Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The first thing any good piano teacher will talk about is how to sit correctly at the piano. This is because it’s extremely easy to get it wrong at first and get into a bad habit. Correct posture, learning how to sit at the piano bench will … Continue reading A beginner’s guide to perfect piano posture
Pro Audio and Studio – Music Instrument News Warm Audio are introducing two exciting new additions to their range of microphones. The WA-47F and WA-CX12 promise to fill further microphone fantasies with these stunning recreations of studio legends. WA-47F WA-47F The WA-47F is a faithful recreation of a high-SPL, low-noise classic, celebrated as a ‘secret … Continue reading Exciting New Additions from Warm Audio
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The diminished scale, or octatonic scale, is an enigmatic and distinct scale that offers a great deal of melodic and harmonic depth and possibility. There are examples of the diminished scale in European classical music dating back to the time of Bach and also in various folk … Continue reading Explore the daring diminished scales
Pro Audio and Studio – Music Instrument News IK Multimedia releases MODO BASS 2.0. The next-level edition of IK’s award-winning physically modeled bass virtual instrument is available now, adding 8 new basses, including new fretless and upright options, a brand-new Patterns section with thousands of grooves, advanced performance controls and more ways to enter the MODO … Continue reading IK Multimedia Releases MODO BASS 2.0
Drummer’s Review Here’s our review of a selection of Sabian AA Apollo Big & Ugly Cymbals, featuring… 16″ Hi-Hats, 18″ Crash, 20″ Crash, 24″ Ride, B20 Bronze Alloy construction, Raw bow (top) over lathed bow (underside), Raw bell, Square hammer markings throughout. Sabian Says…“The Sabian AA Apollo Big and Ugly Cymbal has been designed for … Continue reading Sabian AA Apollo Big & Ugly Cymbals – Drummer’s Review
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News With the GEWA PP-3, GEWA presents its first Portable Piano with a specially developed keyboard, two-way speaker system, app connectivity, and high-resolution Hamburg Grand Piano Sample. The PP-3 is the first portable piano from GEWA and is based on exactly the same technological basis as the … Continue reading GEWA Introduces Its First Portable Piano PP-3
Pro Audio and Studio – Music Instrument News IK Multimedia recently announced the new Joe Chiccarelli Vocal Strip for T-RackS, reproducing in a single plug-in the GRAMMY-winning producer’s unique vision and formula for crafting attention-grabbing, engaging vocals. Having produced and mixed countless hit songs for artists ranging from Elton John to the White Stripes, Joe has … Continue reading IK Multimedia Releases T-RackS Joe Chiccarelli Vocal Strip
Drummer’s Review Europe’s largest music instrument retailer, Germany-based Musikhaus Thomann, with its HQ in Bavaria and massive online Thomann Cyberstore, is the latest retail giant to add Adoro Silent Sticks to its drum and percussion offering. Says Adoro CEO Stefan Korth: “Thomann’s inventory of Silent Sticks started selling immediately. With so many drummers now playing … Continue reading Retail Giant Thomann Adds Adoro Silent Sticks To Its Inventory
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The melodic minor scale is a variation on the natural minor scale that emerged primarily because of its melodic functionality, as opposed to its cousin, the harmonic minor scale, which developed based on its harmonic functions. In European classical music, the scale follows one interval pattern ascending … Continue reading Understanding the melodic minor scale
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Musicians are often practicing groups of notes played one at a time in order, on their instruments. This is a very common way to develop speed and skill, hand independence and practice playing at slow or fast tempos. These notes musicians are often practicing are called Scales, … Continue reading Understanding all seven diatonic scales
