Fundamentals
Learn fundamental piano techniques and exercises to improve your playing.
Fundamentals Content
107 Courses
780 Lessons
187 Smartsheets
Common Chords
Inversions
Song - Hasta La Vista
Accompaniment
"Samba D. Loves Me" (Samba)
"Won 23" (Jazz Waltz)
"Block & Catch" (Funk)
Dm7(b5), Gm7(b5)
Em7(b5), Am7(b5)
Cm7(b5), Fm7(b5)
"Suite 1625" (Swing)
"I'm Only Half Diminished" (Bossa)
G#m7(b5), C#m7(b5)
F#m7(b5), Bm7(b5)
A#m7(b5), D#m7(b5)
"Miner Turn Around" (Ballad)
Definition & Positions
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.
Learn to improvise with the exotic Phrygian Dominant Scale, the most hauntingly beautiful jazz scale. Discover its origin and how it's used.
Learn to improvise with the exotic Phrygian Dominant Scale, the most hauntingly beautiful jazz scale. Discover it's origin and how it's used.
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