Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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So What Are Semi-Weighted Keys? Semi Weighted keyboards typically use a spring type system to replicate a weighted feel. This involves a spring-action key, sometimes in combination with weights that offer a bit more resistance than an unweighted keyboard.
classical music Other studies have found that classical music enhances memory retrieval, including Alzheimer's and dementia patients. The thought...
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A non-tuned piano will not only sound pretty horrible, but in fact it can also inhibit your musical development. Playing at the wrong pitch all the...
Read More »When buying a Digital Piano, one of the first and most important decisions we make is whether to purchase one with “Semi-Weighted” keys, or one with Weighted Keys, often referred to as “Hammer Action” keys. As we discuss in our article talking about why having a full 88 key keyboard is important, a traditional acoustic piano use small hammers that strike a string, which then causes the string to vibrate. This vibration is what we hear as a note. The hammer that strikes the strings is connected to the keyboard with a lever. This lever has a natural resistance or weighted feel, and we can feel that when playing an acoustic piano. Since traditional pianos are so large, and often cost thousands of dollars, many people, especially beginners, choose to buy an Electronic Piano. But many cheaper versions offer what is referred to as “Semi-Weighted” keys.
The typical cost to copy a basic key is $1 to $4. Chipped keys cost the most to copy, ranging from $50 to $1,000. Hardware and home improvement...
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Can you learn piano on a keyboard? Electronic keyboards are the most affordable way to get started, but learning piano on a non-weight, non-full-...
Read More »four octaves Blessed with perfect pitch and a range of four octaves, her voice is a thing of wonder. She might be more famous for the jokey pop anthem Girls Just Want to Have Fun but listen to the subtlety of tracks such as the wonderful True Colors or Time After Time and it is impossible not to appreciate just how good she is.
The adorably bonkers Cyndi Lauper is surely one of pop music's most underrated singers, largely because of who she's not. Ever since she emerged from the New York scene in the early 80s she has had the misfortune of being compared to Madonna. Some misguided souls even feel Lauper is but a pale and quirky shadow of Ms Ciccone but this is so, so wrong. In many ways it is Lauper who puts Madonna in the shade. For a start she can sing, and I mean really sing. Blessed with perfect pitch and a range of four octaves, her voice is a thing of wonder. She might be more famous for the jokey pop anthem Girls Just Want to Have Fun but listen to the subtlety of tracks such as the wonderful True Colors or Time After Time and it is impossible not to appreciate just how good she is. Her voice, though, is arguably best displayed on the 1994 single I'm Gonna Be Strong, a hit for Gene Pitney in 1964 and which Lauper herself originally sang with her band Blue Angel in 1980. A highly emotional song of a relationship breaking down, it's unusual in as much as it doesn't really have a chorus – it just builds and builds, adding layer upon layer of pain and hurt as Lauper's majestic voice grows stronger and more insistent, higher and higher until it reaches a heartbreaking climax.
Their study revealed that males find female voices that indicate a smaller body size—high-pitched, breathy voices with wide formant spacing—most...
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The C+ chord is made up of three notes – C, E, and G#. If you're new to chords, the '+' means 'augmented' and the chord is also referred to as the...
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The “ped” marking indicates that you should press the pedal down, while the asterisk indicates that you should release the pedal. Pedal Markings in...
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He is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers during the Winter War, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. Because of this...
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