Practice This CHORD Exercise Daily | Piano Lesson

[@jazerleepiano]

Here's a handy guide to this lesson. But I suggest you watch everything until the end. 🤓 🕘 Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:38 Four Chord Progression 3:28 Smart Chording Exercise 1 6:30 Smart Chording Exercise 2 8:30 Smart Chording Exercise 3 9:33 Benefits of these Exercises

[@jeffaley2895]

Why don’t the time stamps indicate when the puppy is in the scene???!!!?!??

[@jazerleepiano]

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[@cswalker21]

Thanks for this. Yes I did watch it all the way through but I will need to refer back a lot to these exercises. 😂

[@rentao9328]

Hi handsome geeez im crazy i hope u can add secondary piano with color of which u are pressing. I know it can be solved by listening you properly of which notes to be played but it would easier (forrr me) to see colors clearly. I hope u can considerate pogi 🤓 Yawa ka igat nako 😂

[@mariothepookster]

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[@philatkinson3955]

I lost my index finger in an accident, and now I am trying to chord many things with minimal finger movement...this helped so much...😎

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[@familiarsting4108]

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[@musiciansdreams2541]

Good luck man

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[@dlburn1483]

I’m a 76 yr old beginner. I love your videos. You teach as well as you play, beautifully. Thank you for all the help! When I begin to think I am a hopeless case, you help me get through the problem and carry on with my practice.

[@kandamy1]

Interesting how many older beginners follow these videos ( myself included) . I think it may be to do with us being more self motivated and keen to learn not just in a formal class type situation- we're ready to experiment across music genres and perhaps less constrained by self-consciousness that can be difficult for younger people.

[@jeannettestuckelschwaiger5071]

Im 76 yo as well and beginner too. Very interesting to read other older beginner's expérience. My issue is that Im slow now😢 Thank for sharing.

[@jaganvideos]

I’m 42 and an absolute beginner. I got a P125 last week and I’ve started to follow your lessons. You are a gifted person and the best teacher I’ve found on KZbin. It will be lovely if you can create a playlist for beginners like me with your videos in sequential order - which exercises to practise as a beginner. Thanks in advance. Keep the great work going.

[@Divinemessages69]

Just when I thought this video was perfect you then bring on the cutest dog I've ever seen! And the way he was adoringly looking at you whilst you were talking just melted my heart. Thank you so much you are helping so many of us feel like playing like a pro isn't just a distant dream!

[@natalybishop8520]

Awesome I never played the piano I just started learning I'm 70 and it is a great exercise you showed I love it God bless you thank you

[@jeffreyfelder7981]

I'm a sax player, and decided to add piano to what I do... more than just a tool, these videos have helped me thank you.

[@rickboudreau9222]

Thanks again for your wonderful presentation, Jazer’ I am a disabled Vietnam veteran and almost 74 years of age. I am a self taught piano, keyboard player, 50 years’ I developed my own method for playing based on math and muscle memory. I play and sing all styles from 1920’s through 1990’s music. My concentration is in Christian, gospel standards ,and oldie classic rock. My weakness is technique and theory’ I am constantly trying to further my learning’ I love your methodology of teaching. Thanks’ Rick Boudreau, Kokomo Indiana

[@jazerleepiano]

That's awesome, Rick! 🤓

[@thusithaidamegedara]

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[@beatricekao3802]

The clearest chord playing explanation I've ever seen! Thank you so much!

[@anecitasevilleno5832]

I like the way you teach how to play piano. It is easier to understand. You explained it so very well. Thank you.

[@donnaking4353]

Thank you so much for this explanation of using inverted chords. I am 79 and just started piano 4 years ago. My husband is 84 yrs old and has been playing lead guitar professionally since he was 14 years old. He lives and breathes chords but can confuse me too easily. Because of your videos I am now understanding more what movements and practices I can do to improve my playing.

[@FunkymetalBL]

Awesome! This also forces you to know all the notes on the keyboard and then form the chords quickly. It’s a great exercise to practice. Thanks Jazer 🙏🏼 🐶 🎹

[@thebottomline6700]

OMG. The little dog is soooooo adorable!!! Fabulous videos!!

[@karricompton]

I’m so glad my piano teacher made me play scales, chords, and chord inversions ad nauseum. It really helps me play from chord charts.

[@Netherfly]

Yeah. Im only just starting out (month 5!) but I had SO MUCH trouble learning chords until I just said, screw it, and started just hammering down all the chords I knew (which, TBF, is 6 chords) repeatedly while staring directly at my fingers.

[@MeowItsGhazt]

Whats a chord chart ¿ Is it just straight forward a chart of chords or is there something else I need to know

[@jesutunmbiolaitan5613]

Please any exercise for ear training

[@Michael-tf1xe]

Thank you so much!!!!!!

[@durienmcgourty298]

Hi Jazar I am an elderly beginner and am getting so much out of your video lessons. Thank you

[@jazerleepiano]

I am so glad my tutorials are of help. 🤓

[@durienmcgourty298]

Just watched this video again. Can't help noticing your sweet puppy. So cute!

[@steveorourke8609]

I've been playing with inverted chords for years and only recently discovered the term for what I was doing. I love being able to describe a 1st inversion vs. a 2nd inversion. This is truly a richer found - I love sharing notes so that only part of the fingers move. Great stuff! 😀❤

[@misterwong6351]

I love how he brings out his furby in the end. Havn‘t seen one of these in a while! 👏🏼

[@musiciansdreams2541]

As someone who masters this technique/practice This was very interesting to watch and I'm happy that learning piano today is way easier for others thanks to your videos and other many new ways to study and learn

[@michaelboucher7645]

This has just changed how I play the piano forever! It's true that I've only been playing it for about a week so every video is changing how I play every day but still this is gold!!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I watched one of your videos 4 months ago and went out and bought a piano. I watched this 3 months ago, and here I am again. You have a very musical way to teach piano, and a cute puppy. This is a iV I V vi progression. And I think this is a great one to either practice on the circle of fourths or fifths, as well as chromatically. I started doing this yesterday...and came across this video again today. it seems that the shift should be similar in every progression in every key. And there are some standard basic chord progressions so this gives me a great idea for mastering this. I'm trying to do this since I'm working on a II V I progression on the circle of fourths. Merci beaucoup for your efforts. Great teachers have a place in heaven playing for the other angels.

[@azucarplatea]

Best tutorial I’ve seen so far on inversions, particularly within the context of a chord progression. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. Great exercise 🙌🏼

[@l-pat]

Greetings from NZ! I had piano lessons when I was 13 "for something to do" and had been on the waiting list for ages. Then when the time came, I wasn't really into it and found the teacher daunting. I didn't learn much about using the right hand chords to play (as I gave up). I had to read sheet music which I hated (got in trouble for memorising the songs lol) . I lacked confidence to play in front of people and was in awe of my now late mum's natural talent thinking I wasn't good enough.. I have just started picking it up again as a way to feel connected to my mum. (and still know all the root chords!). I may be investing in a piano keyboard soon! Just mucking around on the ipad at this stage but it's very limiting. I love music and need it in my life. I will check out more of your lessons. Had no idea of inversion chords Thanks!

[@agilegrizzly8880]

I've heard of this concept before but never really clicked until your video! Will be adding this to my next practice session!

[@grafikschwarzmarkt]

it‘s incredible how one „gets this“ over time. I do exactly the same thing bcs. it sound way better without jumping all over the place. And i totally could foresee your one C-H-A bass line as it‘s soooooo obvious to play it like this. difficult to describe… you did it SO well✌️

[@alwlferventdreams2651]

Trying to get better at singing and playing at the same time, this method is very helpful to not get distracted by big jumps and I feel less likely to play the wrong part. Thanks!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I started piano 8 months ago after watching one of your videos. Merci beaucoup. I don't know how many times I've watched this video, but someone made a comment that really hit home. There was a technique being demonstrated, and he said it's an intermediate technique. If you can't play this chord voicing technique easily in every key, you're still a beginner. I find that when I go into different keys, that doing the exercise in the left hand in C Major while trying the sequence in the right hand in another key helps to understand the movement. And of course I practice this in my left hand also. How long will it take me? It doesn't matter, I'll take the time. Thanks for helping me to start on this journey, Jazer.

[@cherylcuttineau7916]

You are a wonderful teacher! I am 70 and learning to play the piano. Thank you for these lessons!

[@junej4100]

I just seem to understand your teaching. So clear and straightforward. Thank you looking forward to learning more from you.❤

[@elizabethsaltares5630]

I've had some dificult on learning my inversions but this tutorial has been so helpful. Now i have alot of homework to do. Thnk you !!

[@bigronlfavordawolfmanhall9371]

Great lesson many instructors confuse you moving to fast. Thanks.

[@stephanopaul83]

Thank you so much. Am 43 yrs, in my second month of piano class.this was so helpful.

[@doctordeej]

This is amazing. I’ve been doing something similar for ages, but not so melodic. Now I have a system and understand it so much better. I’m away form my keyboard right now, but cannot wait until this evening to give it a go. Thank you.

[@DarleneDranda]

If you watched this video more than once like I did, I believe we will successfully move from upper beginners to intermediate players. It's just a matter of time and daily practice. Thank you, Jazer Lee.

[@ramanathpraharaj7843]

Very cool way of playing chords.Thanks for the explanation..

[@vallerie4382]

I started playing about a year ago and I'm self taught. This really helped me, thank you so much!

[@kabedford]

That was great, dude! And I love the pooch! :)

[@akdm82]

I've known about chord inversions forever but this video helped me see how useful they are. Great video. I'm adding this to my daily practice for sure. Thanks

[@brucecrane9605]

Just started piano after retiring. It's relaxing and enjoyable. Thanks to your lessons I'm learning a lot and improving. THANKS

[@michelo3025]

May I know your age? I want to encourage my mom, who always loved to learn music and arts, but didn’t have time to do so. I’d also like to show her what the information age could do and try to erase the notion that old dogs can’t learn new tricks.

[@brucecrane9605]

@@michelo3025 I'm a young 75years old. Bought a piano 2 years ago and love fooling around on it.( I Stink at it) I took up French a few years ago, hope to go to Paris. I started juggling a few years ago, getting better.I exercise every day for fitness. I may be the oldest Life Guard guarding a pool. The point is, as you get older you have time for all the things you wished you did in your youth when life kept you too busy. Tell you mom it's never too late.

[@michelo3025]

@@brucecrane9605 Wow! You’re incredible! I’ll tell my mom and I’ll take note! I’m just 37 and I hope I’d still be able to be that active and learning when I’m 75!

[@joshlyanneubu924]

The best practical teacher he should be having more subcriber because he taught me a lot...for music theory i love Gracie Terzian but for implementation this guy is good.....he knows how to make the music sound so good thk q Sifu

[@jomsporms8984]

I came to know how to play inverted chords as a result of my laziness to jump from one root chord to another. Also this helps me as I get agitated easily when I'm playing and thinking of whether I'll be able to press the correct notes.

[@pyeiphyominn9145]

Thank you Jazer, I am practicing your lesson daily and am improving a lot my right hand and left hand. It really is very useful and practical.

[@calijahhawj]

Ur such a good teacher! It's easy and simple to understand. Please do more piano lessons. Piano has always been my favorite instrument. I finally got the time to start learning piano.

[@brucebradsher9882]

Another great lesson! Thank you! Your puppy is so cute!

[@larsjlarsj]

Thanks for your dedicated sharing of valuable techniques! Helps me a lot in my recently started piano playing.

[@agrotte]

Always great to hear and see you sharing your professional advise. Thanks, Jazer

[@paulridley6573]

Wish you would bring out a book for beginners showing your lessons showing notes and finger numbers. Like the cord exercises .I enjoy your video's cheers.

[@nyakwesimgendi2799]

Thanks so much. This is so much helpful especially for the beginners like me. I'm gradually becoming a very wonderful pianist May God bless you.

[@tomneal1789]

Great lesson, and I can sing along to Chris Cornell's "I Am the Highway" as I play!

[@koreenkurtson6191]

I always do that First, when I am learning a new Song. It's also a beginner friendly way to play songs because you don't have to move as much on the piano:) so thx for your Video!!:)

[@j.r1478]

Thank you so much for all the tips and lessons I do practice daily from what I learn in your videos, thanks again

[@kathleencook3060]

Excellent video. Will start to make exercises using cord inversions. Easy ones first. Wow Milo listened to your every word! What a clever boy. I bet he is a great listener and great support.

[@reieuanqc1524]

As an adult beginner i enjoy learning to your video. Especially in using the 4 chords. 🙂 . I try to imitate what you are saying and doing.

[@ejiroaugustineovbiye1116]

Jazer, Thks!!! Tips … playing smart!

[@unburriedtalents599]

Very helpful. I hope to continue to progress and start posting more smoothly and comfortably. Just showing up everyday is helping. Thank you and God bless!

[@jazerleepiano]

Keep it up and do let me know how your practice goes.

[@kathrynsparkes2163]

That was a great exercise, I also swapped hands so left played the chords. Gorgeous pup!

[@larrygraham3377]

Thanks Jazer for another wonderful lession. I'm definitely going to work on this to improve the quality of my sound on piano. 👍👍👍

[@zaolodyckm2296]

Thank yoy Jazer. I did the Arpeggios exercise. Now I will practice this one also.

[@austin33785]

Thank you for what you do

[@nathanmayo7101]

VERY helpful. Thank you so much. I have been wondering what inversions were and you just smacked me in the face with them. Good job !

[@MiniGod111]

Thank you man God bless you and your family

[@WorldOfAmigurumi]

Thank you so much for this video, it really helped me a lot understanding the chords inversions, i'll work on it so i can make my songs sound smoother!

[@ravifernando1637]

You are a great teacher. And a smart guy. Thank you, thank you and thank you. 💐💐💐

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I'm watching this for the nth time and using it as a template for chords in every key. And yes, music is amazing especially when you can recognize patterns. But putting it in practice is the goal. I would love to see your tips on modulating between keys. You have such a musical gift of making transitions sound beautiful that would be useful for taking my playing to the next step.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I'm not lying when I say I come back to your videos often. I have discovered the Tonnetz chart and am starting to learn some music theory. R, P, L are ways to shift on the Tonnetz chart meaning a Parallel shift (from a Major to a minot), a Leading shift (using the 7th and replacing the root note) and a Relative shift (keeping the Root and the 3rd and using the 6th, the relative minot) Do you know if there is a Tonnetz visualization for inversions?

[@timothyroy7132]

@@lawrencetaylor4101 Wow, I enjoy music theory but hadn't heard of the Tonnetz, this is really amazing! I may print it out, as well as the Circl of Fifths, and hang them above my keyboard. Not sure yet how to use it for chord progressions but I love the visual representation of chord structures.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci for this, I'll come back to it later.

[@Quorive]

This is one of the best advice I've ever received so far, thank you!

[@kashnigahbaruda]

I started playing the piano. Thank you!

[@anncarothers4481]

Great! One note at a time. Then two...enjoy!

[@womensintuition]

Nice lesson! Thank you…. I love your lil puppy 🐶🐶🐶

[@sharonfladeland2621]

Your puppy is so interested and learning also…so cute…great demonstration!

[@hiel2549]

I truly appreciate your videos.

[@linaliu6958]

You are my favourite piano teacher. So helpful! It is really good technic for beginners! Thank you very much!

[@jorgeparr3002]

AWESOME STUFF JAZER!!!! MORE " smart chording" EXERCISES PLEASE!!!!

[@teninglee5765]

TQ very much ..God Bless you Jazer

[@adrianlw2750]

Good vid👍 Improvisation, using chord inversions, is great fun in my experience. I enjoy the mental agility needed to “keep up” with myself as I get lost in the music for what seems like hours on end🙂

[@linaliu6958]

Thank you very much! It is so interesting to practice like this! I can prit ce like this for hours. And really helpful!

[@LightmediaNetwork]

Thanks Much

[@hyannamusic]

I could watch your video tutorials all day! It amazes me

[@sebfwakwingi344]

I follow in africa at DRC and it's very interesting to learn piano with your video. Thanks 🙏🏽

[@deadmanswife3625]

Thank you jazer 🎶🎹

[@NOVIAUGI]

Thank you much for your knowledge I’m learning and having so much fun… Thank you!!!!

[@Orchid-Seattle]

You are a fantastic teacher.

[@Zoomfreaky]

Thank you for the this exercise Jazer! Practical and fun. I am going to practice the heck out of it...:) Love your puppy, so cute! I have a question. I am having a really hard time playing chords smoothly with 3 fingers. The middle finger is always lagging a bit behind. Any tips on how to solve that? It is driving me nuts.

[@snyggmikael]

The basic idea is to figure out the scales and how they sound together mixed. That's pretty much what you have to practice over and over. And when you managed to understand all the scales and combinations and can execute them fairly good, then you have the basics to play pretty much anything you want, again rudimentary at least. Because it's the scales that make out melodies and the complementary left hand. If you produce music and you create many layers, you realize that the left hand can intertwine between different techniques used to create different compositions, and you can mix between left and righthand...

[@daveroche6522]

Thanks again Jazer - "Rinse and repeat...".

[@mazlankatan3755]

Looks better moved n smooth sounds indeed..nice n tqvm..more helps to me..

[@thatshumerus4353]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this already but it sounds almost exactly like the music at the end of your videos. P.S would love to see a video of you going over that as well :D. I'm completely new to piano (3 weeks in) and I love your lessons Jazer!

[@zekiyezeynepsahin9449]

Thank you very much. Recently I have found a sheet music of “Fly Me To The Moon”. I worked on the left hand..I wasn’t satisfied about my work. Now I understand the reason. This tutorial is what I have wanted…I am an early intermediate player…And I understand what you teach easily… Will you make more videos for early intermediate players like me? Take care…

[@jazerleepiano]

Sure! Watch for them in future videos. 🤓

[@michelemarch8270]

Thank You❣️

[@_paulacr]

Hello, I like very much your channel and it's very nice this suggestion, I have tendonitis (already had before starting piano, it came from being a software engineer 😅) and I noticed when I use the middle finger to compose chords is more painful because of the hand position. With other fingers it seems to bother less, and the course (online) that I am taking in the class the person said to use this 1,3,5 position, but it's too painful. Playing the inversions will help me a lot ❤🤗

[@NTC]

a great lesson Jazer. Would you mind please making a video to teach us how to approach playing a song when we only have a lead sheet?

[@doreen5582]

Thank you Jazer, Always enjoyed and learning from all your videos.

[@mazlankatan3755]

Much help me on cods..tqvm jaz..

[@stevereaver]

I play pop and rock music in a band, and since most of the music is chord based this is exactly the technique you need to use to make the quick chord changes necessary.

[@enis_gencer]

Wow! Really useful lesson man. Appreciate it a lot.

[@miriamarit]

Thank you, that was cool and i love your puppy baby... she listened well to you! Awesome!

[@yonnebarry8628]

Very good. Great clarity and ear training.

[@jacobryan6878]

Thanks for the video! Helps a lot. Your dog is adorable 😮

[@SURYA-cm2yb]

Bro u just Awesome 😍 u r the best Teacher 🎹 ❤😊😍

[@Aquaerials]

Love your videos and style. You're definitely one of the best teachers on KZbin.