Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Sight Reading Music Fast

Sight Reading Music Fast

"Seven Magic Steps To Speed Sight Reading!"

You can read most any type of music at sight -- if you follow these seven simple rules. It's not magic, unless you call understanding what you see magic. You'll learn how to instantly recognize intervals, inversions, arpeggios, chords, increase your eye span, and how to avoid losing your place in the music when you have to look down at your hands -- a problem lots of people have.

Dear Friend:

Would you like to DOUBLE your reading speed? Or TRIPLE it? How about QUADRUPLING it?

That's easy.

By the time you're half-way through the course, you will have at least doubled or tripled your speed.



That's a really MODEST GOAL -- to double or triple or quadruple your sight-reading speed.
But my goal for you is not to just double or triple or quadruple your speed, but to MULTIPLY IT BY TEN OR TWELVE.


Is that really possible?

Yes. Absolutely.

In fact, I want you to keep track of your progress. Measure your time on a piece of sheet music you've never seen before. Do it now, and then do it again after a week, and see if you haven't doubled your speed. Then do it again in a month, and see if your speed hasn't at least tripled.

Then do it again in a year, and I'll be surprised if your sight reading speed hasn't increased by a multiple of 10 or even 12.

How is this possible?

Through the use of "mental keys".



A mental key is just like a physical key. If you don't have the key to a car, how long does it take to get in? Probably several times as long as it would if you had the key in your hand.

Visualize yourself outside your house. You forgot your key, and the door is locked. How are you going to get in? Well, you could go through the bathroom window that you left ajar. Or you could jimmy the window in the bedroom. Or you could break the door down. You will get in -- but not nearly as fast as you would if you had the key in your hand. Not only that, going through the door is EASIER as well as FASTER, and certainly MORE ENJOYABLE than climbing in like a thief.

I've got the key to speed sight-reading. It took me nearly twenty years to develop, and tens of thousands of dollars. It has benefitted me greatly, and I can read at least 30 times faster than I could before I discovered the key.

Actually though, there are really 7 keys to speed sight reading -- not just one -- and I'm going to teach them ALL to you. Learning just one will make a big difference, but when you get all 7 under your belt you'll be reading music like you never dreamed possible.

Download piano chord chart

Download piano chord chart – making it easier to learn to play
You like music, and you want to play the piano. Now, you can use a piano chord chart download to learn how to play the piano quickly and easily. It takes the mystery and confusion out of the playing the piano. It is simple to obtain the piano chord chart download, just a click of the mouse and you are on your way!

If you sit in awe of the entertainer at the party playing music with ease. He strings together tunes that flow without sheet music. Go online and look for the piano chord chart download. Basically these piano players are using chords, which are notes put together to form a family of chords.

Piano chord chart download

This piano chord chart download is placed right above your piano keys, so you can see what keys you are playing and how the notes work together to form chords. Super easy to use, the piano chord chart download shows you the basics of chords. It gives you examples of how chords work together.

For instance, did you know that many of the piano chords work off the key of C? Once you master the Key of C chords, you can apply these tools to other keys. Soon you will work with one key, then another, and another. All with the easy to use piano chord chart download. The chords work as a family of notes. Chords make up songs, and soon you will be able to play simple music and even play by ear.

Instead of spending years on expensive piano lesson, consider using a simple technique that will literally change your musical life in a few weeks- the piano chord chart download.

Piano Chord Books

Piano chord books - learn to play with ease

Did you know that you can actually learn to play piano music with a piano chord book? Yes, it is simple and easy, almost child like. If you have a brain (if you are reading this you have a brain) you can follow the easy to use piano chord book and learn to play piano music with flair.

Maybe you took piano lessons when you were a kid, and gave up after a few months. Move along, you are all grown up. Now, you can learn so much from this piano chord book that you will be totally amazed. If you thought you had no talent at all, you will soon be transformed from a know nothing musical challenged moron to an accomplished sought after fun loving piano playing guru.

So, you can learn how to play piano with this neat little piano chord book that easily explains the notes, the chords, and how they all work together to form beautiful music. If you hear a song on the radio, or a jingle on television, and if you can hum, you will be able to play it back using your ear and this great piano chord book.

If you home school using a piano chord book is a great way to introduce your children to playing piano. Although the play piano course is geared towards adults, this easy to use program can be used with teens and older children who have musical affinity and a genuine desire to learn.

If you want to learn to play piano, try our easy to use piano chord book (also comes with DVD, CD, and chord charts).

Auld Lang Syne

Auld Lang Syne

The story of the famous "New Year's Eve" song
For as long as I can remember, every New Years Eve people have sung the old familiar song "Auld Lang Syne". I recall as a teen-ager playing it on the piano on New Year's Eve, and kids galore standing around the piano singing:

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon,
The flames of love extinguished,
And freely past and gone?
Is thy kind heart now grown so cold
In that loving breast of thine,
That thou canst never once reflect
On old-long-syne?

Apparently no one knows the true origin of the song, although it has been credited to Robert Burns, the writer and poet. But Burns himself tells a different story:

Robert Burns sent a copy of the original song to the British Museum with this comment: "The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man's singing , is enough to recommend any air."

But what in the world do the words mean?
Should old acquaintances be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld Lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

Should old acquaintances be forgotten
and never remembered
Should old acquaintance be forgotten
For old long ago

For old long ago, my dear
For old long ago
We will take a cup of kindness yet
For old long ago








And here's the complete version:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
And days of auld lang syne, my dear,
And days of auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?


We twa hae run aboot the braes
And pu'd the gowans fine.
We've wandered mony a weary foot,
Sin' auld lang syne.
Sin' auld lang syne, my dear,
Sin' auld lang syne,
We've wandered mony a weary foot,
Sin' auld ang syne.

We twa hae sported i' the burn,
From morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roared
Sin' auld lang syne.

Sin' auld lang syne, my dear,
Sin' auld lang syne.
But seas between us braid hae roared
Sin' auld lang syne.

And ther's a hand, my trusty friend,
And gie's a hand o' thine;
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.


Auld Lang Syne

Happy Birthday on the piano

How to play happy birthday on the piano – learn to play

You might ask yourself, can I learn how to play happy birthday on the piano? Yes, you can. You can go online and search for programs on how to play happy birthday on the piano, and you will not find a better program than Play piano.com’s playing piano.


Learn how to play happy birthday on the piano in the comfort of your own home at your own pace. No stress, no one breathing down your next. No recital with twenty other kids and embarrassment of hitting the wrong notes. Yes, you can learn with confidence how to play happy birthday on the piano.

It seems amazing that you can actually get something that is helpful and effective and easy to use. Play Piano By Ear has a great program, and you can learn how to play happy birthday on the piano.

Did you know that every time a radio or a television show plays the happy birthday song they have to pay for the rights to use it? That is why on some low budget projects you might hear some other cone other than happy birthday to you, that we all know and love.

Playing piano does not have to be a laborious chore. No more spending hours pounding on the piano, with scales and notes galore. You can actually learn how to play happy birthday on the piano and entertain yourself and your family with music played by ear and with sheet music. You can start out with this exciting world of piano playing music with an email course that will allow you to learn how to play happy birthday on the piano.