Piano Solo

One of the first challenges faced by the advancing guitar player is learning a core group of basic guitar chords. Why is it so important to learn these basic chords? Chords form the backbone of most rock and pop songs, and provide the harmonic accompaniment to the melody and instrumental solos.

Rhythm guitar based on basic chords provides many of the most memorable rock riffs think AC/DC s Back in Black or The Who s Won t Get Fooled Again . What s really amazing is that by learning no more than 10 to 15 basic guitar chords, you will be equipped to play thousands of rock and pop songs!

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If you haven t been on myspace or myspace music you are quickly becoming the minority. Myspace.com is one of the fastest growing social networking sites online-with 50 million members and growing. One of the more prominent features of the site is myspace music. This feature is part of a growing internet trend to introduce new bands and artists in a way that is unbiased and open to everyone. In the music industry, the labels are very concerned about promoting their artists and excluding others. That is just good business sense. But, in the highly competitive music industry there are hundreds and thousands of musicians just waiting to be noticed. This

is where a site like myspace music comes in. Myspace music and sites like it are a great forum for a band or solo artist to get their sound out there and noticed.

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The Ave Maria Polka is blaring on the radio, Jingle Cats are meowing Greensleeves, and the doorbell is chiming a shrill Silent Night. To the untrained ear this musical goulash may seem tacky and not, by any means, traditional. However, this festive household has been influenced by many sophisticated classical composers!

It s easy to forget the classical origins of our most cherished carols when the 9-year-old next door is hollering Batman Smells! to the tune of Jingle Bells. To most children s (and adults ) surprise those dead guys with wigs are responsible for many of their favourite holiday tunes.

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I love teaching piano and watching the lights of musical discovery twinkle in my students eyes year after year, as they discover new piano skills and abilities they’ve dreamed of being able to play. When children discover they can play music on the piano they ve previously only imagined playing, they are so delighted with themselves. Can you remember the experience of watching and listening to a pianist or a piano teacher play for you? Did it seem so effortless and fun for them that you wondered what it would be like to be able to do that yourself? Children feel the same way! Want to see the twinkle of musical accomplishment in

your child s eyes? You can by giving them the gift of music this Christmas.

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What best way to celebrate this festival of lights than with fun games for your children? Here are a couple of entertaining Chanukah party games to make your Chanukah party a wonderful occasion.

Musical Chanukah Party Game This is a musical party game in which one person is selected and sent out of the room. The rest of the players then agree upon a simple task for the person to do. This could be anything moving a chair, touching a thing, or finding some hidden object. After the task is decided by all the remaining players, the main player is told to enter the room. This Chanukah party game is accompanied by music played on the piano. The

music starts as soon as the person enters the room. The player tries to seek out the object that has to be found. The music is the hint for this Chanukah party game. When it is soft, it means the player is very close to the object, when it gets louder, the player is going away from it. The music stops when the object has been found.

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