Learn To Play The Piano Using Pop, R&B and Gospel Chords
What you'll learn
- By the end of this course, you will be able to play pop songs that are on the radio. You will also be able to write chord charts so that other musicians can play your original music.
Requirements
- A computer and a piano or music keyboard, everything else is provided.
Description
I designed this course for singers, songwriters, and music producers who were tired of not being able to play the piano for themselves. To get you playing the piano fast, I start off by teaching you to play chords first. After you learn chords, we put the chords together to play chord progressions; chord progressions are what most songs are made of.
There are 3 (three) books provided in pdf form along with audio clips that support the video lessons. You watch the video(s) and then read the corresponding section of the book, you can also listen to audio clips of what you want to learn next. Watching just the videos, you will be able to play the piano, the books and audio clips are for those who want to learn more chords and progressions.
This is a self-paced course, it will take from a couple of weeks to a few months to finish. As with any instrument, you will have to practice to develop your ear for hearing and skill in playing the piano. The more you put into it, the more you get out of it.
The course is broken into 8 (eight) sections. You will go from the basics, including how to play chords, tricks to sounding professional and how to find the key of a song to playing advanced chords in a matter of weeks.
Take this course to give yourself the musical freedom you've always wanted.
Who this course is for:
- Songwriters, Music Producers, Performers, and anyone who has always wanted to learn how to play the piano.
Instructor
- 4.0 Instructor Rating
- 45 Reviews
- 1,720 Students
- 1 Course
Andrae, as a former member of a Marine Corps Band and Presidential pianist in The United States Navy Band of Washington D.C., has performed for the Crown Prince of Norway and countless other government and military officials. He is an accomplished musician, songwriter, producer, author and performer who has performed in Norway, Ireland, Japan, England, France, Egypt, Spain, the U.S. and many other countries.
Andrae has performed with or opened shows for artist such as Patti Labelle, Estelle, Musiq, Justo Almario, Common, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Kelly Price, Michelle’, Claudette Ortiz, Dawn Robinson, Chante Moore, Kenny Lattimore, Chrissette Michelle, Raheem DeVaughn, Lil’ Mo, Ledisi, Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, Beverly Crawford, Alvin Slaughter and others.
Andrae has been musical director for 2(two) gospel plays, “Ms. Aretha”, and “The Life of Miles Davis” and arranged music for the musical, “The Audition” and has also performed in the Off Broadway Show, “Enter Redemption” starring Maritri Garrette. Andrae has performed at such venues as the Blue Note (NY), The Cotton Club (Japan), The Hit Factory (NY), B. B. King Blues Club and Grill (NY), the Brooklyn Arts Museum all in New York City, the Kennedy Center, the National Mall and a NASCAR race in Martinsville that was televised to millions of viewers.
As a musician, he has been on shows, such as “The Ellen Show”, “The Jimmy Kimmel Show”, “The Jay Leno Show”, “B.E.T. Presents”, “The Today Show” and recently TV ONE’s “R&B Diva’s LA”. Andrae is also featured in GLC and Kanye West’s video, “Big Screens” and Vanessa Hudgens song, “Last Night” on her Identified! Album. As a Producer on Grammy Nominated Raheem Devaughn’s album The Love and Masterpiece (Deluxe) on “Super Hero” and Cam Meekins’ album, Peace on the song “Good”.
Recently, Andrae has done music for a Debbie Allen presentation of the musical “Hair”, been in the studio with the three time Grammy winner No I.D. working with Estelle and Common as a featured soloist on their collaboration “Victorious”, has finished his piano course entitled, “OMG Piano course” and has written, directed, and scored a relaxation CD and DVD entitled, “Entrance”. Andrae Alexander is currently the musical director at Wendy Raquel Robinson’s “Amazing Grace Conservatory” and a frequent collaborator for the hit songwriter (September, Boogie Wonderland, the Color Purple Musical…), Emmy and Grammy winner Allee Willis with whom he has written the unofficial/official theme song for the city of Detroit.