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Author :: Cynthia VanLandingham  |
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| Article Title :: How Piano Lessons Benefit Young Children |
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| Piano lessons provide a wide range of benefits to young children. Here are my “Top Five.”1. Piano lessons help preserve and develop children’s natural creative abilities.The best analogy of how children learn through music that I’ve found is from Donald Kroodsma’s book “The Singing Life of Birds.” Every songbird can be identified by the unique song it sings, but a baby bird has to be taught by its parents to sing the family song. Baby birds, like humans, just ‘babble’ at first. Mother birds sing the family song over and over to the baby birds as they try to repeat it back. At first, the baby birds are only able to sing back one or (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Cynthia VanLandingham |
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| Article Title :: What is Piano GHD Syndrome? |
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| Do you remember the movie, Groundhog Day? In this wonderful movie, TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) relives the same day - Groundhog Day, over and over and over again. No matter what he does, he wakes up the next morning and it is once again Groundhog Day. This continues until he decides to learn and grow. Only after he begins focusing his efforts on helping others instead of concentrating on himself does he move forward and awaken to a new day.Groundhog Day Syndrome (or GDS) is the term I use for students who want to continue to play the same song or the same few songs over and over instead of moving forward and learning new skills and songs. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: All The Lyrics |
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| Article Title :: Rap Is More than Music |
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This is a style that stays aside all the other music trends. Not
aside, but somewhat deeper. The reason is it is a reflection of
the race, the plurality of people united by roots and origin.
Rap is the culture of Afro-Americans, the continuation of their
language and traditions. Rap is a mixture of speech and music,
actually it is speech laid on music or beat it's better to say.
And when we claim that people are united through music, meaning
every single human being on this planet, rap unites the ones
close to blood by music and then everybody else, either
welcoming or being hostile to a newcomer. What attracts people
in rap? Is it catchy? Maybe. Those non-natives to rap often
state the flo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Dawn Rowlett |
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| Article Title :: MP3 Batteries |
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Walkmans and CD players are a thing of the past, thanks to MP3
players. Now music and sound files can travel anywhere on a tiny
hand held device. With the advent of MP3 players, the demand for
traditional AA batteries has gone down too. Now there is a new
contender on the market to keep MP3 players singing.
In order to keep MP3 players running they need a very powerful
battery. For most brands, the Lithium-Ion battery is used. It
lasts much longer than traditional batteries, and is perfectly
designed for playing music or running programs for long periods
of time. Lithium batteries are also very lightweight in
comparison to their traditional counterparts. These lithium
batteries can run up (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Gary Ewer |
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| Article Title :: How to Develop a Good Ear |
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What do we mean when we say that someone "has a good ear?"
Actually, the term can mean several things. When someone has a
good ear, they can accomplish at least one of the following:
1) they can identify, usually by note name, the various pitches
that they hear, and sing those pitches in tune; 2) they can
identify chords by name; and/or 3) they can identify instruments
or combinations of instruments within a musical work.
Having a good ear is something that most musicians strive for.
Having a bad ear means that you can't recognize or label the
music you are hearing - an important skill for performers and
composers.
I run a songwriting website, (The
Essential Secrets of Songwriting ), an (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Kenny Love |
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| Article Title :: College Radio: The Most Important Radio Level for Musicians |
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| For the self-promoting independent artist, the idea of taking
on a radio promotion campaign can, in itself, become
overwhelming. But, this idea is usually based on such artists
attempting to obtain worldwide airplay on a local budget.And, in doing so, self-promoting independent artists quickly
discover another factor not usually considered previously...
that engaging in a worldwide radio promotion campaign
translates to hundreds and, possibly, thousands of CD units
for media contacts alone.As you can see, this can also quickly become a nightmare for
indie artists, particularly, if the promotion budget only allows
for the purchase of 1,000-CD packages at a time.Startin (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Edward Weiss |
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| Article Title :: Creating Stark Atmospheres |
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| One of the things New Age pianist George Winston is known for is what he can do with just a few notes. In fact, in his piece Colors/Dance from the CD "Autumn" he uses an ostinato pattern in his left hand to create a wonderful stark mood.He creates this atmosphere by using a simple ostinato pattern in his left hand while the right improvises a melody. The trick to all of this is the way he lets the notes ring out. You really get to hear the overtones.Also, he is a very percussive player, hitting the keys very hard. This contributes to the stark sound created. When I first heard this piece I was in awe! So captivating and alluring, the music instantly took me away and transpor (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Edward Weiss |
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| Article Title :: New Age Piano Playing and the Sustain Pedal |
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| There are 3 pedals on most pianos. The one on the left dampens the strings and makes the sound come out softer. The one in the middle - I have no idea what that one does, but the one on the right - the sustain pedal - this one is the pedal I have my foot on when I play the piano.I like to let the tones ring out, but if I keep the sustain pedal depressed for too long, the music turns into a mud puddle - hundreds of overtones coming out everywhere. Don't let anyone tell you that there is a proper way to pedal the piano.Each style of music uses the sustain pedal differently. New age music, fortunately for us, is much more liberal with its use. Why? Because we usually throw the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Chris Elkjar |
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| Article Title :: Review: The Bled - Pass the Flask |
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| Released in 2003, Pass the Flask turned this little quintet from Tucson, into a mainstream success overnight. Classifying this band as ‘metalcore’ or ‘indie’ or ‘hardcore’ is quite futile, because for every genre you pick, someone is going to disagree, and have a solid backing for their view. Everyone however can agree that whatever The Bled are doing, they are doing it well.This album bursts into action from the first song, and doesn’t let you down for 38 minutes. Personally I would like to see a longer album, but releasing a short disc like this sure does make you long for more. The album is very tight throughout, featuring a ‘machine gun’ riffing section in nea (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Duane Shinn |
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| Article Title :: Music & Intelligence: Will Listening to Music Make You Smarter? |
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| Will listening to music make you smarter? Will learning to play a musical instrument make your brain grow larger than normal?Questions like these ones have been popping up all over the place in the past few years, and not just in scientific journals either.In recent times the media has been fascinated by the research surrounding brain development and music, eagerly reporting on the latest studies to the delight of the music-loving parents of young children.But all this information - and some misinformation too - has led to generalized confusion about the role of music and music training in the development of the human brain. The bottom line is this: if you're confused (read full article) |
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