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Minor chord substitutions are some of the most interesting and pleasant-sounding things you can do
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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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Minor chord substitutions are some of the most interesting and pleasant-sounding things you can do
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a tetrachord is not a chord at all — it is a scale
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Major chords are formed from major scales
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There are many many techniques you can use to make most any song more interesting.
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It’s always good now and then to go back to fundamentals
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The blues scale is a combination of a diatonic major scale plus the flat 3rd, flat 5th, and flat 7th of the scale
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Here are a couple ideas for adding some fills and runs in your piano playing to make it fuller and more interesting.
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You can easily create a sound on your piano that simulates the reverberations of chimes by simply playing high on your keyboard with both hands,
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Classical music resources
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Like any song, there are countless variations you can use on “Auld Lang Syne”,
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