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Featured Piano Reading

Practice Makes Perfect

"It's time to practice." "Practice makes perfect." "Showing up is half the battle." "That which you persist in doing gets easier." "A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link." You've heard it all by now I'm sure. It doesn't matter if you are just starting out, or if you have been pl ... Read Full Article

Sight Reading and Your Musical GPS

Imagine what a trip through the mall or better yet... Disneyland would be like with NO MAP! You may have heard about that incredible Ferris Wheel that is a mile high and actually have to search for and hour to find it, or worse yet! You may end up with a defective seatbelt in the wron ... Read Full Article

Chopin Prelude in Db Major Op. 28 No. 15

Written by Chuck Newsome

The last example we will examine in this study is another of Chopin's most famous compositions. Prelude No. 15 in Db major, the "Raindrop Prelude" is an important piece of today's concert repertoire, primarily due to its ly ... Read Full Article

Chopin Prelude in E Major Op. 28 No. 9

Written by Chuck Newsome

The next prelude, No. 9, features yet another texture. Although it is only 12measures long, this piece showcases Chopin's elegant use of common chord modulations, 3rd based root movements, and dense harmonic textures.

Featured Piano Lesson Videos

The Spanish / Jewish Scale

Best Uses of the Spanish / Jewish Scale

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In this video, we're going to discuss how to build what's called a Spanish scale or Jewish scale. You've probably heard them. They sound like this. I think of like the ... Go to Full Lesson

The Whole Tone Scale

Best Uses of the Whole Tone Scale

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In this lesson we're going to talk about the whole tone scale, and this scale you've probably heard in different cartoons or movies when the person goes into a dream sequence, an ... Go to Full Lesson

Build any Major Scale

Building A Major Scale

Just like with building triads, building a major scale is about understanding the intervals between each note of the scale.  If you understand this, you can build any major scale.

All major scales follow this pattern:

(W = Whole Step, H = Half Step) ... Go to Full Lesson

Build any Minor Scale

Building A Minor Scale

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In this video we're going to discuss how to build a minor scale, and of course the minor sound is the sadder-sounding scale as compared to a major, which is more of a happy sound. But the c ... Go to Full Lesson