Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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quarter note A quarter note (American) or crotchet (/ˈkrɒtʃɪt/ KROTCH-it) "Collins Dictionary". (British) is a musical note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). Quarter notes are notated with a filled-in oval note head and a straight, flagless stem.
Sound quality and feel For that reason, digital pianos produce a more authentic sound and a feel that's closer to the real deal than keyboards. Do...
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If you want to be a professional classical performer, you're looking at a minimum of 10 to 15 years of concentrated study with a master teacher,...
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Modulations are very common in Jazz. Very few jazz songs stay in one key for the whole song, and some don't stay in one key for more than 2 bars....
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Remember there are 4017 possible chords before we ever even get into voicing! There's so much variety that sometimes it's good to forget about...
Read More »A keyboard instrument provides a lot more freedom in terms of the number of notes that can be sounded together and the distance between them. It's difficult on a guitar to play a fluidly moving bassline and a chord pattern two octaves above; it's trivial on a piano.
Songs that I hear that are piano based - ie. composed and originally performed on piano, seem to have a different feel than those composed on guitar. The flow, the movement, the chords used - are often very different for piano based songs vs. guitar based songs. I don't mean which instrument they are played on. Any song can be played on either instrument. I am referring to which instrument was used by the composer, to compose or write the music. I am also not referring to a situation where someone takes a song, and composes an arrangement for one instrument or the other. I find many songs written on piano, are more difficult to translate to an arrangement for guitar and maintain the same feel as the original played on piano. This is the source of my conclusion that there is something organically different between the two instruments as it applies to the way songs evolve from them. I compose all of my original music on guitar because I am more proficient on that instrument. But I am wondering if I might get some interesting variations in my melodies and progressions if I started to compose some of my music on piano. And I wonder if some ideas or emotions that I want to convey lyrically, can be conveyed more effectively musically, on piano than on guitar.
Most 300cc motorcycles are going to top out at speeds around 100 mph, although there are some sportbike and R models (racing models) that breeze...
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Languages. Japanese, English. Level. In the “JF Standard” for Japanese-Language Education, there are six levels, based on the user's proficiency of...
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True experts on the guitar have practiced for well beyond 10,000 hours, in most cases. Don't let this discourage you! If you work hard, you will be...
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In pop music specifically, C major and G major along with A minor and E minor are often considered the best keys and scales. Apr 20, 2021
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