Pat Metheny, one of the prominent jazz guitarist of the era, highly versatile in many styles of music. He studied only one semester in the University of Miami, but was straightaway offered a teaching position. Working with pianist Lyle Mays in the Pat Metheny Group, they have produced quite a number of memorable tunes over the years.But I would like to focus on here is this song, written by Lyle Mays, that's certainly one of my favourite jazz song. The song is titled "And Then I Knew", I still couldn't ...

Soundsnap is a free online sound library. It is a huge community of sound designers, producers and music arrangers where they upload and share sounds sample free of charge. You heard me right --- FREE! Soundsnap plane to support their operation costs by advertising and they might offer premium services in the future where paying user will have access to high quality samples. However, before that happens, now you can use every bit of their service absolutely free. Soundsnap was started by Tasos Frantzolas, a young sound designer living in Athens, Greece. There ...

Tritone substitution is a very commonly used reharmonization technique in jazz music. It was first used by musicians such as Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge and Benny Goodman. From Wikipedia: A tritone substitution is the use in a chord progression of a dominant seventh chord (major/minor seventh chord) that is three whole steps (a tritone) away from the original dominant seventh chord. For example, Db7 would be the tritone substitution for G7. In jazz voicing, the 3rd note and the 7th note shows the character of a chord. So it ...

1. James Blunt's piano which he used to composed You're Beautiful is up for sale at Bonhams' in London. You’re Beautiful has become a UK wedding favourite — while Goodbye My Lover is a hit at funerals. I think it is better to auction the piano after the owner passed away. Look at how much John Lennon's piano is worth nowadays. 2. Musix posted the free Steinway piano soundfont. It is an open source project. You can really download the soundfont without paying a cent. 3. Sega Toys launched another new product: ...

I like to read about the most recent release of musical gears such as software synthesizers, the latest keyboards, workstation, mixer etc. But to write a review about it, I find it very difficult to do because in Malaysia, we can hardly touch those gears or even see one displayed at the music store. We'll most likely find some consumer range items, but not those pro audio gears. Nonetheless, I love to read news, reviews and listen to demo or watching the video about those hi-tech stuff. In the process of ...

We pianologist always stress the importance of having fun and enjoying yourself while learning piano or keyboard playing, but we never had the chance to proove it. Well, here it is.. haha... this video took me quite some time to finish, cause I just couldn't stop laughing during the whole course of production... haha [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYzUwkMzic] Enjoy and have fun...... Related posts : Solo Piano on Days of Wine and Roses

I am still busy with day to day business and at the meanwhile, working on my up coming album. In order to create better music for my audience and supporters, I lucky enough to gain help from Conan Teo, the famous guitarist and band leader of Night Cat, Johor, Malaysia. I've known Conan for years and he had played most of the guitar tracks in my first album. I sent my music work files to him weeks ago, and got back the guitar track in CD in my mailbox few days ...

Jazz chord always comes with lots of tension. Tension is formed with the notes other than the normal basic triad. This video shows a simple but fantastic sounding voicing method. You just need to play 5 notes with your 10 fingers. 2 notes on the left - Play Root + minor 7th 3 notes on the right - Play 3-6-9 ( Major 3d, Major 6th, Major 9th) For root on A, the complete 5 notes are A, G, C#, F#, B Although the chord is voiced sparsely, but it sounds so full with ...

The piano is a very versatile instrument. You can play it as a solo instrument, or you can play accompaniment for soloist or vocalist. This makes the piano such a fun instrument to learn. In this article, you will find the most common rules, guide lines and method to play accompaniment. 1. Never play the melody simultaneously with the soloist I often see many beginner pianists playing the melody when accompanying a vocalist. They simply don't know what to do with their right hand. Playing the melody is the only way ...

1. Chick Corea collaborate with another master of instrumentalist, Bela Fleck who plays the banjo release a collaboration CD and DVD titled The Enchantment. The music is written and recorded during their preparation for the recent tour. Both banjo and piano are percussion instruments with strings.You will hear some classical plus jazz elements. Track list: Senorita, Spectacle, Joban Dna Nopia, Mountain, Children's Song #6, A Strange Romance, Menagerie, Waltse for Abby, Brazil, The Enchantment, Sunset Road. 2. When I look at the title of this video: Best young piano player in the ...