| There are 88 keys on the piano keyboard. Most | | | | work together as one bringing you the ideal music. It |
| pianists use about 1/3 of this number most of the | | | | is the only true music that could come out of you |
| time. Why?Well, if you're playing sheet music, the | | | | because you listen to what your heart wants to play. |
| answer lies in how the composer used the piano. If | | | | If you play a few bass notes to begin with fine. |
| you're creating your own music, the answer lies in | | | | Want to start at the high end of the piano, OK.The |
| experimenting with the possibilities.Now, most of my | | | | key here is authenticity. Some compositions and |
| own music is played near the middle of the keyboard. | | | | improvisations sound contrived because they were - |
| It's not planned that way but this is the area of the | | | | that is they were thought up. There really is nothing |
| piano I naturally gravitate towards when sitting down | | | | wrong per se with this approach - as long as you let |
| to play. Of course, I do and have used most notes | | | | the music guide you. For example, you may decide |
| available on the piano and it would be a shame not | | | | you want to do as I did and create a certain mood |
| to. But I allow the music to tell me where it wants to | | | | piece. However, once you get the general idea for |
| go. If I sit down with a predetermined agenda to | | | | the music, let it guide you to where it wants to go - |
| play high notes, then I am not listening to my | | | | that is, listen, listen, listen for what is coming next. |
| intuition.Although I have to admit that in Lesson 5: | | | | This approach never fails and will most always yield |
| "Winter Scene" I wanted to create a crisp wintry | | | | good results.Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and |
| sound so I started further up the keyboard with the | | | | webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano |
| left hand and played higher register notes in my right. | | | | lessons. He has been helping students learn how to |
| But most times, I will let my intuition guide me and 9 | | | | play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years |
| times out of 10 begin at the middle of the | | | | and works with students in private, in groups, and |
| keyboard.There is nothing wrong or uncreative about | | | | now over the internet. Stop by now at for a FREE |
| this at all. In fact, it doesn't really matter where you | | | | piano lesson! |
| begin because once started, the heart and mind | | | | |