Duane Shinn (that would be me) has good news for you if you want to play the piano. He (me) has little fat hands & stubby little fingers - not at all suited for playing the piano - more suited to making mud pies or some such. I am also fairly uncoordinated with just average musical ability - certainly not a great piano player. But I've learned a ton about music over the years and people tell me I'm pretty decent at explaining how music works & how to progress more rapidly on the piano. Over the years I have developed about 150 techniques for conquering the piano. Most professional pianists can do these techniques, but very few can explain them in a way people can understand. I specialize in making complex techniques simple. I invite you to watch a few of my free videos and see some of these for yourself before making any decision about taking any of my courses.
Piano Chord Inversions: All The Major & Minor Piano Chords Upside Down Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the chords in the world — and we’re going to cover them … Continue reading →
Diminished Piano Triads: The “Salt” of a Musical Meal Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the chords in the world — and we’re going to cover them ALL before … Continue reading →
All The 7th Piano Chords One of the most valuable chord types you’ll ever learn… Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the chords in the world — and we’re … Continue reading →
All The 9th Piano Chords Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the piano chords in the world — and we’re going to cover them ALL before we’re done — you’ll … Continue reading →
Chord Suspensions Suspensions are chords in which the 4th degree of the scale takes the place of the 3rd degree — usually temporarily, but not always. For example, a Csus would look like this: Fsus would look like this: Gsus would … Continue reading →
The 3 Diminished 7th Piano Chords Diminished 7th chords are unique animals. They have some unusual qualities that make them interesting and useable. For example, they are the only type of chord that is simply a stack of minor 3rds. If you … Continue reading →
All The 13th Piano Chords One of the most exciting chord types you’ll ever learn… Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the chords in the world — and we’re going to … Continue reading →
All The Minor 6th Piano Chords Another extended piano chord you need to know! Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the chords in the world — and we’re going to cover … Continue reading →
All The Major 7th Chords The symbol for Major 7th chords is “maj7” Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the chords in the world — and we’re … Continue reading →
All The Major 6th Piano Chords The first of the extended chords group Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the chords in the world — and we’re going to … Continue reading →
