How To Decorate Piano Chords

Learn how to decorate piano chords now! In this piano tutorial, we'll dive into piano chord hacks that will transform your music. Learn how to add beautiful chord embellishments on piano to make your chords sound good!
We will cover:
-- Tips and tricks for enhancing your basic chords.
-- Spice up your playing and learn blues embellishments.
-- Master your chord practice with effective piano chord exercises.
-- Understand the relationship between piano chords and scales for better improvisation.
-- Add melodic embellishment on piano to your chords for a richer sound.
-- Master common and more complex piano chord progressions, including a circle of fifths progression.
-- Improve your dexterity and control for more expressive playing with finger independence exercises.
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[@afihaileywibowo1095]

Indeed

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OMG Tom. This is exactly what I was hoping you would teach us. You are not only a great piano teacher, you are a mind reader.

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That's the secret sauce right there. Brilliant video.

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This is the musical equivalent of buying a throw rug for the living room. Merci.

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As a songwriter, this is so useful. Excellent content in all of your videos.

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

Glad it was helpful!

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This is gold.

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Just discovered your site. Wow, this is genius ... genius in its simplicity. Going to explore your KZbin videos in the near future.

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This really helps me Tom. Struggle with arthritis on right hand so this is also a perfect exercise

[@mdshaw3646]

Good job and lesson Tom!..you always show stuff that others dont..this lesson on decorating chords is a good example..which i why i stick with your channel!

[@user-oz1oq2gc1v]

Yet again Tom makes it so simple. Best piano tuition on you tube. Thank you

[@bernardbadois965]

Your advices and clear explanations are perfect ! You speak exactly the same musical language that I do... I am a selftaught pianist and I totaly agree with you when you recommand to learn and master the chords in the very beginning ... that's the key ! Once every chordshape is known the keyboard appears less frightening ! Best regards from France !

[@stevebott.pianostudent]

Aced it again Tom! 🙏😀🎶🎶🎶

[@rudifreiburg7778]

Great lesson, thank you so much. You are a brilliant piano teacher. Keep up the good work. Best wishes Rudi.

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

Thank you too!

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Tom you are beyond awesome. You are making me sound more and more like a pro- level player with every one of your videos. This fantastic tutorial included.

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Brilliant explanation. I like and enjoy very much your teaching Tom. Best wishes from Spain

[@KAL00KI]

Outstanding! Thank you.

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Tom, you're great!!!!

[@camillesindell2740]

Excellent, less talk and more instruction. Great example of what most of us want to replicate . Thank you. And slow enough to follow without dialing down the speed.

[@margueritechippendale8844]

Absolutely fascinating!

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I'm running out of superlatives for your lessons Tom!! Thank you for one that speaks to the fills!!

[@camilleperrin1669]

Thanks so much for the lesson! I was wondering how you "find" the micro scale for each chord?

[@ianhowlett4682]

Hello Tom. Thanks for a great video. I've just enrolled in your "Complete Musician" course, and I'm very excited for it to start! A question: When you really started to "get going" with the last demo, at about 14:30, I noticed you starting to do some more funky things in your left hand. I'm always bored by my own left hand technique - I largely just rock up and down on octaves and fifths (e.g. C - G - C and back down, if in C major). Please can you make a video specifically on the left hand accompaniment and how to make it more varied and interesting.

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Another amazing video ! Thanks Tom

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Helpful video! Here's something you can't unsee- the school's logo looks like three tampons/towels.

[@lesliebush3095]

Great lesson! Please also explain /demonstrate how you would embellish chords which are not in root position? Thank you

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

Yes, you can apply the same principle to inversions, let's say you are playing C in first inversion. E G C - then you can cover notes, D, E, F, G, C (maybe even add A) it's trickier but that's how you would do it.

[@YdalirUllrsson]

Dear Tom, thanks a lot .. Again :) But also again there is something you do with your left hand. You don't simply support with the lower octaves but you start to change things from the Eb on. I try to follow from the screen but YT handling is much too slowly. It would be great if you provide sub text for the left hand too. I am still fiddling with getting my left hand playing on it's own and what you play with it makes the progression even more subtile.

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Show !!! Parabéns pela simplificação técnica e informá-la.

[@AH-ps9pt]

Absolutely brilliant!!! Love your teaching style; simple, clear, succinct! Thank you!

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

Glad it was helpful!

[@afihaileywibowo1095]

No, it's not exactly the same thing. That's because you, Tom, are playing those chords😊. How do I know that? The first time I heard one of your first few beginners video, only playing C on the left, and Cmaj triad on the right - slowly, I knew just how powerful and gifted you are...(but I get your point!😊)

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Do you have video about playing bossa nova in piano ?

[@TommyFryar-pn1ue]

How does this technique work with inversions?

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

Yes, you can apply the same principle to inversions, let's say you are playing C in first inversion. E G C - then you can cover notes, D, E, F, G, C (maybe even add A) it's trickier but that's how you would do it.

[@TommyFryar-pn1ue]

Thank you!

[@pianoman6639]

Way to fast for me to see what you are playing Tom .oddly I could from sheet music .

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

The problem is these techniques are rarely notated. If it's too quick for you, you can use the slow down button on KZbin. There are a few Elton John tutorials on this channel that are slower that might move at the right tempo for you.

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