| There are so many styles of music out there. | | | | George Winston, the man who literally put New |
| Thankfully, there is also New Age piano music. A | | | | Age piano on the map looks at his music as a |
| wonderful style of playing that goes right to the | | | | soundtrack for the seasons. He loves the idea of |
| heart bringing back memories, feelings, and | | | | giving voice to the natural world. Visual artists |
| emotions. Or creating new pictures in our heads. | | | | have been doing this for hundreds of years. |
| Impressionistic in nature, New Age piano music | | | | Monet, Manet, and other French impressionists |
| does not seek to try and tell you something. | | | | interpreted how they felt about the natural world |
| Instead, it leads the listen on a journey. | | | | through paint and composition. |
| For instance, the lesson Autumn was created by | | | | Music also has it's impressionistic counterpart. |
| looking at a picture that inspired me. A few | | | | Claude Debussy, certainly one of the greatest |
| minutes later, that piece was created. This is the | | | | composers of the 20th century based many of |
| beauty of New Age piano. It's a style of music | | | | his compositions on nature themes. And now we |
| that doesn't take long to learn and can be | | | | have New Age piano - a contemporary and, I |
| experienced quickly. A few chords, a sound, a | | | | think, quite necessary art form that seeks to |
| technique are all that is needed and we are off | | | | infuse the beauty of nature with music! |
| exploring a world of sound. | | | | |