Learning Keyboard: Let the sound sustain with a damper pedal By Noel Prashanth Published on: The sustain pedal is a foot-operated pedal with an up/down action. When you press down, the sound produced by pressing a key is sustained until you lift your foot or the sound decays gradually. Use it to pr...
Learning Keyboard: Learn a progression using triads and inversions By Noel Prashanth Published on: A Minor in root position (A, C, E), F Major 1st inversion (A, C, F), C Major 2nd inversion (G, C, E), and G Major in root position (G, B, D). As for the counting, play two chords in a bar, 1st chord (...
Learning Keyboard: Master the two dynamic controls in keyboard By Noel Prashanth Published on: Dynamics are nothing but the modulation in a song – the loud and soft bits. There are two dynamic controls that you need to learn – the piano and the forte. Basically, when you see piano, play it soft/gen...
Learning Keyboard: Level up your practice routines with scales and arpeggios By Noel Prashanth Published on: Set your metronome to 80 and practise the C Major scale. Remember to accent the first note (the C note). Arpeggios are a bit similar to broken chords but they follow the pattern of finger nu...
Learning Keyboard: Learn to play pop chord progressions on the keyboard By Noel Prashanth Published on: The first pop progression in the scale of C that you need to know is the 1-5-6-4 (C Major 2nd inversion, G Major in root position, A Minor in root position, F Major 1st inversion). The second pro...