Major-Minor Piano Chord Chart – All The Major & Minor Chords
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How To Make Any Simple Piano Chord Sound Complex
You can make any simple chord sound more complex simply by using inversions, using different voicings, and adding color tones. You can also add arpeggios, grace notes, turns, and lots of ornaments to “dress up your playing”. Click the audio … Continue reading →
“The First Noel” – a carol made of a simple scale
Melodies (the tune of a song) are made from scales, and sometimes purely from scales.
Continue reading →Adding some rhythm to “Joy To The World” on the piano
Using rhythm and three chords to play “Joy To The World”
Continue reading →Using Parallelisms in Christmas Carols on the Piano
Do you know how to use parallelisms in your piano playing?
Continue reading →False endings: Deceptive cadences
Sometimes in piano playing it’s nice to play a little trick on the listener by moving to a chord they don’t exepect.
Continue reading →7th chords: How many are there?
There are many different kinds of 7th chords in music
Continue reading →Improvising on the piano: Arranging songs on the spot
Improvising on the piano involves several factors, but the most notable factor is the creation of a new melody while using the same chord progressions.
Continue reading →Scales: Chromatic, Whole Tone & Pentatonic Scales
A podcast dealing with Chromatic, Whole Tone & Pentatonic Scales
Continue reading →Piano fills: The easiest kind of fill in piano playing
There are countless things you can do to “fill up the empty spaces” in your piano playing
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