How Do You Get Inside The Head Of A Musician?

As you know, music can be a very fascinating area of study.

At the same time, you have probably discovered that it can also be very overwhelming.

Chords, voicings, notes, rhythm, harmonies, melodies leave an awful lot of ground to cover.

But, if you are able to read notes, even a little, than you can use a shortcut to help you reach your goals faster than you ever thought possible.

What is this shortcut?

Analyzing sheet music.

I'm not talking about those books of popular tunes and hymns you find at your local book store.

What you need to do is find those artists/musicians that you really like, and see if you can get your hands on some of their arrangements.

This way, you will be getting it straight from the source.

As you go through and try to figure out the notes, take a look at the chord symbols that are written above the notes.

When you are playing the melodies, see how each melody note relates to the chord.

If this sounds like a lot, don't worry.

A shortcut that will get you this same result is to memorize the songs that you are learning a little bit at a time.

As you keep playing these songs from memory, things will slowly start to sink in.

Why am I mentioning all of this?

Well, recently, you probably know that I started a "Sheet Music" portion on my website.

As of yesterday, there are now 3 songs available with more coming.

All of the songs I put in this section are my original arrangements.

You will get a chance to get into my head and see how I put songs together.

You will learn how I combine fancy chord voicings with melody notes, rhythms that I play, keys that I play in, and much more.

You can hear samples of what you will be learning to play.

All sheet music downloads also come with an audio file and midi file.

The greatest benefit to you is that you will know what the song is supposed to sound like.

You now have a goal - to make that song sound the same as when you hear me play it.

http://easypiano.com/notes/

Have fun and enjoy!

Charley Wyser

http://www.easypiano.com

Secrets of the Pros Piano Lesson Podcast

I have been playing and teaching piano for many years.

It is always interesting to get ideas on what playing the piano really is. Many people I come in contact with are under the impression that playing the piano means reading music.

Reading music is a form of communication. In other words, if there is a song I want you to learn, one of the ways to get this tune to you is to write the music out and give it to you. Other ways of communicating this new song idea to you are giving you a CD or tape, as well as just sitting down and teaching it to you.

Playing, on the other hand, is actually learning your instrument. This requires a lot of creativity and exploration. Watching other pianists or keyboardists perform, learning tunes by ear, learning all of the theory you can, and just researching all you can about the piano or keyboard are ways to improve your playing.

There are many other ways also. You are only limited by your imagination.

My new podcast is going to be a series of piano lessons that deal with all aspects of professional playing.

This podcast will be for all levels from the absolute beginner to the pro. New episodes should be coming out frequently so please be sure to subscribe.

The first episode deals with finding and identifying the notes on the piano and learning three basic chords.

Other episodes coming will deal with learning chords, bass lines, playing in different keys, and much more.


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Charley Wyser
easypiano.com