Fundamentals
Learn fundamental piano techniques and exercises to improve your playing.
Fundamentals Content
107 Courses
780 Lessons
188 Smartsheets
In this workshop, we’ll learn a variety of exercises to train your voice. We’ll explore common accompaniment patterns for vocal warm ups, and learn about resonance and breath support. Finally, we will apply what we learn in a performance of the classic folk song, “Shenandoah.”
In this course we will learn the major turnaround in all 12 keys using 7th chords. We will cover two positions for the chords, and explore a variety of rhythms to use for comping and playing lead sheets. This progression is essential to master for jazz and pop songs.
Key of Eb, Ab, Db
Key of C, F, Bb
Key of Gb, B, E
Key of A, D, G
In this course we will learn the major turnaround in all 12 keys using 7th chords. We will cover two positions for the chords, and explore a variety of rhythms to use for comping and playing lead sheets. This progression is essential to master for jazz and pop songs.
Accompaniment
Inversions, Primary Chord Progression, In The Country Application
Discover and eliminate 10 common piano technique mistakes. These pesky little habits are "The Usual Suspects" behind many performance slips.
Discover and eliminate 10 common piano technique mistakes. These pesky little habits are "The Usual Suspects" behind many performance slips.
Explore the dreamy sound of the whole tone scale and four piano applications. This guide covers theory, fingering, runs and historical usage.
Explore the dreamy sound of the whole tone scale and four piano applications. This guide covers theory, fingering, runs and historical usage.
Understand and improvise with musical modes on piano. Learn to easily remember each mode, what chords to use and how to play modal progressions.
Understand and improvise with musical modes on piano. Learn to easily remember each mode, what chords to use and how to play modal progressions.
Accompaniment
Performance with Backing Track
Inversions, Primary Chord Progression, PWJ Rock Application
Learn to master piano chord inversions in weeks instead of years with the 21 Inversion Exercise containing all diatonic chords in all inversions.
Learn to master piano chord inversions in weeks instead of years with the 21 Inversion Exercise containing all diatonic chords in all inversions.
Learn 3 incredible tricks with sus chords—transform major, minor & dominant chords into beautiful piano voicings by layering sus chords!
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