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It’s up to YOU to decide about our first FREE software release!

16 Jul, 2007  5 Comments

Hi there!

I am happy to tell you that we have our first poll ready for YOU to decide what is going to be the first FREE software release!

Please tell us by voting on the poll on the right side panel.

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We want your comments and opinions!

We listen to YOU!

Yes! Our team wants to develop great creations just for you, so we need all your feedback.

Here at The Piano Encyclopedia we plan to release many free products that are useful for intermediate and advanced piano players, or even those who are just starting and want to learn faster and efficiently.

Say no to hours and hours of practicing and no progress. You need tools and we plan to provide you with them, so that you can make great achievements in less time.


Would you be interested in learning chords? Never found out what scales were useful for? Or would you need some help on composing and improvising and would love to learn about harmony? Did know that intervals are the primary structure of chords, scales, and … music?

Let me tell you in more detail what we plan to cover in our future releases, so that you can tell us what you wish to try first:

Chord Dictionary

  • Contains chord and families of chords displayed graphically with keyboard illustrations and colored keys, ordered chromatically in order to learn them and memorize them easily, as well as in circle of fifths (useful for modulation purposes- aka changing from one scale to another).
  • All chords are accompanied by a description of their structure, a useful tip about their functionality and how they are used in compositions, as well as all the names and synonyms for that chord including popular, jazz, and blues standards.
  • Scale Dictionary:
    • Contains scales and families of scales displayed graphically with keyboard illustrations and colored keys showing all the keys that should be played corresponding to the scales.
    • They are also ordered chromatically in order to learn them and memorize them easily, as well as in circle of fifths (useful for modulation purposes- aka changing from one scale to another). All scales are accompanied by a description of their structure, as well as by all it’s equivalent names.

    Intervals Dictionary:

    • Intervals are the main structure of chords and scales. Contains intervals and families of intervals displayed graphically with keyboard illustrations and colored keys showing all the keys that should be played corresponding to the scales.
    • They are also ordered chromatically in order to learn them and memorize them easily, as well as in circle of fifths (useful for modulation purposes- aka changing from one scale to another). All intervals are accompanied by a description of their structure, as well as by all it’s equivalent names.

    Harmony Dictionary:

    • This is a very special dictionary, my favorite by the way, which shows how to harmonize any scale. Given each scale, it shows symbolically and graphically, with high-quality keyboard colored illustrations, what chord you should play given each note of each scale.
    • This is useful for composing, improvising, or even predicting what chord comes next in your favorite song. If you are a starter in harmony, this will probably open your eyes and your view and understanding of music will change completely. If you are more experienced, this will help you for a deeper understanding, and to be able to play along and compose in different scales more easily. I personally use them for composing my new songs.play piano suggestions

    The poll is on the right side of this blog.

    (“What are you most interested in learning” poll).

    Hope you have a great day!

    In case you forget… remember to vote and submit any comments you want!

    Thanks for being part of the piano encyclopedia, we are working hard towards improving your piano learning experience.

    Cheers!
    Rod

    P.S: Remember to subscribe to receive special free products and updates. :)

    • Welcome to The Piano Encyclopedia!

    13 Jul, 2007  1 Comment

    Hi there!

    Welcome! My name is Rod and in the name of our team I want to introduce you to our new fresh creation:

    The Piano Encyclopedia- the first practical encyclopedia for keyboard playing, composing, and improvising in the world.

    More than 350 pages of unique content and more than 300 original full-color illustrations of piano keyboards, showing how to play scales, chords, intervals, as well as how to harmonize scales on the piano.

    Learn about our Mission

    Our mission is to help music and piano learning become an easier task revealing practical techniques that are not usually taught and can help you improve your playing and composing skills through a deep understanding of how music really works.

    We concentrate on your needs

    • You want to learn piano without having to spend years practicing?
    • Tired of playing everybody else’s songs and not being able to compose one note yourself?
    • Tired of not knowing how to play this or that chord that always appears in your favorite songs?
    • Wouldn’t you like to print in a booklet-form all your most used chords and have an easy way to study and memorize them?
    • Tired of not understanding music behind scores?!
    • Every teacher tries to teach you scales but yet any can’t tell you what they are used for?! Get answers, get power!
    • Learn how to use scales for improvising and composing, or even learn how to predict what chord comes next in your favorite songs!
    • You want results and you want them fast?!
    • Your piano chord, interval, and scale, questions will be answered forever!
    • You get a chord dictionary with all the existent chords used in piano playing: Jazz, Blues, classical, chords from every style.
    • You get a scale dictionary with all the existent scales on the piano, all ordered by their use: common scales, major and minor mode scales, jazz scales, arabic scales, blue scales, and even rare scales.
    • You get an interval dictionary with all the used intervals on the piano: common intervals, extended intervals (9th, 11ths, 13ths), and all types of alterations explained, so that you understand graphically how chords and scales are made up from!
    • You get a Harmony dictionary that explains what chords you should play in each given scale! You get the harmonies for all the most used scales: the common scales and all 35 modal minor and major scales.
    • More than 40 scales with examples of how they should be harmonized so that you can begin composing and improvising on any scale you want!
    • You get a chord dictionary, a scale dictionary, an intervals dictionary, and a harmony dictionary all in one in this great encyclopedia!
    • And if this is not enough: you get also samples of chord progressions and instructions on how to create them, as well as additional music theory!
    • I am sure you still want more: so we have also prepared special lessons designed special for this encyclopedia so that you can use all this material more wisely and structure you own piano lessons and enlighten your path to becoming beter at piano playing, composing, and improvising!
    • The Piano Encyclopedia will provide you with tools to maximize your learning capabilities and make important progress achivements, in much more reduced times!

    Release

    Check often!

    The final version is not ready yet but we are working on it to provide you with the best content to create the first practical encylopedia for piano playing, composing, and improvising in the world. :)

    Make sure to check back often for updates and our release date!

    Leave your comments and also request new features!

    Cheers and hope to see you back soon!,

    Rod

    P.S: We’ll be releasing a FREE dictionary! Vote in the poll on the right panel so that we can decide if to release a FREE chord, scale, intervals, or harmony dictionary!!! Be heard! We listen to YOU!