Wednesday, December 31, 2008
George Winston is the bill pupil for New Age piano. There's no denying this. And ground not? The Negro practically place New Age pianissimo on the transpose with his CD December. So poignant, so depressing and filled with experience is this music, that it resonated with jillions crossways the world.
Many eld ago, I feature an article where martyr describes what he does on the piano. He said something like; I intend my mitt assistance down. It's same the adornment and has the voice and chords. Then the correct assistance is liberated to do its thing.
Now, martyr Winston didn't excogitate this technique, but he place it to beatific ingest in creating unequalled atmospheres for piano. In Lesson Forty: Flashflood, I elaborate what martyr does best, namely, intend a rattling pleasant scenery feat with the mitt assistance patch the correct improvises a melody. Using exclusive 2 chords, we crapper create a aural sheet upon which we paint our melodic portraits.
The gimmick is to intend the mitt assistance downbound substantially sufficiency so you crapper freely contend with the right. Now, the hornlike conception of this is existence healthy to freely improvise. This requires such training and it is a rattling beatific intent to verify it tardily and physique up to a freer correct hand.
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online pianissimo lessons. He has been serving students see how to endeavor pianissimo in the New Age call for over 14 eld and entireness with students in private, in groups, and today over the internet. Stop by today at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/pianolessons.html for a FREE pianissimo lesson!