The Circle of Keys & How Chord Progressions Often Work in Songs
The chord progressions in songs often follow the circle of keys, usually to the right.
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The Magic Of Left-Hand Walkups In 3/4 Time (Piano Lesson Using “Amazing Grace”)
One of the easiest techniques you can use in your left hand in 3/4 time is the walkup.
Continue reading →Greensleeves: Easier Than You Might Think!
Quite often we don’t take the time to analyze the music we play, but if we did we would often find it much easier to understand than we would otherwise think in terms of chord progressions and musical form.
Continue reading →Piano Lessons: How To Put Octave-3rds Under The Melody In Your Right Hand
Playing the tune of a song in a “single-finger” style leaves much to be desired in terms of fullness.
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One of the most familiar of all chord progressions is the I, vi, ii, V progression.
Continue reading →Greensleeves — Learn 4 chords & learn the entire song
Greensleeves — Learn 4 chords & learn the entire song
Continue reading →Chord Progressions: How To Use Them In Your Piano Playing (Watch short video)
Chord progressions are simply the way chords want to move. Every musician uses them whether they know it or not. The trick is to recognize them and then use them in other situations and modify them slightly for an original sound.
Continue reading →How To Play Piano Using Chord Symbols
Chord symbols (for example, Cmaj7 or G6) are a type of notation used frequently in jazz and other areas of modern music to notate chord progressions and changes. This type of notation differs from that of classical music in that chord symbols don’t show the function of a chord the way the Roman numeral notation does. Chord symbols, for modern music with lots of changes, are much easier to read. They function as a sort of shorthand for change-heavy music and are written with four chord parts in mind: the root, the quality, the extension, and the alterations.
Continue reading →10 Piano Styles You Can Learn To Play
When studying the piano, a student encounters a myriad piano styles. To master the instrument, at least several of these styles must be learned, and all if at all possible. Knowledge of various playing styles enables a pianist to enjoy and play in any genre and to cross-polinate styles to create a fusion he or she can call their own.
Continue reading →Can You Learn to Tell The Future Of a Song?
Most people don’t realize that they could learn how to be a “prophet” — see into the future — and tell all these things about almost any song:
What’s the most likely chord for the song to start on:
What’s the most likely chord for the song to end on:
What the three most likely chords in any song are:
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