Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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With elder characters, white hair denotes maturity, wisdom, and dignity. Sometimes these characteristics are applied to younger characters, but this seems to be rare.
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The association between angels and harps apparently originates in the Bible, more precisely in chapter 5 of Revelation. “Four angels, along with 24...
Read More »White is the purest of colors. White haired characters have an aura of strangeness and other-worldliness. Their purity isn’t associated with cuteness or moe. Cute is the color of Yellow, Pink, and Orange. White is the color of the the spiritual who lack any connect to the physical world. These colors reject everything because white is easily contaminated by any color. White characters tend to be anti-social and lack humanity. They are often cold and devoid of compassion. The color can also be the color of nobility; they don’t need to be soiled by physical needs or work. The color can also represent innocence when used on young characters. There are 2 famous white haired characters most anime fans will recognize: Sephiroth and Near. Sephiroth is one of the best templates for the White persona. He is a loner, yet pure in many regards. He is devoid of compassion and emotion toward humanity. He also has a noble bearing. His chief concern is the will of his mother, Jenova. His love for his mother is where his purity as a White shows. He loves his mother and follows her will as a young child would. Sephiroth rejects reality and works to mold it to his (Jenova’s) wishes. Death Note’s Near is another good example. Near is very innocent despite being intelligent. Near doesn’t really care about humanity; he cares more about the challenge of solving a criminal case. He is calm but not entirely devoid of emotion like Sephiroth. He is very anti-social. His calmness and anti-social behavior makes him appear a bit cold. White hair personalities are not as complex as some of the other pure-color archetypes. Authors can play with why the character acts as they do. Innocence can have a tragic backstory behind it. The lack of emotion can also be used to shield internal conflicts and insecurities. White elements are most interesting when they are represent in blend colors like pink. These white characteristics mainly apply to younger characters. With elder characters, white hair denotes maturity, wisdom, and dignity. Sometimes these characteristics are applied to younger characters, but this seems to be rare. Silver hair is a derivative of white. It tends to be associated with age and is more worldly than white hair persona. White haired, elderly characters are common and garner different expectations than younger characters with white hair. Youth with such hair color is rare. Note: It is possible to have naturally white hair when young. There are photos of me as a child sporting a head of nearly white hair. I am not a blonde either. My hair darkened as I aged to the brown it is now.
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Read More »Antique pianos and organs can be valued anywhere from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands of dollars. It is important that sellers realize the real value difference between a restored instrument and an unrestored instrument.
Restoration is not cheap, but it is necessary to make any instrument worth top dollar. If your instrument was an antique automobile sitting on blocks, full of rust and ruining due to neglect, you wouldn’t expect it to fetch a very high price. If you invested in having the automobile restored to make it a show car, you could then expect it to sell for a tidy sum – likely at a nice profit after your investment. Pianos and organs are the same way. Restored instruments sell for high dollars – original, unrestored instruments simply do not. Over the past two decades, we have seen the value of antique pianos and organs nearly double across the board. Much of the credit goes to education – folks are now able to go to the internet and learn about what they have, often encouraged to invest and preserve their instruments. The best way to get a general sense of what instruments are worth (after restoration) is by comparing them against what similar instruments are selling for in the real market. It may be helpful if you go to our online showroom. Here you can see what different types and styles of instruments have been selling for over the past few years.
As a piano ages, the hammers get hard and wear down to the wood. Also, the wood parts become brittle and break causing the piano not to play...
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You do not need to learn music theory to play the piano. Many people, both young and old, can learn the piano without needing to learn music...
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Pianoforall is one of the most popular online piano courses online and has helped over 450,000 students around the world achieve their dream of playing beautiful piano for over a decade.
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C - G - Am - F (I - V -vi - IV) This just might be the most popular chord progression in Western popular music. There is an actual mathematical...
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