How to Read Piano Music – Step One: Naming the Piano Keys
Here’s a musical overview of your piano keyboard, along with helpful hints for remembering the letter-note/note-names of the keys!
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Continue reading How to Find Your Way Across the Piano Keyboard Landscape
UPDATED: July 20, 2021.
I’ve had lots of happy feedback about this lesson, ever since I first posted it on YouTube. People are basically saying that this is the easiest way they have found to learn the notes of all twelve major scales, quickly and painlessly. I learned about tetrachords in my college theory classes, and I have found them to be a little-known “secret” for organizing one’s thoughts about scales and modes. Let me know what you think!
Bagatelle No. 25 in A-Minor ~ Ludwig v. Beethoven
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Ludwig v. Beethoven’s timeless and extremely popular piano piece, Für Elise, officially named ‘Bagatelle No. 25,” in A-Minor, has been well-loved and well-known across the world for more than two centuries. Beethoven’s music, especially his later works, ushered in the Romantic Era of western classical music.
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Moonlight Sonata Package – All three movements at a reduced price – Letter-note labels included
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata – Entire 1st Movement – Letter-note labels included
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata – Entire 2nd Movement – Letter-note labels included
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata – Entire 3rd Movement – Letter-note labels included
Claude Debussy’s timeless and extremely popular piano piece, Clair de Lune, is well-known around the world. Its origins includeperson influences from poetry, the music of Bach’s time (the Baroque period), and the artistic school of Impressionism.
Is ‘Clair’ of Clair de Lune a person’s name? If so, who is that person?
The ‘Clair’ in the title Clair de Lune does not refer to a person.
Entire “Moonlight ” Sonata No. 14 by Ludwig v. Beethoven. All 3 movements.
Continue reading Für Elise Sheet Music with Letter-Labeled Notes | PDF Download
Hi Everyone!
I recently received a question today (on my YouTube channel), an excellent one, the topic of which is subject to debate. The question is in response to one of my videos about using add9 chords on piano. (A link to the video is included below.)
I thought I would share the thread here:
IMPORTANT:
This book can serve as a stand-alone reference for checking your piano chords.
However:
The sole purpose of my Piano Chords 108 series is to teach piano students how to memorize all 108 of these chords as they appear on the piano keyboard.
Therefore, this catalog should be used, ideally, only to check your understanding of the memorization system taught here.
MORE ABOUT THIS BOOK
Chords are listed alphabetically. Each chord is spelled out by using a simple image (consisting of dots on a keyboard, indicating which keys/notes make up the chord in question).
Major triads (all)
Minor triads (all)
Major 7th chords (all)
Minor 7th chords (all)
Dominant 7th chords (all)
Diminished triads (all)
Diminished 7th chords (all)
Half-diminished 7th chords (‘Minor-7 flat-5’) (all)
Augmented triads (all) Continue reading Visual Catalog of 108+ Piano Chords
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Moonlight Sonata Package – All three movements at a reduced price – Letter-note labels included
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata – Entire 1st Movement – Letter-note labels included
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata – Entire 2nd Movement – Letter-note labels included
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata – Entire 3rd Movement – Letter-note labels included
Beethoven’s Für Elise – Entire Piece – Letter-note labels included
Debussy’s Clair De Lune – Entire Piece – Letter-note labels included
J.S. Bach – Prelude in C from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 – Letter-note labels included
J. S. Bach – Invention in C Major – Letter note labels included
Chopin’s Prelude in A-Major – Letter-note labels included
Chopin’s Prelude in E-minor – Letter-note labels included
Chopin’s Minute Waltz – Letter-note labels included
Popular at weddings
Canon in D – Exclusive arrangement for piano – Letter-note labels included
Bach Prelude in C from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 – Letter-note labels included
Christmas sheet music
Carol of the Bells – Exclusive arrangement for piano – Letter-note labels included
Silent Night – Exclusive arrangement for piano – Letter-note labels included
Here’s a link to a nice info-graphic, covering of the basics of reading music. This was created by a collaborator of mine. It can be a great help to beginners, as well as anyone who needs a brush-up on the subject.
Cheers!
Kent
Chopin Prelude 7 in A-Major With Letters | Includes Larger Notes | Standard PDF Sheet Music | Note-Names Included
$9.00
'Minute Waltz' Sheet Music With Letters | Standard Notation with Letter-Note/Note-Names Included
$9.00
Für Elise Sheet Music With Letters | PDF Download | Letter-Note Names Included
$12.00
Bach 'Invention No. 1' in C Major with Letters Included | Sheet Music | PDF | Original Notes & Letter-Notes Together
$9.00
Pachelbel's 'Canon in D' Sheet Music for Piano | Letter Note-Names Included | PDF
$9.00
Continue reading Chord Symbols: add2 or add9? (includes my video on using added ninth to chords)