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December 3rd, 2025 - Holiday Singalong Prep and 3 Holiday Pop Tutorials!
Introduction and Tour of the Holiday Options (11:49)
Happy Xmas (War is Over) TVM (24:17)
Run Rudolph Run TVM (13:21)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) TVM (9:25)
Conclusion - Q&A (5:16)
November 12, 2025 - Two Improv Mini Tutorials!
Easy Relaxing Piano Improvisation (15:00)
10 Minutes to Boogie Woogie Mini Tutorial (10:27)
November 5th, 2025 - Adding Harmony to Melodies
Introduction (5:01)
Step #1: Primary Chords (13:48)
Step #2: Diatonic Chords (16:29)
Step #3: Diatonic Seventh Chords (10:47)
Step #4: Advanced (12:16)
Q and A (10:53)
Piano Skills and Ear Training #1: The Plagal Cadence (10:27)
Piano Skills and Ear Training #2: The Perfect Cadence (10:23)
Piano Skills and Ear Training #3: I-IV-I-V7-I (10:02)
Piano Skills and Ear Training #4: I-IV-V7-I (10:32)
October 15th, 2025 - 1950s and Early 1960s Rock and Roll
Introduction to Beginnings of Rock and Roll (12:14)
Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka (17:35)
Blue Suede Shoes tutorial (13:41)
Runaway Del Shannon Tutorial (19:23)
It's My Party - Lesley Gore (17:16)
Conclusion and Q&A (7:08)
September 24th, 2025 - Paul Simon Workshop
Introduction (7:31)
You Can Call Me Al tutorial (18:40)
Kodachrome tutorial (28:42)
Bridge Over Troubled Water tutorial (22:28)
Conclusion Q&A (3:12)
September 10th, 2025 - Neil Diamond Workshop
Intro - About Neil Diamond (8:44)
Song Sung Blue tutorial (16:57)
Cracklin' Rosie Tutorial (22:12)
Cherry Cherry Tutorial (12:24)
I Am I Said Tutorial (14:37)
Conclusion-Final Thoughts (4:13)
August 13th, 2025 - Carole King Workshop
Studio Tour - Introduction (5:44)
It's Too Late Tutorial (22:19)
You've Got a Friend tutorial (22:29)
I Feel the Earth Move tutorial (16:53)
Final Thoughts - Q&A (8:36)
July 23, 2025 - Elton John Workshop
The Elton John Workshop - "Wiggly Fingers" (22:52)
Your Song tutorial (25:45)
Tiny Dancer tutorial (17:35)
Short Q&A (2:02)
Rocket Man - Elton John (Intermediate Pop-Rock) (19:42)
Tiny Dancer - Elton John (INSTRUMENTAL Beginner/Intermediate Pop) (17:02)
July 9, 2025 - Billy Joel Workshop
Talking about Billy Joel's Music (10:24)
Movin' Out Tutorial (28:38)
New York State of Mind Tutorial (21:43)
My Life Tutorial (22:58)
Conclusion Q&A (3:58)
Pianoman - Billy Joel (Beginner/Intermediate Waltz) (22:21)
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel (Intermediate Rock) (18:31)
June 11th, 2025 - The Beatles Workshop
Beatles Intro (8:32)
I Want to Hold Your Hand Tutorial (14:47)
Yesterday Tutorial (20:29)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Tutorial (17:38)
Conclusion Q+A (8:53)
May 14, 2025: Songwriting 101
1 - Introduction - form (8:40)
2 - Lyrics (20:10)
3 - Starting with Chords (12:28)
4 - Starting with melody (9:41)
5 - More ideas (12:40)
April 30th, 2025 - Song-a-palooza
Welcome Introduction (7:07)
Everybody Hurts - REM (18:31)
Eternal Flame - The Bangles (17:02)
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - Carole King (17:14)
Conclusion - Q&A (5:37)
April 11th, 2025 - Music Theatre Piano Accompaniment Workshop
Introduction **PRINTABLE** (10:30)
1 - Chords (18:16)
2 - Accompaniments Oom Pah (7:54)
3 - Accompaniments Waltz and Lyrica (11:07)
4 - Accompaniments Lyrical 12-8, Pop Rock (6:45)
5 - Accompaniments - "Wiggly Fingers" (14:23)
6 - Song Examples (10:53)
7 - Song Example (As Long as You're Mine) (9:02)
8 - How to Practice and Conclusion (12:33)
Q&A (9:51)
PDQ Piano Skills for Singers!
***How to read chord symbols*** (16:02)
Introduction **Course Booklet!** (2:09)
1 - Triads (6:00)
2 - Triad inversions (3:00)
3 - Seventh Chords (15:19)
4 - Chord Extensions (6:40)
5 - Sus chords (8:17)
April 9th, 2025 - How to practice improvisation
Introduction and **PRINTABLE** (3:10)
1 - Left Hand (8:39)
2 - Melody (2:47)
3 - chords (10:45)
4 - Scales (16:19)
5 - Rhythm (13:18)
6 - Listen (5:35)
Q&A (14:23)
March 12, 2025 - How to Play Songs By Ear
Introduction - How to get started. **PRINTABLES** (8:04)
1 - Learn an American Standard (Old Cape Cod) (19:19)
2 - Learn a simple pop sing (Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan) (14:22)
3 - Additional Song Learning Tips (7:56)
Q&A (24:43)
February 12 2025 - Vocal Technique workshop
Introduction to the Vocal Technique Workshop (3:00)
Working One on One with Dan - vocal exercises (23:53)
Working One on One with Walter - Stand By Me and vocal exercises (18:26)
Working One on One with Steve - O Danny Boy and vocal exercises (19:24)
Final Thoughts and Q&A (8:12)
***How to play voice exercises on piano*** (18:05)
January 22nd 2025 - Harmonic Analysis Workshop
Introduction to Harmonic Analysis (4:24)
1 - In My Life (Beatles) (10:32)
2 - Light My Fire (17:21)
3 - Night and Day (17:47)
4 - Classical Piece (9:14)
Conclusion QandA (2:18)
**Why Does Harmony Work?** (23:49)
January 9th, 2025 - 2nd Annual Goal Setting and Practice Workshop!
1 - Setting Big Goals **PRINTABLES!** (9:38)
2 - Setting Quarterly Goals (7:50)
3 - Getting Organized (9:16)
4 - How to structure your practice time (15:14)
5 - TVM resources you need to know about! (8:44)
Conclusion Q&A (21:17)
December 4th, 2024 - Song-a-Palooza: Songs from the early 2000s!
Introduction (4:11)
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones (25:39)
Love Song - Sara Bareilles (25:30)
Rolling in the Deep (17:23)
Conclusion - Q and A (7:32)
November 25th, 2024 - Jazzy Christmas Workshop
Jazzy Christmas Intro **PRINTABLES** (2:52)
All Jazzy Lead Sheets - Downloadable!
1 - Chords (3:47)
2 - Inversions and Voicings (5:34)
3 - Intros (2:35)
4 - Endings (0:52)
5 - Acompaniment strategies (10:35)
6 - Four Feel (9:35)
7 - Ballad (6:50)
8 - Improvised Solo (4:16)
Conclusion (4:03)
Q&A (11:44)
Auld Lang Syne - Traditional (Beginner-Advanced) (13:18)
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley (Beginner/Intermediate Christmas Rock) (19:13)
Christmastime is Here - Vince Guaraldi (Intermediate Jazz) (28:31)
Feliz Navidad (Beginner/Intermediate Latin Christmas) (8:42)
Last Christmas - Wham! (Beginner-Intermediate Pop) (11:29)
Please Come Home for Christmas - The Eagles (Beginner-Intermediate Rock) (19:49)
This Christmas Donny Hathaway (Intermediate/Advanced Christmas R&B) (14:18)
November 13, 2024 - Voice Lesson Workshop: Brenda works one-on-one with members!
Introduction (7:02)
#1 - Steve: Balancing registers (16:54)
#2 - David: New singer finding his voice (15:36)
#3 - John: Finding the right key and supporting the sound (15:44)
#4 - Walter: Finding falsetto/head register on high notes (17:23)
Conclusion (9:07)
Announcements (1:59)
***How to play voice exercises on piano mini lesson*** (18:05)
Getting Started (8:28)
Voice Lesson Advice (6:57)
Voice Lesson Protocol (4:45)
A Note on Fingerings (4:39)
Exercise #1 - Five Note Scales (9:00)
Exercise #2: Five Notes Scales and Triad Outline (7:13)
Exercise #3: Broken Triads (7:03)
Exercise #4: One Octave Arpeggios (10:28)
Exercise #5: Nine Note Scales (15:38)
The Handy-Dandy Transposition Chart (3:14)
Transpose music easily with The Transposenator 3000 (4:25)
October 16, 2024 Jazz Piano Improvisation part 2
Jazz Piano Improv 2 - INTRO and PRINTABLES (2:56)
1 - Improv Protocol Review Take the A Train (5:16)
2 - Modes (12:08)
3 - Modes application to Take the A Train (5:32)
4 - Modes Application to All of Me (8:24)
5 - Improvising using the modes All of Me (3:12)
6 - Troubleshooting (8:34)
7 - Rhythm Work (6:30)
8 - Recap iReal Pro and Announcements (11:32)
How to use the iReal Pro practice app - INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE APP! (9:22)
How to practice with the iReal Pro (22:12)
1 - Singing Modes in Solfege Diatonic (11:32)
2 - Tonic Modes (14:50)
3 - Practice ideas and wrap up (6:53)
September 25th 2024 - Rock and Roll Piano Part 2 BLUES ROCK
Introduction and ***PRINTABLE*** (5:54)
1 - Triad to dominant (2:58)
2 - Bluesy Amen (8:14)
3 - Examples (4:27)
4 - Explanation of pattern (9:04)
5 - More examples (5:13)
6 - The Blues scale/Wrap Up (8:48)
Q&A (13:14)
August 21st, 2024 - Faking Classical Music
Introduction and **PRINTABLES** (4:58)
Song Learning Procedure (7:11)
1 - Alberti Bass (8:30)
2 - Oom Pah (9:22)
Speed and Acuracy of Oom Pahs (4:41)
3 - Waltz (6:41)
4 - Pulsing (3:57)
5 - Rolling (10:28)
Other ideas - Conclusion (4:42)
Questions (11:54)
Ode to Joy Tutorial (4:47)
Fur Elise Tutorial (14:02)
The Entertainer tutorial (25:13)
Canon in D (Pachelbel's Canon) tutorial (20:58)
August 14th, 2024 - Jazz Standards Song-a-Palooza
Introduction!! **PRINTABLES** (7:04)
It Had to Be You 1 chords (4:58)
Question about what chord inversion to use (2:08)
It Had to Be You 2 voicings (6:02)
It Had to Be You 3 comping (7:11)
It Had to Be You 4 Improvised solo (6:31)
It Had to Be You 5 Play through (4:35)
Fly Me to the Moon 1 (6:43)
Fly Me to the Moon 2 Comping (6:50)
Fly Me to the Moon 3 play through (3:26)
Conclusion (8:54)
Announcements (3:22)
July 17th - The Piano Music of Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen Intro and **PRINTABLE (6:42)
Roy J. Bittan (6:46)
Because the Night part 1 and **PRINTABLE (15:09)
Because the Night part 2 (6:43)
**Because the Night - EDITED SONG TUTORIAL** (21:26)
Born to Run part 1 (10:02)
Born to Run part 2 (15:15)
Born to Run Play Through (5:41)
Q&A (5:48)
Hungry Heart- Bruce Springsteen (Intermediate/Advanced - Rock) (20:21)
July 10th 2024 - Jazz Improvisation Workshop - 3 Steps to Improv!
Introduction and **PRINTABLES** (3:49)
Jazz Chord Symbols Tutorials and Printables (16:02)
1 - Left Hand Options (3:13)
2 - Improv Using Melody (7:35)
3 - Improv using chords (10:42)
4 - Melody and chords (5:22)
5 - Pentatonic Scales (9:07)
6 - Pentatonic Scales part 2 (9:18)
7 - Pentatonic Scales part 3 (6:39)
Additional Songs to Learn! (7:46)
June 18th 2024 - Uptempo Instrumental Piano Arrangements
Introduction and **PRINTABLE** (7:10)
1 - Brown Eyed Girl (9:56)
2 - Sweet Caroline (7:14)
3 - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me (3:53)
4 - Penny Lane (4:12)
5 - Heartbreak Hotel - Old time Rock and Roll (7:24)
6 - I'm Still Standing (4:54)
7 - Embellishments (3:32)
8 - I Only Wanna Be With You (2:56)
Recap (4:36)
Q&A (10:55)
June 5th 2024 - PotPourri
Introduction **PRINTABLE** (2:04)
1 - Vocal Warmup Basics (11:53)
2 - Coordinating Hands When Improvising (11:42)
3 - How to set long term goals and meet them with daily practice (10:36)
4 - How to work on tricky vocal passages (8:44)
5 - Translating guitar sounds to piano (10:39)
6 - Solfege application to songs (12:39)
Conclusion Q&A (8:46)
May 22, 2024 - Song Analysis Workshop
1 - Introduction and Form analysis **PRINTABLES** (11:30)
2 - Harmonic analysis - Nashville Numbers (9:26)
3 - Harmonic Analysis - Nashville Numbers (8:54)
4 - Harmonic Analysis - Roman Numerals (9:06)
5 - Question about key signatures (9:00)
6 - Recap (12:25)
April 17th 2024 - Rock and Roll Piano Part 1
Introduction **PRINTABLE** (3:10)
1 - Chord Strategy (12:43)
2 - Bass Lines (12:52)
3 - Fills and Soloing (8:33)
4 - Fills and Soloing 2 (7:21)
Conclusion Q&A (9:19)
April 3rd 2024 - Instrumental Piano Song-A-Palooza
Introduction and **PRINTABLES** (2:11)
Sound of Silence part one *Lead Sheet* (7:38)
Sound of Silence part two (5:15)
Sound of Silence part three (9:54)
Sound of Silence part four (9:12)
Tiny Dancer part one *Lead Sheet (6:10)
Tiny Dancer part two (8:18)
Tiny Dancer part three (2:34)
Conclusion (4:17)
Q&A (7:34)
March 20th, 2024 - All About Minor
Introduction **PRINTABLE** (4:07)
Understanding tonality and minor scales (10:43)
Chords come from scales (8:09)
Tonal 1-4-1-5-1 Harmony in Minor (6:48)
Tonal Harmony in Minor song examples (5:26)
Hit the Road Jack Chord Progression (5:24)
Hit the Road Jack song examples (5:48)
Wrap up, analysis, practice tips (5:20)
Q&A (14:02)
March 6th 2024 - Block chording melodies
Introduction and **PRINTABLES** (3:28)
Work on the Chord inversions (2:13)
Analyze where to put the chords (6:36)
Choose which inversions to use (3:54)
LH Accompaniment 1: LH single note (1:57)
LH Accompaniment 3: LH 5ths (2:34)
LH Accompaniment 3: LH pulsing 5ths (2:27)
LH Accompaniment 4: LH broken (3:10)
LH Accompaniment 5: LH broken 8th notes (1:29)
Work through entire process on Wonderful Tonight (16:32)
Conclusion (3:03)
Q&A (12:51)
February 8th 2024 - Chord Inversion Olympics
1 - Intro **PRINTABLE** (4:53)
2 - Fingerings (3:02)
3 - Isolation inversions (5:52)
4 - Triad Inversions in MINOR (4:32)
5 - Voice Leading Exercises root position (3:59)
6 - Voice Leading exercises plagal 1st inversion and 2nd inversion (3:59)
7 - Voice Leading exercises perfect cadence (3:57)
8 - Voice leading exercises in minor (3:33)
9 - Tricky Exercise (3:59)
10 - Application (6:53)
11 - Application 2 (7:15)
12 - Q&A (4:31)
January 19th 2024 - Country Piano Workshop
Introduction (6:25)
1 - Understanding Musical Style (4:17)
2 - Country Music Attributes (4:58)
3 - Accompaniment Strategy - Oom Pah and Country Twang (7:28)
4 -Accompaniment Strategy - Country Twang Version 2 (4:08)
5 - Accompaniment Strategy Twang Pah (7:43)
6 - Fills (5:21)
7 - Fill -2 (3:59)
8 - Fill -3 (4:23)
9 - Next 2 fills (4:10)
10 - Wrap Up (3:46)
January 10th, 2024 - MUSIC THEORY! Intervals, Key Signatures and Relative Major/Relative Minor
Introduction and **PRINTABLES** (2:44)
1 - The Basics, Perfect and Major Intervals (5:29)
2 - Minor Intervals (3:45)
3 - intervals Cheat Sheet (3:16)
4 - Ear Training Intervals (6:02)
5 - Ear Training Minor Intervals (8:28)
6 - Questions about Intervals (3:10)
Key Signatures 2 (3:10)
Key Signatures 3 (3:34)
Key Signatures (8:47)
Relative Majors and Minors (5:03)
Wrap Up (6:30)
December 7th 2023 - Potpourri Q&A for 90 minutes!
Introduction and Welcome (1:44)
How to learn your choir music better! (8:58)
Playing in unfamiliar keys (6:17)
"Latin" rhythms for the left hand (16:04)
Jazz Chords Explained - 9ths and 11ths and 13ths - oh my! (23:17)
10 Minute Vocal warmup (13:26)
Piano Fills (6:07)
November 28th 2023 Christmas Songapalooza
Christmas Songapalooza Intro **SHEET MUSIC and COURSE BOOK** (3:34)
Quick Instrumental Accompaniments #1 - Primary Chords or Cadences (4:46)
Quick Instrumental Accompaniments #2 - How to work on songs (4:28)
Quick Instrumental Accompaniments #3 - Intros! (2:40)
Quick Instrumental Accompaniments #4 - Song protocol on Silent Night (10:25)
Quick Instrumental Accompaniments #5 - Song Protocol on Hark the Herald Angels Sing (5:09)
Quick Instrumental Accompaniments #6 - Wrap up (1:53)
Jazzy Christmas Songs #1 - Walking Bass Lines (6:01)
Jazz Christmas Songs #2 - RH rhythms, four note chords and jazz voicings (7:20)
WRAP UP (14:46)
Q and A (8:33)
November 8th, 2023 How to Sing Harmony
How to Sing Harmony - Intro and **PRINTABLE** (3:55)
Exercise 1: Harmonize in 3rds (6:27)
Exercise 2: Harmonize a 6th below (12:07)
Exercise 3: Finding the Fifth (3:40)
Exercise 4: Vocalizing over chords (4:10)
Exercise 5: Find harmonies to an existing song (10:24)
Exercise 6: Learning from recordings (19:50)
Wrap Up (3:40)
Q and A (12:59)
October 13th - How to Sing Better
Introduction (2:12)
Pre news - Announcements (2:33)
1 - The Mechanics of Singing (5:51)
2 - Registers (17:30)
3 - Vowel Sounds and Resonance (9:41)
4 - Breathing and Support (8:46)
5 - General Advice (6:23)
Conclusion - Wrap Up (4:39)
Q+A and News (9:40)
September 13, 2023 - Piano Pedaling Techniques and Dominant 7th Chord Workshop
Pedaling 101 part 1 (10:20)
Pedaling 101 part 2 (6:42)
Pedaling 101 part 3 (10:57)
Dominant 7th Chords part 1 (4:51)
Dominant 7th Chords part 2 (6:49)
Dominant 7th Chords part 3 (3:47)
Q&A (7:42)
August 9, 2023 - Worship Music 101
Worship - Introduction **PRINTABLE** (10:27)
1 - Getting People to Sing - Teaching them the song (8:01)
2 - Picking the Right Keys (1:53)
3 - Introductions that help (6:26)
4 - Other considerations (3:31)
5 - Accompaniment Strategies Traditional Hymns (8:03)
6 - Faking Hymns (9:13)
7 - Singalong-style songs (2:32)
8 - Pop-Rock (4:18)
9 - Incidental Music (2:08)
10 - Resources (3:59)
11 - Q&A (10:59)
July 26, 2023: Adding Interest to Basic Chords Using Cadences and Sus Chords:
Intro and 1-4-1 Cadence **PRINTABLE** (9:23)
1 - 4 - 1 Cadence uses (14:26)
Intro to Sus 2 Cadences (2:31)
Practicing and Applying Sus2 (3:33)
Intro to Sus 4 (10:03)
Sus as melodic material and "the lick" (5:05)
Conclusion, Questions and Membership News (13:54)
July 12, 2023: Solo Jazz Piano Styles - Stride Piano and More!
Introduction and **PRINTABLE** (1:49)
1 - Stride Piano Basics (8:29)
2 - Step 2 Stride Piano (3:55)
3 - Pedaling for Stride Piano (5:58)
4 - Level up (7:37)
5 - How to work on Stride piano (5:10)
6 -Solo Piano Technique -2 (4:18)
7 - Level 2 1-3-7 (6:58)
8 - How to practice (1:40)
9 - Q&A (9:19)
June 22nd, 2023 - How to Harmonize Melodies
Introduction - How Harmony Works (14:49)
Harmonize by ear (8:24)
Harmonize by Eye (9:52)
More Elaborate Harmonies (16:09)
Wrap Up - Q&A (13:27)
June 7th 2023 - Instrumental Piano Arrangements
Introduction and **PRINTABLE** (4:53)
LH Strategy #1 and #2 - Simple (3:40)
LH Strategy #3 - 5ths (3:53)
LH Strategy #4 - 1 5 1 (4:03)
LH Strategy #5 - 1 5 1 5 (2:38)
LH Strategy #6 - 1 3 5 1 (1:34)
LH Strategy #7: 1 5 1 3 (3:35)
LH Strategy #8: The Oom Pahs (5:58)
LH Strategy #9: Waltz (3:05)
LH Strategy Recap and Ideas (1:59)
RH Strategy #1: Single Note (2:32)
RH Strategy #2: 6ths (3:47)
RH Strategy #3: Octaves (1:19)
RH Strategy #4: Octave + 1 (4:30)
Conclusion (3:20)
Q & A (6:37)
May 17th - Classical Piano/Notated Music Techniques and Practice Protocol
Classical Piano/Notated Music Workshop (130:21)
April 26th, 2023 - Boogie Woogie Piano mini workshop and how to solo over a pop song
Boogie Woogie Mini Workshop (37:19)
Second half of Zoom call (18:17)
March 11th, 2023 - Learning Songs by Ear - my special method
Member-s Zoom 3-11-2023 (60:39)
February 17th 2023 - Pop Piano Voicings and Fills
Pop Piano Skills (62:46)
January 6, 2023: 2023 Planning Session and Practice Breakdown!
Deep Dive in Planning for 2023 PLUS How to structure your practicing for maximum results (62:27)
December 9th, 2022 - Ear Training Workshop
Ear Training Workshop and Q&A (65:19)
November 18th 2023 - Holiday Song Learning Extravaganza!
Introduction and Course Materials (9:20)
Strategy #1 - Oom-Pahs (15:25)
Strategy #2 - Jazzy (20:26)
Strategy #3 - Waltz (9:28)
Strategy #4 - Traditional (13:12)
Strategy #5: Latin and Pop (5:53)
Strategy #6: 12-8 O Holy Night (1:39)
Wrap Up (7:39)
Question and Answer (11:03)
Live Zoom Calls 2022
Friday, October 14, 2022 - Song Learning Extravaganza! (90:41)
Live Member's Zoom - September 26th, 2022 (51:23)
July 19th, 2022 - Sight Reading at the Piano and Jazz Piano Tips and tricks (59:49)
June 29th, 2022 - How to play a basic rock groove and how to solo over a groove (64:22)
Live Zoom - May 15th, 2022 (76:23)
Friday, April 22, 2022 - Let's Talk About Music Theory (54:16)
Friday, March 18th, 2022 - How to Read Chord Symbols and How to Create Great Piano Accompaniments (31:07)
Friday, February 8, 2022 - Discussion on Piano Skills for Singers and different styles of piano training. (45:51)
Friday, January 7th, 2022 - Practice Tips, Goals and Playing By Ear (52:48)
Live Zooms 2021
Live Zoom - Sunday, November 7th, 2021 (37:42)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) TVM
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