New Age Piano Lessons Give You Instant Satisfaction on the Keyboard!
Have you ever seen someone playing piano without sheet music and wonder “how are they doing that?”
It’s like magic to the uninitiated. They think this person must have years and years of piano lessons under their belt. And while some pianists do have years of classical training it doesn’t mean a thing!
That’s right. In fact, taking classical piano lessons can actually hinder your ability to just sit down and freely improvise. No, what most improvising pianists know is how to use chords. Chords and knowledge of the scale the chords came from is all that is needed to make music at the piano.
Now, most of you have heard of triads. These are 3 note chords that sound something Mozart or
...than 2 octaves of the piano keyboard. This is something beginners want to do right away and it can be done with a minimum of practice.Let's look at how we can use this chord structure to create music with. In ...
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What if you could learn a chord position that would give you a modern sound right away AND allow you to use both of your hands. And what if this chord structure could provide you with rich, lush sounding chords? You’d probably want to learn this kind of chord type over triad’s right?
Yet thousands upon thousands of piano students begin their studies with the age-old chord structure known as the triad. Now, thankfully, you don’t have to start this way.
Here’s the point. This is the year 2006. We have Jazz and
...the C Major scale. That's it! That's all that's required to create your own unique music.You see, learning the OPC makes it all the easier. Because you have such a wide note spread between your fingers, it allows you to ...
But how exactly do we play these? By using something called the Open Position Chord structure. Here we use both hands to finger a modern sounding seventh chord. And we use over 2 octaves of the keyboard as well. With this kind of chord, we can instantly begin creating our own music.
How easy is this? If I were to tell you that you could begin creating your own music within 1 hour would you believe me? Probably not. But if I were to show you exactly how to do it… well, then, that’s another matter altogether. Don’t take my word for it. Just take my free lesson
...to begin with fine. Want to start at the high end of the piano, OK.The key here is authenticity. Some compositions and improvisations sound contrived because they were - that is they were thought up. There really is nothing wrong ...
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music’s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!