Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Skoove has a wide range of easy piano songs to play for beginners. Whether you enjoy classic soul and rock hits or more contemporary pop songs and RnB, Skoove has many sheet music options that are suitable for beginning pianists. Take a look at our list of … Continue reading Learn easy piano songs for beginners
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The piano keyboard holds many beautiful and interesting patterns. The keyboard can also look a little overwhelming for those who are just starting out! Fortunately, you can sound like a great pianist just by playing a few keys. In this newsletter, we will explore the black keys … Continue reading Sound amazing just playing the black keys on piano!
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Let’s take a look at ties in music notation and see how they affect the music you play. There are many different kinds of marks and symbols across the sheet music. These symbols are instructions on how the music should be played. Some are to do with … Continue reading Sight-Reading: how ties affect rhythm in music notation
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Rhythm is all around us. We can find it in every corner of the universe. Your breathing moves in a rhythmic pattern, sometimes faster and sometimes slower. Your heart beats in a rhythmic pulse. You walk at various speeds, eat at different hours, and mark the passage … Continue reading Rhythm in music: the foundation
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News IK Multimedia releases Syntronik 2, raising the bar for virtual synthesizers. IK’s advanced sampling techniques, combined with a hybrid sample and modeling synthesis engine, power this comprehensive collection of rare and sought-after synths with stunning sonic accuracy and the deepest editing. This is a massively enhanced … Continue reading IK Multimedia Releases Syntronik 2
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The world of piano chords is vast and exciting. Essentially anytime you play more than two notes on the piano, you are playing a chord. We can use chords to express so much in music, from subtle textures to intense and emotional thunderstorms. In this article, we … Continue reading Turn it upside down: exploring chord inversions
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips One of the most iconic bands of all time, The Beatles’ 1970 album Let It Be is something of a landmark on the history of music in the last century. Now, a new 3 part documentary from Peter Jackson is set to debut at the end of … Continue reading Celebrate the Beatles with Skoove and a new film!
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News Arturia have updated their MIDI controller range KeyLab MkII with a firmware update designed to make it more expressive than ever before. This free update will allow keyboardists, composers, songwriters, and producers to customize the velocity and performance of their KeyLab MkII to suit their own … Continue reading Arturia Upgrades KeyLab MkII range With Velocity Update
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News IK Multimedia announces FAME Studio Reverb for T-RackS, capturing the sound and vibe of FAME Studios and offering innovative controls for achieving the Muscle Shoals sound in any studio. Among recording artists, it’s called the “hit recording capital of the world.” For over 60 years, FAME … Continue reading IK Multimedia announces T-RackS FAME Studio Reverb
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The eighth note and sixteenth note are two examples of subdivision. Subdivided rhythms are rhythms that happen inside of 1 beat, as opposed to the quarter note, half note, and whole note which happen across more than 1 beat. Subdivisions have their own special means of counting … Continue reading Learn to subdivide with eighth and sixteenth notes
