How To Create Walkups and Walkdowns on the Piano & Use Them In Your Songs Here is a transcript of the video if you want to follow along: Hi. This is Duane and today I would like to quickly cover … Continue reading →
Left Hand Piano Walkups In 3/4 Time…Using Amazing Grace Here is a transcription of the video in case you would like to follow along: Good morning. This is Duane and today I’d like to talk about the magic of left … Continue reading →
Rapid-Fire Piano Runs In Slow Motion Good morning. This is Duane. We’ve been doing a series of videos on how to play in various keys, but I’m going to take a little break from that this morning because we’ve had … Continue reading →
Left Hand Piano Styles: Strum a Chord Like a Guitar There are many left hand piano styles you can use on your piano songs, including the swing bass, arpeggios of various sorts, the Alberti bass, various western bass styles, boogies, … Continue reading →
Piano Runs: Practice Piano Slowly & Gradually Get Up To Speed “How can I play faster – like the pianists I see on TV?” Every piano teacher has heard this question, or some variety of it, countless times. And it’s … Continue reading →
How To Play The Melody (Tune) Of A Song With One Finger Musicians refer to a particular style of playing as the “single finger” technique. To non-musicians, that sounds a lot like the “hunt and peck” technique – using only … Continue reading →
Free Piano Podcasts! Did you know that I have about 30 or more free podcasts for you to listen to? Here are some of the titles: Appoggiaturas-in-pano-playing.m4a Appoggiaturas.m4a Articulation-The-Key-To-Clean-Piano-Playing.m4a Block-Chords-Locked-Hand-Style-2.m4a Block-Chords-Locked-Hand-Style.m4a Canon.m4a Canon_ A musical form.m4a Canon_ A-musical-form-2.m4a Chordal-Echos.m4a Chromatic-Whole-Tone-Pentatonic-Scales.m4a … Continue reading →
Here are seven ideas for making your piano playing more interesting and exciting. Some are a little on the advanced side, so if you are a beginner you should probably stick with more basic techniques for awhile such as I … Continue reading →
Getting Your Piano Fingers in Shape Piano technique is often misunderstood by non-pianists as a skill people are born with or a skill that requires long fingers. It’s more about learning to use your hands and fingers comfortably and how … Continue reading →
There are many ways to improve your piano playing, but most of them entail lots of study and practice. But there are two ways you can improve right away just by being aware of them — pedaling and dynamics. Watch … Continue reading →
