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15 Tips for Accompanying a Singer on Piano Keyboard

Monday 3rd February, 2014 in Features tagged accompaniment / accompany / guide / Piano / singer by Andy

Structure A one octave F Major scale is made up from the eight notes F, G, A, Bb, C, D, E and F. This can be extended across the keyboard as required for two, three or four octave scales. Here are the notes of one octave depicted on a piano […]

How To Play the F Major Scale on a Piano ...

Friday 10th January, 2014 in Features tagged F major / guide / how to play / scale / Theory by Andy

Keyboard virtuoso and all-round good guy (if at times a bit ‘grumpy’) Rick Wakeman has stamped his name firmly in the Korg army when it comes to buying a digital piano. Personally, I’ve always been a fan of Yamaha digital pianos, but there’s no doubt Korg make some crackers as […]

Rick Wakeman bigs up Korg in digital piano guide

Tuesday 7th January, 2014 in Piano / Videos tagged Digital Piano / guide / Korg / rick wakeman / Video by Andy

Introduction The Apple iPad is quickly becoming a go-to portable music device for many musicians, whether they’re composing, sequencing, performing, DJing, notating, or crafting sounds. Thanks to the iOS 4.2 upgrade, MIDI is now very much a feature of all iOS devices. There’s now a huge range of apps available, […]

How to connect a music keyboard to your iPad

Monday 21st October, 2013 in Features / Synth, Electronic & Audio tagged apple / controller / guide / interface / ios / ipad / iPhone / ipod touch / keyboard / MIDI by Andy

Structure A one octave E Major scale is made up from the eight notes E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D# and E. This can be extended across the keyboard as required for two, three or four octave scales. Here are the notes of one octave depicted on a piano […]

How To Play the E Major Scale on a Piano ...

Sunday 4th August, 2013 in Features tagged e major / guide / how to / scale by Andy

Structure A one octave D Major scale is made up from the eight notes D, E, F#, G, A, B, C# and D. This can be extended across the keyboard as required for two, three or four octave scales. Here are the notes of one octave depicted on a piano […]

How To Play the D Major Scale on a Piano ...

Sunday 4th August, 2013 in Features tagged d major / guide / how to / scale by Andy

C Major Scale music manuscript — Structure A one octave C Major scale is made up from the eight notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B and C. This can be extended across the keyboard as required for two, three or four octave scales. Here are the notes of one octave depicted on a piano […]

How To Play the C Major Scale on a Piano ...

Tuesday 7th February, 2012 in Features tagged c major / guide / how to / Piano / scale by Andy

Christmas Carols & Songs Sheet Music Free Downloads Check out our complete series on mastering Christmas songs on Piano and Keyboard. Click on any of the music scores to view/print higher resolution versions This guide will show you how to play simple arrangements of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. Rudolph the […]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Mastering Christmas Songs on the Piano ...

Thursday 1st December, 2011 in Features tagged c major / christmas / easy / guide / lesson / manuscript / music / Piano / print / red-nosed / reindeer / rudolf / rudolph / sheet music / simple / song / tutorial by Andy

Christmas Carols & Songs Sheet Music Free Downloads Check out our complete series on mastering Christmas Carols on Piano and Keyboard. Click on any of the music scores to view/print higher resolution versions View a range of Christmas Carols Music Books at Amazon. Another popular carol in our series on […]

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