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Playing the Piano is Like Having an Orchestra at Your Fingertips!
by Andrea Monk
The piano is the second most popular instrument learned - worldwide. It has the widest range of notes of all musical instruments. If you learn the flute or trumpet, you will only be able to play one note at once. With the piano you can play a range of 88 notes and play 1, 2 or many notes together. You literally have an orchestra at your fingertips!
The middle of the piano gives you the mid range notes. This is similar to the viola or the trombone. The middle of the piano is also the same range as the human voice - a low female or high male voice. As you move to the left, the piano notes get lower and darker. This is the bass end of the piano. The range is shared with the double bass, cello, bassoon and tuba.
As you move to the right of the piano, the notes get higher and brighter. This is the treble end of the piano. The range is shared with the flute, trumpet and violin. At the very top of the piano, these very high notes share the same range as the piccolo.
As you play your first simple melody on the piano, listen to the sound and the colour of the notes. In the middle of the piano, the colour is like warm orange. As you move to the right, the sound gets brighter - turning into yellows and white. Down in the bass end, dark purples and browns colour the sound.
Play all the C's on the piano. There are 8 of them in total. Notice how the sound changes as you move from left to right. As you start playing different pieces of music, you will discover the magic of this wonderful instrument. It is like having a whole orchestra at your fingertips!
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Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, 1st mvmt
Yo-Yo Ma with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago SO in this performance from 1997. This concerto will forever be associated with Jaqueline duPre, but YYM gives a performance that is beyond breathtaking. It is fitting that Barenboim is the conductor; I'm sure he feels this concerto is still in very good hands.
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