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Issue No. 94 �
'Secrets of Exciting Chords & Chord Progressions!'




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' Secrets of Exciting Piano Chords & Piano Chord Progressions!'

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Modulation
Modulation is the process of moving from one key to another key, in contrast to transposition, which means to play a song in a different key.
People tend to get those two word confused, because if you're playing in one key and then transpose the music to a different key, you have to modulate to get to the new key.
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So the key is simply to get to the V7 chord of the new key as smoothly as possible. I often play the ii of the new key before the V7 to make it smoother.
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Index of Crash Course Lessons
Lesson 1 - Crash Course in Exciting Piano Playing
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Lesson 11
Lesson 12
Lesson 13
Lesson 14
Lesson 15
Lesson 16
Lesson 17
Lesson 18
Lesson 18 1/2
Lesson 19
Lesson 20
Lesson 21
Lesson 22
Lesson 23
Lesson 24
Lesson 25
Lesson 26
Lesson 27
Lesson 28
Lesson 29
Lesson 30
Lesson 31
Lesson 32
Lesson 33
Lesson 34
Lesson 35
Lesson 36
Lesson 37
Lesson 38
Lesson 39
Lesson 40
Lesson 41
Lesson 42
Lesson 43
Lesson 44
Lesson 45
Lesson 46
Lesson 47
Lesson 48
Lesson 49
Lesson 50
Lesson 51
Lesson 52
Arrangement Guide
What is arranging - part 1
What is arranging - part 2
What is arranging - part 3
Index of Crash Course



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Black Gospel!

Black Gospel!

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A couple years ago I met a wonderful young guy who knocked me out with the quality of his piano courses, and I'm not real easy to impress, since I've seen so many piano teachers come and go over the years.

For one thing, most teachers don't explain things clearly enough, and they don't teach enough music theory so you really know what you're doing. But this guy -- Jermaine -- is an exception to the rule.

He's for real, so I can recommend his courses with confidence. He covers not only the areas of playing by ear and chords, but also specializes in black gospel, which I'm not entirely up to speed on. (Being a middle-class white boy, and an old one at that...)

So I'm delighted to be able to share these great courses with my students.

Click on any of the links below for an exciting surprise!

How To Dress Up �Naked Music� On The Piano

How To Dress Up �Naked Music� On The Piano: "How To Dress Up Naked Music On The Piano!



How To Dress Up �Naked Music� On The Piano


What in the world is �naked music?�
You know it when you hear it, but the words that describe it sound strange, don�t they? We�ve all heard of popular music and rock music and gospel music and jazz music, but naked music?
Naked music is simply the notes on a piece of sheet music. It�s �naked� � not dressed up or arranged at all. No fills, no slurs, none of the ingredients that make a song come to life.
Not a single professional musician plays the music exactly as it appears on a piece of sheet music. Instead, they use the written music as a map, or an outline, and then proceed to do their own thing with it. They twist it, bend it, add to it, subtract from it, put fills in it, change the key, change the words, change some of the melody notes, and on and on.
So when you hear your favorite artist perform a piece of music, if you look at the written sheet music while they are performing it, you will see it is MUCH different and MUCH better than the plain old �naked music!�
So how can the average musician dress up naked music? There are many ways, but here are seven of my favorites:
Change the chords slightly by adding color tones. What are color tones? Color tones are notes added to the basic chord, usually expressed as 6ths, 7ths, 9ths, etc. For example, instead of playing just a straight C chord as it is written � C, E, G � try adding a color tone to it, such as a 6th (A) or a 7th (Bb) or a major 7th (B) or a 9th (D). In fact, try adding a couple together, like a 6th and a 9th. So instead of being a plain vanilla chord made up of C, E, and G, you�ve made it a tasty variat"

Tapes That Help A Child Learn Music

Tapes That Help A Child Learn Music

Tapes That Help A Child Learn Music

It is right to say that when your child listens to a
karaoke tape and joins in they are actually learning
something of value about music. Furthermore, it could be
said that your child is helping their memory as well as
their reading and social skills. Karaoke tapes can also be
bought that provide an educational element, as they include
tuition in health, the environment and science. Good value
from some tapes or CDs that have lyrics of popular songs!

As a young child, I loved to sing along with the radio and
tape my favorite songs so I could listen to them over and
over again as though I was the star singer. My mother also
broke down a few times and purchased records that had the
words to some children songs printed on a separate sheet and
tucked inside the jacket. I would sit for hours playing the
songs over and over again so I could memorize every word.
While my family didn't have the extra income to enroll me in
private singing lessons, I did enjoy taking this experience
to tryouts for the school plays and concerts. Many times, I
had memorized these songs so closely to the record's
versions that I won a few choice parts.

Does Music Impact Epilepsy �

Does Music Impact Epilepsy �: "Does Music Impact Epilepsy �
For Bad Or For Good?



Does Music Impact Epilepsy � For Bad Or For Good?

His name was Kung Tsu Chen. He was a Chinese poet in 1847 when he described a rare but very real phenomenon now known as �musicogenic epilepsy�. With musicogenic epilepsy, the individual suffers from brain seizures that are triggered by music, and in his case a very specific kind of music. You see, Kung Tsu Chen recorded that though he didn�t know why, he would become sick when he would hear the sound of a street vendor�s flute during the evening sun.

Researchers tell us that this form of epilepsy can appear as a result of many kinds of music. In the case of our Chinese poet the trigger was apparently flute melodies, but seizures can be triggered by type of music, or type of instrument, the composer or even the emotional content of the piece. As a matter of fact, in some cases just thinking about the music, regardless of whether the individual is awake or not, is enough to trigger an epileptic seizure.

Exactly how musicogenic episodes are induced is unknown and unfortunately due to how few cases of musicogenic epilepsy in the world the research monies have not been available to study this question directly. It has been suggested, however, that the right temporal lobe of the brain contains, within the right auditory cortex, a series of modules that specialize in processing music. If this is so, the theory suggests, then musicogenic epilepsy is evidence of a malfunction of this part of the brain.


Fortunately, that�s not the end of the story. Music has also been found to have a profoundly positive effect on individuals with epilepsy as well. One research study even found that when epileptic patients are treated with music therapy "

Piano sheet music

Piano sheet music: "Piano sheet music sources online


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Piano Sheet Music
Piano sheet music -- people ask me all the time where they can get this song or that song -- popular songs, classical songs, gospel songs -- you name it. And the simple answer is -- all over the internet. There are tons of sites that offer sheet music for the piano, as well as for guitar, orchestra, bands, singers, and every other kind of musical instrument.
The best source I have found for piano sheet music online is Sheet Music Plus -- a wonderful company that makes it easy for you to order most any piece of sheet music.
If you're looking for sheet music, we recommend Sheet Music Plus. They have the World's largest selection, guaranteed low prices, and great customer service. Just click on the button below and it will take you direct to their online store where you can order piano sheet music, vocal sheet music, or most any other type of sheet music.


Here are just a few of the thousands of sheet musical songs you can get at Sheet Music Plus. Some of these are piano sheet music, while others are piano and vocal sheet music:

Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
You'll Never Find - Lou Rawls
My Way - Frank Sinatra
I'm A Believer - Monkees (or Smash Mouth)
In The Mood - Glenn Miller
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
In The Still of the Night - the Five Satins
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
L-O-V-E - Nat 'King' Cole
Shout - Isley Brothers
Twist - Chubby Checker
My Girl - Four Tops
Because You Loved Me - Celene Dion
Build Me Up (Buttercup) - Foundations
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
Chicken Dance - various art"

Musical form

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Issue No. 25 �
'Secrets of Exciting Chords & Chord Progressions!'




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' Secrets of Exciting Piano Chords & Piano Chord Progressions!'

- Lesson 25 -

Chord Progressions Part Six
'What You Need To Know About Musical Form'



Chord progressions come in sections, like one room in a house. You can put several different rooms together to make a big house, or you can live in a one room house. Just like people. In most 3rd world countries people live in one room houses -- which means, of course, that much of the world lives in one-room houses.

Those of us who live in the West generally live in multi-room houses.

But there are also musical houses -- we call them songs -- that are built out of several different rooms -- several different chord progressions. Some of them, like mansions and castles, go on and on and get quite involved.

But most songs are like many modest houses -- they have 2 or 3 rooms, sometimes 4 -- built using 2 or 3 or 4 different chord progressions.
Each 'room' in a musical house is called a theme, or a 'motif'. The first theme is always called 'A'. The next theme is called 'B', the next theme is called 'C', and so on. Most songs only have 2 or 3 "