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Learning Music Theory From An Old Christmas Song (Video)

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You can learn a lot about music theory just by paying close attention to a song – how many measures it has, how they are organized, how sections repeat, and so on, as well as analyzing the chords to see if there is a pattern. In this familiar old Christmas favorite we take a look at the FORM of the song and discover that 3 out of the 4 sections are basically the same, so once we learn the first section (8 measures) we have 3/4 of the song already learned!

Then by noticing that only 3 or 4 chords are being used in the song, we can learn the entire song very quickly. Watch this short video and you’ll understand:

You can also watch the video on this page: https://www.playpiano.com/Rudolph

Or directly on my YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNu6yTfmOw

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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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