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Play Piano 6 -Improvise on The Way We Were with Power Chords
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(4 ratings)
728 students
Created byRosa Suen
Last updated 10/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • IMPROVISE with chords
  • PLAY the chord progression of The Way We Were by EAR
  • CREATE new melody line with Right Hand Improvisation
  • PLAY freely with both hands improvising on chords
  • KNOW how to easily put in 2-5 Chords into the song
  • DRESS up the music with runs and fills
  • UNDERSTAND how advanced 2-5 Chords work in a song

Course content

16 sections62 lectures1h 35m total length
  • Introduction & Overview of the course2:57
  • Key Manual: Chords Movement in Circle to the Use of 2-5 Slide Rule0:26
  • Rosa's 2-5 Power Chord Method Manual0:04
  • Rosa's DIY 2-5 Power Chord Slide Rule Template0:32

Requirements

  • A little knowledge about chords

Description

Play Piano 6:  Play Popular Songs By Ear Using Chord Progression!  Improvise & Put 2-5 Power Chords to "The Way We Were"  + WORKBOOK

I have developed this Amazing 2-5 Power Chord Reharmonization Method to help you gain success to playing your favorite standards.

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 2-5 Power Chords are found in many standards and popular movie themes.  They make rich full sounds that will captivate your audience wanting more.

In this song "The Way We Were", I show you how to take a tune from its basic harmony  ( I  IV  V7 )  to advanced sophisticated chords.  

""The Way We Were" is the theme song written for the popular movie in 1973.  This song was written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and performed by Barbara Streisand. It won the Academy Award and ranked no. 8 in the AFI's list of Top 100 Songs.

First, we need to establish a harmonic foundation to the song with basic chords so that you understand how complex chords come into play.  

I also put in a section on Easy Improvisation.  I show you different ways to improvise around the chord progressions so that you learn "tone motion voice leading".  Even when you don't play the actual melody of the song, you can hear the song in the background when you play the harmonic chord progressions. This is a good ear training program to help you play many standard and pop songs by EAR.

Learn 2-5 Powr Chord Rules & Chord Substitutions to "The Way We Were Improvisation".  

In this song, I teach you how to use 2-5 Power chords to reharmonize the song from the harmonic basic chord foundation.

In the full arrangement, you will be playing these chords: 

  • CM7

  • C6

  • Am9

  • Am7/G

  • FM7

  • FM9

  • Bm7b5 

  • E7

  • G7

  • G+ 

  • G13

  • F#m7b5

  • B7

  • Dm7

  • Em7

  • G7b9

  • B7b9

  • C7b9

  • Gm7

  • C6/9

Come on in and join us,

Rosa


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Who this course is for:

  • Students who love to sing popular songs
  • Students who want to improvise and play by ear