New Exciting Chords This video shows 4 ways to substitute fresh new exciting chords into your piano songs. Why would you want to do that? It freshens up any song to add a new chord here and there, particularly in … Continue reading →
Complex Piano Chords Good morning. This is Duane and today we’re going to take a look at complex piano chords. We’ve covered all the basic kinds of chords. We’ve covered major, minor, diminished, augmented, sixth, seventh, major sevenths, minor sevenths … Continue reading →
Learn To Play Piano – With Chords The traditional way to learn to play piano is to take piano lessons from a teacher and learn to read the music as it appears in sheet music, and I certainly recommend that … Continue reading →
Basic Piano Chords – How Many Are There? Good morning, this is Duane. Today we’re going to take an overview of chords just to see how many basic piano chords there are to get a good feel for it. We’re … Continue reading →
Playing piano using chords is a way to “come through the Backdoor of Piano Playing” leading to being able to add fullness and excitement to a song by improvising. See the backdoor at www.PlayPiano.com Come through the “back door” of piano … Continue reading →
How To Play “Auld Lang Syne” In Any Key Using Just the Primary Chords Good morning. This is Duane. This is New Years Eve as I’m recording this, New Years Eve 2015. Tomorrow is New Years Day 2016. In any case, … Continue reading →
How To Form Open Voiced Piano Chords in Stacked 4ths Open voiced piano chords are usually formed by stacking 4ths – in other words, instead of a stack of 3rd intervals, you have a stack of 4th intervals. Good morning … Continue reading →
Diminished 7th Chords – Transition Chords Good morning. This is Duane. We have been doing a series called. “Good Stuff You Really Need To Know About Music!”, based on all about music theory kind of things. Yesterday I talked about diminished … Continue reading →
Add Color Tones To Create Explosive Piano Chords Do you ever hear piano players that seem to create one exciting chord after another? Chances are excellent that they are creating explosive piano chords. One of the main keys to making your … Continue reading →
 Some Ways To Inject More Excitement Into Your Piano Chords Here is a short video (7 minutes) that demonstrates three different ways you can make your piano chords more interesting. Watch and then try to incorporate at least on of … Continue reading →
