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Improvise using the Dominant 7th Chord with ALL its scales
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Improvise using the Dominant 7th Chord with ALL its scales

In this lesson, we learn all about the Dominant 7th Chord and how it works with 5 types of scales, including the pentatonic scales, half-whole diminished scale, whole tone scales and other exotic scales. We’ll also get a glimpse of how it works in both western and eastern music. 📚 Download my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon (5$) - 🔌 A few things you didn’t know about the Dominant 7th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvzYUIx5vA 💪🏽 Feel the Power of the Dominant 7th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVzNGnvJfVI 🪷 Scales vs Keys vs Ragas vs Modes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzBEfnHCiA4 🎼 Mixolydian Chord Progressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxZwSC_F04o 📹 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 00:50 - The Dominant 7th Chord 01:11 - The 5 Types of Scales 03:04 - Bb Dominant 7th Chord 03:54 - Mixolydian Mode 04:57 - Mixolydian b6 06:00 - Lydian Dominant 06:36 - Modes of the Melodic Minor 07:44 - Phrygian Dominant 09:01 - Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale 09:42 - Altered Dominant or Super Locrian 11:54 - Pentatonic Scales - Major & Minor 13:01 - Blues Scales - Major & Minor 15:20 - Exotic Scales 15:37 - Whole Tone Scale 17:18 - Half-Whole Diminished Scale 19:43 - Melakartha Ragas 22:44 - Carnatic Intervals 24:43 - Western vs Eastern (Indian) Music 26:15 - 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
🔵 Study Dotted Notes and Improve Hand Independence 🎶 #chordprogressions #musictheory #pianoskill
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🔵 Study Dotted Notes and Improve Hand Independence 🎶 #chordprogressions #musictheory #pianoskill

Understand the music theory of Dotted Notes (Quarters & Quavers) and then practice a chord progression on the Piano with a lot of rhythm patterns to train your hand independence. 📚 Notation of each exercise & my handwritten notes are waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/116110189?pr=true Practice Dotted Crotchets & Quavers with both block chords & arpeggios in the RH while the Left Hand supports with chord roots played as pulse notes, double speed and dotted notes. We use a simple 4 chord progression and focus on essential practice tips - internalising the rhythm & using body percussion. All this over a 3/4 meter. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🥁 Improving your Sense of Rhythm - https://youtu.be/JZ-qrS88mBs 🎼 How to Read, Play & Count ANY Rhythm 🥁 - https://youtu.be/NzWhPzCtJwg 💃🏽 Rhythm Concepts - Tresillo vs Hemiola - https://youtu.be/l2z40W3_b7k 🎓 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 📧 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 Keys to Expressive Piano Playing ✨ Quavers, Triplets & Semiquavers 🎹
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The Keys to Expressive Piano Playing ✨ Quavers, Triplets & Semiquavers 🎹

In this Beginner Piano lesson, we learn a simple way to transform a melody using different time feels. Also, learn how Rhythm can also have it’s own emotion⁉️ 📚 Download staff notation & my handwritten notes for the 2 part series and support us on Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/keys-to-piano-126781532 In Part 2, we look at beat displacement from 2 perspectives - anticipation & delay. We take the same set of notes from Part 1 and move them over the Quaver, Triplet & Sixteenth note time grid. 👀 Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/14-MkWO_eZ4 🥁 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 - 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
🎹 Compose & Improvise Melodies using Scale & Chord Tones 😎 #chordprogressions #musictheory #piano
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🎹 Compose & Improvise Melodies using Scale & Chord Tones 😎 #chordprogressions #musictheory #piano

Using simple 2 chord progressions (cadences), we combine Scalar & Chordal motion to compose & improvise melodies on the fly. 📚 Download my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon for just 5$ a month - https://www.patreon.com/posts/compose-melodies-116559644 Taking Diatonic Harmony from the Minor Scales - Natural, Harmonic & Dorian and using tonic, subdominant & dominant chords, learn how to create melody lines using the notes of the chord as well as the scale in both directions. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 📖 Minor Scale Theory - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_8KkjOUBofqzyhbgGkROE- 🎶 The Dorian Mode - https://youtu.be/NCFZhIyG0Y8 🙌🏽 All about Harmonic Minor - https://youtu.be/i7dU99lBWAk 🎵 Improvisation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-b9x0Hk6hTmgkFoRoHalH_ ✨ Melodic Creation - https://youtu.be/bORVuxwrFGk 🌳 Chord Trees - https://youtu.be/TTT53cPcPJM 🎓 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 📧 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
The Most Crystal Clear Sound in Music - 9th Chords
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The Most Crystal Clear Sound in Music - 9th Chords

Learn 5 piano patterns for the left hand using 9th chords along with their variations and improvise freely in the right hand. 📚 Download the staff notation & my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon (5$) - In this left hand voicing lesson, we’ll learn how to build the 9th chord, voice it for the left hand, and explore different styles, grooves, time signatures, and improvisation ideas. Whether you’re into jazz, gospel, Latin, rock, or odd time signatures – this lesson has something for you. We’ll also run through 3 unique drills using intervals and the circle of fifths 📌 Topics covered: • 9th Chord Piano Voicings • Left Hand Bass Patterns • Circle of Fifths & Interval Exercises • Tresillo, Montuno & Latin grooves • 5/8 and 7/8 Time Signatures • Rock Piano Patterns • Arpeggios with 9ths 🤸🏽‍♀️ Spread Voicing (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_K6G85ibBIRn4K63BDlbTE 🎸 Learn Rock Piano - https://youtu.be/ne0EUGMR9-Y 🤘🏽 A playlist of Rock Piano lessons - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9oY8ZYrY4rrexdZ-dYwpqq 🎺 Learn how to play 9, 11, & 13 Extensions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX3wMi2jIA0 📹 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 00:49 - The Cleanest Chord in Music 01:18 - The Open Ninth Chord 02:21 - Stacking Perfect Fifths 03:20 - 9th Voicing for the LH 04:14 - Either Major or Minor 04:56 - All the Scales & Modes that can be improvised over 06:41 - Drill 1 - Moving in Fifths 07:48 - Drill 2 - Circle of Fifths Counterclockwise 08:22 - Drill 3 - Moving in Thirds 09:48 - The Five 9th Chord Patterns 10:22 - Left Hand Pattern 1 11:59 - Exploring 10th Intervals (Spread Voicing) 13:26 - Phrasing 4/4 meter as 3+5 14:22 - 5/8 Time Signature 15:11 - Pattern 2 - Tresillo & Montuno 17:39 - Montuno 19:32 - Pattern 3 - Every Breath - Soft Rock 21:59 - Pattern 4 - Rock Guitar 24:39 - Pattern 5 - Odd Time Signatures 25:18 - Broken Chords on 7/8 26:01 - Very Dorian in nature! 26:38 - Making it 5/8 Meter 27:05 - Variation - Simple Arpeggio 28:14 - 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
The Keys to Expressive Piano Playing ✨ Legato, Staccato, Accents & Dynamics 🎹
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The Keys to Expressive Piano Playing ✨ Legato, Staccato, Accents & Dynamics 🎹

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
Improvise using the Dominant 7th Chord with ALL its scales
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Improvise using the Dominant 7th Chord with ALL its scales

In this lesson, we learn all about the Dominant 7th Chord and how it works with 5 types of scales, including the pentatonic scales, half-whole diminished scale, whole tone scales and other exotic scales. We’ll also get a glimpse of how it works in both western and eastern music. 📚 Download my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon (5$) - 🔌 A few things you didn’t know about the Dominant 7th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvzYUIx5vA 💪🏽 Feel the Power of the Dominant 7th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVzNGnvJfVI 🪷 Scales vs Keys vs Ragas vs Modes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzBEfnHCiA4 🎼 Mixolydian Chord Progressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxZwSC_F04o 📹 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 00:50 - The Dominant 7th Chord 01:11 - The 5 Types of Scales 03:04 - Bb Dominant 7th Chord 03:54 - Mixolydian Mode 04:57 - Mixolydian b6 06:00 - Lydian Dominant 06:36 - Modes of the Melodic Minor 07:44 - Phrygian Dominant 09:01 - Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale 09:42 - Altered Dominant or Super Locrian 11:54 - Pentatonic Scales - Major & Minor 13:01 - Blues Scales - Major & Minor 15:20 - Exotic Scales 15:37 - Whole Tone Scale 17:18 - Half-Whole Diminished Scale 19:43 - Melakartha Ragas 22:44 - Carnatic Intervals 24:43 - Western vs Eastern (Indian) Music 26:15 - 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
🔵 Study Dotted Notes and Improve Hand Independence 🎶 #chordprogressions #musictheory #pianoskill
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🔵 Study Dotted Notes and Improve Hand Independence 🎶 #chordprogressions #musictheory #pianoskill

Understand the music theory of Dotted Notes (Quarters & Quavers) and then practice a chord progression on the Piano with a lot of rhythm patterns to train your hand independence. 📚 Notation of each exercise & my handwritten notes are waiting for you on our Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/116110189?pr=true Practice Dotted Crotchets & Quavers with both block chords & arpeggios in the RH while the Left Hand supports with chord roots played as pulse notes, double speed and dotted notes. We use a simple 4 chord progression and focus on essential practice tips - internalising the rhythm & using body percussion. All this over a 3/4 meter. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🥁 Improving your Sense of Rhythm - https://youtu.be/JZ-qrS88mBs 🎼 How to Read, Play & Count ANY Rhythm 🥁 - https://youtu.be/NzWhPzCtJwg 💃🏽 Rhythm Concepts - Tresillo vs Hemiola - https://youtu.be/l2z40W3_b7k 🎓 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 📧 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 Keys to Expressive Piano Playing ✨ Quavers, Triplets & Semiquavers 🎹
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The Keys to Expressive Piano Playing ✨ Quavers, Triplets & Semiquavers 🎹

In this Beginner Piano lesson, we learn a simple way to transform a melody using different time feels. Also, learn how Rhythm can also have it’s own emotion⁉️ 📚 Download staff notation & my handwritten notes for the 2 part series and support us on Patreon (5$) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/keys-to-piano-126781532 In Part 2, we look at beat displacement from 2 perspectives - anticipation & delay. We take the same set of notes from Part 1 and move them over the Quaver, Triplet & Sixteenth note time grid. 👀 Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/14-MkWO_eZ4 🥁 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 - 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
🎹 Compose & Improvise Melodies using Scale & Chord Tones 😎 #chordprogressions #musictheory #piano
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🎹 Compose & Improvise Melodies using Scale & Chord Tones 😎 #chordprogressions #musictheory #piano

Using simple 2 chord progressions (cadences), we combine Scalar & Chordal motion to compose & improvise melodies on the fly. 📚 Download my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon for just 5$ a month - https://www.patreon.com/posts/compose-melodies-116559644 Taking Diatonic Harmony from the Minor Scales - Natural, Harmonic & Dorian and using tonic, subdominant & dominant chords, learn how to create melody lines using the notes of the chord as well as the scale in both directions. 👉🏼🏡Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 📖 Minor Scale Theory - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_8KkjOUBofqzyhbgGkROE- 🎶 The Dorian Mode - https://youtu.be/NCFZhIyG0Y8 🙌🏽 All about Harmonic Minor - https://youtu.be/i7dU99lBWAk 🎵 Improvisation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-b9x0Hk6hTmgkFoRoHalH_ ✨ Melodic Creation - https://youtu.be/bORVuxwrFGk 🌳 Chord Trees - https://youtu.be/TTT53cPcPJM 🎓 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 📧 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
The Most Crystal Clear Sound in Music - 9th Chords
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The Most Crystal Clear Sound in Music - 9th Chords

Learn 5 piano patterns for the left hand using 9th chords along with their variations and improvise freely in the right hand. 📚 Download the staff notation & my handwritten notes and support us on Patreon (5$) - In this left hand voicing lesson, we’ll learn how to build the 9th chord, voice it for the left hand, and explore different styles, grooves, time signatures, and improvisation ideas. Whether you’re into jazz, gospel, Latin, rock, or odd time signatures – this lesson has something for you. We’ll also run through 3 unique drills using intervals and the circle of fifths 📌 Topics covered: • 9th Chord Piano Voicings • Left Hand Bass Patterns • Circle of Fifths & Interval Exercises • Tresillo, Montuno & Latin grooves • 5/8 and 7/8 Time Signatures • Rock Piano Patterns • Arpeggios with 9ths 🤸🏽‍♀️ Spread Voicing (Playlist) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_K6G85ibBIRn4K63BDlbTE 🎸 Learn Rock Piano - https://youtu.be/ne0EUGMR9-Y 🤘🏽 A playlist of Rock Piano lessons - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9oY8ZYrY4rrexdZ-dYwpqq 🎺 Learn how to play 9, 11, & 13 Extensions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX3wMi2jIA0 📹 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 00:49 - The Cleanest Chord in Music 01:18 - The Open Ninth Chord 02:21 - Stacking Perfect Fifths 03:20 - 9th Voicing for the LH 04:14 - Either Major or Minor 04:56 - All the Scales & Modes that can be improvised over 06:41 - Drill 1 - Moving in Fifths 07:48 - Drill 2 - Circle of Fifths Counterclockwise 08:22 - Drill 3 - Moving in Thirds 09:48 - The Five 9th Chord Patterns 10:22 - Left Hand Pattern 1 11:59 - Exploring 10th Intervals (Spread Voicing) 13:26 - Phrasing 4/4 meter as 3+5 14:22 - 5/8 Time Signature 15:11 - Pattern 2 - Tresillo & Montuno 17:39 - Montuno 19:32 - Pattern 3 - Every Breath - Soft Rock 21:59 - Pattern 4 - Rock Guitar 24:39 - Pattern 5 - Odd Time Signatures 25:18 - Broken Chords on 7/8 26:01 - Very Dorian in nature! 26:38 - Making it 5/8 Meter 27:05 - Variation - Simple Arpeggio 28:14 - 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
The Keys to Expressive Piano Playing ✨ Legato, Staccato, Accents & Dynamics 🎹
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The Keys to Expressive Piano Playing ✨ Legato, Staccato, Accents & Dynamics 🎹

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
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