Accompany Yourself On Piano
How to Accompany On Piano
How to Accompany Piano
Have you ever wanted to accompany yourself or others while singing? The desire to do so is one of the key motivations for a surprising number of piano students. How will you ever learn to sing at the same time – and carry a tune?
The ability to accompany yourself on piano while singing is a skill like any other. If you already have a good grounding in piano basics, such as knowing the notes, knowing your scales, reading music – great! You have a very firm foundation for learning how to accompany yourself. Now you can learn to read a “lead sheet,” which is a kind of musical shorthand.
A lot of pop, rock, country, and other contemporary music is noted down in this non-classical format. These lead sheets are collected in books called “fake books.” In its simplest form, the lead sheet consists of a single line of notes that pick out the melody, accompanied by chord notations above. [More]
Tuning Your Drum Set
How to Tune Your Drum Set
Tuning Drum Set
Tuning your drum set is one of the most important maintenance activities as a drummer. Even before the drummer starts playing or recording he has to ensure that the drum is well tuned and ready to sound good. A general drum kit consists of bass drum, cymbal, snare, hi-hats and toms.So while tuning your drum set, you can start by tuning the snare drums.
Tune the top head at the very start. Turn each lug clockwise to increase the tension of the head and to increase the drum pitch. You can also, tune one lug and then tune the lug on its opposite side preferably 180 degrees away. The drums are bound to sound better when you do not tune these lugs in a circular sequence.
While tuning your drum set test the pitch of each lug when finished by lightly playing about one inch away from the lug with a drumstick. Also, make sure while tuning your drum set that all lugs have equal pitch. At this point your drum should be tuned.
The next step in tuning your drum set is by tuning the toms. You can start by tuning the bottom head of each tom-tom. After tuning the bottom move to the head. Tune it to the pitch you want. [More]
