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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Beginner
Intermediate
02:01:09

Master two-hand coordination, rhythm, syncopation, finger control, & speed with 36 exercises exploring the most common progressions and grooves in popular music.

Course Objectives
  • Master dozens of rhythms, starting with the basics
  • Learn a fun and popular chord progression
  • Discover the technique to syncopation and tied rhythms
  • Use the Count, tap, and play method
Learning Focus
  • Chords
  • Exercises
  • Rhythm
  • Technique

Featured Reviews

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excellent
very well done. love the stepwise approach
informative
Good tempo teaching
Challenging but fundamental stepping stone for learning how to operate your two hands independently!
Excellent instruction with clear demonstrations and tips. Really enjoyed it and saw significant progress in my ability to control my two hands using different processing threads in my brain! I want to eventually be able to play blues and boogie woogie so this is essential!
Great for first timers or as a skills review.
If this is new material for the student, it’s a treasure trove of skills that will apply to so much playing down the road. Much of it I could play by ear but it was great work to dissect the LH & RH rhythms into their respective beat patterns. Also there were several new patterns that were somewhat tricky to get at first, which means I’m learning something new, which is fantastic. Can you play RH half-note triplets over LH quarter notes without hearing it first? If so, maybe move on. If not, then you’ll get a lot out of this course.
Left Hand Knows What the Right Hand Is Doing!
Hands Down (and Coordinated), this is, without exaggeration, the best course that I have completed so far at PWJ! Until joining PWJ, I had been teaching myself from Piano Course Books. Never once, were there any exercises like these Coordination Exercises. These Exercises, in my opinion, are the missing link in the process of learning the piano. The ability to freely play syncopated rhythms in both hands is setting me free! I have completed the course and as the result of multiple passes through the Rhythm Exercises, I can now confidently play about 2/3 of these rhythms and now I feel that I am firmly on my way to becoming a complete pianist. Thank you Jonny! Great Stuff as always!!

Course Lessons

1
Two-Hand Coordination Exercises 1 – Lesson 1
13:46

The Chord Progression, Counting Half Notes & 8th Notes

2
Two-Hand Coordination Exercises 1 – Lesson 2
27:12

Rhythmic Pattern 1, 2, & 3, With Variations

3
Two-Hand Coordination Exercises 1 – Lesson 3
31:07

Rhythmic Pattern 4, 5, & 6, With Variations

4
Two-Hand Coordination Exercises 1 – Lesson 4
27:45

Right Hand Rhythmic Patterns 1-4, With Variations

5
Two-Hand Coordination Exercises 1 – Lesson 5
21:19

Rhythmic Pattern 5 & 6, Triplets

Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

excellent
very well done. love the stepwise approach
informative
Good tempo teaching
Challenging but fundamental stepping stone for learning how to operate your two hands independently!
Excellent instruction with clear demonstrations and tips. Really enjoyed it and saw significant progress in my ability to control my two hands using different processing threads in my brain! I want to eventually be able to play blues and boogie woogie so this is essential!
Great for first timers or as a skills review.
If this is new material for the student, it’s a treasure trove of skills that will apply to so much playing down the road. Much of it I could play by ear but it was great work to dissect the LH & RH rhythms into their respective beat patterns. Also there were several new patterns that were somewhat tricky to get at first, which means I’m learning something new, which is fantastic. Can you play RH half-note triplets over LH quarter notes without hearing it first? If so, maybe move on. If not, then you’ll get a lot out of this course.
Left Hand Knows What the Right Hand Is Doing!
Hands Down (and Coordinated), this is, without exaggeration, the best course that I have completed so far at PWJ! Until joining PWJ, I had been teaching myself from Piano Course Books. Never once, were there any exercises like these Coordination Exercises. These Exercises, in my opinion, are the missing link in the process of learning the piano. The ability to freely play syncopated rhythms in both hands is setting me free! I have completed the course and as the result of multiple passes through the Rhythm Exercises, I can now confidently play about 2/3 of these rhythms and now I feel that I am firmly on my way to becoming a complete pianist. Thank you Jonny! Great Stuff as always!!
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