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CHAUVEAU, Bruno : Renouveau. (Duo Violon Orgue) .

Violin and Piano (Organ) - Modern classical

Smit, Maarten : 2 Studies No. 2

Piano solo - Modern classical

Wilkinson,Tony : Chromatical Error

Guitar Trio - Classical

Nichifor, Serban : Happy

Guitar and Complementary Tape - Jazz

Finn, Kieran : Song of the Bells

Piano solo - Classical

Kristin Chenoweth - Taylor, The Latte Boy

Kristin Chenoweth - Taylor, The Latte Boy

Featured Artist: Ivie Anderson

Chart debut year: 1944

Piano Lesson - The C-major Chord - How To Use The Right Scale

When you improvise you need to know the relationship between chords and scales. You can of course use your ear when you improvise over chord changes but you will benefit from the freedom of knowing what you are doing when you press down the keys to create music.

For Sale: Roger Linn's original prototype MPC from 1986

Here's the one and only prototype of Roger Linn's Midistudio. It was announced at NAMM in 1986 as the replacement for the Linn 9000.

The Music Thing Massive

During the redesign, I lost the old list of MT contributors and friends. Here's an updated version. Video Thing, Retro Thing, Boing Boing Gadgets, Engadget, Gizmodo, MAKE Magazine, Ektopia,

Is it a guitar? Is it a keyboard? It's a Harpejji. And it costs $6,000

This is a Harpeggi - a new instrument that is essentially a huge, flat Chapman Stick. You play it by tapping the 24 strings on the 24 frets. It was invented by maths professor Jorn Starret as the StarrBoard, but is now being produced by Marcodi Musical Instruments in Maryland, for $5,995 in various finishes.