Fundamentals
Learn fundamental piano techniques and exercises to improve your playing.
Fundamentals Content
115 Courses
829 Lessons
215 Smartsheets
Yan's Hideaway Melody & Chords, C Scale Reference, Melodic Analysis
Learn how to quickly & easily transpose a lead sheet. Using the Number Chart method, we'll analyze a melody and chords, "convert" them to numbers, and apply the numbers to a new key.
In this comprehensive course on Dominant 7 Chords, you'll learn how to build Dominant 7 Chords, the Chord Symbols, all 12 Dominant 7 Chords, 4 tunes to practice them with, & the most common Dominant 7 progressions.
Learn how to quickly & easily transpose a lead sheet to any key! With the Number Chart method, we analyze a lead sheet, "convert" it to numbers, and apply it to 2 new keys.
Learn how to quickly & easily transpose a lead sheet. Using the Number Chart method, we'll analyze a melody and chords, "convert" them to numbers, and apply the numbers to a new key.
3 Beginner, 2 Intermediate, & 5 Advanced Options with Modern Jazz Techniques
Explore the bright, cheerful key of G major, one of the most popular keys in music. You'll learn to play its scale smoothly up and down the keyboard and finish with a sweet original lullaby.
Get your hands working together with 36 groovy, confidence-boosting rhythm exercises, all played over a chord progression used in hundreds of popular songs. Each exercise builds gradually, so you'll go from simple to fun to impressive.
Gb Major 7, B Major 7, E Major 7, & "Going Somewhere"
A Major 7, D Major 7, G Major 7, & "Auburn Skies"
C Major 7, F Major 7, Bb Major 7, & "Always On My Mind"
Eb Major 7, Ab Major 7, Db Major 7, & "Somebody Like You"
4 Ways to Build a Major 7 Chord, Major 7 Chord Shapes & Chord Symbols
Counter Clockwise, Blocked & Broken
Clockwise Exercise, Blocked & Broken
Half Steps Ascending, Blocked & Broken
Half Steps Descending, Blocked & Broken
Inverted Chords
Chord Inversions, Blocked & Broken
Get your groove on with the funky, bluesy side of G minor. You'll learn the scales and chords that make this key tick, then play and improvise over Flunkalicious, a funky blues original.
The Natural, Harmonic, & Melodic Scales
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