Six Reasons To Learn The Piano Online

You want to learn the piano and are weighing up the options of getting help with regular piano lessons from a teacher or an online piano course that you have heard about. Read six reasons to learn the piano online below. 

1. You Live In The Country:

Your piano is sitting in a spare room collecting dust and you thought it would be a good idea to bring it to life and play your favourite tunes. But you live in the middle of nowhere and a long way from any piano teacher. Therefore an online piano course would be perfect. You can get to learn at a pace to suit you.

2. You Can Not Afford A Teacher:

Piano lessons with a teacher range in price, usually from around twenty dollars and upwards depending on the experience of the teacher. And people usually take a weekly lesson to keep the momentum going. So over a ten week period this can add up to two hundred dollars or more. An online piano course does not cost nearly that amount and you are able to ask for help at any stage throughout your learning experience from the creator of the course.

3. You Can Not Read Music:

An online piano course helps you learn to read music step by step with use of instruction books, audio files and DVDs. You learn at your own pace without being tied to a weekly lesson. And you can repeat sections or go over sections quickly.

4. You Learn To Improvise:

You may already know how to read music or you have learnt to read music through an online piano course, and you are keen to learn the technique of improvisation to add to your overall musical experience on the piano. You may just want to learn improvisation without having learnt how to read sheet music. Whatever your reason, you can learn improvisation with the use of your computer as fast or slow as you like through an online piano course.

5. You Learn How To Play Piano Using Chord Symbols:

One method of playing the piano is to play a melody with your right hand and play an improvised bass line with the left hand using chord symbols. What you see written on sheet music is a melody line using the treble clef and treble stave plus chord symbols written above it, like C or b min or A7 etc. Are you confused? Well an online piano course can help you out.

6. You Learn How To Focus On Practice:

The secret to being a good piano player ( or player of any musical instrument ) is the three P’s. Play Play Play or Practice Practice Practice. You could have a variation of this which is P R R which simply means Play Rinse Repeat or Play, Have a rest and then do it again.
An online piano course can help you do this in a focused way so you can achieve results fast.

These are just six reasons to learn the piano online.

If you would like further information then THIS may help you.

An Online Piano Course could be just what you need to help you play those tunes you have always wanted to do.

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Benefits Of Music For Life

Music is everywhere and has been around at least 50,000 years or more.  And  if you just stop and listen… you can hear

~ the sweet rhythms of nature

~ bubbling brooks

~ babbling babies

~ chattering birds and animals

~ magical melodies of people singing and playing their musical instruments

Music has a range of benefits whether you play an instrument or just listen to it.

FOR A PREGNANT WOMEN AND FOETUS:

If a mother listens to music, especially classical music with it’s smooth melodious sounds

and soft rhythms, during pregnancy then this can

~ stimulate the brain of the foetus with scientific proof that the babies will have improved intelligence and creative ability.

~ create a greater connection between mother and child

~ lower stress for the mother as they feel more relaxed and can sleep  better

After birth

~ A fussing child can be lulled to sleep with softly whispered lullabies sung by it’s mother – something which has been done for centuries

~ children are more happier and fulfilled if they grow up in a music filled environment

~ research indicates that children who learn music are more likely to become doctors, engineers, and computer professionals. Music learning develops areas of the brain responsible for language , reasoning and memory

People function better when they listen to music

~ They are more relaxed and many activities such as cooking, cleaning and work are more enjoyble.

~ When music is played in hospital waiting rooms and so on it reduces tensions and calms the mind.

~ It helps with:

        – coordination: clapping, dancing, exercising to the beate

        – self-expression: listening to a piece of music might inspire dance moves, a painting, creative writing….maybe even a blog or whatever hobby or interest you are in.

~ It has been well documented that listening to music has therapeutic values and can help heal people with mental problems, developmental and learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease, brain trauma, and hypertension.  

~ Music has meditative properties and can be used for healing and exercising.

Scientists are using music to map behaviours and unravel the many mysteries of the human mind and consciousness.

Music quickly settles down anger and resentment. It helps us to overcome feelings of sorrow and loss, lifting the mind and spirit out of despair. It gives hope.  

Singing hymns in a congregation lifts any heaviness from the mind and frees the soul and takes the devout closer to God.

 Music reflects the culture of a society and strengthens bonds. It creates a camaraderie and oneness as seen in football matches, military training, and festivals. It can raise levels of excitement with its use to call armies to war by the beating of drums, to instigate raw emotions during revolts, and to drum up frenzy at football matches and rock shows.

Did you know that while classical music soothes and opens up channels in the mind, rock music can set pulses racing, and chants can send you into a trance. Music used differently has varied effects on human beings.

What effect does the following piece “All I Ask Of You” have on you? Comment below.

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Blogging For Success

Blogging is one of the most popular things to do on the internet. It could make you well known, earn you extra income and hence bring you success. Do you like the internet, writing and success? Is your website traffic a little low? If you answered ‘yes’, then Blogging could be the answer for you.

So, What is Blogging?

Blogging was originally created as an online journal or diary where people express feelings and let other people know about it through the internet. These personal blogs continue to be very popular kinds of blogs. However, today, people write blogs on anything. For example, you can use blogs to promote art and photography, for advertising to sell products either yours or someone else’s product, to write short fiction or non- fiction stories and so on.

Where Are Blogs Found?

Blogs are found on blogging websites either free blog hosting websites to paid blog websites.

How do you get started?

1. You sign up to the blogging system that interests you either paid or free. Maybe you would like to start with a free blog to see you go. A paid blogging system has more features so that might be something to look into especially if it is to promote your business.

2. Write blogs on anything – fact or fiction.

You can write blogs to advertise products for sale. Blogging is great way to promote the products and bring traffic to your website.

Blog topics could be on:
~ stuff you don’t want and want to sell
~ new products you have created eg crafts.
~ other peoples products called affiliate products.

Affiliate products are found in many places. Many businesses offer an affiliate program which you can join, sell their products and earn a commision. There are also places like Clickbank which is basically a bank of affiliate products on a huge range of topics.

~ products or services on a website of yours. You may have a website which has products or services for sale.

What you do is write a blog about the product(s) you want to sell or the services you want to promote eg the affiliate products or the ones on your website or the services you want to promote, on your website or blogging platform. Then you add a link of the the website somewhere in your blog or at the end directing people to it.

For example Here Is A Link you may be interested in if you are interested in driving traffic to your blog and getting leads or people who are interested in your offer.

3. Post blog.

4. Sit back and wait for the readers. One week is a good length of time to check in and see what people think. Readers may leave a comment and recommend blogs to others.

5. Update blog website regularly with more blogs to keep readers interested.

What you do is write a blog about the product(s) on your website and add the link to this website somewhere in your blog or at the end.

How can you be successful?

To be successful you need to write good blogs. Some people are good writers and others have to learn the technique. You need to write what people want to read, add a little humour and maybe some own life experiences. Most importantly you need to get peoples attention by writing an eye catching first sentence. This will make people want to read more and then recommend your blog to others.You will get known on the internet and reap the rewards of success.

Just remember, in order to be successful you need to know what blogging is, where blogs are found, how to start and continue blogging and the art of writing good blogs to grab peoples interest.

So go forth and enjoy Blogging for Success.

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