A song without melody is a poem. A melody without lyrics, however, is still a song!

After choosing the appropriate song to transcribe, its time to get down to work. Here are some tips and tricks I can share with you guys. Tools are very important in this process. I personally use the Transcribe!7.40 software that I mentioned in an earlier post. So some of the points I will be talking about later might be related to this software. You might also want to check out the Bill Evans solo on Body and Soul transcription I have for you guys, and the audio clip for your reference ...

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Transcribing has already been proven as one of the most important process of music learning, not just in jazz but in any other music. It enables you to learn the secrets and all those killer chops the musician you admire is doing in any particular part of a song. It is also a good training for your ears. Everyone's heard of the saying, "practise makes perfect", but many still don't know what is to be practised exactly when it comes to playing jazz, well, here's your answer: transcribe. Choosing what to ...

Here some quick links to other interesting articles I read about piano this week: Piano Covers Online Ltd wrote about the pianist dilemma. In fact, piano is an instrument which is always out of tune. After you bang it for a few hours, there is a difference from a newly tuned piano. That's why you hear so many out of tune piano in Youtube video. This is the problem for pianist. We are so used to the out of tune sound and that is why we are normally not so good ...

Get your perfect environment for songwriting? Now the next question arise: where do I begin? I am going to show you how I begin writing a song. I am sure that you will have some other place to begin with, do tell me about it. Here is how I begin: 1.       Sing a “hook” melody – “hook” is a short phrase for the central theme. All other melody lines are built from the “hook” and sounds supporting the “hook”. If I can get a great “hook” to begin with, getting the ...

I use my PC for music production. Most musicians use PC as their main “instrument”. It has to do recording, sequencing, running the Windows OS, hosting virtual instrument, streaming audio through the soundcard, and probably connected to the internet while you are doing all those music producing job. So here are a few tricks taken from Keyboard Magazine about how to tweak your PC for better music production performance. 1. Clean your components – Dust contributes to overheating. So make sure you clean your PC often. 2. Use separate buses for ...

Chester Tan from Singapore wrote the first qualifying review that entitled a FREE Music CD from Pianologist. Chester loves music, dance, and photography. Check out the photographs of his lovely daughter. I am going to be a father soon this September. Chester, I will join your daddy club soon :) Want a free music CD too? Check out Get Free CD and a backlink from Pianologist

Musicians being mostly vain in nature, are those who would least withstand criticism from peers, however constructive it may be. Frequently creating illogical excuses, in a futile effort of preserving pride. Countless times have I heard excuses from fellow musicians, like "If my family is rich enough to send me to a music school, I would have done better.."or " I would have played better than he did if I practise half as much as he did.. " . Its sad to see how many musicians spend time whinning about how unlucky life has been to ...

Frankly speaking, I wrote all the songs in my studio. Yes, in my studio! What a dull place right? Some successful songwriters get extremely creative when they are at a peaceful mountains or beautiful beaches. But for me, all those creative moment happen in the studio. The reason is simple: it is the best place for me to record those creations. So it is very important to get my studio comfortable. These are some strategies to boost the creative process: 1.       Wear comfortable clothes – I wear only shorts most of the ...