Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
Photo: Pavel Danilyuk
Chopin is one of the better composers at telling stories through music, evoking a wide range of emotions into each and every piece. Every note serves a purpose, bringing about magical effects and progression that vaguely forms the outline of a plot.
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Read More »Editor’s Note: Steinway Society audiences have had the privilege of hearing some great Chopin for the piano, including winner of the Gold Medal at the International Chopin Competition, Seong-Jin Cho. Here are Christopher’s thoughts on why audiences love Chopin. It’s also interesting to see how many films have used Chopin themes to convey emotion. Chopin is indisputably one of the most iconic composers within the classical music community, and for good reason. Whether one performs or listens, there is much complexity and depth to virtually all of his compositions. Here are some of the major appeals of Chopin’s music from the perspective of the listener.
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Read More »The piano notes are named using the first 7 letters of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. This pattern then repeats over and over across the keyboard. We will think of the note C as our starting point, since it's the first note of each 12-note pattern.
As you can see, the note C is the note all the way on the left of our 12-note pattern. That’s why it’s easier to think of the order of piano notes as going from C to C, instead of A to A. C is our starting note, because it happens to be the first note of every 12-note pattern. But keep in mind, there’s really no such thing as the “starting note” on the piano, or in music in general. Notes go on forever and ever in both directions, up and down, …D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F…, without an end or a beginning. Even so, it’s convenient to think of one note as if it’s the starting point. It just makes the notes easier to learn, easier to memorize and easier to visualize.
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