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

Learn to practice thirds on the piano—both diatonically and chromatically—using G and F major scales, the Circle of Fifths, and select minor keys. 📚 Notation of each exercise & my handwritten notes are waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) -https://www.patreon.com/posts/121023727?pr=true Thirds form the foundation of harmony, making it essential to practice both major and minor variations in ascending and descending directions with both hands. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎹 Accompaniment Tutorials (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_zdfpeK-q61q6qLtqdXLMk 🎶 A Simple Way to Practice & Improvise Thirds on ANY Scale - https://youtu.be/_COPvtzwKhI 🙌🏽 Embellish a Melody USING THIRDS - https://youtu.be/8nSh14ChIe0 🎤 Chord Voicing & 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 00:18 - Introduction 02:20 - F & G Major Scale 02:40 - Mapping out 3rd in both F & G Major Scale 03:23 - 1st Exercise 05:43 - Intervals ascending vs Descending 06:47 - Intervals exercise in G 10:54 - Diatonic formula for Minor Thirds 11:25 - Major 3rds in Clockwise motion 12:33 - Anti-Clockwise in Circle of 5ths 13:44 - Minor 3rds in Anti - Clockwise of circle of 5ths 14:09 - Major 3rd played like Minor 3rds 15:51 - About this exercise 16:40 - 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

Using Salsa Rhythms, we practice fifth chords with both their inversions using everything single interval combination 📚 Notation of each exercise & my handwritten notes are waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) -https://www.patreon.com/posts/120750456?pr=true Using fifth chords and their inversions, you'll explore the perfect 5th, perfect 4th, tritone, thirds, and seconds while applying rhythmic patterns like Tresillo, Son Clave & more Salsa! 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎶 Intervals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_RPwa746AhEj9i8xTDtAz8 🎹 Sweet Chords | Power Voicing - https://youtu.be/wFkIL-jobn0 🤔 All About Intervals - https://youtu.be/IGsP-qnJusI 🎵 Minor Scales (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_8KkjOUBofqzyhbgGkROE- 🎓 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 - About the lesson 02:24 - Building the Power Chord 02:47 - Remembering Perfect 5th 03:50 - Starting off with Tresillo 04:31 - Modified Tresillo 04:56 - Son Clave 06:17 - 5th Chord Inversions 06:43 - The Perfect 5th Interval 07:40 - Ascending and Descending Motion 08:24 - Fingering 09:13 - The Perfect 4th 09:59 - The Next Salsa Rhythm 12:14 - The Tritone (Diminished 5th or Augmented 4th) 14:09 - Thirds - Major & Minor 18:40 - Seconds - Major & Minor 21:15 - 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