Creating Keyboard Blues
Have you wanted to create your own blues on piano keys? Just learning a few basic chords and the way they move (progress) through the …
Stories behind Christmas Carols
Have you ever wondered what the stories were behind the creation of the Christmas Carols sung every year, that have been sung for generations? Where …
A Scale & Christmas?
What does a scale have to do with Christmas? And, what, exactly, is a musical scale? Go to a piano and find the “C”. It …
Smart Piano Practice – Breaks of Silence
Have you ever struggled practicing a song or difficult passage of the song and felt you weren’t getting very far? However, when you started …
Improvisation – Known by the Masters
When I attended the 2013 Van Cliburn Judge’s Symposium this year in Ft. Worth, Texas, the judges of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition were talking …