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Anita Volek presented her 39th annual spring piano recital May 20 at First Baptist Church in Taylor. Pictured (back row, from left) are J. D. Morgan, Scarlett Dahlberg, Demi Dahlberg, Grace Philhower; ...
Harry Connick Jr, classical pianist Andrea Lam and host Amanda Keller on The Piano.Credit: ABC But the ABC’s new series The Piano is a sweet reminder of the kinds of things that free-to-air TV ...
A gentle introduction to block chords using the classic “locked hands” technique. Learn to add warmth and richness to your jazz piano playing, just like George Shearing. Times Square billboard ...
Matthew Lorenzon saw a problem: his stepson Ezra loved playing piano, but the siren song of screen time was louder than the lure of black and white keys. Too often, piano practice was being ...
Want to capture that classic smooth funk feel? In this video, I show you how to lay down a tasty groove on “Just the Two of Us,” using the same approach I played in my Mini House performance.
It contains a patent-pending chord voicing engine, three separate synthesizer emulators (a polyphonic virtual analog subtractive synth, an FM synth and a vintage reed piano emulation inspired by a ...
Hoping to buy the land his family was once enslaved on, Boy Willie believes that the piano will garner the money he needs to seal the deal. However, Berniece is reluctant to part with the ...
These are the full shapes. It’s rare in funk to play all the strings, but it is still helpful to know which shape the ‘partial chords’ are taken from. Play these shapes first, then see if ...
Piano chords form the backbone of most music compositions, providing the harmonic structure that supports melodies. A chord is created when multiple notes are played simultaneously, and in piano music ...