How To Turn a Chord Into a “Cascading Waterfall Run” It’s pretty easy to take most any chord (4 note chords are easier than 3 note chords, generally, simply because of the way your hand is constructed) and turn it … Continue reading →
There are literally TONS of things you can do to make your piano songs come to life and be far more interesting. In this short video I demonstate just three of those many ways, including a filler you can use … Continue reading →
Among the various ways to reharmonize a tune are three specific but easy methods. This is part one of a three part series, and deals with a simple question you can ask at any point in a song to come … Continue reading →
There are scads of ways to add fillers to your songs, from counter-melodies to passing tones to unusual chord sequences to quartal voicings to…and on and on. Three of the easiest ways to take the chords of a song and … Continue reading →
Why do I need to learn scales and chords and music theory? Well, if you have the talent of a Mozart or Bach or Erroll Garner or Oscar Peterson or Dave Brubeck, you probably don’t. But if you’re like the … Continue reading →
Enharmonic notes and enharmonic chords — how they work.
Continue reading →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 →The walking bass style imitates a bass player in a combo, except in this case your left hand does the walking.
Continue reading → By learning chording techniques, you are at least
quadrupling your chances of creating exciting new sounds
on the piano
You can create motion in your songs by adding passing tones to your repertoire of piano techniques.
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