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When a Child is Born - Boney M - Complete Piano Tutorial - PART 1
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When a Child is Born - Boney M - Complete Piano Tutorial - PART 1

We learn every section of When a Child is Born and improve our skills to accompany and play solo Piano. This is a 2-Part series 📚 Notation for the whole song including my handwritten notes is waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/when-child-is-m-117831492 In Part 1, we learn the Intro, Verse 1 & Verse 2 with the correct chords and their inversions used in the popular version by Boney M. In V1, the left hand keeps it simple with root notes while in V2 we add in some passing bass flavour alongside ghost notes. In Part 2, we will practice block chords in the Right hand along with ornaments while bringing out sixteenth note flavour in the Left Hand with Drum-like Bass movement. We will also develop a Solo Piano version of the song, and have an arpeggio party at the outro (Scale change section) 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎄Christmas Piano & Theory Tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9HU-N5Jy2d9gNoBATIr21r 🤺 Slash Chords - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9m1V-clgZIS6fP1M_YaYLt 🎶 Accompaniment Tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_zdfpeK-q61q6qLtqdXLMk 🎓 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 01:03 - What we will learn? 01:41 - F# Major 02:56 - How we’ve Transcribed it 04:10 - Essential Scale Theory 05:13 - Intro Section 06:44 - Christmasy Drone 07:12 - The Humming Section 14:11 - The Beautiful Descant 14:51 - Verse 2 with Flavour in the Bass 16:54 - Left Hand Bass Ghost Notes 18:55 - Preparing Ahead for V3, Solo & Scale Change 📧 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
Piano Workout for ALL 5 Fingers 🖖🏽 Mainly the WEAKER ONES
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Piano Workout for ALL 5 Fingers 🖖🏽 Mainly the WEAKER ONES

Piano Workout for ALL 5 Fingers 🖖🏽 Mainly the WEAKER ONES Strengthen your weaker fingers (ring & pinky) with a finger independence exercise involving all the inversions of a single chord (triad). 📚 Download the Notation for each exercise as well as my handwritten notes (5$)- https://www.patreon.com/posts/117491599?pr=true In this piano tutorial, strengthen your fingers by starting with a major triad and adding two notes—one an octave higher and the other a neighboring note. You'll practice alternating notes using various rhythm patterns. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 💃 Disco & Dance on the Piano - https://youtu.be/WAD1STs1ONA 🕺🏾 Salsa Exercises - https://youtu.be/YUXT1doZS2M 🔄 Chord Inversions (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎓 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 00:20 - About the Chord Exercise 01:01 - Preparing ahead 01:41 - The “Forbidden” Chord 02:21 - Inversions 03:17 - The Pinky joins the party 🎉 03:43 - Only the Pinky Lifts off 04:12 - Don’t do the Karate Chop🥋 05:15 - Pinky lift with the other inversions 06:19 - Practicing away from the Piano 07:37 - Adding a Note with the “Ring” 08:32 - Ist Inversion 08:58 - 2nd Inversion 09:20 - Attacking both Ring & Pinky 11:11 - Fun Practice with Alternates 12:31 - Proper Wrist Posture 13:51 - Mary had a 🐑 15:05 - Shift Inversions at will 15:50 - Exercise 1 - “Peanuts” 17:19 - Exercise 2 - Anticipation 18:17 - Exercise 3 - Sixteenth Notes 19:12 - Exercise 4 - Vocal Phrase 20:01 - Exercise 5 - Son Clave 21:20 - Same Drills on Flat Surfaces 21:52 - 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
How to Practice ANY Melody, Progression, Riff or Lick COMPREHENSIVELY!
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How to Practice ANY Melody, Progression, Riff or Lick COMPREHENSIVELY!

In this Piano Tutorial, we learn how to Transpose a piece of music using all possible directions 📚 Download the Notation for each Melody, Riff, Lick & Progression on all 12 Keys as well as my handwritten notes (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/117286868?pr=true One of the most important goals for a professional Pianist is to be able to take a phrase or section of a song and play it with emotion and dynamics on all keys. In this lesson, we study a Melody - Somewhere over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz), a chord progression (Africa by Toto), a progressive rock riff (Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas) and a Blues Lick. Understand how to practice on multiple scales using different paths - Chromatic, Whole Tone, Thirds & the Circle of Fifths 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 💪🏽 All our Practice Exercises in one place: https://geni.us/PianoExercisePlaylist 𝌡 Learn how to Transpose - https://youtu.be/PtGq9mnaY9w How to Transpose ANY Melody on the Piano - https://youtu.be/Px1Dn3Q1x6w 🕵🏼‍♂️ Checklist for becoming a Pro Pianist - https://youtu.be/hGaYw2hVmhA 🏋🏽‍♀️ Essential Practice Goals - https://youtu.be/MczJLtXzJUw 🎓 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 00:37 - What we will be practicing? 00:58 - The Music we’ll be picking 01:32 - Importance of Transposition 03:41 - Somewhere over the Rainbow 07:47 - Ease of Fingering 09:12 - Using the Circle of Fifths 11:08 - All 12 Keys 12:57 - Thoughts about Chromatic Practice 14:11 - Chord Progression - Africa 14:52 - 3 Exercises with Chord Inversions 15:44 - Block Chords & Arpeggio Patterns 17:03 - Playing Africa on many scales 18:44 - Let’s take a Riff 19:34 - Carry on my Wayward Son - Riff 20:18 - Breaking it Down 24:19 - Blues Lick 25:06 - Let’s learn the lick on C 25:29 - Now to Transpose 26:11 - How we come up with “Licks” 27:30 - Revision 29:34 - Directions of Practice 📧 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
The Simplest Set of Notes for the Left Hand for Solo Piano 🎹
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The Simplest Set of Notes for the Left Hand for Solo Piano 🎹

Learn how to play triads, sevenths & slash chords in the Left Hand to accompany the Right Hand while playing the Melody. 📚 Download my handwritten notes for the lesson & support us on Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/117002116?pr=true Using the songs Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton), Fields of Gold (Sting), Perfect (Ed Sheeran) we play the chords using 2 notes & 3 note voicing patterns in the left hand with simple patterns. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube ⛳️ Spread Chords (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_K6G85ibBIRn4K63BDlbTE 🤺 Slash Chords (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9m1V-clgZIS6fP1M_YaYLt 🌾 Fields of Gold - Sting (Piano Cover) - https://youtu.be/EpBQKblPqqs 🎓 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 - Introduction 02:57 - Using Root, 5th & 3rd in the LH 03:15 - Essential Theory - A Major 03:49 - 5th & 3rds Diatonic Practice 04:56 - Diatonic 5ths & 3rds 05:46 - 3rds in Spread Position 06:13 - Handling Slash Chords 08:15 - Importance of Chord Charts 09:45 - Tears in Heaven - Melody 10:46 - 𝄢 Chord Roots 11:21 - Adding Power Chords 11:51 - Slash Chords with 2 Notes 14:08 - Revision of Section 1 14:39 - Accompanying with Thirds 15:27 - Cleaning up the Harmony 16:49 - Bridge Section 18:51 - Advantages of Playing Low 20:07 - Perfect by Ed Sheeran 20:58 - Stacking Fifths & Octaves 22:22 - Adding the 9th & 10th Intervals 24:25 - Combining Ninth & Tenth Spread Voicing 26:01 - Sting - Fields of Gold 26:41 - Tackling Seventh Chords 28:29 - Arpeggiating Fields of Gold 30:22 - Right Hand adds support 30:39 - How my chord journey started 32:46 - Moving forward with this technique 📧 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
Riff #3319 - Jason Zac
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Riff #3319 - Jason Zac

📚 Download Chord Charts and MIDI for this set of Riffs and support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/chord-charts-and-116290123 🎧 🤘🏽 All of my Riffs are now contained in one easy to explore portal. Visit our new website: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/. Also, make sure to share them with your friends & family! All our riffs are presented with a "performance" version and then followed by a slow version. If you'd like me to break this down further for you, do write to us with the riff number and our team will organize a lesson: music@nathanielschool.com 📚 Download all my Handwritten notes & support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jasonzac 📇 Enquire to learn music with Nathaniel and Jason Zac via 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+) categorized by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🎹 Members-Only Videos for Piano & Theory: https://geni.us/PianoCourse ► Subscribe to our channel: https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube ► Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +919845465411 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB
Master all your Chord Inversions starting with a “Pivot” Note
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Master all your Chord Inversions starting with a “Pivot” Note

Here’s a simple exercise to practice all Chords, Major & Minor with their Inversions in both Hands using block chords and arpeggios 📚 Download my Handwritten notes the notation for each rhythm pattern on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/116813432?pr=true Using a single triad, we connect its notes to every single Major and Minor chord that shares a common chord tone between them. To practice this on Piano, the common note is anchored at the top position in the Right Hand and at the bottom in the Left Hand. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 👂🏽 Hear Every Note in Any Chord & Its Inversions Like a Pro! - https://youtu.be/J_asxglNye8 🎹 Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎼 Use Scale & Chord Tones to Compose & Improvise - https://youtu.be/h2K0ZqkZViw 🌲 Connect Musical Notes with each other - https://youtu.be/TTT53cPcPJM 🤔 Harmonize a SINGLE note Melody with ALL POSSIBLE chords - https://youtu.be/pqVXPPnQWb0 🎓 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 you will learn? 01:56 - Starting off with G Major with its Inversions 02:57 - Chord Trees 03:17 - Triads that have G in them 04:53 - 6 Triads that has note G 05:20 - Now for the Exercise 06:59 - HLML Arpeggio 07:25 - Minor Chords with the “G” Wall 08:39 - Practicing all 6 Triads 10:35 - Exercise in both hands 11:24 - Expansion of the Arpeggio 12:08 - Left Hand Pulse 13:04 - Expanded Arpeggio in RH & Slow Arpeggio in LH 13:33 - Clashes are avoided 14:05 - Changing the Anchor Note 15:36 - Mapping Chords w.r.t B as the anchor 16:40 - B as the wall on top 17:22 - Both Hand together with arpeggio in RH 17:39 - Expanded Arpeggio in RH 18:28 - Mapping Triads that has note D 19:01 - Picking “D” as the anchor 19:21 - Let’s train our Ear 19:48 - Arpeggiate RH & LH 20:09 - Future Practice 21:01 - 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
When a Child is Born - Boney M - Complete Piano Tutorial - PART 1
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When a Child is Born - Boney M - Complete Piano Tutorial - PART 1

We learn every section of When a Child is Born and improve our skills to accompany and play solo Piano. This is a 2-Part series 📚 Notation for the whole song including my handwritten notes is waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/when-child-is-m-117831492 In Part 1, we learn the Intro, Verse 1 & Verse 2 with the correct chords and their inversions used in the popular version by Boney M. In V1, the left hand keeps it simple with root notes while in V2 we add in some passing bass flavour alongside ghost notes. In Part 2, we will practice block chords in the Right hand along with ornaments while bringing out sixteenth note flavour in the Left Hand with Drum-like Bass movement. We will also develop a Solo Piano version of the song, and have an arpeggio party at the outro (Scale change section) 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎄Christmas Piano & Theory Tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9HU-N5Jy2d9gNoBATIr21r 🤺 Slash Chords - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9m1V-clgZIS6fP1M_YaYLt 🎶 Accompaniment Tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_zdfpeK-q61q6qLtqdXLMk 🎓 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 01:03 - What we will learn? 01:41 - F# Major 02:56 - How we’ve Transcribed it 04:10 - Essential Scale Theory 05:13 - Intro Section 06:44 - Christmasy Drone 07:12 - The Humming Section 14:11 - The Beautiful Descant 14:51 - Verse 2 with Flavour in the Bass 16:54 - Left Hand Bass Ghost Notes 18:55 - Preparing Ahead for V3, Solo & Scale Change 📧 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
Piano Workout for ALL 5 Fingers 🖖🏽 Mainly the WEAKER ONES
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Piano Workout for ALL 5 Fingers 🖖🏽 Mainly the WEAKER ONES

Piano Workout for ALL 5 Fingers 🖖🏽 Mainly the WEAKER ONES Strengthen your weaker fingers (ring & pinky) with a finger independence exercise involving all the inversions of a single chord (triad). 📚 Download the Notation for each exercise as well as my handwritten notes (5$)- https://www.patreon.com/posts/117491599?pr=true In this piano tutorial, strengthen your fingers by starting with a major triad and adding two notes—one an octave higher and the other a neighboring note. You'll practice alternating notes using various rhythm patterns. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 💃 Disco & Dance on the Piano - https://youtu.be/WAD1STs1ONA 🕺🏾 Salsa Exercises - https://youtu.be/YUXT1doZS2M 🔄 Chord Inversions (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎓 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 00:20 - About the Chord Exercise 01:01 - Preparing ahead 01:41 - The “Forbidden” Chord 02:21 - Inversions 03:17 - The Pinky joins the party 🎉 03:43 - Only the Pinky Lifts off 04:12 - Don’t do the Karate Chop🥋 05:15 - Pinky lift with the other inversions 06:19 - Practicing away from the Piano 07:37 - Adding a Note with the “Ring” 08:32 - Ist Inversion 08:58 - 2nd Inversion 09:20 - Attacking both Ring & Pinky 11:11 - Fun Practice with Alternates 12:31 - Proper Wrist Posture 13:51 - Mary had a 🐑 15:05 - Shift Inversions at will 15:50 - Exercise 1 - “Peanuts” 17:19 - Exercise 2 - Anticipation 18:17 - Exercise 3 - Sixteenth Notes 19:12 - Exercise 4 - Vocal Phrase 20:01 - Exercise 5 - Son Clave 21:20 - Same Drills on Flat Surfaces 21:52 - 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
How to Practice ANY Melody, Progression, Riff or Lick COMPREHENSIVELY!
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How to Practice ANY Melody, Progression, Riff or Lick COMPREHENSIVELY!

In this Piano Tutorial, we learn how to Transpose a piece of music using all possible directions 📚 Download the Notation for each Melody, Riff, Lick & Progression on all 12 Keys as well as my handwritten notes (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/117286868?pr=true One of the most important goals for a professional Pianist is to be able to take a phrase or section of a song and play it with emotion and dynamics on all keys. In this lesson, we study a Melody - Somewhere over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz), a chord progression (Africa by Toto), a progressive rock riff (Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas) and a Blues Lick. Understand how to practice on multiple scales using different paths - Chromatic, Whole Tone, Thirds & the Circle of Fifths 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 💪🏽 All our Practice Exercises in one place: https://geni.us/PianoExercisePlaylist 𝌡 Learn how to Transpose - https://youtu.be/PtGq9mnaY9w How to Transpose ANY Melody on the Piano - https://youtu.be/Px1Dn3Q1x6w 🕵🏼‍♂️ Checklist for becoming a Pro Pianist - https://youtu.be/hGaYw2hVmhA 🏋🏽‍♀️ Essential Practice Goals - https://youtu.be/MczJLtXzJUw 🎓 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 00:37 - What we will be practicing? 00:58 - The Music we’ll be picking 01:32 - Importance of Transposition 03:41 - Somewhere over the Rainbow 07:47 - Ease of Fingering 09:12 - Using the Circle of Fifths 11:08 - All 12 Keys 12:57 - Thoughts about Chromatic Practice 14:11 - Chord Progression - Africa 14:52 - 3 Exercises with Chord Inversions 15:44 - Block Chords & Arpeggio Patterns 17:03 - Playing Africa on many scales 18:44 - Let’s take a Riff 19:34 - Carry on my Wayward Son - Riff 20:18 - Breaking it Down 24:19 - Blues Lick 25:06 - Let’s learn the lick on C 25:29 - Now to Transpose 26:11 - How we come up with “Licks” 27:30 - Revision 29:34 - Directions of Practice 📧 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
The Simplest Set of Notes for the Left Hand for Solo Piano 🎹
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The Simplest Set of Notes for the Left Hand for Solo Piano 🎹

Learn how to play triads, sevenths & slash chords in the Left Hand to accompany the Right Hand while playing the Melody. 📚 Download my handwritten notes for the lesson & support us on Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/117002116?pr=true Using the songs Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton), Fields of Gold (Sting), Perfect (Ed Sheeran) we play the chords using 2 notes & 3 note voicing patterns in the left hand with simple patterns. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube ⛳️ Spread Chords (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_K6G85ibBIRn4K63BDlbTE 🤺 Slash Chords (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9m1V-clgZIS6fP1M_YaYLt 🌾 Fields of Gold - Sting (Piano Cover) - https://youtu.be/EpBQKblPqqs 🎓 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 - Introduction 02:57 - Using Root, 5th & 3rd in the LH 03:15 - Essential Theory - A Major 03:49 - 5th & 3rds Diatonic Practice 04:56 - Diatonic 5ths & 3rds 05:46 - 3rds in Spread Position 06:13 - Handling Slash Chords 08:15 - Importance of Chord Charts 09:45 - Tears in Heaven - Melody 10:46 - 𝄢 Chord Roots 11:21 - Adding Power Chords 11:51 - Slash Chords with 2 Notes 14:08 - Revision of Section 1 14:39 - Accompanying with Thirds 15:27 - Cleaning up the Harmony 16:49 - Bridge Section 18:51 - Advantages of Playing Low 20:07 - Perfect by Ed Sheeran 20:58 - Stacking Fifths & Octaves 22:22 - Adding the 9th & 10th Intervals 24:25 - Combining Ninth & Tenth Spread Voicing 26:01 - Sting - Fields of Gold 26:41 - Tackling Seventh Chords 28:29 - Arpeggiating Fields of Gold 30:22 - Right Hand adds support 30:39 - How my chord journey started 32:46 - Moving forward with this technique 📧 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
Riff #3319 - Jason Zac
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Riff #3319 - Jason Zac

📚 Download Chord Charts and MIDI for this set of Riffs and support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/chord-charts-and-116290123 🎧 🤘🏽 All of my Riffs are now contained in one easy to explore portal. Visit our new website: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/. Also, make sure to share them with your friends & family! All our riffs are presented with a "performance" version and then followed by a slow version. If you'd like me to break this down further for you, do write to us with the riff number and our team will organize a lesson: music@nathanielschool.com 📚 Download all my Handwritten notes & support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jasonzac 📇 Enquire to learn music with Nathaniel and Jason Zac via 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+) categorized by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🎹 Members-Only Videos for Piano & Theory: https://geni.us/PianoCourse ► Subscribe to our channel: https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube ► Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +919845465411 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB
Master all your Chord Inversions starting with a “Pivot” Note
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Master all your Chord Inversions starting with a “Pivot” Note

Here’s a simple exercise to practice all Chords, Major & Minor with their Inversions in both Hands using block chords and arpeggios 📚 Download my Handwritten notes the notation for each rhythm pattern on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/116813432?pr=true Using a single triad, we connect its notes to every single Major and Minor chord that shares a common chord tone between them. To practice this on Piano, the common note is anchored at the top position in the Right Hand and at the bottom in the Left Hand. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 👂🏽 Hear Every Note in Any Chord & Its Inversions Like a Pro! - https://youtu.be/J_asxglNye8 🎹 Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎼 Use Scale & Chord Tones to Compose & Improvise - https://youtu.be/h2K0ZqkZViw 🌲 Connect Musical Notes with each other - https://youtu.be/TTT53cPcPJM 🤔 Harmonize a SINGLE note Melody with ALL POSSIBLE chords - https://youtu.be/pqVXPPnQWb0 🎓 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 you will learn? 01:56 - Starting off with G Major with its Inversions 02:57 - Chord Trees 03:17 - Triads that have G in them 04:53 - 6 Triads that has note G 05:20 - Now for the Exercise 06:59 - HLML Arpeggio 07:25 - Minor Chords with the “G” Wall 08:39 - Practicing all 6 Triads 10:35 - Exercise in both hands 11:24 - Expansion of the Arpeggio 12:08 - Left Hand Pulse 13:04 - Expanded Arpeggio in RH & Slow Arpeggio in LH 13:33 - Clashes are avoided 14:05 - Changing the Anchor Note 15:36 - Mapping Chords w.r.t B as the anchor 16:40 - B as the wall on top 17:22 - Both Hand together with arpeggio in RH 17:39 - Expanded Arpeggio in RH 18:28 - Mapping Triads that has note D 19:01 - Picking “D” as the anchor 19:21 - Let’s train our Ear 19:48 - Arpeggiate RH & LH 20:09 - Future Practice 21:01 - 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
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