40 Hours+ Piano Course - Go from a Beginner/Intermediate to

Course 1 - Learn how to play the Piano by ear (Includes 45 hours of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced content)

The 45 Hours Piano Course

This Piano Course will give you all the knowledge that you need in order to be able to play any Song or any piece of Music. You will learn how to play by ear. With more than 250 lessons and 45 hours of content, this Piano Course is a thorough and structured course that has been designed to take you from a Beginner/Intermediate to an Advanced Level. You will also learn Music Theory and you will learn how to train yours ears to recognise a Song's Key in this Course.

This Course is for anyone that wants to learn how to play the Piano/Keyboard and it is also for the people that play the Piano/Keyboard and want to improve their skills. This course consists of 'Beginner', 'Intermediate' and 'Advanced' lessons.

What Skills will you gain?

Do you struggle to find the correct musical notes to play whenever you want to play a Song or a Piece of Music? In this Program, you will learn how to choose the musical notes to play in order to be able to play any Song or any Piece of Music that you want to play.

Do you desire to play the Piano by ear? In this Program, you will learn how to play the Piano by ear.

Do you struggle to choose the right Chords to play whenever you want to play a Song or a Piece of Music? In this Program, you will learn how to create a Chord Progression that you can use to play the Song or the Piece of Music that you want to play. You will also learn how to add Colour, Interest and other things to a Chord Progression in order to make it sound better and/or different.

Are you tired of playing the same basic Chord Progressions again and again? In this Program, you will learn about different techniques that you can use to make your Chord Progressions to sound more advanced, interesting, colourful and better than Chord Progressions that sound basic.

Do you want to improve your skills by learning how to play and sound like a Pro and not an amateur? In this Program, you will learn how to use fills, runs and other techniques to make whatever you want to play to sound more interesting and exciting.

Do you struggle to identify and find the Key of a Song by using your ears? In this Program, you will learn how to train your ears to recognise a Song's Key.

Do you struggle with Music Theory? In this Program, you will be taught Music Theory through easy-to-understand methods.

You will also learn a lot of other Skills in this Program.

Course curriculum

This Course contains more than 250 lessons and 45 hours of Content.

1. The Layout of the Piano/Keyboard
2. Letters/Names of the Keys on the Piano/Keyboard
1. Explanation of 'Natural' , 'Sharp' , 'Flat' and 'Enharmonic Equivalent' Musical Notes
2. How to correctly draw a Sharp sign and a Flat sign
1. Which Piano/Electronic Keyboard should you buy?
1. Piano Fingerings & Hand Movement on the Piano/Keyboard
1. Video of the logical explanation of how to play the Piano
2. Key Points
3. The article for the logical explanation of how to play the Piano
1. Think of Music and the act of playing the Piano like a Language that you speak, write and read (e.g. the English Language)
1. Musical Intervals
2. Melodic Intervals and Harmonic Intervals | Why Melodic Intervals and Harmonic Intervals are the building blocks of Music
1. What is an Accidental? | What are Accidentals?
1. Scales/How to build a Major Scale
2. Video for how to name the musical notes within a Major or Minor Scale Correctly
3. Major Scales
4. Why Major and Minor Scales are the building blocks of Music and what the Key of a piece of Music is
5. What is Modulation?
6. An alternative way of saying that a Song or any piece of Music is in a Major Key
7. C Major Scale
8. C#, D and E flat Major Scales
9. E, F and F# Major Scales
10. G, A flat and A Major Scales
11. B flat and B Major Scales
12. Tonic sol-fa
1. How to practise all the 12 Major Scales with your Right Hand
2. Left Hand Fingerings and Right Hand Fingerings for all the 12 Major Scales
1. Introduction to Minor Scales & Natural Minor Scales
2. C, C# and D Natural Minor Scales
3. D#, E and F Natural Minor Scales
4. F#, G and G# Natural Minor Scales
5. A, A# and B Natural Minor Scales
6. Natural Minor Scales
7. Fingerings for all the 12 Natural Minor Scales
8. The Natural Minor Scale's Tonic sol-fa
1. Harmonic Minor Scales
2. All the Harmonic Minor Scales
1. Melodic Minor Scales
2. All the Ascending and the Descending Melodic Minor Scales
3. The Jazz Minor Scale
4. All the 12 Jazz Minor Scales
1. The Minor Key/the Minor Scale
2. Why there is only 1 Minor Scale
1. Another Definition for an Accidental / Accidentals
1. Scale Degrees for the Major Scales and the Natural Minor Scales
2. Scale Degrees for the Harmonic Minor Scales and the Melodic Minor Scales
3. The Tonal Center
4. Scale Degree Numbers
5. Further explanation of the Scale Degree names
1. Major, Minor and Perfect Intervals
2. Diminished and Augmented Intervals
3. The Perfect Unison
4. The Tritone
5. The Ditone
1. The Definition of a Chord and the Definition of Harmony
2. Major, Minor, Augmented and Diminished Triad Chords
1. Overview of Major Scale Triad Chords
2. How to name the Chords that are within a Major or Minor Scale according to the law of Music Theory
3. C Major Scale Triad Chords
4. Sheet that shows all the Triad Chords in each of the 12 Major Scales
1. Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords
2. The Triad Chords in all the 12 Natural Minor Scales
1. The Descending Melodic Minor Scale Triad Chords
2. Melodic Minor Scale Triad Chords
3. The Triad Chords in all the 12 Melodic Minor Scales
1. Harmonic Minor Scale Triad Chords
2. The Triad Chords in all the 12 Harmonic Minor Scales
1. What is a Diatonic Chord?
1. Major 6th Chord
2. Minor 6th Chord
3. Major 7th Chord
4. Minor 7th Chord
5. What is a Suspended Chord? | Suspended 2nd Chord | Suspended 4th Chord
6. Suspended 2nd Triad Chord
7. Suspended 4th Triad Chord
8. Dominant 7th Chord
9. More about the Dominant 7th Chord
10. Diminished 7th Chord
11. Half-Diminished 7th Chord
12. Augmented-Major 7th Chord
13. Augmented-Minor 7th Chord
14. Minor-Major 7th Chord
15. Scale 7th Chords
16. All the 7th Chords in each Major Scale
17. All the 7th Chords in each Natural Minor Scale
18. All the 7th Chords in each Harmonic Minor Scale
19. Melodic Minor Scale 7th Chords
20. Added Tone Chord
1. Number System for Chords within a Scale
2. Number System applied to the triad Chords within each Major Scale
3. Number System applied to the triad Chords within each Natural Minor Scale
4. Number System applied to the triad Chords within each Harmonic Minor Scale
5. Number System applied to the triad Chords within each Melodic Minor Scale
6. Scale Degree Names for the Chords that are within a Major Scale or a Minor Scale
7. Scale Degree Names for the Triad Chords within each Major Scale
8. Scale Degree Names for the Triad Chords within each Natural Minor Scale
9. Scale Degree Names for the Triad Chords within each Harmonic Minor Scale
10. Scale Degree Names for the Triad Chords within each Melodic Minor Scale
1. Major Pentatonic Scale
2. Minor Pentatonic Scale
3. Blues Scale
4. Chromatic Scale
1. Triad Chord Inversions
2. 7th Chord Inversions
3. Arpeggios
4. A Broken Chord and an Arpeggio
5. Practising Different Triad Chords and their Different Inversions
6. Practising Different 7th Chords and their Different Inversions
1. What the Circle of Fifths is and How to build one
2. How the Circle of Fifths shows how many sharps & flats are in 12 Major Scales
3. How to find the relative Major & Natural Minor Scales via the Circle of Fifths
1. The Primary and Secondary Chords in all Major and Minor Scales
2. How to master all the Primary Chords in each Major Key
3. How to master all the Primary Chords in each Natural Minor Key
4. Extending each Primary Chord into a 7th Chord
5. The Primary and Secondary Chords in each Major Scale
6. The Primary and Secondary Chords in each Natural Minor Scale
7. The Primary and Secondary Chords in each Harmonic Minor Scale
8. The Primary and Secondary Chords in each Melodic Minor Scale
1. Introduction of How to play Songs
2. How to play Songs by ear (Part 1)
3. How to play Songs by ear (Part 2)
4. What is a Chord Progression?
5. How to choose the Chords to play for any Song
6. Continuation of How to play Songs by using Chords (Playing by ear) - Part 1
7. Check different Voicings for different Chords
8. How to play Songs by using Chords(Part 2) & How to identify the Chords of a Song
9. Write down the chords of the song you want to play
10. You can use a Music Sheet
11. Other Methods that you can use to choose the Chords to play for a Song or any piece of Music
12. Using Different Left Hand and Right Hand Combinations to play Chords (Part 1)
13. Part 2 of Using Different Left Hand and Right Hand Combinations to play Chords
14. Chord Progressions | 4 popular Chords that a lot of Chord Progressions have
15. How to arpeggiate Chord Progressions
16. Examples of Chord Progressions
17. Different approaches that can be used to play Songs
18. Getting used to playing with both hands on the Piano (includes learning a Song)
19. An example of a Left Hand Pattern for accompanying Songs
20. How Diminished Triad Chords and Augmented Triad Chords are represented through the use of Roman Numerals
21. How to recognise certain Chord Symbols
22. Further explanation of Chord Symbols
1. Transposition
2. More on Transposition
1. Developing the ability to be able to play in all 12 Keys
2. Part 2 of developing the ability to be able to play in all 12 Keys
1. 4 3 5 1 Chord Progression
1. Rhythms
2. How to Create Melodies & Tunes with Arpeggios
3. Using Chord notes and Non-Chord notes to create Melodies and another method that you can use to create Melodies
4. More on how to use Chord Notes and Non-Chord Notes to create Melodies
5. Rhythm (Another example of a Rhythm)
6. Improvisation
7. Improvising through Arpeggios and Inverted Chords
8. Improvising by using Pentatonic Scales
9. Using the Blues Scale to Improvise
10. Improvising with the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales
11. More on the topic of 'Improvisation'
12. How to play Songs by using Arpeggios
1. What is a Grace Note? | How to use a Grace Note
1. Passing Chord/Chords and How to use a Diminished Triad Chord as a Passing Chord
2. How to use an Augmented Triad Chord as a Passing Chord
1. The uniqueness of the Diminished 7th Chords
2. How to use Diminished 7th Chords
1. How to use an Augmented Triad Chord & the uniqueness of an Augmented Triad Chord
1. Using 7th Chords in Chord Progressions
1. Using a Secondary Dominant Chord (Dominant 7th Chord) in your Chord Progression
2. An example of how to use Secondary Dominant Chords as Passing Chords
3. Using a Secondary Dominant Chord as a Passing Chord for different Chords
1. How to use Suspended Chords to add Colour & Interest to your Chord Progressions
2. How to use Diatonic Chords to add Colour & Interest to your Chord Progressions
1. Definition of Modulation & Using the 5 and 1 Chords to Modulate
2. How to use the Dominant 7th & 1 Chords to modulate from one Major Key to another
3. How to use the Dominant 7th & 1 Chords to modulate between Major and Minor Keys
4. Using the 2, Dominant 7th and 1 Chords to modulate from one Major Key to another
5. How to use Common Chord/Chords between Keys to Modulate
6. How to use the 2-5-1 Chords in a Key to Modulate
1. What is a Cadence & What is the Imperfect Authentic Cadence
2. The Perfect Authentic Cadence
3. The Plagal Cadence
4. The Deceptive Cadence
5. The Half Cadence
1. How to use Suspended Chords
2. How to use a Diminished 7th Chord to modulate into a new Key
3. How to use a Diminished Chord and a Diminished 7th Chord
1. How to use Fills , Arpeggios and Short Melodies to fill in empty spaces in Songs and in any piece of Music
2. How to use Piano runs to fill in the empty spaces in Songs
1. Using non-diatonic Chords to add colour to your Chord Progressions
2. More on using non-diatonic Chords to add colour to your Chord Progressions
3. Using a non-diatonic Augmented Major 7th Chord to add colour
1. Slash Chords
2. What is a Bassline and how do Slash Chords relate to a Bassline?
3. How to use Slash Chords to create different Basslines
4. A Slash Chord as a Passing Chord
1. How to use the Sustain Pedal
1. How to use Music to create different Atmospheres
2. Part 2 of How to use Music to create different Atmospheres
3. Diminished Triad Chords Create Tension
1. How to find the key of a song (Part 1)
2. Part 1b of How to find the Key of a Song
3. More Facts about the Key of a Song
4. Part 1C of How to find the Key of a Song
5. Part 1D of How to find the Key of a Song
6. Part 1E of How to find the Key of a Song
7. Part 1F of How to find the Key of a Song
8. Practical example of how to find the Key of any Song that is in a Minor Key
1. Extended Intervals
2. Simple Intervals and Compound Intervals
3. Detailed explanation of Simple Musical Intervals
4. Detailed explanation of Compound Musical Intervals
5. 9th Chords
6. 11th Chords
7. 13th Chords
8. Playing an extended Chord without playing all the notes that make up the Chord
9. Using Both Hands to play 9th, 11th and 13th Chords
10. More about 9th, 11th and 13th Chords
1. Chord Voicings and How to use 9th, 11th and 13th Chords
1. The accurate definition of an Altered Chord
2. What is an altered Chord?
3. An example of how to use an Altered Chord
1. Definition of Modes
2. The Ionian, Dorian and the Phrygian modes
3. The Lydian and the Mixolydian modes
4. The Aeolian and the Locrian modes
1. Part 1 of the Classification of Modes into Major and Minor Modes
2. Part 2 of the Classification of Modes into Major and Minor Modes
3. Using Modes for Songwriting
1. Improvising with Major Modes
2. Improvising with Minor Modes
1. The Whole-Half Octatonic Scale
2. The Half-Whole Octatonic Scale
3. The Altered (or Super Locrian) Scale
4. The Whole Tone Scale
5. Lydian Dominant Scale
6. How to use the 5 different types of scales that were taught in this section
1. Conclusion
2. Piano Performance
1. Augmented Minor 7th Chords
2. Augmented Major 7th Chords
3. Blues Scales
4. Diminished 7th Chords
5. Dominant 7th Chords
6. Half Diminished 7th Chords
7. Harmonic Minor Scales
8. Harmonic Minor Scale 7th Chords
9. Harmonic Minor Scale Triad Chords
10. Major 6th Chords
11. Major 7th Chords
12. Minor 6th Chords
13. Major Scale Triad Chords
14. Major Scale 7th Chords
15. Minor 7th Chords
16. Suspended 2nd Triad Chords
17. Suspended 4th Triad Chords
18. Minor-Major 7th Chords
19. The Ascending and the Descending Melodic Minor Scales
20. Melodic Minor Scale Triad Chords
21. Major Pentatonic Scales
22. Minor Pentatonic Scales
23. Natural Minor Scale 7th Chords
24. Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords
25. Major 9th Chords
26. Minor 9th Chords
27. Dominant 9th Chords
28. Diminished 9th Chords
29. Augmented-Major 9th Chords
30. Augmented Minor 9th Chords
31. Half Diminished 9th Chords
32. Major 11th Chords
33. Minor 11th Chords
34. Dominant 11th Chords
35. Diminished 11th Chords
36. Augmented-Major 11th Chords
37. Augmented Minor 11th Chords
38. Half Diminished 11th Chords
39. Major 13th Chords
40. Minor 13th Chords
41. Dominant 13th Chords
42. Diminished 13th Chords
43. Augmented-Major 13th Chords
44. Augmented Minor 13th Chords
45. Half Diminished 13th Chords
46. The Ionian modes
47. The Dorian Modes
48. The Phrygian Modes
49. The Lydian Modes
50. The Mixolydian Modes
51. The Aeolian Modes
52. The Locrian Modes

288 lessons

Getting Started

Explanation of 'Natural' , 'Sharp' , 'Flat' and 'Enharmonic Equivalent' Musical Notes

Which Piano/Electronic Keyboard should you buy?

Piano Fingerings & Hand Movement on the Piano/Keyboard

The logical explanation of how to play the Piano

How Music is similar to the Language that you speak, read and write (e.g. the English Language)

Musical Intervals

What is an Accidental? | What are Accidentals?

Scales/Major Scales

Practical Exercises that you can do to master all the 12 Major Scales

Minor Scales & Natural Minor Scales

Harmonic Minor Scales

Melodic Minor Scales and the Jazz Minor Scale

The Minor Key/the Minor Scale

Another Definition for an Accidental / Accidentals

Scale Degrees

More about Musical Intervals

Chords (Triad Chords) and Harmony

Major Scale Triad Chords | How to name the Chords that are within a Major or Minor Scale

Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords

Melodic Minor Scale Triad Chords

Harmonic Minor Scale Triad Chords

Diatonic Chords

7th Chords, 6th Chords & Suspended Chords

Scale Degree names for Chords & the Number System for Major/Minor Scale Chords

Pentatonic, Chromatic and Blues Scales

Chord Inversions & Arpeggios

Circle of Fifths

The Primary and Secondary Chords in all Major and Minor Scales

How to Play Songs by ear and with Chords | Chord Progressions

Transposition

Developing the ability to be able to play comfortably in all 12 Keys

A Chord Progression in each of the 12 Keys

Rhythms & Improvisation

What is a Grace Note? | How to use a Grace Note

Passing Chords | Using Diminished & Augmented Triad Chords as Passing Chords

How to use Diminished 7th Chords and the uniqueness of Diminished 7th Chords

How to use an Augmented Triad Chord & the uniqueness of an Augmented Triad Chord

Using 7th Chords in Chord Progressions

How to use Secondary Dominant Chords to add Flavour to your Chord Progressions

How to use Suspended & Diatonic Chords to add Colour to your Chord Progressions

Modulation

Cadences

How to use Suspended Chords and Diminished Chords

How to use Fills , Runs , Arpeggios and Short Melodies to fill in empty spaces

Using non-diatonic Chords to add colour to your Chord Progressions

Slash Chords

The Sustain Pedal

How to use Music to create different Atmospheres

Ear Training and How to find the key of a song

Extended Chords (9th, 11th and 13th Chords)

Chord Voicings and How to use 9th, 11th and 13th Chords

Altered Chords

Modes

The Classification of Modes into Major and Minor Modes

Improvising with Modes

Other types of Scales

Conclusion

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