Intermediate
This is for players with some experience playing piano, who want to fill in the gaps of their knowledge & try new styles of music.
Intermediate Content
203 Courses
1154 Lessons
522 Smartsheets
How do Hollywood film composers like John Williams, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer create gripping chord progressions? Learn 3 tricks to create cinematic chords on piano.
How do Hollywood film composers like John Williams, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer create gripping chord progressions? Learn 3 tricks to create cinematic chords on piano.
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
Misty Progression
Sentimental Progression
Cycle of 5ths Progression
Blues Progression
Extended Turnaround
