Every beginner who starts out playing piano doesn't want to show their friends that they can play a major scale or even a minor scale (despite how cool minor scales sound!). They want to play real songs...songs that their friends and themselves can…
Sheet music is a necessity in learning to play the piano. Without easy piano sheet music to teach you the basics of reading sheet music, learning to play the piano would be much more difficult. There are several places on the web to get sheet music…
Fur Elise is a very well recognized piece of music even though it can be easily learned by anyone starting out on piano. It sounds much more difficult than it actually is.The sheet music for Fur Elise is a little more difficult to understand than…
The invention of the piano in the early 18th century came at a time when the musical performance arena was dominated by the Harpsichord, a similar instrument in which the strings are plucked instead of hit with a hammer. The piano is said to have…
Pianos are beautiful pieces of robust yet delicate specimens of engineering artwork. Their complexity creates the illusion of simplicity and gives pianos their own unique sound. There are many key components that make up the mechanism of a piano…
Playing piano is a wonderful pastime. It is a joy to listen to but even more so when it is you playing it! Sometimes our parents buy us piano lessons when we are young, but we never seem to practice or want to go to the lessons. Now that you are…
Lean on me is one of my favorite songs. Written and performed by Bill Withers,
it has lasted through the years as a classic of the musical world. It just so
happens that it is also a very easy song to learn how to play! It is a simple
chord…
Pitch is an interesting thing...some people are said to have 'perfect pitch' while others are said to be 'tone-deaf' which I suppose could mean they have 100% imperfect pitch. I am a firm believer that the 'gift' of perfect pitch is not only highly…
When you read piano music, there are sometimes small numbers above or (usually) below individual notes. These are there so that the composer can tell you the best or most efficient way a passage should be played. How? Because those numbers correspond…
Playing piano is not only a skill, but it is a form of discipline that carries over into other facets of your life. The motivation and discipline that it takes to practice regularly in order to become better at something will have profound effects…
Pianos are one of life's greatest joys, not only to play, but to own. To me, nothing is more fun than being able to walk into the living room, sit down at the Baby Grand piano and start playing whatever through my fingertips. At least that's what I…
