Relaxation Music And New Age Piano
We all need to relax more, and music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. But, have you ever thought that you could create your own relaxation music? Doing so actually has more benefits for you than just listening to it.Take the piano for example. This instrument is perfect for creating soothing, relaxing ambiences and has been used just for this purpose. There's no need to create bouncy Jazz rhythms or sharp dynamic classical crescendos. On the contrary, the piano can be used to provide a lo...
Can You Become A BoogieMan Or BoogieLady?
Boogie music, also known as boogie woogie, is a genre of piano-heavy music particular to America in the 1930's and 1940's and 1950's. It's characteristic walking bass is familiar to many as a harkening back to rock and roll, even though the form is based strongly on the blues (in fact, it's often been called an upbeat version of the blues).Boogie originally started as a strictly piano form; the most familiar versions are still based solely around the instrument. The precise origin of boogie-woog...
The One Piano Playing Technique That Makes Even Tone Deaf Students Sound Good!
When I first heard this technique applied over 15 years ago, I couldn't believe my ears. How could so much music be coming out of one piano? Turns out, what I was hearing was something called an ostinato. Ostinato simply means repeating pattern and is used frequently in all kinds of music.But it really shines for the New Age piano genre. Just listen to George Winston's piece Rain to get an idea of what can be done with this technique. He uses a very large chunk of the keyboard to create a beauti...
New Age Music How It’s Made
Different styles of music have different sounds. We can all pretty much agree on that point. For example, Jazz uses seventh chords almost exclusively. This, and the kind of chord progressions used in Jazz gives it its unique flavor. But what about new age music? Does it have it's own special ingredients? Yes it does.Now, there are no hard and fast rules here but for the most part, new age music is a consonant music. That is, there is little or noharshness going on in the music. No Saxes wailing ...
The History Of Renner Action
A Brief History-Renner The inventor of the much-relied-upon Renner piano action was Louis Renner. He began producing piano actions on a very small scale in October of 1882. At that time, action manufacture centered around hand?crafted production. The history of the Renner Company is intertwined with German piano production and increasing specialization in piano making. When the company moved into a new factory building in 1902, Renner employed a Staff of 35. By 1911, the total had risen to 100, ...
How To Create Your Own Piano Compositions Quickly And Easily!
Here's one of my favorite methods for quickly blocking out entire sections of music and creating a complete piano composition.First you need to draw out 8-bars on a piece of paper. I use 8-bars first because it's a relatively small space to fill up quickly. You don't have to use notation paper. Any paper will do. In fact, I use a spiral bound notebook with blank pages. I just write out 8-bars and voila, I've jotted down what will become a section of music.Now, here's the interesting part. Most c...
Piano On The RightSide Of The Brain
Some of you may remember a book titled Drawing on the Right-Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards.In this book, Betty Edwards tried to teach you how to see differently. She reasoned that once you could look at something with the eyes of an artist, you would be able to create like an artist. A simple idea, yet one that has helped many draw.I wondered how this might also apply to music. Music is, at it's best, a right-brain activity. That is, the thinking left hemisphere is dormant while the intuitiv...
Piano Lesson: Do You Know What You Learn When You Play Piano?
I guess you are learning to play piano in order to become a better pianist. Do you know that there are many secret learning processes in action as you practice on your piano. Let's find out the truth!I presume that you practice on the piano with the hope of becoming a better instrumentalist, pianist and musician and and in order to experience the joy and satisfaction that follows.The learning processes in action as you try to learn to play the piano can lead you forward towards you goals. Howeve...
Can You Become A BoogieMan Or BoogieLady?
Boogie music, also known as boogie woogie, is a genre of piano-heavy music particular to America in the 1930's and 1940's and 1950's. It's characteristic walking bass is familiar to many as a harkening back to rock and roll, even though the form is based strongly on the blues (in fact, it's often been called an upbeat version of the blues).Boogie originally started as a strictly piano form; the most familiar versions are still based solely around the instrument. The precise origin of boogie-woog...
The Most Important Thing A Piano Teacher Can Give You
I've had a few piano teachers over the years. And I can't say that they really helped me. Why? Because I can learn technique pretty much on my own.What I needed was for someone to help me TRUST MY OWN INTUITION and act as a mentor guiding me to my desired goal, which at that time, was to create my own music.Think of a visual artist as an example. This artist may be able to understand and apply different techniques to create a pleasing work of art, but the art itself won't have that special X fac...
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