http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com STACCATO: LEGATO'S OPPOSITE TWIN Staccato is an Italian word meaning "detached". In playing the piano, it means that the note is played shorter than its value. A note should be played in this manner if it is denoted by a dot above or under th... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--how-to-play-piano-with-a-staccato-feel-2168841.html 06th April 2011 Our nature gives us the basic elements to survive. These elements are earth, wind, fire and water. Like our dear Mother Nature, music has its own basic elements to produce a good piece. In music, we call them the Expressive Elements and is divided int... http://www.a1articles.com/learn-piano--the-expressive-elements-used-in-playing-the-piano-2168537.html 06th April 2011 The Music Staff In general, the music staff (or stave), is a set of five lines placed horizontally with four spaces, each representing a pitch. Each line or space has a note representing the corresponding letter of the keyboard. It may also contain re... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--learn-piano--basic-piano-lessons-for-adults-2166360.html 05th April 2011 Familiarization with the Keys Learning piano does not always mean you need to get a reputable professor and pay him some amount of money to learn the basics. You can start learning all by yourself. All you need to know are the essentials in ... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--piano-lessons-online--basic-piano-lessons-for-adults-2159961.html 01st April 2011 Posture You may think that perfect posture and hand positions are only applicable for women joining a beauty pageant. No. Posture is, in fact, one of the rudiments to help you attain your goal to become a good piano player. So how does it ... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--posture-2147171.html 28th March 2011 Have you ever wonder how those pianists start working with the piano and how much they endured to be that good... I mean, just think about it? Did you ever wish you could play like them someday or in the near future? Have you dreamed of becoming a... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--piano-lessons-for-adults-2132338.html 21st March 2011 Possibly because it taps into our emotions in a way that technology and science, which increasingly inhabit our lives, DO NOT. Then again, perhaps music simply offers an escape from tensions of an increasingly pressurized society. Too often, howeve... http://www.a1articles.com/read-music--music-seems-to-be-more-important-today-than-ever-before-664358.html 14th October 2008 "Dalcroze Eurhythmics" is an approach to music education based on the premise that rhythm is the primary element in music, and the source for all musical rhythm may be found in the natural rhythms of the human body. The total method consists of three p... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-play-the-piano--eurhythmics-solfege-and-improvisation-651791.html 29th September 2008 Don't Live in a 'fools' Paradise! You Have to Practice Scales and Arpeggios to Play ANY Style of Music Let me tell you a short story... In the late 70's, between semesters while in College, I would hang out at a popular night club in Washington D... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-play-the-piano--you-have-to-practice-scales-and-arpeggios-617745.html 03rd September 2008 For the 18+ years old adult, studying the piano for the first time in their life, I believe you should avoid three "pitfalls" to assure realistic progress. These pitfalls are unscrupulous online vendors, bogus review sites and well-intentioned piano ins... http://www.a1articles.com/playing-the-piano--pitfalls-to-avoid-when-studying-piano-for-the-first-time-546665.html 25th May 2008 You're never too old to start learning how to play the piano. There are SO many online instruction programs today, that I know it can be very confusing. It is my intent that this article will shed some light into your search to find the most appropriat... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-play-the-piano--for-adults-only-497423.html 27th March 2008 The fastest way to learn to play piano and make music, is to count out loud. If you choose not to, then you must use a Metronome... Every student, regardless of age, thinks that he or she can count in their heads and negotiate even the simplest rhyt... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--beginners-must-learn-to-count-out-loud-480878.html 25th February 2008 Copyright 2006 RAW Productions Too many pianists seem to have forgotten that their instrument is classified as part of the percussion family. They spend so much energy and focus on the minute details, such as which note goes where, that they lose (or ... http://www.a1articles.com/piano-lesson--the-piano-is-a-drum-set-46542.html 24th April 2006 Copyright 2006 RAW Productions When the practicing "blahs" strike, you just need an attitude adjustment. You don't have to sweat blood to practice well. You don't even have to think of it as work, or duty, or even something that you ought to do. Sto... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--preparing-to-practice-38692.html 27th March 2006 Copyright 2006 RAW Productions There is no substitute for practice. By spending a couple of hours with your instrument every day you develop a special relationship with it. You need to have a regular practice routine that contains certain constant ... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--there-is-no-substitute-for-practice-38085.html 22nd March 2006 Copyright 2005 RAW Productions Training your ear is much the same as training your dog: you keep shouting orders at it until it recognizes what a certain sound means. For example, if someone sat at your piano and kept playing major chords without in... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--how-to-play-piano-by-ear-16789.html 22nd November 2005 Copyright 2005 RAW Productions Shell voicings are simple but functional. They make use of the root and either the third of the seventh any chord. Sometimes referred to as "shell" voicings, these are commonly used as left-hand accompaniment in the p... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano--how-to-play-shell-voicings-16165.html 17th November 2005 Copyright 2005 RAW Productions You are neither too young nor too old to play piano and compose. If you think otherwise, get that fairy tale out of your head. A few geniuses began at age 3 and burned out in middle age. Gustave Mahler, a modern symp... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-play-piano-and-write-music-14290.html 04th November 2005 Copyright 2005 RAW Productions If you are like most people, your performance of a piece of music "at first sight" could probably stand some improvement. Oh, to be able to breeze through a brand new piece without all the stops and starts! What you m... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-become-a-better-sightreader-13751.html 30th October 2005 Controlling the images of the mind through image projection has proven valuable not only for psychotherapy, but also as a learning aid. Visualization can have as much impact on the subconscious, memory, and entire body as a "real" experience. For exam... http://www.a1articles.com/visualization-techniques-for-the-pianist-3554.html 30th July 2005 One of the rules of practicing we all hear over and over is "Be sure to practice slowly." (I'm guilty of this too!) Often the result of this is a feeling of inhibition, which leads to tedium. Picture yourself filled with excitement and yearning ... http://www.a1articles.com/play-piano-as-fast-as-possible-3059.html 19th July 2005 Rarely is a chord played with its tones contained in a single octave, the root on the bottom, the third in the middle, and the fifth on the top. Usually chords are "voiced!" This basically means that the positions of a chord's tones are scattered ov... http://www.a1articles.com/how-to-create-hip-mature-and-lush-harmonies-2579.html 10th July 2005