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A handful of Reasons why I might consider the "Forbidden" C Major Scale
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A handful of Reasons why I might consider the "Forbidden" C Major Scale

📚 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
The Ideal Checklist for Piano Accompaniment before a Concert/Recording
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The Ideal Checklist for Piano Accompaniment before a Concert/Recording

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
How to Practice ALL Thirds (Major & Minor) on the Piano
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How to Practice ALL Thirds (Major & Minor) on the Piano

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
Exercise to Practice All Musical Intervals using Power Chords
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Exercise to Practice All Musical Intervals using Power Chords

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
A handful of Reasons why I might consider the "Forbidden" C Major Scale
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A handful of Reasons why I might consider the "Forbidden" C Major Scale

📚 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
The Ideal Checklist for Piano Accompaniment before a Concert/Recording
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The Ideal Checklist for Piano Accompaniment before a Concert/Recording

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
How to Practice ALL Thirds (Major & Minor) on the Piano
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How to Practice ALL Thirds (Major & Minor) on the Piano

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
Exercise to Practice All Musical Intervals using Power Chords
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Exercise to Practice All Musical Intervals using Power Chords

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
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