Playing with Others
My first memory of playing the piano with others is sharing the bench with my two older siblings. Since I was the youngest in the family, I would get to sit on the end […]
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Guest Contributor on Sep 28, 2012
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Learn Soulful Grace (Amazing Grace) – The final piece
Hello again, Simply Music community! This is the third and final article in my Soulful Grace series. Here I’m presenting an introduction and an ending for Soulful Grace that, while relatively simple to play, […]
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Guest Contributor on Sep 28, 2012
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Are You a Musician?
I spend a lot of time investigating online articles about music and its role, and which examine our musicality. In many cases they may be discussing research, which usually serves to confirm that we are […]
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Gordon Harvey on Jul 29, 2012
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Playing for Others
Who likes to perform in front of others? I don’t see many hands up. It seems like there’s a rare breed of person who just loves an audience, and the rest of us recoil in […]
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Gordon Harvey on May 30, 2012
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Walk Before You Run
How many things can you think of that have nasty side effects? Medicines. Technologies. Political policies. Even just things we’ve said or done to people we know. How many times have you been thrust into […]
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Guest Contributor on Apr 8, 2012
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The Art of Coaching
The term “Coaching” brings many things to mind but perhaps the most common is the image of a professional sports coach—like Vince Lombardi or soccer coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Professional sports coaches train athletes to […]
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Guest Contributor on Dec 16, 2011
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