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Music Instruments Piano Chords

The Ultimate Piano Chords Course - for Piano & Keyboard

Learn piano the easy way! Play your favourite songs & even SING along, with this simple & thorough guide to piano chords
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (1,518 ratings)
7,991 students
Created by Arthur Bird
Last updated 3/2021
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • You will be able to pick up any chord sheet, play along and sound great.
  • By using the techniques in the course, you'll be able to sound like an advanced piano player without reading any musical notes at all.
  • Learn about Major, Minor, Slash, 7, 9, Suspended, Add, Diminished, Augmented Chords and much more.
  • Singers will be able to accompany themselves, and learn how to transpose a song into different keys to suit their vocal range.
  • You'll learn a wide variety of rhythms, playing techniques and patterns that can be applied to chords.
  • Learn popular songs by Adele, The Beatles, Coldplay, The Commodores, Josh Groban, Alicia Keys, The Greatest Showman and many more.
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Requirements

  • No previous experience required. A piano/keyboard is all you need.

Description

The Ultimate Piano Chord Course will give you the skills to be able to play thousands of songs.

Most songs are written using chords, so if you understand how to use them properly, you'll be able to play a vast amount of songs by just reading simple chord symbols. You don't need to be able to read music notation in order to play great songs!

This course is for beginners on the Piano, and so starts with the basics, but quickly moves onto learning about the different kinds of chords and how they are constructed, gradually getting more and more advanced as you progress. You don't just learn about chords though. Along the way you will learn about different kinds of rhythms, playing patterns and techniques that can be applied to the chords. By the end you'll be able to play the piano by reading a chord sheet, but sound like a pro!

I believe the best way to learn is by applying your new found knowledge, and so throughout the course you will learn famous songs or chord progressions on the Piano, relevant to the particular chord/rhythm or playing pattern you've just been learning. The course uses examples from songs by a wide variety of artists such as Adele, Sam Smith, The Commodores, Christina Perri, John Legend and Don McLean to name a few.

If you're a singer, by the end of this course you'll be able to pick up and play any piece of music or chord sheet and play piano by following the chord symbols. All you need to do is sing along. I even show you how to print off any song of your choice online for free, as well as showing you how to change the key so it suits your vocal range.

The same goes with anyone wanting to accompany other singers on piano, or people wanting to play Keyboard in a band. This course will give you the skills and understanding to be able to play Piano along with other people.

If you're a songwriter, you'll find that your understanding of chords and playing techniques will be so much greater, and so you'll be able to use what you've learnt to write songs with much more variety and musicianship and freedom.

Even if you just want to enjoy playing the Piano/Keyboard for yourself at home, by the end you'll be able to play a selection of famous songs, and have the skills and ability to print off your own favourite songs and play them by just following the piano chord symbols.

Supporting PDF's

The course also includes PDF's of important chord building info and playing techniques that you can print off and set on your piano/keyboard, which will make it easy to refer to when you start choosing and learning your own favourite songs.

So enroll today, and learn piano the easy way!


Who this course is for:

  • Complete beginners, or anyone wanting to expand their current knowledge on chords and following chord sheets.
  • Singers wanting to be able to accompany themselves on the piano.
  • Anyone wanting to be able to play rhythm Piano/Keyboard in a band.
  • Singer Songwriters wanting to understand more about chords.
  • Anyone wanting to be able to accompany singers on the Piano.

Featured review

Guven Oguz
Guven Oguz
110 courses
41 reviews
Rating: 4.5 out of 54 months ago
Thank you very much for this very fruitful beginner course, Arthur. If you could have solved the problem of C# (i.e. although we are in Fm or Ab chords, Db is marked automatically as C# on the upper keyboard display instead of Db and there are other examples too), so this had been perfect. It seems no big deal, but it is indeed. This changes the whole understanding of a newbie in a wrong way. Other than that, the course is definitely useful. Recommended!

Course content

10 sections • 95 lectures • 6h 32m total length

  • Preview00:57

  • Preview06:00
  • Preview04:00
  • Black Keys/Notes Explained
    04:30
  • Black Key/Note Learning Exercise
    03:41
  • Intervals
    09:15
  • Minor & Major 3rd Interval Exercise
    02:44
  • Preview06:14
  • Preview00:25
  • Chord Building Exercise
    03:20

  • Learning Through Applying Your Knowledge
    00:45
  • Preview05:02
  • Preview05:32
  • Adding the Left Hand - Someone Like You
    06:14
  • Quick Chord Test - Find These Chords
    02:29
  • Half Beat Rhythms
    04:12
  • Preview11:24
  • Stand By Me (Supplement)
    00:56

  • Chord Inversions Explained
    06:56
  • Chord Inversion Exercise
    04:53
  • Let's Put This Into Practise - Let It Be
    06:41
  • How to Use the Sustain Pedal
    05:48
  • Sus Chords
    05:38
  • Sus Chords
    00:15
  • Sus Chord Exercise
    04:06
  • A Song with a Sus Chord - You Raise Me Up
    06:12
  • You Raise Me Up (Supplement)
    00:26
  • A Sus Chord with no Number
    03:00
  • Add Chords (e.g Cadd2)
    02:49
  • Add Chords Supplement
    00:18
  • Finger Strength/Technique Exercise (Hanon)
    07:25

  • A Common High Energy Rhythm
    06:15
  • High Energy Rhythm - Applied to All Of Me
    10:50
  • Common High Energy Rhythm (Supplement)
    00:40
  • Preview10:50
  • Preview00:40
  • Left Hand Kick Drum Rhythm
    03:13
  • Left Hand Kick Drum Rhythm - Applied to Don't Stop Believing (Chorus)
    04:24
  • Left Hand Kick Drum Rhythm - Applied to Don't Stop Believing (Chorus) Supplement
    00:40
  • Off Beat Rhythms
    01:42
  • Off-Beat Rhythms (Supplement)
    00:25
  • Off Beat Rhythms - Applied to I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
    03:52
  • Off-Beat Rhythms - I'm Yours by Jason Mraz (Supplement)
    00:46
  • Groups of 3 & 6 Rhythm Patterns (Waltz Time)
    02:30
  • 3 or 6 Beats Per Bar - Waltz Time - (Supplement)
    00:46
  • Waltz Time - Applied to Hallelujah
    04:59
  • Waltz Time - Applied to Hallelujah (Supplement)
    00:34
  • Figuring Out a Songs Timing by Ear
    08:48

  • 7 and Dominant 7 Chords
    04:03
  • 7 Chords
    00:30
  • The E7 Chord in Hallelujah
    05:02
  • 7 Chords - Minor 7th's
    02:20
  • Minor 7 Chords (Supplement)
    00:19
  • Major 7th Chords
    01:34
  • Slash Chords AKA Over Chords
    01:19
  • Slash Chords/Over Chords (Supplement)
    00:29
  • Putting 7th Chords Into Practise - Easy (The Commodores)
    07:02
  • 7th Chords - Easy by The Commodores (Supplement)
    00:59
  • Diminished & Diminished 7th Chords
    05:22
  • Diminished & Diminished 7th Chords (Supplement)
    00:26
  • Half-Diminished 7th Chords
    01:41
  • Half Diminished 7th Chords (Supplement)
    00:19
  • Augmented & Augmented 7th Chords
    03:05
  • Augmented & Augmented 7th Chords (Supplement)
    00:44
  • Augmented/Diminished 7th Chord Building Exercise
    07:00
  • Pushed Beats
    05:03
  • A Song With a Diminished Chord and a Pushed Beat - Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
    14:57
  • Stay With Me - Sam Smith (Supplement)
    00:20
  • Following Chord Signs Using Sheet Music
    03:02
  • Split Chord Rocking Pattern
    07:02
  • Split Chord Rocking Pattern - Applied to My Way (Part 1)
    09:49
  • My Way Chords (Supplement)
    01:15
  • Split Chord Rocking Pattern - Applied to My Way (Part 2)
    05:15

  • Broken Chord Patterns - 3 or 6 Beats Per Bar
    02:12
  • Broken Chord Patterns - 3 or 6 Beats Per Bar Applied to Hallelujah
    04:22
  • Alternate 3 or 6 Time Broken Chord Pattern - Applied to Fallin by Alicia Keys
    09:27
  • Broken Chord Patterns - 4 Beats Per Bar - Someone Like You
    07:54
  • 9 Chords
    04:43
  • 11 Chords
    02:24
  • Rock Rhythm Pattern - This Is Me (The Greatest Showman)
    04:27
  • Rock Rhythm Pattern Alternate Hands
    01:18
  • Arpeggiated Chord Patterns - Waltz Time 6 Beats Per Bar
    01:51
  • Arpeggiatted Chord Pattern - Unchained Melody and Trusting Your Instincts
    06:49

  • Left Hand Octaves
    02:30
  • 1st, 5th & 8ve Pattern in Left Hand - Jar Of Hearts (Christina Perri)
    13:45
  • Left Hand 1st 5th and 8ve Pattern in 3 or 6 Time
    07:39
  • Left and Right Hand Pro Sounding Broken Chord Pattern
    05:45
  • Pro Sounding Broken Chord Pattern - Applied To All Of Me
    09:35
  • Pro Sounding Broken Chord Pattern - All Of Me - Click Beat Exercise
    04:12

  • Find Your Favourite Songs Online For Free
    03:30
  • How to Transpose a Song to Suit Your Own Voice
    04:34
  • Bohemian Rhapsody (Famous Piano Part)
    07:36
  • Using the Words and Your Knowledge of the Song
    04:21

  • You've completed the course!
    00:09
  • Bonus Materials
    00:47

Instructor

Arthur Bird
Piano Teacher, Professional Musician, Session Player
Arthur Bird
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 3,196 Reviews
  • 15,293 Students
  • 4 Courses

Hi, I'm Arthur and I've been playing the piano for over 20 years. After achieving Grade 8 with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, I started touring as a session player in theatre shows all over the United Kingdom. As well as this I have lots of experience in recording studios, and with bands have played music all over the world, from the USA to Australia. I've been teaching Piano for 10 years now, and am an approved tutor with the City of York Arts Council.

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