Paul Tobey's Articles in Music

  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.