Introducing 5 techniques to add colour and make simple triads (Major & Minor) more beautiful using simple but effective Piano Voicing techniques. Also, learn tips and tricks to make each voicing stand out using 5 popular songs. 📚Download my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/122620418?pr=true The 5 methods are Fifth Chords, Add Chords, Slash Chords, Spread Voicing, Quartal & Quintal voicing. You’ll also find all the essential theory and arpeggio patterns 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎶 FOLK Arpeggios with Melodic Embellishments - https://youtu.be/eW82Ttuv52E 🎼 Melody Creation with Scale & Chord Tones – https://youtu.be/h2K0ZqkZViw 🎹 Accompaniment Tutorials (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_zdfpeK-q61q6qLtqdXLMk 🤔 How to play 9, 11 and 13 chords on the Piano - https://youtu.be/cX3wMi2jIA0 🎓 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 01:41 - Colourful chords without Extensions 03:00 - Out of the Box Theory 03:41 - The styles of music we’ll use through the lesson 04:15 - D Major - Essential Theory 04:58 - The Static Fifth Chord 05:46 - Advantages of Fifth Chords 06:20 - Open Chords for Stringed Instruments 06:57 - Amazing Grace 07:37 - Everglow - Coldplay 07:56 - You Raise me up 08:25 - I’ll Fly Away 08:43 - Adding Perfect 5ths to the Left Hand 09:51 - Adding the 3rd 11:02 - The Banjo & Guitar ecosystem 12:08 - 2nd Method - Add Chords 13:17 - Arpeggiating the Add Chords 13:59 - Adding the 4 16:28 - Method 3 - Slash Chords 19:05 - Amazing Grace with Slash Chords 21:49 - Slash Chords in the Real World 23:37 - Method 4 - Open Voiced or Spread Voicing 25:06 - Spread Chord with some songs 27:52 - The “Textbook” Method 28:53 - Quartal & Quintal Chords 33:04 - In a Nutshell 📧 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 make simple Major, Minor and Dominant 7th chord’s more colorful using beautiful voicing techniques and jazz music theory concepts 📚 Download my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/122333349?pr=true In a chord chart showing only triads and the occasional seventh, learn ways to properly voice your chords in context to add support and flavour to what your fellow musicians are doing Also, make your productions and arrangements shine ✨ Explore 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords along with their tensions as well as all the exotic intervals that use 2b, Tritone, #5/b6 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🌟 My FAVORITE Chords of All Time! - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_BXqRCVauDnJH7oHhIv-z7 🤺 Suspended vs Add Chords - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2hj9IfeGkA ✨ Interesting Chord Progressions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_lju9I3lfb2wHqiU_tSUGD 🤔 Mysteries of Dominant 7th Chords - https://youtu.be/AOvzYUIx5vA 🎶 Chaotic Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaR7tyusBkc 🎓 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 00:32 - What we aim to do in this Lesson? 01:53 - Inversions Essentials 02:27 - When and how to color triads? 03:58 - The Key of F - Major Chords 04:13 - Major 6th 05:28 - Major 7th Extension 07:18 - Major 7(b5) Lydian 09:16 - The Major 6/9 Chord 11:11 - Major 9th 12:39 - Add Chords 13:57 - Add (2+4) 14:50 - Exotic Voicings 16:17 - In a Nutshell for Major Chords 16:38 - Revoicing the Notes - Spread 17:28 - All Major Embellishments in the Key of G 18:44 - Minor Chord Embellishments 19:01 - Minor 6th 19:47 - Minor 7th 20:47 - Meandering a bit! 21:06 - Minor (Major 7th) 22:10 - Suspended Minor❓ 23:28 - Add Chords for Minor 23:56 - Cluster Add Chord 24:25 - Exotic Minor Flavours 24:45 - Minor 9th 25:46 - Add #4 & Phrygian 26:15 - Minor 11th Chord 28:08 - Revision on the Minor Key of F 31:04 - Forming the Dominant 7th Chord 32:07 - Jazz Tensions - 9, 11 & 13 32:27 - 7(b5) and 7(#5) 33:33 - 9th Chords 36:18 - 13th Chord 37:27 - Dominant Flavours on G 38:42 - How to Communicate with fellow musicians 39:42 - Arranging these voicings wisely 41:02 - Preparing ahead with an actual song 📧 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

Struggling with hand coordination on the piano? This lesson introduces the "Engine-Driver" concept—a simple yet powerful approach to improving hand independence, rhythm reading, and improvisation. 📚 My handwritten notes is available on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/122111392?pr=true 💡 What’s the "Engine-Driver" concept? * The Engine: Traditional piano exercises that keep your playing steady. * The Driver: One of 8 essential rhythm patterns that you’ll learn to count and play. By combining these elements, you’ll train your hands to work independently while staying musical and creative. Perfect for beginners looking to build rhythm control and improvisation skills! 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 📚 Exercises for Reading Rhythms CREATIVELY – https://youtube.com/live/8f_vwJjIUOU 🕰️ Practice Any Piano Exercise in All Time Signatures – https://youtu.be/urwlxf3Qb4Q 🎹 Piano Exercises (Playlist) – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT8hhOvUngdofaRDLUToY5fx 🎼 Melody Creation with Scale & Chord Tones – https://youtu.be/h2K0ZqkZViw 🎓 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 00:52 - The Engine-Driver Exercise 01:45 - Creative vs Engine Hand 02:20 - How the lesson is structured? 03:13 - Essential Theory 03:34 - Engine Exercise - Linear 04:14 - Staying on Time 06:56 - Engine with Fifth Chords 08:39 - Drive piano with another hand 10:36 - One note Driven using F# 12:23 - Rhythm Combos 13:30 - Improv with the 2 Rhythms 16:00 - Pattern 2 16:58 - Let’s change the Engine 17:19 - Fifth Chord Engine 18:34 - Engaging the Left Hand Melodically 20:20 - The last rhythm pattern 21:19 - Tips for Practice 21:34 - Revision of the 8 Rhythms 22:40 - Keeping creativity in mind 📧 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. 📚 Support us on Patreon for just 5$ a month - https://www.patreon.com/posts/121775417?pr=true These 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. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube Salsa Piano Workout for BOTH Hands - LH Tresillo 💃🏽 & RH Melody 🕺🏽 - https://youtu.be/YUXT1doZS2M The TRESILLO 💃🏽 Challenge 🥁 - https://youtu.be/DK2UeHi0TMk 🎹 Piano Runs & Fills with Arpeggios - https://youtu.be/_Y70oRzMblU 🎶 Ballad Style Piano Accompaniment - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_fWOCaKq7oHorMrwuZPNp2 🎓 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 00:56 - Introduction 01:27 - The Types of Chord Fills 02:19 - Who this lesson is for? 03:07 - The Chord Progression 03:27 - The Chord Inversions 04:21 - A Simple Ballad Pattern 04:45 - Correct Fingering 05:46 - Getting in some basic rhythm 06:32 - Inversion Switching 06:55 - Drum Roll style filler 09:23 - Arpeggios over the same Chord Shape 11:10 - Playing around with the number of notes 12:09 - Semiquaver Feel 13:07 - Fills up Add Chords 16:04 - Neighbouring Thirds 19:31 - Octave Melodies 22:18 - Revision of all the 5 Filler methods 📧 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

📚 Support us on Patreon for just 5$ a month - https://www.patreon.com/jasonzac Never thought the day would come! My first ever lesson after all these years on the dreaded C Major Scale where we look at some of the pros which playing on white notes can be actually helpful. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎹 How to Play ORNAMENTS on the Piano - https://youtu.be/CPSMuGgjL3U 🎶 5 Pieces of Piano Advice for the New Year - https://youtu.be/CO-fRiH-p9A 🙌🏽 How to TRANSPOSE to ANY Key, Scale, Mode & Chord Progression - https://youtu.be/PtGq9mnaY9w 🎓 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 - The Boring Key of C 00:47 - The Curse of C Major 01:20 - Jamming with other musicians 01:48 - The Horn Challenge 02:44 - The “muddyness” of chords 03:04 - Spread Voicing - Pushing the 3rd above the Octave 03:24 - What if you can’t stretch? 05:06 - A Bluesy Slide 07:12 - Sliding 2 Black Notes 07:56 - The Modes of C Major 08:29 - Simplifying a Lick 11:08 - Quick Chordal Motion 12:01 - Challenges of the Thumb 14:43 - Instrument Related Challenges 16:22 - Modulating around the Circle of Fifths 16:54 - Remembering tough chords 17:34 - The “Useless” Transpose Button 18:16 - The annoying glissando 19:54 - Timing the Glissando 21:00 - Fooling around 21:35 - Support for both genders 23:49 - Conclusion 24:27 - I apologize briefly 📧 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

Understand the steps needed to becoming a successful accompanist on the Piano with some old-school tips that seem to be forgotten in this fast paced world. 📚 Support us on Patreon and receive perks for as low as 5$ a month - https://www.patreon.com/c/jasonzac 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🍩 My Billie Jean Cover with Allegro Fudge - https://youtu.be/CPh1VCwVFIo?si=z9KuSM_H6ZmHsXct 🎹 Accompaniment Tutorials (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_zdfpeK-q61q6qLtqdXLMk 🏛️ 5 PILLARS of Piano Accompaniment for ANY Genre - https://youtu.be/Linkol5iv2Q 🤔 Why you should learn Music PRODUCTION & Home RECORDING? - https://youtu.be/Fros5oSdkuQ 🎤 Audio and Music Production (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-oDECTqn5vGPkDtSK905jC 🎓 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 01:15 - Introduction 01:56 - Go beyond the Script 02:39 - Freeing ourself 03:15 - Phase 0 - Listening & Song Structure 03:35 - Hack to get many listens 07:12 - ❌ Google Chords 09:15 - Importance of Writing it down 10:32 - Phase 2 - Reading & Inversions 11:29 - Phase 3 12:10 - Fixing the Gaps 12:45 - Singing and Playing along 13:28 - Phase 4 - Practicing Really Slow 14:36 - Importance of the Pulse 15:43 - Phase 5 - Without Gaps 17:51 - Phase - 6 19:58 - Phase 7 - Birds Eye View 21:00 - Phase 8 22:12 - Phase 9 - Record yourself 23:48 - Phase 10 - Have fun and go crazy 26:28 - 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