Top 7 Do's for Successful Improvisation
Do you think you can't improvise? Nonsense! All you need are a few chords, the right attitude, and a piano or keyboard. Follow these seven principles and you'll be improvising at the keyboard in no time!1. Do listen to what's going on inside yourself before and while you sit down to play - your inner state will determine the emotional quality of your playing2. Do let go of the need to be perfect. Trying to "be correct" will defeat the playful attitude necessary for improvisaiton3.
Do believe that you are good enough to begin. No one person knows it all so you might as well jump in and experience the joy of improvisation.4. Do realize that you don't need a lot of theory or technique before you're ready to play piano in the new age style. If you don't begin now, when will you?5. Do understand that improvisation is not some mysterious skill, but a game that can be learned and played just like any other game6.
Do enjoy the process and let go of the outcome. Trying to control what comes out of you is a sure way to stop the creative flow7. Do stop playing when you become bored or indifferent. There is a natural starting and stopping point to playing. Just like anything, when you feel yourself growing disinterested, stop playing..
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years! Visit us now at <a target="_new" href="http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html">http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!WearableFrog? adds TekGEAR TekGear, a leading distributor of Wearable PC?s Distinguishes FrogPadTM as the perfect keyboard for portable applications.
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Keyboard Workshop Announces Release of New DVD Course Titled "How To Play More Piano Notes Without Reading More Notes"
Medford, OR (ContentDesk) March 16, 2006 -- Most people learn to play the piano by playing just the written music. Playing by written music is exactly what the phrase says it is -- playing the exact notation on a piece of sheet music. But playing by chord symbol is very different. Instead of following the harmony note by note, the musician follows the chord symbols (i.e. C7 or F or Bbm, etc.) written above the harmonies, filling in the gaps with their own improvisations based on those chords.
Chord symbols -- sometimes referred to as "chord tabs" (for example, Cmaj7 or G6 or Fm7) are a type of notation used frequently in jazz and other areas of modern music to notate chord progressions and changes. This type of notation differs from that of classical music in that chord symbols don't show the function of a chord the way the Roman numeral notation does. Chord symbols, for modern music with lots of changes, are much easier to read. They function as a sort of shorthand for change-heavy...
Keyboard Workshop Announces Release of New DVD Course Titled "How To Play More Piano Notes Without Reading More Notes"
Keyboard > Keyboard Workshop Announces Release of New DVD Course Titled "How To Play More Piano Notes Without Reading More Notes"
Monitor Keyboard Drawer Features Standard Mouse
Acnodes Corporation, of Walnut, California announces the KD 9200 20.1" ultra high resolution (1600 x 1200) 2U rackmount monitor keyboard drawer with a 20.1" UXGA TFT LCD. This monitor keyboard drawer is intended for the rackmount and military market requiring high end graphic capabilities.The 20.1 inch TFT LCD display provides 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution, .255mm dot pitch, a contrast ratio of 750:1 and a brightness of 250cd/m2. An optional touch screen is available. There is also a tempered glass installed on the fornt of LCD panel for better protection.The desktop-type mechanic keyboad provides 101 keys and includes a standard optical mouse. The keyboard and optical mouse are available in a PS/2 connector.
The stereo speaker is located on the top of LCD panel for audio applications.The clamshell style of the KD 9200 and its rugged construction lends itself perfectly to installation in mobile equipment cases. The 20.1" UXGA LCD is imperative to clearly display as much information...
Monitor Keyboard Drawer Features Standard Mouse
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An Introduction to Text Messaging
Why Text? Text messaging is a quick way to stay in touch with people for personal or business purposes. With text messaging, you can chat with a partner by typing on the keyboard and reading what they write to you on the screen. Many text messaging products can work with cell phone text messaging (aka SMS or Short Messaging Service) so you can chat with people who aren't in front of their computer. So, why not just pick up the phone and talk? It's faster than e-mail and phone calls. And you don't have to pay anything to text.
If you need to chat with someone briefly or ask a quick question, it's much less intrusive than calling someone. As with most developing technologies, several types of text messaging are available and each one is incompatible with the others. But don't let that keep you from trying it out. The main text messaging products are ICQ (www.icq.com), MSN Messenger (www.msn.com), AIM (www.aim.com), and Yahoo Messenger (www.yahoo.com). btw (By the Way...) Each one...
An Introduction to Text Messaging
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Keyboard Cleaning
Keyboard CleaningThere are several ways to clean a keyboard. If it is simply clogged with dust, hair and other various particles, you can use a screwdriver to remove a few keys from each side of the keyboard and then use the can of compressed air to blow all of the stray particles out of the keyboard.Just be forewarned - it is difficult to pry out large keys such as the shift keys and the spacebar without breaking them, so you should probably stick to the smaller keys. To remove a key easily, pry upward gently until the keys pops loose.If 'sticky stuff' has been spilled into the keyboard or some of the keys are still somehow obstructed or sticking after you have tried using the above keyboard cleaning method, your next option is to remove the screws from the back of the keyboard and fully disassemble the keyboard.After you have removed the plastic molding from around the keyboard, simply remove all of the keys from the front of the keyboard (much easier now) and take a damp cloth and...
Keyboard Cleaning
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