Learn how to accompany on the Piano for most situations. In Part 2, we learn how to play Ghost Notes in the left hand to help propel the rhythm forward with different time divisions. 📚 Notation of each exercise & my handwritten notes are waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/120048973 In this 3-Part series, we learn a variety of methods to play Ballad Style Piano Accompaniment. The Right Hand will use predominantly 3 patterns - Block Chords, Broken Chords & Arpeggios while the Left Hand will develop Root-octave combo patterns, Ghost notes & a walking bass line. 👀 Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/XTxBoGf7LP0 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎹 Accompaniment Tutorials (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_zdfpeK-q61q6qLtqdXLMk 𝄢 Left Hand Arpeggio Practice with a Super Long “Ballad Style” - https://youtu.be/WHcaCWHohhs 🎶 Practice Multiple Genres on the Piano - https://youtu.be/QYFdSfB8p50 🙌🏽 Hand Independence (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🐣 All our Beginner Piano Lessons in one Place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/free-lessons/tags/beginner-1 🕰️ 00:00 - Performance 00:27 - Revision of Part 1 00:50 - About Part 2 - Ghost Notes for the Left Hand 01:37 - What are Ghost Notes? 02:18 - The Progression 03:21 - Counting Eighth Notes 03:46 - Ghost Note Choices for 8th Notes 05:19 - How to handle Diminished & Augmented? 06:02 - Ghost Notes in LH with 5ths & 3rds 08:06 - What to use Octaves, Fifths & 3rds 08:44 - How to play Slash Chords in the LH 09:22 - Slash Chords with 3rds in the Bass 𝄢 10:12 - About Part 2 - Ghost Notes for the Left Hand 11:34 - Slash chord with 5th in the bass 13:34 - Swing the Slash chord 15:11 - Triplet Ballad Feel 16:06 - Triplet Combos 17:28 - Tresillo 17:50 - Sixteenth Notes with Counting 18:31 - The “a”s 18:49 - “a” with next bar “&” 19:11 - Arpeggios Galore 20:21 - Flipping it around 21:10 - The Real-world challenges involved 21:48 - Part 3 - Walking BASS 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal

Learn how to accompany on the Piano for most situations. In Part 1, we learn a Radiohead inspired chord progression and practice it on 3 Keys - G, F & D major. 📚 Notation of each exercise & my handwritten notes are waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/120048973?pr=true In this 3-Part series, we learn a variety of methods to play Ballad Style Piano Accompaniment. The Right Hand will use predominantly 3 patterns - Block Chords, Broken Chords & Arpeggios while the Left Hand will develop Root-octave combo patterns, Ghost notes & a walking bass line. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎹 Accompaniment Tutorials (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_zdfpeK-q61q6qLtqdXLMk 𝄢 Left Hand Arpeggio Practice with a Super Long “Ballad Style” - https://youtu.be/WHcaCWHohhs 🎶 Practice Multiple Genres on the Piano - https://youtu.be/QYFdSfB8p50 🙌🏽 Hand Independence (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🐣 All our Beginner Piano Lessons in one Place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/free-lessons/tags/beginner-1 🕰️ 00:00 - Performance 01:08 - About the 3-Part Series 01:34 - What is Accompaniment? 02:20 - What both hands will be playing 03:03 - The Chord Progression 03:54 - Radiohead Creep Progression 04:19 - Chord Progression on G Major 05:23 - Using Chord Inversions 08:04 - Extended Harmony 09:50 - Transposed on F Major 11:02 - Same Progression on D major 11:57 - LH minims rhythm pattern 13:04 - Toggle minims in LH 13:25 - LH Toggling crochets 14:07 - Toggling with 8th notes in LH 14:26 - Toggle in LH 17:36 - RH Broken Chords Pattern 18:06 - Same RH Pattern with different LH Pattern 19:12 - Arpeggiate RH 20:30 - Recap of the whole lesson 22:36 - Preparing for Part 2 22:53 - Conclusion 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal

Learn how to play chord inversions step by step with this practical piano lesson tailored for beginners on 2 scales - G & F major 📚 Notation of each exercise & my handwritten notes are waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/119784766?pr=true 🎹 We’ll explore the I - iv - IV - V chord progression, covering rhythm patterns, ascending and descending exercises, and some straightforward techniques to enhance your playing. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🔄 Study Chord Inversions further - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🐣 All our Beginner Piano Lessons in one Place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/free-lessons/tags/beginner-1 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🕰️ 00:00 - Performance 00:20 - Comprehensive Chord Study 00:41 - About the Lesson 01:59 - The Chord Progression on G & F Major Scales 02:21 - I vi IV V 02:47 - Roman Numerals 04:17 - Plucking the 4 Chords 04:45 - A Quick Circular Trick 05:33 - Forming the Inversions 06:58 - Annoying Root Positions 08:02 - Left Hand Holds the Roots Always 09:19 - All 4 Chords 09:41 - From the next Inversion 10:54 - Working on the Fingering a bit 11:47 - The 13th Chord 12:25 - The Descend 14:03 - And now we go to F Major 15:33 - Start slow and take it from there 16:06 - Broken Chords 17:13 - An Arpeggio Pattern - HLML 18:14 - Revision 18:45 - If you are NOT a beginner? 19:17 - A few final tips 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal

Take the first 3 notes of a scale and practice them on the Piano in both hands with harmony & inversions. 📚 Download the Notation for each exercise on all 12 Keys as well as my handwritten notes (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/peanuts-exercise-119561625 Remember your scales and improve your piano technique — posture and fingering — with a simple exercise using alternating notes with all five fingers. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 👽 More variations on this set of notes - https://youtu.be/A9AMngFDkRc 👻 Learn about Diminished Chords - https://youtu.be/dIG09NsDTQ4 💘 My Favourite Chords of All Time! (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_BXqRCVauDnJH7oHhIv-z7 🥜 My Tutorial of "The Peanuts Theme" - https://youtu.be/QiIi6HIEl1Y 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🐣 All our Beginner Piano Lessons in one Place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/free-lessons/tags/beginner-1 🕰️ 00:00 - Performance 00:21 - Introduction 01:18 - Exercise using just 3 notes 01:52 - Moving Chromatically Up & Down 02:45 - Avoiding Flams along the way 03:53 - Whole Tone Motion 04:55 - Achieving all 12 Keys via Whole Tone Motion 05:14 - Whole Tone Scale from B 05:36 - Thirds Intervals 06:02 - Diminished 7th with Minor 3rds 06:43 - The Augmented Family of Major 3rds 07:22 - Planning for Thirds (Major & Minor) 07:36 - Diminished 7th Family 08:54 - Along the Circle of Fifths 09:42 - Clockwise Movement 10:27 - First 3 degrees to other Major-Esque scales 10:50 - Transforming to the Minor 11:18 - Practice of Thirds 11:44 - Diatonic vs Chromatic 13:14 - Minor Scale with Thirds 14:02 - Chords with their Inversions 15:29 - Horn Thirds Exercise 15:60 - Transposing to different chords 17:51 - Playing through all Keys 19:17 - Practice on other Inversions 20:06 - Revision of all variations 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal

Practice all Inversions of Major & Minor Chords around the Circle of Fifths and Train your Ear at the same time by singing approach and landing chord root tones. 📚 Download all the Notated exercises and my Handwritten notes here (5$ Monthly) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-in-one-sing-119280406 In this all-round music workout, we practice the Piano, Singing, Music Theory and Ear Training using both the Plagal and Authentic directions of the Circle of Fifths. Using the perfect 4th and 5ths intervals, we climb up and down with our voice in addition to playing a Bluesy Fill at the end of the bar. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube ⭕️ Circle of Fifths Lessons (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-FzWCgbLnhEXKrulYDxLQJ 🔃 Practice Chord Inversions (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🦻Our Ear Training Sessions (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-GHvpugWvYgEuLAL4f01ZK 🎹 Master all your Chord Inversions starting with a “Pivot” Note - https://youtu.be/QUCuBJrov0E 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🐣 All our Beginner Piano Lessons in one Place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/free-lessons/tags/beginner-1 🕰️ 00:00 - Performance 00:25 - Introduction 00:40 - Circle of Fifths 01:46 - Plagal & Authentic Directions 02:32 - Singing Challenges 02:58 - Octave Displacement 03:39 - The Limitations of the Voice 04:04 - Up & Down to the 5th 04:26 - Root to the 5th 05:06 - Root to 4ths 06:06 - Up to the 5th 08:15 - Usage of Chord Inversions 09:10 - Going against the natural flow of inversions 09:37 - Ab Major Triad 10:12 - Figuring out inversions 11:08 - Root Positions in the Plagal Direction 12:12 - 2 Practice Directions 12:52 - First inversion Practice 13:17 - Singing the Roots 14:15 - Practicing 2nd Inversions 14:51 - The Authenic Direction 16:36 - Singing the Climb & playing the Chords 17:04 - Octave Displacement 17:55 - Sing and then play 19:21 - Playing the Climb on the Piano 20:13 - Down to the Fourth 21:14 - Movable Sa or Do 21:51 - Playing over Minor Triads 23:29 - Now for a Bluesy Lick 26:32 - Conclusion 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal

Over nearly two decades of teaching music, I've been asked countless questions about harmonic ear training, music theory, and developing the ability to figure out chords by ear. In this 45-minute session (or rant, if you will 😉), I share my honest experiences, insights, and a practical toolkit for improving your musical ear. 📚 Support us on Patreon for just 5$ a month - https://www.patreon.com/jasonzac 🎧 Key Takeaways: * The most commonly asked questions about ear training * Why Music Theory is your best friend for harmonic ear training * A step-by-step toolkit to decode chords by ear * Some good habits and hacks to develop a sharper ear 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube Whether you're just starting out or are an experienced musician looking for fresh perspectives, this talk will give you a clear and honest reality check on your ear training journey. I hope you enjoy this session! ✨ Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more music insights! 🚌 Learn our Structured music courses - https://www.nathanielschool.com/video-courses 👂🏽Train your Melodic, Harmonic & Rhythmic Ear - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_RPwa746AhEj9i8xTDtAz8 🎼The Andalusian Cadence (8-part series) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9RMWaeQkDUyuhRaBQXvbyD 😍 All my Favourite Chords - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_BXqRCVauDnJH7oHhIv-z7 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🐣 All our Beginner Piano Lessons in one Place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/free-lessons/tags/beginner-1 🕰️ 00:00 - What will be discussed? 00:20 - My music learning era 00:40 - Sheet Music and me 00:52 - Reality Check 01:43 - The only chords I knew 03:11 - The “other” chords 03:34 - The good habits back then 04:04 - My issue with Notation books & Google Chords 05:37 - How to address doubts? 06:10 - Jamming with Guitarists 06:49 - Hearing things out of the blue 07:19 - Music Theory - The Ears best friend 08:11 - Using packets of data 08:45 - The essential toolklit 09:30 - A Major Diatonic Harmony 10:02 - Moving out of the Scale 10:21 - The two chord connection 10:56 - Non-Diatonic Chords 11:31 - The Problem with cult following 12:27 - A Democracy for Music - The Radio 13:04 - Searching for the Cadence 13:24 - The curious case of the Major 7th 14:30 - Improving our Vocabulary 16:11 - Naming your own Cadences 16:58 - Advantage of learning on multiple keys 18:33 - The Epic Cadence 19:20 - The Chainsmokers Cadence 20:04 - Fancy names for fancy chords 21:14 - The Plagal “Amen” Cadence 22:06 - Jailhouse Rock 22:46 - Detecting the Notes of a Chord 23:04 - Listening to the Bass 24:42 - The Theory Hack 24:56 - The Quality of Chords 26:13 - The Melody Line 27:05 - The Guessing Game 27:45 - Within the Ballpark of Bb Major 28:26 - Physics Arpeggio Hack 30:58 - Speed Music Theory 33:16 - The Reality Check 35:25 - Your Piano Skills 35:53 - How to ask for help? 37:57 - When you are not prepared 38:09 - Some good habits to close this talk 38:53 - Wrong sources for Chords 39:35 - High Information music with variety 40:41 - Conclusion - The Grammys 41:10 - Variety of Genres 42:03 - Classical greats and their notation 44:15 - Conclusion 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal #EarTraining #MusicTheory #LearnMusic #NathanielSchoolOfMusic