Archive for December, 2009

How to Play Hallelujah on the Piano

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Hallelujah is a song written by Leonard Cohen which has become well known. The song has been played in Shrek and was released on the first single album of the x-factor winner Alexandra Burke. In next lines I’ll explain how to play a very simple version of this song which still sounds fabulous.
The chords you [...]

Play Piano Songs Today - Three Methods

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Have you ever wondered how an adult might learn to play the piano? What the different methods to learn this fascinating instrument might be? There are three ways a person might approach learning to play the piano - the note reading method, the by-ear method, and the pentatonic method.
The first method would be to learn [...]

With trying to learn to play easy piano songs you must first begin with the basics. Do not rush into playing two handed songs because it is not logical for a beginner to start that way. Teaching yourself how to play piano can be very difficult to do so it is good to find online [...]

Few Tips You Need When Learning to Play Piano

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

There is no denying the fact that learning to play a new musical instrument is not an easy job. One has to invest in a lot of time and effort to play an instrument in the right way. Same thing holds true for piano.
Lots of people love to play piano but many of them don’t [...]

So, you’ve been dying to play the piano. But you don’t want to spend years learning how to read music. Of course you don’t! And you won’t have to IF you learn a chord-based approach to playing the piano.
Here’s a method I use to get my students playing piano in a flash. First, you need [...]

I play Christian music much of the time at my church. Many people think I’m playing something very difficult and intricate. I do know how to make things sound good. Yes, I’m giving myself a compliment. The truth is I’m not doing anything that anyone else couldn’t learn to do with a little practice. If [...]

So, you’ve taken piano lessons for years but you still can’t play on your own.
You probably know the scales and can read off music sheets, but you can’t just sit down at the piano and make music.
Don’t worry. It’s not your fault. You see, literally thousands of people are just like you. They’ve taken piano [...]

Love him or hate him, George Winston single handedly invented a whole new genre of music - New Age piano. His light ambient sound has reached millions of listeners around the world.
Now, a lot, and I mean a lot of pianists would like to be able to play like George but don’t think they can. [...]

If I have to choose between buying an acoustic piano or a digital piano what is the best choice? let’s take a look at the different choices if you want to learn to play piano.
Personally I haven’t been forced to make the decision between buying a normal upright piano and a digital piano as I [...]

You may have heard that you need to hire a professional piano teacher in order to really learn to play piano but that’s simply not true. There are a lot of reasons not to hire a piano teacher. The biggest reason is that a piano teacher can be very expensive. It takes a lot of [...]