Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The piano keyboard holds many beautiful and interesting patterns. The keyboard can also look a little overwhelming for those who are just starting out! Fortunately, you can sound like a great pianist just by playing a few keys. In this newsletter, we will explore the black keys … Continue reading Sound amazing just playing the black keys on piano!
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Let’s take a look at ties in music notation and see how they affect the music you play. There are many different kinds of marks and symbols across the sheet music. These symbols are instructions on how the music should be played. Some are to do with … Continue reading Sight-Reading: how ties affect rhythm in music notation
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Rhythm is all around us. We can find it in every corner of the universe. Your breathing moves in a rhythmic pattern, sometimes faster and sometimes slower. Your heart beats in a rhythmic pulse. You walk at various speeds, eat at different hours, and mark the passage … Continue reading Rhythm in music: the foundation
GUITARHABITS Last Updated on November 28, 2021 by Klaus Crow Learning to play guitar can seem a bit challenging, but did you know you can play millions of songs with just four easy guitar chords? Yes you can, absolutely! With 4 simple guitar chords you can play songs from any genre like pop, rock, campfire … Continue reading 4 Chord Guitar Songs
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The world of piano chords is vast and exciting. Essentially anytime you play more than two notes on the piano, you are playing a chord. We can use chords to express so much in music, from subtle textures to intense and emotional thunderstorms. In this article, we … Continue reading Turn it upside down: exploring chord inversions
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips One of the most iconic bands of all time, The Beatles’ 1970 album Let It Be is something of a landmark on the history of music in the last century. Now, a new 3 part documentary from Peter Jackson is set to debut at the end of … Continue reading Celebrate the Beatles with Skoove and a new film!
GUITARHABITS Last Updated on November 5, 2021 by Klaus Crow Author: Alex Bruce of Guitartricks.com The question of why to learn an instrument is a well-answered one: To learn a new skill, to develop musicality, to have a creative outlet, to have fun, and so on. But for beginner guitarists or those thinking about starting, … Continue reading Why Learn To Play Guitar?
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog One of the most common questions I get at the helpdesk or via the forum has to do with my daily emails not arriving where they are supposed to go… The good news is that I’m aware, and I’ve done everything I can from a technical standpoint to ensure that my … Continue reading Missing Emails?
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The eighth note and sixteenth note are two examples of subdivision. Subdivided rhythms are rhythms that happen inside of 1 beat, as opposed to the quarter note, half note, and whole note which happen across more than 1 beat. Subdivisions have their own special means of counting … Continue reading Learn to subdivide with eighth and sixteenth notes
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Are you an adult student who perhaps played piano as a child and are interested in starting again? Deciding to play the piano again is one of the best decisions you can make. Not only are there myriad benefits in practicing an instrument for your mental and … Continue reading How to get back into piano after an absence
