3 Daily Exercises To Master Groove, Chords, & Bass Lines
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If your piano playing feels like it’s almost there, but something is still missing…
It might not be your scales.
It might not be your chords.
And you probably don’t need to spend another 3 hours practicing arpeggios. 😅
You might just be missing these 3 essential exercises.
🎹 Melody — learn how to harmonize practically any melody
🎹 Chords — build a solid, musical left-hand bass line
🎹 Rhythm — get both hands locking together into a groove
And these aren’t boring “play this 500 times” exercises. They’re actually musical.
Once you learn these three techniques, you can start combining them to create your own arrangements.
So instead of just playing a melody… You can harmonize it.
Instead of just playing chords… You can add a bass line.
And instead of having your hands play separately… You can make them groove together.
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Jonny May
Jonathan May is a pianist from Southern California who specializes in many styles of piano. At age eighteen, Jonny became the youngest pianist to perform at Disneyland. Each week he entertained thousands of guests with his arrangements of American classics and Disney songs. Jonny has also performed with the Youtube...
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