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General Piano Lessons

Chords – Part 2

Part two of my continuing video tutorials about chords is now available on YouTube:     [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCvHrSsyDWY?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] This video gives an intro to chords that have more than 3 notes, like 7th and 9th chords. Any comments or questions, feel free to ask.

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Arranging General Piano Lessons

Introduction to Chords – Part 1

I’ve started a new video series on my YouTube channel. The first part of an introduction to chords is there. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmezVWK0Ex8?hl=en&fs=1] The major and minor chord charts shown in the video are available for download in the Free Titles section of the music catalog: www.jamesgilbertmusic.com/catalog.php There are also some other chord related files there […]

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Piano Lessons

Practicing the piano, some suggestions

One approach for beginning to intermediate level students. This article contains some suggestions on how to practice the piano. These are geared toward pianists from the absolute beginner to intermediate level. This is only one of many approaches to practicing, but all the suggestions are worth applying to your practice routine. First a brief comment. […]

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Arranging Sibelius

Making a music arrangement using Sibelius 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B49i8EtmS-w Ever wonder what goes on in an arranger’s mind when they go to arrange a piece of music? Well, here’s a video showing some of that process. It also shows off some of the new Sibelius 7 music notation software. See how I take a hymn tune based on a German folk melody and […]

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Sibelius

Sibelius 7 first impressions

A look at the new Sibelius 7. Keep an eye out on my YouTube page in the near future for some screen shots and more detailed looks. Highlights For someone upgrading from older versions, plan to spend time learning the changes Gone are the menus, welcome the ‘ribbon’ Text handling changed (typography & frames) New […]