain’s natural ability to recall bits of information in quick succession. With this unique approach you will be able to memorize notes, intervals, chords, and scales extremely fast!
Piano Tuning & Repair:
- Concert Pitch Piano Services – Piano/Keyboard/Organ Appraisals, Piano Price Lists, Piano Age Lookup And More.
- Professional Piano Tuning Kit – This kit includes all of the tools that you will need to properly tune your piano.
- Piano Tuning, Repair & Rebuilding – This is the complete course in professional piano tuning, repairing and rebuilding.
Further Piano Resources:
- Teach Piano – This book it includes all the tips, tricks and techniques you’ll need to set up your piano teaching business, starting today!
- American Pianists Association – If you develop your talent to a professional degree, you might want to contact this organization. It is dedicated to promoting the careers of concert-level classical and jazz
pianists around the nation, between the ages of 18 and 30. - Music Teachers National Association – This association is for certified music teachers and teachers who wish to become certified. If you are looking for a certified piano teacher in your area, the association has a teacher finder that you can use to search their database.
What Are Piano Scales?
December 22, 2009 by Ryan Edward · Leave a Comment
A scale on the piano consists of the eight notes that lay between one note and the same note but an entire octave higher. The scales are all different. There are minor scales as well as major scales. The more upbeat and lighter sounding scales are known as the major scales. The more melancholy or deep and gloomy sounding scales are what people refer to as the minor scales.
Practicing keying scales is very important as the muscles in your hand must form a memory of where the keys are in relation to each other. As you spend some time practicing your scales you will find that your fingers seem to move on their own as they have developed a pattern and are following suit. As your eyes move across the sheet music or as you play back a favorite song or tune in your head, you will find that your fingers are moving right along, almost without any thought on your part at all.
Anytime you mention scales you will most certainly also mention keys. When a pianist hears the word keys, they think of either the ivory or wood keys on the keyboard or quite possibly the keys that a melody or scale is being played in. Read more
Top 5 Tips For Learning To Play The Piano
June 7, 2009 by Ryan Edward · 2 Comments
If you’re looking into learning to play the piano, you’re in good company. The piano is a popular instrument but also one which is considered to be more of a challenge than many others.
There are many who try to learn but for one reason or another never quite manage to become skilled players.
Learning to play piano lets you express any feeling you may have; it’s an instrument with a wide dynamic range which you can use to convey a full range of emotion. The piano has always been one of the most beloved of instruments since it has an unparalleled power to stir us.
Many piano students come across stumbling blocks in their path while learning to play piano. If you’ve had some trouble with the instrument yourself or are planning to learn and want the experience to go more smoothly, read on for five tips which can make learning to play the piano a little easier. Read more
Learn How to Play Piano by Ear
May 16, 2009 by Ryan Edward · Leave a Comment
Is everything you have learned as far as playing piano been correct? Think about the following information, and compare it to what you have learned in the latest as far as playing a piano…
Consider this…
Do you desire to be able to play your piano without hassling with music books or sheets?
Or maybe you want to be able to hum a good tune?
Are your senses visually not what they should be, but you desire to play a piano?
Have you learned that if you can hum a certain tune, that you can learn to play it?
Many professional musicians, didn’t begin their particular careers using instructors or manuals. They actually learned by playing tones that they hear and following the music’s rhythm. Not a piece of sheet music or teacher in sight.
1. Get your things in order. You will of course require a keyboard or piano, whichever you have. You just have to be able to use at least 3 fingers. You will need adequate time for practicing. Make sure the piano is in tune.
2 . A regular piano happens to be made up of 88 keys. (A keyboard has less keys.) There is a total of 12 notes counting the regular notes, sharp notes, and flat notes. The white notes begin with an A note, then the white notes go like B, then C, then D, then E, then F, and finally G. Read more
How to Learn Piano Notes
May 8, 2009 by Ryan Edward · Leave a Comment
Have you heard of the song Auld Lang Syne? If you know it, then it’s easy and fast to learn to play it on the piano. This song is a great way to learn the piano notes, which is one of the first steps in learning to play the piano.
Take a look at the piano keys and pay attention to the black notes. Auld Lang Syne is played on five separate black keys. Some people claim that it’s hard to learn the notes on the piano. But as experienced players can tell you, if you practice, you can learn the notes fast.
Whether you have a piano teacher who is guiding you, or whether you learned to play the piano on your own with the help of a CD, DVD, or book, you need to learn the letter names of both the white and black notes on the piano.
In order to learn the notes properly, you will need to have a piano of your own. If you don’t have one, then it’s a good idea to begin shopping now. You can’t really learn piano notes just by imagining them. It’s important to be able to both hear the notes and touch the piano keys to really cement this knowledge and make it easier to learn. Read more
Play Piano Tonight Review
March 29, 2008 by Ryan Edward · Leave a Comment
Product Report
Ron Worthy has been playing the piano for 45 years. He has been making his living playing and teaching for the last 25 years. He is an active professional musician and has played with many names that you would recognize. He believes that learning to play must be fun and has designed his course with that in mind.
Piano For All Review
March 29, 2008 by Ryan Edward · Leave a Comment
Product Report
Music teacher Robin Hall has produced a piano course that teaches popular chord based rhythm style piano techniques. He claims that learning with his course is easier than learning with any other course on the market.
Piano Improvisation Tips
December 25, 2006 by Ryan Edward · Leave a Comment
Young Girl Improvising a Song on the Piano
Many of you have emailed me with an interest in taking your piano playing skills to the next level. I want to help you get there by ensuring that you get the most out of your piano practice and learning experience.
Studying music is like studying a foreign language. To become fluent, one needs to be competent in both reading and speaking. Now, apply this to your piano playing. How well do you read? What about improvising? How well do you improvise? These techniques (sight reading and improvising) go together, just as reading and speaking do.
Over the many years of my musical career, I have come across trained pianists who are excellent sight readers but really struggle with improvising. That, obviously, is not a good situation.
If you think you need help in improvisation, I have an important message for you.
A special friend of mine, Yoke Wong, is an accomplished pianist and music educator who specializes in piano improvisation. She has compiled a comprehensive home study course called, Definitive Piano Improvisation to help piano students master the art of improvising. I generally do not promote other courses, but this one is unique and deserves your attention.
Since I am very aware of the value and importance of improvisation, I also recognize the value of this course. It can really make a significant difference in your piano playing.
If you seriously want to upgrade your skills, I urge you to get this DVD home study course by clicking here now.
The course comes with 11 hours of video instruction, 2 CD’s and a 142-page binder. For those who take advantage of this offer through this link, Yoke will include a bonus of her “Inspirational Moments Digital Sheet Music.”
Your feedback is very important in helping us evaluate how the course has made an impact on your piano playing world. I would love to hear from you once you have tried it out!
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