Electronic keyboards personal reviews and information by John Breeden
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…
So, do you love your piano? Is it a brand new glossy one just beginning its journey – or maybe it’s a pre-loved piano sporting the scars of a few decades of music making? Or it’s a modern electronic piano which you have for gigs and travelling? I’ve had many acoustic pianos in my life,…
Until the piano was invented, musical keyboards were organs or clavichords with very small keyboards and keys that just played at one volume with very little resonance. The piano was invented by the Italian, Bartolomeo Cristofori, around 1700. He invented the hammer and escapement action, which enabled the piano player to control the volume of…
Somewhere lurking around in my music studio is a dusty old wooden metronome. It hasn’t seen the light of day in quite a while. A metronome is a device designed to make a clicking sound at regular intervals so that musicians can practice with a guide to keep them in time. It can be set…
The piano is a difficult and complex instrument to learn, so when you decide to take on piano lessons, you should be made aware of the challenges you may face. But the benefits of learning this instrument are well worth the acquired skills you will achieve. If you decide to learn an instrument, the piano…
Before the end of the year, I plan to coach another 10 students. That will take my lifelong tally to two hundred. For a 35-year old, that’s not a bad record to hold. For those who don’t know, I have been taking advanced as well as beginner piano lesson for adults and kids for nearly…
I have been a music/piano teacher for a lot of folks in my neighborhood. At thirty-five years of age, I own a studio with over 30 private students. At first encounter, I often get bombarded with many questions from newcomers; “How to learn piano fast?” “How to learn piano on my own?”, and what not….
Many parents want their children to play music. Even if the child does not look like a young genius, then music lessons will anyway benefit him. They will help improve the level of education, broaden the purview, and train the will, because they will have to practice on the instrument regularly and practically without interruption….
You must be a piano enthusiast like I am to be interested in this topic. Among the most confusing terms when it comes to this wonderful instrument are electronic keyboard and digital piano. These are two different things but many people do not seem to be able to tell the difference. Do not worry though,…
In the old day’s polyphony plainly meant several people who were singing simultaneously, a choir for instance. But over the years we have diversified the meaning to incorporate many tones played on various instruments. But if you asked me to define polyphony I would describe it as multiple tones or voices which make up vocal…