Music

Playing "Sunburn" on the piano keeps your fingers agile as they fly over the keyboard. Bring the popular alternative rock song from the Muse stage to your own living room and let the haunting...

Fast double bass drumming doesn't have to be a secret. In fact, with the right technique and some practice, you can get your double bass speed to increase dramatically within a few weeks

Playing guitar for a beginner is often painful because the fingers are soft. It takes time to build up callouses that allow new players to play guitar without feeling the irritation cause by the...

Augmented chords are not difficult to play on the keyboard or piano. In fact, they are easy to play. Just follow the simple steps below.

Anyone who plays a keyboard or piano would like to play perfectly. While you may not always be perfect, you can certainly learn to play more accurately and make much better music! Here’s how:

Bachata is a type of music, mainly guitar based, originating in the countryside of the Dominican Republic. The subject matter of the bachata is typically one of heartbreak and sadness. Even...

The Turkish March (or, more correctly, Turkish Rondo), composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), is actually the third movement of his Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331. This piece is...

Memorizing piano scales is one of the most effective ways to thoroughly learn and understand what it is you are playing. Scales form the basic parts of nearly all songs, and they are a major...

Playing slide guitar like the pros takes lots of practice, but getting started is pretty easy. First, you need a slide. Any glass, metal, or rigid plastic tube will do for starters--a bottle neck,...

If you have a difficult piece to accompany on keyboard or piano, you need to prepare properly so you can use scarce rehearsal time to advantage. You may only have one brief rehearsal just before...

So you've got music dancing through your head do you? But you don't play an instrument? You can learn to do both simultaneously. Play the piano by writing songs. This is how I learned to play the...

Many composers and musicians use the circle of fifths to create and practice music. The circle of fifths can be manipulated in both directions to produce chord and practice sequences on various...

The Irish tin flute, also known as the "penny whistle," is an instrument that belongs to the wind family of instruments. It originated from the flageolet, a similar instrument that was popular in...

You don't need to be born with perfect pitch to hear music notes. Learning to hear notes and recognize the names of those notes takes time and practice. It may be that you never develop perfect...

To learn how to play the guitar, you need to primarily, have the interest to learn how to actually play it and another thing, you need to own one so you can learn to play it at your own convenient...

Violin is an instrument associated with elegant classical music. Playing the violin is a talent which can be honed at an early age and could lead you to fame if developed properly. There are a...

Dominant seventh chords are extremely valuable in music since they move down a fifth to “do” or tonic. They are useful as cadences and also in leading to a new key. Learn how to play them easily...

"How to Save a Life," is a song by a pop group known as The Fray. It appears on a CD of the same name, which was released in 2005. The song, which speaks of dealing with a troubled youth, begins...

If you play the piano, you have probably played Hanon exercises. I'm referring specifically to Book One of The Virtuoso Pianist. The first book is easy enough for students past the beginning...

In my opinion the most important of all your playing objectives should be to be able to play with a quality sound. You can play as fast as you like and be technically brilliant, but if you don't...

Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" is a rock and roll classic that you can easily translate to the piano keyboard. The song can be played in a variety of keys, and features a simple rhythm and...

Chords on the piano are the foundation for playing rhythm and accompanying other musicians. Solo piano players often develop good chord-rhythm techniques because they have so much musical space to...

Learning how to play the chords EM and DM on the piano is very easy if you have a person who is at all knowledgeable about the piano on hand to show you where the chords are. Learning how to play...

If you play piano or keyboard, fully diminished seventh chords are important to know. There are, amazingly, only three of them, and they continue all the way up and down the keyboard. These...

You can learn to pay the guitar fast and easy in a few days. Your friends will be giving you a standing ovation when they hear you play their favorite songs.

My teacher always expected me to go above and beyond when getting ready for a competition or recital. I was not only expected to know the piece and play it well, but to have every measure...

Impress your family and friends with your musical ability when you learn to play acoustic guitar by watching video online. This best-selling acoustic guitar course is a high quality product that...

So you have decided that you want to learn guitar, but you don't know what kind to get. Well answer these following questions and you will be on your way to rocking out.

The Bb concert scale is the most common scale asked for by band directors at all levels from middle school to professional. It's also the easiest scale to remember on clarinet because Bb concert...

Here's what happens to a lot of would-be guitar players. They decide they want to learn, and they find a teacher through local ads. Then they start taking lessons. The teacher has studied music...

Many talented musicians claim that they first learned to play piano by ear. "By ear" means that they listened to music and copied it on the piano without using sheet music. It certainly is...

We’ve all done it, your favorite song comes on the radio when you think that no one is watching and you whip out your air guitar. Don’t laugh because playing the air guitar has become an art form...

Amazing Grace is a well-loved hymn. The lyrics were written in 1772 by a former slave trader, John Newton, who was converted to Christianity after experiencing the grace and love of God. The...

Recitals help students, young and old alike, to have confidence to play in front of people. This is the main purpose in having a piano recital. You want your students to have this experience on...

I am writing this with the assumption that you know the notes on the frets of a bass guitar. I have actually taught this pattern to someone who only knew the notes on the top string and they can...

When teaching yourself to play a violin, remember that the bow should be perfectly straight when sliding it across the strings. Discover how to learn the violin on your own with proper technique...

If you play the piano, you would probably like to be able to play more artistically, even if you are just a student. You may play note-perfectly, but you may still not be satisfied. If you feel...

Playing guitar like a rock star may take years of practice, but learning to play the guitar well isn't all that difficult. Numerous methods are available in books and on CD and DVD to help you...

Teach Yourself to Play Jazz When I first got into the Air Force Band, I could read music but not improvise. I had to learn to play jazz, because I was assigned to the big band as well as the...

Have you ever wanted to play octaves on a guitar, but never knew how to? Well, in how to play octaves on a guitar, I am going to show you in easy to understand tab form just how to do it.

To learn how to play the Tex-Mex Accordion, it will help you to understand the mechanics of the instrument. It has three rows of buttons (the melody-side buttons). Each row plays a major scale....

There are many obstacles to learning to play the piano. Many of these obstacles involve our emotions and beliefs. Getting past these may be what finally gets you playing.

If you play chords on the keyboard, piano, or any other instrument, you know how boring it can be to always play them in the same way! To get past the beginner stage, you need to learn to play...

If you play keyboard or piano, you need to know how to play major and minor chords or triads on the keyboard. These basic chords have three notes and are built on thirds. Learn how to find them...

If you want to play thirds and sixths on the keyboard or piano, you should learn them together. There are two types of thirds and sixths, major and minor. If you learn both the theory and the feel...

This is for the individual who loves playing the piano or keyboard but only knows how to play in one key.

The 1987 single "Sweet Child O' Mine" helped propel Guns N' Roses to the top of the hard rock charts for several years. Originally penned as an ode to then girlfriend Erin Everly, Axl Rose's...

Play lively whistle music in any appropriate setting with the Irish tin whistle, sometimes called a penny whistle. These tubular whistles have six holes in a straight row along the barrel. The...

The electric and acoustic guitars are some of the most popular instruments in the world. While the guitar remains an extremely difficult instrument to master, it is also one of the easiest...

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