Music for Healing

 

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There is an old saying, “Music soothes the savage beast.” Music truly can soothe you when you are upset over something. It can also help in relaxing our mind, and healing of our body. Listen to some of the below.
 

 
 
A therapy called “Brain Music Therapy,” where they record your brain waves and turn it into music. It is reported to soothe and make people feel much better. Music therapy has been used for some time in the mental health field as well. There is one facility that offers music to their residents if they get angry and upset as a way to de-stress them.
 

 
2 HOURS of Relaxing Music | Chinese Bamboo Flute | Piano – Meditation – Healing – Zen
 

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Posted July 23rd, 2009 at 7:49 pm by writer46 in Classical,Health & Wellness | Comments Off on Music for Healing

White Piano Keys

 

There are a total of seven white keys on a piano keyboard, and this pattern is repeated throughout the entire keyboard.
 
As we have learned in the first lesson that these seven white keys are divided into two groups (which will help us to recognize each key a lot easier, since we don’t have to start counting from C to B all the time):

 

The Layout and Names of the White Keys:
1. A group of three (3) white keys (with 2 black keys in between them) are – C, D, E
2. A group of four (4) white keys (with 3 black keys in between them) are – F, G, A, B

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Posted July 18th, 2009 at 10:42 am by writer46 in Basic Piano Skills,Free Beginner Piano,Free Online Lessons | Comments Off on White Piano Keys

Musical Note Trainer

 

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A very useful and Free music tool that can be used to test your note reading skills is the Note Trainer, created by Ricci Adams. See the instructions on how to use the Note Trainer below:


 

Instructions for using Note Trainer:
1. Click on the “Settings” button to select which clef you would like to test on – Treble Clef, Bass Clef, etc.
2. Select and click on any of the note name buttons below (C thru B) for the correct answer.
3. If your answer is correct, it will add “1” to the “Correct” column, If your answer is incorrect, it will show you the correct answer (correct note name), and add “‘1” into the “Incorrect” indicator.

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Posted July 17th, 2009 at 7:41 pm by writer46 in Music Tools,Notes Trainer | Comments Off on Musical Note Trainer

Piano Keyboard Trainer

 

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Access this useful Free music training tool, Keyboard Trainer, created by Ricci Adams, to test you keyboard skills. In the keyboard trainer, click on the “Toggle Helpers” button to help you review the key names, or click on the link below for the names of black or white keys.

 

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Instructions for using Piano Keyboard Trainer:
1. You can choose to test either the white keys or the black keys. The default is for the white keys, so click “On” on the “Black Keys” to activate the ‘Black Keys” setting.
2. If you answer is correct, it will add “1” into the “Correct” column. If it is incorrect, it will show the correct answer, and then add “1” into the “Incorrect” column.

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Posted July 17th, 2009 at 5:01 pm by writer46 in Music Tools | Comments Off on Piano Keyboard Trainer

Five-Finger Exercise

 
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Learn how to do Five Finger Exercise to improve the strength of your fingers. This is an excellent piano technique for beginners.
 
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Posted July 12th, 2009 at 2:29 pm by writer46 in Basic Piano Skills,Easy Piano,Free Beginner Piano,Free Piano Keyboard,Music Chords,Music Tools,Other,Piano Techniques,Technology,Uncategorized,Virtual Piano Keyboard | Comments Off on Five-Finger Exercise

Learn to Play “Brother John” Online

 

Learn how to play this popular nursery rhyme, Brother John. Access the written version of this Free piano lesson, comes with fun Flash demos.
 
Let’s start now:
 
This song is played in 4/4 time, which means each measure has four (4) beats, and each beat (count) receives a quarter note. [Review: Music Notation]

 

 


 
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Posted June 30th, 2009 at 1:09 pm by writer46 in Easy Piano,Free Beginner Piano | Comments Off on Learn to Play “Brother John” Online

How to play Diminished Chords

 

Learn how to play Diminished Chord in the key of C. Diminished chord is also written as dim or Co).
 
If you remember the formula of major triad (or major chord) which is: Root – 4HS – 3HS (or, 1 – 3 – 5), and by lowering both the third and the fifth notes by one-half step, you will have the formula of diminished chord, which is 1 – b3 – b5.
 
[HS: Half Step]

 

Root – 3HS – 3HS 
or 
1 – b3 – b5


 

Watch the video below how to play C diminished chord –
 


 
 

Below is the Chords Chart for all the 12 keys –

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Posted June 26th, 2009 at 4:57 pm by writer46 in Free Beginner Piano,Music Chords | Comments Off on How to play Diminished Chords

C Major Arpeggio

 

Learn how to play arpeggios, watch the video below with the instructions for the steps on how to play C Major chord arpeggio: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted June 21st, 2009 at 7:48 am by writer46 in Music Chords,Piano Techniques | Comments Off on C Major Arpeggio

Virtual Piano Keyboard

 

Zebrakeys’ virtual piano keyboard can be used in conjunction with any piano lessons on our website.
 
Z-Board was created by
Anand Kao, ZebraKeys’ Co-Founder, to help those who do not own a piano keyboard, but wanted to learn the basic piano skills. Learners can use this virtual piano to practice playing some of easy songs for fun-learning. See sample LESSON 1 – The Layout of Piano Keyboard for absolute beginners.


 

 

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Learn how to play easy piano song with using Zebra Keys virtual piano keyboard, Z-Board
 
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Posted June 20th, 2009 at 10:56 am by writer46 in Music Tools,Virtual Piano Keyboard | Comments Off on Virtual Piano Keyboard

The Entertainer – Free Sheet Music

 

Download “The Entertainer” free sheet music below. This music was written by Scott Joplin, and is one of the most popular ragtime pieces of all time. “The Entertainer” was copyrighted in 1902.
 
 
 
 


 



 

Posted June 20th, 2009 at 6:02 am by writer46 in Free Sheet Music,Sheet Music | Comments Off on The Entertainer – Free Sheet Music

Piano Layout – Black Keys

 

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Access free Virtual Piano List of 50 Free Piano Lessons Free Interactive Keyboard Trainer

 

Learn the layout of piano black keys. There are five black keys in total, you can see a group of two black keys and a group of three black keys across any piano or keyboard.
 
The first group is a group of two (2) black keys with 3 white keys surrounded them are – Db, Eb
The second group is a group of three (3) black keys with 4 white keys surrounded them, are – Gb, Ab, Bb
 
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Posted June 18th, 2009 at 11:41 am by writer46 in Basic Piano Skills,Free Beginner Piano | Comments Off on Piano Layout – Black Keys

Yankee Doodle – Free Sheet Music

Download Yankee Doodle free sheet music (with guitar chords) below, and learn how to play this song with Zebra Keys’ easy piano tutorial:
 
 

 
 
Download “Yankee Doodle” free sheet music
 
 
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Posted June 17th, 2009 at 12:53 pm by writer46 in Easy Piano,Free Sheet Music,Sing-Along | Comments Off on Yankee Doodle – Free Sheet Music

Skip to My Lou

 
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Learn how to play Skip to My Lou, one of the popular nursery rhymes for children. In the first video, it shows you how to play just the notes of the melody for the right hand only.
 
The second video shows you how to play with chords added.
[Review: How to play Major Chords] 
 
Download free sheet music for Skip to My Lou below. And now, let’s start with the first video:

 



 

Learn how to play notes for the melody only:
 

 
Watch this song played with chords added:


 

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Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10
Page 11 | Table of Contents | 5-Finger Exercise | Children Music | Easy Songs

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Posted June 17th, 2009 at 12:11 pm by writer46 in Easy Piano,Free Sheet Music,Traditional | Comments Off on Skip to My Lou

Camptown Races

 
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Camptown Races, is one of the popular songs by Stephen Foster which was published in 1850. Learn how to play this song online.
 
This easy version of Camptown Races is played in 4/4 time, which means each measure gets four beats, and each quarter note receives one count.
 
Download free Camptown Races sheet music (with guitar chords). There are three chords used in this song – C chord, G chord, and F chord.
 
Notes to be played by the right hand are:

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Posted June 15th, 2009 at 8:09 pm by writer46 in Easy Piano,Free Beginner Piano,Nursery Rhymes,Sing-Along,Virtual Piano Keyboard | Comments Off on Camptown Races

Piano Technique for Beginners

 

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Learn how to perform five fingers exercise which will help improve and strengthen your fingers flexibility. You will also learn three piano techniques for beginners on how to play the following scales:


 


 

Pentatonic Scale
 
 
Whole Tone Scale
 
 
Arpeggios

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Posted June 12th, 2009 at 8:28 pm by writer46 in Music Chords,Piano Improvisation,Piano Techniques | Comments Off on Piano Technique for Beginners