Simply sit at the piano with your forearms parallel to the floor. Without moving your arms, rotate your wrists gently ...
Start with The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises by Charles-Louis Hanon, initially concentrating on exercises one through 10.
Though Coldplay broke out with a non-piano song, “Yellow,” Chris Martin’s piano riffs became as identifiable as his vocal ...
If you’ve seen a jazz concert in the Bay Area over the last few decades, there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed Tammy Lynne ...
Mala Emde plays Vera Brandes, the 18-year-old music promoter without whom Keith Jarrett's celebrated piano recording, ‘The ...
Altered chords should not scare anyone. Here are five shapes to explore when looking for a chord with some dramatic dissonance ...
Since we last regarded Stephen Hough in these pages, the out pianist has become Sir Stephen, and his work as a composer has ...
This wonderful commemorative concert, marking the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death, will be hard to surpass ...
Cleveland is blessed with orchestras — world class, professional, vocational, and student — and many of them are busy this ...
On a happier note, lovestruck guitarists are all about Oasis’s Wonderwall, the number one love song on Ultimate Guitar. It’s ...
Is your piano's keyboard set up correctly? Renner USA's new Key Measuring Device (KMD) is a remarkable new tool helping to ...
The title Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams reads as a most likely fit for The Drive-by Tuckers’ Southern Rock Opera. Still, ...