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BENEFITS OF DANCING

7 Important Benefits of Dancing Author Norma Budden   Dancing Captivates People Everywhere! What are the benefits of dancing? Is it an act you participate in just to pass the time during the weekend or, possibly, a weeknight? Do you dance so you can feel beautiful and graceful for a change, or does it hold something of more value for you? What is so important about the act of dancing? Of course, it's an entertaining exercise, but why is it so captivating? Why do you crave "the dance?" Why do you dance when the music gets into your soul? Why does dancing sometimes make you laugh out loud or lean in close to your dance partner? Furthermore, what is so special about dancing with someone you love, or even dancing with a stranger? Why does your baby experience much delight when you sway around the room to the music? Why do you get excited and dance for joy? This article will explore some of the important benefits which abound for dancers, reg

How to Read and Play Piano Chords.

Understanding Music Theory Have you ever seen those letters up above the staff in your sheet music and wondered what they are? Those letters are chord symbols. Although guitar players use chord symbols all the time, for many piano students chords are a mysterious art. Some piano teachers never cover them at all (Some of my teachers I had while I was growing up ever did). But for folk, jazz, pop, highlife, hiplife Gospel and rock musicians, chords are the foundation of how they think about, play, and perform music. In this article I’ll tell you how to make piano chords, how to read chord symbols, and lots of ways to use chords to make your piano playing more amazing than ever. Part 1 – What Is a Chord? Most simply put, if you play more than one note at a time you’ve got a chord. So which notes do you play to make what chord? With eighty-eight keys on the piano, that makes an impossible number of combinations, right? Actually it’s simpler than that. The piano keyboard is made u