Primary Chords: The “Family Chords” You Need To Know In Any Key! Over the years, a lot of people have asked me what it takes to be a good piano player relative to chords, and they say, “How many chords … Continue reading →
Piano Chords: Using Major, Minor, Diminished & Augmented Chords To Improvise Here is a transcript of the video if you want to follow along: Good morning. This is Duane and today I would like to talk about getting started improvising … Continue reading →
Simple Piano Chords Can Make Your Piano Playing More Interesting and Exciting Here is a transcript of the video in case you want to follow along: Good morning, this is Duane, and today we’re going to do something a little … Continue reading →
Simple Piano Notes & Simple Piano Chords… Here is a transcript of the video if you would like to follow along: Good morning, this is Duane, and today we’re going to do something a little different with simple piano notes … Continue reading →
How To Make Musical Chords Sound More Complex Here is a transcript of the podcast in case you want to follow along: Hi, this is Duane again. Back with some more good stuff you really ought to know about musical … Continue reading →
Piano Chords – The Key To Understanding Music! I recall that as a teenager of about 14 I was totally amazed when I found out that CHORDS are the key to UNDERSTANDING MUSIC! I had taken piano lessons from the … Continue reading →
Left Hand Piano Chords: One Way To Use Them Most pianists use left hand piano chords in a variety of ways, including arpeggios, swing bass, and combinations of broken and block chords in different patterns. On this video we cover … Continue reading →
Left Hand Piano Styles: Strum a Chord Like a Guitar There are many left hand piano styles you can use on your piano songs, including the swing bass, arpeggios of various sorts, the Alberti bass, various western bass styles, boogies, … Continue reading →
Knowing piano chords can be the difference between playing the piano just by reading the notes in a piece of sheet music and being able to improvise your own arrangements of most any song. The mistake most people make is … Continue reading →
Most of the time chords are played with your left hand, while the melody (the tune of the song) is played with the right hand. But it is also possible to play chords with the right hand and not play … Continue reading →
