Comments on: Happy New Year! The Piano Learning Revolution has begun! http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2008/01/22/happy-new-year-the-piano-learning-revolution-has-began/ A practical guide to keyboard playing, composing, and improvising on the piano. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: cameron powers http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2008/01/22/happy-new-year-the-piano-learning-revolution-has-began/#comment-135 cameron powers Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:20:58 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2008/01/22/happy-new-year-the-piano-learning-revolution-has-began/#comment-135 Rod, Thanks! Best of luck! Looks like a great product! And thanks for the appreciation about my cross-cultural musical work! Cameron Rod,
Thanks! Best of luck! Looks like a great product!
And thanks for the appreciation about my cross-cultural musical work!
Cameron

]]> By: Rod http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2008/01/22/happy-new-year-the-piano-learning-revolution-has-began/#comment-134 Rod Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:20:55 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2008/01/22/happy-new-year-the-piano-learning-revolution-has-began/#comment-134 Hi Cameron! As of today, we've included all the Arabic scales that can be played in the Equal Tempered Keyboard (the common Western keyboard) as well as dozens of scales from the Eastern Culture. Moreover, each entry includes rich tips from professional musicians about how to use them for composing and improvising. Here are some random examples of the Exotic scales contained in our database: the 72 Indian Melakarta Scales from South Indian Classical Music, the 10 'parent' Theeth Scales widely used in Pakistan and Northern India, Maqam's, Raga's, Jewish, Egyptian, Persian, Hawaiian, Javaneese, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and the list goes on! Now consider what happens if you input an unknown scale in the Piano Encyclopedia Finder, not only you'll get diagrams of the scales in all tonalities, but the Finder will show you how to Harmonize the unknown scale and build chord progressions; as well as analyze it's modes and explore it's similarity with other scales. Regarding micro-tonality and quartertone intervals, we'll consider including them in the near future if people become very interested in learning Arabic music -or any music with intervals less than the semitone. I hope this answer was useful. :smile: Cameron, stay in touch and tell me more about yourself! Cheers! :grin: Rod Hi Cameron!
As of today, we’ve included all the Arabic scales that can be played in the Equal Tempered Keyboard (the common Western keyboard) as well as dozens of scales from the Eastern Culture. Moreover, each entry includes rich tips from professional musicians about how to use them for composing and improvising.

Here are some random examples of the Exotic scales contained in our database: the 72 Indian Melakarta Scales from South Indian Classical Music, the 10 ‘parent’ Theeth Scales widely used in Pakistan and Northern India, Maqam’s, Raga’s, Jewish, Egyptian, Persian, Hawaiian, Javaneese, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and the list goes on! Now consider what happens if you input an unknown scale in the Piano Encyclopedia Finder, not only you’ll get diagrams of the scales in all tonalities, but the Finder will show you how to Harmonize the unknown scale and build chord progressions; as well as analyze it’s modes and explore it’s similarity with other scales.

Regarding micro-tonality and quartertone intervals, we’ll consider including them in the near future if people become very interested in learning Arabic music -or any music with intervals less than the semitone.

I hope this answer was useful. :smile:
Cameron, stay in touch and tell me more about yourself!

Cheers! :grin:
Rod

]]> By: cameron powers http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2008/01/22/happy-new-year-the-piano-learning-revolution-has-began/#comment-132 cameron powers Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:18:28 +0000 http://pianoencyclopedia.com/blog/2008/01/22/happy-new-year-the-piano-learning-revolution-has-began/#comment-132 sounds interesting... I assume since you mention arabic music that the keyboard includes basic quartertone intervals also: E half-flat, B half-flat, F half-sharp, etc? let me know... thanks, cameron sounds interesting…
I assume since you mention arabic music that the keyboard includes basic quartertone intervals also: E half-flat, B half-flat, F half-sharp, etc?
let me know… thanks, cameron

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