Learn this cyclical minor progression, along with 6 left hand arpeggiated patterns, 8 right hand patterns, and learn to create melodies
Course Objectives
Learn the cyclical minor progression
Master 6 left hand patterns with arpeggios
Play 8 right hand patterns with harmonized notes
Create original melodies
Learning Focus
Chords & Voicings
Exercises
Improvisation
Featured Reviews
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Starting to see some patterns I didn't as a result of this course.
This course is all the things: fun, challenging, seasonal, two-hand coordination instruction, feel-oriented, and targeting various notes in the chord as you continue the pattern. I was inspired to find my own patterns and shortcuts in terms of fingering. As Jonny says in this course, he's not telling us all the things so that we can make our own connections that make sense to us, and that is invaluable. I started figuring out a melody based on a target note of the fifth instead of the third. Then I found out that was the next thing he was teaching us! So cool!
halloween challgned
These minor chords are so captivating. I would love to get better at some of the beautiful options you demonstrate at end of week 4 lesson
Great course on many levels!
Thanks Jonny! You tricked us into studying our minor chords and finding options on making pathways from chord to chord. I am excited about where this can take me! Pretty scary!
Pure inspiration
I love this course. There are so many possibilities to combine the upper and the lower hand! As a beginner I like gaining a little bit more day by day. I am in lesson three right now and I am just doing the easy things. It sounds really great - at least in my ears. Thank you so much!
Idea Inducing Illustration
It was almost ON Halloween when I started this challenge. It is a work in progress for me because I keep coming up with more ideas to try. Jonny really shows how to use his examples as just a starting point to create your own haunting mood setting piece. I could play on this for hours on end. Eventually I have to stop and play a major chord though, just to come back to a happy sound. :) I'll continue polishing this one up until I'm happy. In the meantime, moving on.
Starting to see some patterns I didn't as a result of this course.
This course is all the things: fun, challenging, seasonal, two-hand coordination instruction, feel-oriented, and targeting various notes in the chord as you continue the pattern. I was inspired to find my own patterns and shortcuts in terms of fingering. As Jonny says in this course, he's not telling us all the things so that we can make our own connections that make sense to us, and that is invaluable. I started figuring out a melody based on a target note of the fifth instead of the third. Then I found out that was the next thing he was teaching us! So cool!
halloween challgned
These minor chords are so captivating. I would love to get better at some of the beautiful options you demonstrate at end of week 4 lesson
Great course on many levels!
Thanks Jonny! You tricked us into studying our minor chords and finding options on making pathways from chord to chord. I am excited about where this can take me! Pretty scary!
Pure inspiration
I love this course. There are so many possibilities to combine the upper and the lower hand! As a beginner I like gaining a little bit more day by day. I am in lesson three right now and I am just doing the easy things. It sounds really great - at least in my ears. Thank you so much!
Idea Inducing Illustration
It was almost ON Halloween when I started this challenge. It is a work in progress for me because I keep coming up with more ideas to try. Jonny really shows how to use his examples as just a starting point to create your own haunting mood setting piece. I could play on this for hours on end. Eventually I have to stop and play a major chord though, just to come back to a happy sound. :) I'll continue polishing this one up until I'm happy. In the meantime, moving on.
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