Chords at the Piano: Getting Started
- 1. About this Course
- 2. The Seven White Keys
- 3. Intervals: Let's talk relationship
- 4. Chord Basics
- 5. How to Connect Two Chords Beautifully (Inversions)
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VIDEO: The power of chord inversions. (1 minute, 12 seconds.)-
- 0:00 Introducing inversions
- How to invert a chord
- One chord, three positions
- VIDEO: Chord Inversion Exercise. (2 minutes, 34 seconds.)
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- 0:15 The C chord—fingering for each position, each hand
- 0:40 Basic chord technique
- 2:00 Practicing the F and G chords
- 6. Song Essentials
- 7. How to Play a Simple Ballad
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- VIDEO: A 3-Chord Accompaniment, Step by Step. (5 minutes, 36 seconds.)
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- 0:12 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, one of many songs (pop, rock, blues, etc.) that use the same chords
- 0:39 Michael, Row performed as you're about to learn it.
- 1:16 The first C chord, fingering explained
- 1:38 Technique: Let gravity do the work
- 2:00 Play and count
- 2:17 Play and sing
- 3:00 Transition to the F chord
- Michael Row chord graphics to print out
- Tips for playing and practicing chords
- 8. How to Read a Chord Chart
- 9. A Simple Ballad (part 2)
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- VIDEO: The Rest of the Song. (5 minutes, 58 seconds.)
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- 0:09 Using your Michael Row chord chart
- 0:39 Changing fingers on a chord can make it easier to play the next
- 1:30 The rest of the song, step by step
- 4:44 A great way to practice chord progressions
- 10. The Bass Line: Your left hand was born for this
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- VIDEO: How to Play a Simple Bass Line. (7 minutes, 32 seconds.)
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- 0:08 Songs you can use this for, plus a brief demo of Hound Dog and Your Mama Don't Dance
- 1:03 Overview of the chords and inversions
- 1:38 How to play the left hand part
- 2:15 The right hand part
- 2:24 Putting the 2 hands together
- 2:58 How to play a shuffle rhythm
- 11. How to Play a 12-Bar Blues Shuffle
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- VIDEO: How to Play a 12-Bar Blues Shuffle. (5 minutes, 58 seconds.)
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- 0:08 Songs you can use this for, plus a brief demo of Hound Dog and Your Mama Don't Dance
- 1:03 Overview of the chords and inversions
- 1:38 How to play the left hand part
- 2:15 The right hand part
- 2:24 Putting the 2 hands together
- 2:58 How to play a shuffle rhythm
- 12. 12-Bar Blues Shuffle (part 2)
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- VIDEO: 12-Bar Blues Shuffle (part 2) (8 minutes, 59 seconds.)
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- 0:14 The rest of the chords
- 1:03 What the left hand plays for each chord
- 1:32 All right hand chords, inversions, and fingering
- 2:39 How to play tricky chord changes with ease
- 4:05 Practicing the rest of the chords, step by step
- 4:39 The turnaround: back to the beginning we go
- 5:46 An easy turnaround
- 6:36 Other turnarounds (to add variety)
- 7:13 Other left hand patterns
- 7:49 How to give your playing a rock "feel"
- 13. Half steps, whole steps, sharps & flats
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- VIDEO: Half steps, whole steps, sharps & flats (5 minutes, 08 seconds.)
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- 0:13 Half steps and whole steps
- 2:28 Sharps
- 3:35 Flats
- 14. How to play any major scale or major chord
- 15. How to transpose a song using numbers
- 16. Ode to Joy (easy piano tutorial) Part 1
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- VIDEO: Ode to Joy (easy piano tutorial) part 1 (7 minutes, 14 seconds.)
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- 0:36 Ode to Joy played up to tempo
- 1:17 Played in slow motion
- 2:32 Step-by-step instruction
- 17. Ode to Joy (easy piano tutorial) Part 2
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- VIDEO: Ode to Joy (easy piano tutorial) part 2 (5 minutes, 12 seconds.)
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- 0:35 Ode to Joy (middle section) played in slow motion
- 0:59 Step-by-step tutorial