Martha Argerich plays her legendary Rach3. In my opinion the best recording of Rach3 ever. Extremely rare but poor footage, my jewel.
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Archive for June, 2009
Rach3 – Martha Argerich
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009When should I tell my piano teacher that I want to do some different songs?
Monday, June 29th, 2009
I got into piano so I could play at church but unfortunately Bach isn’t something frequently played in my worship service. When should I tell her that I want to play something more fitting to my goals that I’ve set for myself?
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Piano improvisation: Learn To Improvise On Your Piano By Faking
Monday, June 29th, 2009
Do you have a fake book? Just one of those songs could be the source of many meaningful exercises that will help you grow as a musicician and as a pianist.
What is a fake book?
A “fake book” contains songs written in a concise format that includes only the melody and chords, letting you interpret the song’s performance according to your own taste.
The songs in a fake book have a single melody written out in notes with the lyrics written beneath the notes. Above the notes of the melody you’ll find the names of the chords to play.
This format is very compact. You will often see fakebooks containing 500 or more songs. Here are some suggestions on how to use one of these songs for increasing your improvisational skills:
1. Chords. The suggested chords are often very rudimentary. Most jazz pianists spice up the songs with more elaborate chord progressions. Try to find more chords to use in the song. This exercise will increase your skills in chord theory.
2. Scales. When you have elaborated upon the chord progressions in the song you can choose scales that work with the chords you have chosen. If you find this hard to do you can buy scale books with scale suggestions for different chord progressions. This is an exercise in scale theory.
3. Practising piano chords. Start with the first chord in the song, play it in different positions on your piano and in different combinations.
4. Practicing chord progressions on the piano. Take a couple of bars of the song and practise to play the progressions over and over again varying the chord voicings.
5. Practicing scales on the piano. Begin with the first chord and the scale you have chosen with it and start by playing the scale up and down the keyboard with the right hand and the left hand.
6. Practice piano improvisation with scales. As soon as you master playing the scale up and down the piano it is time to create music with the scale by playing around with it, creating patterns and inventing melodies.
7. Practise piano improvisation. Take a couple of bars and play them over and over again with chord voicings in the left hand and improvising with the appropriate scales with the right hand.
It is also good to practice piano improvisation with your left hand and voicings with your right hand.
There are of course many more things you can do with a song in order to develop your skills in piano improvisation. Help yourself and don’t forget to have fun and to also play the song in its entirety with the melody.
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How do i safely transport a piano without damaging it?
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
My aunt has a piano which i am claiming and we need to shift it 4 miles fom one house to the other. Does it need to stay upright or can it lie in a trailor??
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Is the guitar harder to learn then the piano?
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
I play the piano and I was just wondering if the guitar is more challenging.
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How to learn to read and write piano notes for free?
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
What is the best way to learn to write and read notes for free by the internet? Just to get the basic amateur skills for the grace of it, not a long tutorial/guide to become a professional pianist or too deep into piano theory.
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Final Fantasy 7 Music on the Piano
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
In this video, I (Max Mazzola) play 4 songs from FFVII(5 if you count the victory theme). In order they are: Prelude, Main Theme (World Map), Fighting (Battle Theme), Still More Fighting (Boss Battle)
my friend marlon was the cameraman
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A New Way To Learn To Play The Piano
Friday, June 26th, 2009
If you ever wanted to learn to play the piano, keyboard or organ, now is the time to give it a try.
There are many people that would like to play a keyboard instrument but never quite got round to it. Traditionally, if you wanted to learn to play the piano, you needed a piano and a piano teacher or piano lessons. Now we live in the 21st century, you can download your piano lessons and you can buy a roll up keyboard for less than thirty pounds.
For many people the expensive involved just to start piano lessons could be immense. For a start, you would need to buy a piano, which before modern keyboards could cost thousands of pounds. Then the cost of piano lessons on top of the cost of buying the piano is already proving to be very expensive and then, what if you don’t take to it, all that money wasted.
Now there is a new way
We live in a time when you can learn virtually anything. You can actually start to learn the piano for less than fifty pounds.
First, you buy yourself a beginner keyboard. This can be a roll up piano, which are incredibly cheap and don’t take up any room, because you can roll it up when you finished with it. Alternatively, you could buy yourself a used standard keyboard with a keyboard stand and there are literally hundreds of second-hand keyboards for sale every day on online auctions sites.
Next, download a piano learning course. Beginner courses start from five pounds to more advanced courses costing up to fifty pounds.
Do you need a piano teacher?
As a piano teacher myself I would have to say yes, but you don’t need a piano teacher right away. If after your initial expense of buying a keyboard and online piano lessons, you feel you could go further then yes absolutely try piano lessons with a teacher and then maybe buy a better piano/keyboard.
What if playing piano is not for you.
If learning to play the piano is not for you, then its cost you about fifty pounds and not thousands. At least you can always say you gave it a try. Not everybody will take to playing the piano. On the other hand, what if you do take to it, what if you are a natural talent, you’ll never know until you try. So if you ever wanted to learn to play the piano, whatever your age, in today’s internet age it’s never been a better or easier time to start. You never know, you might have a hidden talent.
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