Free Online Articles Directory
Home Page  Duane Shinn |
|||||
 |
Sort By: Date | Popularity
 Piano Chords: How Many Are There?An interesting experiment is to ask people how many chords there are in music. You'll be surprised to find out that most musicians don't do any better at answering that question than non-musicians. The Blues Scale & Cool Stuff You Can Do With ItMost of us who took piano lessons as kids are all too familiar with scales, and most of us hated practicing them with a passion. But understanding scales and what they do is critical to the process of improvisation as well as key orientation and just a general understanding of what's happening in the song we are playing. Did You Know That Music Is Based On Natural "Laws"?Did you know that music is based on natural "laws" -- like gravity -- and by learning to understand how those natural laws work we can actually understand what we are doing when we play -- we don't have to be at the mercy of what someone else has written on a piece of music? Music Notes: How Pitch & Duration Are DeterminedNotes are the musical notation representing a fixed pitch. While the word strictly refers to the physical notation of a pitch, it's more commonly used to refer to both the pitch and the notation. Piano Lessons: Make Sure They Include Chords & Music Theory!Proper piano instruction is an element extremely vital to learning the instrument well. Often overlooked in the teaching curriculum, however, is music theory and chord structure. Transposition and Modulation: How To Transpose To a Different Key & Modulate Between KeysHow do transposition and modulation relate? Are they the same? Let's take a look at both of them and see what makes them tick. How To Tell What Major Key A Song Is In Quickly & EasilyKey signatures are a type of musical notation that indicate which key the song is to be played in. But key signatures, despite the name, are not the same thing as key. How To Color Without Crayons: Adding Color Tones To a ChordAdding color tones to a chord is like adding colors to a black and white drawing; it adds depth and dimension and well as bringing it to life. Learn Music Fast OnlineLearning music online has revolutionized learning, since it is the first time in history that anyone with a computer can virtually find out anything they want to know about music -- and find out quick! Sprinkle Some Pepper On Your Musical Meal Through The Use Of Augmented ChordsAugmented chords are to a piece of music like pepper is to a meal; you would never sit down to a meal of pepper alone, but you might sprinkle a little on your food to liven up the taste a bit. Use augmented chords judiciously and you will find they add real interest to your piano playing.
|
 |
|||
|
Article Categories
|
|
||||
|
|
|||||
