Simple beginner piano course

Fundamental to playing by ear

Course Includes the following topics :

What you’ll learn

  • How to play piano by ear.
  • How to construct piano chords from triads, seventh, ninth, eleventh and thirteeth chords.
  • understanding the concept of inversions, circle of fourth, piano chord voicings..

Course Content

  • BEGINNER PIANO COURSE –> 12 lectures • 2hr 32min.

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Course Includes the following topics :

NOTES: Identification of notes, naturals, sharps, flats, numbering of alphabets, pitch and intervals.

SCALES: Types, diatonic scale, major scale, minor scale and formula, major scale fingering, minor scale fingering

SCALES 2: Harmonic minor scale, melodic minor scale and formula, harmonic minor scale fingering, melodic minor scale fingering, modes of the major scale

CHORDS: Types of harmony, chord definition (triads), major triads, minor triads, diatonic triads

CHORDS 2: Diminished triads, triads derived from the harmonic minor scale, triads derived from the melodic minor scale

ARPERGIOS: Chromatic scale, arpeggio in 3rds in major scale, arpeggio in 3rds in minor scale, arpeggio in 3rds in harmonic minor scale, arpeggio in 3rds in melodic minor scale

INVERSION: Inversions major triads, inversions minor triads, inversions from harmonic minor scale, inversions triads from melodic minor scale

POWER CHORDS: Power chord voicing major triad, power chord voicing minor triad, power chord voicing triads derived from the harmonic minor scale, power chord voicing triads derived from the melodic minor scale

EXTENDED CHORDS: major 7ths, minor 7ths, 7ths of diatonic scale

EXTENDED CHORDS 2:  7ths of the harmonic minor scale,   7ths of the melodic minor scale

VOICINGS: closed voicings, open voicings, shell voicings, rootless voicings

LESSON 12: circle of 4ths

 

 

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