Like any other worthwhile activity in life, piano practicing demands a certain amount of discipline. This discipline produces the results we foresaw when we first decided to take up the instrument. What can make piano practicing seem difficult is our inclination to expect fast results. If we don’t achieve expectations right away, we get down [...]
If you have an interest in collecting music memorabilia then now more than ever is a good time to look for and buy music collectables. Using the world wide web has made things easier for the genuine memorabilia collector and there’s also room for the beginner to begin collecting even if its only going to [...]
There are literally millions of adults today who took piano lessons when they were growing up, but at some point along the way gave them up. Some couldn’t care less, but many have an urge down deep to take up piano playing again someday. Over the years I have never heard anyone say “I’m glad [...]
It is divided into four ‘movements’ the orchestra stops between the parts. The first movement is fast, the second slow, the third medium, and the fourth fast. The feeling is like a novel an attention-attracting beginning, a slow, romantic section, a medium part that brings the story to its peak, and a fast ending where [...]
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn on December 16 in the year of 1770. He had a strong interest in music from a very young age that eventually led him to move to Vienna, Austria. There, he studied with Joseph Haydn, a well known composer at the time. It was not too long before [...]
Frederic Chopin was born March 1, 1810 in the Duchy of Warsaw in Poland. He was not very old when his potential was recognized. In fact, he was regarded as a child prodigy pianist. As early as seven, Frederic Chopin was performing in front of an audience and composed two of his first pieces in [...]
The piano is one of the most famous and most popular types of instruments in the entire world. It has been played by people from Mozart to Liberace, and it is one of the starter instruments that many children learn music on. It is played by millions of people around the world, including millions of [...]
One of the most popular types of musical instruments in the world is the piano. It has existed for hundreds of years and inspired performers from Mozart to Elton John, to put their fingers on the keys to bring awe-inspiring music to the entire world. An instrument that makes noise when strings are struck by [...]
There are those who rise to the peak of their specific craft, to which all other people aspire to climb, but few ever come close. For classical music, such is the case with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child prodigy who would one day become known as the greatest classical musician of all time. Born on [...]
Minor chords create a sound which is somber or serious; some people even think of minor chords as “sad”, as opposed to major chords which sound “normal”, or “happy”. Some of the great classics are written in minor keys, including Fur Elise by Beethoven, Prelude in C# Minor by Rachmaninoff, Prelude in Cm by Chopin, [...]
