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Piano Music - How to Begin and End a Piece

How do you begin a piece of music? That’s a question I’m often asked. The answer I usually give is that you begin as soon as you start playing - that is, if you’re trying to “compose” something, the piece begins the moment it has energy and is something you want to capture. If it’s an improvisation, the piece begins the moment you set your fingers on the keys and hit the first note. It’s like free flow writing and writing a chapter to a novel.


The writer can both improvise and enjoy the process or can structure the ideas more - or, as I like to do, combine both procedures into one. I start out by improvising - always. Then,

Alex Bugnon "Free" Smooth Jazz Music CD Review
...pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Free. Every track is enjoyable and was ...
if I want to memorialize a musical idea, I write down the first two bars of melody along with the chord(s) I’m playing. I throw this on a chart and voila - the idea remains fresh until I want to either expand on it, or ignore it completely.


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Why Learning How to Read Music Can Actually Hinder Your Progress at the Piano

If you’re a classically trained pianist, you probably can read music extremely well. But you probably can’t just go to the piano, sit down, and play what you feel!


It’s a sad but true fact. For most classically trained students, improvisation and just “being” at the piano is not an option. This isn’t to say that they don’t want to improvise and create their own music. They just don’t know how to do it!


Listen.. It’s not their fault at all! You see, their training consists of spending years upon years learning how to play the music of dead composers. And while the music of “the masters” is great and worthy of hearing, it isn’t something coming from you.


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Play Keyboards Instantly With This Easy To Use Chord Technique!

The first thing most students think they have to learn when playing keyboards is note reading. But not only is note reading unnecessary…it’s a hindrance when you really want to play piano like a pro. Why? Because pros use chords. And chords are much, much easier to learn than reading sheet music.


While chords will help you play like a pro fast, it all depends on the kind of chords you play. For example, most fledgling piano students think they will begin by playing triads. And for most piano teachers, this is the chord structure taught at the beginning. While there is nothing at all wrong with triads (all western music is built on this) it just won’t give

Why Learning How to Read Music Can Actually Hinder Your Progress at the Piano
...classically trained pianist, you probably can read music extremely well. But you probably can't just go to the piano, sit down, and play what you feel!It's a sad but true fact. For most classically trained students, improvisation and just "being" ...
you a modern sound.


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Discover the Benefits of Piano Sheet Music Online

Before discovering piano sheet music online, my library was cluttered with old yellowed scores with rabbit ears, some torn, some stained…some just taking up valuable space on my studio shelves. If you’re like me, you’ll enjoy the fact you can find piano sheet music online knowing that you have the complete edition whenever you want it, right there at your fingertips or in your laptop to study or print. Or maybe you’re a student and want to start building your music library collection but just can’t afford the high cost of complete editions in bulky paperback format. Having your sheet music on CD means you can always go back and print as many copies as you like - originals safely

Play Keyboards Instantly With This Easy To Use Chord Technique!
...on this) it just won't give you a modern sound.A chord structure I have my beginning students learn first, the open position piano chord, uses both hands right away to create a modern sound!The benefit of using both hands right ...
stored on your CD. No more raggedy books taking up valuable shelf space in your studio. Pop the CD in your laptop and take it with you on a trip - try fitting all that music in your suitcase!


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Self-Expression Without Criticism

When I was 9 years old I played the Saxophone and thought I was pretty good at it. Unfortunately, I had a teacher who didn’t think so and he went out of his way to make sure I knew how he felt.


One day, my mother bought me a new saxophone (it wasn’t exactly new it was used) but to me, it was the best gift I ever received. Now, of course, I wanted my teacher’s approval and so I showed him my new instrument.


He called it a piece of s—!


Then the tears started to flow and from that moment on, I lost all interest in playing the saxophone.


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