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Piano Pieces for Weddings 30 Jul 2012 | 04:09 am
The following are some great videos which feature some top music to play on the piano at weddings. The key is to choose repertoire which is both appropriate for the celebration whilst being appealing ...
Martin Bartlett – Sonata in F Sharp Major, Scarlatti 1 May 2012 | 12:29 am
We stumbled across this wonderful video earlier of 16 year old pianist Martin Bartlett. He is playing Sonata in F Major by the Italian composer, Scarlatti. We were struck by his lyrical, mature playin...
On the Sunny Side of the Street 25 Apr 2012 | 10:30 pm
We are heading back to the jazz standards this week at Piano Pieces. On the Sunny Side of the Street just happens to be one of our favourite songs over here and so the chance to showcase it could not ...
Rhythm Exercises for Pianists 9 Apr 2012 | 11:36 pm
Understanding rhythm is as important as knowing scales, harmony and everything else associated with becoming a competent musician. Rhythm is often overlooked for students of classical music and it is ...
Ain’t No Sunshine 30 Mar 2012 | 06:35 am
Bill Withers wrote some of the best-loved songs of the past fifty years. He was a prolific writer who featured the piano a lot in his works. Some of his most famous songs include Lean on Me, Just the ...
Lady Bird 13 Mar 2012 | 09:16 am
The song Lady Bird by Tadd Dameron was made a cornerstone piece of the bebop movement. It was made famous by the great Charlie Parker and was said to feature in most of his sets at the height of this ...
Minuet in F Major, J.S. Bach 8 Mar 2012 | 12:33 am
A great pianist and friend of ours commented recently that if you don’t understand Bach then you don’t understand music. I actually found this comment to be a bit incorrect, I’m not sure whether John ...
Theory: Circle of Fifths 5 Mar 2012 | 08:37 am
The circle of fifths is one of the most fundamental musical rules or ideas that one should understand when studying music. It’s just one of those universal almost-unbreakable idiosyncrasies of music, ...
Blue Monk 4 Mar 2012 | 08:39 am
Blue Monk by the great jazz piano player Thelonius Monk is one of the most popular tunes in the whole jazz music repertoire. Written on a standard blues sequence (pretty much) the melody is about as s...
Improvisation: Chopin Waltz 2 Mar 2012 | 12:07 am
Improvising is something with classical musicians often shy away from and leave solely to the “jazzers”. I find this strange as all of the great composers were also great improvisers, that’s how they ...
