The most popular instrument amongst Australians is the Acoustic Guitar (30% of the current players), and the third-place held by the Electric Guitar (16% of the current players) and about 4.25 million households in Australia own at least one musical instruments, equivalent to around 53% of the total households in Australia. Buying an instrument should be a no-brainer by now, …
Learn To Read Piano Music
Learn to Read Piano Music with a Piano Teacher
It is very important to take piano lessons in order to play the piano. You have to learn to read piano music if you plan to be a serious piano player.
If you try to look into history, you will notice that most of the great piano players learned to pl…
The Many Styles of Jazz Music Part 1
The essence of the appeal of Jazz music has expanded and became reinvented from the use of elements found in African drumming, spiritual and hymn music, bluegrass hillbilly music, blues, impressionist, and classical traits to newer sounds. Jazz music became popular from radio and underground clubs t…
Jazz Musc Composition
Jazz music composition is the work of knowledgeable musicians with the skills to write, and create one of the most memorable masterpieces. Moreover, Jazz music Composition is a course included in colleges and universities who deem it a worthy subject to study. Composing Jazz music requires the theor…
Art Blakey
The beginning career of jazz music legend Art Blakey was amazing. He took piano lessons at school. When he was in the seventh grade he played music full-time and was leading a popular band. Not too long after, he started playing drums in the style of such players as Ray Bauduc, Chick Webb and Sid Ca…
American Influence of Jazz
The Jazz music sensation began to rub off on other parts of the world which encourages the experimentation of melding their familiar sounds with the essence of Jazz. In Europe’s country in the Region of France came the Quintette Du Hot Club de France who was responsible for the making of the early …
Jazz Music Today
Jazz music has evolved to the point where basic signature of the style has minimized into an influential element. For example, the Jazz music of the 80’s electronica music of IDM which stand for Intelligent Dance Music where such artists like Bjourk is known for. The drum and bass is another form o…
The Many Styles of Jazz Music Part 2
Bebop-The dance elements gradually faded away into a true art of real music by the musicians Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Clifford Brown, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, and Ray Brown who wanted to steer away from the commercial type music. These musicians sought to use examples of the Jazz musicians of t…
The Growth Of Jazz Music
In the turn of the century around 1920, many artists made their mark by playing in the discreet underground nightclubs known as “Speakeasies” which are high class , “Blind pig” lower class or “Smokeasy” for smokers. The United States once prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages and smoking …
The Manhattan Transfer
Anyone who loves jazz music must know about the amazing vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. What some may not know is that the Manhattan Transfer comes from the Name of Two different groups. The first group made one album, then broke up in 1969, the other group is the one, which is the basis for thi…