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Brian — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:27:01 +0000

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Brian — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:17:04 +0000

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Brian — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:42:28 +0000

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Brian — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:31:10 +0000

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Brian — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:25:49 +0000

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Piano Lessons – 2 Tips

Brian — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:48:10 +0000

Piano Lessons:

Touch

– It is necessary to acquire an appropriate touch when playing the piano. Many students sometimes dump their fingers into the keys. This gives a harsh tone. This can be corrected by explaining to the students the cause of finger dumping. This cause is playing the keys from a height rather than keeping close to the keys.

Piano Lessons:

Touch

When playing piano pieces the music should sound buoyant
,not plodding and heavy, and thus, sound as though it is going somewhere. Poor buoyancy may often be caused by finger dumping into the keys.

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Piano Lessons – 2 Tips

Brian — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:57:10 +0000

Piano Lessons (1) How Chords can be Inverted: – Chords can be inverted by placing the root note (the bottom or lowest note) above the other two notes of the chord. For example the notes of the C major chord in root position are C, E and G. The notes now played are E, G and C, and the chord is said to be in first inversion. If the E is placed above G and C, the chord is in second inversion. Each position of the chord has its own sound. The chord in root position sounds more settled, whereas the first and second inversions sound more unsettled.

Piano Lessons (2): – The next two most important chords in a key are the chord built on the fifth note (the dominant note) and the fourth note (the subdominant note) of the scale, in that order. In the scale of C major the dominant chord is G, B and D; and the subdominant chord is F, A and C.

The next piano lesson (tip) will explain why it is very useful to know all the chords in their inversions as well as the root position; and also how many tunes use just two or three chords (the primary chords) in their construction.

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Piano Lessons – 2 Tips

Brian — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:25:05 +0000

Piano lessons (1) Knowing the Key of a Piece of Music: – Key means the scale of the notes contained in the piece of music. If there are no sharps or flats in the key signature, the piece will be in the key of C major or A minor. These are related keys and both have the same key signature i.e. no sharps or flats. The scale of C major consists of the notes C D E F G A B C. Play them going up (ascending) and going down (descending) using one finger if you don’t know the scale with the correct fingering. The scale of A minor consists of the notes A B C D E F Gsharp A.

In the first and last measures you will usually see the notes C E and G, and this piece would be in the key of C major. If the first and last measures had the notes A C and E, the piece would be in the key of A minor.

Piano lessons (2) It is beneficial to know why chords are named C chord, A minor chord etc. In the scale of C major the most important chord is C chord. The notes of the chord are C E G, and are built up in 3rds from the tonic or the first note (C) of the scale. In music it is denoted by the letter C and this is called a chord symbol, the chord being called C chord. The notes are C E G and the chord is named by the bottom or lowest note C. This chord is said to be in root position and the root note is C.

Minor chords are designated by the root note of the chord followed by a lower-case m standing for minor. Therefore A minor chord is denoted by the letters Am, the notes being A C E.

The next piano lesson (tip) will explain how these chords can be inverted, and also the next two most important chords in a key (scale).

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Piano Lessons – 2 Tips

Brian — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:35:14 +0000

Piano Lessons – 1: Knowing the following is essential for reading music notes on the staff. The letter names of the treble line notes are E G B D F and treble space notes are F A C E. If you are having difficulty in reading a note, ask yourself “Is it a line note or space note?” If it is a line note on the fourth line, work your way up from the bottom line i.e. E G B D; the answer is ‘D’. Similarly, if it is a space in the second space, work your way up from the bottom space i.e. F A; the answer is ‘A’.This is a systematic way of working out the letter name of a note. Remember that ‘E’ on the first line is the ‘E’ two notes to the right of Middle C on the keyboard, and ‘F’ in the first space is three notes to the right of Middle C on the keyboard.

Piano Lessons – 2: The letter names of the bass line notes are G B D F A and the bass space notes are A C E G; i.e. just delete the bottom letter of the treble lines or spaces, and add a letter at the top. Remember that ‘G’ on the first line is the second ‘G’ down from Middle C on the keyboard, and ‘A’ in the first space is the second ‘A’ down from Middle C on the keyboard.

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Piano Lessons – 2 Tips

Brian — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:55:52 +0000

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Piano Lessons – 1: Music moves in two’s or three’s. For example, in Four Four Time the beats in each bar are Strong Weak Medium Weak. The third beat being of medium accent, gives the effect of each measure consisting of two lots of two beats. In Three Four Time the beats are Strong Weak Weak. The subdivisions of beats can also be divided; sometimes into two’s and other times, into three’s,

Piano Lessons – 2: There are two elements to touch on the piano. They are the speed of the depression of the key, and weight. For example, if you want to play a fast scale softly, each key would have to be taken down rapidly (quick speed of depression) with just finger weight (light weight).

For online piano lessons or keyboard lessons (six week courses) go to Piano-Keyboard Intro online class or Piano-Keyboard Advanced online class.

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