Sunday, 5 January 2014

Key, Chords and Modes drop downs ... 
If you click in a select box for key, chord or scale it displays correct notes and fingering.If you double click without moving the mouse cursor arrow, the textbox will become highlighted and then you can use the up and down arrows of the keyboard (the one you type on) to change key, chord and scale variations. Modes will only come into effect when clicked on and will use whatever key you select. When you use modes (scales)... the chord type select box is irrelevant. 
(although any modes setting in the display boxes is actually irrelevant when clicking on notes and finding chord names... if you click in some scale then remove a note or two, the chords you see will be based on that scale).

Building Triad Chords......

A triad’s type relies on both its third and its fifth; or, more specifically, the distance between these notes and the root note. Compare the four most common triad types using C as the root:

 ■ C Major
  Root: C
  M3: E
  P5: G

 ■ C Minor
  Root: C
  m3: E
  P5: G

 ■ C Diminished
  Root: C
  m3: E
  ♭5: G

 ■ C Augmented
  Root: C
  M3: E
  ♯5: G

             ○ Cmaj7: C - E - G - B (M3P5M7)
             ○ Cdom7: C - E - G - B (M3P5m7)

             ○ Cmin7: C - E - G - B (m3P5m7)
             ○ Cm/M7: C - E - G - B (m3P5M7)

Sunday, 1 December 2013

The Symbolism of the Piano in The Piano - The Symbolism of the Piano in The Piano         The piano has been inextricably linked with the roles and expectations of women in British society since its advent in the mid 1700s to the late 1800s when rising standards of living made it more accessible to middle class society. Pianos were regarded as "secure icons of social distinction" 1 and a wife was viewed similarly as a possession of "privatization, success and respectability."2 Pianos were instrumental in both reinforcing gender roles and as delineators of class distinction thus perpetuating the class system....   [tags: Piano] 
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,Playing the Piano - Playing the Piano "'natural phrasing' and `from the heart' are prized attributes of song singing that way requires rehearsal, preparation, and getting in touch with whatever it is inside singers and getting in touch with whatever it is inside singers that, by a neural kink or the grace of God, enables them to turn themselves into vessels of musical sound." On an Alumni Weekend at Milton Academy, I was practicing on a grand piano in the orchestra room. After about two hours of warm-up and practicing, the sun went down and the room became dark....   [tags: Music Piano Musical Essays]