• Music Terminology for Beginners

  There is so much music terminology for piano players that even experienced players come across new terms on piano music. Some of the words used are more common, though. A few of these are listed for you. Accelerando getting faster as the se...

• Sight-Reading Written Music

  Sight-reading written music is when you play music as you see it for the first time. When you first get a piece of sheet music or a new songbook, all the music will be unfamiliar to you. You can get overwhelmed if you try to play perfectly...

• The Big Fake and Improvisation

  It is nice when you are able to set the music aside and play any music that you like. It may be difficult to find the sheet music for every song you enjoy. There are two ways to overcome this predicament, and they are related in a way. One...

• Get It Together with Chords

  If you have sheet music or songbooks to play from, they will likely have chords to play. There are hundreds of possible chords in piano music. There are major and minor chords, diminished chords, inverted chords, augmented chords, and more....

• Keys and Key Signatures

  Keys and Key Signatures It is difficult to talk about keys without some confusion because the physical blocks you strike are called keys. At the same time, it is also necessary to talk about the theoretical keys music is written and played...

• Personal Story: Learning Piano Basics

  Personal Story: Learning Piano Basics I was one of those people who always dreamed of playing the piano but never thought I could. At least I was until I came across some short, simple lessons on the basics of piano playing. I decided to gi...

• Written Piano Music and Rhythm Part 2

  Written Piano Music and Rhythm Part 2 Look at your sheet music and identify the note values. To practice, tap your foot to establish the baseline rhythm. It should be a steady beat. Clap your hands to the rhythm of the note values. If it is...

• Written Piano Music and Rhythm Part 1

  Written Piano Music and Rhythm Part 1 Rhythm is something that can be improvised or changed easily if you know the piano well. Think about singing: You can sing by holding some notes longer and cutting other notes shorter. You do not need t...

• Reading Piano Sheet Music: The Lines and the Spaces

  Reading Music: The Lines and the Spaces Your first experience with playing music from written notations will come as soon as you learn the notes. The first thing you have to do is to learn about the lines and the spaces of the staffs. On th...

• Reading Music Introduction

  Reading Music: Introduction With a little success under your belt, you can begin to tackle the job of learning to read music. Of course, many musicians do not know how to read music. They just hear a song and play it, as they say, by ear. T...

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