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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)
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)
Wednesday, 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)
Wednesday, 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)
Wednesday, 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)
Friday, 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)
Wednesday, 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)
Wednesday, 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)
Wednesday, November 28th 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)
Wednesday, 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)
Friday, 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)
Thursday, 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)
Wednesday, 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)
Wednesday, May 17th - Classical Piano/Notated Music Techniques and Practice Protocol
Classical Piano/Notated Music Workshop (130:21)
Wednesday, 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)
Saturday, March 11th - Learning Songs by Ear - my special method
Member-s Zoom 3-11-2023 (60:39)
Friday, February 17th 2023 - Pop Piano Voicings and Fills
Pop Piano Skills (62:46)
Friday, 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)
Friday, December 9th, 2022 - Ear Training Workshop
Ear Training Workshop and Q&A (65:19)
Friday, November 18th - 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)
RH Strategy #4: Octave + 1
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