Piano Free

The Open Position Chord (OPC) allows you to create a vented sound. A sound that is open, literally, as opposed to the closed triads taught in most course books.

The OPC covers more than two octaves of the keyboard allowing you to create without moving the hands around too much. Perfect for the beginner and advanced player. New Age music in particular has an open quality that is created in a number of ways. The first way is by the chord choices used. Most of this music is in a Major Key. The sound is pleasant without any dissonant tones.

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It’s no secret that professional piano players use techniques that amateur piano players don’t. So what else is new? Professional golfers use techniques that amateur golfers don’t use (at least not very well), and pro ball players use techniques that sandlot and weekend athletes don’t use — or again, not very well.

So it’s not surprising that professional piano players have some tricks up their sleeves that the rest of us mortals don’t have. But that doesn’t mean we can’t try to emulate the great pianists. We may not pull it off as well as them, but we sure can have a lot of fun trying, and who knows? Maybe a few of us can actually learn these techniques well enough

to win some admiration from our friends, join a group, play for our own enjoyment, or whatever.

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“I’m losing the left-hand,” cried one piano student. “Every time I try to add in my right hand, the left stops” exclaims another.

These are common complaints for students who wish to learn hand independence. And for most, this is a big problem. They want to play the piano with both hands playing different parts. But the main reason most piano students have problems with this is because they try to play too fast!

Hand independence is one area that takes some time (not too much time) but some time to achieve. And this too depends on how complicated the hands tasks are.

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How many chords do you need to create a piece of music? Would you believe that it doesn’t really matter and that whole pieces of music have been created using just one chord? For example, if you play a D minor 7 chord, you could use the bass note D to create a drone effect and anchor the whole improvisation. It could last for a few seconds or many minutes.

The important thing is were you in the moment when you created it? If you were, then it will be a good piece of music. If you weren’t it will be notes in the air without communication. What communicates is your feeling. It’s your feeling that gets across through the notes.

The notes themselves are meaningless if you are not present behind them.

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During its initial stages, a DJ s job was a difficult and expensive career option. It required amateurs to purchase expensive equipment that needed to be carried along to every event. The development of computer software and hardware proved to be a boon for most businesses. Similarly, becoming a DJ became much simpler with the introduction of a virtual disc jockey.

Virtual disc jockey is a popular MP3 mixing software available in the market. It is ideal for all DJs, from beginners to professionals and helps create great mixes in a short span of time. This recent technological breakthrough is designed to help mix beats and create any new rhythm by mixing any particular song with a variety of beats. The

beat lock feature makes it intelligent software. It can automatically alter a pitch to match the BPM (beats per minute). The software can speed up or slow down the discs in order to match a rhythm and can continue to do so with any type of music.

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