Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Everytime a musician sits down to play a piano they are limited to what they can play. The notes that come out of the instrument are either chords, arpeggios, or scales. Understanding and mastering scales is the key to playing an instrument well, but first we have … Continue reading C major scale: the ultimate beginner’s guide
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Practicing with a metronome is one of the best ways to improve your time feel and rhythmic consistency! A metronome is a tool that keeps time for musicians to practice with. The original metronome consisted of a weighted pendulum that could be set to different tempos, generally … Continue reading Improve your time with a metronome!
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Everyone loves a good piano cover song. Learning a favorite tune is certainly fun, but it is more enjoyable to perform well-loved songs for friends and family. Many hit tunes of the last decades were not originally written solely for piano, but with a few small changes … Continue reading Top piano covers to learn
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News Casio Music UK, one of the world’s most renowned producers of musical instruments, has announced the launch of its new Casio Music Space learning app, exclusive and FREE for Casio digital piano and keyboard users. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned musician, Casio Music … Continue reading Casio Launches Brand-New Music Space Learning App
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Pitch is one of the most fundamental concepts in music and one of the primary ways musicians categorize how a note sounds. A particular sound wave might produce a low pitch, a high pitch, a definite pitch, or an indefinite pitch. The tools of music theory can … Continue reading Explore the wonders of pitch in music
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The metronome is one of the most valuable practice tools available to you as a pianist. A piano metronome produces a steady pulse, which will help you to stay in time when playing and improve your rhythmic skills. The pulse can be sped up or slowed down … Continue reading Speed up your practicing with our metronome!
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Classical music is beautiful and timeless. The range of emotion, depth of character, and intriguing shifts in dynamic and mood have helped cement classical piano music’s place in music history. Many pianists study these classical pieces for a number of reasons. They are part of the vocabulary … Continue reading 9 classical pieces from easy to advanced
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The great strength of learning to play the piano is being able to use the incredibly large range of notes on the keyboard. Standard keyboards have 88 keys, and that gives us a lot of room to work with. Unfortunately, there are only 5 lines on the … Continue reading How can I learn to read ledger lines?
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News With the introduction of the new PSR-EW425 and PSR-E473, Yamaha has further evolved its already highly popular PSR series of portable keyboards. Both models expand on the success of the previous generation and now offer a wide variety of new features designed to bring even more power, … Continue reading Yamaha Launches PSR-EW425 & PSR-E-473 Keyboards
Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News Casio Music UK has announced today the launch of its Casiotone CT-S500 and CT-S1000V that deliver a whole new musical experience. The CT-S1000V is the first vocal synthesiser that can literally turn any text — such as song lyrics — into a musical phrase and then … Continue reading Casio Music UK Launch Two New Models Into The Casiotone Range
