The number one complaint I hear from almost anyone who is developing their piano skills is, “My left hand is a mess!” For most people, this comes from a lack of use and can be improved with a little time, patience in effort. In this short tutorial, I will show you three simple steps to …
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Master Major Scale Fingerings on Piano
Master Major Scale Fingerings on Piano This tutorial is all about how to master major scale fingerings on the piano. I am going to break down the who, what, why and how of major scales and how to master the fingerings once and for all. If you are curious, keep watching! Build strength and dexterity …
Faking 101: The Secret Weapon of EVERY piano player
The art of faking piano is about approximating an accompaniment part We do this using our knowledge of harmony and we use rhythms to estimate the basic gist of the piano part for faking! Why is faking on piano useful? If you don’t quite have the skills to play an accompaniment part, you …
Piano Skills and Ear Training #4
This is video #4 in my Piano Skills and Ear Training series! This week we will maneuver through the I-IV-V7-I chord progression in all 12 keys using smooth voice leading. Once we’ve mastered that, we’ll start to SING the bass notes (in Moveable Do Solfege, naturally). This is amazing ear training and a great way …
Piano Skills and Ear Training #3
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 …
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 …