Ron Worthy
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How to Play the Piano - You Have to Practice Scales and Arpeggios!
Don’t Live in a “fools" Paradise! You Have to Practice Scales and Arpeggios to Play ANY Style of Music Let me tell you a short story... In the late 70’s, between semesters while in College, I would hang out at a popular night club in Washington DC called The Mark IV. This club would bring in popular R & B “recorded" vocal acts... The Spinners, The Main Ingredient, The... (posted by Ron Worthy 3 years 281 days ago.)
Don’t Live in a “fools" Paradise! You Have to Practice Scales and Arpeggios to Play ANY Style of Music Let me tell you a short story... In the late 70’s, between semesters while in College, I would hang out at a popular night club in Washington DC called The Mark IV. This club would bring in popular R & B “recorded" vocal acts... The Spinners, The Main Ingredient, The... (posted by Ron Worthy 3 years 281 days ago.)
Play Piano - Beginners MUST Learn to Count Out Loud!
The fastest way to learn to play piano and make music, is to count out loud. If you choose not to, then you must use a Metronome... Every student, regardless of age, thinks that he or she can count in their heads and negotiate even the simplest rhythm pattern. It is impossible for the beginner student! Let me tell you a story... I was reviewing the progress of a 9 year old private student. This was her... (posted by Ron Worthy 4 years 95 days ago.)
The fastest way to learn to play piano and make music, is to count out loud. If you choose not to, then you must use a Metronome... Every student, regardless of age, thinks that he or she can count in their heads and negotiate even the simplest rhythm pattern. It is impossible for the beginner student! Let me tell you a story... I was reviewing the progress of a 9 year old private student. This was her... (posted by Ron Worthy 4 years 95 days ago.)
How To Become A Better Sight-Reader
If you are like most people, your performance of a piece of music “at first sight” could probably stand some improvement. Oh, to be able to breeze through a brand new piece without all the stops and starts! What you may not realize is that sight-reading is an art in itself , separate and apart from pianistic ability. Many conservatory musicians , even many soloists , are not the great sight-readers you might expect.... (posted by Ron Worthy 6 years 223 days ago.)
If you are like most people, your performance of a piece of music “at first sight” could probably stand some improvement. Oh, to be able to breeze through a brand new piece without all the stops and starts! What you may not realize is that sight-reading is an art in itself , separate and apart from pianistic ability. Many conservatory musicians , even many soloists , are not the great sight-readers you might expect.... (posted by Ron Worthy 6 years 223 days ago.)
How to Create "Hip," mature and Lush Harmonies
Rarely is a chord played with its tones contained in a single octave, the root on the bottom, the third in the middle, and the fifth on the top. Usually chords are "voiced!" This basically means that the positions of a chord's tones are scattered over the keyboard. The tones may be altered, doubled, added to, missing, and so forth. There are a great variety of possibilities available in voicing... (posted by Ron Worthy 6 years 300 days ago.)
Rarely is a chord played with its tones contained in a single octave, the root on the bottom, the third in the middle, and the fifth on the top. Usually chords are "voiced!" This basically means that the positions of a chord's tones are scattered over the keyboard. The tones may be altered, doubled, added to, missing, and so forth. There are a great variety of possibilities available in voicing... (posted by Ron Worthy 6 years 300 days ago.)
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