Learning Keyboard: Understand the nuances of time signatures By Noel Prashanth Published on: The 4-beat note in 4/4 is referred to as a semibreve, the 2-beat note in 2/4 as a minim (with two minims played in a bar), and the 1-beat note as a crotchet (with four crotchets played in a bar). In -1-2-3-...
Learning Keyboard: Introduction to time signatures in music By Noel Prashanth Published on: FThe 4/4 time signature is nothing but 4 beats in a bar (measure) or the -1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4- that we’ve been using till now. The 3/4 is nothing but 3 beats in a bar or -1-2-3-1-2-3-, and is used by a very popu...
Learning Keyboard: How to achieve chord inversions on the keyboard By Noel Prashanth Published on: Chord inversions basically involve rotation, that is, for the C Major chord, instead of 1-3-5 C-E-G (root position), play E-G-C (1st inversion), and then G-C-E (2nd inversion). The same thing works in...
Learning Keyboard: Learn about accompaniment using block and broken chords By Noel Prashanth Published on: To illustrate the difference, play the C Major chord triad 1-3-5 with all fingers at once – that’s a block chord. As opposed to this, if you play the chord one finger at a time 1-3-5, then it ...
Learning Keyboard: Use a metronome to set and gradually increase the tempo By Noel Prashanth Published on: By pressing the metronome button, you should hear a 4-beat sort of sound. Your digital display will give a reading – larger the number, faster the tempo, smaller the number, slower the tempo. ...