How to Play Drop 2 Piano Chords - Bruce Hornsby Style | Rodney East

Listen to Count Basie’s recording of “Li’l Darlin’” if you want to hear how this is done at a very high level of virtuosity.

The principles of combination playing are fairly simple. Let's take our old friend, the C major scale, out for a walk:1. Play the C scale only using two notes per string:Notice that with this fingering, you move downthe neck as the scale goes up; and that you move upthe neck as the scale goes down! Isn't that interesting? I wonder what might be the

When you learn anything, go for depth and make it rock solid. If you learn a piece of music for the piano, then, instead of just memorizing finger movements, learn to hear each note and understand the structure of the piece.

The basis of Berry’s rhythm was an alternation of guitar chords comparable to the “alley” piano style of the Coaster’s “Searchin’ ”, but the effect was complicated by frequent lead guitar figures and by a piano that seemed to be played almost regardless of the melody taken by the singer and the rest of the musicians.

Many classical sonatas can be broken into three sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation.