Jun 13, 2016 · It is indeed half-diminished. A diminished chord has root, m3, b5 and bb7. In F#o it'll be F#, A, C and Eb. The half dim., a.k.a. m7b5 differs only by the m7; E instead of Eb. Its …

Apr 30, 2018 · I've been playing piano by ear for a long time and now I am trying to learn the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata. I am a little confused about the meaning of a little cross …

May 7, 2017 · Roland's later analog synthesizers have a setting for cross-modulation between the two oscillators. I'm trying to find out what the exact technical nature of this effect is. Is it phase …

The thumb has movement up and down (to play the key), and to the sides (to do cross-over, to transition between group of notes). Here is how it looks like: Thumb Over (TO): the thumb is …

Aug 11, 2023 · I'm trying to engrave these phrasing slurs across two staves: I've read this question, but it seems different because the slurred phrase was a single voice that crossed …

May 14, 2014 · As others have pointed out, it’s a tenuto mark. It generally means that you should play the notes detached, but to their full length. And in this context, it certainly does, as the …

Nov 8, 2022 · The triplet is written out in the second example, the one in 4/4 meter. In the 2/4 example, yes, the tied eighths show a full beat crossing the bar line. In the 4/4 example that …

I might try out the left hand part then the right hand part -- to work out the fingering -- but to put them together I would not try to set my left hand off playing E, B, E, C, etc. while independently …

Mar 29, 2012 · In addition to @bearcdp's well written answer, I'd like to point out that almost every piano-teaching book I've read, strongly emphasizes the importance of playing a song/riff in all …

Aug 22, 2015 · The final decision is my ear. I am using the 12th fret as a starter, then the check the 13th and 11th, also cross checking the 3rd and 15th...The method I described in my prev …