Today, an example of how applied music theory, in practice, pays off. In three weeks I’ll be performing for my father’s 80th birthday. Of course I’d pull out a couple of songs that I am very proficient in playing to see if they fit the mark. But then I have been thrown a curve ball!
Methods
Ideas, thoughts, and tips on music teaching and learning methods.
When playing arpeggios I find this is the first place I lose my dexterity and skill when I don’t take the time to keep up on them. Here a couple of techniques to improve your practice.
Practicing or playing music scales can be a boring task for many music students. This is because the practice of grouping notes is not well communicated to the student.
The approach and attack one applies to the striking the keys on the piano can make all the difference in the world to the sound that is produced.
Improvising with Chords is another method of filling in short segments, or for that matter whole parts of a song with big sound.
Octave unison is an improvising technique that is easy to understand and takes just a little practice to implement.
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