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How to keep to time playing piano/other musical instruments

Ugo Onwutalu

When learning a piece of music do you get carried away in wanting to hear the finished product even if you’re only halfway through the work and can’t play it properly yet? If so, you probably alsp get either excited or impatient to move the music along. So you rush […]

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Want to learn to play your favourite melody/tune by ear WITHOUT perfect pitch? Read on

Ugo Onwutalu

By Ugo Onwutalu Playing your favourite tune by ear can be rewarding once you know how. The challenge is in being able to recreate what you hear, especially if you don’t have perfect pitch. Here are some tips for getting closer to reproducing your favourite songs (this applies mainly to […]

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Why smart work is overrated in music – sometimes, learning the hard way is best

Ugo Onwutalu

This post probably won’t go down well with many of you but I don’t mind. It’s important to speak the truth on these matters. I see a lot of advice on various sites for becoming successful in any area of life talk about “working smarter, “getting an edge” and […]

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Music Theory – Piano/Keyboard Intervals lesson (with audio) part 3

Ugo Onwutalu

This post includes audio which might require installation depending on your browser Tritone – a musical interval that spans three whole tones Diminished Triads consist of two minor thirds above the root Augmented Triad – a triad, or chord, consisting of two major thirds (an augmented fifth). Inversions of chords […]

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MUSIC BUSINESS FAME & OPPORTUNITY – HOW TO GET STARTED

Ugo Onwutalu

This is not a precise “how to get into the music industry” manual. Anyone who knows anything about the music business knows the difficulties when trying to ‘make it big’ and the pitfalls if you are lucky enough to get there. What this article does it give pointers as to […]

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