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Articulation — The Key To Clean Piano Playing

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:58 +0000

Articulation in music means the same as it does in speech — speaking (playing) distinctly so that each word (note) can be understood clearly.

Listen to the difference between good art

What’s a Tune Made Of?

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:57 +0000

Every melody you can think of is either a broken chord, a scale fragment, or a pattern. There are no other possibilities — so learn to recognize those 3 when you see them.

Why?

The Commonality of Music

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:57 +0000

It is important to realize that all of music has many basic elements in common. Genres, styles or fads in music make it seem like it’s a “new world”, but as Solomon observed some 3000 years ago,

The Commonality of Music

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:57 +0000

Articulation — The Key To Clean Piano Playing

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:57 +0000

Articulation in music means the same as it does in speech — speaking (playing) distinctly so that each word (note) can be understood clearly.

Listen to the difference between good art

The Order of the Sharps & Flats

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:56 +0000

All musicians need to know the order of the sharps and flats for a variety of reasons, mostly related to “court sense” or key orientation. Before you say “I know all that stuff”, you might think

Appoggiaturas in piano playing

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:56 +0000

A brief podcast on how to use non-harmonic tones as “tension builders” — also known as “appoggiaturas”. They create a sense of tension which is then quickly resolved by moving from the non-harmo

Minor Chord Substitutions

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:55 +0000

For any minor chord you can substitute a dominant 7th an interval of a 5th lower. You may not choose to do so, but at least it gives you another possibility to choose from.
For example, if h

Suspensions

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:55 +0000

A suspension (in popular music at least) is where the 4th takes the place of the 3rd in a chord. For example, in the C chord the 3rd is E. If I replace that E with an F, I have a suspension. Usual

Canon: A musical form

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:55 +0000

A canon is not something you aim at the enemy, but a musical form used by many composers over the years that you should be aware of. Most of us sang canons in elementary school music — we knew t