A Summary of “How To Find The Key Of a Song”
“How To Find The Key Of a Song” This is a combination video about how to find the key of a song. It covers major keys – both flat keys and sharp keys – and minor keys. Click on this … Continue reading →
About Duane
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.
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“How To Find The Key Of a Song” This is a combination video about how to find the key of a song. It covers major keys – both flat keys and sharp keys – and minor keys. Click on this … Continue reading →
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7th chords Can Add a “Blues Sound” To Your Piano Playing Our video today covers adding 7th chords to most any song. Click on this link to watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4bNhgchNU8&feature=youtu.be Good morning, this is Duane and we’ve … Continue reading →
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Key of Minor Songs – Relative Minor Keys Today we are going to learn how to find the key of minor songs. Click on this link to watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-vccsEnAsA&feature=youtu.be Good morning. This is Duane. We’ve been … Continue reading →
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Sharp Keys And The Order Of The Sharps Today we are going to cover all 7 sharp keys. Click on this link to watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ibIMAgH-X0 Good morning. This is Duane. We’ve been doing a series called … Continue reading →
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Flat Keys – Learn Them All Quickly! Today we are going to learn all 7 flat keys and the order of the flats. Click on this link to watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P6BQyotOIY&feature=youtu.be Good morning. This is Duane. We’ve … Continue reading →
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How To Arrange a Song Using Intros & Endings Our video today is about how to arrange a song to make it unique. Good morning. This is Duane, and we’ve been doing a series about how to color on the … Continue reading →
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Bridge Of a Song – The Contrasting Section The bridge of a song is the part of the song that contrasts to the theme of the song. It is often called “Section B” of a song – Section A being … Continue reading →
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Chord Underwear In The Right Hand On “Ain’t She Sweet” Today we are going to look at chord underwear – right hand chords under the melody of a song. Click on this link to watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt4pBI8n3AY&feature=youtu.be … Continue reading →
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Playing Piano Songs Using Swing Bass Swing bass is a style which provides not only the chords of the song, but also creates a rhythm. Good morning. This is Duane. We’ve been doing a series called “How to Color Without … Continue reading →
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What is Musical Form? Songs are organized in various ways, and those ways are called musical form. Good morning. This is Duane and we’re doing a series of videos called “How to Color on the Piano Without Crayons,” creative ways … Continue reading →