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Frederic Chopin was born March 1, 1810 in the Duchy of Warsaw in Poland. He was not very old when his potential was recognized. In fact, he was regarded as a child prodigy pianist. As early as seven, Frederic Chopin was performing in front of an audience and composed two of his first pieces in the same year. When he was a young man, he left Poland and would never return. He eventually made his way to Paris where he worked as a piano teacher and a composer. He did not perform very often as most of his time was put into his teaching and personal work, though he did perform in a few concerts from time to time.

The first instrument that Frederic Chopin learned to play was the piano. He was creative from the start, making up his own tunes, and received his first piano lessons from his older sister. He was six years of age when he received his first professional lessons and it was not long before his skill and talent surpassed that of his teacher. The same year that he first began performing in public, he composed G minor and B flat major, two polonaises. In 1926, he went to the Warsaw conservatory, which was a part of the Warsaw University and studied with Jozef Elsner for a period of three years. It was after this that he left Poland and would eventually make his way to Paris. When he first arrived in Paris, he was uncertain about whether he would remain there or not; however, it would soon become his home. He would remain there for some time and travel around while he performed. He eventually married and had two children. Later, his health deteriorated and he eventually past away from tuberculosis.

From the start, Frederic Chopin was different from other composers and musicians, such as Mozart and Beethoven. He was more innovative, more creative and more experimental with music than the great ones before him. In fact, he created new forms of music that was beautiful and was more of an emotional expression of Chopin’s. He made innovations in waltz, impromptu, prelude and many other existing forms of music. This particular musician and composer made an incredible impact on music. He introduced a change from the original forms that would greatly influence the future of music. He was the first composer to write ballads and pieces of music separately, and changed etudes, among other genres, into expressive and emotional pieces.

Much of his music was also thought to be influenced by his beloved homeland, Poland. Many of his pieces were an effort to celebrate the culture of his homeland. Even though he left Poland to grow in his musical career, his heart was always rooted there and much of his inspiration came from the home he loved so much. Even after Russia regained control of Poland, which was a main reason why he could never return home, he continued to show his love for Poland through his music in a number of compositions.

Learn how to use the envelope filters and modifiers and VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier on vintage analog synthesizers and modular keyboards in this free online video music lesson.

Learn how to affect and control the pitch on a vintage analog synthesizer or vintage keyboard in this free online video music lesson.

It will not only help them learn something new but also help them to develop the faculties of minds like concentration, creativity and patience. And what would be better than learning to play piano?

You can motivate your kids to learn either guitar or piano. Both are excellent hobbies for them to pursue. It will help them to develop their overall personalities as well their creative skills and will teach them to be patient, consistent and determined over doing something. As you might be know that sports develop their sportsman spirit and their skills to work as a team in achieving a goal and help develop physical endurance and stamina. So if sports and games are coupled with hobbies to develop their creative skills and other mental skills, it contributes to the overall development of your child.

I will help you find the best guitar and piano courses that are affordable and best suited for your kids. You will find thousands and thousands of keyboard and guitar lessons on the internet but not all are good. That’s the reason I have reviewed and filtered out the better ones out of them for you. If I talk about piano courses online these are the most easy to learn, affordable and reliable ones that I would recommend.

1.   Rocket Piano
2.   Learn and Master Piano
3.   PianoForAll

Rocket Piano is quite comprehensive, highly affordable and is good for beginners, intermediate and advanced levels. But at the same time PianoForAll will teach you Piano in a rather shorter time, but very superficial. But very good for beginners and intermediate level players. And if you are a person who wants to learn each and every detail about Piano right from building a strong foundation and slowly progress towards an expert level, then you need not look beyond Learn and Master Piano.

And for guitar there are more choices and options for you. But amongst them the best suited ones for your kids would be

1.   Learn and Master Guitar
2.   Elmore Music – Guitar Tips
3.   Jamorama Guitar
4.   JamPlay

Learn and Master Guitar is again from the creators of Learn and Master Piano. They have home learning systems for many hobbies and arts for children and adults. I personally would recommend Learn and Master series for both guitar and piano if you are looking for a rather conventional learning experience with in-depth coverage on each topic. Learn and Master courses span over a period of 2-3 years and are DVD based which you can learn at the convenience of your homes.

Elmore Music is a video guitar course from Chris Elmore and is a modular guitar course having different guitar courses for different styles of playing like for strumming they have a course, and they have separate courses for beginners, advanced, and special courses that are genre based. This is one of the best courses that beginners can count on.

JamPlay is good for beginners who wants to specialize in different genres as well as get a good foundation on the guitar as a whole. The main benefits are extremely high quality HD quality video lessons taught by over 35 world class guitar tutors.

Jamorama is the most affordable and comprehensive guitar course for beginners, and nobody has ever come near their price tag. I do not know any other guitar course providing so much of structured and logically arranged learning material for beginner and intermediate skill levels in such a low price. The best part is that you can download the entire course to your computer and learn it offline at your pace and convenience.

Learn how the notes are named on a piano and where to find them on the keyboard in thisfree online video music lesson on how to play the piano for beginners. Expert: Omri Goldshtrom Bio: Omri Goldshtrom has been playing the piano for over 10 years. He currently teaches lessons to students of all ages.

Learn about how to use the LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) on a analog synthesizer or modular vintage keyboard in this free online video music lesson.