As I was thinking about what could I write on the last day of December as a blog entry, Eartha Kitt 's voice came to my mind, singing ...

Now that you know your major scales, the next thing is to learn the formulas for your 4 basic types of chords . Once you learn the formulas...

Hear and Play released a new tutorial lesson! How to play Lost Without You by Robin Thicke with just four easy chords! 1. Find The Key 2. Fi...

I am feeling blessed now that my blog is up and running with three columns! Great job, Mark Elliot, thank you! Oh Happy Day! Song: Oh Hap...

I love the simplicity of many Alicia Keys songs! She is so talented and very beautiful! My piano students favor this song, No One, and can e...

American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn had a huge hit on his hands when he wrote "Walking In Memphis". Many have come along to play ...

Hey Jude (original title: The Beatles Again) is a 1970 collection of non-album Beatles singles and B-sides, as well as "I Should Have K...

After I worked through a music theory book, I started playing chords and listening to their sound. Here's what I discovered. There are f...

I'm getting geared up to kick off a new piano teaching year that is soon approaching. One of my favorite quotes: Nothing separates the g...

The Eagle is famous as the USCG training ship, based at the Coast Guard Academy on the Thames River in New London, CT . No, the above...

Progressions are just a way to get the harmony to support the melody. In any key if your melody sticks to the key you are in: I chord will h...

Suspended chords leave you hanging in mid air. They create suspense or anticipation. They sound and feel as though they should be resolved. ...