http://www.key-notes.com/piano-blog.html The key-notes - Piano Blog keeps you up-to-date with the latest updates to key-notes.com. Subscribe here! en-us piano Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:27:19 GMT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:27:19 GMT key-notes.com http://www.key-notes.com/how-to-learn-a-fugue.html With their multiplicity of interweaving, interdependent voices perpetually reacting to one another, deceptively appearing in backwards guise, upside-down, rhythmically lengthened or shortened, migrating amongst unstable keys yet all the while forming a coherent harmonic unity, fugues are far and away the most complicated of musical structures.... Fugues strike fear into the hearts of keyboard students the world over, yet most have never actually learned how to learn a fugue. [more...] Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:27:19 GMT http://www.key-notes.com/antique-piano-bench.html For many, an antique piano bench can be a prized possession. From their elegantly carved, exotic woods to their varicolored fabrics, antique piano benches can be a sight to behold. But they can be the worst thing that ever happens to your piano playing [more...] Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:09:57 GMT http://www.key-notes.com/piano.html About the piano Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:13:25 GMT http://www.key-notes.com/learn-to-read-music.html All musicians need to learn to read music if they are to make the most of their ability. Yet for so many, reading music remains the single biggest obstacle to learning music [more...] Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:08:47 GMT http://www.key-notes.com/ear-training.html Ear training, the listening comprehension of music, is the single most neglected aspect of music training today. Without proper ear training, you may be actually crippling your musical efforts to learn music. [more...] Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:07:27 GMT http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/80days/2008/05/meet-albert.html The correct link to yesterday's article is posted below. Concierge.com did the article, and MSNBC simply picked up the feed, so Concierge.com deserves all the credit. Well, Mark Schatzker really deserves all the credit for his outstanding work, not just in piano playing! I wish to extend a personal thank-you to Mark as well as Concierge. I urge you to read Mark's outrageous account of his ongoing travel adventures as he feasts, plays and strokes (both golf- <i>and</i> paint-) his way through Europe. We can all live <strike>voyeuristically</strike> <strike>vociferously</strike> <i>vicariously</i> through his Renaissance Man travels! Tue, 20 May 2008 10:29:59 GMT http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24297320/page/2/ Getting featured by <strike>MSNBC</strike> <b>Concierge.com</b> is an awfully entertaining way to kick off the new website. All weekend, "Renaissance Man" stunt journalist Mark Schatzker and I worked together on a Schubert Moment Musical to get him up to concert pitch. Mark has been traveling throughout Europe all month, learning cooking in Paris, golf in Scotland, gardening in England, and piano with me in Vienna. Now he's off to Lake Como in Italy to study painting. All in a month's work! We had terrific fun working together. Mark is a brilliant writer, so be sure to read about his fascinating journey. Just how did he have time to write like that <i>and</i> practice? Mon, 19 May 2008 19:15:33 GMT http://www.key-notes.com/index.html Welcome to the key-notes Virtual Piano Studio! As a concert pianist and music teacher, I've taught countless piano lessons to musicians of all ages and levels. What I've noticed over the years is that [more...] Tue, 13 May 2008 21:34:46 GMT http://www.key-notes.com/piano-blog.html The key-notes - Piano Blog keeps you up-to-date with the latest updates to key-notes.com. Subscribe here! Mon, 12 May 2008 19:28:21 GMT