Music,Reading,Writing fiction/poetry, Cooking, Feasting (I love those eat-all-you-want buffets - fortunately I am tall and have a slender frame, so the fat is distributed over a wider surface area!!)
I'd like to meet:
1. Musicians - Violinists,guitarists,flautists,clarinettists,saxophonists,p
ianists,drummers and accordion players.
2. Music Teachers : Arts Banquet has a selection of books from Europe which your students will find fun and inspiring. Many books have play-along CDs. Composers and musicians include: Philip Sparke, Chris Vadala, Frits Damrow, Colin Cowles,Allen Vizzutti, Steven Mead and Nobuya Sugawa
2. Friends from Ebid!
Music:
Hands up to loving musicals - especially those from the 50s and 60s. Also Easy Listening, Classical, Jazz, Swing, Instrumental.
Chris Botti: Lisa - Live Version
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Movies:
Avid film fan - At least three a month.
Television:
Couch potato.
Books:
Love reading and love books, but TV can be a major distraction.
Heroes:
4 Steps to
Learning How to Play Any Song on the Piano
1.
Determining the melody - Melodies determine what chords
will be played. If you can use your ear to figure out what
notes are being played in the melody, you are 1/4 on your
way to learning a song!
More resources on learning how to determine melodies
2.Harmonizing
the melody - Once you have figured out the melody (using
some of the techniques on the resource page), it is time to
harmonize it. This is simply choosing various chords to
accompany the melody. There are several techniques and
tricks to doing this.
More resources on learning how to harmonize melodies
3. Altering
Chords - This is the best part! Now that you have
strategically figured out the melody to a song and have
harmonized it, altering your chords to produce certain
sounds is the next step. If you were playing gospel music,
you would alter your chords differently than if you were
playing classical or country music.
More resources on altering chords
1. Listening
- After you have determined the melody, harmonized the
melody, and altered some of your chords, there are various
techniques you can use to make sure that your song sounds
right.
More resources on listening techniques
I personally recommend "The
Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear" 300-pg Course and through
my relationship with Jermaine (the author of this course),
I've been able to get him to throw in a few bonus items (3
additional piano software programs). He has taught literally
thousands of musicians how to play the piano by ear. If you
understood just half of what he discussed above, you'll
definitely benefit from his 300-pg course.
Click here to learn the secrets to playing absolutely any
song on the piano in virtually minutes !
I highly
recommend it.
