Let’s look at how music can make a song sound sad even when there are no lyrics — and why we like that so much.
Tag: piano
Whether you’re sitting down at the piano for the first time, or have been playing for years and looking for some fresh inspiration, our archive of piano articles has something for you. For more help getting started on piano, check out Soundfly’s free course Building Blocks of Piano.
A Lesson Learned While Trying Not to Be a ‘Piano Diva’
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What Is a Chord Progression?
Technically speaking, a chord progression is just any succession of musical chords, which themselves are groupings…
A Piano Collaborator’s Ode to an Artform
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A Beginner’s Guide to Morton Feldman — an Intimate Encounter with Sound
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How Rap Ushered the Piano into Its Next Developmental Phase
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RIP Cecil Taylor
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Scarlatti and Rossini Prove That Cat-Inspired Composing Is Hundreds of Years Old
We’ve written on cats in classical music before, so this should come as no surprise…
Hyperbits’ Guide to Layering and Humanizing Pianos
In the world of modern electronic music production, it is critical to introduce more organic…
What Exactly Is a Nocturne, and How Do You Write One?
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