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Learning 200 New Songs S01E01
I’ve decided to broaden my repertoire and learn (in some cases re-learn) 200 fun pop songs arranged for piano. I’m going to do this anyway, and thought many of you might want to join me on the journey of learning some new tunes. I welcome requests and hope some viewers will follow along with me! […]
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5 Tips for Playing With an Acoustic Guitarist | Piano Lesson
Fascinating insights and tips from Jack and Dan, two of the most talented and experienced touring session players.
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Tutorial: Playing funk on the keys pt 1
The great keyboard player from Jamiroquai shares some fascinating insight into his techniques for playing funk keyboards. A lot of inspiring riffs and bass-lines to learn here!
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Phil is a player I admire a lot after I discovered his Pianoteq videos. He’s a fabulous improviser as well as classic player. I enjoyed this discussion of groove applied to classical music performances.
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Changing the Atmosphere by Borrowing and Adding Tension Using Neo-Soul Chords
Interesting video by Jamal from Gospel Musicians about borrowing from the relative minor to add tension and interest. Nicely demonstrated and with some wonderful chord voicings to analyse and explore!
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How to Play Piano – From Unboxing Your New Piano To Understanding the Keyboard!
Wonderful, fun and highly recommended video from my friend Jack Duxbury on your first steps as a beginner piano player. Jack takes a nice approach to fast track you past the theory and get you making nice sounding music as quickly as possible.
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Oscar Peterson’s Tricky 4 Bar Break On C Jam Blues
The fabulous and talented Aimee Nolte breaks down some of the incredible riffs played by Oscar Peterson on one of the tunes from a favorite album of mine, Night Train. Aimee gives some fascinating insight and demonstrations of the techniques used by Oscar.
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Completely Change Your SOUND with this ONE Idea
Corey demonstrates wonderfully how using inversions can completely transform the sound of your playing. Something I already do myself but I realise there is even more possibilities and options after watching this lesson.
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Jack’s Top 3 Hammond Organ Tips & Tricks!
My favorite demo guy, the funny, mega-talented and lovely Jack D shows us some essential tricks on the Hammond organ. Fun trivia fact, we come from the same home town!
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How to write Chords and Songs in Minor
Another excellent lesson from Jake who shows us how to build chords and progressions from the minor scale. This is a topic I’m exploring myself to provide more options and colours than what you get from the major scale chords.
