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		<title>Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour!</title>
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	<category>Piano Chords</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>So, you want to learn how to play piano by ear. You think this skill is reserved for those with &#8220;special&#8221; talent. You&#8217;re wrong about that!</p><br />
<p>What does it mean to play by ear? Simply that the musician understands the fundamentals of diatonic harmony. To understand this, you just need to know a little about chords.</p><br />
<p>For example, in the Key of C Major we have 7 chords. These are: C Maj. D min. E min. F Maj. G Maj. A min. and B half-diminished.</p><br />
<p>Notice that these chords are lined up in order and that they are triads. Most harmonic theory in the western world gives a number to these chords using roman numerals. Simply put, we can call the C Major <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...because the universe or cosmic energy, which is what bring about your desires, can only say yes:<br />
<br />
You say you don't have time? Bingo! No more time for you. No romantic love or a life partner? Just say the words "I ...</div>chord 1, the D minor chord 2, and so on. You see how it works.</p><br />
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<p><b>FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THESE CHORDS!</b></p><br />
<p>Now, once you familiarize yourself with these chords you get to learn something that most composers have know for centuries and that is <u>certain chord progressions have tension</u> and other&#8217;s don&#8217;t.</p><br />
<p>To play piano by ear, you need to learn the most frequently used chord progression and that is the 1-4-5 progression. To put it into chord terms it&#8217;s simply the C Major chord followed by the F Major chord and then the G Major chord.</p><br />
<p><b>Knowing these 3 chords will help you play piano by ear guaranteed.</b> How? Because these chords are used in almost ALL the music here in the west! Which <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/2/piano-right-from-the-start-learning-to-play-what-you-feel/'>  Piano Right From the Start:: "Learning to Play What You Feel!" </a><br/>...already knew more than enough to play the piano. I also came to believe I was good enough and that no one person will every know it all or be a "perfect" player.<br />
<br />
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of ...</div>is to say, most pop songs use them. and many, many classical compositions use them. They are the bedrock of modern western harmonic theory.</p><br />
<p>You may be asking yourself why these chords are so important. You see it all has to do with the scale! When you play a C major scale you are defining the chords that can come from it. When we construct triads using this scale, the chords that are generated give a certain sound. Composers discovered that the most tension exists between the 1 and the 5 chords.</p><br />
<p>Now, the early composers prized tension because it meant that they could control how to build up to climax and how to release as well.</p><br />
<p>To play the piano by ear, <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/4/new-age-piano-and-improvisation/'>  New Age Piano and Improvisation </a><br/>...for the fun of it and for the enjoyment it brings to ourselves and to others. Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in ...</div>learn these 3 chords in ALL keys. You&#8217;ll soon get the secret!</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, you want to learn how to play piano by ear. You think this skill is reserved for those with &#8220;special&#8221; talent. You&#8217;re wrong about that!</p><br />
<p>What does it mean to play by ear? Simply that the musician understands the fundamentals of diatonic harmony. To understand this, you just need to know a little about chords.</p><br />
<p>For example, in the Key of C Major we have 7 chords. These are: C Maj. D min. E min. F Maj. G Maj. A min. and B half-diminished.</p><br />
<p>Notice that these chords are lined up in order and that they are triads. Most harmonic theory in the western world gives a number to these chords using roman numerals. Simply put, we can call the C Major <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...water.<br />
<br />
So, next time you write in your wish list that you want a million dollars, substitute this amount by what you really want to do, be or have. The charged energy of money will fade away and you may in ...</div>chord 1, the D minor chord 2, and so on. You see how it works.</p><br />
<p><a id="more-354"></a></p><br />
<p><b>FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THESE CHORDS!</b></p><br />
<p>Now, once you familiarize yourself with these chords you get to learn something that most composers have know for centuries and that is <u>certain chord progressions have tension</u> and other&#8217;s don&#8217;t.</p><br />
<p>To play piano by ear, you need to learn the most frequently used chord progression and that is the 1-4-5 progression. To put it into chord terms it&#8217;s simply the C Major chord followed by the F Major chord and then the G Major chord.</p><br />
<p><b>Knowing these 3 chords will help you play piano by ear guaranteed.</b> How? Because these chords are used in almost ALL the music here in the west! Which <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/2/piano-right-from-the-start-learning-to-play-what-you-feel/'>  Piano Right From the Start:: "Learning to Play What You Feel!" </a><br/>...already knew more than enough to play the piano. I also came to believe I was good enough and that no one person will every know it all or be a "perfect" player.<br />
<br />
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of ...</div>is to say, most pop songs use them. and many, many classical compositions use them. They are the bedrock of modern western harmonic theory.</p><br />
<p>You may be asking yourself why these chords are so important. You see it all has to do with the scale! When you play a C major scale you are defining the chords that can come from it. When we construct triads using this scale, the chords that are generated give a certain sound. Composers discovered that the most tension exists between the 1 and the 5 chords.</p><br />
<p>Now, the early composers prized tension because it meant that they could control how to build up to climax and how to release as well.</p><br />
<p>To play the piano by ear, <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/4/new-age-piano-and-improvisation/'>  New Age Piano and Improvisation </a><br/>...for the fun of it and for the enjoyment it brings to ourselves and to others. Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in ...</div>learn these 3 chords in ALL keys. You&#8217;ll soon get the secret!</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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		<title>How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Piano Keyboards</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A student once asked me; &#8220;Can I determine what my favorite piano player is actually doing on the keyboard just by listening?&#8221; An excellent question and one that can be answered in the affirmative. <b>Here&#8217;s how to do it.</b></p><br />
<p>First, figure out what the left-hand is doing. This is the key to understanding what is being done by any piano player, no matter what the style. Let&#8217;s take New Age pianist David Lanz as an example. Lanz&#8217;s style usually revolves around a left hand that plays an ostinato pattern while the right hand improvises. Very few pianists base their compositions on the right-hand.</p><br />
<p><!--more--></p><br />
<p>It has to do with the way the piano is structured. You have the bass notes and midrange section <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...chords.Now, the early composers prized tension because it meant that they could control how to build up to climax and how to release as well.To play the piano by ear, learn these 3 chords in ALL keys. You'll soon get ...</div>of the keyboard allotted to the left-hand. And this accounts for the &#8220;arrangement&#8221; of most piano pieces. In fact, once you figure out what the left-hand is doing, you&#8217;ve got it down for most pieces!</p><br />
<p>The left-hand will usually be playing an arpeggio, broken or solid chords, or bass-chord arrangement. The right of course will be playing melody and/or harmonizing the melody with chords.</p><br />
<p>For example, if we listen to the piece &#8220;Thanksgiving&#8221; by George Winston, we notice right away a harmonic background being played. Now for the novice listener, all they may hear is notes and not know what is being done. But nine times out of ten, the accompaniment of a piano piece is taken by the left hand and <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...a free and inspiring e-book and a set of gratitude e-cards. Contact Dr. Maria to schedule a talk for your events and TV, Radio, and media programs.You may reprint this article in its entirety as long as you add this ...</div>that is exactly what is happening in this piece. Then the right hand comes in to play a melody and this turns out to be the arrangement for the entire piece.</p><br />
<p>Of course, there are many exceptions to the left hand rule as when the right hits notes and chords while the left plays bass, but if you listen for what the left hand is doing, you can figure out how most solo piano pieces are constructed.</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/2/piano-right-from-the-start-learning-to-play-what-you-feel/'>  Piano Right From the Start:: "Learning to Play What You Feel!" </a><br/>...He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE ...</div>internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A student once asked me; &#8220;Can I determine what my favorite piano player is actually doing on the keyboard just by listening?&#8221; An excellent question and one that can be answered in the affirmative. <b>Here&#8217;s how to do it.</b></p><br />
<p>First, figure out what the left-hand is doing. This is the key to understanding what is being done by any piano player, no matter what the style. Let&#8217;s take New Age pianist David Lanz as an example. Lanz&#8217;s style usually revolves around a left hand that plays an ostinato pattern while the right hand improvises. Very few pianists base their compositions on the right-hand.</p><br />
<p><a id="more-353"></a></p><br />
<p>It has to do with the way the piano is structured. You have the bass notes and midrange section <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE ...</div>of the keyboard allotted to the left-hand. And this accounts for the &#8220;arrangement&#8221; of most piano pieces. In fact, once you figure out what the left-hand is doing, you&#8217;ve got it down for most pieces!</p><br />
<p>The left-hand will usually be playing an arpeggio, broken or solid chords, or bass-chord arrangement. The right of course will be playing melody and/or harmonizing the melody with chords.</p><br />
<p>For example, if we listen to the piece &#8220;Thanksgiving&#8221; by George Winston, we notice right away a harmonic background being played. Now for the novice listener, all they may hear is notes and not know what is being done. But nine times out of ten, the accompaniment of a piano piece is taken by the left hand and <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...a free and inspiring e-book and a set of gratitude e-cards. Contact Dr. Maria to schedule a talk for your events and TV, Radio, and media programs.You may reprint this article in its entirety as long as you add this ...</div>that is exactly what is happening in this piece. Then the right hand comes in to play a melody and this turns out to be the arrangement for the entire piece.</p><br />
<p>Of course, there are many exceptions to the left hand rule as when the right hits notes and chords while the left plays bass, but if you listen for what the left hand is doing, you can figure out how most solo piano pieces are constructed.</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/2/piano-right-from-the-start-learning-to-play-what-you-feel/'>  Piano Right From the Start:: "Learning to Play What You Feel!" </a><br/>...He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE ...</div>internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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		<title>Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That&#8217;s Right For You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Piano Lessons</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>How do you choose the right piano teacher? That&#8217;s a question newbies at piano frequently ask. And it&#8217;s an important question as well. Let me tell you how to do it.</p><br />
<p>First, you really have to <strong>identify what your goals are.</strong> Do you want to play classical piano pieces? If so, you&#8217;ll need someone who&#8217;s been trained to play this style. Fortunately, the classical style of piano playing has no shortage of piano teachers.</p><br />
<p>Do you want to play from fake books? If so, you&#8217;ll need to find a teacher who knows chords. These teachers exist and can be found as well. While not as abundant as the note reading classical teacher, the chord-based approach is being taught more and more these <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano ...</div>days.</p><br />
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<p>The first thing you should do is <strong>check out your local yellow pages.</strong> Turn to &#8220;piano teachers&#8221; or &#8220;piano instruction&#8221; and you should see more than a few listings.</p><br />
<p>Look and then call the piano teachers on the ads that you think may work for you. When you get them on the phone, ask them if they work with adults, children or both. If both, and you&#8217;re an adult, ask them how much experience they have working with adults. They should have at least 5 years under their belt to begin working with you.</p><br />
<p>Also ask if they&#8217;ll give you a free introductory lesson. Most will do this for you but be prepared if the answer is no.</p><br />
<p>As far as rates go, <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...know a little about chords.For example, in the Key of C Major we have 7 chords. These are: C Maj. D min. E min. F Maj. G Maj. A min. and B half-diminished.Notice that these chords are lined up in ...</div>if you have to pay a little more for a quality teacher, do it. Like any other profession, there will be those who charge more who are actually worth it and those who charge more who aren&#8217;t. That&#8217;s why a free introductory lesson is a good idea.</p><br />
<p>Now, many <strong>piano teachers are using the computer and Internet to teach.</strong> The same rules apply here. See if they offer an introductory lesson. Find out how long they&#8217;ve been teaching and to whom.</p><br />
<p>Learning online is great if you&#8217;re an independent person and do not need a teacher hanging over your shoulder. Also, online piano lessons are usually far less expensive and give you the ability to learn at your own pace. A quality <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...say you don't have time? Bingo! No more time for you. No romantic love or a life partner? Just say the words "I don t have a love of my own" and there you go: no love of your own. ...</div>many adults really appreciate.</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do you choose the right piano teacher? That&#8217;s a question newbies at piano frequently ask. And it&#8217;s an important question as well. Let me tell you how to do it.</p><br />
<p>First, you really have to <strong>identify what your goals are.</strong> Do you want to play classical piano pieces? If so, you&#8217;ll need someone who&#8217;s been trained to play this style. Fortunately, the classical style of piano playing has no shortage of piano teachers.</p><br />
<p>Do you want to play from fake books? If so, you&#8217;ll need to find a teacher who knows chords. These teachers exist and can be found as well. While not as abundant as the note reading classical teacher, the chord-based approach is being taught more and more these <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...left-hand is doing. This is the key to understanding what is being done by any piano player, no matter what the style. Let's take New Age pianist David Lanz as an example. Lanz's style usually revolves around a left hand ...</div>days.</p><br />
<p><a id="more-352"></a></p><br />
<p>The first thing you should do is <strong>check out your local yellow pages.</strong> Turn to &#8220;piano teachers&#8221; or &#8220;piano instruction&#8221; and you should see more than a few listings.</p><br />
<p>Look and then call the piano teachers on the ads that you think may work for you. When you get them on the phone, ask them if they work with adults, children or both. If both, and you&#8217;re an adult, ask them how much experience they have working with adults. They should have at least 5 years under their belt to begin working with you.</p><br />
<p>Also ask if they&#8217;ll give you a free introductory lesson. Most will do this for you but be prepared if the answer is no.</p><br />
<p>As far as rates go, <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...know a little about chords.For example, in the Key of C Major we have 7 chords. These are: C Maj. D min. E min. F Maj. G Maj. A min. and B half-diminished.Notice that these chords are lined up in ...</div>if you have to pay a little more for a quality teacher, do it. Like any other profession, there will be those who charge more who are actually worth it and those who charge more who aren&#8217;t. That&#8217;s why a free introductory lesson is a good idea.</p><br />
<p>Now, many <strong>piano teachers are using the computer and Internet to teach.</strong> The same rules apply here. See if they offer an introductory lesson. Find out how long they&#8217;ve been teaching and to whom.</p><br />
<p>Learning online is great if you&#8217;re an independent person and do not need a teacher hanging over your shoulder. Also, online piano lessons are usually far less expensive and give you the ability to learn at your own pace. A quality <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...say you don't have time? Bingo! No more time for you. No romantic love or a life partner? Just say the words "I don t have a love of my own" and there you go: no love of your own. ...</div>many adults really appreciate.</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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		<title>Chord Progressions for New Age Piano</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wpman</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Piano Chords</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The sound of New Age music can be divided into the 3 parts melody, harmony, and rhythm. The harmony aspect can be thought of simply as chords. Now New Age music does use certain piano chords more than others.</p><br />
<p>One chord I&#8217;m fond of is the 9th chord. All this means is that the ninth note of the scale is used to create the chord with. For example, a triad built from the C Major scale is spelled - c-e-g. If we add the seventh note in the scale (b) we get a seventh chord - C Major 7. It&#8217;s spelled - c-e-g-b. Simple enough.</p><br />
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<p>Now if we continue up the scale we will hit the octave C. The next note after <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...so, you'll need someone who's been trained to play this style. Fortunately, the classical style of piano playing has no shortage of piano teachers.Do you want to play from fake books? If so, you'll need to find a teacher who ...</div>this is the 9th note (d). It&#8217;s also the 2nd note in the scale. This can get confusing but it&#8217;s just a system of counting. The C Major 9 chord is spelled c-e-g-b-d. This chord has a very rich sound and is used often in New Age music. It can be used as an ostinato, or as broken chord or arpeggio.</p><br />
<p>A typical New Age chord progression is simple and usually stays within the scale it came from. We can play C Maj. - F Maj. and G Maj. and by using just these 3 piano chords, improvise and create in the New Age style.</p><br />
<p>In fact, in the online lesson &#8220;Ocean Dreams,&#8221; this is exactly what is done. Except in this <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...and this turns out to be the arrangement for the entire piece.Of course, there are many exceptions to the left hand rule as when the right hits notes and chords while the left plays bass, but if you listen for ...</div>lesson, I eliminate the seventh tone from the chord and play an octave in the left hand.</p><br />
<p>By eliminating the seventh tone, I&#8217;m creating a more folksy or New Age sound. The seventh tone is used mainly in Jazz music but can be used in New Age music as well.</p><br />
<p>Once the left hand is &#8220;down&#8221; I add in tones from the C Major scale, especially the ninth tone (d) and the New Age sound is apparent. Other piano chords used in New Age music will be detailed in other articles later on.</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...we construct triads using this scale, the chords that are generated give a certain sound. Composers discovered that the most tension exists between the 1 and the 5 chords.Now, the early composers prized tension because it meant that they could ...</div>over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The sound of New Age music can be divided into the 3 parts melody, harmony, and rhythm. The harmony aspect can be thought of simply as chords. Now New Age music does use certain piano chords more than others.</p><br />
<p>One chord I&#8217;m fond of is the 9th chord. All this means is that the ninth note of the scale is used to create the chord with. For example, a triad built from the C Major scale is spelled - c-e-g. If we add the seventh note in the scale (b) we get a seventh chord - C Major 7. It&#8217;s spelled - c-e-g-b. Simple enough.</p><br />
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<p>Now if we continue up the scale we will hit the octave C. The next note after <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...to teach. The same rules apply here. See if they offer an introductory lesson. Find out how long they've been teaching and to whom.Learning online is great if you're an independent person and do not need a teacher hanging over ...</div>this is the 9th note (d). It&#8217;s also the 2nd note in the scale. This can get confusing but it&#8217;s just a system of counting. The C Major 9 chord is spelled c-e-g-b-d. This chord has a very rich sound and is used often in New Age music. It can be used as an ostinato, or as broken chord or arpeggio.</p><br />
<p>A typical New Age chord progression is simple and usually stays within the scale it came from. We can play C Maj. - F Maj. and G Maj. and by using just these 3 piano chords, improvise and create in the New Age style.</p><br />
<p>In fact, in the online lesson &#8220;Ocean Dreams,&#8221; this is exactly what is done. Except in this <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...and this turns out to be the arrangement for the entire piece.Of course, there are many exceptions to the left hand rule as when the right hits notes and chords while the left plays bass, but if you listen for ...</div>lesson, I eliminate the seventh tone from the chord and play an octave in the left hand.</p><br />
<p>By eliminating the seventh tone, I&#8217;m creating a more folksy or New Age sound. The seventh tone is used mainly in Jazz music but can be used in New Age music as well.</p><br />
<p>Once the left hand is &#8220;down&#8221; I add in tones from the C Major scale, especially the ninth tone (d) and the New Age sound is apparent. Other piano chords used in New Age music will be detailed in other articles later on.</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...we construct triads using this scale, the chords that are generated give a certain sound. Composers discovered that the most tension exists between the 1 and the 5 chords.Now, the early composers prized tension because it meant that they could ...</div>over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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		<title>Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Piano Lessons</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>To the uninitiated, the piano keyboard looks like a sea of black and white. So many keys!</p><br />
<p>The way most piano teachers handle this problem is to first show students where middle C is - and I agree this should be the first thing newbies learn. But after they learn this visual marker, it&#8217;s time to really make the piano keyboard easy to see. How? <strong>By showing students how to form chords.</strong></p><br />
<p>Sure, you could spend your time learning every single note on the piano. And you&#8217;d probably still be confused as to how to make music. But if you learn a chord-based approach first, you&#8217;ll be able to see piano keys as chords instead of individual notes. And when this happens <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...The seventh tone is used mainly in Jazz music but can be used in New Age music as well.Once the left hand is "down" I add in tones from the C Major scale, especially the ninth tone (d) and the ...</div>you&#8217;ll no longer be confused.</p><br />
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<p><strong>What I have my students do is master something called the open position chord first.</strong> Using this chord gives you a unique perspective to keyboard harmony. Both hands are called into play as you play something called a seventh chord. Seventh chords are used by contemporary pianists to create a &#8220;modern&#8221; sound.</p><br />
<p>In my free lesson &#8220;<a href="http://www.quiescencemusic.com/reflections.html" target="_blank">Reflections in Water</a>,&#8221; we use open position chords in the Key of C Major to create a calm, gentle ambience.</p><br />
<p>Four chords are used in total: C Major 7, A minor 7, F Major 7, and G 7. If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with these chords don&#8217;t worry! You can learn them in a matter of minutes and start making music just as fast. <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...the ability to learn at your own pace. A quality many adults really appreciate. Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New ...</div>Not only that, but you&#8217;ll be able to learn and understand how to make music on the piano in the Key of C!</p><br />
<p>You see, all you really need to know to make music and understand the keyboard is to know what Key you&#8217;re playing in and the chords from that Key.</p><br />
<p>The Key of C is located on the white keys. It&#8217;s the perfect place to start your understanding of keyboard harmony. Once you can play the C Major scale and form a few open position chords on the piano, you&#8217;ll see the keyboard in a whole new light!</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...can figure out how most solo piano pieces are constructed. Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over ...</div>piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To the uninitiated, the piano keyboard looks like a sea of black and white. So many keys!</p><br />
<p>The way most piano teachers handle this problem is to first show students where middle C is - and I agree this should be the first thing newbies learn. But after they learn this visual marker, it&#8217;s time to really make the piano keyboard easy to see. How? <strong>By showing students how to form chords.</strong></p><br />
<p>Sure, you could spend your time learning every single note on the piano. And you&#8217;d probably still be confused as to how to make music. But if you learn a chord-based approach first, you&#8217;ll be able to see piano keys as chords instead of individual notes. And when this happens <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...New Age music will be detailed in other articles later on. Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for ...</div>you&#8217;ll no longer be confused.</p><br />
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<p><strong>What I have my students do is master something called the open position chord first.</strong> Using this chord gives you a unique perspective to keyboard harmony. Both hands are called into play as you play something called a seventh chord. Seventh chords are used by contemporary pianists to create a &#8220;modern&#8221; sound.</p><br />
<p>In my free lesson &#8220;<a href="http://www.quiescencemusic.com/reflections.html" target="_blank">Reflections in Water</a>,&#8221; we use open position chords in the Key of C Major to create a calm, gentle ambience.</p><br />
<p>Four chords are used in total: C Major 7, A minor 7, F Major 7, and G 7. If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with these chords don&#8217;t worry! You can learn them in a matter of minutes and start making music just as fast. <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...the ability to learn at your own pace. A quality many adults really appreciate. Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New ...</div>Not only that, but you&#8217;ll be able to learn and understand how to make music on the piano in the Key of C!</p><br />
<p>You see, all you really need to know to make music and understand the keyboard is to know what Key you&#8217;re playing in and the chords from that Key.</p><br />
<p>The Key of C is located on the white keys. It&#8217;s the perfect place to start your understanding of keyboard harmony. Once you can play the C Major scale and form a few open position chords on the piano, you&#8217;ll see the keyboard in a whole new light!</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...can figure out how most solo piano pieces are constructed. Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over ...</div>piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson! <br />
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		<title>Piano Improvisation - Easier Than You Think!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Electric Piano</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>As someone who has played the piano for quite a long time, I can tell you that there is nothing more enjoyable than being able to sit down and just improvise.</p><br />
<p>Now, I don&#8217;t do this every day, but when the mood strikes I do. It might be a beautiful spring morning, or the sight of something inspirational, but when the feeling comes, I move towards the piano and just play.</p><br />
<p>I take for granted that I can do this because I&#8217;ve been doing it for a very long time. It&#8217;s now a part of me. And a part I would never want to give up or lose. Now I know that some of you may think only a few gifted individuals <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/350/piano-keys-and-how-to-make-sense-of-them/'>  Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them </a><br/>...on the piano, you'll see the keyboard in a whole new light! Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style ...</div>can do this, but let me tell you that IT&#8217;S ONLY IMPROVISATION AND THIS CAN BE TAUGHT!</p><br />
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<p>You don&#8217;t need much to begin. Just a few chords under your fingers and you&#8217;re off exploring a world of sound. Once you begin to improvise and experience for yourself how easy it can be it becomes addictive. You&#8217;ll find yourself wanting to play the piano more and more. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m not a big fan of routine practicing.</p><br />
<p>I believe that students will play the piano when they see how it can benefit and enrich their lives. Then, they will naturally want to play. In fact, it may be difficult to pull them away from playing.</p><br />
<p>I&#8217;m also a big advocate of keeping it very <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...it came from. We can play C Maj. - F Maj. and G Maj. and by using just these 3 piano chords, improvise and create in the New Age style.In fact, in the online lesson "Ocean Dreams," this is exactly ...</div>simple in the beginning and focusing more on cultivating a productive attitude in the student. One thing I&#8217;ve learned from teaching piano for the last 14 years is that students who don&#8217;t believe they can improvise won&#8217;t be able to. This is the biggest roadblock students have in the beginning.</p><br />
<p>But once they see that they can improvise and create music on their own, the rest is usually easy.</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...you.Also ask if they'll give you a free introductory lesson. Most will do this for you but be prepared if the answer is no.As far as rates go, if you have to pay a little more for a quality teacher, ...</div>FREE piano lesson! <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As someone who has played the piano for quite a long time, I can tell you that there is nothing more enjoyable than being able to sit down and just improvise.</p><br />
<p>Now, I don&#8217;t do this every day, but when the mood strikes I do. It might be a beautiful spring morning, or the sight of something inspirational, but when the feeling comes, I move towards the piano and just play.</p><br />
<p>I take for granted that I can do this because I&#8217;ve been doing it for a very long time. It&#8217;s now a part of me. And a part I would never want to give up or lose. Now I know that some of you may think only a few gifted individuals <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/350/piano-keys-and-how-to-make-sense-of-them/'>  Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them </a><br/>...ambience.Four chords are used in total: C Major 7, A minor 7, F Major 7, and G 7. If you're unfamiliar with these chords don't worry! You can learn them in a matter of minutes and start making music just ...</div>can do this, but let me tell you that IT&#8217;S ONLY IMPROVISATION AND THIS CAN BE TAUGHT!</p><br />
<p><a id="more-349"></a></p><br />
<p>You don&#8217;t need much to begin. Just a few chords under your fingers and you&#8217;re off exploring a world of sound. Once you begin to improvise and experience for yourself how easy it can be it becomes addictive. You&#8217;ll find yourself wanting to play the piano more and more. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m not a big fan of routine practicing.</p><br />
<p>I believe that students will play the piano when they see how it can benefit and enrich their lives. Then, they will naturally want to play. In fact, it may be difficult to pull them away from playing.</p><br />
<p>I&#8217;m also a big advocate of keeping it very <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...it came from. We can play C Maj. - F Maj. and G Maj. and by using just these 3 piano chords, improvise and create in the New Age style.In fact, in the online lesson "Ocean Dreams," this is exactly ...</div>simple in the beginning and focusing more on cultivating a productive attitude in the student. One thing I&#8217;ve learned from teaching piano for the last 14 years is that students who don&#8217;t believe they can improvise won&#8217;t be able to. This is the biggest roadblock students have in the beginning.</p><br />
<p>But once they see that they can improvise and create music on their own, the rest is usually easy.</p><br />
<p> Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music&#8217;s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...you.Also ask if they'll give you a free introductory lesson. Most will do this for you but be prepared if the answer is no.As far as rates go, if you have to pay a little more for a quality teacher, ...</div>FREE piano lesson! <br />
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		<title>Improvising On The Piano: Jazz Musicians Do It &#8212; Why Not Other Styles?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Classical Piano</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Why jazz piano improvisation?</p><br />
<p>Why not gospel piano improvisation?</p><br />
<p>Is it not possible to improvise classical music, or sacred music, or any other kind of music?</p><br />
<p>Bach improvised many of his fugues and inventions while playing organ in church. Many others in all musical styles have improvised within the context of their own persuasion. So why study improvised jazz? Why not study improvised classical music, or improvised gospel music?</p><br />
<p>The answer is access.</p><br />
<p>Jazz piano improvisation is so much more accessible than is improvisation in other areas. Some classical pianists do improvise, but at performances they are generally expected to play Chopin or Debussy or Mozart, rather than to make up their own music. There are gospel pianists who do improvise, but the expectation of <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/349/piano-improvisation-easier-than-you-think/'>  Piano Improvisation - Easier Than You Think! </a><br/>...piano more and more. That's why I'm not a big fan of routine practicing.I believe that students will play the piano when they see how it can benefit and enrich their lives. Then, they will naturally want to play. In ...</div>their listeners is not primarily to hear music created on the spot.</p><br />
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<p>But the expectations of a audience of jazz fans is expressly to hear music created extemporaneously, without benefit of written score. And so jazz, far more than any other musical style to date, has become the music of improvisation. Not because there is anything inherent in the tunes jazz musicians play that calls for improvisation, but because of the expectation of improvisation that has built up over the years.</p><br />
<p>This fact makes it possible for an interested observer to study jazz improvisation like he could study no other kind of improvisation. He has easy access to concerts, recordings, transcriptions of jazz recordings, and even local jam sessions. When can he <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/350/piano-keys-and-how-to-make-sense-of-them/'>  Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them </a><br/>...chords.Sure, you could spend your time learning every single note on the piano. And you'd probably still be confused as to how to make music. But if you learn a chord-based approach first, you'll be able to see piano keys ...</div>attend a classical concert and be sure of hearing music improvised? When can he attend church with assurance that the pianist will improvise? But with jazz, his sources are many and are readily available.</p><br />
<p>Can the principles derived from jazz improvisation be applied to other musical styles?</p><br />
<p>Of course.</p><br />
<p>Every pianist uses the same 88 notes of the keyboard. All music consists of some kind of melody, some kind of harmony, some kind of rhythm. Elements from one style can be transplanted to another style; in fact, this is happening all the time. Notice lately how much of contemporary pop music is flavored with elements from jazz, country-western, and even classical music. Cross-pollinization of styles abounds in contemporary music.</p><br />
<p>So improvisation can be studied <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...built from the C Major scale is spelled - c-e-g. If we add the seventh note in the scale (b) we get a seventh chord - C Major 7. It's spelled - c-e-g-b. Simple enough.Now if we continue up the ...</div>by the student of classical music, the church pianist, the worship team keyboardist, the new-age pianist, the country-western piano player, and any other style of music. The benefits and rewards of learning to improvise on the piano are enormous.</p><br />
<p>So next time you see or hear a jazz pianist play, pay close attention to what she or he is doing. Ask yourself what&#8217;s going on musically &#8212; what chords and chord progressions are being used, what rhythms are in play, and how the tune of a song is being altered as the pianist improvises the melody line.</p><br />
<p>Then go home and apply what you&#8217;ve learned to your style of music. You&#8217;ll be surprised how much you can learn by simply observing and <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...to play from fake books? If so, you'll need to find a teacher who knows chords. These teachers exist and can be found as well. While not as abundant as the note reading classical teacher, the chord-based approach is being ...</div>then applying what you&#8217;ve seen and heard to your own playing.</p><br />
<p> Duane Shinn is the author of over 500 music books and music educational materials such as DVD&#8217;s, CD&#8217;s, musical games for kids, chord charts, musical software, and piano lesson instructional courses for adults. He is the author of a CD-DVD course titled &#8220;How To Make Up Music As You Play &#8212; How To Improvise On The Piano!&#8221;. He holds advanced degrees from Southern Oregon University and was the founder of Piano University in Southern Oregon. He is the author of the popular free 101-week online e-mail newsletter titled &#8220;Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Chords &#038; Sizzling Chord Progressions&#8221; with over 57,400 current subscribers. <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why jazz piano improvisation?</p><br />
<p>Why not gospel piano improvisation?</p><br />
<p>Is it not possible to improvise classical music, or sacred music, or any other kind of music?</p><br />
<p>Bach improvised many of his fugues and inventions while playing organ in church. Many others in all musical styles have improvised within the context of their own persuasion. So why study improvised jazz? Why not study improvised classical music, or improvised gospel music?</p><br />
<p>The answer is access.</p><br />
<p>Jazz piano improvisation is so much more accessible than is improvisation in other areas. Some classical pianists do improvise, but at performances they are generally expected to play Chopin or Debussy or Mozart, rather than to make up their own music. There are gospel pianists who do improvise, but the expectation of <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/349/piano-improvisation-easier-than-you-think/'>  Piano Improvisation - Easier Than You Think! </a><br/>...towards the piano and just play.I take for granted that I can do this because I've been doing it for a very long time. It's now a part of me. And a part I would never want to give up ...</div>their listeners is not primarily to hear music created on the spot.</p><br />
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<p>But the expectations of a audience of jazz fans is expressly to hear music created extemporaneously, without benefit of written score. And so jazz, far more than any other musical style to date, has become the music of improvisation. Not because there is anything inherent in the tunes jazz musicians play that calls for improvisation, but because of the expectation of improvisation that has built up over the years.</p><br />
<p>This fact makes it possible for an interested observer to study jazz improvisation like he could study no other kind of improvisation. He has easy access to concerts, recordings, transcriptions of jazz recordings, and even local jam sessions. When can he <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/350/piano-keys-and-how-to-make-sense-of-them/'>  Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them </a><br/>...chords.Sure, you could spend your time learning every single note on the piano. And you'd probably still be confused as to how to make music. But if you learn a chord-based approach first, you'll be able to see piano keys ...</div>attend a classical concert and be sure of hearing music improvised? When can he attend church with assurance that the pianist will improvise? But with jazz, his sources are many and are readily available.</p><br />
<p>Can the principles derived from jazz improvisation be applied to other musical styles?</p><br />
<p>Of course.</p><br />
<p>Every pianist uses the same 88 notes of the keyboard. All music consists of some kind of melody, some kind of harmony, some kind of rhythm. Elements from one style can be transplanted to another style; in fact, this is happening all the time. Notice lately how much of contemporary pop music is flavored with elements from jazz, country-western, and even classical music. Cross-pollinization of styles abounds in contemporary music.</p><br />
<p>So improvisation can be studied <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...built from the C Major scale is spelled - c-e-g. If we add the seventh note in the scale (b) we get a seventh chord - C Major 7. It's spelled - c-e-g-b. Simple enough.Now if we continue up the ...</div>by the student of classical music, the church pianist, the worship team keyboardist, the new-age pianist, the country-western piano player, and any other style of music. The benefits and rewards of learning to improvise on the piano are enormous.</p><br />
<p>So next time you see or hear a jazz pianist play, pay close attention to what she or he is doing. Ask yourself what&#8217;s going on musically &#8212; what chords and chord progressions are being used, what rhythms are in play, and how the tune of a song is being altered as the pianist improvises the melody line.</p><br />
<p>Then go home and apply what you&#8217;ve learned to your style of music. You&#8217;ll be surprised how much you can learn by simply observing and <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...to play from fake books? If so, you'll need to find a teacher who knows chords. These teachers exist and can be found as well. While not as abundant as the note reading classical teacher, the chord-based approach is being ...</div>then applying what you&#8217;ve seen and heard to your own playing.</p><br />
<p> Duane Shinn is the author of over 500 music books and music educational materials such as DVD&#8217;s, CD&#8217;s, musical games for kids, chord charts, musical software, and piano lesson instructional courses for adults. He is the author of a CD-DVD course titled &#8220;How To Make Up Music As You Play &#8212; How To Improvise On The Piano!&#8221;. He holds advanced degrees from Southern Oregon University and was the founder of Piano University in Southern Oregon. He is the author of the popular free 101-week online e-mail newsletter titled &#8220;Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Chords &#038; Sizzling Chord Progressions&#8221; with over 57,400 current subscribers. <br />
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		<title>Five Christmas Trees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Things were sad at our house when our nineteen-year-old sister died in June of 1940. Her name was Alice. She contacted polio when she was a three-year-old.</p><br />
<p>Alice wore braces until she was in her teens. I spent more than one morning trying to repair the leather and iron contraptions so she could get to school.</p><br />
<p>Numerous surgical procedures by doctors at the Primary Children s Hospital and at the Shiner s Hospital in Salt Lake City eventually got her to the point where she could walk. A special shoe was made to compensate for the difference in the length of her legs.</p><br />
<p><!--more--></p><br />
<p>Alice had that characteristic in common with my Welch grandfather whose leg was crushed while quarrying granite for the Salt <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/348/improvising-on-the-piano-jazz-musicians-do-it-why-not-other-styles/'>  Improvising On The Piano: Jazz Musicians Do It -- Why Not Other Styles? </a><br/>...are gospel pianists who do improvise, but the expectation of their listeners is not primarily to hear music created on the spot.But the expectations of a audience of jazz fans is expressly to hear music created extemporaneously, without benefit of ...</div>Lake Temple. Two years were required for his recovery; but he did meet my grandmother. If that were not so, I wouldn t be writing this story, would I?</p><br />
<p>After high school, Alice declined; finally spending all of her time in bed. She got out of bed only once during this period. That was to play the piano for the last time. She had been giving me lessons. That was the end of my musical career too.</p><br />
<p>I always talked to her after school about school and what was going on in the world. When she died, I didn t care about school anymore.</p><br />
<p>Doctors came and went.</p><br />
<p>One day a young doctor came that looked smart and efficient. Our hopes increased for a <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/349/piano-improvisation-easier-than-you-think/'>  Piano Improvisation - Easier Than You Think! </a><br/>...some of you may think only a few gifted individuals can do this, but let me tell you that IT'S ONLY IMPROVISATION AND THIS CAN BE TAUGHT!You don't need much to begin. Just a few chords under your fingers and ...</div>day or too. Unfortunately, he could do nothing. Alice steadily declined to the day of her death.</p><br />
<p>I remember how sad that day was.</p><br />
<p>My curly-haired younger brother, Don, and I were building a fort on the kitchen floor when she died. We built our forts from kindling wood. The floor had new linoleum, a sign that we were coming out of the depression.</p><br />
<p>Dad was back at work and things were getting better, except for Alice. Finally, that evening, Dad told us she had died and took us in to see her.</p><br />
<p>He had placed quarters over her eyes held there by a cloth. He had tied her mouth shut with another cloth.</p><br />
<p>It was depressing.</p><br />
<p>When the morticians came, and in an apparent rough <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/350/piano-keys-and-how-to-make-sense-of-them/'>  Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them </a><br/>...you'll no longer be confused.What I have my students do is master something called the open position chord first. Using this chord gives you a unique perspective to keyboard harmony. Both hands are called into play as you play something ...</div>manner, rolled my sister from her bed sheets into theirs, my mother gave out a cry that sends shivers up my spine to this day.</p><br />
<p>The funeral was torture to me. My mother was crying and I was sad.</p><br />
<p>At Christmas time, Dad asked it we wanted a Christmas tree. I was eight years old and my brother was five. We knew that he didn t feel like Christmas and neither did we.</p><br />
<p>I told Dad that we were old enough to not have a tree.</p><br />
<p>It was our custom to put the tree up early. As the days passed to Christmas Eve, my brother and I became sadder by the minute.</p><br />
<p>A Christmas without a Christmas tree was not Christmas.</p><br />
<p>We had some sparse Christmases <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...note after this is the 9th note (d). It's also the 2nd note in the scale. This can get confusing but it's just a system of counting. The C Major 9 chord is spelled c-e-g-b-d. This chord has a very ...</div>during the depression. I remember one or two Christmases that were saved by the members of our Church who brought food and gifts on Christmas Eve.</p><br />
<p>One person who saw that was done was Jesse Evans. Jesse was an operatic singer and was then singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. (She later married a gentleman that became the president of the Mormon Church and her name was changed to Jesse Evans Smith.)</p><br />
<p>During the depression, Dad got a job as an accountant with the WPA. The WPA hired people of many professions to give them work when there was no work.</p><br />
<p>Dad was auditing a bank in Logan Utah when he read in the paper that he had been appointed to the position <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...your local yellow pages. Turn to "piano teachers" or "piano instruction" and you should see more than a few listings.Look and then call the piano teachers on the ads that you think may work for you. When you get them ...</div>of Deputy City Clerk. Jesse Evans had been elected to the office of City Clerk and hired dad. (He was never out of work after that, serving as a county commissioner and then serving for many years as the Auditor of Salt Lake City.)</p><br />
<p>But this Christmas was going to be dismal. We could have used Jesse with her loud voice and good cheer.</p><br />
<p>I felt sorry for my little brother, Don. He didn t seem to know what was going on.</p><br />
<p>Christmas Eve was Doldrumsville.</p><br />
<p>I remember looking out the window. Snow had just started to fall. That s when a dump truck pulled up in front of our house. It was full of Christmas trees. A man headed for our porch. I <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...have the bass notes and midrange section of the keyboard allotted to the left-hand. And this accounts for the "arrangement" of most piano pieces. In fact, once you figure out what the left-hand is doing, you've got it down for ...</div>answered the door and the man stood there with a Christmas tree. He said that he would sell us one for fifty cents, saving us half the regular price. He had too many trees and too little time to sell them.</p><br />
<p>I thought <i>just maybe.</i></p><br />
<p>I looked up at Dad. So did my little brother, Don. Dad dug into his purse and paid the man and told him Merry Christmas. The man repeated the words and was off to another house. (I learned later that we were not the only family in the neighborhood to buy a tree from that man at the last minute.)</p><br />
<p>Elated, I worked on the wooden stand for the tree. Somehow I always got that job. I had <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...how it works.FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THESE CHORDS!Now, once you familiarize yourself with these chords you get to learn something that most composers have know for centuries and that is certain chord progressions have tension and other's don't.To play piano by ...</div>to do it myself with no help from anyone else.</p><br />
<p>Quicker-than-usual, we had the tree standing next to the wall in the parlor.</p><br />
<p>Out came the decorations.</p><br />
<p>We went to work.</p><br />
<p><i>Christmas</i> returned to Dad. He got his excitement back and helped us to decorate the tree.</p><br />
<p>We were in full swing when my older sisters, and finally my older brother, came drifting home.</p><br />
<p>Each one had a snow-covered Christmas tree.</p><br />
<p>Everyone broke out laughing. That was the first time that had happened since Alice died.</p><br />
<p>Two or three of these unneeded trees were purchased at the local grocery and we were able to return them. This was quickly done.</p><br />
<p>Soon we were all decorating, not only the tree, but the whole house. Then our siblings put gifts under <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...the cause of all evil, though we find it hard to understand why the rich have such a grand time traveling first class, buying mansions, jewelry, and fancy cars, going on expensive vacations, etc.<br />
<br />
Now, since you know that the Law ...</div>the tree.</p><br />
<p>There would be Christmas and it was here.</p><br />
<p>I ve thought on that Christmas over the years.</p><br />
<p>It is exactly as Alice would have wanted it.</p><br />
<p>Would I be surprised if she actually planned it?</p><br />
<p>Not one minute! She is eternal.</p><br />
<p>Okay, so I&#8217;m crying.</p><br />
<p> John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com, a retired VP of R&#038;D for Lenox China, is author of detective &#038; western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of Ceramic Industry Magazine, Jones is Executive Representative of International Wealth Success. He calls himself &#8220;Taylor Jones, the hack writer.&#8221;More info: http://www.tjbooks.comBusiness web site: http://www.bookfindhelp.com (IWS wealth-success books and kits and business newsletters / TopFlight flagpoles) <br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Things were sad at our house when our nineteen-year-old sister died in June of 1940. Her name was Alice. She contacted polio when she was a three-year-old.</p><br />
<p>Alice wore braces until she was in her teens. I spent more than one morning trying to repair the leather and iron contraptions so she could get to school.</p><br />
<p>Numerous surgical procedures by doctors at the Primary Children s Hospital and at the Shiner s Hospital in Salt Lake City eventually got her to the point where she could walk. A special shoe was made to compensate for the difference in the length of her legs.</p><br />
<p><a id="more-347"></a></p><br />
<p>Alice had that characteristic in common with my Welch grandfather whose leg was crushed while quarrying granite for the Salt <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/348/improvising-on-the-piano-jazz-musicians-do-it-why-not-other-styles/'>  Improvising On The Piano: Jazz Musicians Do It -- Why Not Other Styles? </a><br/>...of the expectation of improvisation that has built up over the years.This fact makes it possible for an interested observer to study jazz improvisation like he could study no other kind of improvisation. He has easy access to concerts, recordings, ...</div>Lake Temple. Two years were required for his recovery; but he did meet my grandmother. If that were not so, I wouldn t be writing this story, would I?</p><br />
<p>After high school, Alice declined; finally spending all of her time in bed. She got out of bed only once during this period. That was to play the piano for the last time. She had been giving me lessons. That was the end of my musical career too.</p><br />
<p>I always talked to her after school about school and what was going on in the world. When she died, I didn t care about school anymore.</p><br />
<p>Doctors came and went.</p><br />
<p>One day a young doctor came that looked smart and efficient. Our hopes increased for a <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/349/piano-improvisation-easier-than-you-think/'>  Piano Improvisation - Easier Than You Think! </a><br/>...some of you may think only a few gifted individuals can do this, but let me tell you that IT'S ONLY IMPROVISATION AND THIS CAN BE TAUGHT!You don't need much to begin. Just a few chords under your fingers and ...</div>day or too. Unfortunately, he could do nothing. Alice steadily declined to the day of her death.</p><br />
<p>I remember how sad that day was.</p><br />
<p>My curly-haired younger brother, Don, and I were building a fort on the kitchen floor when she died. We built our forts from kindling wood. The floor had new linoleum, a sign that we were coming out of the depression.</p><br />
<p>Dad was back at work and things were getting better, except for Alice. Finally, that evening, Dad told us she had died and took us in to see her.</p><br />
<p>He had placed quarters over her eyes held there by a cloth. He had tied her mouth shut with another cloth.</p><br />
<p>It was depressing.</p><br />
<p>When the morticians came, and in an apparent rough <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/350/piano-keys-and-how-to-make-sense-of-them/'>  Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them </a><br/>...you'll no longer be confused.What I have my students do is master something called the open position chord first. Using this chord gives you a unique perspective to keyboard harmony. Both hands are called into play as you play something ...</div>manner, rolled my sister from her bed sheets into theirs, my mother gave out a cry that sends shivers up my spine to this day.</p><br />
<p>The funeral was torture to me. My mother was crying and I was sad.</p><br />
<p>At Christmas time, Dad asked it we wanted a Christmas tree. I was eight years old and my brother was five. We knew that he didn t feel like Christmas and neither did we.</p><br />
<p>I told Dad that we were old enough to not have a tree.</p><br />
<p>It was our custom to put the tree up early. As the days passed to Christmas Eve, my brother and I became sadder by the minute.</p><br />
<p>A Christmas without a Christmas tree was not Christmas.</p><br />
<p>We had some sparse Christmases <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...note after this is the 9th note (d). It's also the 2nd note in the scale. This can get confusing but it's just a system of counting. The C Major 9 chord is spelled c-e-g-b-d. This chord has a very ...</div>during the depression. I remember one or two Christmases that were saved by the members of our Church who brought food and gifts on Christmas Eve.</p><br />
<p>One person who saw that was done was Jesse Evans. Jesse was an operatic singer and was then singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. (She later married a gentleman that became the president of the Mormon Church and her name was changed to Jesse Evans Smith.)</p><br />
<p>During the depression, Dad got a job as an accountant with the WPA. The WPA hired people of many professions to give them work when there was no work.</p><br />
<p>Dad was auditing a bank in Logan Utah when he read in the paper that he had been appointed to the position <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...your local yellow pages. Turn to "piano teachers" or "piano instruction" and you should see more than a few listings.Look and then call the piano teachers on the ads that you think may work for you. When you get them ...</div>of Deputy City Clerk. Jesse Evans had been elected to the office of City Clerk and hired dad. (He was never out of work after that, serving as a county commissioner and then serving for many years as the Auditor of Salt Lake City.)</p><br />
<p>But this Christmas was going to be dismal. We could have used Jesse with her loud voice and good cheer.</p><br />
<p>I felt sorry for my little brother, Don. He didn t seem to know what was going on.</p><br />
<p>Christmas Eve was Doldrumsville.</p><br />
<p>I remember looking out the window. Snow had just started to fall. That s when a dump truck pulled up in front of our house. It was full of Christmas trees. A man headed for our porch. I <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...have the bass notes and midrange section of the keyboard allotted to the left-hand. And this accounts for the "arrangement" of most piano pieces. In fact, once you figure out what the left-hand is doing, you've got it down for ...</div>answered the door and the man stood there with a Christmas tree. He said that he would sell us one for fifty cents, saving us half the regular price. He had too many trees and too little time to sell them.</p><br />
<p>I thought <i>just maybe.</i></p><br />
<p>I looked up at Dad. So did my little brother, Don. Dad dug into his purse and paid the man and told him Merry Christmas. The man repeated the words and was off to another house. (I learned later that we were not the only family in the neighborhood to buy a tree from that man at the last minute.)</p><br />
<p>Elated, I worked on the wooden stand for the tree. Somehow I always got that job. I had <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...how it works.FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THESE CHORDS!Now, once you familiarize yourself with these chords you get to learn something that most composers have know for centuries and that is certain chord progressions have tension and other's don't.To play piano by ...</div>to do it myself with no help from anyone else.</p><br />
<p>Quicker-than-usual, we had the tree standing next to the wall in the parlor.</p><br />
<p>Out came the decorations.</p><br />
<p>We went to work.</p><br />
<p><i>Christmas</i> returned to Dad. He got his excitement back and helped us to decorate the tree.</p><br />
<p>We were in full swing when my older sisters, and finally my older brother, came drifting home.</p><br />
<p>Each one had a snow-covered Christmas tree.</p><br />
<p>Everyone broke out laughing. That was the first time that had happened since Alice died.</p><br />
<p>Two or three of these unneeded trees were purchased at the local grocery and we were able to return them. This was quickly done.</p><br />
<p>Soon we were all decorating, not only the tree, but the whole house. Then our siblings put gifts under <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...the cause of all evil, though we find it hard to understand why the rich have such a grand time traveling first class, buying mansions, jewelry, and fancy cars, going on expensive vacations, etc.<br />
<br />
Now, since you know that the Law ...</div>the tree.</p><br />
<p>There would be Christmas and it was here.</p><br />
<p>I ve thought on that Christmas over the years.</p><br />
<p>It is exactly as Alice would have wanted it.</p><br />
<p>Would I be surprised if she actually planned it?</p><br />
<p>Not one minute! She is eternal.</p><br />
<p>Okay, so I&#8217;m crying.</p><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>*Great men are the gifts of kind heaven to our poor world; instruments by which the Highest One works out His designs; light-radiators to give guidance and blessing to the travelers of time. Moses Harvey.</p><br />
<p>*Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit. Bulwer-Lytton.</p><br />
<p>*She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen. Martial.</p><br />
<p>*Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak. Longfellow.</p><br />
<p>*We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent. Auerbach.</p><br />
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<p>*It is dangerous to abandon one&#8217;s self to the luxury of grief; it deprives one of courage, and even of the wish for recovery.</p><br />
<p>*Nothing speaks our grief so well as to speak nothing. Crashaw.</p><br />
<p>*If our griefs were <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/347/five-christmas-trees/'>  Five Christmas Trees </a><br/>...another cloth.It was depressing.When the morticians came, and in an apparent rough manner, rolled my sister from her bed sheets into theirs, my mother gave out a cry that sends shivers up my spine to this day.The funeral was torture ...</div>seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! Metastasio.</p><br />
<p>*Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate. Horace Greeley.</p><br />
<p>*Grief, which disposes gentle natures to retirement, to inaction, and to meditation, only makes restless spirits more restless. Macaulay.</p><br />
<p>*All the joys of earth will not assuage our thirst for happiness; while a single grief suffices to shroud life in a sombre veil, and smite it with nothingness at all points. Mme. Swetchine.</p><br />
<p>*What is grief? It is an obscure labyrinth into which God leads man, that he may remember his faults and abjure them, that he may appreciate the calm which virtue gives. Leopold Scheffer.</p><br />
<p>*Griefs <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/348/improvising-on-the-piano-jazz-musicians-do-it-why-not-other-styles/'>  Improvising On The Piano: Jazz Musicians Do It -- Why Not Other Styles? </a><br/>...The Piano!". He holds advanced degrees from Southern Oregon University and was the founder of Piano University in Southern Oregon. He is the author of the popular free 101-week online e-mail newsletter titled "Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Chords & ...</div>are like the beings that endure them&#8211;the little ones are the most clamorous and noisy; those of older growth and greater magnitude are generally tranquil, and sometimes silent. Chatfield.</p><br />
<p>*He that hath so many causes of joy, and so great, is very much in love with sorrow and peevishness, who loses all these pleasures, and chooses to sit down on his little handful of thorns. Jeremy Taylor.</p><br />
<p>*I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, it is all barren. Sterne.</p><br />
<p>*When a man is full of the Holy Ghost, he is the very last man to be complaining of other people.   D.L. Moody.</p><br />
<p>*There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/349/piano-improvisation-easier-than-you-think/'>  Piano Improvisation - Easier Than You Think! </a><br/>...lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a ...</div>faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him. Greville. *Those who are moved by a genuine desire to do good have little time for murmuring or complaint. Robert West.</p><br />
<p>*Habit is a cable. We weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it. Horace Mann.</p><br />
<p>*The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt till they are too strong to be broken. Johnson.</p><br />
<p>*To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits. Amiel.</p><br />
<p>*Habits, soft and pliant at first, are like some coral stones, which are easily cut when first quarried, but soon become hard as adamant. Spurgeon.</p><br />
<p>*That <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/350/piano-keys-and-how-to-make-sense-of-them/'>  Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>beneficent harness of routine, which enables silly men to live respectably and happy men to live calmly. George Eliot.</p><br />
<p>*The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny. G.D. Boardman.</p><br />
<p>*It must be conceded that, after affection, habit has its peculiar value. It is a little stream which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course. Madame Swetchine.</p><br />
<p>*The will that yields the first time with some reluctance does so the second time with less hesitation, and the third time with none at all, until presently the habit is adopted. Henry Giles.</p><br />
<p>*The habit of virtue cannot <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>be formed in a closet. Habits are formed by acts of reason in a persevering struggle through temptation. Gilpin.</p><br />
<p>*To be perpetually longing and impatiently desirous of anything, so that a man cannot abstain from it, is to lose a man&#8217;s liberty&#8230;Jeremy Taylor.</p><br />
<p>*I will govern my life and my thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and to read the other; for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God (who is the searcher of our hearts) all our privacies are open? Seneca.</p><br />
<p>*Like flakes of snow that fall unperceived upon the earth the seemingly unimportant events of life succeed one another. As the snow gathers together, so are our habits <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html ...</div>formed. No single flake that is added to the pile produces a sensible change; no single action creates, however it may exhibit, a man&#8217;s character. Jeremy Taylor.</p><br />
<p>*And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,&#8211;though he may become perfectly identified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps better than his own,&#8211;yet never can he succeed in changing his handwriting to a foreign style. Disraeli.</p><br />
<p>*If we look back upon the usual course of our feelings, we shall find that we are more influenced by the frequent recurrence of objects than by their weight and importance; and that habit has more force in forming our characters than <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a ...</div>our opinions have. The mind naturally takes its tone and complexion from what it habitually contemplates. Robert Hall.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness: The soul&#8217;s calm sunshine. Pope.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is the natural flower of duty. Phillips Brooks.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is a rare cosmetic. G.J.W. Melville.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it. J. Petit-Senn.</p><br />
<p>*We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier. Landor.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. It we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears. Alexander Smith.</p><br />
<p>*Beware what earth calls happiness; beware all joys but joys that never can expire. Young.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is not the end of duty, it is a constituent of it. It is in it and of it; not an equivalent, <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html ...</div>but an element. Henry Giles.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is always the inaccessible castle which sinks in ruin when we set foot on it. Arsene Houssaye.</p><br />
<p>*The sunshine of life is made up of very little beams, that are bright all the time. Aiken.</p><br />
<p>*He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men. W.R. Alger.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray. Sir P. Sidney. *The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away of the wretchedness of others. J. Petit-Senn.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness and virtue react upon each other&#8211;the best are not the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. Lytton.</p><br />
<p>*Hunting after happiness is like hunting after <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...development newsletter and receive a free and inspiring e-book and a set of gratitude e-cards. Contact Dr. Maria to schedule a talk for your events and TV, Radio, and media programs.You may reprint this article in its entirety as long ...</div>a lost sheep in the wilderness&#8211;when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton. H.W. Shaw.</p><br />
<p>*A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. Locke.</p><br />
<p>*The body is like a piano, and happiness is like music. It is needful to have the instrument in good order. Beecher.</p><br />
<p>*That state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessaries are not wanting. Plutarch.</p><br />
<p>*Wouldst you ever roam abroad? See, what is good lies by thy side. Only learn to catch happiness, for happiness is ever by you. Goethe.</p><br />
<p>*The common course of things is in favor of happiness; happiness is the rule, misery the exception. Were the order <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/2/piano-right-from-the-start-learning-to-play-what-you-feel/'>  Piano Right From the Start:: "Learning to Play What You Feel!" </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>reversed, our attention would be called to examples of health and competency, instead of disease and want. Paley.</p><br />
<p>*True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise. It arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one&#8217;s self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select friends. Addison.</p><br />
<p>*When we are not too anxious about happiness and unhappiness, but devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself&#8211;nay, even springs from the midst of a life of troubles and anxieties and privation. Humboldt.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/4/new-age-piano-and-improvisation/'>  New Age Piano and Improvisation </a><br/>...has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano ...</div>is never attained. Hawthorne.</p><br />
<p>*There is a gentle element, and man may breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, and drink its living waters, till his heart is pure; and this is human happiness. Willis.</p><br />
<p>*To be happy is not only to be freed from the pains and diseases of the body, but from anxiety and vexation of spirit; not only to enjoy the pleasures of sense, but peace of conscience and tranquility of mind. Tillotson.</p><br />
<p>*Without strong affection, and humanity of heart, and gratitude to that Being whose code is mercy, and whose great attribute is benevolence to all things that breathe, true happiness can never be attained. Dickens.</p><br />
<p>*I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this: <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/5/piano-music-perfectionism-and-self-expression/'>  Piano Music, Perfectionism, and Self-Expression </a><br/>...online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html ...</div>Never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of &#8220;too many irons in the fire&#8221; conveys an untruth&#8211;you cannot have too many &#8211;poker, tongs&#8211;and all, keep them going. Adam Clark.</p><br />
<p>*The haunts of happiness are varied and rather unaccountable, but I have more often seen her among little children, and home firesides, and in country houses, than anywhere else&#8230;Sydney Smith.</p><br />
<p>*The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions&#8211;the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasant thought and feeling. Coleridge.</p><br />
<p>*God loves to see His creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/6/chord-progressions-what-exactly-are-chord-progressions/'>  Chord Progressions - What Exactly Are Chord Progressions </a><br/>...to improvise on the piano, learning a variety of chord sequences is a great place to start. Only your imagination will be able to hold you back after that. Stop by Supreme Piano today to receive six days of piano ...</div>Him with making themselves miserable. Bishop Hall.</p><br />
<p>*The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes of light, but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart&#8217;s existence is in this calm, equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace. Richter.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness no more depends on station, rank, or any local or adventitious circumstances in individuals than a man&#8217;s life is connected with the color of his garment. The mind is the seat of happiness, and to make it so in reality, nothing is necessary but the balm of gospel peace, and the saving knowledge of the Son of God. <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/7/why-playing-the-piano-by-ear-can-slow-you-down-creatively/'>  Why Playing the Piano by Ear Can Slow You Down Creatively </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>Anonymous.</p><br />
<p>*Harvest: Nature&#8217;s bank-dividends. Haliburton.</p><br />
<p>*The husbandman is close to the heart of nature, lives in touch with God, and so, more than many, shares His deep content, His tranquility, and builds up a character of hardy independence, of kindly considerateness for His servants, and of helpful ministry to the poor&#8230;Believe in God, believe in nature, and do your duty; and the farm life, with its regular round of duties, its simple loves, its high thoughts, its wise economies, its immediate touch of earth, its charming gossip, its pleasant human interests, and its many windows through which we may catch sight of the face of God, will yield us all we need for a simply, manly, godly life&#8230;Do not despise your work. <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/8/play-and-compose-new-age-piano-now-even-if-youve-never-touched-a-keyboard/'>  Play and Compose New Age Piano Now - Even if You've Never Touched a Keyboard! </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>Do it well. Be a whole man to it while you are at it. Israel&#8217;s great men did not think it beneath them to inspect their flocks. The patriarchs were shepherds and cultivators of the soil. Job was a shepherd. Moses was a shepherd. David looked well after his flocks. Gideon was accosted by God when he was threshing wheat. A great and noble life does not depend on rank or place, but on purpose, faith, love, character and service. John Clifford, D.D.</p><br />
<p>*The year&#8217;s food only is grown in the year. Each year the world depends for subsistence upon something freshly given it which it cannot provide for itself. As the harvest approaches the wolf is at the door. Nothing <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/9/lara-fabian-the-nue-album-honesty-and-integrity-in-the-purest-form/'>  Lara Fabian: The Nue Album   Honesty And Integrity In The Purest Form </a><br/>...me the choice of adding a piano medley at the end was a perfect one. I could not have chosen a better way to conclude such a rich and invigorating album. Special Thanks: David Rind of the LFIAG forum, for ...</div>stands between us and starvation but the harvest covenant of the ever-faithful God: &#8220;Seed-time and harvest shall not cease.&#8221; Away, then, with our fancied independence!&#8230;We pray in the line of the harvest covenant when we say, &#8220;Give us this day our daily bread.&#8221; Illustrated Christian Weekly.</p><br />
<p>*The life of agricultural industry has better guaranties than the crown of kings&#8230;In its simple and steady processes it reveals the Father&#8217;s care for His children. John Clifford, D.D.</p><br />
<p>*It is the peculiarity of all the cereals that they are never found growing wild&#8230; Presbyterian Witness.</p><br />
<p>*Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. Addison.</p><br />
<p>*A hale cobbler is a better man than a sick king. Bickerstaff.</p><br />
<p>*Reason&#8217;s whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, lie in three words&#8211;health, peace, <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/10/baby-grand-pianos-attractive-choice-for-the-serious-musician/'>  Baby Grand Pianos - Attractive Choice for the Serious Musician </a><br/>...He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE ...</div>and competence. Pope.</p><br />
<p>*The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume. Mme. Swetchine.</p><br />
<p>*Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. Lytton.</p><br />
<p>*He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends. Varro.</p><br />
<p>*The morbid states of health, the irritableness of disposition, arising from unstrung nerves, the impatience, the crossness, the fault-finding of men, who, full of morbid influences, are unhappy themselves, and throw the cloud of their troubles <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/11/online-piano-lessons/'>  Online Piano Lessons </a><br/>...page will only take you so far. Understanding music will take you the rest of the way. Using Paul Tobey's proven accelerated learning methods you can learn piano in just a few online piano lessons. He offers a free piano ...</div>like a dark shadow upon others, teach us what eminent duty there is in health. Beecher.</p><br />
<p>*Home-keeping hearts are happiest. Longfellow.</p><br />
<p>*Be persuaded that your only treasures are those which you carry in your heart. Demophilus. 937. What sad faces one always sees in the asylums for orphans! It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head. Theodore Parker.</p><br />
<p>*If you should take the human heart and listen to it, it would be like listening to a sea-shell; you would hear in it the hollow murmur of the infinite ocean to which it belongs, from which it draws its profoundest inspiration, and for which it yearns. Chapin.</p><br />
<p>*Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. Moore.</p><br />
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<p>*If I am allowed to give a metaphorical allusion to the future state of the blessed, I should imagine it by the orange-grove in that sheltered glen on which the sun is now beginning to shine, and of which the trees are, at the same time, loaded with sweet golden fruit and balmy silver flowers. Such objects may well portray a state in which hope and fruition become one eternal feeling. Sir Humphry Davy.</p><br />
<p>*Troops of heroes undistinguished die. Addison.</p><br />
<p>*We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives. James Ellis.</p><br />
<p>*Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/13/the-horror-of-traditional-piano-lessons/'>  The Horror of Traditional Piano Lessons </a><br/>...has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano ...</div>enhanced value. Emerson.</p><br />
<p>*The gentle breath of peace would leave him on the surface neglected and unmoved. It is only the tempest that lifts him from his place. Junius.</p><br />
<p>*The heroes of literary history have been no less remarkable for what they have suffered than for what they have achieved. Johnson.</p><br />
<p>*Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp. Goethe.</p><br />
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<p>*Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit. Bulwer-Lytton.</p><br />
<p>*She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen. Martial.</p><br />
<p>*Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak. Longfellow.</p><br />
<p>*We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent. Auerbach.</p><br />
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<p>*It is dangerous to abandon one&#8217;s self to the luxury of grief; it deprives one of courage, and even of the wish for recovery.</p><br />
<p>*Nothing speaks our grief so well as to speak nothing. Crashaw.</p><br />
<p>*If our griefs were <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/347/five-christmas-trees/'>  Five Christmas Trees </a><br/>...VP of R&D for Lenox China, is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of Ceramic Industry Magazine, Jones is Executive Representative of International Wealth Success. He calls himself "Taylor Jones, the ...</div>seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! Metastasio.</p><br />
<p>*Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate. Horace Greeley.</p><br />
<p>*Grief, which disposes gentle natures to retirement, to inaction, and to meditation, only makes restless spirits more restless. Macaulay.</p><br />
<p>*All the joys of earth will not assuage our thirst for happiness; while a single grief suffices to shroud life in a sombre veil, and smite it with nothingness at all points. Mme. Swetchine.</p><br />
<p>*What is grief? It is an obscure labyrinth into which God leads man, that he may remember his faults and abjure them, that he may appreciate the calm which virtue gives. Leopold Scheffer.</p><br />
<p>*Griefs <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/348/improvising-on-the-piano-jazz-musicians-do-it-why-not-other-styles/'>  Improvising On The Piano: Jazz Musicians Do It -- Why Not Other Styles? </a><br/>...The Piano!". He holds advanced degrees from Southern Oregon University and was the founder of Piano University in Southern Oregon. He is the author of the popular free 101-week online e-mail newsletter titled "Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Chords & ...</div>are like the beings that endure them&#8211;the little ones are the most clamorous and noisy; those of older growth and greater magnitude are generally tranquil, and sometimes silent. Chatfield.</p><br />
<p>*He that hath so many causes of joy, and so great, is very much in love with sorrow and peevishness, who loses all these pleasures, and chooses to sit down on his little handful of thorns. Jeremy Taylor.</p><br />
<p>*I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, it is all barren. Sterne.</p><br />
<p>*When a man is full of the Holy Ghost, he is the very last man to be complaining of other people.   D.L. Moody.</p><br />
<p>*There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/349/piano-improvisation-easier-than-you-think/'>  Piano Improvisation - Easier Than You Think! </a><br/>...lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a ...</div>faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him. Greville. *Those who are moved by a genuine desire to do good have little time for murmuring or complaint. Robert West.</p><br />
<p>*Habit is a cable. We weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it. Horace Mann.</p><br />
<p>*The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt till they are too strong to be broken. Johnson.</p><br />
<p>*To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits. Amiel.</p><br />
<p>*Habits, soft and pliant at first, are like some coral stones, which are easily cut when first quarried, but soon become hard as adamant. Spurgeon.</p><br />
<p>*That <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/350/piano-keys-and-how-to-make-sense-of-them/'>  Piano Keys And How To Make Sense Of Them </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>beneficent harness of routine, which enables silly men to live respectably and happy men to live calmly. George Eliot.</p><br />
<p>*The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny. G.D. Boardman.</p><br />
<p>*It must be conceded that, after affection, habit has its peculiar value. It is a little stream which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course. Madame Swetchine.</p><br />
<p>*The will that yields the first time with some reluctance does so the second time with less hesitation, and the third time with none at all, until presently the habit is adopted. Henry Giles.</p><br />
<p>*The habit of virtue cannot <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/351/chord-progressions-for-new-age-piano/'>  Chord Progressions for New Age Piano </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>be formed in a closet. Habits are formed by acts of reason in a persevering struggle through temptation. Gilpin.</p><br />
<p>*To be perpetually longing and impatiently desirous of anything, so that a man cannot abstain from it, is to lose a man&#8217;s liberty&#8230;Jeremy Taylor.</p><br />
<p>*I will govern my life and my thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and to read the other; for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God (who is the searcher of our hearts) all our privacies are open? Seneca.</p><br />
<p>*Like flakes of snow that fall unperceived upon the earth the seemingly unimportant events of life succeed one another. As the snow gathers together, so are our habits <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/352/piano-teachers-and-how-to-choose-one-thats-right-for-you/'>  Piano Teachers And How To Choose One That's Right For You </a><br/>...online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html ...</div>formed. No single flake that is added to the pile produces a sensible change; no single action creates, however it may exhibit, a man&#8217;s character. Jeremy Taylor.</p><br />
<p>*And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,&#8211;though he may become perfectly identified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps better than his own,&#8211;yet never can he succeed in changing his handwriting to a foreign style. Disraeli.</p><br />
<p>*If we look back upon the usual course of our feelings, we shall find that we are more influenced by the frequent recurrence of objects than by their weight and importance; and that habit has more force in forming our characters than <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/353/how-to-figure-out-what-another-pianist-is-doing/'>  How to Figure Out What Another Pianist is Doing </a><br/>...lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a ...</div>our opinions have. The mind naturally takes its tone and complexion from what it habitually contemplates. Robert Hall.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness: The soul&#8217;s calm sunshine. Pope.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is the natural flower of duty. Phillips Brooks.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is a rare cosmetic. G.J.W. Melville.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it. J. Petit-Senn.</p><br />
<p>*We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier. Landor.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. It we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears. Alexander Smith.</p><br />
<p>*Beware what earth calls happiness; beware all joys but joys that never can expire. Young.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is not the end of duty, it is a constituent of it. It is in it and of it; not an equivalent, <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/354/play-piano-by-ear-in-less-than-1-hour/'>  Play Piano By Ear In Less Than 1-Hour! </a><br/>...online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html ...</div>but an element. Henry Giles.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is always the inaccessible castle which sinks in ruin when we set foot on it. Arsene Houssaye.</p><br />
<p>*The sunshine of life is made up of very little beams, that are bright all the time. Aiken.</p><br />
<p>*He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men. W.R. Alger.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray. Sir P. Sidney. *The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away of the wretchedness of others. J. Petit-Senn.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness and virtue react upon each other&#8211;the best are not the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. Lytton.</p><br />
<p>*Hunting after happiness is like hunting after <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/1/it-is-not-the-money-silly-how-the-thought-of-money-affects-your-prosperity/'>  It Is Not The Money, Silly! How The Thought of Money Affects Your Prosperity </a><br/>...development newsletter and receive a free and inspiring e-book and a set of gratitude e-cards. Contact Dr. Maria to schedule a talk for your events and TV, Radio, and media programs.You may reprint this article in its entirety as long ...</div>a lost sheep in the wilderness&#8211;when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton. H.W. Shaw.</p><br />
<p>*A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. Locke.</p><br />
<p>*The body is like a piano, and happiness is like music. It is needful to have the instrument in good order. Beecher.</p><br />
<p>*That state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessaries are not wanting. Plutarch.</p><br />
<p>*Wouldst you ever roam abroad? See, what is good lies by thy side. Only learn to catch happiness, for happiness is ever by you. Goethe.</p><br />
<p>*The common course of things is in favor of happiness; happiness is the rule, misery the exception. Were the order <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/2/piano-right-from-the-start-learning-to-play-what-you-feel/'>  Piano Right From the Start:: "Learning to Play What You Feel!" </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>reversed, our attention would be called to examples of health and competency, instead of disease and want. Paley.</p><br />
<p>*True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise. It arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one&#8217;s self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select friends. Addison.</p><br />
<p>*When we are not too anxious about happiness and unhappiness, but devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself&#8211;nay, even springs from the midst of a life of troubles and anxieties and privation. Humboldt.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/4/new-age-piano-and-improvisation/'>  New Age Piano and Improvisation </a><br/>...has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano ...</div>is never attained. Hawthorne.</p><br />
<p>*There is a gentle element, and man may breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, and drink its living waters, till his heart is pure; and this is human happiness. Willis.</p><br />
<p>*To be happy is not only to be freed from the pains and diseases of the body, but from anxiety and vexation of spirit; not only to enjoy the pleasures of sense, but peace of conscience and tranquility of mind. Tillotson.</p><br />
<p>*Without strong affection, and humanity of heart, and gratitude to that Being whose code is mercy, and whose great attribute is benevolence to all things that breathe, true happiness can never be attained. Dickens.</p><br />
<p>*I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this: <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/5/piano-music-perfectionism-and-self-expression/'>  Piano Music, Perfectionism, and Self-Expression </a><br/>...online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html ...</div>Never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of &#8220;too many irons in the fire&#8221; conveys an untruth&#8211;you cannot have too many &#8211;poker, tongs&#8211;and all, keep them going. Adam Clark.</p><br />
<p>*The haunts of happiness are varied and rather unaccountable, but I have more often seen her among little children, and home firesides, and in country houses, than anywhere else&#8230;Sydney Smith.</p><br />
<p>*The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions&#8211;the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasant thought and feeling. Coleridge.</p><br />
<p>*God loves to see His creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/6/chord-progressions-what-exactly-are-chord-progressions/'>  Chord Progressions - What Exactly Are Chord Progressions </a><br/>...to improvise on the piano, learning a variety of chord sequences is a great place to start. Only your imagination will be able to hold you back after that. Stop by Supreme Piano today to receive six days of piano ...</div>Him with making themselves miserable. Bishop Hall.</p><br />
<p>*The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes of light, but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart&#8217;s existence is in this calm, equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace. Richter.</p><br />
<p>*Happiness no more depends on station, rank, or any local or adventitious circumstances in individuals than a man&#8217;s life is connected with the color of his garment. The mind is the seat of happiness, and to make it so in reality, nothing is necessary but the balm of gospel peace, and the saving knowledge of the Son of God. <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/7/why-playing-the-piano-by-ear-can-slow-you-down-creatively/'>  Why Playing the Piano by Ear Can Slow You Down Creatively </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>Anonymous.</p><br />
<p>*Harvest: Nature&#8217;s bank-dividends. Haliburton.</p><br />
<p>*The husbandman is close to the heart of nature, lives in touch with God, and so, more than many, shares His deep content, His tranquility, and builds up a character of hardy independence, of kindly considerateness for His servants, and of helpful ministry to the poor&#8230;Believe in God, believe in nature, and do your duty; and the farm life, with its regular round of duties, its simple loves, its high thoughts, its wise economies, its immediate touch of earth, its charming gossip, its pleasant human interests, and its many windows through which we may catch sight of the face of God, will yield us all we need for a simply, manly, godly life&#8230;Do not despise your work. <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/8/play-and-compose-new-age-piano-now-even-if-youve-never-touched-a-keyboard/'>  Play and Compose New Age Piano Now - Even if You've Never Touched a Keyboard! </a><br/>...piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for ...</div>Do it well. Be a whole man to it while you are at it. Israel&#8217;s great men did not think it beneath them to inspect their flocks. The patriarchs were shepherds and cultivators of the soil. Job was a shepherd. Moses was a shepherd. David looked well after his flocks. Gideon was accosted by God when he was threshing wheat. A great and noble life does not depend on rank or place, but on purpose, faith, love, character and service. John Clifford, D.D.</p><br />
<p>*The year&#8217;s food only is grown in the year. Each year the world depends for subsistence upon something freshly given it which it cannot provide for itself. As the harvest approaches the wolf is at the door. Nothing <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/9/lara-fabian-the-nue-album-honesty-and-integrity-in-the-purest-form/'>  Lara Fabian: The Nue Album   Honesty And Integrity In The Purest Form </a><br/>...me the choice of adding a piano medley at the end was a perfect one. I could not have chosen a better way to conclude such a rich and invigorating album. Special Thanks: David Rind of the LFIAG forum, for ...</div>stands between us and starvation but the harvest covenant of the ever-faithful God: &#8220;Seed-time and harvest shall not cease.&#8221; Away, then, with our fancied independence!&#8230;We pray in the line of the harvest covenant when we say, &#8220;Give us this day our daily bread.&#8221; Illustrated Christian Weekly.</p><br />
<p>*The life of agricultural industry has better guaranties than the crown of kings&#8230;In its simple and steady processes it reveals the Father&#8217;s care for His children. John Clifford, D.D.</p><br />
<p>*It is the peculiarity of all the cereals that they are never found growing wild&#8230; Presbyterian Witness.</p><br />
<p>*Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. Addison.</p><br />
<p>*A hale cobbler is a better man than a sick king. Bickerstaff.</p><br />
<p>*Reason&#8217;s whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, lie in three words&#8211;health, peace, <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/10/baby-grand-pianos-attractive-choice-for-the-serious-musician/'>  Baby Grand Pianos - Attractive Choice for the Serious Musician </a><br/>...He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE ...</div>and competence. Pope.</p><br />
<p>*The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume. Mme. Swetchine.</p><br />
<p>*Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. Lytton.</p><br />
<p>*He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends. Varro.</p><br />
<p>*The morbid states of health, the irritableness of disposition, arising from unstrung nerves, the impatience, the crossness, the fault-finding of men, who, full of morbid influences, are unhappy themselves, and throw the cloud of their troubles <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/11/online-piano-lessons/'>  Online Piano Lessons </a><br/>...page will only take you so far. Understanding music will take you the rest of the way. Using Paul Tobey's proven accelerated learning methods you can learn piano in just a few online piano lessons. He offers a free piano ...</div>like a dark shadow upon others, teach us what eminent duty there is in health. Beecher.</p><br />
<p>*Home-keeping hearts are happiest. Longfellow.</p><br />
<p>*Be persuaded that your only treasures are those which you carry in your heart. Demophilus. 937. What sad faces one always sees in the asylums for orphans! It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head. Theodore Parker.</p><br />
<p>*If you should take the human heart and listen to it, it would be like listening to a sea-shell; you would hear in it the hollow murmur of the infinite ocean to which it belongs, from which it draws its profoundest inspiration, and for which it yearns. Chapin.</p><br />
<p>*Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. Moore.</p><br />
<p>*In a better world we will find <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/12/dj-equipment/'>  DJ Equipment </a><br/>...companies that have gained a reputation for manufacturing DJ equipment are Numark, Pioneer, Gemini, Stanton, Ministry of Sound, Behringer, and Citronin. DJ Equipment provides detailed information on Buy DJ Equipment, Cheap DJ Equipment, Discount DJ Equipment, DJ Equipment and more. ...</div>our young years and our old friends. J. Petit-Senn.</p><br />
<p>*If I am allowed to give a metaphorical allusion to the future state of the blessed, I should imagine it by the orange-grove in that sheltered glen on which the sun is now beginning to shine, and of which the trees are, at the same time, loaded with sweet golden fruit and balmy silver flowers. Such objects may well portray a state in which hope and fruition become one eternal feeling. Sir Humphry Davy.</p><br />
<p>*Troops of heroes undistinguished die. Addison.</p><br />
<p>*We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives. James Ellis.</p><br />
<p>*Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/13/the-horror-of-traditional-piano-lessons/'>  The Horror of Traditional Piano Lessons </a><br/>...has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano ...</div>enhanced value. Emerson.</p><br />
<p>*The gentle breath of peace would leave him on the surface neglected and unmoved. It is only the tempest that lifts him from his place. Junius.</p><br />
<p>*The heroes of literary history have been no less remarkable for what they have suffered than for what they have achieved. Johnson.</p><br />
<p>*Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp. Goethe.</p><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Piano sheet music is a printed musical notation for piano. Before phonograph and radio became popular, sheet music was used by musicians to make their compositions known to the people. Many of these were piano sheet music since piano was the most popular musical instrument back then.</p><br />
<p>In the late 19th century, piano sheet music became even more popular as parlor music became a massive trend in the US at the time. Parlor music was a kind of popular music that was performed in a parlor, a small room in a house where performers play a musical piece before an audience. Almost all middle-class homes during this period had parlors and a piano.</p><br />
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<p>With the advent of the phonograph, radio and other <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/346/quotations-9/'>  Quotations #9 </a><br/>...has an enhanced value. Emerson.*The gentle breath of peace would leave him on the surface neglected and unmoved. It is only the tempest that lifts him from his place. Junius.*The heroes of literary history have been no less remarkable for ...</div>modern devices that played recorded sound, the popularity of piano sheet music gradually faded.</p><br />
<p>Piano sheet music, however, is not totally out of the music scene. Song writers nowadays still publish piano sheet music on sheets of paper. With the availability of advanced computer technology, many kinds of piano sheet music are now offered in computer-readable formats. They can be easily purchased and downloaded over the Internet.</p><br />
<p>Common pieces are sold from $3 to $5, while a piano sheet music collection of most recent hits sells at around $10 to $25. Rare and old piano sheet music, usually of classical songs, are priced at about $50.</p><br />
<p>Free piano sheet music can also be downloaded from the Internet. They are mostly old musical pieces <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/347/five-christmas-trees/'>  Five Christmas Trees </a><br/>...for his recovery; but he did meet my grandmother. If that were not so, I wouldn t be writing this story, would I?After high school, Alice declined; finally spending all of her time in bed. She got out of bed ...</div>with an expired copyright, such as the compositions of famous musicians Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven.</p><br />
<p>If you don&#8217;t find the sheet music of your choice online, especially if it is rare, you may look for it in music stores near you. Some websites also offer listings of music stores where you can find both the most popular and hard-to-find sheet music, old and new alike.</p><br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Piano sheet music is a printed musical notation for piano. Before phonograph and radio became popular, sheet music was used by musicians to make their compositions known to the people. Many of these were piano sheet music since piano was the most popular musical instrument back then.</p><br />
<p>In the late 19th century, piano sheet music became even more popular as parlor music became a massive trend in the US at the time. Parlor music was a kind of popular music that was performed in a parlor, a small room in a house where performers play a musical piece before an audience. Almost all middle-class homes during this period had parlors and a piano.</p><br />
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<p>With the advent of the phonograph, radio and other <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/346/quotations-9/'>  Quotations #9 </a><br/>...little handful of thorns. Jeremy Taylor.*I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, it is all barren. Sterne.*When a man is full of the Holy Ghost, he is the very last man to be complaining ...</div>modern devices that played recorded sound, the popularity of piano sheet music gradually faded.</p><br />
<p>Piano sheet music, however, is not totally out of the music scene. Song writers nowadays still publish piano sheet music on sheets of paper. With the availability of advanced computer technology, many kinds of piano sheet music are now offered in computer-readable formats. They can be easily purchased and downloaded over the Internet.</p><br />
<p>Common pieces are sold from $3 to $5, while a piano sheet music collection of most recent hits sells at around $10 to $25. Rare and old piano sheet music, usually of classical songs, are priced at about $50.</p><br />
<p>Free piano sheet music can also be downloaded from the Internet. They are mostly old musical pieces <div class='pi_style'><a href='http://www.pianopilot.com/index.php/347/five-christmas-trees/'>  Five Christmas Trees </a><br/>...for his recovery; but he did meet my grandmother. If that were not so, I wouldn t be writing this story, would I?After high school, Alice declined; finally spending all of her time in bed. She got out of bed ...</div>with an expired copyright, such as the compositions of famous musicians Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven.</p><br />
<p>If you don&#8217;t find the sheet music of your choice online, especially if it is rare, you may look for it in music stores near you. Some websites also offer listings of music stores where you can find both the most popular and hard-to-find sheet music, old and new alike.</p><br />
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