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by Stride
31 Jul 2006, 07:41
Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
Topic: Boogie Woogie
Replies: 3
Views: 9112

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Hi! I should buy some DVDs or Videos of boogie piano technique. You can or could get sheet music for it. The left hand is worth practicing for hours until you get the beat and rhythm correct and then add the melody with the right. I find it a very difficult jazz style and it obviously means a lot of...
by Stride
31 Jul 2006, 07:25
Forum: Piano Advice
Topic: Asbestos in Hydroceel unit?
Replies: 27
Views: 40522

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Would someone please tell me where these Hydroseel things are in the piano and what on earth they do. We live in an age where we are frightening our children so much they scream at the slightest sign of movement. They are taken to hospital when they receive a bruise or cut their finger, however slig...
by Stride
18 Jan 2005, 23:27
Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
Topic: Seem to have a natural ear for music but reading is so hard!
Replies: 14
Views: 20539

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Seafuryfan, It is perfectly possible and indeed is a fact that you can play entirely without knowing a single thing about any piano theory or ever sight read or scales, chords, keys, anything. People have attained this talent at a degree good enough to achieve worldwide concert acclaim and fame.eg: ...
by Stride
17 Jan 2005, 13:39
Forum: Piano History
Topic: Monarch Piano London
Replies: 7
Views: 18877

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Ref; the Monarch Piano company. In the Pierce Piano Atlas 2003 The Monarch Piano Co. Chicago;is the only firm of that name. If your serial number is correct it suggests that they were built by a big firm. Is there no reference on any other part of the piano like the frame which might have the Chicag...