In this Beginner Piano lesson, we explore the most expressive tools available to us — legato, staccato, accents, and dynamics. We'll also look at the mechanics of the fingers, how to implement the exercise with correct posture 📚 Download the staff notation & my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/126781532/edit 🎼 Topics covered: ✔ What is Legato vs Staccato ✔ Developing Accents on the Piano ✔ Implementing Dynamics with Natural Breathing ✔ Expressive Limitations of the Piano ✔ Finger Mechanics for Articulation & Control 🥁 All things Rhythm - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT8AILe58QHSRI7c3I6LKcWI 🏄 Legato and Staccato 🏋🏽‍♀️ on the Piano - https://youtu.be/TwjBmXXS0oA 🎸 Improvise using Accented Phrases 🎼 - https://youtu.be/5NYUgXKqXiM 🎤 Dynamics In Music 🎷 - https://youtu.be/AkOp7gHUvvg 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 🎶 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 - Introduction 00:32 - The Binary Piano 00:56 - Legato & Staccato 01:45 - Limitations of the Piano 02:36 - 2 Part Series 03:48 - The Set of Notes 04:33 - Legato Style 08:18 - Adding Gaps 08:34 - Proper Staccato Technique 09:47 - Legato v Staccato 11:21 - Finger Mechanics 12:26 - Developing Accents 14:34 - Implementing Dynamics on the Piano 16:40 - In a Nutshell 17:30 - Let’s try to be more Human! 18:48 - Preparing for Part 2 📧 Customised & 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 hear Chords better using cadences and chord progressions built using the circle of fifths and musical intervals 🪗 Train your year and learn how to sing the root, third and fifth degrees of both major and minor triads, using both directions of the circle of fifths 🎧 Watch the full lesson on YouTube and also consider supporting us on Patreon 📹 Link in Bio ⛓️‍💥

With 3 “trumpet-hanon” inspired Piano exercises, we explore the entire piano ecosystem using the circle of fifths, chord inversions, rhythmic displacement, and swing. Level up your hand coordination technique, ear training and music theory. 📚 Download the staff notation & my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/126479903?pr=true 🔎 Find more on circle of fifths- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-FzWCgbLnhEXKrulYDxLQJ 🎸 Also on chord inversions- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 🎶 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 - The inspiration behind the lesson 🎺 01:21 - The 3 Patterns & Styles 02:07 - Counterclockwize around the Circle of Fifths 08:18 - A Ear Training Exercise 10:54 - Finishing off the whole exercise 13:06 - Block Chords in the LH 14:45 - Arpeggio Pattern 2 15:23 - Dotted Quavers vs Swing 15:56 - The Pattern starting from A 17:02 - Piano Fingering with Swapping 21:20 - Block in the left hand 23:41 - Pattern 3 - Ab Major Chord 27:15 - Conclusion 📧 Customised & 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

Want to make your chord progressions sound more interesting? In this lesson, you'll learn 5 essential piano chord fills that can be used at the end of any traditional chord rhythm pattern. The techniques include inversion switching, arpeggios, add chords, neighboring thirds, and octave melodies—all designed to help you add more expression and movement to your playing. We'll also break down the correct inversions, fingering, and rhythm patterns so you can apply these fills effortlessly to any song. Watch the full lesson on YouTube and also consider supporting us on Patreon 📹

📚 Learn the Caribbean inspired hook of Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You on the Piano and then play the Vocal melody in the Right Hand with the same tresillo groove in the Left Hand. 👐

In this Piano exercise, we explore the transition from major to relative minor tonalities using an arpeggio pattern in 6/8 time formed with additional diatonic notes 📚 Supplementary learning material and handwritten notes are available exclusively on Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/126271499?pr=true Understand the relationship between major and relative minor keys, using augmented chords as a dominant bridge between the two. The tutorial covers the key signatures of G, F & Bb major using all their respective inversions. 🤔 What do major and minor mean? - https://youtu.be/5kCvnI5GldU?si=DKRCd3oHem_Whu6y 🤯 Chaotic arpeggios - https://youtu.be/iaR7tyusBkc 🥁 6/8 piano patterns - https://youtu.be/ws_uazenXIA 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.nathanielschool.com/ 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 🎶 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 00:41 - Major to Relative Minor 03:12 - 6/8 Arpeggio Pattern 03:48 - Add Notes to each Inversion 06:20 - Theory Revision 07:43 - Train the Ear and Sing the Floating Note 09:30 - 1st Inversion 11:24 - 2nd Inversion Arpeggio 13:48 - Different arpeggio combos 14:35 - F Major to D minor 16:23 - Eb Major to C Minor 18:16 - Conclusion 📧 Customised & 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