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In this lesson I show you how to compose EMOTIONAL chord progressions in a jazz piano style.
TIME STAMPS:
0:23 Moving in 3rds
5:36 Jazz Piano Chord Voicings
9:11 Variations on the Kenny Barron voicing
10:59 Modulations you can use
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How to Make Any Chord More JazzyVisit: https://gospelmusicians.com for More resources. How to turn almost any chord to be more jazzy instantly by applying these simple rules.
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Only One Chord Needed for Neo-Soul - FLASHBACK LessonsVisit: https://gospelmusicians.com for More resources. Fundamentals of Neo-Soul showing that you only need one chord in order to perform Neo-Soul Movements.
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Scoring with Spitfire's FREE orchestra - a crash course in writing orchestral music with samples!Check out Guy’s "How to Write Music" course!
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BBC SO Cubase Project file, finished track and full index down below!
Spitfire Audio's free orchestral sample library, BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover. Award winning composer Guy Michelmore puts it to work, scoring a fantasy film cue in Cubase 10.5. This in depth tutorial shows you a range of key techniques for making any sample library sound more realistic. How can a tiny 220mb, free orchestral sample library complete? Find out! It's a long one but see the index below for a quick guide. Stick with it because it's a complete 50 minute micro course in sampled orchestration as well!
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0:00. Start
1:57 Let's look at the template
3:03. Using multiple articulations
4:07. Changing articulations with keyswitches
5:53. Using controllers
6:35 Using instruments groups for easier mixing
7:29. Having the basic idea
11:50 Quantizing
12:17 How to use multiple midi tracks to control one instrument
15:50 Adding strings and using different string articulations
16:55. Editing CC or midi controllers in Cubase
17:30 Filling out your arrangement and adding extra voices including celesta
19:09. Using step input in Cubase
20:45 Creating harp glissandi with samples
25:25. Adding woodwind to your arrangement
29:45 Adding orchestral percussion to add excitement
33:00. Using layered articulations to add realism
33:40 Adding a main theme with french horns, violin 1 and a counter melody
42:16 How to create realistic string runs using layering and step input
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How To Write Music explores the fundamental skills that underpin every great piece of music whether it’s a song or a film score, string quartet or video game sounds track.
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Spitfire Audio have released two new cut down versions of their acclaimed BBC Symphony Orchestra library, one of which is completely FREE! Composer Guy Michelmore's sample library review gives you a first look at the two new VST plugins, the free sample library BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover, and the mid price BBC Symphony Orchestra Core.
BBC Symphony Orchestra Spitfire: Simple Templates
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In only 5 steps, INSTANTLY play DOPE Neo Soul Chords using the new NeoFormula System.
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAZZDownload the Chord Symbol Guide here:
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[Video 4] Common Melodic ShapesWatch all of the videos from this series at:
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The AMAZING Diatonic Piano Exercise!!!The Diatonic Piano Exercise and MORE!!!
This exercise will give you the confidence to play more comfortably in ALL 12 keys - Congrats to Caleb Hensinger on winning the P-330 Sound Module; after 9 different video attempts, he completed the exercise within THE FIRST DAY!!!!
Here's his video submittal: https://youtu.be/GzMZeQrVkNk
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2-5-1 Jazz Improvisation - in a Single Hand Grip!We will learn a very practical method to improvise Jazz over the 2-5-1 chord progression in Major. We will also talk some nerdy jazz theory in between. But when we perform, we use simple tools that automatically unfolds the music!
Index:
00:00 Welcome
00:17 Listen to the sound we can make
01:59 The chords in use
02:31 The walking bass
04:59 The pentatonic hand grip
06:32 Where to place the hand grip
07:41 We play a solo
08:48 Where to place the hand grip - continued
10:40 The scales in use
12:44 The avoid note
16:44 Playing a solo with Lydian scale
18:14 The arpeggio technique
21:02 "Pep-up" the improvisation
21:55 We play "outside" on the dominant chord
23:48 The substitute dominant Mixolydian
25:19 More Music
26:52 Goodbye
References:
Tutorial about modal theory and the church modes:
https://youtu.be/v5cw-WYNBgI
Exercises with the pentatonic scale and the hand grip:
https://youtu.be/61bI3dgdXMo &
https://youtu.be/EJaG-rmHzB8
Often I use blue notes in the video above. That technique is explained in this lesson:
https://youtu.be/NZXNJbAzRiw
Many of you have requested a video tutorial using the "pentatonic hand grip" on the II-V-I chords. Finally I made the lesson - thanks a lot for your patience :) And thanks for always making great inputs in the comments and giving me great moral support :)
Warm Regards
Oliver Prehn
Smart Tool to look up Jazz Scales: the Melodic Minor ModesTool to look up all the melodic minor modes in any key.
Grasp the very nature of the melodic minor scales and find out how they are related.
PDF: http://www.newjazz.dk/xtra/mel_mi_tool.pdf
Print out the PDF, cut out the circles and connect the two discs.
How it works: The upper disc shows you all 12 keys. The lower disc shows you all the melodic minor modes. Choose a keynote and a mode, point them together and all the keys of the scale are revealed.
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This tool shows you how the melodic minor modes are related. Each mode are in different degrees of each other: They all contain the same interval pattern, they just have different starting points. Spin the discs and become wiser on the "family" of melodic minor modes...
Other relevant videos:
How to use the melodic minor modes when improvising: https://youtu.be/rvStGI_tn1o
Build the Circle of Church Modes: https://youtu.be/MJz9NFfWN-I
Learn more about the family of Church Modes: https://youtu.be/v5cw-WYNBgI
All lessons from NewJazz:
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The best regards from Oliver Prehn
the TOOL of CHURCH MODESWe will build a simple TOOL to look up all 7 MODES in all 12 KEYS.
Choose a church mode on the lower disc and a keynote on the upper disc and point them together. Then all the keys of the particularly scale are pointed out.
To build the Circle of Church Modes we use a print, a scissor, two shirt buttons, some sewing thread and a needle.
The print containing the two circles (PDF): http://newjazz.dk/musik/CircleOfChurchModes/CircleOfChurchModes.pdf
The circle of church modes will award you with a great fundamental understanding of the very nature of the church modes. Because in a very clear and simple manner the tool shows you how the 7 modes are connected and related.
The 7 church modes are actually rotations of each other! In music theory we use the expression that the modes are in different degrees of each other.
The seven modes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian.
Learn more about the church modes and modal theory in this tutorial:
https://youtu.be/v5cw-WYNBgI
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Always feel free to ask questions in the comments below. I will try to answer as quickly as possible :)
MELODIC MINOR MODES - 7 great Jazz scalesWe make great jazzy sound with the MELODIC MINOR MODES. We locate and order all the 7 modes in a SIMPLE CIRCULAR SYSTEM. We use the scales to IMPROVISE JAZZ over the II-V-I chord progression.
Index:
00:00 Introduction
01:31 The ascending melodic minor scale
02:15 The circle of melodic minor modes
08:57 2-5-1 in minor
14:53 2-5-1 in Major
18:35 More scales
20:54 Summary
Playing 2-5-1 using the Church Modes:
https://youtu.be/cvfN8tG1RwU
The Circle of Church Modes:
https://youtu.be/v5cw-WYNBgI
I surely hope you will enjoy this Jazz lesson. It took a while to make this video because of all the graphics. But I think the graphics and the circle makes the music theory more understandable and clear - so I hope it was worth it :)
The best and warm regards
Oliver Prehn :)
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When diving into playing piano, one goal is to be a lighting fast, heavy hitting pianist. But what’s the golden rule…? Take it slow. Like penmanship or sports muscle memory is key, so take the time practice. This lesson will walk you through some exercises to build up finger strength, resulting in playing the piano with speed and accuracy.
3 Scales Every Musician Should Know | Demonstrated and ExplainedEver wonder how some people are able to improvise with exotic sounding scales? Have you ever wanted to improve your improvisational scales? In this video, we explore 3 scales and how to apply them to exponentially improve your playing!
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Please use the timestamps below to access specific endings as the video is a longer one.
#1 - THE PENTATONIC SCALE - 1:21
#2 - 3 ways to play the pentatonic scale - 3:20
#3 - "Playing the key" DEMONSTRATION - 5:37
#4 - Major chords with the pentatonic scale - 7:48
#5 - Minor chords with the pentatonic scale - 9:49
#6 - Dominant chords with the pentatonic scale - 11:15
#7 - "Making the changes" DEMONSTRATION - 15:54
#8 - Creative pentatonic practice tips - 17:11
#9 - THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE - 20:30
#10 - Minor chords with melodic minor - 21:20
#11 - Dominant chords with melodic minor - 22:13
#12 - Melodic Minor DEMONSTRATION - 23:15
#13 - MORE DEMONSTRATION - 24:52
#14 - Creative melodic minor practice tips - 27:00
#15 - THE DIMINISHED SCALE - 27:54
#16 - Diminished DEMONSTRATION - 32:29
#17 - Creative diminished scale practice tips - 34:10
Outro - 35:10
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Lots of people have enjoyed my gamified piano tutorials in the past, so I thought I'd make another one. This one is based on a fairly straightforward, old-school blues/jazz progression. We take things from a VERY straightforward start, just memorising the left hand chords, up through basic right hand improvisation and through to some more complex stuff. In passing I mention some of the scales, chords and techniques you'll need to learn about if you want to take things further - to kind of give you a map of the piano- and improvisation-learning territory you have ahead of you.
Part 1 Barry Harris Piano Exercise - How to move Dominant 7th Chords like the Jazz MastersThis is a very important Jazz piano lesson which will help you with the voicing of Dominant 7 chords.
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Adult Piano Progress - My 1 year Piano progressSong names in order:
00:01 - 00:25 : "Lightly Row" from Alfred's Adult All-in-one Course
00:26 - 01:03 : "Jingle Bells" from Alfred's Adult All-in-one Course
01:04 - 01:57 : "Rocket" from Alfred's Adult All-in-one Course
02:02 - 03:23 : "Moonlight Sonata" (simplified version) from www.gmajormusictheory.org
03:24 - 04:21 : "Song of Storms" from The Legend Of Zelda Series for Easy Piano
04:24 - 06:20 : "Ocarina of Time Title Theme" from The Legend Of Zelda Series for Easy Piano
06:21 - 08:21 : "Prelude in E minor (Op. 28 No. 4) from Chopin
08:25 - 10:31 : "Prelude in C minor (OP. 29 No. 20) from Chopin
Piano used:
Casio CDP 130
Books used (in no order):
Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Level 1 "Adult All-in-one Course
The Classical Piano Method Method Book 1 - Heumann
The Big Book of Classical Music - 100 of the World's favorite pieces
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics: Chopin Complete Preludes, Nocturnes and Waltzes
The Legend Of Zelda Series for Easy Piano
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics: Hanon The Virtuoso Pianist Book 1
Alfred's Basic Piano Library: The complete book of Scales, chords, Arpreggios & Cadences
Everybody's favorite Series No. 3: Piano Piece for Children
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics: Czerny Practical Method for Beginners... Op. 599
Faber Music Presents: The essential Film Collection. 28 Film classics arranged for ...
Grade 1: Improve your sight-reading! Paul Harris
Grade 2: Improve your sight-reading! Paul Harris
Grade 3: Piano Specimen Sight-Reading Tests ABRSM Grade 3 (ABRSM)
Piano Exam Pieces: ABRSM Grade 3 - Selected from the 2017 & 2018 syllabus (ABRSM)
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The Most Effective Way To Master 2-5-1 Progressions Using The Cycle of 4th/5thIn this video you will learn about the cycle of 4th/5th, and the most powerful way to practice the 2-5-1 progressions in all keys using this cycle of 4th/5th.
How to Make ANY Chord Progression Jazzy with Secondary Dominants (ESSENTIAL for GOSPEL)In this tutorial, I explain what secondary dominant chords are and how to use them to make any chord progression sound like jazz or gospel music.
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LESSON NOTES:
In this lesson I show you my favorite reharmonization technique - Tritone Substitution.
Anytime you see a V7 chord in a jazz song (e.g. G7) you can transpose that V7 chord a tritone up (or down) and play Db7 instead.
This sounds great in ii-V-I's (applied to the middle V7 chord), but you can also use it to precede a 'target chord' - so say you're about to play F min 7, then you could precede it with a Gb7.
When you change the chords, you also change the scale that's implied - so you'll sometimes need to tweak the melody notes to fit with this new scale. Over V7 chords I always like to play the Lydian-Dominant scale - so over C7 play:
C D E F# G A Bb
KEY POINTS:
1:04 What Is A Tritone?
2:49 How Tritone Substitution Works
6:21 Applying Tritone Sub to ii-V-I's
8:13 Minor ii-V-I's
9:18 Chromatic Moving Basslines
11:26 Reharmonizing 'Cry Me A River'
16:02 Tweaking Melody Notes
17:47 Final Words
5 SWEET COMPING PATTERNS for Jazz Piano (brand new)1. Download the sheet music (8 comping patterns + variations / different voicings):
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2. Check out my brand new ebook called 'Best Chords In The World' - where I give you sheet music to 30 of my favorite chord progressions of all time. Full details and hear me play them here:
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A great chord progression is the key to any great song. Here are a few of my favourite chords that you can use to enhance your music by creating amazing new chord progressions. I’ll teach you how to form them, and also give some examples of how to use them to create your own songs!
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It's time to take a step outside of the major keys and look at playing some blues as jazz using minor and flat notes. Once you find your way around the black keys there’s a lot of cool patterns that can fall into place.
The Illusion of Hand Independence - A Philosophical Approach - Piano LessonThe most common issue for those learning the piano is surely that of hand independence. The left hand does this and the right hand does that; major scales cause frustration, improvisation appears impossible. But fret not! There is a solution.
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Any skill or art has smaller and smaller components and it is by mastering these smaller components that the greater skill becomes manageable. One of those smaller components regarding hand independence is actually not physical at all but a state of mind; a mindset which has overcome the noise of the ego, a mind which understands that we have ten fingers rather that two hands of five fingers.
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By using the chromatic and major scales as a tool, as demonstrated in this video, learn how to master finger independence by mixing them into one 'big ten-fingered hand', to remove conscious interference by closing the eyes and to become a spectator to your hands rather than their interfering ruler.
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The Most Important Chord Progression: The 2-5-1 (Part C: Tips and Tricks)Part A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJN7z80hRo
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The 2-5-1 progression is probably the most important concept in modern harmony you will encounter. It underlies much of jazz, pop and contemporary music. In this 3-part video tutorial series we will the 2 5 1 progression, starting with definitions (Part A) and following up with particular voicings (part B) and musical context (part C). Stay tuned as we explore this highly important musical idea!
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How to play all 12 major scales with the correct fingerings: Piano tutorial #4Improve your technique with this tutorial where you will learn how to play all 12 major scales with the correct fingerings.
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Simple Exercise For Practicing & Memorizing ChordsIf you have problems remembering how to play simple triad chords (C major, F minor, Bb major, etc) on the piano, then I have a great exercise for you based on the circle of fourths/fifths to help you memorize those chords and train your playing! Basically, it involves playing the chords throughout the circle: C to F, F to Bb, Bb to Eb and so forth. This will also help you practice your inversions.
If you need a refresher on how to build triads (major and minor chords mostly), please visit my Piano Quickie series to get you started. Here's a link to the playlist:
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Train Your Piano Brain || Session #1: improvising syncopated and swinging rhythmsCheck out my book: http://www.billspianopages.com/how-to-really
Next tutorial in series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcb_Skht3eM
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Blues piano tutorials (ignore the bluespiano.tv links): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFE7C89C720566CCD
This is the first in a serious of piano tutorials called Train Your Piano Brain. In them, I'm going to look at ways you can help your brain adapt to the process of playing the piano, which should help you become a better faster learner.
Playing the piano is a complicated skill that makes a lot of heavy mental demands when it comes to making decisions about which notes to play, how hard, with what rhythm and so on.
In this session we look at the tricky skill of improvising swinging and syncopated rhythms, especially in the context of blues and jazz piano. The tutorial takes the form of a game with five levels, each one slightly harder than the last, designed to gradually build your up your rhythm improvisation skills and your hand independence.
The great thing about this game is that you can play most of it more or less anywhere - you don't necessarily need to be sat at the piano.
More piano hand independence exerciseshttp://bit.do/billsbook
In this tutorial I've included four ways to promote hand independence, ranging from scale-based exercises for beginner pianists to some ideas on repertoire choice for more experienced players.
Getting your hands working well together on the piano is really essential, especially if you're starting to improvise a lot. It's also quite challenging, particularly if you're improvising, because you might well be playing two complex parts at the same time. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to improve hand independence, whether you're a beginner, an advanced player, or somewhere in between.
One of the best ways to improve hand independence is to practise your scales. If you've had piano lessons, you were probably taught to play your scales in 'similar motion' (each hand plays the same thing but an octave apart). However, to improve hand independence, it's a good idea to try playing your scales in 'contrary motion' as well.
This is very straightforward: the scale is exactly the same but your hands move in opposite directions.
When talking about hand independence, what we really mean is improving the dexterity and flexibility of your weaker hand. For a right-handed person like me, that's your left hand. Try playing two different scales at the same time, or a scale with your left hand alongside a simple pattern with the right. This will be quite tricky at first -- there's no quick way to make your hands independent. You'll find that the most effective way to make progress is to practise varied exercises over and over again.
For slightly more advanced pianists, a useful little exercise is to play a simple piece of music that you can already play and reverse it -- play the left hand part with your right hand and vice versa. You could also try playing some baroque music. This is great for learning hand independence because each hand plays a distinct part, as opposed to simply playing chords in the left hand with a melody in the right hand.
If you found this video useful, then check out my previous video on hand independence. You might also be interested in my book, How to Really Play the Piano, which is full of information on chords, improvisation and harmony.
Making A Beat: R&B - Most Popular R&B Chords (Logic Pro X)How to make a beat in Logic Pro X. We look at RnB chord progressions and pitching vocal samples using Logic Pro X pitch shifter. We take a look at using Apple Loops and how to make them "your own" incorporating them into your Logic Pro X beat. Download Chords: https://stefanguy.com/making-a-dope-rnb-beat/
This beat made in Logic Pro X was built around a popular RnB chord progression. You hear this movement in a lot of R&B and Gospel music. But like I said in the video, if you don't quite follow just yet, it's all good, you can download this chord progression here: https://stefanguy.com/making-a-dope-rnb-beat/
Swingin ii V I and Bebop Scale ExerciseThis is the exercise that my daughter Ella is playing in her video "Ella's Rootless Voicing Dice Game" and the philosophy behind why I taught it to her.
WHAT THE HELL ARE BEBOP SCALES?!?What are bebop scales? Why are bebop scales? When are bebop scales? I answer each of these questions in the video above.
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Get that Classic Bebop Sound with a Scale You Already Know (but never use)There's a good chance you played this scale back when you started learning your instrument. Who knew it'd be so useful for developing a bebop vocabulary?
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Daily training exercises for Piano - Hand co-ordination Beginner-ProWith half a dozen people asking, I figured it is time to make a separate tutorial on a daily training exercise that everybody should be doing, when getting into playing piano. As a matter of fact, I realized I have to train more often myself :D
Also, I give a few tips on how to train your hand co-ordination. Remember, what the right hand can do, CAN be and WILL be "copied" over to the left hand when you play both hands exactly the same way and vise versa.
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Simple Exercise To Improve Piano Hand Independence (Between Left and Right Hands)Here's a simple but powerful exercise that will help you work on your left and right hand independence on the piano. The idea is to focus on technically simple pieces that are easy to play separately in each hand, but really challenge your independence when you bring them together!
Learn Gospel Piano: The 4-1 ProgressionGospel piano music has a very unique, characteristic sound and involves many little tricks you must learn, from special progressions to unique chord voicings and more. In this tutorial video we will look at a ubiquitous gospel progression which I'll call the 4-1 harmonic progression, upon which a great deal of the large classic gospel "sound" is based. The idea is that whenever you want to land on a particular chord, you can precede it with a chord that is a perfect fourth above it. Other ideas we'll explore in this tutorial include piano block chords and non-standard bass notes.
Note: A musical interval such as a perfect fourth is specified by the number of semitones it has. Each semitone equals the distance between two adjacent keys on the piano (black keys included). For example, C and D are 2 semitones apart (C to Db to D), while D and G are 5 semitones apart (D to Eb to E to F to Gb to G). A perfect fourth is an interval of 5 semitones. Here are some perfect fourths:
C to F
D to G
E to A
Eb to Ab
F to Bb
B to E
and so forth (pun intended! ... )
Related Videos/Playlists:
My channel has many additional piano tutorial videos which I welcome you to check out. The main channel page is:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MangoldProject?feature=watch
Here's an interesting video about voicing the 2-5-1 progression:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zWoOLQgOks
How to modulate between keys using the 2-5-1 progression:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3BUH_XA3Q
Learn to play Bach's Prelude in C major:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awfXBECOlTg
My playlist of inspiring piano harmony, chord and voicing tips and tricks:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9cbwDiLzdIohD9iHFXzZIjfgoe0ETzm
(Inside you will find additional major chord voicing ideas for piano!)
Harmony and Chord Tricks: The 7-1-5 VoicingThe 7-1-5 "Voicing" is not a voicing at all, but refers to playing the 7th, 1st and 5th degrees of a scale, which - when played together or arpeggiated - go well with many chords constructed on the same scale. For example, just playing a 7-1-5 with different bass notes will yield completely different voicings for known chords. In this video I'll outline the idea and show you how it works in context by playing some harmonic progressions for you to actually hear what it sounds like.
More About Chord Voicings from Wikipedia:
"In music composition and arranging, a voicing is the instrumentation and vertical spacing and ordering of the pitches in a chord (which notes are on the top or in the middle, which ones are doubled, which octave each is in, and which instruments or voices perform each). Which note is on the bottom determines the inversion. Voicing is 'the manner in which one distributes, or spaces, notes and chords among the various instruments" and spacing or "simultaneous vertical placement of notes in relation to each other.'"
For more, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voicing_%28music%29
Related Videos/Playlists:
My channel has many additional piano tutorial videos which I welcome you to check out. The main channel page is:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MangoldProject?feature=watch
Here's an interesting video about voicing the 2-5-1 progression:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zWoOLQgOks
How to modulate between keys using the 2-5-1 progression:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3BUH_XA3Q
Learn to play Bach's Prelude in C major:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awfXBECOlTg
My playlist of inspiring piano harmony, chord and voicing tips and tricks:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9cbwDiLzdIohD9iHFXzZIjfgoe0ETzm
(Inside you will find additional major chord voicing ideas for piano!)
"1-6-2-5" Progression, How to Create & Play All style of MusicMasa Ash Official Website:http://masaash.wix.com/masaash
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"Strumming" the Piano? Thinking Like A Guitar PlayerOther instruments are a great source of ideas on playing technique. In particular, guitar accompaniment strumming patterns can be translated to the piano with a bit of thought. In this piano lesson we will be "strumming" some chords on the piano, and I'll also show you how to come up with your own patterns. Have fun!
How to Imitate a Whole Lot of Hollywood Film Music In Four Easy StepsEven someone who has no prior musical training can use the information in this video to create chord progressions that not only sound like the movies, but are associated with particular affects, settings, or narrative elements.
2-5-1 (ii-V-I CHORD PROGRESSION) FOR PIANOThis video explains what is a 2-5-1 (II-V-I) chord progression. This chord progression is one of the many fundamental formulas that can establish tonality.
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[Q-Tip] Jazz Chords Sampling Technique | A Tribe Called Quest - The SPACE PROGRAM [Explained](R.I.P. Phife Dawg) A Tribe Called Quest just released the We Got It From Here.. album and we wanted to highlight some of the production techniques used by rapper /producer Q-Tip. Sampling jazz chords is a great way to get that ATCQ sound that inspired so many of your favorite producers of today. Instructor MGTheFuture plays a couple of chords, samples them into Maschine, Maschine Jam, then adds the finishing touches with 'J57 Timbs and NorthFace' and 'Voices In My Head' sound packs. https://maschinemasters.com/shop
Maschine Masters is an online music production community focusing on sharing knowledge to up and coming producers using modern day software and hardware instruments. Our members can learn through detailed video tutorial courses on Maschine, MPC, MPC Touch, Ableton and FL Studio. We also provide high quality sound kits to help take your beats to the next level. Why hesitate? Become a Maschine Masters today!
5 Simple Piano Exercises For Building TechniqueIn this piano tutorial I'm going to go over 5 exercises I indulge in from time to time to keep me in shape. They're great for building finger independence and strength, simple enough to be picked up by a beginner but complicated enough to challenge veterans if played sufficiently fast.
Remember to always practice slowly and with a metronome at first until you feel confident in your playing and can play each note evenly. Then slowly pick up the speed. If you're starting out, think long-term: it takes many months to build up technique on these, so don't rush! Remember, if you can't play it slowly, you sure can't play it fast.
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How to Change KeysCheck me out on Patreon if you want to help me make more of these: http://patreon.com/michaelnew
This lesson is all about changing keys. It's a tough topic, but if you understand what it means to change keys you should begin to understand a lot more about how music works in general.
This lesson is pretty in depth, but not necessarily complicated. It does help to understand a few things first though, like:
Major and Minor Keys: https://youtu.be/rHlWP-nc4tM
The Circle of Fifths: https://youtu.be/d1aJ6HixSe0
How to Invert Chords: https://youtu.be/Nr2XBoanNJY
The Circle of Fifths - Minor Keys and Advanced UsesCheck me out on Patreon if you want to help me make more of these: http://patreon.com/michaelnew
You guys kept asking about the Circle of Fifths with Minor Keys and I realized it deserved it's own video. So here's why the normal circle of fifths doesn't cut it and how to used the advanced version.
If you missed the first one on the basic circle of fifths you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/d1aJ6HixSe0
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Learn Piano Scales: Major, Natural, Harmonic, Melodic Minor & Chromatic Scales.How to build scales on piano. http://www.piano-keyboard-guide.com/piano-scales.html Major, natural (pure) minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and chromatic scales. Piano/keyboard lessons.
Piano Scales: Better Ways to Practice Keyboard ScalesPiano Scales. Some tips to improve keyboard scales! http://sightreadingacademy.com/
Here's a tip you can apply to your scale practice today.
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FINGER FITNESS - the art of finger controlVISITEM MEU BLOG...
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Finger Fitness 1 :Be a Genius!A person's finger needs as much exercise as the body needs to stay fit and flexible. Finger fitness allows the person to enhance their coordination, finger independence, hand strength, and muscle reflexes. The video will demonstrate to individually move the finger without relying on other finger muscles to support its movement. This exercise will help benefit for those who play instruments, sports, or wish to improve their typing skills. Also can approve memory in very short time.
II-V-I Exercises and Drills. Part 2. Rootless Voicings.TutorialII-V-I Exercises and Drills. Part 2 Through the Cycle of 5ths. Starting w/ random Ii-V-I voicings, and applying the A form and B form voicings to the song "A Foggy Day", by George Gershwin. Here we see the practical application of the rootless voicings. For complete understanding please check out my book: http://www.kenthewitt.com/
Piano Finger Exercises, to strengthen the weaker fingers.Piano Finger Exercises, to strengthen the weaker fingers and create better finger independance. Inspired by the book Essential Finger Exercises by Ernst Dohnanyi.
Easy Improvisation Exercise, The II-V-I Progression, Step 1 and 2Easy Improvisation Exercise The II-V-I Progression Step 1 and 2
For beginner keyboard improvisors but also good for intermediate and advanced level.
Piano Secret with Rosa: Dependent Fourth Fingerhttp://www.LearnPianoWithRosa.com
Piano Tutorial: Piano Video Lessons with Rosa - learn 7 Secrets of how you can play piano in the flow. Understand how your fingers work and what their functions are when you play piano to get your color tones, to move smoothly, to be well coordinated, and to dance on the keyboard.
Piano - Finger Strengthening for When Not At the PianoIn this tutorial, I give a quick tutorial on how one can condition their fingers if they don't have access to piano, like say on a trip or a long car ride...or maybe even an airplane.
I used to do this during school, and when I would go on vacation so that I could "keep in shape" with my hands, I guess. I still do this during long car rides if I'm bored.
Dynamic tension was derived from Charles Atlas as well as the Hung Gar style Kung Fu, Isometrics derived from Dogen's tricking tutorials.
Piano Exercise #4 - Strengthening & Pinky WorkingThis is one of my best exercises. It really improves the strength of both hands and it has a great pinky working. Hope you find it useful ;) Comments and suggestions are very welcome. Thanks for watching!
3 SWEET MELODIC RIFFS / PATTERNS LESSON (brand new)Download the sheet music & MP3 backing track at:
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LESSON NOTES:
In this lesson I share 3 of my favorite melodic riffs at the piano. A 'riff' is a melodic pattern (short melodic phrase) which can be repeated.
Riff #1: is an interesting rhythm which can be used to arpeggiate any 4 note chord. In the video I apply the riff to a C minor 9 chord, and play the notes Bb D Eb G up and down.
RIFF #2: is an exotic sounding melody. It has a flat 2nd, and implies the Phrygian scale (C Db Eb F G Ab Bb). This one's quite tricky to play but is easier when you use 2 hands.
RIFF# 3: A blues scale riff I came up with at high school, referred to by my friends as 'The Jules Riff'. A catchy sounding melody that can be repeated many times.
FURTHER READING:
I cover improvisation and chord progressions in much more depth in my 'Jazz Theory Explained' ebook, as well as the following topics:
- How to know which scale to play over any chord
- Improvisation techniques including 'emphasizing the changes', and 'aiming for the colorful notes'
- My 21 favorite chord voicings... of all time
- 4 approaches to Reharmonization
- How to play melody, chord, and bassline at the same time
- How to transpose quickly and accurately
- and much more
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5 FREE PIECES OF JAZZ PIANO SHEET MUSIC - that will make your weekendDOWNLOAD #1: 7 Sweet Chord Progressions (sheet music)
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EAR TRAINING LESSON | Fixed Key Learning methodWATCH MY FREE EAR TRAINING VIDEO SERIES::
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EAR TRAINING LESSON NOTES:
Most musicians never learn to play music by ear. Not because they lack passion or don't practice, but simply because they practice things the wrong way.
It's the norm these days to tell music students to 'practice in all 12 keys'. However, playing in all 12 keys too early on just causes confusion. Most songs actually use the same few notes and chords, the only thing changing is usually the key. So it's virtually impossible to spot the recurring patterns while you're playing every piece in a different key.
Attempting to play in all 12 keys is like trying to learn 12 languages at once. And I believe that it's better for a musician to master one key, than to remain equally unaware in all 12 keys.
The other benefit to restricting playing to one key, is that it teaches you to paly music by ear. All of the time you're playing in one key, every note and chord sounds the same each time you play it. C always sounds like the root, D like the 2nd, E like the 3rd, etc. But if you then change key, suddenly each note takes on a new sound (a new 'tonal color') in the context of the new key. A note can take on 12 different colors, depending on which of the 12 keys it's played in. Ultimately your brain doesn't know which color to trust, so each new key you play in undoes the memories that had been building up from the previous key. Each note is just a muddy mix of memories - none of which stick: C sometimes sounds like the root, sometimes like the minor 3rd, sometimes like the 5th, sometimes like the major 6th, etc. But when you restrict your playing to one key, your memory of these sounds builds up naturally, unconsciously, without you having to give any conscious thought to what you're doing. After a while you'll notice that you 'just know' that that note is the root, or the major 3rd, or the minor 7th of the key. And the same for chords too.
FIXED KEY LEARNING
Instead of trying to build up your knowledge of all 12 keys, in slow motion, I suggest you double down on one key. Build your knowledge of that one key. Live and breath that one key. Dream about that one key. Listen to all music as though it's in that one key, and imagine that no other key exists.
I suggest you stick mostly to one key for 6 - 12 months.
If you enjoy the lesson I'd really appreciate a thumbs up. And please share this video with another musician who could also benefit from this information.
Copyright 2015 Julian Bradley
THE HOLY GRAIL OF ALL MUSIC EXERCISES | How to speed up your playing - permanently (brand new)Take the INTERVAL TRAINER CHALLENGE & download the mp3 tracks at:
http://www.themusicalear.com/interval-trainer-challenge
LESSON NOTES:
Intervals are everything in music. As jazz musicians, or composers, we need to measure out intervals all day long.
A chord voicing is just a stack of intervals.
A scale is a set of intervals. And how quickly you can find your way to the notes depends on how quickly you can count intervals.
So when you master intervals (counting all 12 intervals, from all 12 notes) everything improves. It's much less energy to play chords, scales, etc. And it's much less energy to learn new things (chords, scales, modulations, etc).
A lot of musicians are ok at intervals - but you have to get REALLY good at this:
You have to be able to count out intervals in a split second. And you have to be confident about it - you can't second guess yourself. You have to KNOW what a minor 6th above F# is - without a shadow of a doubt - just as you KNOW that 2+2=4.
So in this lesson I show you how I got good at intervals. I share a mental exercise that can be practiced daily, away from your instrument.
If you practice this for a few minutes each day, you will notice improvements in all of your playing, and understanding of music.
If you enjoy this video, I'd really appreciate a 'thumbs up' - OR - if you could share it with someone else who'd also benefit.
Thanks for watching, and enjoy my Interval Trainer mp3 tracks which accompany this lesson:
http://www.themusicalear.com/interval-trainer-challenge
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Just like in basketball, players crossover on their opponents, you can do the same crossover moves to any song, melody line, or chord substitution…
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Explore the various, chords substitutions, progressions, and licks & nuances from the great, Mike Davis!!! He’s an organ genius, that plays like a keyboardist and uses chords that could be used on either keyboard or organ… Oh and watch his GREEN feet!!!
Play That "AGAIN" with Bjay Brown - Improv Piano Genius"Play That AGAIN" Series
This piano instructional series focuses on the real-life application of chords, scales, substitutions and licks. It's one thing to learn "textbook-style" piano techniques, but it's another thing to actually apply modern piano techniques used in every day music.
Join Bjay Brown, as he takes us on his musical journey from simple songs like the "ABC" song and "I LOVE YOU", to his riviting rindition and remix of "Say Yes", which we've re-titled it to simply, "SAY WHAT???"
How to Play Brilliantly FastA tutorial for classical and jazz pianists on how to play as fast as your fingers will allow.
SUPERCHARGE Your Piano Technique with the Tausig Exercise! (Advanced, Level 8+)PREPARATION EXERCISE:
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Basics of Playing Piano: Fingering for Scales and Arpeggios (7)Pianist magazine http://www.pianistmagazine.com presents piano teacher Tim Stein's Lesson No 7 on the Basics of Playing the Piano. Here he talks about the importance of finding the right fingering for scales and arpeggios. Tim demonstrates on the Roland HP-507.
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How to play smooth right hand chordshttp://bit.ly/billsbook
There are several basic piano techniques that you can use to make your right hand chords sound smoother and more elegant. In this piano tutorial I introduce three ways of avoiding the choppy right hand sound that is common among a lot of beginning pianists.
Start by looking at the chords you’re playing and the sequence in which you’re playing them on the piano keyboard. Are you using the right inversions? As a beginner, it’s common to play all of the chords in the root position, but this can lead to a lack of smoothness. Try using chord inversions which have notes in common with the next chord in the sequence.
It’s also important to choose sensible fingering. A lot of ‘teach yourself’ piano books tend to instruct you to use your thumb, third, and fifth fingers, but this isn’t always the best choice. Make the transitions from chord-to-chord easier for yourself by using fingers that are already ‘free’ rather than moving your whole hand for each new chord.
This should help your piano playing - both improvisation and playing from sheet music - flow much more easily, and also gives you the ability to ‘swing’ between chords by holding down just one of the notes of the chord. This is a great way of ‘faking’ smoothness, which listeners generally won’t notice.
You can also make use of your piano's sustain pedal - but remember to do this sensibly! Try not to overuse the sustain pedal, as this will create a nasty, messy sound. Pedalling on each chord should give the desired effect.
The most important thing to remember is that this all comes down to practice. Try incorporating these techniques into your playing, and before long you should find that your right hand chords sound far smoother.
If you enjoyed this video, please check out some of my earlier videos, as well as my website at www.billspianopages.com. You might also enjoy my book, How to Really Play the Piano, which is a great beginner’s guide to improvisation, chords and basic harmony.
Choosing and using piano chord fingeringshttp://bit.do/billsbook
This tutorial looks at chord fingering in general, including how to break away from limiting 1-3-5 chord fingerings in favour of approaches that offer greater flexibility and comfort at the keyboard.
If you're playing classical music - where the fingers are often written in - it's generally a good idea to try to follow what the composer intended. However, when improvising, the main thing that should govern your chord fingerings is comfort. This will mainly be governed by the size of your hands. Pianists with very large hands will probably use different fingerings to those with smaller ones, in order to make their hand position feel more natural and comfortable.
When people are first given piano lessons, they are usually taught 1-3-5 fingerings for three note chords. Though these are perfect for playing piano when you're a child, they can cause wrist strain as your hands get larger. I tend to use 1-2-3 or 1-2-4 fingerings for triads, as they leave you with your fourth and fifth (or third and fifth) fingers free. This makes small jumps between chords more smooth and legato, and also helps to decrease large jumps slightly. Using the pedal is still important, but you can make legato playing easier just by changing your finger positions.
With chords of four or more notes, the fingering is often more dictated, though you should still take comfort into account and see where your fingers fall naturally.
It's also useful to bear in mind that you can move vertically along the keyboard as well as horizontally. Moving further in to the keys can make chords using black notes feel more secure. It requires a little extra leverage, but this will help you to develop strength and flexibility in your hands.
I would recommend that you sit down at the piano, practice playing some progressions and simply see how your hands fall on the chords. Finding the correct hand position will really help you to make your chord transitions smoother and improve your legato playing.
If you've found this tutorial useful, you might want to check out my other videos as well as my book, How to Really Play the Piano, which is full of useful information about chords, improvising and piano playing in general.
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Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (3 of 3)A great guide for advance pianist how & why to apply runs to musical pieces. This was brought to you by the man behind "Learn to play Piano by Ear" Noval Smith who gives a great clear instruction into doing these advance runs with solid examples.
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Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (3 of 3)
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Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (2 of 3)A great guide for advance pianist how & why to apply runs to musical pieces. This was brought to you by the man behind "Learn to play Piano by Ear" Noval Smith who gives a great clear instruction into doing these advance runs with solid examples.
Enjoy Videos:
Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (1 of 3)
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Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (2 of 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRjjkIsrhbs
Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (3 of 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wszr4enP6kc
Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (1 of 3)A great guide for advance pianist how & why to apply runs to musical pieces. This was brought to you by the man behind "Learn to play Piano by Ear" Noval Smith who gives a great clear instruction into doing these advance runs with solid examples.
Enjoy Videos:
Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (1 of 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLSRPYZ95MI
Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (2 of 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRjjkIsrhbs
Musical Insight - "How To Do A Piano Run" by Noval Smith (3 of 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wszr4enP6kc
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Learn Sixth, Major Dominant Seventh Chords Fast!!Idissectmusic gives a real simple approach to learning the sixth, major and dominant seventh chords in every key!
Augmented, suspended 4 and 2 chords Simplified!Mr. IDissectMusic takes a straightfoward approach for learning Augmented, Suspended 2 and Suspended 4 Chords. This will give beginners a solid base to continue their endeavors in learning the Piano
Circle of Fourth Finger Exercise And Chords PianThis Fingering Exercise is Designed to help with Dexterity and Fluency in playing the piano.There are also chorsd Progressions that may help you understand the concept of "The Circle Of Fourths" and H
How Basic Chords Work - Music Theory Lesson 1Next up, check out how rhythm works: http://youtu.be/Utzyi4gfBDE
or more about chords: http://youtu.be/3tbK2jtVRM8
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This lesson is on chords, how they work, and the basic intervals that make them up. Learning the underlying music theory behind chords will not only allow you to find any chord you want, anywhere you want, it will also give you a solid foundation to build your entire understanding of music theory on.
I have a bachelor's in music (I took about a billion theory courses), and I'm a full time music teacher. After trying to help so many people learn music theory, I've decided that this is the best, most useful and most easily understood way into music theory. You don't need to know anything about music to get started on this, other than the names of the notes (and if you don't know that then google it; it's cake). Have fun.
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The circle of fifths is easy to learn, but what to do with it can be confusing. I'll show you a quick way to memorize it, and then ways to use it for things like chord building and key changes.
Also check out the follow up lesson about using the circle of fifths with minor keys: https://youtu.be/hzgDTocKyc4
Circle of Fifths: How to use for Major Keys (Music Theory)This video details how to use the Circle of Fifths to calculate key signatures for major keys. It's important that you know how to create the circle before watching this video - please watch my other video on "how to create the circle of fifths" before this one if you need to.
If you'd like to extend your knowledge of the circle and use to it create major scales have a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itXflZ3DqOo
Please note that this video is virtually identicial (bar a few small changes) to my previous video detailing how to use the circle of fifths for major keys. This video, however, is in HD and has much better sound quality.
Music Foundations Tutorial - Chord Theory Part 1: Chord Inversions w/ Max WildIn this first video of a series on advanced chord theory, Dubspot Music Foundations Instructor Max Wild talks about inversions and how they apply to chord progressions and triads. Learn what chord inversions are, the different types of inversions, and when to apply them to your music. Max also demonstrates how to smoothly transition between triads using inversions and how to use chord inversions to create arpeggios and melodies.
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Music Foundations Tutorial - Chord Theory Part 2: Chord Extensions w/ Max WildIn this second video of a series on advanced chord theory, Dubspot Music Foundations Instructor Max Wild talks about various chord extensions and how chord voicings can be used to enrich your music. Expanding on 7th chord inversions from part one in the series, Max demonstrates how to play Major, Minor, and Dominant chord extensions. Learn how to play Dominant 7th and Minor 7th chords with extensions to the 9th, 11th, and 13th. Max also introduces us to Lydian and Dorian Modes while demonstrating how to avoid tritones. To wrap up the video, Max shows us how to apply various chord extensions using examples from Disclosure's hit track “White Noise.”
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Music Foundations Tutorial - Chord Theory Part 3: Chord Voicings w/ Max WildIn this third video of a series on advanced chord theory, Dubspot Music Foundations Instructor Max Wild teaches us how to transform boring and basic chords into more interesting chords that flow better musically. Expanding on what we learned in Advanced Chord Theory Part 2: Chord Extensions, Max demonstrates how to play two types of chord voicings and their inversions to shape harmony. Max also shows us how to combine the two types of voicings to move between the chords much easier and compares the two approaches to playing these chords.
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Piano Lesson: How to play Hands TogetherHand Independence is a skill that can be tough to learn, this piano lesson will focus on tips on how to play the right hand together with the left hand.
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Major Scale Fingering Rules for the Piano PlayerWhat every pianists needs to know about fingering rules for the major scales
Piano Technique: Right Hand Fingering Patterns: Major ScalesA fresh approach for studying scale fingering... Using the major scale as an example, we are going to greatly simplify our thinking by taking advantage of large-scale patterns, not by getting bogged down in the details. Enjoy!
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Chick Corea Jazz Keyboard Demo — Rhythmic DisplacementRhythmic and Melodic displacement on piano and keyboards – especially during jazz improvisation – is the lesson of this demonstration from Chick Corea.
Constantly evolving rhythmic changes are a hallmark of Chick's sound. With the Carlitos Del Puerto on acoustic bass and Richie Barshay on drums, he demonstrates how he introduces these modifications.
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Mirror Image Piano Exercises - Piano Drill for Dexterity Used by Chick Coreahttp://chickcoreamusicworkshops.com/ws-vid-musician/
Mirror Image Piano Exercises - Piano Drill for Dexterity Used by Chick Corea
Chick Corea: It's an old tango. "Anna's Tango." I thought that would be a nice intro to this. We're going to talk about as a basis for our chat, this book that we published ourselves, many many years ago, called "A Work in Progress." What the book was, when I put it together, was an attempt to just write down the way I do things. People ask questions. Musicians ask questions. "How do you did this?" "How do you write?" "How do you put a band together?" So forth, and what ever.
The thing that I want to get across is, in music everyone does it the way they do it. It's a subjective thing. It's an art form. So I thought the best that I could offer, in terms of answers, is the way I do things. So this is the way I do things. I call it my hat write up. My musician's hat. So we have the new version of the musician hat, "A Work in Progress," by the time we do this in March. The new revisions.
That's what it's going to be about. There's all this stuff in here. We can talk about whatever we want to talk about. Let's see. You know personal policies as a musician, playing the piano, comping, accompaniment, making time, talking about tempo and rhythm, composing. That's some things that are in the book.
I thought it would be interesting to take up this one thing. I put a revision in the book under, I call it the "Basics." Playing the piano. This is in the chapter, "Playing the Piano." I came across an interesting thing many years ago, that I find is not commonly known, but it's a way of looking at the keyboard, because the keyboard -- there's the keyboard. You've got all these white notes, [Plays notes.]
Then all these black notes [Plays notes.]
If you see how they're arranged [Plays notes.]
There's an octave. From C to C. [Plays notes.]
That's an octave. It's kind of unevenly arranged, if you look at it. There's 5 notes there, 6 notes there. There's another bunch of notes here. It's a little -- it's not like this. But there is a way to view the keyboard in a mirror image. Where it gets divided exactly in half. And all you have to do is look at the A flat [Plays note] or the D [Plays notes.]
And all of a sudden you have a mirror image, a complete mirror image. If you look this way from the A flat, and this way, from the A flat, you'll see a mirror image. [Plays notes.]
Graphically, that is. And it's a great reference point because -- I don't know if this was thought of when this construction of the keyboard was put together, or whenever it was, but if you think about it, most living things, especially the human body, is a mirror image. Make a line down the middle, there's the two hands.
It's a mirror image. Divide the mirror in half. It's a mirror image. The hands fit on the keyboard exactly as a mirror image. You know how you -- when you do exercises, you might exercise one side, but then you balance it out by exercising the other size because it's a mirror image. You do exercises like that. 'Cause you have to balance the body. With the piano, it's the same thing. you want to keep both hands going. Usually we're brought up where one hand is stronger than the other. Usually the right hand. This exercise and using this principle is a way to strengthen any phrase that you want to strengthen by turning it into a mirror image. Let me show you what I mean. There's a D [Plays note.]
One of the exercises that I wrote, simple exercise, with the five fingers.
You put [Play note] this note here, [Play note] that note there.
See, it's a mirror image. That's a D [Plays note]. The hands fit on it like this, the five fingers. That's a mirror image sound. You see that? So you've got five fingers and there's a book that I used to- that my piano teacher, when I was 8 years old, Salvatore Sullo, from Boston. Classical pianist. Wonderful guy. He used to laugh at jazz. When I went and auditioned for Sulo, I played [Plays song]
He sat there snickering, "Haha that's that Dizzy Gillespie music!" But anyway, he was a cool guy, he introduced me to these Italian books called the "Rossomandi." I don't even know if they make them anymore. I have this tattered copy. They have these mirror image exercises in there. This was the first one. It was [Plays notes.]
You know, [taps fingers.] That's all it is [Plays Notes.] But the shape of the keyboard, shapes the exact shape of the hand. It's a mirror image. You can do all sorts of things with that, you can go [Plays notes.] ...
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SALSA JAZZ PIANO LESSON: How to play MontunosDownload my 'Jazz Theory Explained' ebook at:
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In this video I start by showing you how to write montunos over circle of 5th chord progressions - as in a ii-V-I or an entire circle of 5ths.
Break the chord voicing into 2 sections - an outer part, and an inner part.
The outer part plays an octave - and always plays the 7th or 3rd of each chord in the circle of 5ths. So on a minor 7 chord, play a minor 7th, or a minor 3rd. On a major 7 chord, play a major 7th, or a major 7th. And on a dominant 7th, play a minor 7th, or a major 3rd. It's up to you whether you start on the 7th or the 3rd, but I usually start on the 7th.
With each chord change (in a circle of 5ths or a ii-V-I) you will switch the outer octave between playing the 7th and the 3rd. So on the first chord play the 7th, on the next chord play the 3rd, on the next chord play the 7th, and so on.
Meanwhile, the inner part plays either the 3rd & 5th of the chord, or the 7th & 9th of the chord - depending which note the outer voice is playing:
When the outer voice plays the 7th of the chord you're on - the inner voices play the 3rd & 5th.
When the outer voice plays the 3rd of the chord you're on - the inner voices play the 7th & 9th.
When you follow this voicing rule over a circle of 5ths (or a ii-V-I), you find that the 2 parts of the chord move one at a time downwards throught the scale you're in. So the outer voice moves while the inner voice stays the same for the next chord, then the inner voice moves while the outer voice stays the same for the next chord, and so on. The 2 voices alternate their movement.
Then I discuss other useful techniques you can use in Salsa (as well as other Latin Jazz styles), such as:
Montuno Turnarounds.
Arpeggiating the inner voices of the montuno.
Playing louder by doubling the montunos in both hands.
Doubling a melody 2 octaves apart.
Adding a Cuban Bassline in the left hand.
And last of all, I demonstrate these techniques as used in one of my own compositions, Road to Havana.
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Easy Way To Create Major 7th and Major 9th Chords ("Dropstep Technique") with JPhttp://www.gospelmusictraining.com
In this video tutorial, Jonathan Powell, from the Gospel Music Training Center, shows you what he calls his “Dropstep Technique” for converting major triads into full-sounding major 7th and major 9th chords.
A couple of piano hand independence exerciseshttp://bit.do/billsbook
Plenty of people have trouble developing their hand independence (i.e. getting their left and right hands to do different things at the same time on the piano keyboard). In this tutorial I deal with a couple of exercises you can use to develop independence and improve your piano playing.
If you’ve ever had any classical piano training, then playing some classical music should be your first port of call. Classical music promotes hand independence since your left hand has to work almost as hard as your right. This makes it impossible to rely solely on your right hand to do all the work.
You can also have a go at this series of exercises. If you lean to play these with confidence you should find that your hand independence will improve rapidly.
Firstly, try playing a basic 12-bar blues pattern in your left hand. For each beat in the left hand, hit 3 beats on the same chord with your right hand. You could also try increasing the difficulty by playing a slightly more complex pattern with your left hand while keeping the right hand part the same. This is tricky at first, but is a really useful exercise. Even if you’re not particularly interested in playing blues piano, these exercises are brilliant for promoting hand independence.
You could also adapt the exercises for rock or pop piano. Just make sure you choose a fairly simple left hand part with a little movement and keep up those rapid chords with your right hand. Focus on precision with your left hand while maintaining the right hand part.
If you found this video useful, take a look at some of my other videos (try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEmjNnRdifw for more hand independence exercises). You might also be interested in my book, How to Really Play the Piano. As well as being full of useful tips on chords and learning basic harmony, it has the second exercise from this video written out in full.
Best Piano Exercise for Beginners - The Miyagi TechniqueThis is the #1 best piano exercise for beginners. Its the piano technique that leads to all other piano techniques, and all beginners should really learn how to do it.
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It’s that one fundamental exercise everyone should know. When I started using this drill, it fundamentally changed the way I played. It was the first and most important piano technique I learned in college.
THE #1 PIANO EXERCISE FOR BEGINNERS: STEP-BY-STEP
STEP 1: THE FLOP
Hold your right wrist with your left hand. Now let your right arm go completely dead, 100% relaxed so that your left arm is holding ALL the weight of your right arm. Now use your left arm to lift your right hand slightly, then drop it and let it “flop” onto the keys.
You’ll feel your arm wanting to tense up once it starts falling. Don’t let it! It’s a natural reaction your body has but you have to overcome and let your dead arm weight hit the keys. It’s how you learn the complete relaxation feel.
This is going to feel weird. Strange. Awkward. But I promise you it works.
STEP 2: THE CATCH
Now you’re going to do the same thing as step one, except this time you’re going to “catch” the fall of your right hand by playing a note with your 3rd finger. Your wrist will fall below the keyboard and roll towards the outside. Don’t let your finger “collapse”, make sure it stays curved downwards.
Repeat this on all your fingers. Your pinkie will be tough because it’s the weakest finger, so you may have to drop from a lower height.
STEP 3: HAND INDEPENDENCE
Wrist flop exerciseOk, now repeat step 2, but don’t use your left hand. So put your right hand over the keys, lift slightly, and then let your arm go “dead” and drop it. Catch it with your 3rd finger and roll your wrist down and to the outside.
Without your left hand there to help you, it can be tough to truly let go and let gravity take over. You have to really focus on NOT using your muscles to push down, only use gravity to pull your fingers into the keys. Repeat this step with all your fingers.
STEP 4: PLAYING CHORDS
Now repeat step 4, but this time catch your arm weight with 3 or 4 of your fingers to form a chord. Really roll your wrist and elbow to the outside. Think of your arm as a heavy rope, and just let it drop.
Listen to the tone too. Work on getting that nice, warm, round, beautiful tone. This tone is one of the subtle things that separates good and great pianists. Its that tone that makes you good, and people won’t even know why. They’ll just think “I really like his/her style” without even realizing it was the tone you created that made them feel like that.
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Developing Left Hand -- Right Hand Independence on the Piano - Glen Rosewww.jazzypiano.net
Piano independence. Glen Rose gives a short talk on how to begin developing independence with both hands for improvisation at the piano. This is a collection of selected excerpts from the, "Developing Left Hand -- Right Hand Independence on the Piano" video lesson found on the web site.
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Piano Scales can be fun and enjoyable. Glen Rose talks about new ways to look at piano scales and how to use them for improvisation at the piano. This is a collection of selected excerpts from the, "The Joy of Scales" video lesson found on the jazzyPiano.com web site. This excerpt has a focus on the Db scale.
The Best Left Hand Pattern for PianoThis left hand pattern sounds AMAZING with almost any song.
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Hey guys, so this is my go-to left hand pattern for piano. I use it ALL the time if you watch any of my piano covers.
It's basically an arpeggiated 9th chord if you know your theory. The notes are scale degree:
1 3 5 8 9 5 8 5
(With "8" being the root up and octave and "9" being scale degree 2 up an octave)
In other words, if we're in C Major, the notes are:
C E G C D G C G
So in the video, I'm going to first demonstrate it, then show you exactly what notes to play, then show you how to learn it fast! Watch the third part! Seriously, you could learn this thing in a week with 5 minutes a day of practice and have it the rest of your life! Once you lean one or two songs with it, you can literally just plug it into any song and know it's going to sound good.
Another thing, once you learn it, it's tempting to never try anything else. Don't do this either, keep improving yourself and learning different left-hand patterns. You can always have this one to fall back on when you ask yourself "What to play with my left hand" when covering a song on piano, but try other styles out too, or try making one up yourself!
Anyways, if you liked this video, feel free to connect with me if you want to ask me any piano questions you have or just want to say hi
The Goal Setting Method - Supercharge Your Piano Practice!Welcome to the video on the Goal Setting Method! This is the best method I've found to keep you laser focused on exactly what you need to practice. You'll learn
-How to break up your song into logical sections
-How to plan your week
-How to set specific, measurable goals
-How to pick strategies to accomplish your goals
-How to record your results
-How to use a master list
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Arpeggios Practice Strategies - Supercharge Your Piano Practice!Welcome to the video lesson on practicing arpeggios. Arpeggios can be one of the trickiest things to learn, but these strategies will break them down and make them much easier:
-Arpeggios as Chords
-Thumb Under Isolation Strategy
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