The 8 Levels Of Playing Chords On The Piano!

In this video I talk through 8 levels of playing chords in a song on the piano. Starting with basic triads and working through to left hand right hand patterns to make playing chords sound more impressive!
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my thoughts exactly, great advice but it would take a lot of time (talent too) to be able to play that well.

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I love how you explain more advanced playing using language that a beginner can understand. You don’t assume that people already know a lot - you even explain what fifths and octaves are! - yet that doesn’t keep you from covering more complex things. It gives a beginner things to aspire to.

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Thank you 🙏 I’m glad you found it useful! I think a lot of players spend a lot of time getting to know these types of things in a DIY way 😊

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[@superstarplayz2629]

1. Triads 0:29 2. Inversions 2:12 3. Bass Notes 5:00 4. Octaves or 5ths 7:45 5. 7th Chords 9:51 6. Extensions 11:20 7. Left Hand Patterns 12:53 8. Right Hand Patterns 17:40

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As a self taught pianist that plays mainly classical I think this will help me be more familiar with improvising as well.

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[@chrisholland3552]

Thank you. This is a great lesson and very helpful. Any chance you would consider a short follow up video demonstrating these techniques if we are singing and playing chords in the right hand instead of melody notes? Thanks again.

[@keithsamuels7645]

Great job on this video. An amazing amount of work went into doing this. One thing to point out. The extensions are called 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths because that implies there is a 7th in the chord. If there is no 7th, you would call them a 2nd, 4th, or 6th. I know in theory they are very similar, but if I see a C9 chord, I know to include a Bb. If I see a Cadd2, I know there is no 7th in the chord.

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Ahh...thanks for reminding me why they are 9th, 11th, 13th or 2nd, 4th and 6th 😊

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I ran into explaining this in a lesson once and had forgotten myself the reason why. 😂

[@dr.rajarshiraha6627]

I'm sorry, but what in the world is Cadd2? '-'

[@keithsamuels7645]

@@dr.rajarshiraha6627It is just adding a 2nd to a chord. There are different ways of writing it as far as notation goes. So the C chord would have the notes CDEG.

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OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I started Piano a couples of months ago, and since then I've been struggling with that. I couldn't understand what to do with the chords because triads doesn't always fit. I NEEDED that video!!!

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I love this video, currently struggling how to playing chord without felt empty. This video is what I needed, keep it up man!

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[@roughrosa]

This is brilliant. I learned each level individually in songs. But never have been able to ‘see’ it’s mapped out so simple this way. Now I have a roadmap in my brain! I like it that you identify them as ‘level’. I can see which one to improve and move up to, or even spiced up and mixed them up. I am always flustered and lost when it comes to improvisation. Thanks!

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very tasteful example of all the levels in the end awesome breakdown of everything, much appreciated!

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Thank you! Very helpful for arrangements 🙏🏽 Video suggestion: breaking down Patrik Pietschmann's arranging style

[@matticawood]

No problem! Thanks for the suggestion, il check out Patrik 😊

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Awesome video, that is a great progression of complexity and very well explained.

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This is very informative. I wanted to learn how to play piano/chords since high school. Having no teacher can be frustrating, so I learnt just a little to nothing, but this is really informative and is making me find my old keyboard in the storage room and want to restart.

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Absolutely amazing lesson! Thank you!

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Amazing video!! I have been wanting to understand how to properly play chords and melody at the same time, and this sets it out so well. Thank you! 🙂

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This is a whole piano course in one video... Thank you!!

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Amazing video, as a self taught pianist this was eyeopening as I somehow figured out most of the levels on my own but never saw the whole picture of how they evolved and can be extended

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Thanks for this great video. So much detail and like the way it's in levels. I teach piano to beginners and will use this!

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To see it presented in this graduated way is superb. Really great lesson. Thank-you for sharing

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Brilliant and simple, thanku!

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Thank you so much for explaining how the keys work without much knowledge, i already feel more confident with the piano by knowing what i know now❤

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This really helped me out. I couldn’t hear pop piano covers and figure out how they sounded so “full” and complete. You building up the levels and different components made me see clearly on how I could improve past triad + inversions in the LH and the melody in the right hand or for accompanying, 1-5 shells/octaves in the LH and triads + inversions in the RH. I didn’t know about the whole: incorporating the melody into the RH with chords. That’s so cool and I can finally see it clearly! :))

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Great video. Never learned it like this, adds a lot to the way I play immediately.

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A very comprehensive video. Thankyou.

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Thank you very much for this video, i was searching for several week someone or something to explain me why some guys play chords like that, and now I understand!

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This was just amazing! I am very much a beginner when it comes to piano (currently at a Level 2, struggling to get to 3 :D) and this video answers so many questions that I had - like how playing an entire song (playing both chords and the melody) and accompanying for someone singing differ. It also emphasises this creative element of it all - describing what kind of an effect each new "level" allows to achieve and that it is actually for the performer to decide which ones they see fit. I absolutely love it and I am sure I will be coming back many times as my piano skills progress. :)

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