How To Quickly Play Piano Using The Incredible Open Position Chord!
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Posted March 9th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Imagine being able to sit down at the piano and create your own unique music without years of study. Now imagine being able to do it within 1 hour! It's possible when you learn how to play the open position piano chord!The OPC is a special way of forming chords at the piano. You use both hands right away to create a modern sounding chord that's perfect for today's contemporary styles. It's called open position because of the way the notes of the chord are spread out.The left hand plays the root,...
Musicians: What Chords Do You Absolutely Positively Have To Know?
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Posted March 5th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
As you probably know, there are thousands and thousands of different chords in music - everything from basic major chords to minor 7ths to 13ths to suspensions to poly-chords. Someday, you might want to learn all those chords if you don't already know them.But meanwhile, there are 3 chords -- just 3 -- that you absolutely, positively have to know. If you don't know these three, there's hardly a song in the whole world that you could play. But by knowing just 3 chords, you can play hundreds, if n...
More RightHand Techniques For Piano Players
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Posted March 5th, 2010 at 5:01 am
Most students new to piano playing really want to know what to do with the left hand. They think the left hand holds the secret to great improvisations and music. While it's true that the left hand has usually been the captain of the piano ship when it comes to setting arrangements, the right can also join in.Look, the right hand is where most of us create our melodies. It's considered easier than the workhorse part the left has to do with creating arpeggios, ostinatos and the like. But, we can ...
Master All 12 Major Scales And Their Primary Chords In 12 Weeks
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Posted March 5th, 2010 at 1:01 am
How is your piano playing coming? Did you start to learn the major scales and stop after the key of G or F? Two or more sharps or flats got you stumped? Find yourself turning the page when you see a key signature of three sharps? Read on.While it is not necessarily detrimental to your piano playing career not to be able to play in all the major keys. Being able to play them can make your piano playing come alive and make transposing and just playing in general infinitely easier.Since there are ...
Buying A Piano
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Posted March 3rd, 2010 at 1:01 pm
So, you want to buy a new piano or upgrade your old piano. There are so many options when it comes to purchasing one of the oldest musical instruments, the piano. You have the choice of purchasing a new piano, a 2nd hand piano, or even a digital piano. There are so many choices and so many brands to choose from. But, be careful? there are also many traps along the way.The piano has been around for about 300 years and over that time the essence of the piano has not really changed. The cabinets ha...
I Can Play Piano: I Look Forward To That Day!
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Posted February 26th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Have you encounter people that tell you: My wife and I plan one day to have a piano in our home that the whole family can enjoy. Perhaps our children can learn to play also.I will practice and practice until I become good at it. If I can't do it in the morning then I will do it when I come home at night after work, and on weekends I can play the piano for hours on endI do not think you had that experienced too often, maybe never, but my guess is that there are many of you that have friends in ...
Stop Playing Piano The Hard Way!
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Posted February 26th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Let's face it. Learning isn't usually fun. It's a big drag.Especially when it comes to learning a musical instrument. Scales, repetition, and monotonous exercises abound. Most people love the piano but won't go near it for fear of not being able to to play it. And most times, their fear is justified!A typical beginning piano student scenario may go like this: You walk into the teacher's studio. He or she asks you what you want to learn. You respond with any number of choices; classical, jazz, ne...
Breakthrough Chord Structure Makes Playing Piano A Breeze!
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Posted February 22nd, 2010 at 1:02 am
Do you know why playing guitar is so much easier than playing piano? It's because guitar players learn how to use chords first. Even before note reading!They usually learn how to play chords in the first position. Called open position chords, the beginning guitarist quickly learns how to finger this position and can immediately create music. That's why so many people love the guitar and want to learn it!They don't waste time learning the masters or anything like that at all. Nope. It's all conte...
Creative Dry Spells And What To Do About Them
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Posted February 21st, 2010 at 5:02 pm
A student recently emailed me saying that she was through with piano playing. She was very upset because the desire to play piano had disappeared. My sage advice? It happens to everone!Look, if we were meant to have the muse on 24/7 we would burn out faster than an accountant on espresso. There's something about the creative spark that does not like to be pressured. Sure, you can show up at the piano and try and enter in to the music, but if your spirit is not in it, chances are you're not going...
Taking The Mystery Out Of Improvisation
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Posted February 17th, 2010 at 1:01 am
A student recently asked me; Why is improvisation so mysterious. My response was that there is nothing mysterious about it at all.Of course, I'm saying this because I have years of experience under my belt, but truthfully, once you understand that all you need to improvise is chords, the mystery disappears and satisfaction takes it place.Most of the problems students have with improvising is their fear of trying it. They think they need to know college theory or advanced harmony first in order t...
