Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips “Do re mi fa so la ti da” is an instantly recognizable refrain. This is especially true if you have ever watched “The Sound of Music”. This is an example of solfege patterns being used to help teach a musical scale. For most musicians who take up … Continue reading Solfege in music – What is solfege and how can you use it?
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Few composers in the history of western music can be said to have achieved the same level of fame and musical honors we’ve attributed to Beethoven. Beethoven’s music is so ubiquitous that he finds himself as a member of the “3 B’s of Classical Music”, Bach, Beethoven, … Continue reading Famous Beethoven songs, concertos, and symphonies
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog I was messing around with the song, “Life In The Fast Lane,” and digging into the solo a little… It uses a great trick using Box 1 of the major pentatonic scale to follow the chords around, and I figured I’d show you how it works today. Read More This article … Continue reading Following Power Chords With Box 1
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Learning about a diverse range of musical artists is a great way to expand your knowledge, gather new inspiration, and experience new worlds and ideas. The universe of music is so vast and encompasses so many styles, cultures, and traditions that it would take several lifetimes to … Continue reading Explore the piano all over the world for Diversity Awareness month
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog Clearly, today isn’t a blues guitar lesson… but strumming is, arguably, one of the most important things you can do on a guitar… So you need to be able to do it well, and we’re gonna work on that. Most people are familiar with “normal,” or “straight time” strumming, but a … Continue reading Better Double Time Strumming
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog There have been some changes made to the Practice Generator due to the list of courses and lessons getting way too long to work with… Read More This article is from an external source and may contain external links not controlled by Empeda Music.
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The E major chord is a wonderful, bright sounding chord. It is commonly found in many songs and learning how to play it quickly and easily is a foundational part of learning to play chords on the piano. Let’s dive into some of the basics of the … Continue reading Master the bright and resonant E major chord
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The F minor chord is a wonderful, darker sounding triad that is commonly found in a number of popular songs and classical favorites. Learning to master the F minor chord is a basic skill on piano that will broaden your repertoire of chords, deepen your understanding of … Continue reading Learn the expressive darkness of the F minor chord
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog Heading back to some blues technique basics today… I think bending is the thing that makes guitars cooler than everything else But, if your bends are… sucky… then they don’t sound good and they don’t have the desired effect. So let me show you some things to listen for, and some … Continue reading Bends… Lots Of ‘Em
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog As I started going through this particular lick for today’s lesson, I realized there are actually at least 3 cool things going on that are important: 1 – The patterns, and how looking at the patterns of notes is SO much easier than remembering the actual notes, one at a time … Continue reading Look For Patterns In Licks
