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On your mark! Five days left to play one song on New Year's Eve before the ball drops in Times Square, NYC. What is the name of your song? Will you be ready?

Like the main characters in the movie "Call of the Wild", it takes will power and belief you have what it takes to play a musical instrument. Your success depends on your self-confidence, commitment and passion. A dream to play piano and/or compose music requires all these things. Thanks for listening.  CALL OF THE WILD Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life gets turned upside...

How should we go about this? Take it one step at a time starting with the music and learning more about the man. Let's get started with a CD and watching "The Pianist" in 2002 produced by Roman Polanski starring Adrien Brody as Chopin. Soundtrack and sheet music from sheetmusic.plus available from the film. Songbook publisher: Hal Leonard: 9 pieces by Frederic Chopin. The Story of Chopin in Words...

Maybe not, but you could be a "struggling" composer of sorts, a place where many musicians find themselves from time to time. What's your story? 

Welcome to the music/media room in my home with a Norway spruce tree, domestic bobcat nearby, music by Chopin and apple pies. Merry Christmas, happy holidays and Happy New Year! Stay safe. Be Well. Thank you for watching/listening.

Here we are again playing a carol on a toy keyboard. First, it was Jingle Bell Rock at Sam's Club. Today, it's Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Merry Christmas! 

Playing from memory, we awoke this morning with "Santa Clause is Coming to Town". The sheet music was nowhere to be found. Thanks for listening.

Tomorrow is the last day to practice five songs from our playlist of carols and hymns we plan to play on Christmas day. Chose 3-4 chords that work well with these songs and hope for the best. Thanks for listening.

Playing scales will increase sight reading skills over time. Continue to practice without looking at the keyboard. That's it in a nutshell. Thanks for listening.

So many songs, so little time. Make a list of your favorite song titles, dear friends. Then, find the sheet music. We're going to make this happen. Thanks for listening.

The definition of a chord in music is this: three or more single pitches heard simultaneously . Depending on the harmonic style, chords may be consonant, implying repose, or dissonant, implying subsequent resolution to and by another chord. In traditional Western harmony, chords are formed by superimpositions of intervals of a third. There are several different chord types, and each chord type has...

Share your love for that special someone today in person or by any other means possible. It's all about the love this holiday. Thank you for your time. Big hugs.

Tune in for the next tutorial where we sight read, play harmonies with both hands and analyze chord progressions C, F, and G. Can't wait! Thank you for listening.  

Can music be taught? According to one critic in an article for the Encyclopedia Britannica it can't. The article was written in response to a quote by Johannes Bach that music can be taught. Who is Franz Gruber? Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863) was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the mus...

This song is one of ten songs in the Alfred's Basic Piano song book Level 1A. The title is Merry Christmas! Thanks for listening.

Patience and repetition are essential for learning to play a musical instrument. This song in C Major is on page 3 of Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Level 1A. Merry Christmas! Thanks for listening.

Such a find! We learn treble and base clefs so we know how to read sheet music faster and easier. Locate this book to test your playing level TODAY if you're a beginner. Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Level 1A: Merry Christmas! A clef is a musical-notation symbol at the beginning of a music staff. It indicates the pitch of the notes on the staff . Clefs were originally letters, identifying letter-n...

This is great advice from Jazer Lee to improve your piano/keyboard technique. No. 1 is practicing and playing too fast. Thanks for listening.

"Every time you practice piano your brain transfers your knowledge and experience into long term memory." Sleep is critical. "Huge achievements are made up of small achievements along the way." Amen 

Playing with both hands. Master each hand well before putting them together says Jazer Lee in today's YouTube video. Thank you for listening.

During the 1960s, I drove a black, 8 cylinder, 4-door, standard transmission, gas hog with bench seats. Leaded gasoline was 30 cents a gallon at the time in the USA. Even though I lived just ten minutes from the office, I was late every morning. There was free parking on the street next to the building. Each morning I was greeted by the head of the accounting department. Her name was Martha. We wo...

Turn the dial up with more practice time on sight reading. Amaze yourself with a journal of your progress. O Holy Night by Adolphe Adam, a French composer of grand opera. Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire, his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau and Si j'étais roi an...

Using Chord I, V, VI and IV (1, 5, 6 and 4), you can create a thousand songs. Learn to play these 4 piano chords, mix them around and create your own piano chord progression. Source: Learn Piano with Jazer Lee. Published on June 16, 2001 - YouTube channel. Thanks for listening.

Choose one song from your playlist to work on for New Year's Eve. One song using both hands without looking at the keys. We can do this. You're the best. Believe in yourself. Thank you for listening.

Happy holidays! Time to test your performance skills. Go to any store (big box) that sells keyboards. Walk right up, sit right down and play one E-Z play song from memory for 2-3 minutes. That's it. Do it. Thank you for listening.