Fundamentals
Learn fundamental piano techniques and exercises to improve your playing.
Fundamentals Content
107 Courses
780 Lessons
187 Smartsheets
You're Always a Half Step Away - Swing Tune (Scale 2)
Dominant-Diminished Scale 3
Dominant Personality - Ballad (Scale 3)
Improvise jazz piano with the magical sound of the Lydian Dominant Scale. Learn to hear, construct and solo over 4 common jazz progressions.
Improvise jazz piano with the magical sound of the Lydian Dominant Scale. Learn to hear, construct and solo over 4 common jazz progressions.
Piano students usually only play augmented chords on accident. However, this Complete Guide shows why you will want to play these chords on purpose!
Piano students usually only play augmented chords on accident. However, this Complete Guide shows why you will want to play these chords on purpose!
This comprehensive course covers half-diminished block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Improvise with the hippest jazz scale of all—the Altered Scale (aka "Super Locrian," "Diminished Whole Tone"). This is your Complete Guide!
Improvise with the hippest jazz scale of all—the Altered Scale (aka "Super Locrian," "Diminished Whole Tone"). This is your Complete Guide!
Want to play insanely beautiful piano chords? Our complete guide to chord extensions allows you to unlock incredible chord sounds in 4 steps.
Want to play insanely beautiful piano chords? Our complete guide to chord extensions allows you to unlock incredible chord sounds in 4 steps.
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Db Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with an original tune, “Rainy Days .”
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Db Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with an original tune, “Rainy Days .”
Song - Rainy Days
Inversions
Accompaniment
Diatonic Chords
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Eb Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with "Hasta La Vista."
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Eb Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with "Hasta La Vista."
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