Dear Marina, I’ve been teaching myself to play the piano for years, and just recently started taking lessons with a local teacher. She has shown me things I wish I had known years ago that would have helped me greatly, but I just didn’t know what it was that I didn’t know. For example, the …
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The Cure had a lot of pop hits in the 80s and early 90s. Their songs were actually really well crafted and lend themselves to different interpretations. Adele did a cover of “Lovesong” that really showcased the harmonic and lyric beauty of the song. One of my students asked me to show him how to …
Good news for those of you who have been asking for Part 6 of this series! If you’ve learned Part 1, 2, and 3, then you already know everything you need to know for this tutorial. Here’s what Part 6 looks and sounds like: Here’s how the piece is put together (the map): Part 1 …