Electronic keyboards personal reviews and information by John Breeden
Playing the keyboard is a wonderful way to create beautiful music. Have you ever wondered how some keyboards can make your music sound softer or louder, just like a real acoustic piano? It’s all thanks to something called touch sensitivity (or “touch response”, “velocity sensitivity”). Let’s see what this mysterious term is, why it is…
I’ve already written a post about the history of piano. This is an update to it. First of all, the keyboard instrument that we all call “the piano” isn’t actually called “the piano”. Its full name is “the pianoforte” and we just call it the piano for short. Italy – birthplace of the pianoforte The…
Traditionally, people who learn the piano also learn to read sheet music as this is a convenient way to learn how to play songs. But now and then someone by-passes learning to read music in favor of playing by ear. Usually these tend to be self-taught pianists. Playing the piano “by ear” really just means…
Being a pianist is a wonderful thing. You spend your days learning, creating and playing beautiful music. More importantly, playing the piano makes your life better and it definitely makes other people happy. Yes, being a pianist is a wonderful and noble profession. Unfortunately, these days piano is not as popular as it once was….
There are certain things beginners do that hold them back from progressing on the piano as fast as they could. Here, we look at the most common of those mistakes. Beginners look at their hands instead of looking up at their sheet music The instinct is natural – we are doing complex movements with our…
Music teachers, particularly those that have in-home piano studios, have had a tough break since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, rendering in-person lessons unsafe. Piano teachers have had to pivot their way of teaching to adapt in ways that were never utilized before. One of the most important takeaways from this time, though, is that we…
The pedals on a piano are an integral part of the piano, but they are quite often overlooked. If you’re starting out on your journey of learning the piano, you might be wondering what they are for – and if you have an electronic piano that didn’t come with a pedal, you might be wondering…
Playing the piano is a special breed of musicians. If you play well you have the ability to not only keep rhythm and time as a drummer would, but there are many variations that you can do when playing. You can play chords and progressions, but also pull out melodies and improvisational passages within…
Very often you find a lot of reasons not to start something new in your life. This is normal, because we all are used to live in our comfort zone. Piano learning is not an exception. I’ve collected 6 piano learning myths which many people think of instead of just trying to start. You can’t…
There can be many reasons why people give up playing the piano ranging from lack of time to injured wrist. But there are some very common reasons that crop up again and again and some of these reasons are avoidable. Adults and children tend to give up learning the piano for different reasons. We’re going…