Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Timbre, texture, and tone are three interconnected ideas in music. To the beginning pianist, these ideas may seem nearly identical. It is true that even the most advanced professional musicians will occasionally use these three words interchangeably. However, that is not because they do not know the … Continue reading Timbre, texture, and tone: three concepts of sound
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Articulations are a category of terms that define not what notes we play on piano, but how we play those. You’ve probably heard the phrase, “It’s not what you say, but how you say it that matters”. This is exactly the same for music and using an … Continue reading Articulation in music: how to play different techniques on piano
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips “Moonlight Sonata” by Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the staple pieces of classical piano music. Its haunting melody, darkly dreamy tempo, and characteristic chord progression make it a piece that is both well-loved and often played. Like other standard pieces of classical piano music, beginners might … Continue reading Play piano favorites: Moonlight Sonata
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Setting realistic and achievable goals is one of the best methods for progressing with the piano. It has been proven time and time again; small steps add up to huge leaps over time. Now that we have cleared the first month of the year, and possibly the … Continue reading Setting goals is the way to success
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News Modal Electronics, a leading global synthesiser manufacturer, has just announced a new addition to the critically acclaimed COBALT Series, the COBALT5S. Fusing Modal Electronics’ next-generation COBALT synth architecture and housed in an ultra-portable go-anywhere footprint, the USB-powered COBALT5S is made-to-move and ready to spark user’s creativity … Continue reading Modal Electronics Announce The Cobalt5S
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News Modal Electronics, a leading global synthesiser manufacturer, has just announced an all-new firmware update for their critically-acclaimed feature-packed ARGON-Series synthesisers. Never content with a static approach to product development – and directly responding to the needs of their global user community – Modal Electronics’ ARGON-Series firmware … Continue reading Modal Electronics Releases ARGON8 Firmware v2.6
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Learning to play an instrument is a series of small victories. First you learn how to create sounds, then press keys accurately. Soon you’ll know the names of all the notes, and how octaves are just the same notes but played higher or lower. Eventually you start … Continue reading Understanding the A major scale: the ultimate beginner’s guide
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Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The piano is a dramatic instrument – there is no doubt about it. What other acoustic instrument has such an enormous range, both in register and dynamic? From some of the deepest and lowest pitches to the lightest of pianissimos, the piano can deliver huge drama at … Continue reading Explore dramatic piano hits with Skoove
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The more time you spend around musicians, the more words you will hear that have only to do with music. A very common term said by musicians is “major scale”. Major scales are incredibly common, and are one of the first steps to learning about music in … Continue reading The beginner’s guide to the F major scale on piano
