1st Piano

Here are some free preschool lesson plans for making music with your preschool class or your own preschoolers at home. These are very simple, and will introduce your preschooler to listening and thinking about music. These activities will help your preschoolers learn: -To listen for the difference between loud sounds and soft sounds -To identify how sounds are the same or different -Different ways they can create music with their own voices. Now, onto the fun! 1. What's making that sound? Look around your home and collect items like marbles, bells, pencils, paperclips, and other small items. Put one item in a small box and shake it around. Ask your preschooler what they think is in the box. Does it make a soft or a loud sound? 2. Make your own rock band! Go outside and collect rocks of different sizes. Your preschoolers might even enjoy helping you with this. Then pick up various rocks and bang them together, one pair at a time. Ask your preschoolers if they can ...

By Mark Hirst A mobile is no more used for the sole purpose of taking calls or sending and receiving messages. All the latest mobile handsets are now-a-days equipped with all possible features that are essential for entertainment. A Nokia N96 handset is just the perfect entertainment device especially for those who are keener about getting the perfect video recording and viewing experience. This phone is contains the latest technology of mobile videos. As this has become a proven fact that internet, TV and video are three of the most commonly used modes of entertainment of today's world, the Nokia N96 model that comes with a large and crystal clear display and a wide range of video watching options has gained extreme popularity among the customers of all generations. This particular handset contains some of the highest speed connections which are empowered by the "Nokia Video Center". Nokia N96 supports almost all types of video formats like the Flash, Win...

Maybe you remember what it was like to roll down the windows of your favorite muscle car and crank up the radio listening to music that 'motivated' you in ways that generally meant applying extra pressure to the gas pedal. We all have a strong emotional attachment to music. It could be music that was introduced to us by family members or an almost inner calling to a certain music style that seemed to speak to our very souls from the moment we first heard it. Is it any wonder we see so many individuals with iPod ear buds nestled inside the ear being whisked away to a place of sensory expanding joy? Private reception has been the primary means of musical enjoyment via the iPod. These were meant for personal fulfillment, yet there are times that joy must be shared. Accessories have been made to allow the iPod to be played in the home, but the need for portability has been taken into consideration in the form of car adapter kits that allow music lovers to share thei...

Yesterday, in a move that garnered worldwide media attention, Apple computer did the unthinkable: They changed the pricing model of their music. The change was not exactly earthshaking in nature, at least according to the vast majority of media. Apple was merely changing track prices to 69¢, 99¢, and $1.29, and moving away from the flat 99¢ per track that has been the model for so many years. This marks a major concession on the part of Steve Jobs, as it had been his goal to keep pricing at 99¢ per track, pretty much forever. What did change yesterday were the fundamentals of  Apple's business model. It was ignored by the vast majority of the non-tech media, as they fell over themselves to explain the new pricing model. You see, yesterday, Apple computer freed their music of all Digital Rights Management. For the first time in the history of the iTunes music store, users would be able to purchase any track, transfer it to any music player, and copy it an unlimited nu...

The USB Record Player is one of those gadgets that have slowly had an increase in demand over recent years. This has been due to the interest in helping to bring back to life lots of those old 45s on Vinyl. Remember all those old classics that you collected since you were a teenager? Well, time can stand still once again as these latest gadgets can make the whole process of converting your old vinyl music, from 33s, 45s and even 78s, as easy as 1 2 3. And the great thing about these gadgets is they don't have to cost an arm and a leg either. With prices ranging from around £40 (or even cheaper) for the basic model to £400 for the professional models, which can even record straight to your iPod. So what can these gadgets really do and what are the most popular and reliable ones available? For a start they really are a simple piece of equipment. All they contain are a turntable and a lead, which connects between the record play and the USB port on your computer (MAC an...

By Brian E Taylor If you are reading this article you probably are looking for a real way that you can learn to rap. Learning how to rap can be done if provided with the right information and resources. There are several "learn to rap" guides floating around on the internet that claim to be able to show anyone who wants to learn how to rap how to do so, and do it well. There is one guide out there titled "Rap Like A Pro" that has been getting a lot of attention as of late This article is a real review of "Rap Like A Pro". Hopefully this review will help you decide weather or not this guide will help you reach your rap goal of finding a legit learn to rap guide. I decided to review this guide because for it to be so new, it has been getting a lot of attention on the internet. What I mean by this is, I have been seeing this guide all over the place. In search engines, hip-hop forums, blogs even Youtube. After seeing this product for seemingly ...

If you are a musician concerned about making money in your chosen field, you know you need to educate yourself about the business of music. Of all the great music business books out there that I've seen, two stand out as ideal for the musician ready to make a serious study of music industry. Donald Passman's All You Need to Know about the Music Industry is a great choice for the performing artist; in addition to getting deep into the nitty-gritty of copyright, royalties, and record contracts, he walks musicians through the critical process of picking lawyers, managers, accountants, and other professional managers. The great strength of this dense book is in its detail; Mr. Passman takes common music business terms and explains what they are and how they affect artists. Mr. Passman's grimly humorous explanations and illustrations of recoupment, the practice of record companies charging back all album expenses against artists' royalties, are excellent examp...

By Glenda Bixler Historian Guy Graybill undoubtedly loves music as well as history. So if you are a fan of either, I am certain you will want to consider his latest book, Bravo! Greatness of Italian Music, published by the Dante University Press. I must say immediately that I very much enjoyed this writer's brilliant presentation of what many will see as a major historical text with indepth, well-documented information on his chosen topic. This is very true! But there were subtle small touches that added to my personal delight, such as: · His use of Acts rather than the common "chapter" to separate his material. · His choice of highlighting both Sinatra and Pavarotti on the cover to show the breadth of his content. · His inclusion of small asides of personal opinion and/or tidbits of humor that normally would never appear in a significant research effort; for instance his personal comment about ballet: "What perversity resides within the masculine sou...

If you like guitar and want to learn how to play it, you may want to research the net in order to get a good tutor program. You will find that there are many guitar tutoring programs that you can find. This article will give you Jamorama Acoustic review. You will be able to judge if the program is right for you after reading this article. The program is made by a musician, Ben Edwards. He is a professional guitarist who has been on tour internationally for many years. He later on decided to teach people how to play guitar and cam up with his famous electric guitar course called Jamorama. Jamorama acoustic is the version which focuses on acoustic guitar. The product is made out of comprehensive 235 pages book which teach guitar playing from the beginner to the advanced player. Also, there are 153 videos which teach step by step of how to start playing guitar until you are good at it. Jamorama acoustic also provides several acoustic guitar tracks that you can use it to pl...

By Anna Kowalski Are you like me?  Are you trying to learn how to play the piano too?  I think I've reviewed all of the top courses on how to play the piano out there and I've learned some things in the process. First of all, you have to decide a few things.  Will you find and hire a personal instructor?  Have you considered just how expensive this will be?  Also, what about personalities?  Have you ever had another instructor, in school perhaps, where your personalities just seemed to clash?  What about time?   Will you be able to dedicate a routine amount of time to meet with your instructor ( and where will you meet)?  At the end of the day, this option didn't make sense for me.  What about you? So then I started looking online and literally searched for the top courses on how to play the piano.  I found several interesting websites.  Some of them looked like they were built in the 90's, and some where b...