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Barre Chord Basics

Learn all about barre chords and how they are played with this video tutorial. What exactly are barre chords and what makes them so interesting? They are simplistic chords that can be shifted anywhere up and down the neck while retaining the same shape. This allows you to hold the same shape with your hand while moving up and down the neck to play different chords. No need to change finger positions!

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Quickly Tackle Major Chords on the Piano – Video Tutorial

Here’s a great and very effective video that I found for learning to quickly play Major chords on the Piano! This is great for beginners to both visualize and hear how different tones make up a chord on the piano. Remember, he is counting up the scale as he moves up the keys on the piano (C, D, E, F and so forth).

Once you memorize the locations of notes, and formations of chords, you’ll find that piano is very simple. After all, music notation was devised based on the piano! For diagrams of each of the chords he is using in this tutorial, check out our book selections!

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Play piano online with this virtual piano keyboard!

Take a break, have some fun with an online piano game!

Fiddle around with this virtual piano keyboard, and discover the relationship with pitch and keys on the piano.

See how the notes go higher when you play to the right- up- on the piano and vice versa.

Of course the best is to play on your real piano, but on this piano game you can see the relationship between both notes and keys!

If you press the “Loop” button and then “Play”, you can hear your masterpiece (!) play over and over!

You can change the rhythm slightly by adding quarter rests as well.

Have fun!

music generator

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Sviatoslav Richter – Chopin Etude Op. 25 No.11 – Winter Wind

Sviatoslav Richter – Chopin Etude Op. 25 No.11 – Winter Wind


Sviatoslav Richter plays Chopin Nocturne E Minor, Op. 72, #1

Sviatoslav Richter plays Chopin Nocturne E Minor, Op. 72, #1


Learn How to Read Bass Clef on the Piano!

Here is an excellent video tutorial on bass clef and how it applies to piano. You will learn all about the bass clef notes and how they are oriented along with the treble clef. Remember that the Middle C is positioned between both the bass clef and the treble clef.

Get out your piano or keyboard and follow along for more hands-on practice as this will help you to visualize and retain the different notes and keys on the keyboard!

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music piano machine

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Itzhak Perlman-Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise

Itzhak Perlman-Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise


Chopin Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (Arthur Rubinstein)

Chopin Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (Arthur Rubinstein)