Composing George Winston Style

If you're a fan of New Age piano, no doubt you've listened to some of George Winston's music. What I find fascinating about his songs is how he creates them. Most improvisers/composers start with the melody, usually because it's the easiest way to begin.

What George does is start with the background. He creates an aural canvas over which he improvises the melody. This is an excellent way to create with because once you have the chord changes for the first 8-bars or so, you've pretty much finished a section of music.

Now after Winston gets his (A) section, it's another textural background that will usually make its appearance for the (B) section. The beautiful thing about this method is that it really frees up the right-hand! Once your left hand is playing the background, you are able to create melody easily. It's like a lead guitar player creating a solo while the band lays down the rhythm and chord changes. In fact, George Winston has referred to his left hand as the rhythm section.

Creating the background first is just another way to compose/improvise. There is absolutely nothing wrong with going with the melody first if that is what inspires you. However, it's good to know how others are creating so you can learn from them.

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!

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table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7i-0fd=Rurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7762996.stmcid=1277325825ei=ASE5SfWbN5XM8ATB4pGnCQusg=AFQjCNGHQRACPeJgaIsdB2TUMxLBk3dErQimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=QvEzNtadb7oJimgurl=newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45266000/jpg/_45266033_lilwaynegetty226b.jpg width=64 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2BBC News/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-nomsrecap5-2008dec05,0,2712476.storylinkcid=1277325825ei=ASE5SfWbN5XM8ATB4pGnCQusg=AFQjCNGH4AQ1P62Su2S70xakCUujnEiLOQThe LA Times bmusic/b blog/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fLos Angeles Times,nbsp;CAnbsp;-/font nobr10 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Robert Plant and Alison Krauss didn#39;t just make extraordinary bmusic/b when they teamed for their quot;Raising Sandquot; album. They also gave Grammy voters everything b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-1fd=Rurl=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/12/04/2008-12-04_farber_music_sales_won_this_years_grammy.htmlcid=1277325825ei=ASE5SfWbN5XM8ATB4pGnCQusg=AFQjCNE7vVmARA32WHs0IBioM8DJuszi7gFarber: bMusic/b sales won this year#39;s Grammy nominations/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrNew York Daily News/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-2fd=Rurl=http://www.cmt.com/news/nashville-skyline/1600757/nashville-skyline-grammy-nominations-acknowledge-country-music-excellence.jhtmlcid=1277325825ei=ASE5SfWbN5XM8ATB4pGnCQusg=AFQjCNFNSyMlJAv9ThvUNbKmKG_l07vLXQNASHVILLE SKYLINE: Grammy Nominations Acknowledge Country bMusic/b b.../b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrCMT.com/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-3fd=Rurl=http://deseretnews.com/blogs/1,5322,5000017,00.html%3FbD%3D20081204cid=1277325825ei=ASE5SfWbN5XM8ATB4pGnCQusg=AFQjCNFHkiXmAaQvNVQRasMQG0lOIB7gPABlog: bMusic/b Beat/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrDeseret News/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-4fd=Rurl=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/04/AR2008120400024.html%3Fhpid%3Dmoreheadlinescid=1277325825ei=ASE5SfWbN5XM8ATB4pGnCQusg=AFQjCNFNz7J4GzJOQ8M4Qy5pyNGOyypxLQnobrWashington Post/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-5fd=Rurl=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601088%26sid%3DakfqxHjEjcNw%26refer%3Dmusecid=1277325825ei=ASE5SfWbN5XM8ATB4pGnCQusg=AFQjCNGFLDb0H3_FELnlLnGM8aKhnN-BRAnobrBloomberg/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1277325825hl=ennobrall 1,252 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

Plans for Salzburg Sound of Music hotel hit sour note - AFP

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Music revs up this #39;Cadillac#39; - USA Today

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