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Are you ever embarrassed when you are unable to play for your students?
Do you feel inferior to singers who can play piano?
Have you taken piano lessons in the past and found that the process is slow, frustrating and difficult?
What if I told you there is an easier way?
Piano Skills for Singers Level 2 is my #1 bestselling course, which has empowered hundreds of singers worldwide to amp up their piano skills and be confident and productive at the keyboard.
We skip the busy work from traditional piano classes and go right for the skills that will directly support your work as a singer, voice teacher and choral conductor.
● How to play with correct technique, posture and hand position
● How to get comfortable playing patterns and scales in 12 keys
● How to play the most commonly used vocal exercises in 12 keys
● How to read 11 different chord symbols
● How to create on-the-spot piano accompaniment parts without having to read every single note on the page
● My proven method of levelling up your sight reading
● BONUS - How to teach at the piano all day without killing your back (or your neck, or your ears)
A Sneak Peek Inside The Course
Getting Started
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Section 2: Voice Exercises in All Keys
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- Getting Started (8:28)
- A Note on Fingerings (4:39)
- ***How to play voice exercises on piano mini lesson*** (18:05)
- 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)
- Voice Lesson Protocol (4:45)
- Voice Lesson Advice (6:57)
Section 3: All About Chords
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- Introduction to Section 3 (2:20)
- How to Practice for Best Results (7:03)
- #1 - Major Triads (12:30)
- In The Midnight Hour Tutorial (10:21)
- #2 - Minor Triads (11:50)
- #3 - Diminished Triads (12:44)
- Cruisin' Tutorial (Smokey Robinson) (11:19)
- How to play Happy Birthday (8:14)
- Triad Inversions - Major (36:50)
- Triad Inversions - Minor (19:27)
- ***How to read chord symbols*** (16:02)
- Start faking! (6:30)
- How to play 4 note chords (2:51)
- #4 - Major 7th Chords (11:39)
- #5 - Dominant 7th Chords (11:38)
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Tutorial (U2) (13:21)
- #6 - Minor 7th Chords (10:56)
- #7 - Minor 7 b5 Chords (10:11)
- My Funny Valentine Easy Arrangement (20:12)
- #8 - Diminished 7th Chords (9:12)
- #9 - Sus 4 Chords (12:20)
- #10 - Sus 2 Chords (11:27)
- Free Fallin' tutorial (10:55)
- #11 - Dominant 7 sus (10:28)
- Slash Chords (3:33)
UPDATED Section 4: Accompaniment Strategies
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- #1 : The Oom Pahs (5:28)
- Octopus' Garden - The Beatles (Beginner Pop-Rock) (12:21)
- #2 - 3 Different Pop Ballad Strategies (8:03)
- Let it Be - Beatles (Basic Pop Ballad) (16:32)
- Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton (Basic Pop Ballad) (17:13)
- Hey Jude - The Beatles (Basic Pop Ballad) (14:38)
- Eternal Flame - The Bangles (Swaying Pop Ballad) (35:04)
- Imagine - John Lennon (Swaying Pop Ballad) (18:28)
- Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles (Lyrical Pop Ballad) (13:40)
- #3: Basic Rock Pattern (3:07)
- The Weight - The Band (Beginner Rock) (14:33)
- #4: Up Tempo Pop - Rock (5:41)
- Dreams - Fleetwood Mac (Beginner - Uptempo Pop Rock) (10:35)
- Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett (Beginner/Intermediate Rock) (26:06)
- #5: Driving Pop Rock (3:59)
- It's Too Late Tutorial - Carole King (Intermediate - Uptempo Pop Rock) (22:19)
- I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King (Intermediate - Uptempo Pop Rock) (16:53)
- #6: Pulsing Pop-Rock (3:51)
- With or Without You - U2 (Beginner/Intermediate Rock) (10:20)
- Rolling in the Deep - Adele (Intermediate Rock) (17:23)
- #7: Charleston Rhythm (6:25)
- Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson (Beginner/Intermediate - R&B) (11:19)
- Free Fallin' - Tom Petty (Beginner - Pop/Rock) (10:55)
- Ironic - Alanis Morrisette (Beginner/Intermediate Rock) (19:24)
- #8: Tresillo (7:24)
- Stand By Me Tutorial - Ben E. King (Beginner Pop/Rock) (10:05)
- Hungry Heart- Bruce Springsteen (Intermediate/Advanced - Rock) (20:21)
- #9: Finger Picking Style (5:30)
- Translating guitar sounds to piano (10:39)
- The First Cut is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow (Beginner/Intermediate Pop/Rock) (16:06)
- ELTON JOHN'S - "WIGGLY FINGERS" (22:52)
- Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (Intermediate Jazzy Pop)
- #11: Waltz Patterns (5:01)
- Happy Birthday (Beginner) (8:14)
- Amazing Grace - Traditional (Beginner/Intermediate) (15:50)
- Come Away With Me - Norah Jones (Beginner/Intermediate Country Pop Waltz) (13:32)
- #12: Jazz Piano Accompaniments (9:04)
- My Funny Valentine (Intermediate Jazz) (22:15)
- It Had to Be You - Frank Sinatra/Harry Connick Jr (Intermediate Jazz Standard) (29:17)
- Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra (Intermediate Jazz Standard) (16:59)
- #13: Bossa Nova (3:18)
- **Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim (Intermediate/Advanced Bossa Nova/Jazz)** (28:25)
- **Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (Intermediate Jazzy Pop)**
- #14: 12/8 Accompaniments (19:45)
- Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley (Beginner Ballad) (22:48)
- Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton (Beginner-Intermediate Bluesy) (20:42)
- Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley (Intermediate 12/8 Ballad) (12:23)
- Oh! Darling - The Beatles (Beginner/Intermediate Rock) (22:45)
- #15: Boogie Woogie LH hand (37:19)
- Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger (Beginner/Intermediate Rock) (13:31)
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce (Beginner/Intermediate Rock and Roll) (15:46)
- #16: Country Piano Accompaniments (19:19)
- Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver (Beginner/Intermediate Country/Folk) (19:45)
- #17: Reggae (3:20)
- No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley (Beginner Reggae) (15:45)
- Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley (Beginner/Intermediate Reggae)** (17:40)
- #18: Walking Bass Lines-ish (2:45)
- Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (Beginner/Intermediate Pop/Rock) (18:02)
- Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley (Beginner/Intermediate Christmas Rock) (19:13)
- In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett (Beginner/Intermediate R&B) (10:21)
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles (Beginner/Intermediate Rock) (17:38)
- #19: Songs with Strong Bass Lines (1:50)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand- The Beatles (Beginner/Intermediate Rock) (14:47)
- The Monster Mash (Beginner Halloween Rock) (5:02)
- Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters (Beginner/Intermediate R&B) (13:16)
- Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced R&B) (19:44)
- Introduction and **PRINTABLES** (4:58)
- #20 - Classical Accompaniment Strategies
- 2 - Oom Pah (9:22)
- 1 - Alberti Bass (8:30)
- 4 - Pulsing (3:57)
- 3 - Waltz (6:41)
- 5 - Rolling (10:28)
- Ode to Joy - Beethoven (INSTRUMENTAL Beginner Classical) (4:47)
- Auld Lang Syne - Traditional (Beginner-Advanced) (13:18)
- Fur Elise - Beethoven (INSTRUMENTAL Beginner - Classical) (14:02)
- Canon in D (Pachelbel's Canon) - Johann Pachelbel (INSTRUMENTAL Beginner/Intermediate Classical) (20:58)
- #21: New Orleans Style (2:20)
- Iko Iko - Dr. John (Beginner/Intermediate New Orleans Funky) (16:47)
[ORIGINAL VERSION] Section 4: Create Your Own Accompaniments
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- Introduction (5:50)
- How to Read a Chord Chart (8:35)
- How to read a lead sheet (9:45)
- How to Accompany Yourself on Piano - mini tutorial (15:05)
- #1 : The Oom Pahs (5:28)
- Octopus' Garden Tutorial (12:21)
- #2 - Pop Ballad (5:30)
- Hey Jude Tutorial (14:06)
- Have I Told You Lately Tutorial (13:28)
- #3: Basic Rock Pattern (3:07)
- #4: Up Tempo Pop - Rock (5:41)
- Dreams (Fleetwood Mac) Tutorial (10:14)
- #5: Driving Pop Rock (3:59)
- #6: Pulsing Pop-Rock (3:51)
- With or Without You - U2 (10:20)
- #7: Charleston Rhythm (6:25)
- Free Fallin' Tutorial (10:55)
- Kiss Tutorial (10:52)
- Ironic Alanis Morrisette (19:24)
- #8: Tresillo (7:24)
- Stand By Me tutorial (10:05)
- Blue Bayou Tutorial (17:12)
- Under The Boardwalk (13:16)
- #9: Finger Picking Style (5:30)
- #10: Funky piano #1 (5:02)
- What's Up? Tutorial (Four Non Blondes) (10:24)
- Watermelon Sugar Tutorial (Harry Styles) (12:18)
- A Long December Tutorial (Counting Crows) (13:19)
- Hard to Handle Tutorial (Otis Redding/Black Crowes) (12:56)
- #11: Funky Piano #2 (4:21)
- #12: Lyrical Pop Ballad (4:40)
- Here, There and Everywhere by The Beatles (13:40)
- #13: Waltz Patterns (5:01)
- Amazing Grace tutorial (15:50)
- #14: Jazz Piano Accompaniments (9:04)
- My Funny Valentine Jazz Arrangement (22:15)
- Moondance - Van Morrison (18:38)
- #15: Bossa Nova (3:18)
- #16: 12/8 Accompaniments (19:45)
- The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson (12:19)
- Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley (12:23)
- How to Approximate Recordings (5:21)
- Hold On Tutorial (Justin Bieber) (12:59)
- Here Comes Your Man Tutorial (The Pixies) (20:03)
- Hungry Heart Tutorial (Bruce Springsteen) (20:21)
- Bad Habits Tutorial (Ed Sheeran) (20:48)
- Thriller Tutorial (Michael Jackson) (14:15)
- The Time Warp Tutorial (Rocky Horror Picture Show) (11:50)
Section 5: Get Your Sight-reading Together Already!!
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- Introduction to Sight Reading (2:08)
- Watch this video first!! It will save you a lot of time. (32:14)
- 1. Reading Pitches in treble and bass clef (3:28)
- 2. Rhythms (2:06)
- 3. Incorporate pitches and rhythms together (0:42)
- 4. Fake Book Sight reading LH Root RH Melody (3:09)
- 5. LH Root Sing Melody (1:18)
- 6a. LH Chord RH Melody (triads) (2:52)
- 6b. LH Chord RH Melody (4 note chords) (2:50)
- 7. Simple Piano Music (2:16)
- 8. Sight reading choral scores (1:35)
- Final Thoughts on sight reading (1:28)
Section 6: Practical Advice "How to teach all day without destroying your body, voice and soul"
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Conclusion
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Crash Course in Pop Piano 1
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- 1 - Introduction (11:04)
- 2 - Sourcing Songs (2:43)
- 3- Chords - Intro (4:11)
- 4 - Chords Major Triads (7:00)
- 5 - Chords Minor Triads (1:22)
- 6 - Examples of triads (6:13)
- 7 - Sus 2 chords (9:44)
- 8 - Seventh chords (18:45)
- 9 - Groove (15:28)
- 10 - The Hook (5:56)
- 11 - The Arrangement (1:44)
- Clocks (7:38)
- Maps by Maroon 5 (8:23)
- My Girl (5:54)
- Watermelon Sugar (9:29)
- 14 - Conclusion (6:11)
A few videos to help you get started with accompaniments!
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What Our Students Are Saying About This Course
Brenda, Thank you for your course! It fully lived up to its promise to teach me every skill I need in my studio in a few weeks of short daily practice. The icing on the cake is that you gave lots more information that I can get as much out of as I put into it digging deeper. I look forward to continuing to practice my "faking" skills and soon be accompanying myself and my students.
Winnie Fristoe
Vocalist and Teacher
Houston, TX
I seriously LOVE your course, it has been so liberating - for the first time in my life I have been feeling like "oh I can do this". And it's been fun! And fun to then practice chords in a couple of songs. So thank you!!! You opened the piano door for me that I previously felt was closed...
Teneha Greco
Music Teacher, Owner of Little Magpie Music
Brisbane, Australia
I think I'm genuinely obsessed with this course! No joke! Thanks so much for making it. I can't tell you how much it is doing for my musicianship and confidence!
Mel Lathouras
Jazz Vocalist and Voice Teacher
Brisbane, Australia
