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Instrumental Piano Lessons

Instrumental Piano Arrangements (Wednesday, June 7th 2023)

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)

Block Chording Melodies (Wednesday, March 6th 2024)

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)

Instrumental Piano Song-A-Palooza (April 3, 2024)

Introduction **PRINTABLE** (2:11)
Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel (31:59)
Tiny Dancer 1 (17:02)
Conclusion (4:17)
Q&A (7:34)

Classical Piano Arrangements (Wednesday, August 21st, 2024)

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)

Up Tempo Instrumental Piano Arrangements (June 18, 2024)

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)

How to Harmonize Melodies (Thursday, June 22nd, 2023)

Harmonize by ear (8:24)
Harmonize by Eye (9:52)
Wrap Up - Q&A (13:27)
More Elaborate Harmonies (16:09)
Introduction - How Harmony Works (14:49)

Boogie Woogie Piano mini workshop and how to solo over a pop song (Wednesday, April 26th, 2023)

Friday, February 17th 2023 - Pop Piano Voicings and Fills

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)

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)

September 13, 2023 - Piano Pedaling Techniques and Dominant 7th Chord Workshop

Christmas Songapalooza (Wednesday, November 28th 2023)

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)

Chord Inversion Olympics

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)

Latin Rhythms for the Left Hand

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)

Classical Piano/Notated Music Techniques and Practice Protocol (May 17th 2022)

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