Master Piano Grooves vs Functional Ear Trainer

60 ways to play songs at the piano in one easy to use app with lessons and printable pdfs. Do a lesson a day and play like a pro in 60 days. If you take private lessons weekly this amazing piano app is like having 60 weeks worth of private lessons all in one place at any time for a fraction of the price of a regular private Lesson!!! Take any piano sheet music, or lead sheet, and play an accompaniment for a song at first sight using the concepts shown in this app. Composer & Pianist Ariel J. Ramos has put together a set of 60 piano grooves for intermediate to advanced piano players which include essential accompaniment concepts and piano techniques. Grooves are organized by style and difficulty. Each Groove is shown as follows: • Name and Main Concept- Each groove is assigned a name for mnemonic support and focuses on a specific technique or concept. • Tutorial & Demo Video - Ariel shows and explains each groove and technique in detail and then plays and example using a specific chord progression. • Sheet Music - Shows the groove in standard music notation and chord symbols. • Metronome - so you can practice the groove at different tempos • Styles - Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Rock, Pop, Contemporary, Latin and much more You may view the video and score together or in full screen (video or score) You can find more info at mDecks.com and... Practice, practice, practice!

Have you (or maybe one of your friends) ever wanted to learn to transcribe or play music by ear? It is so important for a musician to know what you are hearing. A good musical ear helps when you are composing, improvising, transcribing melodies, or playing with others. Most likely you have already tried different programs to learn to recognize intervals or even to acquire perfect pitch. However, although such programs develop your ear, but can you actually play any melody you hear as soon as you listen to it? Imagine you could understand music... It is like when somebody is talking to you, you not only hear pleasant sounds, but you recognize words and their meaning. One day I came across Alain Benbassat's program called "Functional Ear Trainer" and have been using it ever since. It is based on Alain's method to learn to recognize tones. The main difference between the Functional Ear Trainer and other methods is that it teaches you to distinguish between tones in the context of a particular musical key. You begin to recognize the role (or function) of each tone in this key, which is incredibly similar to its role in other keys of the same scale. And it is *guaranteed* anyone can gradually develop this skill. It does not matter: - who you are - an absolute beginner in music or a virtuoso professional musician; - how old you are - a 3 yo kid or a 90+ adult; - what musical instrument you play (you don't even have to play one). The only requirement is to practice for 10 minutes a day. I was so excited about this ear trainer that I have developed a mobile app based on the Alain Benbassat method. I hope you will find it useful.