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Paul Tobey's Articles in Music

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  • Why Take Piano Lessons?
    If you are to continue with piano lessons then it is important to understand why you took them in the first place. Keeping motivated is the key to learning faster and easier. How to keep motivated is the easiest part if you understand why.
  • What Makes a Great Entertainer?
    There is a secret ingredient to being a great entertainer and its not talent. Granted a certain amount of talent is required but for the most part learning to entertain is a science.
  • Train the Trainer, Mastering the Art of Public Speaking
    Good public speaking starts with enrolling and engaging your audience 100% of the time. It should be entertaining and educational at the same time.
  • The Audience is the Star Not the Entertainer
    To learn to be a great entertainer involves learning the basic premise of a great performance. The audience is the star, not the entertainer.
  • Public Speaking Training Can Really Help Your Business
    Public speaking training involves finding a training company who knows how to enroll and engage an audience. Winging it is not an option. Get the right training and your company will grow fast.
  • Piano Lesson – Voicing Your Chords
    The art of voicing piano chords is one that few teachers pay any attention to. Yet, it is by far the most important lesson that aspiring pianists can learn.
  • Piano Lesson – Improvisation Made Easy
    Learning a simple 4, 5, 1 chord progression is the key to understanding how to improvise. Most western music is based on this progression and this quick piano lesson can help you understand it.
  • Piano and the Risk of Tendonitis
    Repetetive strain injuries are common for pianists. The up and down movements can cause serious damage to muscles, joints and nerves. Learning to avoid injury is important if you wish to keep playing.
  • Online Piano Lessons
    Take an online piano lesson and discover how much fun music can be. It's important to learn the whole of music than just the notes.
  • Mastering Your Life and Tinnitus
    In order for you to have master over your tinnitus you must learn to master your emotions and your thoughts. In other words, learning to master your entire life will result in better tinnitus.
  • Learning Piano by Ear - Good or Bad Idea?
    Why is it that so many people believe that learning piano by ear is a good way? This just isn't so, at least based on my experience. You'll need more than just your ear if you truly want to learn and understand the piano.
  • How to Throw a Christmas Kareoke Party
    Christmas Kareoke is a must at your next Christmas Party. Here's a few tips on how to make it work.
  • How Does a Musician Deal With Tinnitus?
    If you're a musician who has tinnitus it's important to realize that you do have only 2 options to choose from. Either you move forward in acceptance of tinnitus or you bury yourself in chronic negativity.
  • Finding the Right Piano Teacher
    The right piano teacher is not always easy to find. You may have to travel or you can decide to study online with a professional musician who knows how to teach.
  • Danny Boy and Happy Birthday - 2 Great Songs, 2 Great Mysteries
    If you sang happy birthday publicly you'd actually owe money to the publisher. That's what we call copyright. But the copyright for it and other popular standards like Danny Boy are up in the air.
  • Blues Piano Lessons - A Quick Tutorial
    A basic blues progression is something that every pianist should know. Here's a quick piano lesson to get started learning the right chords and the right scales.
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