Do you remember the great jazz tune titled “Four” by Jon Henricks? It told a story about what Jon considered as the 4 important aspects of life: truth, honor, happiness and love. Music has 4 basic components too. We’ve already … Continue reading →
In previous posts we have discussed two of the elements that comprise what music is all about; namely melody and rhythm. The 3rd element of music is harmony. Without these 3 elements working together, music is “bare-bones” and incomplete. Oh … Continue reading →
Jermaine is releasing a new course on jazz piano on Oct. 2nd, which some of you might be interested in. But even if you aren’t, go to “Jazz piano video clips” and watch a few of the short videos. Pretty … Continue reading →
Musicians are inherently concerned with rhythm. In fact, the mark of a natural talent is often their ability to understand, distinguish, and play a complicated rhythm – often intuitively. It makes sense, really. Rhythm is, after all, the part of … Continue reading →
During the next 3 sessions we are going to consider the essential parts of music — the elements of music that are “must haves” — you don’t really have music unless you have these 3 elements at some time or … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Once upon a time about the only way people learned to play the piano was through structured lessons in a piano teacher’s home or a studio in a music store. Of course lots of people picked up the piano by … Continue reading →
Did you take piano lessons when you were a kid? I’m looking for several people who took piano lessons as children to share anecdotes about their experiences in an article I’m putting together. If you have had a funny experience … Continue reading →
If you like this kind of stuff, take a look at “How To Play Spectacularly Beautiful Christmas Carols On The Piano”
Continue reading →There are several basic ways to learn piano. The most-used method is to learn how to read music step by step, and gradually move from the middle C position outward in both directions until the entire staff is covered. This … Continue reading →
