How to Identify the Key of Any Song in No Time
Introduction How often have you looked at a song or classical piece and noticed symbols on the left side of the music? These symbols,...
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Diana Mascari
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Creativity, Composition and the Piano
Today's article follows up on my recent blog called How Playing the Piano Might Help You Ward Off Symptoms of Dementia Reading or...
Diana Mascari
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How to Master the Core of Walking Bass: Demystifying the I-vi-ii-V Turnaround
Although being able to play walking bass lines requires knowledge and quite a bit of practice. The core of walking bass is the I-vi-ii-V...
Diana Mascari
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How to Play Flowing Style Accompaniments To Enhance Your Songs with Calm and Fluid Left-hand Backgrounds
In this article, you'll learn two of the most useful accompaniment patterns that will enhance your songs with a flowing style background...
Diana Mascari
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What Is Shuffle Bass and How to Use It Effectively
In this article, you'll gain the knowledge to be able to recognize the shuffle bass when you hear it, you'll learn the left-hand patterns...
Diana Mascari
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The Power of the Oom-pah Pattern and How It Can Give Your Songs a Solid Foundation
In this article, you'll learn what chords can make your piano playing sound rich when playing standards from the Great American Songbook....
Diana Mascari
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How To Arrange a Song in 12 Easy Steps
How to Arrange a Song in 12 Easy Steps One: Determine the key of the song according to its key signature. This information will identify...
Diana Mascari
4 min read
What Is Bass in 2 & How Does Using It Bring Vitality To Your Piano Playing?
In this article, we'll talk about the accompaniment style called bass in 2. After I explain what it is, I'll show you where you can use...
Diana Mascari
4 min read
How Does Using Chord Symbols Give You Musical Freedom? Try Norwegian Wood
Reading the Black Dots Everyone knows that playing classical music requires a pianist to read the "black dots" on the page-and for good...
Diana Mascari
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How Can the TAP System Transform Your Piano Playing? Diana plays "Yesterdays"(Kern)
One of the most important aspects of playing the piano is the way you can personalize your performance of a song. Although there are many...
Diana Mascari
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How Counting Can Make Your Piano Playing Successful
The Key Is in the Counting Are you a person who can delay your musical gratification until after you establish the beat? Or do you have...
Diana Mascari
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Its All About the DNA, Your key to Better Piano Playing
Many of my adult students take lessons because they want to learn to play and music from the American Popular Songbook. You will...
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