This is video #3 in my Piano Skills and Ear Training series. In this tutorial, we are going to look at a music theory cadence that is very common in almost all genres of music: the I IV I V7 I cadence. You can check out video #1 here and video #2 here. What is a cadence? A …
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Piano Skills and Ear Training #2
Play and sing the Perfect Cadence This tutorial is the second in a series of piano skills and ear training tutorials. This one shows you how to play and sing the Perfect Cadence: an iconic progression that shows up in pretty much every piece of Western music, from Beethoven to Radiohead. Check out the Plagal …
Piano Skills and Ear Training #1
Want to develop better ears while you also get some new skills together on piano? In this week’s tutorial, I will show you how to play a simple chord progression on the piano, while you sing along. Super easy and fun! Piano skills and ear training should always be combined for maximum efficiency. What is a cadence? …
5 Steps to Sight Singing Success
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about the often stressful topic of sight singing and if there is some kind of proven method to be able to master this once and for all. Well not surprisingly, I have an answer to this problem. I’m going to take you on a deep dive on …
Who Needs Solfege?
Solfege is a skill that many consider a “classical thing.” It’s true that solfege is usually learned in a classical choral setting. What if I told you that learning solfege is effective for singers and instrumentalists of every genre. So: Who needs solfege? Here is a list of who needs solfege and what they can …
You Can Learn to Play By Ear using SOLFEGE
In today’s video I’m going to show you how to learn to play by ear. I have been using this method for over 20 years and it has been a total game changer. You may have watched my recent video which I will link up here called You Can Learn To Play By Ear and I got such a huge response from that I wanted to …