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How to Play C Major – with Jack Duxbury
I’m Jack’s biggest fan (and coincidentally) we’re actually both from the same town. Despite the title which sounds a bit dull, this is an essential watch for players of all abilities. I use this chord voicing subconsciously all the time when comping and improvising, without actually breaking it down or realizing what I was doing.…
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6 Ways to Reharm “Amazing Grace” Like a Boss
Jeff is a great teacher and player and the subject of reharmonization fascinates me and is something I am working on improving myself. Jeff shows you a few tricks to change the chords of a traditional tune sound much more contemporary.
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Let’s share the very best piano lessons on the internet!
I’ve decided to expand the scope of the Lessons section on my website to include my top picks of the very best lessons published on the internet. I’ll continue to publish and share posts with my own lessons, and I will tag them so that you can easily find them. In addition I’ll share all…
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Teaching you my favorite riff on the CP88 Rhodes
In this advanced piano lesson we cover a lot of ground, including the following topics. Major 251 chord progressionMinor 251Jazz & neo-soul chord voicingsLeft hand rootless voicingsComping and Improvising ideas Plus you’ll get to enjoy the sounds of the Yamaha CP88 Rhodes!
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Software piano shootout – Pianoteq vs Native Instruments
In this video we compare four software pianos, two using physical modelling and two sample libraries. Here are high-quality audio recordings of each piano. Pianoteq – Steinway D Pianoteq – Petrof Native Instruments – Alicia’s Keys Native Instruments – The Grandeur
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Piano lesson – Beautiful Christmas song arrangement
This piano lesson shows you how to play a wonderful piano arrangement of “The Holly and the Ivy” based on a performance by Dana Daoud. Download the sheet music Download the MIDI file
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TOP 5 ORGAN RIFFS and how to play them
This is probably the final installment in my TOP 5 and how to play them series of videos. They were an awful lot of work to make so no plans for any more unless there is popular demand! Hope you enjoy this episode where we feature my favorite organ riffs of all time. I wonder…
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Piano lesson – You need to know the intervals
Here is a detailed review of all of the musical intervals demonstrated on the piano keyboard. For each interval we’ll study how it is constructed, listen to the characteristics of the sound and play some songs that utilize each interval. Follow up the video with a fun musical quiz that tests your ear training and…
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How to compose horror movie soundtrack with KINETIC TOYS and THRILL
Today’s lesson is a combination of a music technology tutorial of two cinematic sounding VST plugins from Native Instruments, Kinetic Toys and Thrill. I’ll also give you some ideas about how to compose soundtracks for the horror movie genre. You can download the audio stems for this lesson using the link below, you are free…
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TOP 5 ELECTRIC PIANO RIFFS and how to play them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D0vYPdIp7E Another piano lesson in the form of a demonstration how to play 5 of my picks for the most epic electric piano riffs. I’ll show you an overhead view of the piano, plus falling note and musical notation displays. Good luck and have fun playing these riffs!
