Although not universally accepted, many teachers drill students with the repetitive playing of certain patterns, such as scales, arpeggios, and rhythms. Scales are often taught because they are the building...
Good compositions should swell and subside, should punctuate moments of extreme emotion and melodic peaks with louder dynamics:
You can signify dynamic changes in the sheet music with Italian words...
Once you start with the melody, how do you move the music forward? Where should it go? How does a group of notes become a composition? While there's no easy answer to cracking the Mozart code, it's good...
Keyboard music is generally represented with two sets of five lines. The top set represents notes played by your right hand and the bottom your left. Each line and space for each of these sets represents...
Keyboard scales are groupings of notes that are played together. One of the most common scales is the C Major scale.
To play the C Major scale, find the note C on the keyboard (C is the first white...