Fundamentals
Learn fundamental piano techniques and exercises to improve your playing.
Fundamentals Content
115 Courses
829 Lessons
213 Smartsheets
Block Chord Exercise (Am, Dm, Gm)
"Check, Mate!" (Bossa)
Block Chord Exercise (F#m, Bm, Em)
Block Chord Exercise (Ebm, Abm, Dbm)
"Fill Up More" (Ballad)
Definition & Positions
Block Chord Exercise (Cm, Fm, Bbm)
This comprehensive course covers major 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.
Block Chord Exercise (Ab, Eb, Db)
Block Chord Exercise (C, F, Bb)
"Locked Hands in Peace" (Swing)
Definition & Positions
Block Chord Exercise (A, D, G)
"Blocked Call" (Bossa Nova)
"Shearing the Hedges" (Ballad)
Block Chord Exercise (F#, B, E)
"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
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