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  • Artigos   5
  • 27 fev 2013, Artigo
  • Scales-4-Thummies
  • If you are a piano/keyboard student struggling with scale fingering and preparing for exams, this system could be your savior. Scales-4-Thummies is designed  for those players who hate scales but need to achieve a certain level for their grades. Please do not use this method before you have tried and thoroughly failed with the normal (recommended fingering) because normal fingering practice can be particularly beneficial for students of classical piano. Having said that, this method can still be ...
  • 17 abr 2012, Artigo
  • Rhapsody for Utøya
  • Utøya is the island where Anders Behring Breivikt commited those unbelievable atrocities. I watched a T.V. report showing how this murderer is being given 5 star treatment and 'human rights' in his 'prison suite'' prior to the trial. They say he will probably get 21 years (that's about 3 months for every murder) . I like to write music because it is the way I can express myself. I wrote this music as a tribute to 77 wasted lives on the same day. I posted the sheet music on Musicaneo and a video on ...
  • 18 fev 2012, Artigo
  • Scales & Arpeggios
  • Scales, arpeggios, studies and technical exercises are not always considered the coolest or most desirable area many students wish to focus upon for too long, but a good command of scales and arpeggios are the bricks and mortar of our musical technique, so any neglect in this area will be reflected in faulty technique. (Not to mention sight-reading and analytical skills). They must be memorized (I rarely encourage the use of scale books) and performed to some extent at the start of practice and lesson ...
  • 13 fev 2012, Artigo
  • Using Analysis to Aid Memory
  • PRACTICING, MEMORIZING & ANALYSIS When someone plays a piece from memory they are often said to be playing without music, meaning of course that they have memorized all of the material written on the sheet music they have previously practiced. As I am typing this, I am thinking about what would be the best way to compose the following few sentences in an interesting and logical manner. Grammar and spelling is not my greatest talent so I just barge on and get my wife to sort it out later. All this ...
  • 10 fev 2012, Artigo
  • Practicing
  • A commonly held view is that if enough time is spent working away at a piece it will come right in the end. This will not necessarily happen. Because we are so keen to progress as quickly as possible then we tend to rush ahead and overlook many important technical problems. Our impatience often leads us to practice mistakes over and over assuming they will eventually go away. Even when we overcome these errors they often creep back into our performance when we least appreciate it – usually during a ...