3 Simple Tricks To Transform Your Chord Playing | Beginner Lesson

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0:00 What we're doing
1:05 Basic Chord Positions
5:36 Breaking Up The Notes
9:48 Changing Positions
12:47 Using More Notes
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Check out the in depth scales & Chords guides here pianofs.com/downloads/ 🔽Below is a list of the other helpful chords videos mentioned 🔽 Learn Chord Inversions ▶ kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYjZe62wi9x3Y9E Using The Pedal With Chords ▶ kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2OqeHl9bbGtmc0 How To Build Chords ▶kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaDIe5qeZcqfsK8 Building 7th Chords ▶kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJvImKloo7aBa6s Chords In a Key Explained ▶kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2LamouQbL-haJo IF PLAYING CHORDS FEELS HARD... watch this ▶ kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6OXaJyhhNOlbKc Join The Newsletter ▶ pianofs.com/newsletter-signup/ Please Re-Join if you subscribed before Feb 15th 2024

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I am so thankful that there are talented creators, educators, and musicians like you on KZbin as it’s not as common, You calmly explain things, and don’t offer any gimmicks and show the true path to musicianship! Bravo🎉

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Just doodling around with this chord progression is hauntingly beautiful.

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Thanks, hopefully it helps a few things make more sense

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A video on grace grace notes will be very helpful, we need it as well

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[@PianoFromScratch]

Ah thanks!

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Yes, please, to a video on grace notes. This video was great! I'm self-teaching and am at a point where I am comfortable with a fair number of chords and changing between them, but now need to know what to do with the chords besides just repeating them until the next change. The info here is exactly what I need to move on, with ideas simple enough to get started with, and then moving on to more complicated material that will keep me busy for quite a while if I explore it deeply enough. Thanks! (Going over now to join your Patreon.)

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks, pleased to hear it was helpful. Remember, it was just one example, it can sound a million other ways with different rhythms and chords etc but hopefully that approach is a useful starting point. Oh great, I will say hello over there!

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If someone knows how to chord around a little bit, imo this may be the ultimate newbie video

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esxatly where I was at, I can play chords easily from chordfy but I wanted to sound real, this helps

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This is great, thank you! Yep would love some ideas & tips on using grace notes, cheers🙂

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Noted!

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Exceptionally well done! Best chord "improv" video I have seen! Thank you so much for this..and would love to see the video on grace notes!!! Thanks again and keep these gems coming please!

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Thanks, I think It will do that then

[@acidtrancejunkie]

Fantastic video. Really really clear and helpful. Gives great insight into how to start improvising step by step. I’ll get practicing. Thanks so much !

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No probs, glad it was helpful!

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Thank you again

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[@F.O.H.]

yellow is a little difficult to diferencate against the white keys. Just a thought.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Ok thanks for the feedback. I have thought about the kind of blue I use but wondered if it may be too dark on the black keys. I think you may be the first to mention this to me tbh but I will bear it in mind and see if more people seem to agree 👍

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I'd like to see a lesson on grace notes.

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Thanks too!

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I’d love to see a video on grace notes, also. Thanks

[@TomGlander]

How do you mirror your keyboard and create the yellow notes? That's pretty slick. Be very handy in showing students exactly what the fingers are doing. Well done!

[@PianoFromScratch]

It's an app called midiculous, then I just screen record off my computer and line it up afterwards with the footage 👍

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[@slamdunk99639]

Grace notes, yes please.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Noted, I think I will soon!

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Would like to add a little soul!

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Goodmorning

[@hugohofer2006]

you say the progression is in d minor. is one b. but if we we put the second cord in b flat major then this would give us a key signiature with 2 b.??

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[@PianoFromScratch]

I will try my best, been caught up with other things recently, unfortunately!

[@MarioEZugasti]

So i made of list of the chord progressions to practice but what stumps me is the patterns. I cant figure out how to arrange them to get a good sounding flow.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Each time will different depending on the song, rhythm, chords etc as well as what you like. Takes some trial and error really, go slow at first to find something that sounds good to you. Maybe just do a couple of variations to start with, don’t try too much or that’s when you’re most likely to go off course. Like I mentioned in the vid too, takes experience and best thing is to build up a vocabulary of things to try by learning other songs/copying other players etc and through that you will start to develop your ear for it too. Good luck and stick with it! 👍

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14:15 📍

[@ernestrodriguezjr.1677]

Grace notes

[@beverlyhale9687]

A little too fast and advanced for me right now,so I saved video to watch later

[@alowl450]

There are good reasons to call the progression, i - VI - III - VII

[@maylam988]

I guess improvisation is important here

[@PianoFromScratch]

Yea that’s kind of the focus, but also being able to figure out other things to play in your own time

[@MagnifyYaweh]

Man I’ve even looking for this video for the longest! I hated playing blocky chords, it didn’t sound interesting

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Beginner lesson?

[@tere9438]

For chord, yes. For aural, intermediate

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please give one of your keyboard if you dont need

[@PianoFromScratch]

It’s not a spare one, sorry!

[@cristinareyna5314]

?

[@WareBare]

I like your delivery but this really isn’t a beginner lesson at all. As it says in the description I’m not being mean. just honest In no way is this a beginner lesson. Thanks

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The piano sound is terrible. Very difficult to listen to.

[@PianoFromScratch]

It's a Kawai keyboard recorded direct in to my computer. Sounds like a keyboard to me, of course not as nice as a real piano but a real acoustic just isn't practical in my situation unfortunately. Do you think a VST would be better?

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Țhen don’t listen. If you’re watching this to learn, why then would you comment about the piano sound? Your comment, quite frankly, is mean and tacky. Really ? Just like he just said, “It’s harder to do than it sounds”. 16:55

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It sounds nice to me!

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Sounds fine on my laptop speakers.