
Audacity is a free software to use for auditioning the files that I have included in the course, in order for you to practice.
A classical tune is our first subject for our course. Here we'll see the chord structure of the piece.
Some basic ways to accompany the song
Accompaniments with broken chords.
How chords inversions improve our sound
The melodic bass is also a major sound improvement.
Here we have another beautiful way of accompanying the song.
Pavane by Faure. Chords structure.
Accompaniments for the song
More accompaniments for the song
Transposition to D minor scale
Greensleeves chord voicings
Accompaniments for the song
Transposition to Bb minor scale
Explore how piano and keyboard can create rhythm by combining both hands to produce patterns similar to drums. Learn the goal of hand coordination to make rhythm.
Chord progression and voicings
Accompaniments
Broken chord accompaniments
Rhythmical accompaniments
Dance accompaniments
Jazzy accompaniments
Latin accompaniments
Explore how combining accompaniment types expands musical choices and imagine the orchestral sound you can create. Commit to patient practice to train your hands and perform with an orchestral feel.
Combine harmony and bass with the left hand while the right hand carries the melody, using circle of fifths, chord reading, and transposition to support voice accompaniment and improvisation.
Left hand accompaniments. Basic chord progression I-IV-II-V in major scales
Transpositions 1
Transpositions 2
Master I-IV-II-V chords in all twelve scales, learn voicings and inversions, and explore varied accompaniment to deepen right-hand melody and prepare for improvising.
Minor Scales Transpositions 1
Transpositions 2
Explore variation as the essence of melody improvisation, learn to improvise without reading, and use notes to shape your own musical speaking style on piano.
Explore variation exercises on a major scale by analyzing the I - VIm - IIm - V7 progression and crafting melodic bass moves, rhythm adjustments, and a turn-around.
Explore transpositions through the circle of fifths, mastering how A7 resolves to D major and the scales, with scale diagrams, chords, and structured practice.
Develop a motif using an alternating bass in C major, exploring how to craft question-and-answer phrases with chords like C, Dm, and G7, and shaping a cadence.
Explore transposition by altering alternating bass patterns to modulate from C major to F major, using roman numerals I–V7–I and a melodic IV move, then create motif variations.
Improvisation in music is the same thing as speaking a language.
Language is so important for us humans, because not only do we communicate and exchange ideas with each other, but also language is the way to communicate with ourselves too. Our thoughts and feelings are expressed with words and describe our state.
The same thing can happen with music language. When we improvise on the piano we play notes that come to our mind the same time we play them.
We use the knowledge we have in order to “speak” music.
A native language is of course completely automatic and it’s very easy to improvise, but music is a bit more more complicated because it’s not a speaking language , but played… We use our 10 fingers that are combined to a musical piece and at the same time we are thinking of the notes to play….
What we want to do during this course is this: I want to show you the way the music logic works in order to play music from our mind.
How we can read music and understand the way it works in order to take what we read a step further.
This is a very important step to make music a really valuable piece in our lives.
I’ll give you an example. You just read a very nice book and you were really excited! How many times can you read it and still be excited? Reading needs variety in order not to get bored.
But tell me, have you ever been bored of speaking?
Many students of music stop gradually playing music for the same reason. They can play only by reading, and at some point they get bored of playing the same things all the time. But what if we can read music and play different things? Or playing something without reading at all. Wouldn’t this be much more interesting?
So, Improvising on the Piano…
Some music theory knowledge is needed to follow this course, if you are completely novice , I would suggest you to follow my “Advanced Music Theory in Action” course…