Playing chords

As a keyboard player or pianist, you often need to provide harmonic accompaniment for a singer or soloist by playing chords as part of a song’s chord progression. However, playing all those chords comfortably can be tricky, especially if you’re not...
Basic musical notation

Basic musical notation

In this article, I will explain to you all the basic things you need to know about music notes to help you be able to read and write music notation. You will see where we write music, what musical signs affect note names, their position on the piano keyboard, and...
The Basics of Musical Rhythm

The Basics of Musical Rhythm

Note values /rhythm/lesson 1   We can roughly, though not completely accurate, say that rhythm consists of notes that have different durations. Rhythm can affect melodies, and it can completely change their character. Every note in music has its duration . Note...