Piano Logic offers new music instruction program.Piano Logic; www.pianologic.com. $99.99, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ; $89.95, two-volume VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. set directly from www.pianologic.com. Piano Logic is a new video developed by pianist Patty Carlson that enables anyone to play the piano--without reading music--by reducing the instrument's eighty-eight keys and infinite melodies to a series of visual patterns based on the numbers one through seven. Carlson is a self-taught pianist who composed the music for the PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, series Wild America and has taught celebrities such as Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson, Alex Karras Alexander George Karras (born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana), is a former football player, professional wrestler, and actor who is best known for playing with the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1958-1962 and 1964-1971. , Ted Kennedy For other persons named Ted Kennedy, see Ted Kennedy (disambiguation). Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Jr. and the late John Denver to play piano. In Piano Logic, Carlson teaches students to play before they learn musical notation, just as children learn to speak before they learn to read. Her approach enables beginners to play intricate melodies almost from the first lesson, simultaneously planting the seeds for easily interpreting sheet music. The video offers 153 minutes of simple visual demonstrations that present a bird's-eye of the entire keyboard and superimpose su·per·im·pose tr.v. su·per·im·posed, su·per·im·pos·ing, su·per·im·pos·es 1. To lay or place (something) on or over something else. 2. numerical notations above Carlson's fingering. Piano Logic illustrates a "numeric language of music" in which the numbers one through seven are used to define chords, arpeggios and melodic sequences in any key. Carlson uses the same numeric terminology to demonstrate the structure behind such evergreen tunes as "Silent Night," "Amazing Grace" and Beethoven's "Fur Elise," as well as to describe how composers create different emotions and genres. For more information contact Piano Logic. |
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