| If you've ever visited YouTube you already know how | | | | I positioned the little camcorder in one of my lamps |
| easy they've made it to view videos online. No more | | | | (believe it or not) and sat down and recorded my first |
| waiting for movies to download. No server crashes or | | | | video piano lesson. |
| time spent counting the seconds until it actually loads. | | | | The great thing about YouTube is that viewers can tell |
| Yes, they've made it easy for anyone to upload their | | | | you what they think. If they like it they can rate it using |
| visions and ideas to the web. In fact, they have an | | | | a star system and/or leave comments -both good and |
| entire section devoted to "how to" do something. | | | | bad. |
| Recently, I uploaded my first video to YouTube. It's | | | | The other great thing about watching videos on |
| titled "Piano Lessons: December Twilight." | | | | YouTube is that you can watch them over and over |
| And with this video (hopefully) I show you how to | | | | again. This is especially helpful for learning something. |
| create a piano improvisation in the Key of A Major | | | | You can pause and even skip ahead to wherever you |
| using an ostinato pattern in the left hand while your | | | | want. |
| right improvises melody. | | | | The maximum file size allowed on YouTube is 100 MB |
| I used something called a point and shoot camcorder | | | | and this gives you at least 10 minutes of video time. |
| by Pure Digital. And for $89 from Target, I have to say | | | | Anyway, I hope you check out my piano lessons video |
| that it's quite something! | | | | on YouTube and tell me what you think. |