How Much to Practice
Most of us lead busy lives. If you’re a student, there are exams and assignments. As an adult, it’s even tougher – work commitments, raising children, everybody and everything demands your time....
View ArticleAdd Chords to a Melody
There are many improvisers out there who can hear a tune and instantly create a rich palette of chords to support it. If you asked them how they did it, you might receive a response like, “you just...
View ArticleMajor = Happy?
As musicians, we come across the terms ‘major’ and ‘minor’ everyday yet not many of us really know what they mean. What does major and minor mean? As musicians, we come across these terms everyday yet...
View ArticleAm Chord and its many faces
The A minor triad is often the first minor chord a student learns. After all, it’s the relative minor of C major and we all know C major. When you see an Am chord piano symbol, how many of you play it...
View ArticleFree Piano Improvisation Book
At the turn of the century, and I refer to the one that we’ve all lived through, I was busy collecting my thoughts and ideas on piano improvisation. The Quaverbox Sessions is a 37 page free piano...
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