Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips When sitting down at the piano for a practice session, it can be really tempting to just jump straight into practicing that new song you’ve been wanting to play. Having that kind of enthusiasm to start practicing a song is really great but, as a pianist, you … Continue reading Piano health: 7 warm-up exercises to become a better pianist
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog The one email I answer more than any other has to do with choosing an electric guitar for playing the blues… To go along with that, I’m often asked why I chose the guitar that I chose for any particular video.. For me it’s all about the tone and the sound … Continue reading Choosing A Guitar And Why I Use What I Use
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog This is a shining example of how to mix the major and minor blues scales/sounds using boxes 1 and 2 of the blues scale… It pivots around the root up top (which I talk about a lot) and then ends on the major 3rd instead of the minor 3rd – creating … Continue reading A Great “Mixer” Lick
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips In this article, we’ll discuss different aspects of the F major chord, such as common piano fingerings, inversions, common progressions, and even a few song recommendations for you to start putting into practice what you’ll learn by the end — Let’s get started! Start your musical journey … Continue reading Making music with the F major chord: songs, progressions, and more
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog By now, you likely know that you can use the minor blues scale or minor pentatonic scale over all of the chords of a blues… And you may even know the major blues sound and how to play it… And you may even know that you can use it over the … Continue reading Adding Blues Arpeggios To The Major Blues Scale
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Disney songs are a classic choice for the beginning pianist. There are so many famous Disney songs to learn to play on the piano across different styles and genres. Some of the most famous Disney songs are available to learn with Skoove. Having access to authentic and … Continue reading Best Disney songs to play on piano
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog This little solo example is simply a way I’ve come up with to give you some practice making one of the most important “moves” out of Box 1 of the pentatonic scale… You don’t have to think too hard, just watch and play along if you can, and if you’re having … Continue reading A “1 Move” 12 Bar Blues Solo
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
