EASY COUNTRY PIANO

[@beckywates1819]

Thank you very much for breaking it down an using a step by step approach. Western Australia

[@musicmastersofchanhassen2397]

I am hate to say this but with all my many many years of piano lessons I never got any theory until I got to college and then my college teachers skipped over the basics, assuming that I knew them, and I was a little lost. This video was very very helpful in knowing how to take the basic I, IV and V chord and do different things with them. Thank you Aimee!!

[@MrCaro31]

Bonjour très clair merci beaucoup même si je ne comprends pas parfaitement l'anglais je me suis très bien repéré et j'ai bien compris votre exposé musical! Bravo🙂

[@Shemroon38]

This video is exactly what I needed at this stage of my learning. Love it!

[@oliverginty7877]

Very very good 75 years old, sitting my grade 4exam soon, big into country and Irish music, your lessons help a lot with rythms, pity your books not on sale in Ireland, tks again

[@НаталияНовокрещенова-к4з]

Thank You very much!

[@dandy2365]

Aimee Nolte , you are a star. I have watched lots of videos whereby chords are shown, explained and demonstrated (I know plenty...) but you are the first person to explain what chord styling to use to liven up the playing technique. Thank you for your time, effort and assistance in helping me, and no doubt many others to add colour and flavour to our playing.

[@tracym4132]

I've decided to play and sing Honky Tonk Angels for my recital next week! Haha having lots of fun. Thank you!

[@stellasitania1106]

I learned piano by ear and readed many theories articles to get basic understanding of piano. I able to read piano sheets as well and this video will definitely help me a lot. Thanks so much Aimee.

[@Macatac68]

Love this lesson I was able to follow from beginning to end , you are a great communicator and very pleasant I can’t get enough you are just what I need to help fill my retirement hours on the deck in the sunshine , now on to the next lesson Thank you

[@GHRiz]

The super slowdown at 10:45 to show how the notes line up is brilliant. I have decent enough theory and reading knowledge that I can look at how it's written and "get" what it's supposed to be, but seeing it played, especially slowed down, makes it all that much easier to grasp. Love it.

[@georgeingram1402]

GHRiz I

[@giulianomatelicani6427]

That worksheet you got ready was meant especially for people like me who are a bit weak on the keyboard. You must have read my mind. Thanks for your help!!!

[@charmainedsouza9527]

So very interesting snd so we'll taught. Thank you Aimee Nolte.

[@pkirkey6932]

Twenty songs in a month is a great goal. That’s enough to get a party going! Earlier today, I came to the realization that I started my music journey somewhere in the middle and I keep hitting the wall because I don’t have enough of the basics on a very practical level. I can draw the Circle of Fifths and play the major and relative minor scales forwards, backwards and opposing with both hands, although not as fast as you. In fact, I used do-re-mi to teach myself the scales. Then I stumbled on the Circle of Fifths. What an epiphany that was! I can spell most chords and I know their inversions but I can’t play a single darned song yet. I can very slowly work my way through the sheet music for a few songs but nothing sounds like what it should yet. This is the first time I have ever watched up close (not just listened to) them being used in real songs that I have known all my life. This lesson is so clear and thorough. I like how you’ve related the sheet to the hands to the ear and really shown how it works. I’m pretty sure I can do this now. I’m also pretty sure there a couple more of your lessons that I will be repeating often over the next few months. Thank you so much.

[@davidtee5417]

Aimee. This is so useful. I have been struggling for months to get away from rather blocky chords, and this has really helped. The music in paper form is great, and I will buy off your site. Thank you

[@FoundMyBrave]

How cool! I searched how to play country piano on KZbin and your video was the second in the list! I've been following you for your awesome scat and jazz piano vids. I didn't know you did this one. I'm like, "country piano from Aimee? Yes please!"

[@AimeeNolte]

Woohoo!!

[@FoundMyBrave]

@@AimeeNolte Your scat lessons have been so helpful in jazz voices at BYU btw. Thanks for sharing!

[@AimeeNolte]

I’m so glad to hear it. If your instructor hasn’t looked into it yet, I have a class on musichabit.com for college classes during Covid on improvisation. It’s pretty fun. :-)

[@FoundMyBrave]

Thanks for the info! I will let her know. She is the one who showed us your scat singing videos in the first place to practice with. Our practice time together has been reduced from 4 hours to 1 since this started, so it's been tough getting everything done. Crazy times.

[@hodkinsn]

Thanks Aimee, amazing amount of hidden information. Brilliantly friendly and concise. I'm indebted.

[@petorey8108]

EXCELENTE MUY DINÁMICO Y PROFESIONAL ME GUSTA ESA TÉCNICA. SALUDOS DESDE EL SALVADOR.

[@rupakrokade]

You are so generous and giving to teach us this. Thank you.

[@mikegeeguitarman8991]

Fabulous lesson. You are a good teacher. Enjoyed this so much

[@robertrussellmusicministri4975]

Finally someone shows simply how to play

[@boomboomdrums]

Hi Aimee. Love this video. It has changed my life! I learned I Walk the Line like you showed and even though I have never considered myself a singer at all, I can sing and play this one now. Now I'm working on my favorite C&W song of all time, Mama Tried. Thanks so much.

[@AimeeNolte]

Woohoo!

[@Fremulshmat]

Really useful pointers….wish I’d found this 10 years ago 😂

[@MyTube4Utoo]

Aimee, you're *FANTASTIC!* I'm primarily a guitarist that's kinda 'dabbled' in trying to learn piano, although never seriously. I never got any further that the simplest Bach minuets, and beginner-styled arrangements of tunes like 'The Entertainer.' I just found your channel, but I've already learned a lot, but it's not just what I've learned, it's the enthusiasm I have again for learning. I'm a middle-aged man (as long as I live to be 118 - lol), and I've set a goal to be a reasonably skilled, intermediate-level pianist by the time I'm 60 years old. I turned 59 yesterday, and since I now have as much time as I want to practice, I have a good basic understanding of music theory, and I'm not starting from scratch, I believe my goal is attainable. Plus, my biggest asset is 'Aimee Nolte Music.' ;-) Seriously though, I've taken many guitar lessons from quite a few instructors, and some piano lessons, and I've come to the conclusion that some people, regardless of their ability on an instrument, just don't make good teachers. You are definitely an exception! *Thank You!*

[@ironmike7601]

And beautiful!

[@edgarallerman9187]

"I Walk The Line" actually has a unique key change in it, it goes through 3 different keys, first the key of E, then goes to the key of A, then the key of D, back to A and back to E.

[@davidmarks509]

That looks fun. TY I can read the treble cleft and base will take some a bit more practice.

[@carolinegreen2909]

Thanks Aimee, great worksheets and super video.

[@АнатолийСиницын-ц7й]

♥eyes the color of the sky♥

[@daveadams5]

Great video Aimee! The real basic stuff is where to start for so many of us and also this video has an unexpected benefit, it gets you practicing to read the Bass clef! Thanks for posting another wonderful video. Cheers!

[@stanhesketh]

Aimee, glad you took the time to expane how the bass line runs are worked out ,think you regards ,

[@susan8440]

I can't wait to get home to watch this!! Is it sad that I'm super excited to spend my Saturday night learning to play country songs!!??!! :)

[@rachelsmename]

Susan not sad at all Susan. It just means you are passionate about playing and learning piano. I do that often!

[@AimeeNolte]

+Susan 🎉

[@maryhinkle1756]

Me too! 😊👍

[@peterbrough2461]

At home on a Saturday? Floyd Cramer "Last Date" kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2SXnmljjs2dd8U ? (just kidding)

[@notthatguy2753]

It wouldn't be sad if it wasn't country music

[@frankprial2580]

Ailimee could you do a bit more for bevies of country music thanks love that country music

[@frankprial2580]

Beginners not bevies

[@montecristolj]

Explicação fantástica, obrigado por compartilhar o conhecimento! Saudações do Brasil!

[@MrAlanpatten]

So great! Thank you Aimee, this is just what I was looking for!

[@Noemie.L]

Thank you so much for this video. I've been playing piano for a few months and wanted to start to play by ear. I saw your first video about the 20 songs but couldn't figure out how to make them sound like this. Time to play :)

[@marianboudreau1337]

This is awesome Aimee! I am having so much fun with it. Now all I need is a voice like yours - sweet!!

[@lylewyant3356]

That one little part going back to G I do on the guitar. I have recently been noodling around the keyboard in C. I almost have Desperado worked out and generally finding my way around with the 1 4 5 and 1 6 4 5 also experimenting with inversions. Thanks for your videos

[@AimeeNolte]

+L.E. W. Very good! Desperado has a minor 4, a minor six, a dominant 2 (or five of five), a dominant 1...bunch of cool chords but quite a step up from this video! Good work!

[@13Moondancer]

‘Desperado’ is always my start and finish piece. Took me a while but I love how it sound with those 7ths and minors- gorgeous!

[@kankantandikaigorotan1496]

very good information for country piano player thnx

[@billmoxon9506]

Thank you!! Just what i needed

[@fssharp]

Thanks Aimee. Great tutorial. Just what I needed.

[@ginger-cathousecreations4315]

Thank you for making this video. It has helped me a lot. The only issue I had was that I found it hard to time the chords with the walk-up and walk-downs because of the division signs written on the treble clef instead of the notes. Which note do I play the chord with? Do I hit the chord on the note? Between the notes? For beginners it is much more difficult to time these when you have to figure it out from the beats (remember how many beats are in each type of note on each clef and then figure out when they would correspond on the two clefs). It sure would help us beginners to visually see exactly when the notes and chords are played together. It wouldn’t surprise me if this has caused other people to give up. Other than that I loved your video and I thank you for making it.❤

[@AimeeNolte]

Feel free to make a little video of yourself and send it to me in my Instagram DM. I can tell you if you’re on the right track. :)

[@meigrin06]

You are amazing Aimee! I really, really learned from your video tutorial. :-D I hope you upload more video tutorial. Thanks.

[@frankprial2580]

I’m going to try. Blue moon of Kentucky I love that song it seems a little hard for a beginner anyway here goes Aimee

[@Macatac68]

Great stuff

[@houmm08]

You're a great teacher

[@mikedaniels3009]

Just finished watching an exhibition on The Art Of The Fugue and J. S. Bach. Somehow KZbin auto-guided me to this your video and others on 2 and 3 chords piano "playing". I've been thinking: what has the world come to? The Art of Music, Quo Vadis?

[@Brett.Williams365]

Great tutorial. Thanks very much.

[@gregburns8371]

Thanks for sharing a Johnny Cash song. When I think of Country Music I think of Johnny, and of course, his wife June Carter, whose family pioneered Country. Their story is incredible. Johnny's last song hits the heart the most, which is actually a Rock-n-Roll cover song by Nine Inch Nails. Although June doesn't sing, she is in the video. Sadly after the video they both past. The song is called "Hurt."

[@michaelzhaozhongzhou2324]

great！clear

[@zzzut]

Great tips.

[@andysparks8103]

Easy to play and understand! Great video.

[@ferdburfle7320]

Listen to Floyd Cramer and go from there. Also, country players take turns playing fills. First guitar, then fiddle, then piano,etc. Country piano players rarely play all the way through the tune. Listen to the source.

[@rudolfr1226]

You're correct but, I don't think Aimee is teaching 'Band' I think this intended for a solo piano at home who likes to sing along. And this has been a very helpful video. Thanks Aimee.

[@LazuardMusicProductions]

Thank you Aimee Nolte.. This tutorial was very helpful.. Really love it.. 😘😘😘

[@ericahata2162]

Thanks for this lesson! So useful!

[@vansullivan236]

Great, thanks!

[@IAMSucc3ss]

Haha am laughing to myself, your lessons are amazing Aimee!! Keep up the good work. Blessings

[@jeanfisher4320]

Can you do some Gospel songs

[@leeclarke8993]

Happy Birthday Aimee!

[@ct-7826]

Do you know the cords of I Can't seem to say goodbye by Jerry lee Lewis...Cuz I Found the first 2 cords but I wanna make sure it's right

[@cosmiconion87]

jesus! eyes gifted from the gods

[@kennethduff8711]

Do u have an mail Box we can send our Request to. ? Thanks for your help. Ken in VA.

[@MrGlennhumphreys]

Sooooooo glad you did some Hank in there Aimee, because .. just because!

[@randysmith5760]

Thanks really is helpful

[@TheScarekrow420]

New to the channel can you make a series on this?

[@geoffmontgomery4838]

Hi Aimee, or any others here who may know.. I have a question... the patterns here work for 4 /4 time signature. How do can I apply to a 3/4 signature.? Thanks in anticipation.

[@geoffmontgomery4838]

After some research I think I have an answer for myself. It is a 3 Beat Bounce rhythm. Right hand plays the chord steadily at Beats 1, 2 , 3. Left hand plays root note on the first beat of the bar (1) and then on the ‘and ‘ between the 2 and 3 beat, then the ‘and’ after the 3 red beat. Seems to sound ok.

[@parlomur7515]

The country dance is in France now « très à la mode . » Everybody dance as the cowboys here. Also, thank you for this vidéo. I can try to play that with dancers.

[@alejandropineda1766]

Thanks!! So usefull

[@mindciller]

This is a 2 step song if you're a country dancer. It's the backbone of country couples dancing that's why it's such a common one

[@13Moondancer]

I’m trying to find a rhythm for ‘Brave Companion of the Road’ by Nanci Griffiths. I have all the chords and fillers etc but can I find a left hand rhythm? No, and it’s driving me to distraction. Any ideas, please, from anyone! Thanks.

[@efph]

I'm hoping someday you do a similar kind of thing for common fills/licks/styles for your "Ray Charles" style (e.g., Georgia On My Mind, You Don't Know Me). Which, I should transcribe for myself from your demo videos, but, you know. The commentary helps. Thank you for your videos - you inspired me to buy a digital piano after 20 years of not playing.

[@AimeeNolte]

+efph look at my blues piano playlist. I teach so many New Orleans type feels. Also look up my video called Piano fills

[@rachelsmename]

Yes, I concur greatly!

[@rachelsmename]

Do you do this on videos with ballads too, such as songs like "unforgettable" or Burt Bacharach songs, such as "The look of love" or "Call me".

[@AimeeNolte]

+rachelsmename I did a Killing Me Softly one

[@lakegirlroxy9852]

Thank you for your reply Aimee, I appreciate it. Your worksheets are priceless, I just need help. How about if I pick a few songs from the list and I will pay you to sing and play and focus on your hands so I can catch on? What do you think? I had emailed you about some skype lessons a few days ago.Your amazing, what a gift you have!Roxy

[@larrydupre1545]

This is sooooo helpful!! Thank you!!

[@stevepovey2489]

Can I ask, if you were playing in a band with a bass player, what would you do then with your left hand? I'm guessing what you are doing here would clash with the bass player. I guess one option is to put it in your pocket?

[@AimeeNolte]

Wth a bass player, everything changes. You let them handle the bass and you play fills. Also, with guitarists, you only need to be ornamental in country music. There are plenty of good KZbin videos about country Piano licks and fills. I’d reference those.

[@stevepovey2489]

Thanks Aimee. I am a reasonably accomplished guitarist and sax player. In my quest to improve, I started watching a lot of videos on KZbin learning more Jazz stuff, many of these were piano videos which is OK because although I can't immediately recognise a chord from piano fingering, I can just listen and follow the theory. The problem is, I kinda got hooked and have just bought an electric piano :-)

[@grahammcfadden5008]

Hi how much Is ur country piano Course is it a download

[@AimeeNolte]

This is the course. It’s just a couple of KZbin videos. :-) There is a download but it is just a list of 20 country songs that you can play using three chords. It’s only a list.

[@ProgRockDan1]

Love your videos

[@Leo.Brodie]

It's corny but I use a simple musical cliche when I want to sound like I'm playing country. In any of these three chords I occasionally include the sus2 and quickly resolve it to 3. Don't know why that works.

[@teamchivers]

Ditto. I also like to bass walk with tenths (using my right hand) if a rhythm guitar can keep the movement in the mid range. Rhythm guitar also frees you up to do those sus2 decorations up high sometimes (between vocal phrases).

[@AimeeNolte]

+David Chivers good points for a more advanced video down the road. This is supposed to be the very easiest for beginners

[@immusicstore]

Well done - As always!

[@randomdon2983]

wow thank you so much this is amazing

[@peterjansen4826]

GNU Solfege might be an interesting ear training tool. It is open source (obviously; GNU) and it works on Windows. The GUI is ugly like hell but it does work.

[@kaywheat2064]

thank you so much! you make it so much easier to learn piano!

[@twoaitch]

have I bought the right workbook, I was expecting a transcription of twenty songs, not 2 sheets.?

[@AimeeNolte]

Maybe you didn’t watch the whole video. Check out 7:30 for example where I tell you that the same principle taught in the I Walk The Line worksheet works for every song on the video. Also, there is a preview photo of every worksheet sold on the website so you should never be surprised with what you order because you can always preview it. What you bought WILL teach you this style. Just watch the video again and apply the principles to the other songs. It’s the best way to learn. Thanks for your support and have fun with this! ☺️

[@albkhar4036]

Thanks. Can you share a tutorial on type for runs for western style hymns - (Its Jesus and me)

[@markwilson6500]

That's the one I wanted. Thanks Aimee

[@AimeeNolte]

+Mark Wilson I AIM to please

[@edgalloway9783]

I am trying to force myself into left hand bass. Thanks.

[@efph]

Ha, love the slo-mo effect

[@lakegirlroxy9852]

Great tutorial and I did buy worksheets but they are too short and videos too fast to see what you are doing. would be helpful if you could play songs and focus on your hands at lest a couple songs. Thank you

[@AimeeNolte]

I haven’t had anyone say that yet. Darn it. Let me know if you’d like a refund. Also...you can watch the video on KZbin at 50% speed. Lots of people find that helpful but I sound druuuuunk!

[@John-so3gp]

It would be great if you could give us the finger numbers for Blue Moon of Kentucky...... your fingers move much to fast for me to catch it......... I did buy the work sheet......but you still move much to quickly.... I only have 30 days........lol

[@AimeeNolte]

+John email me and we can have a skype lesson, John

[@beckywates1819]

Please show us your fingers playing.

[@AimeeNolte]

Watch my more recent videos. These are pretty old. Check out my playlists from my KZbin profile page🙌🏼

[@jonrydquist9246]

I would call that a shuffle and not a swing mainly because you want the drummer to play a shuffle on the high hat. :)

[@frankprial2580]

Struggling as anybody tried body tried blue hills of Kentucky

[@leebirchenough2107]

I still don't get it :(

[@yourpalfranc]

Thanks, as always, Aimee, and I think it's time that I made a spot for you in my Top 10 Coolest Chicks on the Planet List. Hmmm...I wonder who's gonna get the bad news. LOL

[@AimeeNolte]

+Brittany Marie I accept!!

[@yourpalfranc]

Aimee Nolte enters at #10 on my Top 10 Coolest Chicks on the Planet list. Orianthi Panagaris is now #11, or just ONE OF the Coolest Chicks on the Planet. ;)

[@mcjc7807]

The trick is not to have too much "boom-chuck"

[@frankprial2580]

I just love h hillbilly music

[@sharonlys1406]

Hi all of you guys you should really listen to William Branham's sermons they are so important, urgent deadly

[@kevind.g1260]

Rayos tendré que tomar un curso de inglés por Dios no entiendo jaja

[@simsonsihombing5476]

You play, make an example of song

[@nostradamus4828]

I only watch your videos to see your beautiful eyes 😍

[@markr8326]

Thank you Aimee, there are so few piano country lessons out there so this is much appreciated. Your bass around the 15" mark is reminding me of a tune I was asked to play for a band with no bass player & I had to do bassline off the record (& change it to key of C) .. challenging when the timing relies on you, you try & improv over it : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJLEYYeBradjnas Would love pentatonics ,vs mixolydian vs blues scales 'discussion' for country/bluesgrass piano. There are a few good piano solo's out there : kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTKaHVqnZ2chsU

[@AimeeNolte]

+Mark R Mark, would you mind emailing me these links? They don’t show up in KZbin. Thanks so much!

[@markr8326]

Sorry about that ,don't know why those links won't appear for you .It was only an example of: 1) JJ CALE : 'IF YOUR EVER IN OKLAHOMA' (record/studio version) 2) DON MCCLEAN : 'MULE SKINNER BLUES' (record/studio version) Only 1 example I could find uploaded on KZbin of this, from vinyl ,but good enough sound to hear the piano solo.

[@carletonlegrant5605]

Since no one else will say it I will, to charge for a work sheet is a greedy thing to do

[@blondaibonsai]

Carleton LeGrant How is it greedy? She doesn’t owe it to anyone to give away the fruits of her labor for free!