Scale Degrees and Tonal Functions: How to Understand Them on the Piano
Learn what scale degrees and tonal functions mean on the piano, with C major examples, exercises and practical progressions.
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Two George Enescu Competition Finalists Choose a Fazioli F278
The Piano Section of the 20th George Enescu International Competition reaches its final with three young performers from China, South Korea and Taiwan. Two of them, Jeongwoo Lee and Pin-Hong Lin, have chosen a Fazioli F278 for their journey through the competition and for the Final, which will take place on 19 September at the […]
Hybrid Piano for Home: Study, Listen and Enjoy
A hybrid piano can be an excellent option for anyone who wants a serious touch for study, quiet practice and an instrument that fits naturally into home life.
Chord Inversions on the Piano: How to Avoid Clumsy Changes
How to recognise and practise triad inversions, join chords with less movement and create more natural accompaniments.
Circle of Fifths for Pianists: Stop Memorising Keys
A practical guide to using the circle of fifths at the piano to find keys, key signatures and related chords.
Musical Intervals on the Piano: How to Understand and Recognise Them
A practical guide to understanding, naming and recognising musical intervals on the keyboard, and beginning to identify them by ear.
Minor Scales on the Piano: Natural, Harmonic and Melodic
Discover how natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales are built on the piano, what changes between them and how to practise them musically.
How Major Scales Are Built on the Piano: A Practical Guide
Learn how to build and practise major scales on the piano using the tone and semitone pattern, examples in several keys and helpful fingering advice.
How Piano Chords Are Built: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to build piano chords from any note: major and minor triads, diminished and augmented chords, inversions and seventh chords.
AI Piano Learning Apps: The Ultimate Guide
Learning to play the piano has never been more accessible than it is today. Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, a new generation of apps has emerged that can listen to your performance, detect mistakes in real time, and help you improve through increasingly sophisticated learning systems. What started as simple apps for following sheet […]
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