How to Use an Ostinato Pattern to Make Your Piano Playing Sound Incredible!
Did you know there are only a few patterns used on the piano? For example, there’s the arpeggio, the bass-chord technique, crossed hands, and of course, the ostinato.What’s so special about the ostina…
How to Create Interesting Textures
A lot of new age piano music consists of repeating patterns, or textures in the left hand while the right hand improvises a melody. This approach is really a good one! It frees you up to create in the…
George Winston and David Lanz - Learning How to Play Like Them
Did you know that there are two styles of New Age piano playing? One style is more percussive and staccato ala George Winston. The other, much softer and quieter. You should learn both styles! Why? Be…
Beautiful Music - Create It Yourself with New Age Piano
You’ve heard it many times before. Perhaps while you were out shopping or at a friends house. The beautiful music that has become known as New Age piano was first popularized by pianist/composer Georg…
Learn to Play the Piano
Rocket Piano is a very professionally done piano lesson package. It includes a number of ebooks, audio tracks, and video tracks to support the instructional material. In addition, there’s a ton of ext…
Digital Pianos - Are They Right for You?
Many families are now purchasing digital pianos to learn on. And why not? They’re relatively inexpensive, take up very little space, and produce high quality grand piano sound. But there are certain d…
Trusting Your Inner Voice - Key to Success at the Piano
We all have so many critical voices in our heads.Telling us what’s good, what’s not, and what should be. We must stop the criticism if we are to play the music that is inside of us - but how? How do w…
The Making of a Piano Improvisation - Creating "Winter Scene"
Many people assume that improvisation is magic and that it takes a magician to be able to just sit down at a piano and spontaneously create music. They couldn’t be more wrong! There’s a method to the …

