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New And Used Casio Keyboards – A Great Choice For Beginners
If you are about to take the plunge and buy your first keyboard or maybe you are buying for someone else, probably your kids then you might ask yourself, which make is the best? Which model to I need? And how much should I spend? If you can answer these three questions, you will get [...]
What To Search For When Buying An Electronic Keyboard
When purchasing an electronic keyboard for yourself or for your youngsters the initial thing to do is fix your budget. For the purpose of this article we will apply a budget of one hundreds pounds for a new digital keyboard and about fifty pounds for a used keyboard. To make the learning process a little [...]
How to Read Piano Notes
Reading piano notes may seem daunting at first, but it really isn’t if you ground yourself in the basics. The first step is learning the names of the notes. The great thing is that you only have seven to memorize. All music is the result of combinations of these seven. These notes, named after letters [...]
How to Read Music – Easier Than You Ever Thought!
One of the simple joys in life is the ability to read music. Learning this skill will enable you to express yourself creatively at the piano, playing your favorite songs. It’s not difficult to learn to read music if you understand its components. Written music has an architecture all its own. Musical notes sit on [...]
Piano Tutorial – Are You Ready To Learn How To Play The Piano (Part 2)
Being ready to learn to play the piano obviously means having a piano keyboard of some sort, so for the purpose of this article we will assume you have access to a piano, organ or keyboard. Before you start to play the piano properly, you need to learn a few basics, just a bit of [...]
Piano Tutorial – Middle C
Todays lesson is about a very common musical note called Middle C. Today I will show you how to recognise this note on sheet music. Middle C is an important reference note on the staff and the keyboard. If I ask you to play C on the keyboard. You might say which one. Now if [...]
Piano Tutorial – Are You Ready To Learn How To Play The Piano (Part 1)
In these times of the internet, it’s never been a better time to learn how to play the piano. Why is that? I hear you ask, because, information on virtually any subject you can think of is available, with a little research on the internet, and learning to play the piano, is no different than [...]
Piano Tutorial – Note Names On The Keyboard
Okay let’s get started with your first lesson. First, we are going to look at the keyboard. There are many sizes of keyboard. Traditionally a full size piano keyboard is 88 notes. Electric pianos and workstation keyboard are normally 76 notes. Electronic keyboards such as the popular Yamaha Tyros are 61 notes and finally beginner [...]
Piano Tutorial – Are You Ready To Play The Piano?
Obviously, the first essential item you need is a piano keyboard. This can be a piano, electronic keyboard, electric organ or an accordion. If you don’t have a keyboard yet you can easily find a used model online. Check out our list of pianos and keyboards for sale on eBay. If you want to ask [...]
A New Way To Learn To Play The Piano
If you ever wanted to learn to play the piano, keyboard or organ, now is the time to give it a try. There are many people that would like to play a keyboard instrument but never quite got round to it. Traditionally, if you wanted to learn to play the piano, you needed a piano [...]
