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These last three months have been of intense work and incredible results!
We’ll be posting a more detailed post after the celebrations, next week, but just to give you a sneak-peek ahead,
let me tell you shortly some of the news:
Our next release is called:
The Logic Behind Music
Mastering the Secrets to
Music Composition and Improvisation
in a Practical Way
It will be The Piano Encyclopedia’s first “Digital Home-Study Course“! :cool: . The reason it’s no longer called The Piano Encyclopedia’s “Main Lessons”, is because after so many works of intense work from our graphic designers, musicians, writers, editors, and developers, the lessons we have finished writing are so complete, and we have packed them with so much content, that it is really a Home Study Course what we have finally achieved in the last months.It spans over two full-multimedia volumes, with interactive piano-charts, and tools for mastering composing and improvising! We’ll be releasing Volume 1 in the very next few weeks! :D Volume 2 will take us at least three weeks or more. We also had a new graphic designer and musician from Philippines, Dante, join our team (yes! he also plays in a music band and is a musician as well as a professional designer with lots of talent), and he has helping us design some really cool new interactive graphics for our lessons. Also with the help of Imran (web designer from India), Alan and Brian (very talented web-designers from Argentina) and other members that have contributed in the ideas, making, and conversion of the graphics we outlined with Dante, we now have an interactive Circle of Fifths, and interactive tools for analyzing and creating chord progressions, and many more stuff that we have made along the way that just make music much easier to understand! It’s really looking fantastic! (I’ll post the previews of that soon!)
Also, as we finished with the writing we had more time to dedicate it to the community, which will be completely integrated to the Digital-Home Study Course, so everyone can join the conversation and ask questions. We spent so much time with this since we wanted to release everything together. Today the Piano Encyclopedia’s new Community development has been finished and the graphics and interface have been completely redesigned! We had the fortune of incorporating into our team a new Graphic Designer -who is also a musician- (yes another musician and graphic designer!) this time from Puerto Rico (yes! we’re really proud of our team!) who has helped us redesign the graphics of the community anew. William Rivera is a fantastic person and very talented and professional in what he does, and with his design skills he has helped us redesign completely our community. With the initial contributions of Gan (web designer), Chinju (web designer), Prakash (web developer), Joan (talented web developer from Philipiness, and our community Administrator), and other team members, the community has progressed and evolved a lot. And now with the addittion of William to the team, who has helped us in making a complete redesign of the looks and user interface … the community is now looking much better than before, much easier and user friendlier! - And it is now READY to be used! Take a sneak peek here below!
And.. we’re also upgrading our servers, and with this upgrade at the end of next week, you’ll start seeing the links to the new community! From that point on, we’ll start the bigger private alpha testing, and shortly start sending invitations to The Piano Encyclopedia’s VIP followers, and then all the followers on our list, that joined our newsletter! So everyone will get to try our new community as we go along, and as we polish up all the features along the way while we let more members in.
Stay tuned for next week! I’ll be posting more news about our Digital Home-Study Course, and posting previews! The lessons are really looking incredible, and I assure you’ll definitelyagree that the wait was really worth it, because if you guys enjoyed Music Fundamentals (our 110 page eBook), you won’t believe how good this is! We’re really looking forward to change piano learning for the better, and we have worked more than a year to make this possible, so I am extremely confident that you’ll certainly LOVE “The Logic Behind Music”. It has everything you guys have been asking over the past many months, all combined together: real practical lessons that combine the experiences of many musicians and show how to master music composition and improvisation, sounds, animations, interactive chord/ scale/ interval piano-charts, tools for improvising and composing music, real harmony examples from real songs and across different music styles, much more … and even a community for everyone to discuss what they are learning and share their piano recordings! …
Whoa… It really has been a LOT of work with many people involved! But the results are really worth it . What we have made it’s not just a ‘product‘ - it’s definitely a “piano-learning” experience, and this (and what’s coming) is what we had envisioned at the beginning of this project, so we’re all really proud of our work. The community is finished. Now stayed tuned, as I’ll be updating you on the release of Volume 1 of The Logic Behind Music in the very next few weeks.
Next week, more updates and previews of The Piano Encyclopedia’s first Digital Home-Study Course “The Logic Behind Music”!
In the name of the whole team, I wish a Happy Easter and Passover to everyone!
Best wishes,
Rod
P.S: Always make sure to check the Community Chat Room to get a sneak-peek into the latest news! Much things have been going around there and you will also get to meet some very nice people that are also following our development. Evenmore, you might get to meet some of the team’s members that get online everyonce in a while! Make sure to check it out! I usually always post the first news over there!!!
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The Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Lessons are almost finished, and even though we are taking a little longer, the great news is that we have expanded our lessons with new sections, more images, interactive animations, and even more sound recordings. We have also added some new very special practical chapters that we’re calling the “Real World Practical Chapters”. I’ll tell you more about that in a moment- but first let me tell you why…
We’re really grateful to have received many wonderful emails and comments to our blog about our Music Fundamentals eBook, that we gave away for free, and I am personally very grateful for all your words of support and encouragement. (You can read some very interesting comments here). In this way, we have all been greatly inspired and we have focused on developing and expanding the Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Lessons during the last two months. They are almost ready and we’re finishing some new sections so as to include everything necessary for mastering composing and improvising - step-by-step - from beginning to advanced. Thus, we’ll be releasing the Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Lessons before we release the rest. The good news is that we’re almost done and that they are looking absolutely great!
We have been planning the content of these lessons for months and months, and to now see them almost finished is something completely delightful and exciting for me and the rest of the team! But better yet, the great news is that we have also expanded our team, which is not only helping us to develop faster but also to enrich our content in ways we couldn’t before. We were lucky to find some very talented musicians, writers, and editors that share our vision. Some are professional concert pianists or piano teachers; while others are editors and writers, but that in addition, are also amateur musicians that share a deep passion for music.
We have incorporated into the team both classically-trained musicians, as well asjazz, blues, and modern-style music lovers. Some of them find their way in life giving classical concerts in orchestras with all the joy Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and other great composers provide. Others have devoted their life to the jazz and blues, playing for clubs, jazz events, and improvising music for the wine-drinking crowds. Even though most of the music they play and love is separated up to four centuries apart, they all have one thing in common - that they all share our vision of changing piano learning.
I am really amazed of how many experienced musicians share similar stories to the ones I told you about in our Music Fundamentals eBook. Stories about how many of them have also spent years of frustration, until they discovered some very simple but powerful concepts that changed their musical lives forever, opening their path into really understanding music, composing, and improvising. Concepts that sometimes are just not taught in traditional piano lessons.
Why don’t most traditional piano methods teach this?
Why aren’t these concepts taught right at the beginning?
Why isn’t music theory taught in a practical way?
Why only very few piano teachers know how to apply all this and most of them just focus on ‘piano playing’ instead of understanding how really music works?
Why, why, why….?
Actually, teachers that know all these are so hard to find, and you actually have to consider yourself lucky if you have found a teacher that has told you that scales are not just for ‘improving playing technique’ or ‘practicing your fingers’. As for myself -I had to spend more than ten years until I found a teacher that actually told me that scales were useful for determining the harmony of a song, and that they were the key to improvising and composing- and that scales were not just for ‘stretching your fingers’.
Evermore -truth be told- I used to hate scales and I am sure many students do. My teacher, at that time, would tell me that I had to practice the scales so I could improve my playing skills; and although that’s true, I found it more useful to practice real music passages, and so I found it completely useless. However now I definitely love them, and I practice even the exotic types in addition to the common scales (Spanish, Chinese, Arabian scales, etc.). Why? How come I changed from hating them to loving? The fact is no one had explained how to really use them…Nowadays,scales are my pathway in to playing different music styles, as just by knowing the notes and how a scale is harmonized, it’s very easy to figure out what chords to play along and how to improvise a melody. Why don’t they teach these key concepts right at the beginning?
Some music secrets:
Knowing which key your new tune is, means that you should be able to figure out which chords to play with your left hand (the harmonization of the scale will give you the chords that you can use to play along with).
Once you know which chords to play, you’ll be able to know which notes you can use to embellish your current melody (the relation of scales to chords -and vice versa- will tell you which notes you can play on your right hand, with every chord you play on your left hand).
Mastering music intervals, not only will permit you to predict how chords sound even before you play them; but you’ll also be able to create new chord types by just combining the different intervals, just as if you were combining spices (intervals) for cooking a tasty meal (chords) (music intervals as the elemental building blocks of music).
Understanding that music can be summarized into the concept of tension-and-release, and how this works with chords and scales, can open your doors into building chord progressions, and creating ‘musical-phrases’.
Music is like a language: the notes of the scale are your alphabet, chords are your words, and chord progressions are your sentences or ‘musical phrases’. Combining sentences can help you build paragraphs, and by combining ‘musical phrases’ you can start creating your simple songs.
Finding the balance between Tension and Release is the secret to how all the music works (relation of that concept with chords, scales, and intervals).
You might want to read each of the previous sentences again and little by little, as I have just described some simple and powerful secrets, that when mastered, I assure you that they will change your music abilities dramatically, as they have done for me. I would have saved so many years of endless frustration had I learned all those concepts fourteen years ago! I have already shared with you some of the basic concepts that helped me really rediscover music in our Music Fundamentals eBook that we recently gave away for free. (In fact, if you didn’t get your copy yet, you might want to grab your free copy here).
However, in the Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Lessons not only will I be telling you in depth all these simple but powerful concepts that made me reach a new level of piano playing (and made me discover that composing and improvising was not just possible but also a very easy thing to do), but in addition, you’ll also get to enjoy all the secrets that made each of our team’s musicians reach a new music level- step-by-step.
So whether you like classical, jazz, blues, or any other style, my goal is for you to understand how music works for ANY music style. My objective is to show you through these lessons how these simple but powerful music concepts work for explaining the harmonic structure of any music style. This is why we thought it was important to expand our lessons and our team, and also incorporate musicians who share the best of both worlds (classical and modern styles) so as to show you how music really works in the different fields.
However, by now you might be wondering, “What are the Real World Practical Chapters?” Well, just to give you a sneak peek, I am going to show you in a minute all the different music-style examples that have been ALREADY included in our new Real World Practical Chapters.
Why Real World PracticalChapters? The reason is because even though our lessons already include many examples with chord progressions and harmonization samples, in these new chapters, we’re including song excerpts from REAL songs to show you how the theory really fits into practice – using songs and music pieces from real artists and composers, not just some textbook examples. The purpose of these chapters is to show you how you can compose and improvise real music by mastering the concepts we are showing you. All the harmony of the songs and music pieces we’ll show you can be explained by using the practical tips and simple concepts we teach you. By showing you music from the different music styles we can show you how all music works with same harmonic principles.
I could tell you more about it, but I think it’s better if you take a look at all the musical styles that have been already included in our Real World Practical Chapters:
Musical Styles already included in the Real-World Practical Chapters:
Pop
Rock
Jazz
Country
Folk
Soul
Gospel
Bossa-Nova
Rock & Roll
Blues
Major Blues
Minor Blues
Boogie-Woogie
Rock Ballad
Rag-time
Swing
Classical
Currently, the Practical Chapters include the harmonic analysis of at least one song or music piece from each of the above music styles.
In this way we hope to guide you through the classic songs that defined each music style, and hopefully walk you through your favorite songs. However, once you understand the fundamentals, you’ll be able to understand how the harmony works for any song.
Now before I go on, let me give you a preview of all the excerpts from songs and music pieces we have already included in our Real World Practical Chapters:
Some songs and music pieces we have already included in our Real-Word Practical Chapters:
“Hey Jude” (The Beatles ), “She loves you” (The Beatles), “Paperback Writer” (The Beatles), “Yellow Submarine” (The Beatles), “Let it be” (The Beatles), “Maybe, I’m Amazed” (Paul McCartney), “Mac the Knife” (Brecht, Weill), “Johnny B. Goode” (Chuck Berry) , “Midnight Hour” (Wilson Pickett ), “Glory Days “ (Bruce Springsteen), “Old Time Rock & Roll” (Bob Seger ), “Maggie May“ (Rod Stewart and Melissa Etheridge), “Have I Told You Lately” (Rod Stewart and Van Morrison), “Different Drum” (Stone Poneys), “Every Time You Go Away” (Paul Young), “Empty Red Blues” (Bessie Smith), Sweet Home Chicago (written by Robert Johnson and recorded by The Blues Brothers), “The Twist” (Chubby Checker), “Hound Dog” (Elvis Presley), “Take It Easy” (The Eagles), “All Along the Watchtower” (Jimi Hendrix), “Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppelin), “Oye Como Va” (Santana), “Black Magic Woman” (Santana), “Hotel California” (The Eagles), “Night and Day” (Frank Sinatra), “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin), “Für Elise” (Ludwig van Beethoven) … and many more!
So, as you can see, we’ll guide you through each of the musical styles and show you some real examples of how the theory fits into practice. The good news is that we’re almost done. We’re polishing up the graphics, preparing the animations and sound recordings, and making sure everything is looking great!
Stay tuned and we’ll be back with more news; with more free stuff and previews along the way.
In the name of the whole team,
Thank youfor following The Piano Encyclopedia’s development,
Best wishes and Happy Holidays!
Rod
P.S: You may want to read some very interesting comments about our Music Fundamentals e-Book here: Check out what everyone else is saying. If you have finished reading it, feel free to leave a comment, join the conversation, and let me and everyone else know what you think.
P.S.S: ..And if you didn’t get your copy of our Music Fundamentals e-Book yet, you may do so by signing up here: Reserve our Music Fundamentals eBook. Once you subscribe you’ll instantly receive a copy of our e-Book and we’ll keep you up to date with the development news, with more free stuff and previews along the way. Let me warn you that as for today, this eBook is free only for our followers, so I don’t for how long we’ll keep giving it away for free.
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As promised, it’s time for me to tell you the EXACT release date of our First Piano Lesson Report!!!
But, before I share that with you- you didn’t happen to miss our previous post, did you?
A Short Recap…
We’ve made SO much incredible progress during the last few months that this project is nothing compared to what it was at the beginning. It’s actually bigger and much better!
We even posted PREVIEWS of all the “Secret Development” we’ve been working on the last few months, and -for the first time- we announced the OFFICIAL RELEASE DATES of The Piano Encyclopedia’s complete learning system.
So if you did miss the previous post, make sure you check out everything here, learn about the NEW Piano Encyclopedia’s Community, the NEW Main Piano Lesson’s Course, and watch all the PREVIEWS!
Getting to Know You Better
I also mentioned in that post, that I would love to get to know you better and I think it would also be great for you to also know me better too! In this way, I wrote 3 questions for getting to know everyone better, but I have answered them myself FIRST :).
The questions that I wrote on the previous post were::
How long have you been playing piano? Or are you looking forward to it?
What are you most interested in learning?
Which music styles, composers, or music groups are your favorite?
You may read MY answers to the previous questions here:
Yes.. While we continue creating the rest of the product and developing the new Piano Encyclopedia’s Community, we are going to be releasing these periodic piano lesson reports so that you can start practicing chords, scales, and get a sneak peek into composition and improvisation tips, even before The Piano Encyclopedia comes out!
As I mentioned on our previous post, we really want to THANK YOU for all this time you have been anxiously waiting, so we hope that these piano lesson reports that we are going to prepare for you, every two or three weeks, make the waiting time shorter and a more enjoyable ride, while we test and finish developing the Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Piano Lessons courses, the new interactive Community platform, and all the new exciting features that we’ve working on the past months and we mentioned our previous post.
The First Piano Lesson Report
Indeed the FIRST Piano Lesson Report is about ready, and I want to tell you everything about it!
So now you are probably wondering, what exactly am I going to learn throughout the FIRST Piano Lesson Report?
Even though The Piano Encyclopedia is both for beginners, intermediate, and advanced students alike, we actually weren’t sure about where to start the Piano Report Lessons.
However, lucky for many people that are just starting out, we have decided to make our first Piano Lesson Report start right at the beginning! This way we’ll be able to provide you with more advanced material and composing tips in the following Piano Report Lessons, while making sure that everyone has understands the basics. This will be also a great recap for many intermediate and advanced students too, as we’ll be teaching some fundamentals with a different approach that will surely make all the rest easy.
We’ll be stressing on the understanding of the relationship between chords, scales, and music intervals- right at the beginning- so you’ll be able to see songs from another perspective and advance quite fast, as we move quickly into the world of composing, improvising, and understanding music!
Let me give you a sneak peek into some of the things that are included into our very first Piano Lesson Report, so you know what you are going to get:
The First Piano Lesson Report Includes:
Get to know the fundamentals of composing, and improvising: Discover how mastering scales, chords, and music intervals will take your piano skills to the next level.
Starting right at the beginning: chords, scales, and music intervals explained!
Discover how to use intervals to play any chord or scale type on ANY key, without having to memorize every single note.
Understand why chords sound like they do, find out the relationship between music intervals and the basic chord types.
Master the major and minor triad chords and learn to play them on any key- by using the music intervals.
Get a sneak peek into more complex Jazz and Blues chords and the role music intervals play here too.
Discover the relationship between Scales and intervals, and get a sneak peek into some interesting scales.
Learn what scales or chords are usually helpful in creating a sad, melancholic, romantic, happy or cheerful mood for a song - and understand why.
Get an introduction to all the fundamentals so you’re ready to get into composing and improvising.
We’ve included Tons ofPiano Interval & Chord Charts full of graphics, so you can print them out andpractice everything right in your piano.
And much more…
As you can see, we’ve included a lot into our very first Piano Lesson Report and have already begun thinking of what we’ll be including into the next Piano Lesson Report.
This has been lots of work, can you believe we’re going to actually be giving away all this for FREE!?
Why? We’re really want to THANK YOU for all the time you’ve been waiting, and for supporting our development. In this way, we’re going to be giving away great valuable content -exclusively-for our subscribers, so we will never publish this material directly on our site, as we’ll be sending it directly to your email
So when is this all going to be available for you? I think its time I tell you! We will be making our very first Piano Lesson Report available on:
The First Piano Lesson Report will be Sent to Your inbox on:
Sunday, October 5th at 4pm EST Time!
In this way you’ll be able to enjoy it during the rest of your Sunday, in just less than two weeks! However if you’re signed up with our newsletter you don’t have to worry at all, as on October 5th at 4pm EST time you’ll get the whole report right in your inbox!If you haven’t signed up yet, you may do that here to Reserve your Copy of the First Piano Lesson Report.
Now that is not all that we will be making available to you. I know, there is just so much going on its amazing. We’ve actually gone ahead and updated our blog layout.
We’ve added a calendar -which is right on the sidebar- to allow you to follow everything along easily and so you don’t miss any events throughout the months. We have also added a “Subscribe to comments” option, so that you’ll be able to follow your comment’s replies easily, by getting an email notification every time there is a new reply.
This feature will be most useful after the release our Piano Lesson Reports, as you’ll be able to leave any music questions on our blog, and you’ll get notified when anyone answers them.
We will continue updating everyone on how things are coming along and keep broadcasting you more Piano Lesson Reports, previews, and soon beta invitations. I hope you love our very first Piano Lesson Report, give me tons of feedback on what you like, ask any music questions you might have, and comment on anything else your minds can think of.
Stay tuned for our next blog news- next Friday 26th!
Cheers,
Rod
P.S:The first Piano Lesson Report will be released on October 5th at 4pm EST Time, if you haven’t subscribed, make sure you do that now here, as we’ll be sending it right into your inbox.
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During the last few weeks we have received SO many emails from our newsletter members and new site visitors asking us, when will The Piano Encyclopedia be ready, how to get one of the 25 Free copies, and asking for an update on The Piano Encyclopedia development!
We got tons of emails like these ones:
“Hey Rod!
How are you?
I just wanted to check on how the development is going and when it’ll be ready…
Thanks!”
… or
“Hi!
I am very interested in trying your product and just wanted to know if you have already started the beta-testing…”
I have personally read them all, but we’ve received so many emails that I actually couldn’t answer all of them yet.
However, in order to thank you even if we haven’t replied your email yet, we have added everyone that has sent us emails in the past months to our VIP List. This means that if this is the case, we’ll make sure to send you the previews and special content a few days before the public release, before anyone else gets them. J
First of all, I really want to THANK YOU for following The Piano Encyclopedia development, especially if you have been with us from the early beginning.
I know everybody is very excited to get his or her invitation and be one of the first to try it out! And I really want to thank you for your patience and support- it keeps all the development team members motivated!
We have been so busy on the development over the past few months, and even we updated the Community Chat Room with some short news, we actually missed the blog update… Actually on the last post I told you that we’re going to give away some free copies, but I actually didn’t finish telling you about HOW you can be one of the 25 people to receive a free full copy of The Piano Encyclopedia.
BUT before I go into that, you might be wondering why this post is called THE SECRET DEVELOPMENT:
…Well part of the answer is because we have been developing so many things I haven’t actually told you about! To tell you the truth, I really don’t know where to start.
We made SO much incredible progress during the last few months that this project is nothing compared to what it was at the beginning. It’s actually bigger and much better!
Even though I’ve been giving away some hints on our Community Chat Room, I actually didn’t want to tell you what we’re doing until we had everything worked out, we could actually SHOW you what we were doing, and we were close togive you an invitation to try it out.
So the great thing about all this, is that TODAY, all those three conditions are true, and right NOW, right here, I am going to be able toshow you some PREVIEWS of everything we have been doing the last few months!
Stay tight, and I am also going to be announcing on this same post -for the First Time- the OFFICIAL RELEASE DATES, and the DATES of the upcoming EVENTSOFTHIS MONTH.
Yes, from now on, we’ll be stressing quite much on dates, so you’re able to follow the upcoming special release and preview dates for EACH month. You’ll also be able to see some changes in our blog layout by next week, as we’ll be adding a date calendar, as well as some other features to make date following easier.
To begin, why not start by showing you a screenshot of a sample page of our Piano Encyclopedia?
This is how one of the pages of The Piano Encyclopedia’sScale Dictionary is looking:
In this page you can see all the D Common Scales, directly from our Scale Dictionary. You can play the scales either up or down, watch the interactive animations, and get detailed info and composing tricks about each one by clicking on the Toolbar Buttons and links. Please click here to see the image more closely
So what has been going on in The Piano Encyclopedia’s LABS during these last few months?
Where to start?
…Well, I say we could start right at the beginning :o). I hope you might agree with that!
You’re going to love this…
NOW our project is divided into 3 components.How come three? I mean, up till now I’ve only told you about just one, right?
So…
Component 1 of The Piano Encyclopedia: The Core
Yes, until now you had just heard aboutThe Piano Encyclopediaitself, our practical guide to composing, improvising, and improving your piano skills, with more than 700 pages, 2500 piano recordings, and 2400 interactive illustrations of piano keyboards.
Just for a short recap, this includes our:
·Interval Dictionary-> every interval explained, as well as their relation with chords and scales.
·Scales Dictionary -> about every scale on the planet and in every root
·Chords Dictionary -> all standard chords and even all of the strange and exotic chords, full of expert’s tips for composing and improvising.
·Harmony Guide -> the harmonization of all the included scales, categorized by musical style
·Composing & Improvising Tips-> find out all chords that can be used with a certain scale, typical chord progressions, and chord substitutions.
·Interval, Chord & Scale Finder -> if you don’t know what you are playing, simply let the finder help you. Just input the notes and the finder will tell you what scale, chord, or interval you are playing.
This is all looking real good, so I am sure you’d like to take a sneak peak?
This is an extract of a page from the Chord Dictionary, where you would be able to see all the 12 Ninth Chords. You can play any of these chords, and activate the interactive animations by clicking the toolbar buttons and links. For example, by clicking on the rightmost toolbar button, you can actually explore any chord’s Inversions and Voicings, to discover how to create new exciting sounds. Please click here to see the image more closely
Discover how to Build all the Chords on ANY Key by mastering the Chord’s Musical Structure. This sample page, for example, shows you how the Db m9 chord can be built on any key, by understanding the relation between the chord and the music intervals. In this case, we can see that playing a simple Db minor triad and adding and adding a Minor Seventh and a Major Ninth can create the Db m9 chord. Discovering how the intervals and chords relate to each other, you’ll find it more easier to master all chords on all keys, and even make your own chords. Please click on the image to see it more closely
So we have advanced a lot on this, and we’re really happy with our progress.
Just to mention it, regarding the Beta-Testing of the previous developments, many people have emailed us asking us if the public beta-testing had already started (as they had seen the Beta-Testers Only sign on our site). However, I just wanted to make it clear that we have posted that sign for the Private Beta-Testing we’ve been running for team-members’ family and friends, to detect and fix the major bugs first. Soon, we’ll be going into the public Beta-Testing, so everybody that has signed up to our newsletter willreceive our exclusive invitations to test the different developments as soon we go public-beta! (if you’ve signed up you should be receiving our newsletter, but if you’re not receiving it, you can check by re-entering your mail again, and if you’re already signed-up a message will tell you so)
However, TODAY, I can say this is just the tip of the iceberg.
The two other components that are now in development and complement everything I just mentioned, and I think they actually take the whole overall piano learning experience to another level.
They are actually closely related together so let me tell you about these two…
NEW! Component 2 of The Piano Encyclopedia: The Main Piano Lessons Course
Even though The Piano Encyclopedia is a practical guide for composing, improvising, and improving your piano skills, we figured out that for some people –especially beginners- it could be difficult to know where to start especially with so much information available at the tip of your fingers.
Also even though all of the above contains many interactive tutorials and explanations of how to harmonize a scale, suggestions of what chords to play given a certain melody, and how to create each of the explained chords in any key, we thought it would be a great idea to create a Step by Step guide, explaining everything from beginner levelto advanced to master all the secret tricks of composing and improvising. Now I just call them ‘secrets’, but as you’ll get to see -and actually real soon (I’ll tell you why at the end of this post)- these are very powerful music concepts that are really easy to learn but that will probably change the way you see music.
So in this way, ThePiano Encyclopedia’s Main Piano Course has been born.
The idea is for it to complement the whole reference guide, so that you can master all the elemental scales and chords before going into learning the more exotic chords and scales of the rest of The Piano Encyclopedia.
In this way, the idea is to transmit to you all the necessary knowledge so you can then use The Piano Encyclopedia’s Tools to boost all your compositions, improvisations, and improve your piano skills.
The best part of all of this is that the Main Piano Course is actually completely linked to The Piano Encyclopedia itself- meaning that you’ll be able to walk step by step through the lessons and with just a click you’ll be able to explore any topic in depth by going to the chords, intervals, scales, or harmony pages -from the actual lessons to The Piano Encyclopedia back and forth.
If you don’t want to follow the actual lessons and create your own unique path, all the related pages of The Piano Encyclopedia will actually contain recommended chapters of the Main Piano Course lessons for you to read.
I am going to tell you more about ThePiano Encyclopedia’s Main Piano Course, in the upcoming posts, but before that, let me show you the Third component of our big project!
NEW! Component 3 of The Piano Encyclopedia: The Community
Now I am going to tell you about the Third component, which we have spent several months working on in our Piano Encyclopedia Labs
I am going to give you a quick preview, but let me tell you that this is going to get as important as The Piano Encyclopedia itself, and stay tight cause I am going to show you how this final component ties everything together.
We had been thinking about how to improve ouroverall piano learning experience and listening to your comments, feedbacks, and mails, and so we created our new The Piano Encyclopedia’s Community
What is this all about?!
We’re not talking about just a simple Chat Room as we have now.
It’s a whole community system we built from the ground up that is completely connected to the previously named components.
That is, the Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Piano Course is actually going to be held under our new community. First off this means that not only you’ll be able to enjoy the lessons and the interactive components of The Piano Encyclopedia, but also to ask questions to fellow pianists and musicians!
So the new Piano Encyclopedia’s Community will be a place for you to share piano experiences with fellow piano students, teachers, composers, and professional musicians.
Even more, you’ll be able to share yourpiano recordings, compositions, and your knowledge - and learn from other pianists in the community.
However what will make this piano community different from any other is that it will actually be powered by The Piano Encyclopedia Engine!
We have created a very powerful technology that actually detects and identifies any music keyword found on text: even any chord, scales, or interval name. What this means is that if you write a question on one of the lessons, or write a comment under the community’s forum, all the chord/scale/interval names will be auto-magically converted into their respective piano keyboard images plus their sound! But wait, that’s not all, moreover all the music keywords will be linked to the pages of The Piano Encyclopedia itself.
What this means, is that anybody will be able to extend and complement the hundreds of pages of our Piano Encyclopedia, and all their written articles and lessons will be as interactive as The Piano Encyclopedia itself!
You’ll also be able to make new friends and have a buddy list, a personal user profile, and share your piano performance recordings and compositions!
Wow! As you can see this is all really big. But the great thing is that thanks to previous months of intense development, TODAY I can tell you that this is no longer an idea, but actually a dream come true for me and the whole team.
We had actually thought of adding this community feature post the launch of the original Piano Encyclopedia, however the community had the potential of adding so much value to the overall piano learning experience that we had decided to work on that now – and it’s looking wonderful.
This way, not only will you have tools for improving your piano skills, and boosting your compositions and improvisations, but also a whole community that will support you. A place where you’ll be able to share your recordings and show other people your progress, ask questions, and learn from a community that is using the same lessons and tools as you’re using.
In this way, as you can see now, everything will be fully connected: The Piano Encyclopedia, the Piano Main Course Lessons, and the Community.
Let me walk you through some of the main features of our new community that are already implemented:
Ask piano and music related questions to fellow members on The Piano Encyclopedia’s Forum
Enjoy interactive piano lessons and music-related articles written by members of the community, and interact with them, in the User’s Piano Blogs section.
Interact with people that love the same stuff that you do, join the current User Groups or create your own: make your own Jazz, Blues, Chopin, Bach, or anything-you-love piano Group, and let people in.
Find people with similar interests and add them to your Friends List. Follow what they are doing, send them private messages, share your posts with them, or even write messages to them on their Profile Wall.
The good thing is that we will open The Piano Encyclopedia Community to you guys exclusively real soon –before the rest of the developments. Apart from you getting to try all those new features, we thought the community would be a great idea to get to know each other, and listen more closely to your feedback and comments, specially using the new forum. Many of you sent me emails proposing to add a Beta-Testers forum, so it will be great to use our new forum, real soon.
I guess it’s time for the PREVIEW!!!
Ask Questions to fellow piano students, teachers, composers, and professional musicians. Share your progress, participate into piano recordings, compositions and composition contests- and learn from other pianists in the community. Make friends with people that are using the same lessons and tools you’re using and enjoy user created content. Please click on the image to see it more closely.
So as you can see we have been making some incredible progress during the last few months, and I hope you agree that the waiting was worthwhile!
I’ll tell you more about the Community’s exciting features in our next post, and eventually you’ll get to try them all!
However, I know that you have been anxiously waiting, and so we have thought a lot about you and how to make your waiting time more enjoyable.
For this reason, we have decided to release from now on periodic PIANO LESSON REPORTS!
The Piano Lesson Reports!
What are these?
These are going to be piano lessons reports that we’re going to be releasing every two or three weeks!
While we continue creating the rest of the product and developing the new Piano Encyclopedia’s Community, we have decided to release some periodic piano lesson reports so that you can start practicing chords, scales, and get a sneak peek into composition and improvisation tips, even before The Piano Encyclopedia comes out!
These lesson reports will not be releases of the content of The Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Lessons themselves, but actually just independent lessons that I’ll be taking the time to write myself,while you wait for the Main Lessons to be finished :o).
Yes, I’ll be writing these lessons reports for you, as my idea is to share with you all the tips from my own piano classes and tell you about the music concepts that changed my piano skills completely during my 14 years of piano playing. As I mentioned previously on this post, I really want for you to learn all those simple but powerful music concepts that really changed my piano life.
We really want to THANK YOU for all this time you have been anxiously waiting, so we hope that these piano lesson reports that I am going to prepare for you, every two or three weeks, make the waiting time shorter and a more enjoyable ride, while we testand finish developing the Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Piano Lessons courses, the new interactive Community platform, and all the new exciting features that we’ve working on the past months.
However the greatest thing of all, is that TODAY I can also tell you that the first Piano Lesson Report is almost ready, with now more than 35 pages full of content and tons of graphics!
So stay tuned, as the first Piano Lesson Report will soon hit your inbox!
We’ll be announcing theexact release date of this first Lesson Report this Friday 19th, but I’ll assure you’ll get a copy before two or three weeks from today.
As you might have read in this post, we’ll be stressing quite much on dates from now on, so let tell about the upcoming ones…
The Official Release Dates
So many people have sent us emails about this and sent us tons of emails about this.
Therefore, we have decided to publish for the first time an OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE!
19th of September (This Friday): We’ll be posting the next blog update and I’ll be announcing the exact date of the release of our Piano Lesson Report! Remember I assure you that you’ll have it in your inbox in less than two weeks, but on this Friday we’ll announcing the exact date!
I’ll also be telling you more about our community and the main lessons, and show you more previews on everything we’ve been developing. We’ll be also making an update on our blog layout by adding acalendar so you can keep up with the upcoming dates and events more easily!
December 15th of 2008: date for the OFFICIAL PIANO ENCYCLOPEDIA RELEASE. UPDATE: Given the incredible feedback we have received about our Music Fundamentals eBook (You may read some VERY intresting comments from fellow pianists here) we have been greatly inspired and decided to focus first on releasing the Piano Encyclopedia’s Main Piano Lessons, before we release everything else. In this way, during the last months we have worked on expanding our lessons with new sections and new interactive tools (you may read an update here) so as to include everything necessary for mastering composing and improvising - step-by-step - from beginning to advanced. And the great news is that they are looking absolutely great, and at this point, we expect to be releasing them very very soon!
Today, I invite you to reserve your FREE copy of our 100 page eBook “Music Fundamentals”. Yes, we are giving it away for free, as we want to THANK YOU for all your support, and since we definetely want to make your waiting time shorter as you wait to enjoy each of the components of the Piano Encyclopedia’s Piano Learning Experience.
Stay tuned for more freebies, and beta-invitations along the way!
But now- take a sneak-peek inside our “Music Fundamentals” eBook and grab your free copy:
Regardinghow to get 25 free FULL copies of the final version of The Piano Encyclopedia once everything is finished, I can only tell you by now, that this is going to be related to a contest we’ll run on our new Community!
So stay tuned and really THANK YOU for all your support and following the Piano Encyclopedia development.
All you comments and feedback we’ll be more than welcome so please make sure to write a comment in this post.
I would also love to get to know you better, so it would be great for you to tell me:
How long have you been playing piano? Or are you looking forward to it?
What are you most interested in learning?
Which music styles, composers, or music groups are your favorite?
I an really intrested in meeting each of you, so stay in touch and tell me more about you by posting a comment!
Stay tuned for next update on this Friday 19th!
Cheers!
Best wishes,
Rod
P.S: If you haven’t subscribed to our mailing list yet, you may do it here and I’ll make sure you get the First Piano Report in your inbox -real soon! :o)
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beirener : Занятно-занятно, нигде раньше на такое не натыкался.
forced electrical : now I'll stay tuned..
barksteler : Может быть кто-нить поделится ссылочкой на что-нибудь из этой же тематики? Уж очень заинтересовало
Kukura : and even though i knew quite a bit of the stuff . the info was really smooth
Guest_3196 : I just finished reading the first report
Rod : You can't imagine how long I have waited for this moment. It's really one of the most exciting moments of my entire life. Thanks everyone for making this possible!
Rod : I have FANTASTIC NEWS!. After almost three years of intense development with the help of more than forty collaborators — which included musicians, pianists, writers, editors, graphic designers, and developers from different corners of the world — I’m thrilled to announce that our Digital Home-Study Course: "The Logic Behind Music" is finally ready and looking truly amazing!!!!!!!!! !! I'll be posting news very soon.
Rod : Oscar, Dante, and EVERYONE!
Rod : Please leave me your email and maybe we could help you.
Rod : Hi Carla!
Carla : i wonder if with my diplomas i can teach in a school here in Miami
Carla : i studied 10 years to be a piano teacher and 6 years for music theory, my question is, does my diplomas valid here in the states?
Carla : and i am a piano teacher from the Falleri-Balzo convervatory, (110 years old conservatory)
Carla : i came from Uruguay to USA year ago
Carla : hi all, i would like to know if i can get any help about my problem,
Dante : almost there Rod.. !! we are as excited as you are ..
Oscar : Hi Rod, do you have an updated release date. Its now been a long time coming!!!
Rod : Hi everyone! I want to share with all of you that at this moment we are compiling the first edition of our Digital Home-Study Course "The Logic Behind Music". I am truly excited! I will be sharing news with all of you very soon! Cheers! Rod
BobMarche : Thanks for the useful info. It's so interesting
Denzel : hi i was wondering if anyone can help me with the registeration of pianissimo 1.0
Guest_3112 : hi i was wondering if anyone can help me with the registeration of pianissimo 1.o
Rod : Oscar!!! Good to see you here. I was about to post a small update on the chat, you always get ahead of me. We are now working on final details such as making the installer to ensure all systems can run our software properly, and polishing the user interface. It's really looking WONDERFUL! I am really happy and excited that after almost two years of work and dedication by many people, we could be having the first release version at the beginning of not this, but next, upcoming week! I'll be giving more details and news during this week and possibly posting an update!
Rod : Hi everyone! Thank you for leaving messages. Feel free to leave any comments or questions even if not online! And thanks Hotakado!!!
Oscar : hi Rod, is there an updated release date?
HotakadoGeoke : Hi, Congratulations to the site owner for this marvelous work you've done. It has lots of useful and interesting data.
Ginner (VENEZUELA) : hello?
Ginner (VENEZUELA) : someody speak spanish here?
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Guest_2897 : i need some help with starting notes
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Rod : Hi Franc (Guest 4708)! Thank you so much for you suggestion and your email! I did look at the site, it looks very intresting. I will get back to you by email! Thanks so much for everything!
Rod : Hi Oscar! So good to see you! Thank you so much for your support . I have good news! "The Logic Behind Music" might be released really soon, if we keep on schedule, we will be expecting to release our Digital Home Study Course no latter than two weeks, and even maybe next week! I am sure you'll agree it was worth the waiting. It's looking really fantastic. And thank you so much for all your support. I truly appreciatte it . Send me an email to «email» and I will give you access to the beta testers area! You're just in time as we're opening the public beta-testing for VIP followers. And yes, you're in the VIP list I'll be sending an invitation too some other people you might know, Cres, Pianissimo, Shindoh, and some few others Then after some more testing, we'll be opening up for ALL our followers, step by step!
Guest_4708 : Hey ROD !!! How are you? Do you studied my suggestion to take a look at Midiillustrator. com ? I use this software and I think it can be usefull to you guys to explain concepts much more easy.
Oscar : Hi rod, when do now estimate the release of the course. How can one get access the to beta testers area?
Rod : Hi Guest1111: Feel free to leave a message if no one is online at the moment
Rod : So Smokey, my best recommendation would be for you to concentrate on understanding how music really works, and once you know that, playing technique will come along and develop much more easily, as you'll be in the path of playing the piano (or any other instrument) with freedom and mastery, since you'll be truly understanding what you play. I suggest you download our Music Fundamentals eBook, which will give you an introduction to many of the concepts that changed everything for me (free of charge for all our followers/ subscribers). And soon... you'll be able to enjoy our Digital Home Study Course "The Logic Behind Music" that contains all these simple but powerful concepts plus the experiences of all the musicians of our team, and that will give you a new perspective on how you see music. I am completely sure that this course will give you a very solid foundation for preparing you for you career and I look forward to hearing more about you . Feel free to contact me at my email if you need anything: «email» . Best wishes!, Rod
Rod : "How long will it take a person to go from novice to advanced?" - you ask. Well, it depends. It depends on how many hours you dedicate to practice and study, and that if you have the right tools or not. I play piano for more than 15 years, and I can tell you that my first ten years were filled with frustration and no progress as I didn't have the right tools nor the right teacher. Then, after quitting piano several times, I found a teacher that taught me some very simple but powerful concepts... that changed everything for me. In less than 6 months I was already able to compose and create my own music, and freely improvise on the piano! These concepts really changed EVERYTHING for me, and now I can tell you that I enjoy playing piano in whole different way. Not only these concepts let you create your own music, but also let you understand any score from another composer, predict what chord will come next in many cases, and really see music from a whole new way.
Rod : Hi Smokey! Thanks for your interest and your comment . We have just updated our site, and integrated our new community and our new Products page! Volume 1 of our Digital Home Study Course will be released this month and Volume 2 is expected to take at least another month. We'll be releasing Volume 1 first to all the people that have been following and supporting and us, for a special discounted price, and then we'll make the official release! So, you may still join our mailing list here if you want to be one of the first to know: «link» . Then, let me answer your second question...
Guest_1111 : Rod, are you on?
Guest_1111 : hello is anyone on?
Smokey : I really need to know when this is going released. I'm going to college in January to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Music Composition, and this would be a HUGE help.
I hope it's this year.
How long will it take a person to go from novice to advanced playing?
Rod : Pianissimo, I also happened to stumble with Arrau's piano teaching conferences. They seem to be really interesting, did you see this? (By the way, expect an email from me tomorrow, I'll be updating you with some good news ) Cheers!
Rod : Hi Pianissimo!!! I saw the video you posted. I must say I am really impressed . I saw the video three times! You couldn't have any answered better . Arrau speaks very intelligent and wise words. I think it would be any composer's dream to have a performer that dedicates so much time to study a piece as he does. I would have to say, I definitely agree with the idea he transmits, for serious performers. Performers like him, actually make a new piece of art of the composers' piece, by making it their own. THANK you for such wonderful video! I really loved it!
Rod : Hi Paramorefreak! It's hard to find scores of bands for free... (for Classical music you can try «link» ). I suggest you learn chord progressions and how to harmonize, once you know that you will be able to pick any song by ear and even improvise over it Good luck with the song!
Jessicanog : I really liked this post. Can I copy it to my site? Thank you in advance.
CLABSTECT : eh... funny.
Paramorefreak. : I've tried playing it by ear but I cant do that one.
Paramorefreak. : Hey can ANYONE give me the sheet for Paramore's emergency intro from their Final Riot! CD? :evil: :evil: :evil: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
Pianissimo : Hello Rod! I read it and did some researching and as we all know if you have a statement you always need to find a reputable source and here is mine «link» and well of course horowitz!
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Guest_2167 : alone I want to thank their book because I am learning a topic that he/she had never understood. excellent teacher. thank you. I hope soon he/she can have the complete program for sale. greetings.
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Guest_2167 : Hi Rod
Rod : Nice to meet you and keep in touch!
Rod : About the course, we'll be releasing our first Digital Home Study Course "The Logic Behind Music", with rich multimedia content, interactive animations, sounds, and lessons that pick up where "Music Fundamentals" left off.
Guest_717 : Okay, I will email you in a little while. I should get back to work now. I have many papers to grade and lecture still to write. Bye.
Rod : Send me a mail to «email» so we can keep in touch
Rod : The Community has also exclusive Piano Encyclopedia technology so you'll be able to enjoy rich multimedia and interactive piano images along the way, and both the community and Digital Home Study Course will be tightly integrated so you can meet real people that are following the same lessons
Guest_717 : Okay, well I look forward to being involved.
Rod : The new Community has a lot of stuff included! You'll be able to ask questions and meet other pianists and musicians in our new forums, upload your video/audio of your music compositions and recordings and get them rated by other members, make friends, join contents, and ... much more!
Guest_717 : How much will the course cost?
Guest_717 : As you can see I am new to communicating with a computer in this form.
Rod : However, as we must do a throughful testing of the site, we'll be releasing the limited invitations in sets, and so we'll be giving priority to oldest and/or most active followers
Guest_717 : entail
Guest_717 : That should have read: What will being a part of this community ential?
Guest_717 : What will be a part of this community entail?
Rod : Graham nice to meet you We'll be opening the new Piano Encyclopedia's Community! And we'll be giving invitations to EVERYONE the people that have been following us!
Guest_717 : I only recently found this site. I downloaded the PDF last week and Have been reading through it.
Guest_717 : Graham
Guest_717 : Well, I certainly fit the profile. What kind of feedback are you looking for from the beta-testers?
Rod : (Have we meet before?)
Rod : What's your name?
Rod : Willing to be able to test new stuff and love music!
Guest_717 : What are the prerequisites for being a beta-tester?
Rod : Hi good to find you online . No, we're still receiving beta-testers requests
Guest_717 : Hi, is the call for beta-testers already closed? Thanks.
Rod : Hi Guest717!
Rod : The servers upgrade has been completed successfully! Feel free to leave messages -we're back online . To get a sneak peak into the new community before we integrate it to the rest of the site (in the next few days), take a sneak peek here: «link»
Guest_717 : Hi,
Rod : By the way, everyone this is important! We're starting the upgrade of our site NOW!!!! This means the blog will be disabled during the process, and will be back live in the next 24 or 48hs (depending on the Internet Network Providers). (The rest of the site will still be online) From then on, we'll have the new Community live! And we'll be updating the rest of the site in the following days from then on. Stay in touch everyone!
Rod : ... and Pianissimo! Good to see you around again! I left you a long message here answering your previous comment! Make sure you read it and let me know what you think!
Rod : Hi Guest2624! I am glad you liked Music Fundamentals! Stay in touch and let me know more about you! Besos!
Rod : Hi Oscar!!! Good to see you around! Thank you so much for your support. The revolution will be unleashed soon and I assure you it will be most rewarding!
Guest_2624 : Hi Rod, thanks, so,so much! really, for make the thing more easy :D, Besos.
Oscar : Hi Rod, was hoping to see the revloution unleashed. Its been a a long waiting time. sure it will very rewarding
Rod : Hi Judy! So nice to see you around here! Thank you so much for passing by, I am glad you're liking how our site is taking shape We'll be having many changes on the site on the next few days and we'll opening the new community !!!
celticjudy : Just wanted to let you know that the site is really looking great!
Lån Penge Nu : Thanks for sharing this post.. stunning.. cheers, Lån Penge Nu.
etherge : excellent site this pianoencyclopedi a.com rated to see you have what I am actually looking for here and this this post is exactly what I am interested in. I shall be pleased to become a regular visitor
Rod : Well that was a long post! Lovely performance of Horowitz
Rod : Hi Pianissimo! Interesting thoughts Indeed Horowitz was an incredible pianist. And Rachmaninoff was an amazing composer. However, as a pianist and composer myself, it's interesting to think about your point of view. I think that if a composer would take the same amount of time to practice a single piece as a concert pianist would do, his performance would be better. I think that the composer ultimately would be able to transmit the emotions better, as it was himself who composed the piece with a true meaning. While the pianist would have to research and 'guess' the meaning of the piece in order to produce a great performance. However, it might be the case, that ultimately, both could do a great job. There are some pieces, that don't have a definitive closing or interpretation, and so maybe a pianist can find a different meaning to a piece and make a new 'work' out of it, with a new interpretation, thus making a more profound performance than the composer himself... or in the cases where a pianist can actually get in touch with the composer, it's very possible that the pianist could do a better job in some cases. In the case of Rachmaninoff and Horowitz, probably it was the case that Horowitz was able to transmit Rachmaninoff's emotions as intended. Scores are just notes, with some dynamics, and tempo suggestions, and that's why there are so many interpretations of different works. In my case (although I could be wrong) I think that there are some of my pieces -not all of them, just a few special ones- that no one could interpret better than myself. It's not an act of arrogance, but rather the fact that some of these special pieces have been created from very special circumstances that have lived and have occurred across time. I certainly think there are pianists that could play that particular piece better (technically), but I am not sure they would be able to transmit the emotions as well... Although it would certainly be an honor to give it a try (maybe they could relate it to their own stories and thus make a great performance). Then, other pieces (which I do not compose completely at the piano but also write) and do not have such a profound meaning, then I would certainly agree that a pianist could do a better job... Still it's an interesting discussion
Pianissimo : Rod :mrgreen:"Would Rachmaninoff be the best pianist for Rachmaninoff ?" My answer would be a big blunt NO. The reason is because 1. Rachmaninoff is a composer and he composes not just one piece over a hundred pieces for example lets say he was composing one of his prelude how long would it take? 1 month? 1 year? 3 years? On the other hand a performer takes the same piece and performs it for the rest of his life! Therefore the performer himself CREATES an understanding of the prelude linking it to his real life/events which are continuous not at a period of time of which the piece was composed. 2. Rachmaninoff admitted that Horowitz plays his own compositions better and he actually GAVE HIM the authority to fiddle with the pieces if necessary.
etherge : brill site this pianoencyclopedi a.com rated to see you have what I am actually looking for here and this this post is exactly what I am interested in. I shall be pleased to become a regular visitor
pipio : Hello brother, I liked your book very much I hope you will finish it soon and publish it for us. It is one of the most wonderful books I have ever seen. It goes very inline with the way I wanted to learn. Play something from anywhere across the board... awesome!!! It is very peacuful to keep doing the same.
Rod : Hi everyone! Check out the latest blog post here: «link» ! Stayed tuned for more news next week! Happy Easter and Passover to everyone!!!!
Rod : Pianissimo! Thanks for the translation and heads up! I deleted the russian spam comment and translation ... back to the topic.. Would Rachmaninoff be the best pianist for Rachmaninoff ? See you soon!
Pianissimo : Liszt Arrau/ Rachmaninoff without doubt Horowitz
Rod : Of course (obvious to mention), I'll be in touch with you guys so you have the first sneak peak of the community and give you an beta account before anyone else
Rod : Anatoly Vedernikov is quite lovely... (listening right now)
Rod : Andras Schiff... yes! I actually have a cd from him now that I recall! haha . Although I liked much better Gould and Martha Argerich performances of Bach at time
Rod : Schiff is very good.. but for which composer? Rubenstein is also very good for Chopin
Rod : I will be posting a blog update today, with the details. We'll upgrading our servers probably today, and we will begin with the alpha testing of our new community by giving just a few invitations to early testers! Then we'll expand to VIP members, and then the whole list of followers, as we polish up all the features. Have you seen the screenshots I posted before? It's looking super nice! «link»
Pianissimo : I do adore Anatoly Vedernikov Bach interpertations «link»
Rod : I am very well thanks! I have GREAT news! 1) This shoutbox has been improved... no longer messages will be trimmed... so everyone will be able to leave any size messages! 2) We could be having this same conversation about the 'greatest pianists' in The Piano Encyclopedia's COMMUNITY FORUMS!!!!! Very soon!!!
Rod : Let me answer your previous post regarding who is 'the best pianist'! I agree with you... there are certain questions with no answers... Horowitz.. Hofmann.. great pianists! HOWEVER, I think that still there are some 'favorites' for each composer. I think almost every pianist had a composer which they liked better , and undersood more, and thus focused more and played better. I think it would be intresting for everyone who say who are the 'best' or their favorites for each composer. Certainly some pianists are more popular for different composers. And I am certainly a fan of Gould (as you all might be aware by now!) but certainly Gould would not be my favorite for Chopin. Although... his playing of the var 25 of the Goldberg Variations.. is very popular as it sounds like a Chopin piece... and sounds quite lovely! «link»
Rod : Great to find you! Yes long time we don't meet!
Rod : Hi!!!
Pianissimo : XD so long time no see how are you going Rod!
Pianissimo : Stupid operator won'tpick up been 30 mins on phone
Pianissimo : I do apologize my net is a bit stupid as usual
Rod : By the way, thank you Shindoh for sharing that video! Final Fantasy music is very nice. Poor Reuben... AND Stecetugovese - welcome to our site!!! It will be great to see you around. Tell us a bit more about you
Rod : I was about to reply your messages! It's great to find you here!
Pianissimo : There are certain question with no answers! In art we have such an "explosive" mixture of objective and subjective, that the answer will depend on who is asking and what parameters we would use to determine "the best".
Should we consider Hofmann the best because he could play ANY piece he's ever heard at ANY given time?
Should we consider Horowitz, whose repertoire was probably the smallest among great pianists?
Or Richter - whose overall achievements are unsurpassed?
May be Rachmaninoff?
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Pianissimo : Rod the question is a bit tricky I would say what my friend Andre would say...
Shindoh : A great person and a great pianist and he was so young: «link» ! -Reuben Kee-
Stecetugovese : Great site this pianoencyclopedi a.com and I am really pleased to see you have what I am actually looking for here and this this post is exactly what I am interested in. I shall be pleased to become a regular visitor
Rod : Dante! Thanks to you! And Pianissimo, that's a lovely video by the greatest pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky! Thanks so much for sharing . He is really wonderful playing Liszt; however, "the greatest pianist"? I must disagree and I certainly defy your startment! haha He certainly could be the best for Liszt, but I don't know if there is a match to the genius of "Glenn Gould" for Bach. Guys listen to this video: «link» ! What a complete genius!!! Who is everyone's favorite pianist?
Rod : Hi Cres!!! It's wonderful to see you here too! Great to see all you guys here!! ! . I have received emais from some of you! Thanks! You'll get the secret sneak-peeks from me soon
Pianissimo : «link» Here is where I can argue that this one of the greatest pianist if not the greatest! Anyone which to defy the statement?!
Dante : whoa.. thank you for the response. i definitely think your going to like the upcoming interactive lessons by pianoencyclopedi a. it will be worth the wait.. thank you rod for everything
Cres : Oh, the Guest_2037 post was from Cres. I don't know why my user name suddenly has disappeared
Guest_2037 : Hi Rod! Great to hear that your next release is close. Exciting to hear about your progress with the Piano Encyclopedia website as well And hello to Dante. Thanks for your contribution!
Shindoh : Hey Dante! Thank You for joining in and for Your contributions!
Rod : Charolastras Dante!!! Good to see you here too! Guys, meet Dante from Philipiness! He is part of our team, and is a graphic designer and musician that has been helping us design some really cool interactive graphics for our lessons! He is an amazing guy and a very talented in what he does. Soon.. I'll be posting the previews of those
Rod : We have not decided yet if we are going to officially release Volume 1 first, or wait for the completition of Volume 2 and release everything together. Still guys, each of you SEND ME AN EMAIL to «email» and I'll be giving you a sneak peek and showing you the first edition of Volume 1 which will be finished by next week!
Rod : Let me make an announcement so you guys get the first new before anyone else! Our next release is called "The Logic Behind Music: Mastering the secrets to Music Composition and Improvisation in a Practical Way". It will be The Piano Encyclopedia's first "Digital Home-Study Course"! . The reason it's no longer called The Piano Encyclopedia's "Main Lessons", is because the lessons we have finished writing are so complete, and we have packed them with so much content, that it is really a Home Study Course what we have finally achieved in the last months. It spans over two full-multimedia volumes, with interactive piano-charts, and tools for matering composing and improvising! And Volume 1 will be finished by NEXT WEEK! Volume 2 will take us at least two weeks or three more. Also, as we finished with the writing we had more time to dedicate it to the community, which will be completely integrated to the Digital-Home Study Course, so everyone can join the conversation and ask questions. Also a new graphic designer from Puerto Rico joined our team and we did a completely redesign! So we'll be ready for the first Public alpha release in the next two weeks. Take a sneak peek here: «link» !
Rod : Hi Everyone!!!! So many familiar names! Glad to see you all! Pausing!? NOT AT ALL!!! Even though we haven't published blog updated, we have been working like crazy over the past months! The reason we are indeed taking longer is because we decided to add more stuff in, we got more people to join the team, and so we expanded the content, interactive graphics, sound and everything. Sorry it took so long! But I am sure you'll all agree it was definetely worth it!
Shindoh : Please tell me You aren't pausing now, that first report was such a big success, and You did say over many months again it all was already close tocompletion, what happened?
Oscar : Hey Rod, was hoping that the encyclopedia would be released now. You promised feb. there is an anticipated feeling of hope to all budding piano players.
Rod : Pianissimo!!! So good to see you! I am glad to see you back. I hope things are beter over there. It will be wonderful that you will be here more often, your absence was definetely noted! I have good news over here, we'll be making our release in the next very few weeks! So I am very happy! Thank you for another wonderful video of Sofronitsky, I remember that pianist from your previous recommendations Stay in touch!!!
Pianissimo : It has been a while since I have been on, I do apologize for my absence life seems to be grabbing me from my throat more oftenly nowadays:P. I will try to appear more often! As for now I leave you with this «link»
Pianissimo : Hello Rod!
Rod : Hello Oscar!!! Thanks so much for your support! We're very VERY close to the release!!! Keep in touch! Cheers!
Marki : Hey there! Does someone know where I could find the sheets of Requiem For A Dream?
Oscar : Hi rod. I think i visit your blog more often than i do. I am keenly awaiting the release so that I can make some headway
Alexwebmaster : Hello webmaster
I would like to share with you a link to your site
write me here «email»
Rod : All of this is looking great, and I assure it's worth while the waiting and the extra time we've been working on it! I am really happy with our results! So, the waiting is almost over... I expect for us to be done with everything in about a month, hopefully less. Feel free to contact by email ( «email» ) and stay in touch! Thanks!
Rod : The concept behind one of them is similar to what could be a painter's color pallette that has only the compatible colors necessary to realize a painting. You choose the key and the scale, and it gives you back all the 'basic colors' (chords) that match, categorized according to their level of tension. So it actually feels like 'painting' music, but always with the right colors, and with all the logic behind it explained and shown visually. It's looking pretty neat!
Rod : Hi Guest3605! (What's your name by the way? ) I am really glad you're looking forward to the release. We're now working on polishing up the graphics, and finishing some interactive tools that will complete the overall experience. For example, these are used to show how music works using real songs examples (by grouping the chords according to their level of tension, as we have introduced in Music Fundamentals); and also, to let you create your own music and chord progressions...
Guest_3605 : Rod you promised to release the final version by mid feb. How much longer is it going to take? cant wait longer
Rod : Bruce! Thank you so much for your fantastic comment! And YES! ...there is logic behind music! It's a real pity that only a few people know this... but once you discover how everything works together... possiblities are really- endless! I have received your email too and I am really glad that our Music Fundamentals eBook has really helped you! I'll be writing you back very soon. Let's stay in touch
Rod : However, if you want to stay in sync also with the comments from other pianists an join the conversation, feel free to add «link» to your RSS reader too. For all others that don't use RSS reader, you also use email subscription for both comments and the blog. If you're still having problems, feel free to email me! Stay in touch!
Rod : Hi Music_Quiequel! I'll be glad to help you add our site to your RSS reader :D. To stay up to date with our blog posts, just add: «link» ...
Bruce : Thank You! Thank You! as a retired engineer with no musical experience, you have made an apparent arbitiary system logical. All I need now is a little hand coordination...
Music_Mp3_quiequel : Hello to all I can’t understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Help me, please
Rod : We're working really hard on the final version, polishing up the new chapters, working out the final graphics for the interactive animations. We're very close to finishing everything, so I am hoping to have the final version released by mid February . Make sure to stay in touch (this is my email: «email» ), and I would love hear more from you guys! Cheers!
Rod : Hi everyone! Thank everyone for the great comments! I am really happy everyone is enjoying our Music Fundamentals eBook!
Guest_4360 : Rod when is the final verion going to be out
Oscar : when will the final version actually be released?
Guest_919 : Great site! I've re-discovered music, thank you.
Guest_1164 : how to play maybe im amazed piano
Honorio : Hi, i'm from nicaragua, i'd like a web in english for us latinos greetings and happy new year
Honorio : Hi, i'm from nicaragua, i'd like a web in english for us latinos greetings and happy new year
Rod : We'll be going off for vacations till January 7th! Happy New Year to everyone!!! Leave your messages and we'll get them answered after our break!
Rod : Hi Pianissimo!!!! It's so GREAT to hear back from you again! I was actually going to email you as I haden't heard from you in a while. I hope your parents are now ok and to hear back from you soon. Let's stay in touch, and we'll stay in touch also by email too. Take care! And I hope you start a wonderful new year!
Pianissimo! : ROD!!! Long time no see please excuse my absence I was pretty busy lately had both parents in hospital I'll be back as soon as I have spare time in my hands:D Regards
Rod : I have just published a new blog post with updated news, telling everything about the new Real-World Practical Chapters -in detail. Even more, I am also sharing with you a list of *music secrets* hoping to give you a 'big picture' of how music works! I hope you agree it's worth the waiting! In the name of the whole team, THANKS to everyone for your words of support and encouragement; and we wish a happy Christmas and Hanukkah!
Rod : Hi Older_Men_Person al! Thanks!!! Let's stay in touch! Cheers!
Rod : Hi Jackoucky! Thank you very much and I am really glad you enjoyed our Music Fundamentals eBook! Make sure to stay in touch and tell me more about you! Cheers! Rod
Rod : Hi idra! Thanks for the heads up! Yes, it should say "(or one note less than a *Major* Third Interval), we'll be fixing that in a minute. Feel free to download the eBook tomorrow again to get the updated version! Thanks and make sure to tell me more about you! Stay in touch, cheers!
Older_Men_Personal : I'll bookmark your site! Keep it up.
Older_Men_Personal : Enjoyed your site very much. Thank you!
Jackoucky : Seldom I write comments but resource really cool
idra : I think is wrong
idra : Minor Third Interval = two notes separated by 3 Half-tones (or one
note less than a Minor Third Interval)
Minor Chord = Perfect Fifth + Minor Third Interval (or build up a
Minor chords and lower the third one note)
idra : and Minor Chord = Perfect Fifth + Minor Third Interval (or build up a
Minor chords and lower the third one note)
idra : Minor Third Interval = two notes separated by 3 Half-tones (or one
note less than a Minor Third Interval)
idra : Check page 92 of encyclopedia fundamental is written:
Rod : Hi Cres! It's great to see you around . We'll be posting news during the day Stay in touch! Cheers!
Cres : Hi Rod! Great to hear that the main lessons are almost done. I'm looking forward to your news
Guest_2002 : Does anyone know of a website where I could possibly download Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no.3 for free?
Shy_Guy : ! 8-)) Keep up a good work!
Shy_Guy : It is pretty! 8-)) Keep up a good work!
Rod : I have good news for everyone, the Piano Encyclopedia's Main Lessons are almost finished! I'll be posting great news in the next few days!
Rod : Hi Jess! Feel free to leave any messages and tell me more about you! Stay in touch
Rod : Español! Siiii! Yes we plan to translate it into Spanish next year! Stay in touch (Planeamos traducirla al español el año que viene. Mantenete en contacto. Saludos!!! )
Rod : Hi Guest4598! I really understand completely what you mean. I've been there too, making up a song in my head but having no clue on how to play it on the piano. Guessing which chords go well and not being able to get them right, loosing track, and forgetting everything -really frustrating. Luckily with just very simple but powerful concepts you'll see how everything comes together! Knowing in which scale your new tune is, you'll be able to figure out which chords to play with your left hand; and knowing which chords to play, you'll be able to know with which notes you can use embellish your current melody. I wish I had learned all these concepts ten years ago! You can't imagine how many years of endless frustration I would have saved! The harmonization of the scales, and how chords and scales relate together is the KEY, so once you get that concepts, you'll be able to easily play anything you want Let me share one trick with you: every scale can be harmonized with just 7 basic chords! You can then enrich your harmony, but the trick is tha you don't need to know 4000 chords to make good music, and that's it not guesswork! Once you to understand how a the simple concept of seeing music as creating tension and release works, with your chords and scales, you'll be creating your music in no time. I look foward to knowing more about you, and good news is that the Main Piano Encyclopedia lessons are almost ready, showing everything you're looking forward to learn, and explaining step-by-step how to master composition, improvisation, and understanding music! Stay in touch, Rod
Guest_731 : hi there
RaroSwemwer : Hi!
My name is Jessika!
Guest_4598 : looking forward to this. Im really looking for something that can helpe me get my ideas out FAST. You see i LOVE MAKING MUSIC, but when i try to put down the song in my head, I take so long figuring out the chords that i forget what i was thinking about
Guest_2220 : la enciclopedia , no esta en español ????????????
Guest_950 : hello
Cres : Have a great day you too. Bye bye
Cres : Have a great day you too. Bye bye
Rod : Thanks! bye have a great day!
Cres : Ok. Yes, lets stay in touch. Talk to you soon. Good luck with the meeting
Rod : Have a great day! and thanks for stopping by! :D
Rod : Hey Cres, I should get back to our meeting. Let's stay in touch, and talk soon. Keep my email: «email»
Rod : That's good
Rod : We neither, it has been lots and lots of work. But we're all really excited!
Cres : No, not yet. I don't move until early next year.
Cres : Ok, Good to hear that thing is progressing well. Can't wait to see the result
Rod : Did you finally move?
Rod : Everything is great! It's lots of work but it's looking awesome, so we're really happy with the results!
Cres : I'm good thank you. Yes, I drop by this site from time to time How's everything?
Rod : I am actually in the middle of a meeting, we're finishing the practical chapters for our lessons, but just wanted to say hi.
Rod : Hey! how are you? I saw you were online :D. It's great to see you around.
Cres : Hi Rod. yes, I'm here. How are you?
Rod : Are you there?
Rod : Hello Cres!
Rod : Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope everyone had a great time, and I am glad to tell you that we have made an incredible progress in the last few weeks, and the Official Piano Encyclopedia Lessons are almost DONE! :D I'll be posting an update real soon Cheers!
Rod : Hola! It's nice to have people from Spain! Let me know more about you and let's stay in touch.
Rod : Hi Jess! I am glad you're enjoying our First Piano Lesson Report!
Rod : Hi Hamid! Thank you so much for leaving a comment. It's highly appreciatd I am glad you're finding Music Fundamentals really useful Regarding "Music loves sound" I definetely agree! That's why the core lessons that we're developing include sound, piano recordings, and interactive animations! So if you liked this, this is just the beginning You may want to read this post so to make sure you're not missing anything: «link» . Hamid, let's stay in touch, and I am open to all your suggestions and feedback. How many years have you been playing piano? Make sure to let me know more about you! Cheers!
JessicaLynn : It is pretty! :-)) Keep up a good work!
hamid elyahyaoui : Rod thank you for sending me your first piano lesson report. it is uesful, practical and helpful.if you could adding some execises and midi files exemples to your nice work this will make it more interesting(musi c loves sound isn't it?).I'm a physician, i live in Morroco, i like good music and piano is my favorit instrument
Sam : Hello everybody!
Rod : Hi! Feel free to leave any messages here or on the blog
Guest_3647 : hey rod.
Rod : Hi Hadi! Thanks for asking . In our last mail we sent you the Music Fundamentals Report + a Piano Chart Booklet. Now, the Piano-Charts Bonus Booklet that we're giving away is actually different from the one that came with Music Fundamentals. It's a booklet with ALL the common interval's piano charts in every key, so that you'll be to play creating your own chords on any key. We'll keep giving away more free stuff in the following weeks and have the new Community open probably in the following 2 weeks or less! Make sure you stay in touch and let me know more about you! Thanks
hadi : i am getting a bit lost between what was published and was not...is the report different than the music fundementals that we recieved by email?
Rod : This Thursday 16th I'll be telling you more about the Bonus Piano Charts that will be coming your way soon to all those that reserved their copy of the Piano Lesson Report early or have subscribed to our Community's VIP List! I am sure that everyone will enjoy the bonus piano charst now much better after having read the whole report
Rod : Hi Troy and Jessika! Make sure you leave a message here or on the blog, so in that way, myself or anybody else can answer your messages Stay in touch and tell me more about you!
Rod : Let's stay in touch and thanks for all your support!
Rod : However, let me give you sneak peek into what's coming next. Soon will open the community and you'll get to experience the "Interactive" version of the Piano Lesson Report One In this way, we'll make all the upcoming reports in both pdf and interactive format with sounds and animations, so you'll be able to follow along all the examples on the computer Stay tuned and I'll keep you updated, we'll have many new things going on during the several next weeks . Let's stay in to
Rod : Hi Cres! It's so great to read messages from you again ! I am so glad you enjoyed the report! In regards to how often we'll release the reports, that will vary depending on the reports length, but we'll try to keep releasing them as soon as we can . However let me tell you that some of the wonderful comments and word s of apreciattion that we've received really makes us want to start writing the second one soon and give away more stuff!
Troy : could i get someone to talk pianos with me?
Troy : hello
Cres : Hi! Out of curiosity, is there any timeframe for how often these reports will be released? Twice a monts, once a month, once every second month? I have read through the first report twice, and it was sooo full of interesting and useful information. Thank you!
Rociasmamymox : Hello.
The images were released to celebrate the arrival on Monday of Emma Tallulah, the couple's third daughter.
Bye.
Rod : Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments on the blog, and the emails we've received. I'll answer EACH of your messages soon! If you haven't posted a message on our blog, please let us know what you think of our first Piano Lesson Report by posting a comment here: «link» Thanks to everyone!
Rod : UPDATE: We've made an important update to the Piano Lesson Report One! Make sure you get the LATEST copy by downloading the report again now, by going to the same download link that was provided to your email. Thanks so much, and I hope you truely enjoy it! Please make sure to leave me your comments after you finish reading it, here : «link»
Rod : Hi Shindoh! Thanks for all your support! I hope that you're truely enjoying the Piano Lesson Report One!
Shindoh : I hope You and Your website will become really famous and well known with this website and project!
Rod : It really has been a lot lot of work, span over several weeks, to finish this report, so we hope that you truely enjoy it, and that you are able to get a new understanding of how intervals, chords, and scales work together. After you receive it, make sure to leave us some feedback on the blog Thanks!
Rod : As promised, now being October 5th at 4pm the Lesson Report One has been released! We have already sent all the reports to all subscribers emails, so you should receive yours shortly. Read more about his here: «link» If you haven't received your copy yet, don't panic, the report is already on its way Given the amount of subscribers emails take from 2 minutes to 2-3 hours. It really has been a lot contin
Rod : Hi! Thanks for leaving a message, you may contact me at «email» Cheers!
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Rod : Meanwhiles.. Check out the VIDEO PREVIEW we posted on our blog so you can get a super sneak peek into Sunday's first Piano Lesson Report. Check it out: «link» Stay in touch, we'll talk soon!
Rod : Hi Cres and Pianissimo!!! I'll get back to you soon..
Pianissimo! : Hello all!! I have to agree with cres The Bosendorfer 290 is one amazing instrument so warm in tone and but it kills me a little bit inside to say that It cannot be compared to a normal steinway D I do not know why but steinways
Kqvuoswh : Good crew it's cool
Cres : Yes, i prefer to use my Grand Piano sampler when I'm playing the Piano, even though the piano has good on-board sounds as well. The Bosendorfer 290 is currently my favorite as far as soundsampling go. I hope I will be able to participate in your Beta-test when that starts! btw where are you from Rod and Pianissimo?
Cres : Yes, I hope to buy the same, or at least nearly the same, piano. I will be travelling to Australia from my home country Norway. My message about the transport got cut off for some reason. What I was meant to say at the end there was that I will of course send my computer in pieces. It is safest that way
Cres : Hi Rod and Pianissimo! Yes, I am SOOO happy I don't have a Grand Piano now
Rod : Thanks for everything and stay in touch! I'll be expecting your mail
Rod : Hi Ehynious! Thanks so much for your interest. You could be of a lot of help in the testing having programming knowledge. The Beta-Testing is private for now (close family and friends) but we'll be opening the Beta-Testing to Public very soon- especially the testing of our new community site (aprox 3 weeks) It would be great if you could email me at «email» so we can keep closely in touch, you could tell me more about you, and I could let you into the first public tests
Erhynious : the beta tester, are protected, i need a pasword... how i get the pasword? cant i try nothing...
Erhynious : Hi People, I'm venezuelan keyboardist, I dont speak english too good, but i love the piano, keyboard, synth... and the computer software to try more keyboard study, I wanna testing your software for give my opinion... thanks, take care
Erhynious : Hi People, I'm venezuelan keyboardist, I dont speak english really good, but i love the piano and the computer programming, I wanna testing your software for give my opinions and my recommendations.
Daniel : hey everyone! isn't this a great web site?
Rod : Hi Aaaron! I visited your MySpace! It's really nice. I read that you want to become an orchesta director? That sounds awesome. Do you play piano already? I would love to hear more about you and stay tuned as on October 5th we'll be releasing the first Piano Lesson Report!!!
Rod : I second Pianissimo Just curious.. Where are you heading? And yes... probably computer is a good idea to keep. There are many great samplers software around too
Rod : Hi everyone!!! Hey Cres, how are you?! Well I guess I would say you're lucky not to have a non-digital piano. That would be even harder to transport too. And I guess that the good part of that is you'll know that if you replace it with one of the same brand, it will sound exactly the same I hope that you're able to get your piano back real soon once you get there. I really suffer without a piano
Pianissimo! : Hello all:D Yes Cres I would personally asume that it would cost you alot to transport it but if the piano was worth it then go ahead! May I be rude to ask where you will be travelling too?
aaron : delkaronn
aaron : plz add me on myspace
aaron : i'm aaron
Guest_545 : hi everyone!
Cres : Hi. I have a bit of the same problem. I will most likely be moving to almost the other side of earth next year, and I have no idea what to do with my 88-key digital piano. It's big and heavy. Something tells me it will be so expensive to transport it, that I might as well sell it, and buy a new one locally at my new place. The same thing goes for my computer, which contain software with wonderful Grand Piano sounds, but the computer is so powerful, it might be best to have that transported. In
Rod : Ok, it's great to be in touch with you again! Thanks! Keep in touch!
Pianissimo! : Oh yes far away well I have to go now but without doubt I will be back and love the youtube video amazing:D! Goodbye :mrgreen:
Rod : And do you have to sell it? Why don't you take it with you? ... or are you moving far away?
Pianissimo! : Oh I'm going to be selling my keyboard cause I will be moving out but once I go back home I will retake piano lessons again!
Rod : .. regarding any new pieces.. I actually begun a new waltz .. but lately I am much into improvising and getting back the time lost
Rod : I haven't been with a piano for more than two weeks... they were painting our living so I almost got crazy during the past weeks! I actually started using Finale.. but now I have my piano again.. You can't imagine how happy I am !
Pianissimo! : how are you doing any new pieces yet:D?
Rod : Hi Ehrynious! Not yet... that's for some private beta-testing we've been doing with close family and friends . However, we'll open the Public beta testing real soon, so stay tuned for updates, but even better on October 5th we'll be releasing the first Piano Lesson Report full of content! So stay in touch and tell me more about you!
Erhynious : I'm very interested in trying your product and just wanted to know
Erhynious : Hi guys, Rod!! Everybody... protected beta testers? why? i need a pasword?? where i get find that?
Rod : I now remember! You have emailed me before, and you were from Uruguay. Rodolfo, it's great to hear back from you! How is everything going? Stay in touch!
Rod : Hi Rodolfo! Yes I totally agree... Chord Dictionaries are really useful for starting out In the first Piano Lesson Report we'll cover all the basic chords and provide many piano chord and interval charts! So stay tuned and make sure to tell me more about you! Cheers!
Rodolfo Araujo : I think a Chord distionary is the most useful to begin enjoy playing music. At leas it is for me. It's easy to find partitures with chord names, but not indicating the keys that must be pressed to hear them. So, this is my vote.
Rod : As promised! We have just announced the exact release date of the First Piano Lesson Report! Make sure you get a sneak peak into what the first Piano Lesson Report will cover right here: «link» Cheers!
Rod : The next blog update will be tomorrow Friday 19th at 20:00 EST Time! We'll announce the exact release date of the first Piano Lesson Report. So stay tuned!
Rod : Hi Cres! Thanks so much for your comment! I really understand what you mean about "taking a break" and then getting back to playing. For me learning composing and understanding how music works -just a couple years ago- really changed everything for me... so I hope it does the same thing for you . We'll be announcing the release date of the first Piano Lesson Report this Friday 19th! I'd love for you to tell me more about yourself and let's keep in touch!
Rod : Hi Pianissimo! Thanks so much for your comments and support! We're all very happy about the progress we've been making!!!
Pianissimo! : It should be very helpful and it will be released very soon Cres:D
Cres : Hi, I discovered this page for a couple of weeks ago. I played the piano as a teenager, but I ended up with a 10 year "break", until I took up piano playing for about three years ago. Now I am ready to start composing, and this site looked very interesting. I have read the latest blog and can't wait to have a closer look at it, to see how helpful it will be
Pianissimo! : woohoo read it all amazing this is probably gonna be a piano revolution world wide! Finally a website about piano that actually has everything in it and helps you in every way:D
Rod : Hi Pianissimo!!! I actually missed your messages here I can't wait either, we're finishing really exciting developments, I'll be posting the next blog post with all the updates by next friday (Friday 12th) as the *latest date* - but probably sooner! Just to let everyone know... we'll now have our own community site for The Piano Encyclopedia!!! More about this shortly Cheers!
Rod : Hi Shindoh! Thanks for stopping by ! Very soon, maximum by ends of next week, we'll be releasing the first Piano Lesson Report to thank all the people that have folllowing our development. That report will contains more than fifty pages with an intro into piano playing, composing, improvisation, and learning the basic chords and intervals, with tons of graphics! So I'll make sure you get that Regarding frustration, I completely understand what you say, sometimes without the right teacher or the right method, piano can get really frustrating -and it did happen to me too- so I hope all our methods change this, and make you enjoy the wonderful world of music, composing, and improvising. Thanks for everything, and make sure to tell me more about you! Stay in touch! Rod
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Guest_470 : Anyone here?
Shindoh : Ah, I wasn´t done writing! - Is it possible to get into your program any time soon or just as soon as possible (I already signed up for your list with «email» )? I just want to start learning as soon as possible, I would so much love to finally be able to express myself through music with the Piano! I just don´t really know where to start and what to start with, without getting frustrated too fast...
Shindoh : Oh my god, I love Piano and basically every music style in general!
Rod : Hello Manuel!!! How are you doing? Thanks for stopping by. It would be great to have your help, and your computer programming knowledge could also give us a more technical feedback that could be really useful. Regarding the language, we could speak in Spanish through email. You may contact me at «email» . In Spanish: Manuel, me encantaría poder contar con vos para el beta testing y que nos des tu feedback, por favor escribime a mi mail «email» . Saludos y espero tu mail!
aguirremanuel : Hi People, I'm venezuelan guy, I dont speak english but i love the piano and the computer programming, I wanna testing your software for give my opinions and my recommendations.
Rod : Hi Schumman lover! I like Schummann . I haven't played anything from him yet, but I have listened to many pieces are lovely. Actually the Romantic period is one of my favorites -you must know Schummann is from that time- so I also really love Chopin, and particulary the late works of Beethoven. Do you have any recommendations of good pieces from Schummann to listen or play ? Hope to hear from you soon
Rod : Pianissimo! I received your mail. I sent you another one! I am glad you liked the article, I'll make sure to share any more intresting articles I read! Make sure you do to
Rod : ... and Page 2 of the music sheet of "Requiem for a Dream" can be found here: «link» . I hope you enjoy and then tell us how did it go!
Rod : Hi! Thanks everyone for stopping by . The music sheets for "Requiem for a dream" can be found here: Page 1, «link» and...
Pianissimo! : I seny you an email Rod please check your inbox:D!
Pianissimo! : Thats a very nice article:P please post more:D
Guest_2432 : do anybody know whrer i can find the sheets for the soundtack "Requiem for a dream"
Guest_2432 : i have a question
Guest_2432 : hello
Rod : Hi Pianissimo! It's great to find you here, it's a pleasure to chat with you Yes I agree with you the performer is not as great, but it was really difficult to find a video of that piece. Yesterday I just read a really intresting article about the Goldberg Variations. I told you so much about it that made me wanna research more I found this very intresting article «link» and an intresting new performer: Simone Dinnerstein. Beware that there her recordings are comparted to Gould's 1950's recordings, while his 1982's recording are the "perfect" ones . Stay in touch!, Take care
Pianissimo! : If you need help please feel free to ask and I will try to asist you
Pianissimo! : And the link of it the performer perfoms it very bad/fast/ I don't think he is mature enough for it... :!:
Pianissimo! : Yes Rod I was speaking about the liszt piece!:P Are you here now
Rod : Hi Masha! Thanks for stopping by! Let me help you: "music on the papers" are called "music sheets" or "music scores" in English. You'll find them easily on google, or you may try this link: «link» . This a great site for Cla ssical music scores that are free. Popular music scores are usually sold but you could get lucky if you search . Tell me more about you and stay in touch! Cheers!
Masha : How it sounds in English "musik on the paper"? I am from Ukraine, and I have no vacabulary with me now, so, please, help me!!!!!!
Masha : Please help me!
Masha : I can not find in internet how to play "Only hope" from "A walk to remember"? but not video, but on paper. I am form Ukraine, so I do not know how it is sounds in English!
Rod : I didn't know him but he is Daniel Rivera, which seems to be pretty good . That concerto is incredible! By the way, regarding the music piece you recommended me, Années de pélerinage Vallée d' Obermann, were you taking about this: «link» ? From Liszt . See you soon!
Rod : As you may know, I am leading The Piano Encyclopedia development. We have been working for almost a year, and we'll be releasing the first public beta by December, and having many previews and small releases along the way. So I would be glad to give you a sneak peak into the development and I would appreciate your feedback too My email is «email» .
Pianissimo! : I would be honored!
Pianissimo! : Sure:D
Rod : I'll give you my email
Rod : Hey let's stay in touch
Rod : for me it's a story that really gives me a chill. You may know that at his late age he didn't enjoy giving concerts anymore, and in one of them he was playing Goldberg, and some people in the audience were falling asleep. It is said that he didn't know if maybe he was accomplishing his mission as Goldberg's variations were for imsonia!
Rod : ..and soon after he published this recording, he died, probably having accopmplished his mission
Rod : In some interviews it is said that he even said that was his mission, and so he spent many years polishing it up, until he released his last-cd , his last recording, the 1981 Goldberg Variations recording.
Pianissimo! : and peformers should compose and play there own
Pianissimo! : that composers should play there own compostions
Pianissimo! : i liked goulds ideology towards the piano
Rod : Gould had his excellent piano carrer along the years and published many more pieces, but almost during the last ten years of his life, he considered that his first recording wasn't good enough, so he had to re-record the Goldberg Variations to perfection.
Pianissimo! : true
Rod : yes the Goldberg Variations were pretty unpopular, but even so it is said that for Gould first recording he decided to publish The Goldberg Variations. Many people at that time considered that not a good business choice, but he still continued with his idea, as he said that the piece contained G5 G3, and his initials were the same Goldbergs, and so that piece was meant for him
Pianissimo! : Wouldn't you agree?:P
Pianissimo! : Glenn Gould = G3 G5
Pianissimo! : if you also noticed
Rod : Story doens't end there Hunderend of years later, Glenn Gould started to play piano, and it's said that one of the first difficult pieces he asked his teacher to teach him was the Goldberg Variations
Pianissimo! : but u never find a pianist who is willing to play it
Pianissimo! : this piece is so beautiful
Pianissimo! : im kinda amazed at smth
Pianissimo! : very intersting
Rod : So Goldberg would go to the Count's room and play the variations for him until he got some sleep. Then Goldberg began to play the variations among his friends, and so they began to be known as the "Goldberg Variations"- that is where the name comes from.
Pianissimo! : hehe
Rod : So Bach asked a very well known harpdicordist to play this piece which was named Gottlieb Goldberg. The leyend says that in his honor, he started the piece with G5 and G3 (G note in octaves 5 and 3) to honor the initials of Gottlieb Goldberg
Pianissimo! : lol thats nice
Rod : Incredibly the Goldberg Variations were ordered to Johann Sebastian by Count Keyserlingk because he suffered Imsomnia! So actually this variations were meant for him to get some sleep, and the harpdicordist would play them over again and again.
Pianissimo! : sure
Rod : This is perfection : «link» Glenn Gould at it's bets
Rod : I once read a story that made me love the Godlberg Variations by Gould:) Would you like to know about it?
Pianissimo! : Its most likley different then Gould but I hope its nice
Rod : I am going to search for Goulds
Pianissimo! : Do you like it:D?
Rod : yes... you did surprise me.. playing Goldberg Variations.. !
Rod : not quite.. I find it difficult to explain it without talking about chords and giving you a technical example, but it's about adding a note that is not part of a chord to that chord and then resolving it later. Once you know what they are you can recognize them when you listen to them, but the result is they create tension...
Pianissimo! : true by the way did you check the link I sent?
Rod : What this produces, is to suspend the resolution and produce more tension. Actually as you may be aware, music is the balance between producing tension and resolving it, and choping is really a genius on that.
Pianissimo! : like not leaving spacethere was a word for it i forgot
Pianissimo! : ah so Appoggiatura is more like playing the keys next to each other
Pianissimo! : Maria Yudina was Stalin's favorite pianist and here is a suprise for you! «link»
Rod : However, in simple terms, it's a way to describe a melodic movement where a note is suspended to be resolved later - there is a much more strict and tehcnical definition, but so that you get an idea.
Rod : Regarding appoggiatura, here is a link : «link»
Rod : Maria Yudina.. sounds familiar.. but not sure though.
Pianissimo! : Rod do you happen to know who Maria Yudina is?
Rod : let me see
Pianissimo! : «link» None plays it better then Horowitz
Rod : Yes I heard of Scriabin.. but haven't listed much... any piece you recommend of him?
Rod : I've been playing for more than 14 years, but I stopped from time to time and then began again many times. My last years of study really changed everything for me when I began to study harmony, and learned to compose and improvise on the piano. A whole new world was opened for me!
Pianissimo! : Or never heard of him?
Pianissimo! : Do you like Scriabin?
Pianissimo! : Very true Chopin does tend to add alot of broken chords in his music
Pianissimo! : Ah yes
Rod : If you analyze chopin waltzes's melodic lines, you'll see he plays a lot with appogiaturas, and the notes resolutions from chord to chord...
Pianissimo! : appogiaturas!! BIG WORD ALERT!
Rod : The melody of that waltze is incredible... it's not only the harmony what makes it sound so beautiful, but many of the *secrets* of the waltzes rely on the embelishments and resources used in the melody.. like appogiaturas.
Pianissimo! : May I be rude to ask you how old you are Mr.Rod?
Pianissimo! : Good to know!
Rod : That is a *lovely* waltz... I've been studying that waltz just a few weeks ago
Rod : ..but please, look at this video. I really like it, it's Glenn Gould with full orchesta playing Bach.. it's quite incredible: «link»
Pianissimo! : and anything he posts is pure genius
Pianissimo! : listen to anything from truecrypt in youtube he himself is an AMAZING pianist
Rod : You're right.. I never heard of him.. what does he play most? I guess I should listen to him
Pianissimo! : I bet you never heard of him:p
Pianissimo! : Vladimir Sofronitsky without doubt!
Rod : Yours?
Rod : Glenn Gould - I don't need to think it twice. I am total fan of him. I began playing clasical with Bach, and he was my idol!
Pianissimo! : Who is your favorite performer?:P
Rod : And the waltzes are really nice, I play many of those ... and like composing waltz myself so many sound very chopin-like :) I really him
Rod : Yes, the 4th one is also really good, it has many quick moving parts.. really hard to play too!
Rod : Not only it's difficult in the technical part, but also in the expression that one must put by playing it. It expresses so many emotions it's incredible
Pianissimo! : His 4th ballade is brilliant as well
Pianissimo! : He is after all my favorite composer of them all
Pianissimo! : Ofcourse!
Pianissimo! : in g minor
Pianissimo! : His ballade no.1
Rod : Have you listened to that one? It's amazing
Pianissimo! : My favorite piano piece
Pianissimo! : Hah
Rod : And Chopin is incredible lovely, it has very nice pieces as well as some that are very difficult to play. I wouldn't recommend you to start piano with Ballade No. 1
Pianissimo! : And Schubert ugh.. I love these people!
Pianissimo! : Bach does not need to be spoken about his name alone is brilliant!
Rod : Yes Mozart has really nice pieces, Bach is also incredible with the counterpoint, and the fugues
Pianissimo! : It takes a genius to recognize Mozart as a genius
Pianissimo! : And ofcourse Mozart....
Pianissimo! : Its endless...
Pianissimo! : Schumann
Pianissimo! : Scriabin
Pianissimo! : Rachmaninoff
Rod : I really love Bach, Chopin, and beethoven the most
Pianissimo! : Beethoven
Pianissimo! : Chopin
Rod : Cool, and what are your favorite composers?
Pianissimo! : Well I am from Bahrain but I study in Australia
Rod : I am from Argentina, and yourself?
Pianissimo! : Where are you from Mr.Rod
Rod : It's sometimes difficult to find good teachers that really know the stuff and know how to teach it well.
Pianissimo! : Not close by Nope
Rod : No piano teachers in your town?
Rod : So if I think it's still possible to learn piano even for people that people, for you it should be really easy
Rod : You're 19 and you're telling me that you're old to start learning?! haha Sorry but I thought you were like 50, - you said later age
Pianissimo! : Plus I cannot seem to find a tutor who is commited to teach me
Pianissimo! : I'm 19 and Rachmaninoff had the hands for it plus he began since he was four if I'm not mistaken
Rod :
Rod : If I am not mistaken Rachmaninov wouldn't say that, there many famous pianists who began at a later age
Pianissimo! : But I adore clasical music and listen to nothing but it!
Pianissimo! : I think its a bit late for me to become a pianist:P
Rod : oh cool ... Looking to become pianist, or just like listening to music?
Pianissimo! : oh i am a piano fan not a pianist sadly
Rod : I imagine you play piano by your nickname . What do you and how long?
Rod : Yes, sometimes it is . But many times users leave messages so we'll read them after and answer :). Tell me more about you!
Pianissimo! : Yes it is! This is a pretty hard way to chat isn't it?:p
Rod : I'm good thanks! Is your first time here?!
Pianissimo! : I'm fine yourself:D?
Rod : Hi Pianisiimo! How are you!?
Rod : Hi! how ar eyou?
Pianissimo! : Hello!:D
Rod : Once again, I apologize for the delay in the Public beta testing release , I'm sure you will definitely enjoy The Piano Encyclopedia once we release it. If you would like to peek into some of our developments and give us your feedback please contact me at «email» and I will be very glad to show the new features we've been creating and to receive your feedback about it. I am looking forward to hearing from you . Best wishes, Rod
Rod : Regarding dates, we expect to launch our public beta-testing of the main product by December 15, and we expect to relese previews of the different parts of the product along the way.
Rod : It's true that it's been a while since we have been promoting the launch of our first product . However, in the last months we have decided to enhance our product with a lot of new features that we did not plan to include in the first release of the Piano Encyclopedia . This includes, for example, creating a community site that will be integrated to The Piano Encyclopedia so that users will be able to fully interact with each other, asking & answering questions, and even give anyone the possibility of sharing their piano experiences or expanding the current piano lessons with their knowdledge, by using an special platform which will let anyone add fully interactive content like what is found in the product core. We've also been improving the user and visual interface of the product, and many more features we'll be posting in detail in the next blog update. We're sure that these new features we'll give our users a much better experience with the piano encyclopedia.
Rod : HI and thanks for posting your comments. We value all the feedback we receive, and that's why we are working hard to to launch our Public beta testing soon. So far we have only sent some copies to friends as we're still on Private beta testing (we have not sent any public invitations for entering the beta testers area yet). First of all, I want to deeply apologize for the delay on the public beta testing release. We definetly don't want to dissapoint you or any of the people that follow the Piano Encyclopedia development.
Guest_4238 : ...several months ago I said I would like to be a beta-tester but havent heard anything from the people behind this site.now I check the site and suddenly there's an area for beta-testers??! Whatever you do , people, do not give any crucial info about yourself to this site, it may just be a scam to collect information..And f the product is close to finished then why can we not have a demoversion with the first few chapters so we can all see what it's like?that's one question somebody here cou
Guest_4238 : ok so what's up with this bullcrap site full of promises like "ooh we'll be releasing the product soon"?
rotex : what ia the cost of the piano encyclopedia
iNeedHelp : anyone willing tohelp me find a song?
iNeedHelp : hello
Rod : Hi Trish! Thanks for the support we would love to have you as a beta-tester! To stay tuned with the dev news and receive a beta-tester invitation as soon as it's ready, please sign-up here: «link» . Also, I have received your email too , so I'll contact you earlier for the focus groups and early releases we'll be trying with smaller groups. Thanks! Stay in touch!
Guest_3874 Trish : I love learning new things and would be pleased to be a tester. I will soon let you know if i am losing interest! I am guessing you need to know that the programme is good for all stages and ages. I will (hopefully) be a good constructive critic for you. What do i need to do to sign up?
Rod : As you might have read, all the chords and examples on The Piano Encyclopedia come with interactive Keyboard animations that will show you what keys to play on the piano, so you'll be able to listen and able to reproduce the harmony examples yourself even without having music reading skills . Are you looking to become a beta-tester!? Stay in touch and thanks for stopping by!
Rod : Hi Trish! I am sure The Piano Encyclopedia will come in handy for you! If you already can easily play melodies on your right hand, then it will much easier for you, you must just add the right chords and you'll be beginning composing your first song! :wink:- And as you might know, improvisation is like "composing in very short time", so once you get the basics, you'll be able to color you melodies on the fly with a nice harmony and understand why other songs sound so 'good'.
Trish : Hi first time visitor. Mature student proud owner of a new Clavinova keyboard who can't read music but can pick out melodies very easily on the right hand, wants very much to learn to play by ear, adding chords to the melodies i can play. I learn visually by observing & copying have you tested your encyclowhatsit on anyone who learns in this way?
Rod : make sure to send me an email, so that we stay in contact too!
Rod : By the way
Dixon :
Rod : Will be looking forward to talking to you again :)!
Rod : Wow! That's really cool having a software developer as a beta-tester
Dixon : sounds good to me! good chatting with ya. Look forward to the email!
Dixon : I'm part of the team behind www.podcastspot. com
Rod : As you might have read, The Piano Encyclopedia is divided into many components, and are almost finished releasing a new tool that's awesome! We haven't even told about it in the blog, so we kind of want to keep it secret for our email members list and let them be the first to try it out!
Dixon : Awesome! I'm also a software developer by trade so maybe I can test in ways other ppl might not be able to
Rod : We'll be releasing a very interesting a very interesting module of The Piano Encyclopedia surely in less than a month!
Rod : We're all very excited about this development, and been working really hard during the last two months! We've been polishing up many of the features and creating new modules, and as we have been expanding the product we have pushed the release date a bit further But it's looking REAL good! So we're very excited!
Dixon : btw, my name is actually spelled dic_kson but your system doesn't like it..i can't even put in my email
Dixon : Any ETA date for beta testing?
Dixon : Well I was fooling around with improvisation on the piano earlier and then i thought of you guys and decided to check up on you.
Rod : Nice to find one of our members online
Rod : How are you!?
Dixon : Hey Rod!
Rod : Hi Dixon!
Dixon : I've been waiting for some time now :/
Dixon : Hey, when is the piano encyclopedia coming out?
Rod : Hi! Even if no one is online feel free to leave messages or questions, they will be answered by any of the member of our community asap! Cheers! Rod
Rod : ... and Page 2 of "Requiem for a Dream" score: «link» . Stay in touch and tell me more about you!
Rod : Hi Smiley Face, Here is the score for "Requiem for a Dream". Enjoy Page 1: «link»
Rod : Hi guitar player! Sure give it a try, put the chords and we'll see if anyone can figure out the chord progression for you Many pianists and musicians come around... Stay in touch
Smiley Face : PLs If anyone has the notes for ``Requem for a dream`` let`s send them at this e-mail «email»
Guest_2440 : hey i have a question if someone can help me out with some chords.. im a guitar player but i was wondering if anyone can tell the chords progression of this one song?
Rod : Hi! Feel free to leave a comment or question here or on the blog: «link» ! Cheers!
vionyptorry : Hello my friends
123 : hi
Rod : Hi! We're expanding some sections and adding new content so that's why the release date got delayed. We're almost 80%/90% finished! . So make sure to sign-up to the mailing list (here: «link» )to keep up with the latest news about the beta-testing release and the focus group -indeed- we'll giving away some free copies! Stay in touch and make sure to tell me more about you!
Guest_4482 : hi everybody... i need free get the piano encyclopeia... please.. i need to learn
Joy : does anyone know where i can get free piano sheet music prints for the song Only Hope by mandy moore?
Rod : Hi! Make sure to leave your question even if no one is online at the moment, so that they can see it later . Stay in touch!
Turlocculturo : Hallo everybody! I want say, that for you good site, successes to you
Turlocculturo : Hallo everybody! I want say, that for you good site, successes to you
Turlocculturo : Hallo everybody! I want say, that for you good site, successes to you
Rod : ...wow.. my post came out quite long Well, I hope you enjoyed my story about my piano learning experience. Raph make sure to stay in touch and tell me more about you By the way, where are you from? Cheers!
Rod : Luckily, all the musicians, developers, and content-writers of our team, all share this vision of changing changing piano learning, and making accesible all this information in an easy and interactive way. So Raph, I am very much looking forward for you to try out The Piano Encyclopedia and I hope you experience the same chill many of us have felt after discovering all these simple but very powerful knowledge that changed our vision of music. Make sure to let me know more about you!
Rod : And Raph, I am not talking about miraclous stuff, I am talking about music basics that for me and many others have opened a whole new path to music, such as harmonizing a scale, or even discovering the relation between chords, scales, and dissonant and consonnant intervals- and even most teachers don't know this!. So at the end of the conversation I even asked him "Why is it that so few music players know these simple powerful concepts?". And he said 'Because the way it's taught, Rod.',
Rod : You know what? I was actually talking about a very similar topic with one of our team'; new developers, who also has a deep music background as a player and composer with many years of experience. So I shared my story with him, for the first time, maybe more detailed -but with the same ideas as I told you- and we discovered that we both shared many things in common: how some simple things opened new doors for us.
Rod : I am now able to compose my own music pieces and songs, to just sit on the piano and improvise, or even look at the pieces I used to play from a whole different angle. I can now actually *understand* what is behind the notes... it's even sometimes easy to predict what chord comes next in a pop song for example. So all these times I asked myself why I haden't had the chance of learning all these before, after 14 years of piano playing.
Rod : Hi Raph! Thanks for telling me more about you . I completely understand what you mean as I spent many years with lessons and no real progress myself. I would spend months reading and practicing new pieces, without any real path, and not learning anything really new in each new lesson. And that was just a couple of years ago -until everything changed when I met a teacher, which taught me some simple but very powerful music concepts, that really changed my piano life completely.
Raph : Hey Rod! I've been playing piano for quite a while. The lessons never seemed to make sense to me, and I REALLY want this to be the breakthrough I've been looking for!
Raph : Hey Rod! I've been playing piano for quite a while. tH
Rod : Regarding the free 25 copies, I haven't had time to update the blog... yet! But so to give you a sneak-peak- we're planning to run a contest were 25 winners will get a free copy of The Piano Encyclopedia 8-). I'll tell you more about that soon ;). First, please tell me more about you! How long ago do you play the piano, and what are you most interested in?! Thanks, and stay in touch!
Rod : Hi Raph! It makes me really happy to know that the people that have signed-up when we just started our site are still together with us! . We're now almost finishing the development! It's a lot of work, a lot of writing, editing, programming, and designing! But we're all very excited as it's getting better each week!
Raph : Hey Rod, as you probably guessed, my name is Raph and I want to get acquainted with you.
Raph : Hey, I signed up for this many months ago and I am dying to get that copy!
Guest_3302 : anyone heard of siegling pianos?
Guest_3302 : anyone know about siegling pianos?
DrinaVotoKano : Hello! Excellent site! Searched a long ago
Rod : Hi Jessika! Welcome in! Tell me more about you, do you play piano!? Stay in touch
Weleactipap : Hello. Let's get acquainted!
My name is Jessika.
Rod : I've got some BIG NEWS to share with you : we'll be giving away 25 copies of the full Piano Encyclopedia Product. Yes, you heard right! 25 people will get the Full-featured complete copy of the ready-to-sell product for FREE. You want to know more? Stay tuned and Sign-up to our newsletter now and I'll make sure you get all the juicy details soon: «link» . Cheers!
Rod : Good News! We've just updated the technology of our Piano Community Room! We should now have about zero Spam, but better yet- we've added an RSS Feed so that you can now follow-up the piano community chat conversations too! This is fresh new, so please let us now if you experience any problems, and if so, write us to «email»! Stay tuned for more news about The Piano Encyclopedia developement- as we're getting close to the release date!!!
Rod : Hi Lea! Believe me, The Piano Encyclopedia won't disappoint you, we're are creating a unique piano-learning experience for mastering composing, improvising, and piano-playing! To be one of the first to try it out, you can sign-up to our newsletter (here: «link» ), and we'll be sending out the invitations so you can try out the beta version VERY soon! Stay in touch!
lea : hii!! well this program sounds pretty amazing, but there is anyway i can get the beta version???, It sounds liek it willb e a success and love to buy it but wanna try it first lol... thanksss¿¿??
Rod : Welcome! We'd be glad to listen to your piano-related questions and help you in whatever we can. We've been developing many exciting features for The Piano Encyclopedia, so make sure you check them out too: «link» . Stay in touch and tell me more about you.
Guest_337 : hello, I don't know if this will be the best place to chat about a piano that I have. If not, can you please direct me to the appropriate place.
Rod : We're about to release The Piano Encyclopedia real soon, so make sure sign-up to our newsletter (here: «link» ) as we'll be sending a limited number of invitations to the ones that want to be one of the first to try it out before it goes public. Gaiz, stay in touch and make sure to tell me more about you!
Rod : Welcome Gaiz! If you're looking for a unique piano-learning experience, full with interactive animations, piano-recordings , and lessons that will take your piano skills to the next level -as well as letting you master composing and improvising -you've come to the right place!
qaiz : any one could suggest me a right book with piano lessons learning
qaiz : music is life and playing music in a right way means making your soul feel good
Rod : Hi Sarit! Welcome! You might leave any composing question you have here and we or the visitors will try to answer it. If not, you can just wait a couple of weeks until the release of The Piano Encyclopedia! Stay in touch and make sure to tell me more about you!
Musicgirl : I am sorry it coming apart my message..
Musicgirl : and wanted to ask if there is any way to get on this site help with composing?
Musicgirl : Hey guys my name is Sarit and I am from Israel
Choice : Yeahhh
Rod : Hi! We'll be surely releasing this March 2008!!! So stay tight until we publish the exact release date! If you haven't subscribed to our newsletter make sure you do it soon: «link» . There is no risk and you may unsubscribe whenever you want, but if you don't sign-up, you'll never know what you're missing! Cheers!
Guest_600 : So when do you think this software will be released?
Rod : Make sure to stay in touch and thanks for stopping by
Rod : I'm glad -we're all very excited into launching this
Rod : If you haven't - Make sure to check out the new features that we've developed at «link» -we're getting cool stuff in!-, and as always, feedback and suggestions are very welcome!
Guest_3476 : No, that works but when I tried to download it it couldn't got to go
Guest_3476 : Thanks! about the download too! Can't wait!!!
Rod : the link does not work?
Guest_3476 : Thanks! but for some reason it did not work on my computer.
Rod : We will- but as soon as we pass the beta stage :D. All the people that will have invitations will be able to be part of this beta stage and propose any changes or adjustments they would like -so as to customize the product for the piano community's needs. Once we finish with that, we'll have a normal download trial version button as well as the free version download
Rod : I recommend you this page: «link» . You'll surely find the Beethoven score
Guest_3476 : Huh?
Rod : Regarding the score...
Guest_3476 : Well all I will need is the trial version can't you just have a download trial version button on your website?
Rod : Yes you may unsubscribe at anytime -we send very few emails just to let our people know the big news
Guest_3476 : I do not need to be the first but do I still need to sign up?
Guest_3476 : Great! But do I have to join your mailing list to get the free version?
Rod : If you want to be one of the first to try it out, you must sign-up to our newsletter here «link» as we'll be sending exclusive invitations to try out The Piano Encyclopedia
Rod : We're about to finish the development and we'll be launching ends of February or March -we'll put a date soon.
Guest_3476 : Do I have to have an email address to get the free software?
Rod : Although we're planning to make the paid one have much more features, for the people that want to support all the musicians, developers, and people involved in this project!
Guest_3476 : Where can I download it from?
Rod : Yes! Of course, and there is also going to be a completely FREE version
Guest_3476 :
Guest_3476 : would I?
Rod : Hi!
Guest_3476 : Would I be able to download a trial version of this for free?
Guest_3476 : Hi! do you know a website that has the fingerings and sheet music for Betthovens fur elise?
Guest_3476 : how much is this piano stuff?
Rod : Make no mistake; this is the first time a Chord Dictionary, Scale Dictionary, Interval Dictionary, and Harmony Dictionary have been combined into just one product -and interactively explaining the relationships between each of these components. So if you want to be one of the first to try it out, sign-up to our mailing list here: «link» . Stay in touch!
Rod : Hi Eloise! We'll be releasing a FREE version! Why?! We're certain to be developing a unique piano learning experience and we want everyone to enjoy it and try it out. Then, as well, we'll be launching a more complete version with added features for all the enthusiastic users that wish to support the developers, musicians, and all the people involved in this project!
Rod : If you haven't yet, make sure to check out the features we've developed at «link» and -as always- feedback and suggestions are more than welcome. Make sure to stay in touch and tell me more about you!
Rod : Hi Danny! If you can wait until the end of this month, sign-up to our newsletter here «link» -we'll be sending out exclusive invitations so you can be one of the first to try out The Piano Encyclopedia. You'll get interactive keyboard diagrams of all the piano scales, including all the info you need to master piano playing, composing, and improvising. Believe me, you won't find a Piano Scale Dictionary as complete as this one!
Guest_3125 : I'm wanting to get a downloadable file, for the piano, of scales, that includes the fingering. Please give me a suggestion of what site I can find this in.
Guest_3125 : I'm looking for a downloadable file of scales, that has the fingering for both hands. It must be for the piano. Please let me know what site I could get this from.
Rod : ... and Requiem for a Dream Page 2: «link» . Hope they're useful. Stay in touch! Cheers
Rod : Hi Monstarz! Looks like it's your lucky day I just happen to have printed those out a few weeks ago. Requiem For a Dream Score, Page 1: «link»
MonStArZ : PLEASE HELP!!! IT IS VERY IPORTANT!!! DO SOMEBODY HAS NOTES FOR REQUIEM FOR THE DREAM? PLEASE, SEND ME!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
music : What do you mean ?
Rod : Hi Dougie! You're Poynter from the British band McFly? It's an honor to have you guys here! We have some great news, so make sure you check the new features we've developed at: «link» . As always, feedback and suggestions are very welcome. Stay in touch!
Rod : Hi Far! Thanks so much for your kind words. Tell me more about you and stay in touch! Where are you from? Feedback is always very welcome and we're always open to suggestions and new feature requests! Cheers!
far : My mother language is not english, but I'll try to follow the lessons and indications the best I can.
far : I celebrate finding this web, think its a very good idea for those who like piano and would like to learn or improve.
Rod : We have just updated the blog with the new developed features- as promised! Check it out: «link»
Rod : Hi! . Feel free to leave any messages, we'll read them afterwards! If you're looking for an invitation to be one of the first to try The Piano Encyclopedia as soon as it's launched, sign-up to our newsletter here: «link» . Cheers!
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Rod : Hi *Music*! Tell me more about yourself and stay in touch
music : very interesting.
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Rod : Hi Richard! We'll be working this following week on updating the live shoutbox chat to filter spam more efficiently. Thanks for the suggestions, we'll consider implementing a discussion forum. Stay in touch!
richard : it would be nice if you guys made a discussion forum here, eh? who wants to see this spam about credit cards and such anyway..?
Rod : Jenna! I am glad to see you back To become a beta tester for the public beta release you just need to subscribe to the newsletter. We'll be sending limited invitations close to the release date :wink:. However if you'd like to be part of the early private beta testing send me an email. Stay in touch! Happy New year!
Rod : Hi Luka! I am sure this software and the community features we're building will really help you progress much faster! Stay in touch and tell me more about you! Happy new year :)!
Jenna : I mean that do I have to do something else than subscribe?
Jenna : So if I want to become a beta tester what do I need to do? (I missed that part)
Luka : ups didn't want to send yet...anyway I just wanted to say, that I'm really looking forward to awesome project of yours. I'm playing piano for about 2,5years. And I practice for at least 3 hours per day but I don't know how to practice properly so hopefuly this is the place for me. I also want to learn how to write down music, but I'm having problems with rythm...so yeah hopefuly this will help. Btw Happy new year to you too
Luka : Hi,
Rod : Happy New Year to everybody!!!! We'll be taking vacations until around the first weeks of January! Please leave your messages and I'll read them afterwards! However, maybe I'll answer some sooner if I can! In the name of the whole The Piano Encyclopedia Team: Happy New Year!!!
Rod : Make sure you sign-up to our newsletter -soon- if you want to be one of the first ones to try it out, as we'll be releasing a limited number of invitations!
Rod : Then we plan to release an extended version with add-ons for the more enthusiastic users, so as to support all people involved in this project.
Rod : Hi Jenna! Yes this project is taking us lots of time, months and months of development, and many people involved, software developers, professionals musicians, content writers, and more! However we're going to release a FREE version because we really want to make something different from everything that currently exists for piano learning, and we want everyone to enjoy it.
Rod : However, we're also expecting to have a private beta release much sooner before the public beta with selected subscribers, and considering your background maybe it could be interesting having you involved in that too. Write me an email at «email» if you're interested.
Rod : In respect to the beta's estimate release date we expect that to happen in late February, and we're working really hard to see if we can make it sooner.
Rod : Hi Richard! You got a very interesting background, I love Chopin too, as you say it, his music is very intense and conveys many different feelings.
Jenna : How can this be free? I mean this must take much of your time and you don't charge anything
richard : oh and can I also ask for estamite release date on the beta?
Guest_1074 : Is there anyone online?
Rod : Happy Christmas! . Feel free to leave messages, I'll read them as soon as I get back.
Rod : Hi Richard! Thanks so much for your input, all the team is now away for Christmas. I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
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richard : oh yeah, last 3 posts made by me!forgot to write me name..
Guest_1069 : n wasn't really good so I started workin on chopin etudes and some 3-4 years later i could play most of them.So I'm a bit of a freak with the ability to play advanced music but almost no understanding of theory..I usually play by ear, listen from cd's to what i want to learn and then get notes and decypher them.lately i got a digital piano(clavinova clp-280) and been lookin into scriabin's preludes..intens e music!
Guest_1069 : while we're at it let me propose that these dictionaries have sections with exercises and maybe tests aswell..from what i know those two are essential at retaining learnt material..?!more about me..well , dunno what to say really..i started playing by myself at 14(i'm 27 now), mostly classical music..then after struggling to find the type of music i like, i discovered that chopin was the only music that satisfied me, fascinated at how he did both beautiful and dark music..my technique back the
Rod : We'll cover concepts such as harmonic rhythm, that are necessary for composing and improvising, and we may even show examples of how this works in popular songs. But the idea of having a dictionary specifically for rhythm and timing could be a good idea too! Thanks! Stay in touch!
Guest_2024 : interesting..wha t about a rythm and timing dictionary, then?
Rod : By the way Richard, stay in touch and make sure you tell me more about you I have been self-taught for many years too so you remind me of older times
Rod : another tonality or even improvise on top of the same harmony! So I am sure this will help you out a lot and help you advance a whole step forward that will let you reach much more higher piano skills in no time. Our idea is to provide a revolutionary method that will teach from a beginner to an advanced student to learn composing, improvising, and play with a pro sound, right in your computer. So stay tuned for our news and feel free to ask me any questions you may have!
Rod : I now spent almost all my time in the piano improvising or composing new songs, so I find it much more rewarding compared to playing the same songs over and over, and for me this has been a really big difference as it has made my piano playing much more enjoyable. And even though I still keep playing my Chopin Waltzes, they are now completely different! It's get much more interesting once you can understand and even predict which chord should come next, or even play the whole Chopin waltz in an
Rod : Hi Richard! Let me tell you that you remind me of myself! I used to know how to play really hard piano pieces but had no clue about neither improvising or composing. And let me tell you that once you discover harmony all your perspectives change and you'll even see the pieces you're playing right now from a new angle!
richard : hey, i just signed up cuz this seems really interesting.i'v e allways wanted to get a clear picture of music theory cuz i cant improvise or compose for peanuts though I can play fairly advanced pieces(chopin,sc riabin),i'm a self thaught pianio player but with almost no knowledge of theory?do you think this program will be helpful to me? also will you teach about rythm and timing?it's my understanding you can't make music without understanding those but you don't mention them anywhere on the
Rod : Hi Maximus! Thanks for your comment please tell us about what feature you would like us to expand more! Stay tuned as we're going to tell about all the new features we developed in the past two months!
Maximus : I would like to see a continuation of the topic
Rod : ...By the way, we'd love to hear your comments about the features we're developing (Here you may read about them: «link» ) . What you like about them, or what you don't like, or whatever you think it's missing and you think it would be great for us to add it, Tell us about it!
Rod : Thanks so much for the support! If you want to be one the first to try this new experience make sure you stay tuned to our newsletter (You may sign up here: «link» )We'll post limited invitations for the beta versions and free releases. So stay in touch and I'd love to hear back from you! Cheers!
Rod : Hi Dejangoh! We really want to make something different from everything that currently exists for piano learning, so we are planing to launch FREE releases with a lot of value added, so that you can learn composing, improvising, and playing with a pro-sound right in your computer! Then we plan to release an extended version with add-ons for the more enthusiastic users, so as to support all the pianists, musicians, professionals, and software developers, that are involved in this project!
DeJANGOh : one question for you though, is this whole thing going to be free to view or is there going to be fees?
DeJANGOh : YAY! its about time there's an encyclopedia for the coolest instrument on the world....
Rod : Hi Lisa! Piano chords are three or more notes played together and they are the basis of all songs . With The Piano Encyclopedia you'll be able to listen to all the chords of every music style and learn how to use them to make up your own songs, or to play any song you like with a professional sound. Even if you don't have piano or keyboard you'll be able to experience composing and improvising right in your computer in any music style you like 8-). Stay in touch ! Cheers!
lisa : what are piano cords?
Rod : Congrats for composing at such a young age! This week we are finishing including practically every scale in the world with all their different harmonies and chord progressions (jazz, blues, Arabic, flamenco, Spanish, gypsy, Indian, klezmer, etc...). We want to make this so easy that even a starter can experience composing and improvising in any music style, without even having a piano! So stay in touch, and remember that we're always open to any feedback or feature suggestions!
Benny : Cheers for replying Rod. I usually play by ear by listening to mp3 files. It's kinda strange really, I can pick out different chords. I only read music when I am composing on Finale Notepad Wishing all of you guys the best luck with this project
Rod : Hey Benny, look here I found a recording on YouTube of the song you're playing with the scores ready for download: «link» :). Are you reading it or playing it by ear? Cheers!
Rod : Regarding arpeggios it's important to learn the right fingering for each chord, once you know that you'll be able to play them at ease! Stay tuned for our updates by signing-up to our newsletter and feel free to request us any new features
Rod : Hi Benny! It's wonderful that you have started playing at such a young age, and that you are already playing Requiem for a Dream! Nice! I've started playing when I was around eight and I love it too. Music is an endless world and even you're just beginning, once you discover harmony and how chords work together, you'll be able to play any song by ear, compose, or improvise!
Benny : Just wondering, I am 13 years old an have just started playing the piano and I am loving it! I can play Requiem For a Dream at a fortissimo (i think :D) speed after playing for about 2 weeks, but the problem is I can't do a thing with arpeggios or the chromatic scale.
Rod : Feel free to leave us any feedback about the new features we're developing! And Remember to sign-up to the mailing list to become one of the first to try The Piano Encyclopedia! In the following week we'll be writing about the new features we've developed this month! Cheers!
Rod : Hi Shila! Feel free to leave any piano related questions you might have or answer any questions from other users! And if you are curious about any of the new features we're developing just ask ! We'll send a limited number of invitations invitation as soon as it's ready, so make sure you sign-up to the newsletter! Cheers!
Shila : any piano teacher here?
Shila : hi!
Rod : Hi Yadiel!
Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment. Your words are really valuable to us, even more considering that you are an experienced teacher. We'd love to have your collaboration in our team. Stay in touch! Cheers!
YadielOmar : I would like to thank you for taking the time to make such a complete product not another mediocre piano method book. As a teacher I've had to invest hundreds on books to give my students an excellent education, and I know more than anything this is a passion not a way get rich. I'm willing to help as much as possible, keep it up.
Rod : Hi Ilusa! Thanks for visiting! Yes, we're still accepting invitation requests! Sign-up to our mailing list («link» ) and we'll invite you as soon as it's ready! Cheers!
Ilusa : Hi I was wondering if you'd like anyone else to test the product?
Rod : In other words, if you are playing notes that do Not sound dissonant when played AT the same time (ex: an arpeggio of a chord), then you may use the sustain pedal. However, you will need to release the pedal as soon as you hit a dissonant note. My recommendation is for you to first learn to play legato Without using the pedal, and after you master that, use the pedal for adding that 'soft' effect. Your final result will be better. Hope it helped, Cheers!
Rod : Hi Steve! The sustain pedal is useful for playing smoothly notes that are very far apart and cannot be connected with any fingering. However, a common mistake in beginners is to overuse this pedal, making the notes sound all 'stuck together' without producing a clear sound.
steve : what is the "proper use" of the sustaining pedal for the beginner; e,g, when to press and depress? thanks
Rod : My piano learning progressed and changed completely during the last few years, and I hope The Piano Encyclopedia will do the same for you Stay in touch, Saludos!, Rod
Rod : Hi JoJoFuCa! Thanks for your reply! Your keyboard will be fine and I am glad you are so anxious and eager to learn piano! It's really a beautiful instrument...
JoJuFuCa : (Sorry if I had any error, my English isn't very good :oops:) Saludos!=Cheers!
JoJuFuCa : It has 5 octaves, 62 keys...I'm still being a beginner, I can't play fast songs like The Entertainer and other rags xD...I'd love to play them, I don't know a lot about piano's music or structure, but I'm an open book waiting for letters to be write! ^^
Rod : Feel free to leave us any feedback about the new features we're developing too! Thanks everyone, and remember to sign-up to the mailing list to become one of the first to try The Piano Encyclopedia! Cheers!
Rod : Hi JoJuFuCa! Thanks for the support :D! The whole team is really anxious with this release, so stay tuned and we'll keep updating with news! How many octaves does your keyboard have? As long as you can play chords you'll be just fine for starting! And by the way, you'll be able to practice chords on your computer too, very soon! Cheers!
JoJuFuCa : Hello there! I'm waiting for the day when you release your project! ^^...I just wish I had a Piano =(...I guess a keyboard will help a little before I can get my own piano! ^^
Rod : We've just released our launching at YouTube! Check it out! «link»
Rod : Feel free also to leave any feedback on the new features we're developing or new suggestions! Thanks for stopping by! Cheers!
Rod : Hi Simon!!! I am glad you made it here! Thanks so much for leaving a comment We'll send you an email as soon as it's ready, so make sure to sign-up to the newsletter! Thanks again
simon18 : Hi Rod, made it here form pianostreet, can't wait to test out the release!!!
Rod : Joe, thanks for your visit Everyone, please leave your comments with questions, feedback, or suggestions! We'll answer asap
Rod : We're going to release a Limited number of Invitations only to members of our newsletter, so make sure you sign-up and we'll send you an invitation when it's ready!
Rod : Hi Joe!!!
Joe : Hi! I can't wait to try this! Where can I download the beta version!?!
Rod : Feel free to leave comments and suggestions!
Rod : Welcome to the site!
Rod : I hope you enjoyed our website and the features of the new product, we're very anxious into launching The Piano Encyclopedia beta release!!! Cheers!
Rod : Kazzi I am glad you made it here! Your blog seems very intresting too!
Very useful lesson! Taugh me theory practical things that I found nowhere!! Now I feel more motivated 
Thank you! 
. What we have made it’s not just a ‘product‘ - it’s definitely a “piano-learning” experience, and this (and what’s coming) is what we had envisioned at the beginning of this project, so we’re all really proud of our work. The community is finished. Now stayed tuned, as I’ll be updating you on the release of Volume 1 of The Logic Behind Music in the very next few weeks.
Thank’s for this ebook Help me a lot to understand the scales, I just begin yesterday 29/06/09 with a electric...
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Sorry but I thought you were like 50, - you said later age 
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