What's the pentatonic scale and how do I use it? What makes it so special?

I love sunrises. The problem is one has to wake up very early, have an unobstructed view of the sunrise, and pray that the weather is fine and dandy.

I have always imagined playing the piano on an early morning where the sun rises...

Ah, Sight Reading! Everytime I speak to people or students about sight reading, you get more or less the same answer: 'My sight reading sucks!', 'Cannot make it', 'Fail', 'too difficult'

Today, we were interviewed 'live' at Mediacorp's Symphony 92 Classical Music Radio Station. One of the aims of this is to spread the joy and love of music improvisation to mainly classical music listeners.