In this video, Music Mentor™ Jerald Simon presents a workshop he gave at Day Murray Music (http://www.daymurraymusic.com) for piano teachers in Utah, on the subject of "How to motivate piano students to play the piano - especially teenage boys"! Watch Jerald...
This is the start of a multi-part lesson on rhythm. This first part explains how notes are measured in beats, how to count out a series of notes, and how notes are grouped in repeating patterns.
Beethoven's Early Life Ludwig Von Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. His family were musicians. His family was not rich. Because his father was a poor provider, Beethoven's family got a little bit of financial help from Beethoven's grandfather....
This is a video that covers the very "basic" things you need to know on how to read sheet music. Its based on visual examples and my explanations, and some audio -samples.
As we talk about, it seems that every baby must be born with the DNA of Mozart's "Eine kleine nachtmusik" as, in our experience, every child seems to know the opening theme! We are happy to share the first movement of this Serenade for Strings in a four hand...
Let me give you some easy progressions that will help you in your improvisational piano playing! What is a progression? A progression is a set of chords played consecutively. Generally, successive chords in a chord progression share some notes, which provides harmonic...
