http://piano.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Piano GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-15T06:48:52Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/17/playing-piano-can-be-ter-riff-ic.htm Where would we be without repetition? Call them riffs, ostinatos, vamps or hooks, those repeated patterns help us recognize and relate to piano music of all types and styles. But... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/17/playing-piano-can-be-ter-riff-ic.htm 2008-05-17T06:39:44Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/15/two-discoveries-at-discovery-series.htm The Miami International Piano Festival's ''Discovery Series'' continues to act as a showcase for young artists at the beginning of their careers. And that was certainly true last weekend, when... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/15/two-discoveries-at-discovery-series.htm 2008-05-15T06:48:52Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/11/if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good.htm These are the words spoken by one of America's all-time favorite composers, the legendary Duke Ellington. From his first composition called "Soda Fountain Rag" written when he was just fifteen,... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/11/if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good.htm 2008-05-11T04:56:24Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/06/its-your-turn-again.htm Piano music is littered with ornaments and decorative devices, like trills, turns, and so on. Sometimes they're abbreviations, saving composers time, and sometimes they're easier to read than if they... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/06/its-your-turn-again.htm 2008-05-06T20:46:41Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/03/play-piano-in-groups.htm We all know how versatile the piano is, as a solo instrument, accompanying another solo instrument or with a full orchestra. But have you ever seen a whole bunch of... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/05/03/play-piano-in-groups.htm 2008-05-03T12:16:26Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/30/many-ways-to-play.htm I had an interesting question in my Piano Forum the other day. The person wanted to know if it was OK to play chords with the left hand. She'd learned... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/30/many-ways-to-play.htm 2008-04-30T08:36:09Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/26/write-your-own-piano-music.htm Who's your favorite composer?I get asked that question a lot as soon as people find out I'm a musician. But I can never give a simple answer. There's so much... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/26/write-your-own-piano-music.htm 2008-04-26T13:17:47Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/22/roll-over-beethoven-but-slowly.htm Hungarian born pianist Andras Schiff is taking his time. He's performing the complete 32 piano sonatas of Beethoven at Carnegie Hall -- in a series of concerts spread over a... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/22/roll-over-beethoven-but-slowly.htm 2008-04-22T04:30:38Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/18/a-turn-for-the-better.htm Piano music is full of ornaments, whether in the form of trills, mordents, figured basses, and so on. In many cases they're simply musical abbreviations to save composers time writing... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/18/a-turn-for-the-better.htm 2008-04-18T06:40:33Z http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/14/write-your-own-rag.htm All the creative minds do it. An easy way to come up with something new is to base it on something that already exists. Take the tune from Scott Joplin's... http://piano.about.com/b/2008/04/14/write-your-own-rag.htm 2008-04-14T18:58:09Z