Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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This study proves that no matter your age, learning an instrument can help keep you mentally and physically well. The brain is plastic, and it's never too late to learn a new skill. If you're 60, 70, even 80 years old and you've always wanted to learn the piano or any other instrument, you most certainly can.
So you've been wondering: how many chords do you need to know to write a song? Well, I have good news! The topic of chords is huge, but the answer...
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A blues scale consists of 6 different notes, namely the root, flat 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, 5th and flat 7th of the major scale: 1 – b3 – 4 – b5 – 5 –...
Read More »A study out of the Western Sydney University’s MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development has found numerous benefits of learning an instrument for seniors. Even a small amount of social singing or playing an instrument can have staggering, lasting effects on those aged 65 and over.
Online discussions show that people recommend Simply Piano for beginners, while Yousician is more suited for the more advanced learners. Both apps...
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Read More »Quodlibet ( Latin: “what you will”) musical composition in which several well-known melodies are combined, either simultaneously or, less frequently, sequentially, for humorous effect. Quodlibet can also refer to an amalgamation of different song texts in a vocal composition.
As @user13484 pointed out, the general concept of two (or more!) melodies sounding together is counterpoint ("note against note"). The term counterpoint is used when the melodies that are sounding simultaneously are independent and are more or less of equal importance. Both rhythm, pitch but also timbre can be used to achieve independence. The term is about a technique or texture, and as such it may be applied to a section, or a movement or even an entire composition. "Independence" is not a matter of all or nothing. Although the melodies might have a different rhythm, a melody might have the effect of emphasizing only particular accents of a main melody. Or although a melody might be playing different pitches, it might do so in an identical rhythm. So in those cases, the extra melody is not truly independent. With regard to this piece, the parts that are entering at 0:15 do not really seem to carry a new or separate melody. The new part serves mainly to give the piece a new rhythmic pulse. The head of the new part serves to accentuate and repeats the same pitch a few times. The tail of the phrase basically mimics the main melody (it's not exactly parallel since the rhythm is slightly different, but the pitches are). So there is a certain lack of independence, and I'd argue the parts also aren't equally important, which is why I would not call this true counterpoint. I'd call this simply "accompaniment". At 1:30 though, something starts to evolve that does sound like true counterpoint, first in 2 parts, and then at 1:45 in at least three. Here you can clearly here different parts that are independent in movement, curve, rhythm and pitch.
The most popular pianos on Priceonomics are biased toward high-end models from Steinway and Yahama, so please keep that in mind. The average new...
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The piano is not necessarily the hardest instrument to learn, but it is one of the most difficult to master. A piano player has the luxury of...
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Perfect Chords: The Key That's because Sheeran recorded Perfect in the key of Ab major. We all know that Ab major is not a friendly key to the...
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Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen Bohemian Rhapsody is among the songs everyone knows and loves. It's the most-streamed song from the 20th century, with...
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