Over the years, I have arranged and composed many piano music. Here is a page I put together for all my printable Sheet Music. You can download the printable sheet music in pdf format and enjoy playing them. I have not had much time into composing lately but sure would like to pick up more leisure time into it.
I have also put together a special collection of sheet music called Inspirational Moments. You can learn more about Inspirational Moments Printable Sheet Music.

Ever heard people said - "Piano Tabs"?
I could never get it. There are no such things as piano tabs.
Yes, there are piano chords, and there are also color piano chords and extended piano chords.
You can also learn more about piano chords and its formulae.


The mere euphony of something musical can sometimes reach one's soul so deeply, that it can even cure ailments. Musical instruments play a large part in adding melody and beat to compositions. Many people are encouraged to learn to play instruments as a hobby. The most common of these instruments has been the piano because of the versatility that the instrument teaches. Piano also provides an important base to most compositions, and hence has become popular amongst many.
To cater to this type of learner, here are some key tips on how to play the piano with both hands. As they always say, practice - in fact - does make perfect. For piano they say fingers tend to rust if you give up playing for even a week - and this doesn't hold true just for amateurs.
For beginners it is always important to pay attention to hand motion and keeping fingers raised for each note, as this brings clarity to what is being played. It is also essential to strike the chords strongly and to sing along with the chords. This helps focus the concentration on the piece that is being learned. Needless to say, relaxing and enjoying the melody is important as you gain control over both hands and are careful not to become overly self-conscious about missing notes in the process. Often playing by ear helps you avoid making such mistakes. It is playing a note which is familiar to your ear, and not trying to play the note that you memorized, that produces results. You will learn to play the piano with a melodious flow if you start by trying to learn notes to a song you already know.
The left hand is a mirror image of what the right hand tries to play on the piano. The right hand plays by ear once the note has been memorized. The left hand picks this up with practice, and plays the required sections with careful attention to where the next key has to be struck. These tasks require diligent work, and eventually will have the hands come together to give the piano playing beautiful results.
Just as a toddler's speech develops into adult speech, with sufficient practice playing the piano with both hands will also develop into sophisticated playing. A cautionary note: It's easy to make repeated mistakes, since your hands begin to get used to playing the same chords and can play the same wrong note over and over. Such errors can be avoided by beginning with playing only the simple parts of a new composition, reaching the point where you can play them with ease and have little room for error. Playing one hand at a time, slowly and with sufficient breaks, is important. Playing with both hands together is only advised once you have memorized the notes of each hand. Again, playing the piece in sections and at a slower speed than required, is highly suggested. You should build up gradually to normal speed, and only when confident of having memorized the entire piece, begin to play with both hands.

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Some music has complicatad rhythm. For example: Chopin's fantasie impromptu. Left hand is playing 4 notes while right hand is playing 3 notes.

This gets to be rather technical if you do not know how to train your hands to do different things at the same time.

Here's a trick for mastering 4 against 3:
Record one hand using a digital piano or keyboard, then play the other hand along with the recording. Sometimes this will work better than having another person playing the other part. This is a very fun project, you get to do many different stuff with this.

I enjoy using keyboard rhythm accompaniment when I improvise. It's almost like having an ensemble playing together.

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Hymn improvisation is both an aural and physical skill. In order to master hymn improvisation, some basic keyboard skills are required, they include:
a. The ability to play all (12) major and (12) minor scales,
b. A basic knowledge of music theory including: key signatures, chords (major, minor, diminished, augmented, sevenths) chords in a key, time and meter, rests, notation, solfege, intervals, figured bass.
c. Ability to play a melody (short one) by ear
d. Ability to play the triads successfully up an down, and skipping while staying in a key.
e. Love to experiment
f. Time to practice and experiment.
g. Ability to let go of concept of right/wrong and good/bad in favor of more successful/less successful and inferior/better.
Melodic variation is the easiest and important improvisation. This can be done by adding notes in between melody notes, or upper and lower neighboring tones to a melody.
You may experiment this simple principle on a familiar song such as Mary Has A Little Lamb or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Finding the right piano teacher is not always easy. Whether you are a beginner or someone who is looking for a replacement teacher, it is quite a challenge to find a qualified piano teacher who fits your personality and understand your musical goals - most importantly one that has patience and cares about your growth.

Many piano players limit their choices to the location. Sometimes, it is probably worthwhile to learn piano with a qualified teacher who is 20 miles away.

Here are some guidelines:

1. A qualified teacher is important. Look up on mtna.org and search for one in your area.

Do not think you can just locate a piano player who lives in the neighborhood. Many of these part time piano teachers do not have the support group (professional ones) to keep them motivated and trained. Regular recitals and piano festivals are held by professional piano teachers who take part in their local music teacher's association.

2. Make appointment to speak to the candidates - Ask to sit in one of the lesson and observe their teachings.

3. Personality does count - If you are looking for a teacher to teach your children, be sure to ask if the teacher has experience working with younger children. A loving character speaks volume.

4. Ask for references - see if you can ask for phone number of their existing parents.

5. This last part is for yourself - ask yourself what you would like to learn. Do you mainly like to learn classical music? How about jazz? Certain teachers only teach classical music. Some are more versatile.

If you cannot find a qualified teacher, try some piano dvd courses. Here is a great piano resource

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You have to learn rhythm in order to play notes on a piano with the correct rhythm.
There are four steps to learning rhythm, and to begin with you need to understand that each note has a particular number of counts. Basically what this means is when playing the piano, you need to hold down the corresponding key for a certain number of counts. For example, if you were to play a whole note, which contains 4 counts, you would hold down that key as you count to 4. If the note were to be a quarter note, you would count to 1, if it were a half note you would count to 2, and so on. When incorporating musical rhythm, for quarter notes you would actually be doing 4 in the same time that it would take for 1 whole note.

Learning time signatures is another facet of learning musical rhythm. You will find the time signatures at the beginning of a piece of music; the most common time signature you will see in music is the 4/4. When you see this it means that the top 4, signals that there are 4 beats in a bar.

A bar is the space between the vertical bars in sheet music. The bottom 4 would indicate a quarter note. So what the 4/4 means is that there are 4 beats per bar and a quarter note gets one beat. Both the top and bottom number in this symbol can change, meaning the beats would change.

The next step in learning music rhythm is learning to play notes in time. One of the best ways to learn to play notes in rhythm is to use an imaginary drumbeat that keeps time with the time signatures. You play the notes in time with the make believe drumbeat.

Once you understand these basics of musical rhythm, you will be ready to try playing a simple piece of music. Find a beginners piece in a book and start there. Remember that if you do have trouble keeping the correct musical rhythm, all you have to do is imagine that drumbeat, and soon keeping rhythm will begin to come naturally to you. To really get your rhythm technique down, you will have to practice on a regular basis.

Musical rhythm is important and one of the beginning things you should work on when you are learning how to play the piano. Learning this cornerstone early will help you through the progression of your piano lessons.

If you or your children want to take piano lessons the first step you must take is to find a piano teacher. Not only do you have to find a piano teacher, but you will also need to know what to look for while searching for a good piano teacher.

Mastering the piano is not really an easy task, for this reason you will need a piano teacher that is enthusiastic about teaching students to play the piano, in addition to their own enthusiasm they should have the ability to pass this same excitement for music to their students.

If you want lessons for your children what you will need to look for when you try and find a piano teacher is an instructor that can give lessons in a creative way. Any child will get bored with lessons if they are taught in a dry and uncreative manner, so a piano teacher really needs to know how to be creative with their piano lessons for children.

A good piano teacher will approach each student's lessons in an individualized way and evaluate certain things about that child. For example they will try and determine if the child is happy about taking piano lessons in the first place, have they developed their fine motor skills sufficiently to enable them to successfully learn the piano, and can they complete tasks when they are assigned? Additional factors that a good piano teacher will consider include the child's individual personality, and how best to approach lessons with that child.

For adult piano lessons some of the same principals still apply. Will the piano teacher allow you to move at your own pace, and will they patiently explain and demonstrate points that you don't understand?
To find a piano teacher you can first look in your local newspaper classifieds, or ask around from people you know. Community organizations, such as churches, and schools may also know of someone local who gives piano lessons.

Another option you have when trying to find a piano teacher is to look online. Often local piano teachers may advertise online, and there are also piano teachers that offer online lessons, which can be convenient, as well as less expensive. Taking online lessons is an option that you should evaluate carefully, as it does have its advantages, as well as drawbacks.

When you are trying to find a piano teacher, take your time and look for someone who will work well with you or your child.

Moving your fingers on a piano and churning out harmonious tunes can be exciting and great fun. Through the years, many have devised various methods to learn and play piano. The main concern of these piano methods is to aid musicians or pianists to generate lilting music on the instrument.
There is a lot that a pianist goes through under the hood to deliver the scintillating notes that mesmerize.

Reading Music!

Reading music is a vital ingredient that is essential to learn piano music or any kind of music. For the layman, it will be related to reading lyrics, mostly. But what about the one who has to play music? How do you render the notes on the piano, or any other instrument? That's what reading music is all about. Reading music is an essential component of playing piano. In this method, a pianist is provided with a music sheet that comprises every little nuance on the music that is to be played on the piano. Details on the keys, notes, chords, etc are provided to the musicians. The notes on paper refer to keys on the piano, and how they need to be pressed and for how long, to make the intended music.

Chord Charts

The major part of learning piano involves learning piano chords. The chord chart gives a perfect idea regarding the use of chords. There is a template that allows one to make his/her own different arrangements.

Some piano playing methods involve a lot of improvisations with the chord. These methods stress on chord changes and mastering the piano chords. In a given framework, called phrase, one can implement chord changes. Four-bar phrases, Eight-bar phrases, etc are frameworks, on which the chord changes occur. Playing within this framework allows a person to improvise and eliminate the problems that arise due to contrast and repetition.

In these methods, chord chart is provided and this offers help on when and where to change the chords and play with them, so one can improvise, create harmonious music and change chords as one wishes.

Playing By Ear!

Playing piano by ear is an interesting method of playing the piano. Some pianist can play any kind of music extemporaneously. Many piano players need a music score and notes to play piano, while some hear a song, once and play the song confidently and without errors. This sort of talent is developed by a pianist, after years of learning, practice, reading music scores, listening and imitating.

Some are gifted with an innate talent of playing exactly what they have heard. A classic example of this kind of talent is the renowned musician, Mozart who composed and played complex compositions, even before he saw a music sheet. Extreme concentration and constant practice can make a person play a composition, after listening to it just once or twice. A person has to practice every great musical piece and read music consistently. Reading music helps one to recognize musical notes and unconsciously helps one to learn to play piano by ear. Practicing chords, scales and positions reinforces one's skill of playing by ear! Try it! It can be an addictive pastime!

Benefits

A person can condition himself socially and physically, by learning a musical instrument. Music heals. Music teaches. Music brings patience and contention. Playing piano helps to develop and strengthen hand-eye coordination in both adults and children. This coordination fine tunes one's nervous system and develops brain skills. Playing an instrument requires concentration and playing piano is a great way to develop the skills. Concentration entails discipline, which is vital for life and learning. Self-esteem and confidence of a person increases manifold when he/she learns music.

Pianists or any musician enjoys the respect of people, in a social set up. Learning piano offers a person a pleasurable experience that is truly divine. These are not keys to open door locks. These are keys to make music. These are keys to create magic, to mesmerize. Good luck!

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Pianos are one of the most popular musical instruments throughout the world, and arguably the most famous, as also versatile. Do you know piano is actually pianoforte, formally? Grand pianos are, simply put, full size pianos. These pianos are ideally meant for large spacious rooms and concerts, etc., and the sound from these pianos is more real than on other pianos. Baby grand pianos are smaller versions of grand pianos, primarily built for 'everyday use' in homes.

The sole problem a piano lover had to deal with was size of the piano. Not any more - with a cute and attractive baby grand piano, its lovely curves and strings, he can have his piano and play it, too! The design has a much smaller footprint, while maintaining the sound quality as true as possible. If you still want to go for the truest sound, you would consider the original grand piano. Baby grand piano is an owner's and a pianist's delight. Baby grand pianos are elegant and affordable, and unlike their bigger counterparts, can be used as an ornament in the living room.

Baby Grand Pianos: Feature Set

Baby Grand pianos are usually shorter in dimensions, and the strings are thick and short when compared to full size grand. Although purists say the sound produced by these pianos is inharmonious, for a normal user, this piano does fit the bill, and the sound is definitely not as bad as many may have you believe. Grand pianos are first of all huge, then hugely expensive. Baby pianos on the other hand are small, can fit in your rooms, are elegant and affordable, too. They are mostly made of wood like oak, mahogany, etc. There are many antique baby pianos which are breathtakingly beautiful for their artistry.

Baby Grand Pianos: Sound

Baby grand pianos are smaller in size, but the sound they generate is not small in any way. While it is true that if we were to achieve the same level of true sound as a grand piano, then the cost would escalate manifold, but that doesn't mean that baby grand pianos sound bad. They sound remarkably close to grand pianos, and first time users will not be able to make out the difference. Somehow, these pianos seem to add sheen and beauty to any living room. A baby grand piano makes the room look majestic, artistic and adds to the glamour. And of course, it can fill the room with sound that is not easily described. Generally with smaller sound board, the sound quality of a baby grand tends to be somewhat lower than grand piano.

Baby Grand Pianos: Space Constraints

There are none! This aesthetic instrument is around 5 ft. in height, even lesser in some cases. This makes it easy to fit in any room with ease. They must be placed away from the radiator, ceiling vent or heat, wall, door, window, etc. The pianos must be ideally placed in a room, where the temperature is constant and moderate. This will make them durable, since they are made of wood, predominantly.

Baby Grand Pianos: Room Acoustics and Furnishing

The tone of the piano is invariably affected by the room acoustics, where the piano is placed. The sound generated from any instrument reverberates and reflects from the floors, walls, windows, etc. The reverberation time is shorter in small living rooms. Hardwood floors are good sound reflectors. So, the tone of the piano is enhanced and the sound becomes lovelier and livelier. The furnishings in a room like the hangings, tapestries, etc have the capacity of absorbing, reflecting and scattering sound. Rooms with adequate furnishing can sometimes affect of the sound of the baby piano, since the sound is reflected. Place your baby grand piano in the room where it sounds best.

Baby Grand Pianos: One Click Away?

The internet has just totally spoilt us. Baby Grand pianos too, like many other instruments, can be bought online. A few popular brands of the pianos are Stuyvesant, Baldwin, Bergmann and Breitenbach. Online shopping offers a gamut of brands to choose from. There are sites which offer a worthy bargain, through bids. However, if you wish to test the sound of the piano before buying, you will have to visit the shop - presently the internet doesn't have a substitute to this!

The attractive sound of the baby grand pianos has won many hearts and is one of the primary reasons for its popularity. The musicians who have limited financial resources can get a baby grand piano and enjoy the experience of mastering their music on it. No more do you require a mansion to get a piano, and no more do you require a fortune to make one yours. Baby grand pianos are the ideal choice for normal households with normal budgets. These pianos can be an asset for a pianist or a piano enthusiast. It can also decorate the room in which it is placed. A baby grand piano kept in a room can be the cynosure of all eyes for its sheer brilliance, compactness, beauty and allure!

I want a baby! (Piano)

Yamaha, a Japanese company has a tradition of innovation, for over 100 years. The company has manufactured some of the finest digital and acoustic instruments, including a gamut of pianos. The pianos from Yamaha offers a great experience for the money spend on the instruments, for any pianist. The sound, touch and feel of the Yamaha pianos have made them a coveted property for the piano enthusiasts all over the world.

The Yamaha History

A wide variety of products are produced by the Yamaha Company, apart from pianos. Yamaha has been producing pianos since 1899. Earlier, Yamaha built pianos primarily for the American and Asian markets. These markets demanded clinical tonal characteristics and less sonorous sound, when compared to European market. During 1970 Yamaha pianos became popular in Europe. Yamaha has customized its pianos to suit the needs of every market.

Pianos A-Plenty

Yamaha offers a number of pianos like upright pianos, grand pianos, baby grand pianos, digital pianos, silent pianos, clavinovas and disklavier. Every Yamaha piano is endowed with a unique quality and tonal characteristic, which makes Yamaha a popular brand.

Upright Pianos

Gallery collection, Cable-Nelson collection, professional gallery collection and professional collection in various sizes are the popular collections of Yamaha upright pianos. The pianos also belong to different series like the YUS series, U series and SU series. The Yamaha uprights are exclusively designed for professional and personal use. Their beauty adds to the décor of any room.

Grand Pianos

The Yamaha grand piano collection comprises Cable-Nelson grand pianos, classic collection, conservatory collection, conservatory concert collection and handcrafted concert collection. The grand pianos and baby grand pianos from Yamaha are crafted exquisitely and technically sophisticated.

Silent Pianos: Where Did My Music Go?

To enjoy the enthralling tunes played on a piano in total privacy, using headphones, Yamaha Silent pianos are a great option. A pianist can enjoy the piano music in controlled volumes, through the silent piano technology. The silent piano is a rare combination of elegance, tone, touch and digital technology.

Disklavier from Yamaha

Yamaha disklavier is a hybrid digital/acoustic piano and this brilliant combination has become popular worldwide. Hailed as a wonderful entertainment system, disklavier can reproduce the concerts with vocal tracks and backing instruments. Disklavier is enhanced with digital technology, which can create a 'live' performance or concert, at home.

Yamaha Clavinovas

Clavinovas from Yamaha creates magic with the expressive sound that is generated from them. The CVP and CLP series of Yamaha Clavinovas are elegant and produce realistic sounds. The Clavinovas are ideal for the beginners and professionals and for practice and performance, alike!

Digital Pianos

Yamaha digital pianos are preferred by pianists and piano enthusiasts across the globe.
The digital pianos are cheaper than the Yamaha acoustic pianos. Yamaha digital pianos do not need tuning and they do not consume a lot of space. A pianist can connect the piano to a headphone and practice in total privacy. They are enhanced with MIDI features, Graded Hammer effect, etc.

Yamaha pianos can be bought from various Yamaha outlets, all over the world. Buying a Yamaha piano from a certified dealer offers the advantages of exceptional support and high quality service. In the modern days, buying Yamaha pianos from the Internet has become a new trend. Anyone can shop online easily with the aid of many internet shopping site. A few reputed sites can be great options for buying Yamaha pianos! Feel the music, touch the keys and enjoy the exceptional music, by playing on a Yamaha piano!

Pentatonic piano scales are common in the neo-musical world and are used around the globe. These scales are developed with five notes and exist as two common types: major and minor pentatonic scales. The major pentatonic scale is commonly used and is denoted as the primary pentatonic scale.

These scales are developed smoothly. When you create a major pentatonic scale, you prefer five consecutive pitches alongside the circle of fifths. This is common practice in Western European classical music. Scales are always the key component of an outstanding music performance. They refer to the progression of single notes in twofold steps upwards or downwards. The word "scales" is derived from the Latin word la scala, meaning ladder. That is why most of the scales are denoted with ladders. The musical scales read from their roots to the octave notes, as they gain sustainable output.

Why do amateur musicians kowtow to the basics of music? Is it justifiable that they should be introduced to the primary concepts of scaling in their initial training and only again in the later stages? The reply is affirmative. It takes several years to go deeply into the rhythmic cynosure. That is why every musician is prodded to accomplish the basics because understanding scales needs years of training.

You need to comprehend music scales in order to understand its ascent. Scales move either upwards or downwards until they are fixated at the basic point, which is the same note of octave. Scales are also called tonics in music terminology. Every scale starts with a particular root. The methodology is very simple. Take the example of C scale that should always begin with tonic C. Note that while going upwards, the notes that follow are D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. But when you see downwards, the note progression is settled at C, B, A, G, F, E, D, and C. Another aspect is that the C scale is comprised of eight notes. Scales in the eight notes are denoted as diatonic.

Piano contains 12 notes in one octave. Piano notes consist of semitones on a C scale that are also known as black keys. Chromatic scales include many semitones, but the chromatic C scale goes upwards with C, C sharp, D, D sharp, E, F, F sharp, G, G sharp, A, A sharp, B and C. You should also be aware of the opposite impact. The downward scaling process consists of C, B, B flat, A, A flat, G, G flat, F, E, E flat, D, D flat and C. Scales are major (M), minor (m), perfect (P), augmented (A) or diminished (d or dim).

The pentatonic scales are the well established combination of five notes. They have attained remarkable stature in the Western music world. These scales are common in the American blues and popular in the rock culture. They have remained household names in most of the Asian cultures, are admired in the Celtic and African music world, and are equally popular in modern, classical, and jazz music.

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