If you live in Portland (or anywhere else in the USA) and are looking for piano lessons - the best place is to look up on MTNA website. The Music Teacher National Association provides a list of certified music teachers in your area.
I personally do not recommend you just find a piano player in your neighborhood and ask for private piano lessons. A trained piano teacher is extremely important if you want to take your playing to the next level. A piano instructor that is interested in your growth and understand your needs is important.
If you are interested in piano lessons on dvd, we have a list of courses for you to choose from.
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Showing posts with label online piano lessons. Show all posts
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Piano Lessons - How To Play Greensleeves
Here are a couple piano lessons on playing Greensleeves using left hand arrangement techniques and tremolo. The secret to better piano playing is knowing how to harmonize the melody with different chord. Usually 1-4-5 chord will harmonize any song well. However, if you are thinking of creating spectacular arrangement, you will need to use chord substituition.
Piano Lesson 1
Piano Lesson 2
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Piano Lesson 1
Piano Lesson 2
You can also download piano sheet music
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Chord Pano Lesson
Piano chords are vital part of piano playing; they are used in music to enhance the overall sound of a melody. Many piano players struggle with finding the right chords to play when it comes to complimenting a melody.
It is difficult to match which chords go with what melody, but this takes time and patience. It will be a trial and error effort when it comes to this type of improvisation on the piano. However, this talent will become easier and easier for anyone who practices on a consistent basis.
When I first began teaching myself improvisation techniques, I would start by learning a simple melody line. Once I knew the melody line with my right hand, I would experiment with my left hand to find the best sounding octave. An octave, in this case, are two of the same notes
played with the 1st and 5th fingers of the left hand (C and C, D and D, etc). Once I found the right octave progression, I would go back in and experiment more with each octave; I would change it from an octave to a chord by experimenting using different notes, keeping the base note of the octave the same.
This technique works, but it also takes a lot of time and practice.
Some of the most effective chords to use when harmonizing a melody is the I, IV or V piano chords. These piano chords seem to match up in every key you are playing in. Try experimenting using these three chords for any given melody. If one does not sound fitting, then try another. Let me know if this chord piano lesson work! This technique and chord piano lesson helps me a lot.
Experimentation is a key component when learning improvisation techniques!
A good basis of chord piano knowledge helps a lot when it comes to matching chords with melodies. It will help when it comes to choosing a primary chord (such as a major chord) or a color chord (such as Major and Minor 7th chords). When your hands can move quickly from one chord to another chord using primary and secondary (also known as color) chords, then you will find it easier to match any chord progression to a melody.
When playing chords in replacement for the melody line, the top note of the chord has to be the note of the melody. It is simple to do this by using chord inversions. For example, if you are playing a C major chord, then the chord will be CEG. But now let’s add the fact that the melody note that accompanies this chord is an E. To invert this chord so the E is at the top, all you have to do is take the top G and move it to the octave below. This will create an inverted C chord that looks like this: GCE.
So when it comes to chord and melody piano playing, the most important thing to remember is that most people won’t get the progressions right the first time. It takes experimentation and persistence. If you are serious about improvising in this fashion, it would be a great idea to
develop a solid knowledge of chord piano theory – it will make things so much easier.
If you like my blog - feel free to sign up for my piano playing techniques and newsletter (free).
It is difficult to match which chords go with what melody, but this takes time and patience. It will be a trial and error effort when it comes to this type of improvisation on the piano. However, this talent will become easier and easier for anyone who practices on a consistent basis.
When I first began teaching myself improvisation techniques, I would start by learning a simple melody line. Once I knew the melody line with my right hand, I would experiment with my left hand to find the best sounding octave. An octave, in this case, are two of the same notes
played with the 1st and 5th fingers of the left hand (C and C, D and D, etc). Once I found the right octave progression, I would go back in and experiment more with each octave; I would change it from an octave to a chord by experimenting using different notes, keeping the base note of the octave the same.
This technique works, but it also takes a lot of time and practice.
Some of the most effective chords to use when harmonizing a melody is the I, IV or V piano chords. These piano chords seem to match up in every key you are playing in. Try experimenting using these three chords for any given melody. If one does not sound fitting, then try another. Let me know if this chord piano lesson work! This technique and chord piano lesson helps me a lot.
Experimentation is a key component when learning improvisation techniques!
A good basis of chord piano knowledge helps a lot when it comes to matching chords with melodies. It will help when it comes to choosing a primary chord (such as a major chord) or a color chord (such as Major and Minor 7th chords). When your hands can move quickly from one chord to another chord using primary and secondary (also known as color) chords, then you will find it easier to match any chord progression to a melody.
When playing chords in replacement for the melody line, the top note of the chord has to be the note of the melody. It is simple to do this by using chord inversions. For example, if you are playing a C major chord, then the chord will be CEG. But now let’s add the fact that the melody note that accompanies this chord is an E. To invert this chord so the E is at the top, all you have to do is take the top G and move it to the octave below. This will create an inverted C chord that looks like this: GCE.
So when it comes to chord and melody piano playing, the most important thing to remember is that most people won’t get the progressions right the first time. It takes experimentation and persistence. If you are serious about improvising in this fashion, it would be a great idea to
develop a solid knowledge of chord piano theory – it will make things so much easier.
If you like my blog - feel free to sign up for my piano playing techniques and newsletter (free).
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