Building Foundations: Contemporary (Pop) Piano

Chords are the foundations of playing any of these popular songs, you need to know your basic major/minor chord. Here we'll walk through every single major/minor chord. Download the accompanying PDF and print it out to help you with learning your favorite songs!

Now that you've learned your chords, let's add in some rhythms to fill in your playing!

Most of your favorite songs are charted out somewhere online, just waiting for you to search for them. Let's break down how to read these charts so you can begin learning your favorite songs!

If you've already looked at any charts, you might have noticed some extra symbols or numbers around your chords and wondered "what the heck are those?!". Let's go through some of these extra chord types that you'll find in music.

Most pianos come with a sustain pedal, and learning how to use this will help you to create a beautiful fluid sound.

You've learned all of at the elements, you have your chart...but now what? How do you make your playing sound like the track? Let's take a look at some of the easiest ways to make your piano playing sound effortless.

Adding the metronome into your practice time will make you a stronger musician. Let's take a look at how to do this.

What is a key? How do we know which one we're in? Let's go through how to answer all of these questions.

Does this song not fit in your singer's vocal range? Let's show you how to easily change keys! (Below is a list of our scales so we can easily figure out what key we're in)

Let's take a second to pause and break down topics that we've mentioned.

Here are some easy steps to take to make sure you hit all of the topics we've covered when learning songs.

Thank you so much for taking this course! Check out any of my other courses for different styles of piano and for other instruments!