Did you just buy your first keyboard and have no idea how to get started? Then you’ve come to the right place! In this mini-series I’m going to cover all of the basic concepts and teach you how to jumpstart your piano or keyboard playing career. Emphasis is on practical lessons with real-life applicability, aimed at pop/rock musicians.
In this video we’ll be taking the four chords you learned in the previous lesson and showing you how to play them in interesting ways, from arpeggiating them to playing alternating patterns or even thinking like a guitar player!
Next lesson we’ll add a few more chords and enrich your chord vocabulary further! I plan on releasing a new video about once a month. Video Rating: / 5
Printable materials to accompany this full 12- lesson pre-beginner piano unit are available here:
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Welcome to Lesson 1 of PianoVideoLessons free Beginner Piano Lessons series. This series of free video lessons is designed to walk you through learning all of the basic of piano playing. After completing the Beginner Piano Lessons Series you will be ready to start to read notes on the staff. All of these Beginner Video Piano Lessons are taught without sheet music so you will get a solid foundation in understanding the mechanics of playing the piano. More videos lessons will continue to be added to teach you to read and play piano. If you`re looking to learn to read notes and want to do it quickly, I recommend my Note Reading Crash Course.
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Making fast ascending and descending jazz piano runs requires a large amount of hand-eye coordination. Make fast ascending and descending jazz piano runs with help from an experienced piano professional in this free video clip.
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To get immediate access to the rest of this Summertime jazz piano tutorial and over 16 hours more of the most in depth jazz piano lessons online go to the link above.
You’ll get full notated sheet music
Backing jam tracks
MIDI files
Hours of additional chord lessons
Tons of song tutorials
Jazz improv lessons
Jazz lick lesson
And much more
There are actually 3 complete arrangements of Summertime. This is one of the easy jazz piano arrangements from the course.
One of the best ways to learn jazz piano is to study well filmed jazz tutorials. The Premium course not only uses HD filming so you can watch and rewind every move but it also includes sheet music of every arrangement plus MIDI files.
Enjoy learning the piano chords from this jazz tutorial and have fun practicing!
Improvisation – Jazz Piano Lessons – Sounds Good at Slow Tempo
Do your fingers seem to only have one speed—slow?
Want something bluesy you can play slowly and still sound great?
Take some piano lessons from Scott Houston “The Piano Guy.” In this video, Scott shows you how to use a 12 measure pattern to create a great bluesy sound that sounds great played slowly.
The example for these piano lessons are taught in the key of C two octaves down from Middle C.
The order to play the chords follows the 12 measure pattern:
C-C-C-C-F-F-C-C-G-F-C-C
Frequently you will see the C7, F7, G7 played, but today we are going to make it even simpler and use a variation of the C, F and G Chords for your left hand part.
We will just be using the two outside notes (removing the middle note of the triad) of the chords for this pattern.
C = C,E,G: We will play the C & G.
F = F,A,C: We will play just the F & C.
G = G,B,D: We will play the G & D.
After playing the two outside notes, we will keep the pinkie on the root but will then move the thumb up one step and play that. So the pattern will look like this:
1. C & G and C & A
2. C & G and C & A
3. C & G and C & A
4. C & G and C & A
5. F & C and F & D
6. F & C and F & D
7. C & G and C & A
8. C & G and C & A
9. G & D and G & E
10. F & C and F & D
11. C & G and C & A
12. C & G and C & A
Another way to look at it is:
C & G and C & A (playing quarter notes 4 times= 1 measure) X 4
F & C and F & D (playing quarter notes 4 times= 1 measure) X 2
C & G and C & A (playing quarter notes 4 times= 1 measure) X 2
G & D and G & E (playing quarter notes 4 times= 1 measure) X 1
F & C and F & D (playing quarter notes 4 times= 1 measure) X 1
C & G and C & A (playing quarter notes 4 times= 1 measure) X 2
Then repeat over and over again! Added bonus—at the end of each 12 measure pattern before you go back up to the top, you can play a G augmented (G aug) F, B, D# in your right hand
Practice playing the left hand pattern solely until you get to the point that you can play it pretty easily without having to think too hard or until your hand has that muscle memory.
Once you get the left hand pattern down, you are ready to tackle the right hand part. With your right hand, you will be improvising. Just stick to all the white notes with the exception of the Bb. If you want to, you can also include the Eb. If you stick to playing only those keys you will never hit a clam.
The key is to keep your pattern in the left hand playing slowly and consistently at the same tempo.
Have fun with this slow blues pattern. It is a great chance to practice your improvising!
Scott’s life goal is to help you learn to play piano through piano lessons that you can take anywhere and at any time to get you started having some fun at a piano or keyboard as quickly as possible.
Scott Houston is the host of The Piano Guy television series on Public Television and has taught hundreds of thousands of folks like yourself, how to have some fun on their piano or keyboard. He wants to help you get there too—as quickly as possible.
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Teach Yourself Piano (Piano Lesson #1 of 5 “Joy to the World” Piano Lessons)
Take some piano lessons from Scott Houston “The Piano Guy.” This is 1st of 5 piano lessons teaching how to play a very nice, pro sounding version of the great holiday tune “Joy to the World.” Scott’s life goal is to help you teach yourself piano skills to get you started having some fun at a piano or keyboard as quickly as possible.
In this first piano lesson, Scott starts by teaching you how to play the right hand part. Then Houston demonstrates step by step how to play the baseline with your left hand. Then shows how to play the baseline in octaves to achieve a fuller sound.
Additionally, he shares a tip for avoiding a “thumb crash.” The video concludes with showing how to put your hands together.
Scott Houston is the host of The Piano Guy television series on Public Television and has taught hundreds of thousands of folks like yourself, how to have some fun on their piano or keyboard. He wants to help you get there too—as quickly as possible.
Sign Up Now For Scott’s FREE Introductory Online Piano Course
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