Learning a chord-based approach to playing the piano might have you rockin’ and rollin’ in not time, but many people want to know and understand what they are playing by learning how to read piano music. This could take time, a few months or even years, but those who learn to read piano music don’t [...]
1. Essential to communicating with other musicians.
Music is a language unto itself. Given that, how can you communicate if you cannot speak it? Ensembles, bands, choirs, opera, jazz all operate on the written notes first. Way before improvisation was the written note. Simply put, if you cannot read you will never be in any ensemble [...]
You probably remember those dreaded aptitude tests in school. You know,
those tests that revealed your abilities to perform certain tasks?
Well, it’s time to stop dreaming, and put your desire to learn music to the test.
The desire for music is within you, but do you really have what it takes to learn to read music? Discover [...]
You probably remember those dreaded aptitude tests in school. You know, those tests that revealed your abilities to perform certain tasks?
Well, it’s time to stop dreaming, and put your desire to learn music to the test.
The desire for music is within you, but do you really have what it takes to learn to read music? [...]
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 [...]
Are you still playing London Bridge is Falling Down or Greensleeves? Grow up! It’s time to move on to the classics like Matteo Carcassi’s Etude No. 13 Op 60 or Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Of course, expect your unsure fingers to do an acrobatic stunt or two because these classical pieces that you can get [...]
Music education is a concept mainly dealing with the employment of education methods in teaching and learning music. There is a theory behind every concept, which underlines a principle.
Music education theory is the basis for either teaching or learning music. Basically, music education theory is a study of the elements or rudiments of music. As [...]