Once a pianist learns the chord progression for Heart and Soul, they will be able to accompany numerous other popular songs. One strong favorite is the Rodgers and Hart standard "Blue Moon." Even absolute beginners should be able to understand this detailed explanation.
If you are confident in solving easy Sudoku puzzles, you are probably ready to learn techniques that will prepare you for other levels of Sudoku: medium, hard, and even expert. Check out these tips, which include step-by-step videos demonstrating how to solve hard Sudoku and expert-level puzzles.
Looking for fun and challenging Halloween activities for your classroom? Use this fun Halloween sudoku puzzle as a classroom activity, for early birds, or as a homework assignment in logical thinking. Parents can enjoy this puzzle with their elementary-age children, too.
Writing and editing require knowledge of correct spelling and word use in order to be truly effective. If you don't know the difference between peek, peak, and pique, you may lead your readers down a wrong path.
Anyone can use a visual mnemonic as one of many memorizing techniques – for learning how to read the music notes, how to tune your guitar, the notes piano players use to make melodies and harmonies, and much, much more. There are all kinds of visual cues for creating beautiful and powerful sounds:...
If you, a non-mathematician, sometimes confuse the terms "algorithm" and "logarithm," you can find clarity here, from another non-mathematician.
Do you want to improve your music sight-singing or sight-reading skills? Then develop a stronger awareness of the sound of various musical intervals. Since Christmas music has lasting value, the sounds of the season offer terrific examples to help fill any gaps in your interval vocabulary.
In order to select the best font for chord sheets and lead sheets prepared on a word processor, consider who will be using the chord sheet, in what physical location, and under what circumstances. Your goal should always be to make it as easy as possible for the musicians to perceive and execute...
Learn how to teach the "Heart and Soul" duet.
The development of the bassoon has not kept up with that of other reed instruments. A fairly recent innovation - the Weisberg System - developed by one of the giants of the bassoon world, can make the practice of flicking unnecessary. My family has had the privilege of seeing the Weisberg System...
The Circle of Fifths is one of the most appealing tools to use in teaching and learning music theory. It shows the order of sharps and flats; the primary and secondary chords within each key; relative major and minor keys; and the number of sharps or flats in the key signature of any major or...
Is predicting the weather a science or an art? Throughout the ages, humans have observed various signals in nature to plan for whatever weather might arrive. In the mid-20th century, Louis D. Rubin Sr. developed a unique method for predicting weather patterns as much as six months in advance. ...
Musicians and music teachers occasionally need to include music symbols in written material that is prepared in a computer's word processing program. Watch out for frustration when the symbols are hard to find! But don't worry: there are some simple ways to deal with this.
In reading musical rhythm, single beats can be counted by several different methods (described in Part III). Now let's take a look at how each method counts longer notes.
Finding the best musical key for group singing can be a challenge, but the challenge can be pleasant and rewarding.
A collection of mnemonics, or memory-helpers, to make reading music easier. Includes classic mnemonics from lesson books and some original ones.