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Learn how to build a minor scale. ...

This is an original arrangement of the song "Norma Ilusion" from Bolivia. ...

Learn how to build chords. This is last lesson for now, hopefully more to follow soon :) Some notes on notation: C = "C major" C - E - G Cm = "C minor" C - Eb - G Csus4 = "C suspended 4" C - F - G C7 = "C seven" (or "C dominant seven") C - E - G - Bb Cma7 or Cmaj7 = "C major seven" C - E - G - B Cdim = "C diminished" C - Eb - Gb C° = "C full diminished" C - Eb - Gb - A Cø = "C half diminished" C - Eb - Gb - Bb Cm7 = "C minor 7" C - Eb - G - Bb Cm ma7 = "C minor major 7" C - Eb - G - B C+ ...

This is recorded on a Yamaha CVP-407 using the default piano w/strings dual sound. Wasn't too comfortable with the music just yet but excited to upload. ...

This is an original arrangement of the song "Llanto del Inca" or "Cry of the Inca" by the Bolivian musician F. Sandro Barrientos. ...

Part 1/2 See below for all chords used and the notes that make them up. For more information on how chords are built, see the video "Building Chords" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSjjKEMeoy0 Chords in "Canon in C" in order: C = C - E - G G = G - B - D Am = A - C - E Em = E - G - B F = F - A - C C = C - E - G F = F - A - C G = G - B - D (repeat) ...

Learn how to build a major scale. ...

This is Frederic Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, played on a Yamaha CVP-407. ...

After a long and arduous journey, Frodo and Sam found themselves back at the shire. Frodo sits down to reflect, unaware that Sam is recording with his digital camera... ...

Original composition here recorded on a Yamaha YPG-625. Most of the piano was improv so that's why there's a couple notes slightly out of place. Actually the whole arrangement was improv more or less, although I'd written the main part over a year ago. ...

Learn the musical alphabet. Note on notation: Sharp is written as the (#) symbol Flat is written as the (b) symbol So C sharp is written: C# and G flat is written: Gb etc. ...

Part 2/2 See below for all chords used and the notes that make them up. For more information on how chords are built, see the video "Building Chords" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSjjKEMeoy0 Chords in "Canon in C" in order: C = C - E - G G = G - B - D Am = A - C - E Em = E - G - B F = F - A - C C = C - E - G F = F - A - C G = G - B - D (repeat) ...

This was composed sometime between 2002 and 2004, on FruityLoops. I don't have the original FL file, so can't change a thing. There's no instrument performance in this, everything was entered manually. ...

Schubert's "Impromptu in Gb" ...

Here is a simple two-chord composition made on a Yamaha YPG-625 using one of the keyboard's internal rhythms. I have no explanation for the volume fluctuations in the first 20 seconds (except the fade-in which is intentional). Maybe this could be called a Tribute to The Last Samurai, some of the flute part sounds like the slow theme in that movie. ...

Chopin's "Prelude in C minor", played on a Kawai grand. ...

This is a piano arrangement/improvisation of the original which you can find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY1W6Mt4GRE Forget the static pops at the beginning, it gets clearer as the playing gets louder. When I'm moving around, it's because the bench wasn't the one that went with that piano, it was an old one that was really hard and uncomfortable.. ...

an intro review for the book "The Flight of the Feathered Serpent" by Armando Cosani