Picture the fog as it rolls into the picturesque hills of San Francisco, hearing Tony Bennett playing on the radio and listening to the classic piano lick in this tune.

Scott Houston shows you the easy piano chords to play “I left my Heart in San Francisco”.  Watch the video clip and enjoy.

Sandeep Khurana’s previous releases include “Mantra Chants on New Age Music”, a devotional album set to new age music, “Semblances and Me, World Music Album”, “Shiva Chants”, “Yoga Music in 10 Volumes: Music for Tantra”, “Yoga Music by SK Infinity”, “New Age Yoga Music”, “Ethereal Chakra Sounds”, “Nature Sounds, Music for Relaxation”, “Zen Osho Music Lounge”, “Ocean Flutes from Osho Music Lounge”, “Nature Yoga Exotica”, “In My Eyes Exalted World Dance”, “Yoga Music and Guided Meditations”, “Yoga Music in 10 Volumes: The Infinite Elements”, “Reiki Healing Music”, and others.

A versatile composer with a distinctive style, Sandeep Khurana’s psychedelic albums are cross-genre from Contemporary New Age, Neo Classical, Psychedelic and Easy Listening to Dance and World Music. His music is uplifting, has a mystifying feel and arouses deep emotions. Typically his productions encompass use of strings, pads, drums, acoustic guitars, resonant flutes, ethnic sounds, percussion, and several synthesized instruments with a plethora of synthesized effects. The compositions incorporate elements of melody, and rhythm blended with layers and layers of harmonic effects. The ethereal sounds and vibrations take the listeners beyond the physical realms, transporting them into a world more psychedelic and abstract.

His music, released by SK Infinity World Media, is available on popular online stores including iTunes and his songs continue being ranked high in iTunes Top 100 New Age Music Charts in UK, Norway, Mexico, and Sweden (source music-chart.info) since 2010. His music has been part of TV productions on STAR TV (for an Asian Reality Show), Channel V (for an Asian Reality Show), KMVT15 California TV Channel (Documentary on Green House), and other channels in Florida, and Chicago. In 2009, he produced new age instrumental albums as a tribute to the Bollywood genius versatile artist Kishore Kumar titled “Kishore Kumar, The Gifted Voice Instrumentals” and to music composer RD Burman, titled “RD Burman, The Digital Way”. In 2010, he produced a series of new age music albums group-titled as “Osho Music Lounge”, a set of fusion music albums with nature sounds artistically interwoven with acoustic guitars, flutes, strings, and electronic synthesizers. Another recent release, titled as ‘Yoga Music and Guided Meditations’ is a set of guided meditations for Yoga practitioners and learners. Another recent release, “Mantra Chants on New Age Music”, has harmonious voices artistically blended with new age sounds arousing devotional feelings in the heart of the listeners and educating them more about Mantra chanting & healing practices.

Sandeep Khurana has also published articles on Music, Sound Healing, Yoga, and produced documentaries on different forms of Yoga, group titled as Yoga Lifestyle New Age. More information about his work is available on his websites http://sandeepkhurana.com and http://skivamusic.com .

Above photo shows Daniel Nicholls singing the song he composed for the royal couple.

Now that Kate Middleton is married to the Prince, piano enthusiasts wonder whether Princess Kate has ever taken piano lessons.

47 year old Daniel Nicholls is the man who taught Kate Middleton and most of her family (mother Carole, sister Pippa and brother James) how to play piano. He lives only a stone’s throw away from the Middleton family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire.

According to Daniel Nicholls, Kate Middleton studied piano from the years 1995 to 1997 and can play up to Grade 3 level. Not enough to be a concert pianist, but enough to appreciate music.

This piano teacher has made a special gift for the Royal couple’s wedding by composing his own song for the couple. He has also sent a recording of “A Song for Kate (and William)” to them as a unique wedding present. It was written as a duet, with parts for William and Kate.

Below is a video clip of the song sung by the eharmonic choir.

C chord
A chord
F chord
G chord

It is always best to learn piano at a young age, when there are no family responsibilities and plenty to time. For those who missed out due to lack of opportunity, it is never too late. Many retired adults or empty nesters suddenly find themselves with time on their hands and are turning to piano as a hobby.

Face it, adults learning piano at a late age in life do not have the time and patience to memorize or practice classical music notes to perfection. They simply want to play a few popular music pieces for fun and enjoyment. Thus, the popularity of the piano chords software and ebooks. Adults have the discipline and focus to teach themselves through a book, software or videos. Piano ebooks or videos features easy piano chord fingering techniques, and with today’s video technology, we can watch the finger movements of the players, again and again by hitting the replay button.

Here is a piece of software or ebooks called Piano for All, that suits adult piano learners well. Considering the costs of piano lessons versus the cost of ebooks/software, ebooks are cheap and they keep.

Just check out this sample lesson page.

For the romantics and Jane Austen fans, this scene is simply unforgettable.

Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice) was invited by Georgina and Darcy to Pemberly for dinner. There, Elizabeth and Georgina took turns in playing the piano and singing.

There have been several movie remakes of Pride and Prejudice, but my favorite one is the BBC series featuring Colin Firth as Darcy.

In the late 18th-19th century, the piano was the means by which a woman provide songs and entertainment for the family. Women make frequent trips to the post office to check on the arrival of the latest piece of music journal or periodicals. A woman of the upper class must have thorough knowledge of music (which includes playing the piano) singing, drawing, dancing and the modern languages. Jane Austen herself played the piano.

Ever wonder what to do with used pianos? Touring internationally since 2008, ‘Play Me, I’m Yours’ is an artwork by artist Luke Jerram placing used, refurbished pianos in major cities at all kinds of locations including outdoors and indoors. These pianos are also known as street pianos, because they appear at many major street intersections.

The photo above shows a street piano at the London Liverpool Street Station. 30 free-to-use pianos have been scattered around old London town as a part of this month’s Sing London festival, encouraging pedestrians to hit the keys and engage with their urban environment.

Street pianos are appearing in cities across the world. Located in parks, squares, bus shelters and train stations, outside galleries, markets and on bridges and ferries, the pianos are for any member of the public to enjoy and claim ownership of. So far, Jerram has installed 167 pianos in 8 different cities worldwide.

Who plays them and how long they remain is up to each community. Each piano acts as sculptural, musical, blank canvas that becomes a reflection of the communities it is embedded into. Many pianos are personalised and decorated.

Questioning the ownership and rules of public space ‘Play Me, I’m Yours’ is a provocation, inviting the public to engage with, activate and take ownership of their urban environment.

This poster could be named: First Piano Lesson. The first lesson is being given by an instructor in a green dress to a red-headed youngster in a beige print. With the red and yellow background and indigo carpet, the richly-colored poster could easily have been a skirmish of competing hues. But Oges keen eye melds them together harmoniously in this quaint design.

Oges principal claim to fame was his long tenure as house artist for printer Charles Verneau around the turn of the century; he also, however, produced numerous drawings that were well-received in fine-art circles. Eugene Oge, a did a number of great advertising during his lifetime from 1861-1936. He was a major figure in the Belle Epoque and did many outstanding ads for resorts, food, and all sorts of beverage brands.

As a piano teacher, this is one of the collection I have on my piano studio.

A retrospective exhibition of all his posters drew a large audience at the Bibliotheque Forney in Paris during the summer of 1998.

This is an antique advertising poster for a piano company. I love these old vintage photos. It is so romantic and nostalgic.

Greensleeves was believed to have been composed by King Henry VIII of England, but this cannot be confirmed. The tune has been used for the Christmas carol, “What Child Is This?”