Watch this video to learn all about the Instrumental Piano courses...
Learn to play satisfying arrangements of hundreds of songs using simple accompaniment strategies.
Beautiful Instrumental Arrangements without the fuss of fully notated sheet music
Instrumental Piano is a module in The Versatile Musician that shares a collection of techniques that will empower you to play satisfying arrangements of all of your favorite songs.
You'll learn how to tap into your chord knowledge and basic sight reading skills to transform a simple lead sheet into a unique arrangement of any song you like!
What you'll learn in Instrumental Piano
Instrumental Piano Arrangements -Â learn Brenda's unique strategies to create arrangements that are satisfying and easy to play
Block Chording Melodies - Learn how to fill out melodies using intervals and chord inversions.
Instrumental Song-a-Palooza
Deep dive into Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel and Tiny Dancer by Elton John
Christmas Song-a-Palooza -Create unforgettable holiday arrangements that everyone will love!
Classical Piano Arrangements - Learn how to apply these techniques to your favorite classical melodies.
Up Tempo Instrumental Piano Arrangements - Dive deep into up tempo rock and pop songs and learn to make them into exciting arrangements.
How to Harmonize Melodies - Flesh out harmonies using simple and effective melodies.
Boogie Woogie Piano - Get your audience excited for authentic blues and boogie woogie styles.
Pop Piano Voicings and Fills - Gorgeous pop sounds that will add to your arrangements.
Solo Jazz Piano Styles - Including ballad styles and stride piano.
Adding Interest to Basic Chords Using Cadences - Expand your chording even more by adding cadences into your arrangements.
Example Curriculum
- Introduction and **PRINTABLE** (4:53)
- LH Strategy #4 - 1 5 1 (4:03)
- LH Strategy #1 and #2 - Simple (3:40)
- LH Strategy #6 - 1 3 5 1 (1:34)
- LH Strategy #7: 1 5 1 3 (3:35)
- LH Strategy #5 - 1 5 1 5 (2:38)
- Conclusion (3:20)
- LH Strategy #3 - 5ths (3:53)
- LH Strategy #9: Waltz (3:05)
- LH Strategy Recap and Ideas (1:59)
- RH Strategy #2: 6ths (3:47)
- RH Strategy #3: Octaves (1:19)
- LH Strategy #8: The Oom Pahs (5:58)
- RH Strategy #1: Single Note (2:32)
- RH Strategy #4: Octave + 1 (4:30)
- Q & A (6:37)
- 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 2: 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 the entire process on Wonderful Tonight (16:32)
- Conclusion (3:03)
- Q&A (12:51)
- 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)
- Introduction (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)
- 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)
- 1 - Introduction and **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)
- Introduction to Latin Rhythms for the Left Hand **PRINTABLE** (3:14)
- LH Latin Rhythms #1 - Basic Bossa Nova/Samba Pattern (2:05)
- LH Latin Rhythms #2 - Bossa Nova/Samba Pattern (1:46)
- LH Latin Rhythms #3 - Jazz Bossa Pattern (1:28)
- LH Latin Rhythms #4 - Jazz Bossa Pattern with Octave Leap (1:55)
- LH Latin Rhythms #5 - Busier Jazz Bossa Pattern (1:05)
- LH Latin Rhythms #6 and #7 - Tresillo 1 and 2 (2:02)
- How to Coordinate Your Hands (2:29)
