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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Adam Lambert at Upright Cabaret's New Year's Eve celebration: Crazy
Adam singing Crazy at Upright Cabaret on New Year's with Gerald Sternbach on piano. This is THE last video I have of Adam. Probably won't be seeing him at any Cabaret shows any time soon. ;-)
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Piano Lesson - Learn To Play Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace for piano is a popular song on the internet. In this piano lesson we will learn to play this song with melody and chords without the use of sheet music. We will start by finding the note C.
The note C on your piano is found on many places on the piano keyboard. C is always to the left of two black keys on the keyboard. Let's find the middle C on the piano.
The middle C is often called C4 as it is in the fourth octave of an ordinary upright piano or grand piano. It is sometimes called the keyhole C as it is at the same horizontal position as the keyhole on some pianos.
In this piano lesson we will call it C4 and the C to the left of this note we will call C3 and so on. We will now continue this piano lesson by learning the song Amazing Grace. Let's take a look at the lyrics to the first verse:
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see
We will play this song in the key of F-major. You don't need to know exactly what this mean but it still is in F-major anyway.
We will start with the first line:
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
Here is the notes to play to this line:
C4 F4 A4 F4 A4 G4 F4 D4 C4
In this piano lesson we will use a type of piano tab that doesn't indicate the length of the individual notes. You will probably figure out this by yourself as you know the melody!
I feel confident that you are able to do this!
Let's continue with the next line:
That saved a wretch like me
C4 F4 A4 F4 A4 G4 A4 C5
We will now take a break in this piano lesson and amuse ourselves with three piano chords that you can play with your left hand as you play the melody with your right hand.
The first piano chord is called F-major or just F and it is played with these notes in this song:
F: C3 F3 A3
The next chord is Bb-major. It is played with these notes:
Bb: D3 F3 Bb3
What is the note Bb3?
Well, the ordinary note B3 is immediately to the left of the note C4. Bb3 is the black key immediately to the left of the note B3. Okey?
The third and last chord we will use in this piano lesson is the chord C7. It is played in the following way:
C7: C3 E3 Bb3
If you want to use these chords in the song I recommend that you learn them by heart first. Now we will continue with the piano lesson.
I once was lost, but now am found
A4 C5 A4 F4 A4 G4 F4 D4 C4
We finish this part of the piano lesson by playing the last line of lyrics.
Was blind, but now I see
C4 F4 A4 F4 A4 G4 F4
Our piano lesson on Amazing Grace is completed as far as the piano melody is concerned but if you want to use your left hand to play the chords as you play the right hand melody you'll find the bonus text here:
I will notate the melody as I did before but at certain places among the notes I will place the piano chords you already have learned after a slash.
When you see a note with a slash and a piano chord after it you are supposed to play the note and the chord at the same time.
Here is the Amazing Grace melody with piano chords:
C4 F4/F A4 F4 A4 G4 F4/Bb D4 C4/F
C4 F4/F A4 F4 A4 G4 A4 C5/C7
A4 C5/F A4 F4 A4 G4 F4/Bb D4 C4/F
C4 F4/F A4 F4 A4/C7 G4 F4/F
That's it! I recommend learning the Amazing Grace melody with or without chords by heart. You will then have access to it whenever you will find a piano or keyboard to play.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Bluthner 1890's cocked piano plays Claude Debussy Passepied
This is just one of my restored pianos that I would like to sell as I have to make room for another piano. One of many videos I am listing to show how a fully restored early Bluthner upright plays! The piano is straight strung and over damped! Many people view this design as inferior compared to overstrung/underdamped pianos because a lot of furniture manufactures in the early 1900's decided to try and make pianos with know real knowledge. With Bluthner's & Bechstein's this design and quality often out performs many lesser well known overstrung/underdamped pianos. Ihave a lot of other pianos in my collection and over this year I will record how the music sounds on the following: Bluthner Style 7 Aliquot grand, 3 Bluthner uprights, Ibach double overstrung grand, Bechstein model III upright, John Brinsmead 5' 2" grand and a Ronish upright. Thank you for viewing, Robert www.pianospares.com
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Henryk PACHULSKI: Op. 8, No. 1 (Prélude)
Cubus plays Prélude in C minor by Henryk Pachulski. A link to an mp3 of this piece can be found at cubus-adsl.dk Sound: Synthogy Ivory II Upright Pianos - Vintage Upright 16 Level II (a 1914 AM Hume vintage upright sampled in 16 dynamic levels). Reverb: Redline reverb.
Friday, December 2, 2011
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Native Instruments Alicia's Keys Virtual Piano
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With ALICIA'S KEYS, Native Instruments has unlocked the door to the R&B chanteuse's studio. The rich piano samples included in this sound library were created from her own playing, recorded in her personal studio in collaboration with her trusted engineer, Ann Mincieli. Together with Mincieli, Danish sample specialist Thomas Skarbye (also known by his company name Scarbee) and impulse response expert Ernest Cholakis, Alicia Keys has created a virtual piano that embodies the soulful, passionate sound that's become her trademark. Add this virtual piano to your studio and Alicia's distinguished playing will grace your next composition.ALICIA's KEYS' instrument samples come from the artist's very own Yamaha C3 Neo grand piano. This unique and hallowed instrument was built to celebrate Yamaha's 100th anniversary in 2002 and represents the very top of the Conservatory Collection line. The exquisite and unique sound of the C3 Neo were painstakingly captured by Thomas Skarbye, KONTAKT script wizard Nils Liberg, and Grammy-award winning engineer Ann Mincielimaking these exclusive Yamaha piano samples available to everyone. Using vintage microphones and preamps and through detailed analysis of Alicia's playing, the team succeeded in capturing the warm, soulful, and inspiring sound of the Yamaha C3 Neo piano all the way down to the finest nuances. Great effort was put into making the ALICIA'S KEYS virtual piano as authentic as possible. Designed with incredible precision, and incorporating subtle details such as mechanical release noises, a specially developed sympathetic resonance and release system, and even the sound of fingers hitting keys (optional), this unique virtual instrument software delivers plenty of lively realism. So much in fact, that Alicia Keys herself used it exclusively on her latest album "The Element of Freedom."
Friday, November 25, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Which is Better, Upright Or Grand Pianos?
Grand pianos are generally better than upright pianos. However, there are 2 reasons to consider an upright piano:
Limited space Limited budget
Although an upright piano may be considered because of space restrictions, because of its design, a baby grand may be easier to place. The back of an upright piano is ugly. This is why it is almost always placed on a wall. So you need about 5-feet of wall space to accommodate an upright piano (even a short one).
However, a baby grand piano looks good however you place it. The flexibility allows for placement in a corner or even the middle of a room. So in some instances where space is at a premium, a baby grand may be easier to place than an upright piano.
It is true that you will have to invest more money to get a baby grand piano compared to an upright. However, there are several distinct advantage in regards to sound and touch:
The sound of an upright comes out the back. As a result the sound goes into the wall. A baby grand or grand piano opens up into the room projecting the sound where you want it. The keys of an upright are shorter than a baby grand (and much shorter than a grand piano). Not the part you see, but behind the fall board. As a result, it is harder to press black keys and between black keys on an upright than on a baby grand. Just like being near the center of a see saw, it is difficult to get leverage on an upright piano because the shorter keys don't allow for the leverage you get on a grand piano. The hammers travel sideways on an upright action instead of up and down as in a grand action. So even the best uprights have sluggish actions because they don't have the benefit of gravity helping the repetition of the hammers. Last, the pedals on an upright don't do what they are supposed to do (except the sustain pedal on the right). The soft pedal (une corde) on a grand piano shifts the action so that the hammers hit only 2 strings instead of 3. This gives a change of tonal color which is one of the most magnificent expressive devices of a piano. In an upright, the soft pedal changes the touch by making the hammers closer to the strings which makes it harder to play loud but doesn't change the tone at all. Also the middle pedal (sustento) rarely provides the proper function on an upright.
So if you can afford it, get a grand piano or a baby grand. You will appreciate the difference.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
New Mason & Hamlin A 5'8" admirable piano by ontariopianos.com
We sell new and used Mason & Hamlin pianos in Canada and we remanufacture and have a great selection of Steinway & Sons grand pianos. Demonstrated by concert pianist Alexei Gulenco at the ontariopianos.com showroom in Burlington, Ontario. We are the official dealer for Mason & Hamlin pianos for Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Eastern Canada.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
House Of Troy P10-150 Upright Piano 8-Inch Portable Lamp, Polished Brass
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Single adjustment arm piano lamp. Shade swivels to direct light Height adjusts from 0" to 8" Switch located on shade 10' Brown cord
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