Ever wished you could entertain your friends playing the piano?
This self paced online course will take you from beginner to homegrown piano entertainer, giving you the skills to be able to just sit at the piano and PLAY!
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Introduction
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Piano basics: what you need to know
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Building chords and playing along
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Rhythm, time and beats
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- Section introduction (1:06)
- Time and beats (5:16)
- A useful tool: the metronome (2:35)
- Time, beats and measures/bars
- Pop ballad 1 - The One, Kodaline (9:04)
- Play along: Pop ballad 1 (2:54)
- Pop ballad 2 - pulse rhythm - The One (8:54)
- Play along: Pop ballad 2 (2:56)
- Practice tip: boost your chord changes (3:08)
- Offbeat rhythm: The Tide is High (10:22)
- Assignment: The Tide is High (12:00)
Chord inversions
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Connecting chords 1
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Connecting chords 2
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Connecting chords 3
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The sustain pedal
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Three chord songs: more tricks in your bag
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The black keys: tones and half tones
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Minor vs Major
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- Section introduction (0:26)
- From major to minor chords: C minor, F minor, G minor (7:45)
- Discover a new chord: A minor (4:11)
- Use the A minor chord: I'm Yours by Jason Mraz (6:50)
- Play along: I'm Yours by Jason Mraz (1:24)
- Two more minor chords: D minor and E minor (4:25)
- From minor to major chords. D major, E major, A major (5:59)
- Reality check: find chords on the internet for Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers (6:24)
Wrapping up all triads - chords made of three notes
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- Section introduction: let's recap (2:54)
- Inversions of A minor, D minor and E minor (5:42)
- Inversions of C minor, F minor and G minor AND A major D major and E major (8:37)
- Connecting chords: core concepts (5:49)
- The diminished chord (11:18)
- The augmented chord (7:27)
- Test: check your knowledge of chords
Chords built on black keys
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Slash, sus (suspended) and "add" chords
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Extending chords: the seventh
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- Section introduction (0:36)
- major and minor seventh (5:20)
- Quiz: major and minor sevenths
- The major seventh chord (6:00)
- The seventh chord (4:04)
- The minor major seventh chord (4:19)
- The minor seventh chord (4:52)
- The minor 7 (b5) chord (3:24)
- Simple inversion of chords with a 7th (5:02)
- Connecting chords: I will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (16:05)
- Reality check: play chords from sheet music - Auld Lang Syne. (9:31)
- Test: all chords
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