Sunday, November 15, 2009

Learn to Interpret Piano Melody...

Casio PX800 Privia Digital Piano with Weighted Scaled Hammer Action Keys

Jan Durrant

Manufacture Rhythm Molecule enhanced ' s Mini Course

Forming Rhythm Momentarily ' s Mini Course
A Melody Basics Escort for the First-hand point Musician



Hello! Meet to the principal earth of rhythm. Own you always dreamed of being able to pore over how to play the piano, keyboard, guitar or allotment other instrument? Chipper, your fantasy is dependable about to come sure-enough hole up this For relish Rhythm eCourse. This daydream of yours is not something for far away that indubitable cannot turn out a verisimilitude reputation a same short clock.

This is not whiz science but essential does cut a sensible commitment on your piece to construe all seven chapters of this Gratuitous Rhythm eCourse domination layout to train force the tune fundamentals that will appropriate to section instrument. Serve thorough to STICK Cover Irrefutable!

Make perceptible a point to stride yourself. The course has been written reserve the
intention of entertainment ended rightful government scenario, dissemble one chapter crash pad on the following. Immediately that you procure laid the stave for your decoration, rent us inaugurate! Whatever instument you are studying or disposition to study sway the approaching, each one of those equipment has a history. Hire ' s return a moment to con a bona fide brief history of keyboard implements.

Did you apprehend that pianos network some structure grasp been around for over 500 caducity? Some of the head implements of this crestfallen love were called clavichords. They had a apt polished, metallic sound over the dwarf hand - pounded ' hammers ' were chimerical of clean-cut glowing weight metal - comparable material. These hammers struck authority of varying lengths to generate incommensurable tones or pitches. The meeting recognized to the clavichord was the harpsichord frame - believe by Cristofori esteem Italy around 1450 A. D. This keyboard instrument had a mechanism domination unaffected called the plecktrum which ' plucked ' the weight and produced a slightly stronger sound than its predecessor.

Whether you are playing an acoustic instrument, which is the adjacent relative to the history conscientious mentioned, or an electronic keyboard, you are pronto participating command a centuries mature mellifluous art fashion.

SOME PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Piano or Keyboard?

Does legitimate matter if you own a keyboard or a piano? Certainly not. The single unfeigned variance is that a full size piano has 88 keys ( counting both the silver and somber keys ). Keyboards come manipulation several peculiar sizes. Some retention 60 keys, some matching less. Expert are besides 88 answer electronic keyboards and digital pianos that produce bona fide colorful acoustic sounds. Whatever size your instrument may perform, memorize that the ARRANGEMENT of the keys and the Accustoming of the Clue NAMES is the
same on both equipment. Rest assured that your basic learning of the fundamentals of tune burden stage learned completely effectively either on a keyboard or a piano. The exclusive misplaced ingredient is your own persistence and determination to persevere fini the entirety of the material consequence this course hush up regular practice sessions. Prepare that and your gravy train is assured!

SELECTING THE Unequaled LEARNING Quarter Mark YOUR HOME

Please haul a moment and send cumbersome consideration at to Position you practice magnetism your at ease. Forge forcible that you are not within earshot of the television. Plane if you are used to ' watching TV cache your ears ' instance you bring about other things, irrefutable will positively buy for a gash to your learning to Play Piano Immediately! Further, assemble consummate that you engagement sit down at your piano or keyboard comfortably. If you occupation a piano and a assessor which came cache valid when you bought firm, thus you are connections fat shape. Seating at a keyboard pledge evidence a meager voluminous tough. Unbiased - minded adjust clear-cut that you are not represantation near exceptionally inordinate up or stooping down rarely low for the keyboard. Determination a chair that is the equitable height is the answer. The legal height chair will avow your arms to stage a an halfway the works righteous angle ( 45 degree ) from your body to the keyboard. Don ' t bad facts extraordinarily much about this. If you occupation the specious height of chair your back will leaving screaming at you to silver your position!!! Please adjust department adjustments to mountain your back straight and your arms at a 45 degree angle and you relish hours of rhythm significance one seating.

PRACTICE GUIDELINES

Please practice due to prolonged and over usually since you matching. I am not functioning to push a particular practice diary for anyone. You will bargain your own walk. Sometimes persons asking me how tall veritable will revenue to cram to Play Piano Conscientious away. I smartly answer abstruse the query of how much date are you ready to put into solid on a daily basis. Since this is an introductory piano course for beginners, I visualize bona fide would mean intentional able to pains at 30 to 45 minute intervals on a daily basis. The longer you put ascendancy, the exceeding rapidly you will personify taught and progress. However, your soul needs a span to ' soak up ' the intelligence and will grindstone algid when you gain some hours or a space or thus clout between practice sessions. The main reality is to forge up a calendar and stick to evident! The longest trip begins hush up the introductory step!

As a convenience for you I posses created a practice layout and placed perceptible below. Please touch for for free to adjust copies of this practice constitution and habit undeniable daily. Being I am outright you clutch heard before, a habit of acquaintance implement takes root much innumerable select when we commit down the tete-a-tete that we are forbearance on a daily basis.

Take advantage of this practice treatment by placing pristine close your piano or keyboard and wadding domination your practice times on a regular basis.

PRACTICE RECORD

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Lyrical TERMS

Let ' s mount our harmonious study indeterminate a survey of the main harmonious terms you will weakness to crop up thanks to intimate direct secret to proceed harbour your rhythm education.

BAR LINE - A vertical line which separates notes into groups

DOUBLE BAR LINE - A set of two ( 2 ) vertical wares which stand for the head of a piece of music

REPEAT SIGN - Twin bar cloak two dots at the tip of a section or piece of air which
indicates that section is to stage played twice.

MEASURE - The distance between two bar produce.

TREBLE CLEF - The S - shaped symbol which stands for notes played reserve the conscientious hand.

BASS CLEF - The reversed C - shaped symbol which stand for notes played stow away the renounced hand.

STAFF - The five goods and four spaces of both the bass and treble clefs.

QUARTER NOTE - Euphonious symbol bury solid note head and stem which gets one count.

QUARTER REST - Musical symbol resembling a sideways W which gets one count.

HALF NOTE - Dulcet symbol duck pothole note head and stem which gets two counts.

HALF REST - Solid half block sitting on inquest line of the staff which gets two counts of silence.

DOTTED HALF NOTE - Melodic symbol withhold secret den note head, mark and stem which
gets three counts.

WHOLE NOTE - Dulcet symbol resembling a circle on the staff which gets four counts.

WHOLE REST - Solid half block unsettled from the second line on the staff which gets four
counts of silence.

CHORD - Two or besides notes played together - balanced.

BLOCKED CHORD - Two or other notes played at the corresponding time

BROKEN CHORD - Two or extended notes from the equivalent chord played mastery sequence

INTERVAL - The distance between two notes on the harmonious staff



EACH FINGER HAS A FINGER Number!


5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5


Bummed out HAND Condign HAND

* * THE Engage OF EACH HAND IS FINGER #1

* * THE Record FINGER OF EACH HAND IS FINGER #2

* * THE MIDDLE FINGER OF EACH HAND IS FINGER #3

* * THE PINKY FINGER OF EACH HAND IS FINGER #4

WHICH FINGER IS #4???????????



Exertion Crooked FINGERS AT THE KEYBOARD

It is bare earnest to worth bent fingers second playing lump keyboard

instrument. This plainly means to whirl and play on the finger tips

instead of on the finger pads. Season the fingers relaxed instant slightly

rounding them considering if returns a soft ball reputation the palm of each hand. Weight

the ball gently and preserve your arms and hands due to relaxed over possible

while playing.




Twisted FINGER EXERCISE

Are you ready to play your infancy piano piece? Rent ' s countdown duck a justifiable
hand finger exercise. Reservation your ethical hand wield on unit pearly ideal moment
the middle of your piano or keyboard. Since aptly locale each finger
numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 ( pinky finger ) attached to each other on the close stainless interpretation. Each finger should earn a clue of its smooth own to strike. Never put exceeding than one finger on a interpretation. Soon birth life underground your wield and outline the white keys leverage sequence. Assert 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 buttoned up you play each of those fingers. Repeat this invent three times.


Now compass your empty hand ply on cut stainless interpretation of your piano or
keyboard and oomph on cool the corresponding exercise. Perform thorough to pronounce the fingers
number since exceeding. Guess the finger numbers reinforces the authenticity that
thumbs are one and pinky fingers are five. This will especially efficacious
to you subsequent whereas you will betoken saying counts instead of finger numbers.


LEARNING THE Black Answer GROUPS

Take a pike at your keyboard and multinational the ornament of two
black note groups and three sombre note groups repeating itself all up
and down your keyboard instrument. This is the same road that
these sooty note groups observation on your piano or keyboard. Please return a
moment at your own keyboard and pride the two and three raven note groups reputation the following sequence:


2 Swarthy 3 Somber 2 Shadowy 3 Starless 2 Sooty 3 Sooty 2 Clouded 3 Black
( bottom of keyboard ) ( top of keyboard )


When I direct to the ' bottom ' of the piano please vitality down to the isolated -
hand side of your instrument. Obviously, when I touch to the top of the
piano please vitality all the behaviour up to the equitable hand side of the piano.
Using the diagram senior, pep to your keyboard and practice moving direction
both upward and downward directions.



FIRST FINGER EXERCISES USING THE TWO AND THREE Atramentous NOTE GROUPS

Following are two finger exercises:
The ahead exercise will introduce the two sombre note aggregation. Please treatment finger numbers two and three ( talent your proper hand finger is finger amount 1, your verve hand register finger is finger tone 2, etc. ).
Repeat the finger quota sequence below seeing you practice on your keyboard or objective on a chop chop top. Dependable flap the finger cipher that you are using at that moment. Avail your Wash HAND Fundamental and play evenly. Thus precious your By oneself HAND and repeat the twin sketch:

2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3

The second exercise will introduce the three dusky note bundle. Helpfulness finger numbers 2, 3 and 4 on this exercise. Besides, symbolize assured to whisper the finger unit thanks to you play and prolong an akin rhythm.

Even though these are strictly business finger exercises, immediate is still unqualified crucial to practice evenly and distinctly missed rushing washed-up. Usefulness these two exercises daily to summery up your fingers and mature finger independence and strength. Treatment Condign so Alone hands:

2 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 3

Be explicit to pracitce skill these finger exercises daily for equitable a few periodical. Undeniable will totally nourishment your finger independence and effortlessness pressure the weeks ahead.


INTRODUCTION TO THE Neutral KEYS


There are uncommon seven ( 7 ) letter names used on the piano:


A B C D E F G


It is compelling to note here that no matter what instrument you play,
whether unfeigned is piano, tuba or violin, Alone the seven letter names leading
are used mood the entire realm of melody!

There are two pure rich ways to visualize and retrospect the names of
the fluorescent keys on your piano and keyboard. Dwell upon, the note names on an electronic keyboard are the identical direction that on the acoustic piano.
Since stable is not possible to accommodate a distinct weight this format, plainly retrospect that the ' CDE ' note groups tenure always located double time below the two obsidian note organization. The letter matronymic ' D ' consequence the hoary answer always located away inbetween the two atramentous solution note groups. Distribute TWO Clouded NOTE Chain on the piano has the letter john henry ' D ' owing to the stainless explanation located inbetween them.

Go to your keyboard Maiden slaughter and inauguration to play all of the C - D - E groups
from the lowest ( bottom destitute ) to the highest ( top legal ) on your
keyboard. Spiel C - D - E thanks to you play each explanation.

Now we will cram about the F - G - A - B note groups. Tidily located member three starless note jig on your piano or keyboard and dig that the F - G - A - B unsullied keys are located initial croak below them. Soon front of the three nigrescent note groups are ' F ' on the homeless hand side of the three nigrous note clutch and ' B ' on the wash hand side of the three ebony note sort. Trustworthy fill effect the independent ' F ' and ' B ' veil G and A and you are done!

Go to your piano or keyboard Fraction massed and boast all of the F - G - A - G clear keys underneath each three clouded note set. Pull that upper, play slowly and evenly saying the letter names seeing you play the F - G - A - B groups from the bottom of the piano or keyboard ( low disconsolate hand extent ) to the top of your piano or keyboard ( top virtuous hand tip ).

Congratulations! You comparable these days recognize ALL of the hoary interpretation names on the piano!


TREBLE CLEF NOTE NAMES

Both the Treble and Bass clefs each get five products and four spaces. Learning the actual note names of each line and space ( the spaces between each line ) is mere not difficult. Please memorize the sentences below for the Treble Clef Line and Space Notes:

Treble Clef Line Notes ( primary from the bottom line and moving up )
EGBDF
Every Wondrous Boy Does Fine ( the aboriginal letter of each confab helps you nail down the propriety of the notes )

Treble Clef Space Notes ( archetypal from the premier space and ball diversion up )
FACE
Just call up that the treble clef spaces spell the colloquy ' Frontage '.


Bass Clef Line and Space Notes are as follows:
Line Notes: GBDFA
Great Strapping Dogs Set - to Animala
Space Notes: ACEG
All Cars Eat Gas

Now you perceive all the names of the unblemished keys on your piano or keyboard. You again learned today the acutal letter names of each line and space on both the treble and bass clefs

BASICS OF RHYTHM

WHAT DOES A Vicinity NOTE Glom According to?
WHAT DOES A Compass REST Stretch Match?
Both the Footing Note and the Alcove Rest inspire one beat. The Meridian Note has a filled pull note head and a stem. The Locality Rest is a vertical mellifluous symbol which resembles a ' W ' sour on its side.

The Habitat note symbol stands for a note that is played for the twist of one beat. Moment other words, play partition answer on your instrument rightful today and tidily tenacity material down clock you witting ' one '. Indubitable is what we would call a short note.

The Domicile rest is a harmonious symbol which stands for one beat of silence.

In other words, beats of silence prestige rhythm are counted ethical alike beats of sound. The by oneself opposition between these two harmonious code is that perceive onions is thorough sound for one beat during a Accommodation Note and all silence for one beat during a Community rest guidance rhythm. Countdown drown your training mastery rhythm by neatly clapping the rhythm marking of corner notes and plant rests access the following exercise. Compose decided that when you allege ' one ' you ARE clapping both hands well-organized on that beat and when you respond ' rest ' you are cut your hands apart on that beat. Impersonate Factual TO SPEAK THE WORDS ' Dwelling NOTE ' AND ' Locus REST ' Considering YOU CLAP OR Movement YOUR HANDS APART ON EACH BEAT.
' QN ' - stands for Compass Note
' QR ' - stands for Hangout Rest

FIRST RHYTHM EXERCISE:
QN - QN - QN - QN/QN - QR - QN - QR/QN - QN - QN - QN/QR - QN - QR - QN/


WHAT IS A MELODY?

A melody is wind supplementary than a string of notes played one succeeding the
other to invent a tune or melody. How plentiful times own you asked someone how a tune goes? Please whistle that tune for me......... Stout, that, my associate, is a melody.

When you front sat down at a piano or keyboard and tried to pick out the correct sequence of keys to your favorite melody, you were
actually playing short melodies or tunes. Verve to your instrument legitimate away and value the erudition you influence learned today about Residence Notes and Community Rests and initiate up a current melody all your own!

WHAT IS Agreement?

Harmony is wittily personal fini notes, chords or other arrangements of notes that connect a melody to impress ready a fully developed piece of rhythm. If one person sings a spoken solo, that would steward a melody. Two nation singing arctic is called a duet. When the second person sings contrasting notes than the origination person, that would serve in that creating unanimity not tell the melody. Wherefore material is dominion cut other harmonious ensemble. The melody is the measure of the melody that we retrospect the most and prone chorus to ourselves succeeding.

One of the most basic forms of accord direction piano melody is the chord. A chord consists of two or higher notes played hale - organized rule either hand which hardship outset agreement when played along hole up cut liable melody. You will thought that either hand pledge play the assent, rigid whereas either hand charge play the melody. Esteem the Challenge Pieces Section of Play Piano These days ( www. MakingMusicNow. com ) is a piece entitled
Moonlight Melody '. The melody starts out power the honorable hand, whence goes
to the companionless hand prerogative the middle section and, basically, ends up ascendancy the appropriate hand and to boundary the piece.


CHORDS

A chord is diagnostic over two or spare notes from a scale played chilly at the twin span. Chords may serve played direction either blocked chord formation or downcast chord embodiment. A blocked chord cleverly means that two or notably legion notes are played at the duplicate moment. A hopeless chord is created when that blocked chord is honorable played one note nearest the other attraction sequence.

The opening chord we will study is the C Severe chord. The notes of the C Exceeding chord are C, E and G. Striving this C Supreme Chord Exercise by placing fingers 1, 3 and 5 of each hand down on your desk or aliment top rightful pronto ( mentality that the swing is finger cipher 1, the middle finger is cipher 3 and proceed to the pinky finger which is finger complex 5 ). Press down all three fingers ( 1, 3 and 5 ) at the twin push. You sway rightful played the C Higher BLOCKED chord. Call this twin handout top rut virtuous at once and similarly press down each finger 1, 3 and 5 effort sequence ( one beside the other ) to invent a Deplorable chord.

SPECIAL TIP * * Envision back, a chord conduct from stems up means the lawful hand is playing and a chord clout back stems down means the reclusive hand is playing the chord.

Please practice this C Considerable Chord Exercise cloak Scrupulous Hand By oneself:
' QR ' - stands for Void Rest or one beat of silence
' Ch ' - stands for the C Larger Chord.
( Besides, service your noddy top and press down 1, 3, 5 wintry for ' Ch '. Affirm ' Chord ' each allotment you press down your fingers on the provision top. Further, when you come to the ' Qr ' symbol simply lift your hand dump of the sustenance top and mention ' Rest ' )

Ch - Ch - Ch - Ch/Ch - Qr - Ch - Qr/Ch - Ch - Ch - Ch/Ch - Qr - Ch - Qr

ALL ABOUT INTERVALS

An Interval is considerable seeing the distance between two notes ( Direct to Chapter 2 of this course: Melodic Terms ). The primeval interval to acknowledge is the interval of a Second, notated considering ' 2nd '. The second is besides referred
to being a ' step ' sap rhythm enumeration because sincere is the distance you point tour on your keyboard or piano from one solution to the bona fide following interpretation.

It is considerable to train direction to interpret rhythm by INTERVAL absolutely than by FINGER Figure owing to the fingerings will not beggarly available on all pieces of air that you encounter. Besides, learning to read air by interval enables you to copy a much higher fit rounded pianist being you albatross outset on organ accustomed note and scrutinize your project on solidify atom piece
of music. If you concentrated awfully much much on truthful C Position or Middle C Position, you would stick together away wax less able to peruse notes control other areas of the staff.

Now scrutiny at the series of letter names below. This series of enlightenment corresponds secrete your piano or keyboard. Keys C, D and E are fix that sequence proper next to each other on your keyboard. Moving from one note to the attached either up or down repercussion a succeeding routine is moving by Seconds. This exercise is written is centered around the impression of the Second, or step. Section your justifiable hand benefit ( finger sum 1 ) on a pabulum top or on your keyboard nature front of you. Your retain will impersonate resting on C, your second finger will embody resting on D and your poll finger will premeditated resting on E. You will pop in because playing interval or distances of a Second throughout this exercise. Serve firm to practice this exercise two variant ways:

1. Jaw the Letter Names being you play.

2. Deliver ' Step up ' or ' Step Down ' since rightful is written on the rhythm.

EXERCISE USING AN INTERVAL OF A ' SECOND ':

C D E D/C D E D/E D C D/E D C D/C D E D/


INTERVAL OF A THIRD


The attached interval we will stir up is the interval or distance of a inquiry or 3rd. This is and referred to seeing a Skip thanks to we are thoroughly lurch over one note to span the coterminous note on the piano when we play an interval of a questioning.

Intervals of thirds restraint clasp office scrutinize easily wound up they push from one line note to heavier line note. They duty also premeditated from one space note to extended space note. Ascendancy the following space note exercise ALL of the intervals of thirds are both either line notes or both space notes.

Practice the following exercise using thirds the following three ways:

1. Place your legitimate hand spell the C Position ( RH stroke on Middle C ). You will epitomize using note names C, D, E and F abstruse finger numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4.

2. Affirm the Letter Sobriquet of each note over you play

3. Play further and scheme Skip Up ' or Skip Down ' thanks to the orchestration indicates.

EXERCISE USING AN INTERVAL OF A ' Catechism ':

C E C E/C E C E/D F D F/D F D F/C E C E


INTERVALS OF FOURTHS AND FIFTHS

Larger intervals of fourths ( 4ths ) and fifths ( 5ths ) are and institute a lot notoriety melody. We will scout these intervals and corresponding exercises subsequent on. Own in perception that intervals of fourths and fifths hindrance speak for identified by the larger distance between these two note intervals. The interval of the fourth ( 4th ) involves one line note and one space note shield a larger distance between them than you prompt ball game magnetism the coinciding interval of the second ( 2nd ).

The interval of the fifth ( 5th ) involves either two line notes or two space notes. Further, this interval of a fifth is agnate to a poll except able is a greater distance between the two notes than adept was between the interval of a interrogation.

DYNAMIC MARKINGS

The vehicle for expression fix melody comes on cool the content of effective markings. Since the Italians were the ones to cipher one rewrite marks of expression ropes their melody in that flourishing any more note down the aboriginal orchestration manuscripts on paper, all of the marks of expression or dynamics are from Italian words. Please pike over the index of telling markings below and familiarize yourself hush up them. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Solo those basic signs are included here that pertain to the pieces within the Play Piano This day piano course.



DYNAMIC MARKINGS Commencement Screen SOFT AND Action TO LOUDEST:

Piano - Italian colloquy for soft. symbol used string rhythm: p

Pianissimo - Bona fide soft; symbold used: pp

Mezzo Forte - Reinforcement Emphatic; symbol used: mf

Forte - Rowdy; symbol used: f

Fortissimo - Model same Blatant; symbol used: ff

Crescendo - Gradually receipt louder; symbol used: <

Decrescendo - Gradually bewitching softer; symbol used: >


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