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Can Anyone Learn to Compose?

Can Anyone Learn to Compose?

Can Anyone Learn to Compose?

3 days ago5 min read

Diana Mascari performing Jerome Kern's Yesterdays in a jazz piano arrangement

Diana Mascari performing Jerome Kern's Yesterdays in a jazz piano arrangement

How Do You Make a Song Your Own?

7 days ago5 min read

Composer developing a musical composition using musical sketches

Composer developing a musical composition using musical sketches

How Do You Continue a Musical Composition?

Jun 127 min read

Composer exploring ideas for a new composition

Composer exploring ideas for a new composition

How Do You Start a Musical Composition?

composition lessons

May 305 min read

Diana Mascari playing jazz piano

Diana Mascari playing jazz piano

How Do Jazz Piano and Composition Inspire Each Other?

May 294 min read

Diana Mascari performing piano music

Diana Mascari performing piano music

How Can I Share the Music I Play or Compose with Others?

Tips for Better Piano Playing

May 196 min read

Solo piano performance in a relaxed setting

Solo piano performance in a relaxed setting

What Are the Advantages of Playing Solo Piano as Background Music?

Tips for Better Piano Playing

May 166 min read

At the piano, where improvisation, composing, and listening come together—and where one musical thought can grow into something much larger.

At the piano, where improvisation, composing, and listening come together—and where one musical thought can grow into something much larger.

Why Compose When You Can Play the Piano?

composition lessons

May 84 min read

Jazz piano performance of Green Dolphin Street with expressive improvisation

Jazz piano performance of Green Dolphin Street with expressive improvisation

Green Dolphin Street: When Music Becomes Something More

Tips for Better Piano Playing

May 14 min read

Jazz piano performance of It Might As Well Be Spring with expressive rubato and samba improvisation

Jazz piano performance of It Might As Well Be Spring with expressive rubato and samba improvisation

What Happens When a Song Begins One Way—and Becomes Something Else? (Jazz Piano from Rubato to Samba)

Tips for Better Piano Playing

Apr 273 min read

Composer at piano deciding what to write next in music composition

Composer at piano deciding what to write next in music composition

How Does a Composer Decide What to Write Next?

Apr 255 min read

What Happens When You Turn a Jazz Standard into a Samba?

What Happens When You Turn a Jazz Standard into a Samba?

What Happens When You Turn a Jazz Standard into a Samba?

Tips for Better Piano Playing

Apr 144 min read

Composer Diana Mascari with the Foundry Saxophone Quartet after their performance of “Finding a Peaceful Place Under the Clouds.”

Composer Diana Mascari with the Foundry Saxophone Quartet after their performance of “Finding a Peaceful Place Under the Clouds.”

The True Nature of Musical Collaboration

Motivation & Inspiration

Mar 104 min read

Some songs never stop giving back.

Some songs never stop giving back.

What Makes a Song Worth Playing for Fifty Years?

Tips for Better Piano Playing

Mar 64 min read

What Is a Tritone — and What Is a Tritone Substitute?

What Is a Tritone — and What Is a Tritone Substitute?

What Is a Tritone — and What Is a Tritone Substitute?

Feb 244 min read

Diana Mascari Composing with Pencil and Staff Paper at the Piano

Diana Mascari Composing with Pencil and Staff Paper at the Piano

Why Do Some Musical Pieces Have Multiple Movements?

Jan 275 min read

Our Day Will Come — Solo Piano Performance by Diana Mascari

Our Day Will Come — Solo Piano Performance by Diana Mascari

Why Play a Song Your Own Way? Our Day will Come

Jan 205 min read

What Are Basic Jazz Chords — and How Can They Support Your Melodic Ideas?

What Are Basic Jazz Chords — and How Can They Support Your Melodic Ideas?

What Are Basic Jazz Chords — and How Can They Support Your Melodic Ideas?

Tips for Better Piano Playing

Dec 27, 20254 min read

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