Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Most people will identify as an auditory or visual learner. Occasionally, an individual is well balanced in both fields, but most people can relate to either learning primarily with their eyes or with their ears. This is a fascinating world to extend to and explore with learning … Continue reading Auditory vs visual learning: music requires both!
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog This one’s a little tough to name… … but when you hear it, I think you’ll recognize it It’s a super common idea with a lot of possibilities… The way I played it is just one possible way you can play a blues with this riff… And I’ll try and show … Continue reading An Acoustic Clapton Johnson Riff
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Learning to identify your individual piano skill level can be a difficult task. There are many organizations providing classification, method books and manuals that are progressively graded, and of course, peers in the musical world that are more or less advanced than your piano playing level. If … Continue reading How to gauge your piano skill level
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Have you ever looked at a piece of piano music and noticed that it is split into two parts? These two parts show the treble clef and bass clef. Together these clefs describe which notes to play in which hands. Most beginners learn to read the treble … Continue reading Bass clef notes: how to easily read notes for the left hand on piano?
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips A strong rhythm feel is one of the most important skills you can develop as a pianist. Fortunately, there are hundreds of piano rhythm exercises you can use to develop and improve your rhythm. All it takes is a little dedicated and consistent effort and you can … Continue reading Simple strategies to improve your rhythm as a pianist
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Have you ever listened to a song and been amazed by how the chords change and develop to form beautiful sounds and emotions? In music, we call this a chord progression. A chord progression is a series of chords performed in a particular order. In this post, … Continue reading How to play chord progressions on piano
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The life of a professional musician can be hectic and stressful. Unlike more traditional jobs, musicians generally work as freelancers and do not have bosses or any specific place to be at any time. While this lifestyle offers a certain degree of freedom, it comes with an … Continue reading Learn the daily habits of serious pianists
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips A scale in music theory is a sequence of notes played in ascending or descending order with a specific interval structure. There are many scales in music. Some are extremely common and fundamental, like the major scale or minor scale. Others are more obscure and only called … Continue reading Scale degrees: how to master the formula for any scale
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The myth of natural talent leads many would-be musicians astray. It is true, there certainly are some people who are naturally drawn to music, as there are people who are naturally drawn to art, or math, or science. Of course there are people who have larger hands … Continue reading Natural talent – fact or fiction?
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog First and foremost… If you’re not cool with bending, in general, and your vibrato on un-bent notes isn’t happening yet… Then adding vibrato to a note you are trying to bend is probably going to end in disaster But if you can bend, and you can do some vibrato normally, then … Continue reading How To Add Vibrato To A Bent Note
