Fundamentals
Learn fundamental piano techniques and exercises to improve your playing.
Fundamentals Content
107 Courses
780 Lessons
190 Smartsheets
"Block & Bowl" (Funk)
Learn to add the exciting effect of music modulation to virtually any tune, even if a key change is not indicated in the original score.
Learn how to play piano lead sheets using rootless voicings, including 8 songs with the most common progressions in fake books. You'll also learn melody embellishments and various ways of adding rhythm in both hands.
Chromatic Walk-Up
Turnaround Progression
Misty Progression
Sentimental Progression
Cycle of 5ths Progression
Blues Progression
Extended Turnaround
Minor Turnaround
Bored with music theory? Check out this C Natural Minor Scale—The Complete Guide...everything you need to create beautiful minor piano music.
Bored with music theory? Check out this C Natural Minor Scale—The Complete Guide...everything you need to create beautiful minor piano music.
This comprehensive course covers major 2-5-1 rootless voicings. 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.
Long "A-B-A" Voicing Exercise
Long "A-B-A" Voicing Exercise
Short "B-A-B" Voicing Exercise
Short "B-A-B" Voicing Exercise
Short "A-B-A" Voicing Exercise
Definition & Positions
Long "B-A-B" Voicing Exercise
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