How To Sound Like a PRO Using a Beginners Chord Progression

[@ErickMBR1]

probably the best piano lessons channel on youtube

[@amusicalafro5819]

Stage 0: Make sure you can comfortably play triads and all inversions for each chord in progression Stage 1: Work out the 7th notes to each chord and it’s inversions Stage 2: Add a rhythm to the chord progression with just the triads Stage 3: Add 7th notes into the rhythm Stage 4: Add passing notes and embellishments

[@dani_da_vision]

Fabulous lesson Even for those who know how to play ... sometimes we forget the simple, but the most beatiful stuff subbed

[@Piano_Pig]

Nice one!

[@proverbalizer]

honestly simplicity is often underrated... how many chords are in a classic like Alicia Keys "Fallin'"? How many instruments are in a classic like Bob Marley's "Redemption Song"... listen to Gyptian's great dancehall song "Hold Yu"... the beat is incredible with only Keys, Bass, Snare, String pad...not even a kick drum yet you have to bounce to it...as a producer I would probably never think I was finished making a beat when I'd only recorded 4 tracks, lol, but sometimes less is more

[@mmoosavi7727]

@@proverbalizer bhb

[@adilsonjr5705]

Hello mr pig. Great teacher .I can't imagine my life without your lessons! Tanks you! Hapy new year! Saludos desde buenos aires!

[@hottexasweiner]

This looks like teh best I have seen so far and easy too. Just the way we want to see.

[@tuberjaygaming5578]

I might be hearing things, but through comparison of my piano and the video, I have one question. Was the piano transposed by 1 more pitch? I transposed mine +1 and it finally produced the same sounds as the video's.

[@aircraftdoctor]

Same here

[@hbrg9173]

Yes exactly

[@wesworld8588]

Lol man I thought I was losing my mind. 🤣

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

that's what I do. awhile back .was fooling around .. with an octave g7 in root position g b d f . moved the two notes in the middle down a semitone, voila, a gminor 7b5. Idid it in all 12 keys.. in various inversions. why this is powerful is that it reinforces the notes of both the dominant and the inner voices. . also if you make the the eminor7b5 e g bb d.. you have a c9 inversion.

[@marklindsey4668]

At my level of relearning piano Ive been experimenting with right hand chords and left hand root notes s that are in key. You explained how by knowing the triads it allows multiple combinations that are possible and experimentation is necessary to understand how these combination of progressions work. My wife asked me to put the headphones when I practice, guess shes trying to tell me something

[@theghostofsw6276]

Yeah...she's trying to tell you it's time to trade her in for something better.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Yes you have to play around with chords and scales. I often just put my hand on random notes and often they make sense. it sounds crazy but often I try chords in the bass with chords just above. that should not go to the and find that they do. .

[@Piano_Pig]

Awesome! I think this is one of the best ways to come up with new cool stuff to be honest! Just make sure that, when you play a random note/chord and it sounds good, you analyze it and figure out WHY it sounds good - that way you actually learn from it and can use it again in the future.

[@ProfeARios]

I really loved this tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@Piano_Pig]

My pleasure!

[@MrLit114]

Love this tutorial video Mr Pig. Thank you!

[@Piano_Pig]

It's my pleasure :)

[@superlav9331]

I'm lost at 7:20. Wouldn't that be a G minor 7th over the 11th? But you got it supposed to be the C minor chord right? Am I missing something?

[@h3nry155]

Nice video and all, but I’m obsessed with that chord intro.

[@Piano_Pig]

Haha I have a video explaining how to play it somewhere!

[@MelodyMaestro-e9d]

You have transposed your piano to +1 😏😏

[@premasru]

Perfect lesson for me right now. Thanks PianoPig.

[@Piano_Pig]

My pleasure Charmian!

[@MrFreitas]

just fabulous

[@reqteq1483]

is it one semitone up ? Very cool channel by the way

[@vinaychauhan7936]

yep, thats what I thought too

[@cecillebenoza5718]

is it 450 hz?

[@ProdbyZwm]

I noticed that too

[@MrFreitas]

soo good ofr improvs

[@sydneychen2723]

Hi teacher,I'm Cindy from China. I've almost watched all your videos and learn with them. Thank you for uploading them. Very helpful for beginner. I have a question on the b flat major seven in this video. I remembered in another video which talked about major and minor and dominate 7. The major 7 should be 323 in between of the notes. So b flat major seven the 7th note should be A not A flat in this video.could you help me to explain why? Thank you again!

[@Piano_Pig]

Hi Cindy, you are right... the 7th of Bbmaj7 is an A not Ab. But I think you misread the chord in the video, it is a Bb7 not a Bbmaj7.... the dominant 7 has an Ab. Let me know if you have any more questions!

[@sydneychen2723]

Hello teacher, thank you for taking time answering my question. I guess I don't have an idea of the difference between b flat and b flat major. I always thought chords c equal chords c major and so is chords DEFGAB and all the chords themselves are the majors. I guess I was wrong. Can you help me to explain the difference or how can I count in the keyboard? I searched all your videos have not found the answer. Thank you again. I started learning piano not long. I really enjoy your videos.

[@Piano_Pig]

You are right in that a 'C' would be a C major and a 'Bb' means a Bb major. But when adding 7th chords you have to write the major. 'Cmaj7' would mean C major 7, and 'C7' means C dominant 7. So in the video when I was talking about 'Bb7' I meant Bb dominant 7. Dominant chords are constructed from a major triad, and a minor 7th. Have you watched my playlist 'Piano Chords for Beginners'? You might find it quite helpful: bit.ly/BeginnerChordPlaylist

[@sydneychen2723]

That makes sense now. I watched the one talks about major seven and minor seven and dominate seven and understand the distance 323for major and 232for minor and 322for dominate.I am in practice of different positions of each chords 7. it's a little bit boring. I wish to practice them in a song that I can sing along with. It would be more fun to practice. Thanks for all the free lessons and the link. Have a great day there!

[@Escobero100]

When you get to the "adding passing notes" it looks like you rely heavily on the Gb to embellish the sound. You say in the video that you're playing the natural C minor but there's no Gb in that scale. Are you substituting the C blues scale here?

[@Piano_Pig]

At what time in the video did I play a Gb?

[@Escobero100]

PianoPig 7:16. I shouldn’t have said “heavily “ but it looks like it was only 2-3 times. BTW I did like the lesson. I only commented because I worked to produce the same sound but kept failing and I think it was the missing blue note. Also, I have a hard time with the C to B transition. It sounds forced. Any tips?

[@Piano_Pig]

The first time I used it at 7:16, it was used as an approach pattern leading to G. I used it again a bit later on and that looked as though I just used it as a blue note... essentially using the blues scale for a tiny section. Do you mean C to Bb transition? If you're playing a B chord it's not going to sound very nice! With stuff like this, it's really just a matter of practising and spending some time with it.

[@Escobero100]

Yeah C to Bb, B would sound even worse. Still sounds odd to me but maybe I need to just keep practicing and it'll come. Thanks!

[@MrFreitas]

awesome

[@trade0714]

I appreciate the free lessons. But when you call this a "beginners" lesson I quickly realize what such a rank beginner I am. It may take me a few months to get to the point where I understand what's happening here. In the meantime, keep up the great work and eventually I may catch up!

[@pianopatterns2440]

Beginner to learning *jazz,* not beginner to piano.

[@amusicalafro5819]

This video just made it all click. I know where I am and what I need to practice. Choose Rhythm over chord complexity.

[@timon1185]

Ur piano is transposed...

[@proverbalizer]

thank you, I kept releading keyscape and checking my midi keyborad like wtf, am I crazy?

[@wilsonarq]

your piano have 1/2 tone up but nice!

[@Piano_Pig]

I can't believe I've never noticed that before and no one has ever said anything! Guess the transpose button was on accidentally that day haha

[@Piano_Pig]

Haha it will do you good ;)

[@TromboneAl]

Yeah, I hate it when that happens. Thought I was losing my mind! Thanks for this.

[@BuyingScratchoffsFTW]

yes i was thinking something was off on my end lol

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

I had to switch the A 440 tuning oscillator on my model D to check :D

[@hadorean]

God, I hate inversions.

[@proverbalizer]

let me go ahead and transpose my own keyboard up by 1 so I can play along :-)....that's the easy way, or I could try to play all the chords in c# minor...

[@Piano_Pig]

Yeah my bad! No idea why this was transposed haha

[@proverbalizer]

@@Piano_Pig no worries, sadly the pitch wheel on my keyboard now centers to somewhere between 4.3- 3.9 (and sometimes drifts randomly) instead of 6.4 as it should. So as soon as I touch it (or if I don't touch it and it randomly drifts) everything is out of tune by some horribly uneven amount and I usually have to reload whatever software instrument I was playing to get back in tune

[@nunyabidnss9094]

Intermediate level bud.