Swing Low - The 101 Authentic Nashville Piano Style Course
What you'll learn
- Get to know the features of the NASHVILLE PIANO STYLE and apply the rules to songs
- Learn to play "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" in Nashville Piano Style
- Learn left-hand-accompaniment techniques
- Learn important fingering techniques
- Get new motivation for the achievement and application of your own musical style and expressions.
Requirements
- Daily practice time of about 15 minutes
- Piano or keyboard (minimum 49 keys)
Description
Play the song "Swing Low" on piano and improvise like the American Hall of Fame pianist of the great era of pop music: Floyd Cramer, who played together with artists like Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, The Everley Brothers and many more.
In this course you will learn the important basics for a professional piano playing. While I show you how to play Swing Low, from the very beginning, I´ll explain you
- important fingering techniques,
- the chord structure of the song "Swing Low Sweet Chariot",
- simple and more advanced left hand accompaniment techniques,
and of course we´ll focus on the 101 Nashville Piano Style with its three main features:
- the special upper voice
- the famous slip notes, and
- the yodle notes
Learn the historic song "Swing Low" which was interpreted in so many different ways, and play it in an exciting new and fresh way.
When you go through this course, you will have learned to apply the Nashville Piano Style , which is the bottom line for adaption to your own style, and for improvising in this style.
With the subscription of this course you also get the sheet music of all presented examples.
Who this course is for:
- Piano players (from beginner to advanced intermediate) who want to get better at the piano and who want to know one of the most famous piano pop music style
Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 142 Reviews
- 2,126 Students
- 3 Courses
Peter Janzen is Doctor in Physics (Univ. of Cologne, Germany) and Music-Pedagogue (Univ. of Siegen Germany).
After years working as university scientist he changed his area of activities and became Physics- and Music-Teacher in Germany and in Spain. He lived eight years in Mexico as principal of a big International School. Later he went to Cairo, Egypt as School Coordinator for the German Schools in Middle East.
The imparting of his knowledge has always been one of his main aims - in physics as well as in music.
The musical philosophy of Dr. Janzen, packed in three sentences, is: "Music forms the essence of life, for everybody – that´s a culture independent reality. But this musical essence of life will emerge and come to real bloom only, when you practice improvisation: Singing, dancing, playing improvised music will really free your mind and will unfold your musicality."
Today many persons in different parts of the world remember how they learned from him, practicing North American Minimal Music, German Folksongs, Indian Ragas, Top Twenty Pop Songs, and many other music styles. They began with him, without having had a previous musical education. Some of them are now successful musicians. Many of them practice music privately.
Now Dr. Janzen is Senior Consultant in Culture and Education and has begun to produce didactical videos about his areas of expertise.