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Types of Sheet Music

Modern sheet music may come in different formats. If a piece is composed for just one instrument or voice (such as a piece for a solo instrument or for a cappella solo voice), the whole work may be written or printed as one piece of sheet music. If an instrumental piece is intended to be performed by more than one person, each performer will usually have a separate piece of sheet music, called a part, to play from. This is especially the case in the publication of works requiring more than four or so performers, though invariably a full score is published as well. The sung parts in a vocal work are not usually issued separately today, although this was historically the case, especially before music printing made sheet music widely available.
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Piano: a word meaning “softly”

My deeply set passion for this instrument comes from the likes of Mozart, Beethoven and our modern day artists such as Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, Enya and the list goes on.

Being able to play the music of these greats is only the start. I believe that understanding the music helps you to play it the way it was intended. There is an apt saying that goes: “life is like a piano, you get what you put into it”. When listening to a particular artist that plays the piano you can almost hear the deepest feeling of him/her.

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Piano’s

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