Transposition is a very essential aspect of music every piano/keyboard player should understand. Transposition is the transfer of same music idea (Chords, Scales etc) from one key to another. You may recollect that we learned the song “How Great is Our God” in the key of C; however, sometimes you may want to learn the […]
Before now, we have been playing songs with Melodies on the right hand alone but today we will talk about Chords. Chords are the basis for creating harmonies in music. With Melody alone the song isn’t yet complete, you need Rhythm & Importantly Harmony to accompany and make the music both full and enjoyable. A […]
Each note in a specific key has a number assigned to it based on its position. In the key of C Major C is 1 D is 2 E is 3 F is 4 G is 5 A is 6 B is 7 So it is safe to say F is the fourth tone of […]
Every Key you learned in the previous lesson has its character or signature, in music, we call it “Key Signature”. The key Signature is the number of sharps or flats a key possess. For instance, the key of C has no sharps or flats while the key of F has 1 flat. This defines the […]
Did you get the F Major Scale? let’s find out in this lesson. Remember the Formula again The Major Scale Formula: W W H W W W H With this formula all 12 Major Scales (i.e each Major key) Congrats! I believe you got the F major scale and now you have the others. But […]
I know the topic you see is not what you expected. Just Relax it’s all for a reason. You can’t properly understand what the Major Scale is and how to create major scales including the C Major Scale I just taught you without knowledge of Musical Intervals. Interval in music is the distance between two […]
Have you ever watched the movie Sound of Music? If you haven’t, it’s recommended that you do it before proceeding with this lesson. Well, you don’t have to watch the entire movie, just about 3 minutes clip of it and you are done. Watch Sound of Music below In music we have keys […]
In the last article, it was noted that no matter how large a Piano Keyboard is it will always have a particular repetitive set of 12 visually unique keys. Remember we have 12 months in the Calendar anytime you want to remember, we have 12 visually unique keys. These 12 Keys can be categorized based […]
The Piano keyboard is a musical instrument with visible Keys/Notes that deliver unique sounds/pitches when pressed. It is worthy to note that the inventor of the Piano is Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy. We have various types of Pianos/keyboards ranging from Acoustic Pianos to digital/electrical Keyboards. Acoustic Pianos are commonly expensive than Digital Pianos. Acoustic […]