Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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Guitar capos can be useful, but relying on them too much will severely limit your understanding and knowledge of the fretboard. You can play any song on the guitar without a capo, in its original key, and you should know how to play any song in any key without a capo.
So, how long does it take to learn piano? Learning how to play the piano is a complete life-long experience. Professional pianists spend 4 – 7...
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How Many Keys Do You Need To Properly Play “Fur Elise”? Simply put, you'll need at least an 88 key piano to play “Fur Elise” as Ludwig Nohl...
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17–18 years old Students are often 17–18 years old. Twelfth graders are referred to as Seniors. Many students consider the twelfth grade, also...
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It sharpens fine motor skills, improves dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Music has also been shown to reduce heart and respiratory rates,...
Read More »In Western classical and jazz music, the terms duet (two), trio (three), quartet (four), quintet (five), sextet(six), septet (seven), octet (eight), nonet (nine) and dectet (ten), describe groups of two up to ten musicians and/or vocalists.
I don't know about you, but I rarely can remember what you call a musical group with more than five players. Perhaps my days as a somewhat confused and struggling undergraduate-voice student at San Francisco State were more oppressive than I realized. To spare you from my pain endured years ago, here is a short primer on applicable terms for musical groups: In Western classical and jazz music, the terms duet (two), trio (three), quartet (four), quintet (five), sextet(six), septet (seven), octet (eight), nonet (nine) and dectet (ten), describe groups of two up to ten musicians and/or vocalists. By the way, some 'musicians', don’t consider singers "musicians" because they don’t actually negotiate (externally) an instrument. To the formally trained concert vocalist, this is an argument waiting to happen. Obviously, a solo is represented by a single artist, though I’ve always found this a ticklish idea particularly when a soloist is accompanied by a pianist. Now, a group of eleven musicians is termed a hendectet or an undectet. And, it's worth noting that classical music (as do some other groups engaged in world, jazz and popular music, etc.) does assign smaller ensembles to the categorical title of "chamber ensemble". Today, the compliment of various instruments used in chamber ensembles, first assigned to Western classical music and later to jazz and popular music, often includes a host of varied percussive instruments from various cultures that may include a plethora of wind and/or stringed-instruments from different musical traditions. Such varied collectives will often liberate the explicit term, chamber ensemble as well. For one, I'm perfectly okay with the adapted inclusion. -- Jonathan
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