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Piano Fluency
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Piano skills for the creative soul.
Hi, I'm Ted! I live in Los Angeles and have a BA in Jazz Studies from the USC Thornton School of Music. I've recorded piano for Laufey, composed music for KFC and Carmax commercials, and written string arrangements for Eddie Benjamin, Ruel and Alina Baraz. If you have broad musical interests - I do too! You're in the right place.
Hi, I'm Ted! I live in Los Angeles and have a BA in Jazz Studies from the USC Thornton School of Music. I've recorded piano for Laufey, composed music for KFC and Carmax commercials, and written string arrangements for Eddie Benjamin, Ruel and Alina Baraz. If you have broad musical interests - I do too! You're in the right place.
How to beat nerves
Ideas on how to prepare yourself for a performance.
pianofluency.com/
0:00 intro
1:00 perform as much as you can
1:22 start early
3:06 a story from 7th grade
6:22 a story from today
8:18 seek variety
9:50 creatively stress test
17:22 final thoughts
pianofluency.com/
0:00 intro
1:00 perform as much as you can
1:22 start early
3:06 a story from 7th grade
6:22 a story from today
8:18 seek variety
9:50 creatively stress test
17:22 final thoughts
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Passing chords: 5 essential concepts
Просмотров 46 тыс.14 дней назад
An introduction to passing chords, and how you can add variety and creativity to your own chord progressions. Free chord guide: www.pianofluency.com/chordatlas Courses and free resources: pianofluency.com/ Lessons: calendly.com/tedcasemusic/introlesson 0:00 intro 1:08 prerequisites 1:34 alternating chords 5:47 secondary dominants 8:47 chromatic bass notes 10:58 tritone substitution 13:38 extend...
Practice more efficiently with the "slow and simple sliders"
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Use the "slow and simple sliders" to practice more effectively. Piece used in the video is Chopin's Nocturne op 9 no 2. Lessons: calendly.com/tedcasemusic/introlesson Courses & free resources: www.pianofluency.com/ 0:00 intro 1:05 identify problems 1:36 set a challenge 1:52 the "slow and simple sliders" 3:05 challenge 1 4:34 challenge 2 5:08 challenge 3 5:55 the decision tree 7:36 guidance: mak...
Improvising on a simple chord progression
Просмотров 7 тыс.28 дней назад
www.pianofluency.com/ 0:00 improvising 1:14 analysis 1:58 option 1 2:53 option 2 3:33 option 3 3:59 option 4
Why this is my favorite piano exercise
Просмотров 8 тыс.Месяц назад
This is the first thing I do with most private students; you can use it as a practice tool for the rest of your life. Major scales pdf: www.pianofluency.com/majorscales Lessons: calendly.com/tedcasemusic/introlesson Courses & free resources: pianofluency.com/ 0:00 intro 1:04 EXAMPLE 1 6:45 EXAMPLE 2 10:17 EXAMPLE 3 13:35 final thoughts
How to learn jazz piano
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Private lessons: calendly.com/tedcasemusic/introlesson Courses & free resources: pianofluency.com/ Deepest thanks go to my generous jazz teachers from YMA, Portland, and USC, including Dana Libonati, Randy Porter, and Alan Pasqua. To hear more of my piano improvisations over jazz standards, you can listen to Laufey’s recent recordings of “It Could Happen to You" and "Christmas Dreaming." Songs ...
Why these songs actually use different chords
Просмотров 8 тыс.3 месяца назад
The essential music theory concept that makes the "4 chords" idea work... even though the songs in these medleys actually use different chords. Major scales pdf: www.pianofluency.com/majorscales Lessons: calendly.com/tedcasemusic/introlesson Courses: pianofluency.com/ 0:00 intro 1:05 overview 1:21 what is a chord function? 3:48 how to ID chord functions 5:33 how to practice 8:14 fluency takes time
Better tools for writing harmony
Просмотров 19 тыс.3 месяца назад
Things to consider when writing harmony at the piano: register, function, and voice leading. Lessons: calendly.com/tedcasemusic/introlesson Courses and free resources: pianofluency.com/ 0:00 intro 1:25 tool #1 - REGISTER 3:32 overtone series rule of thumb 5:42 accompanying vocals 7:17 tool #2 - CHORD FUNCTION 10:45 tool #3 - VOICE LEADING 14:21 wrapping up
A simple guide to juicy voicings
Просмотров 87 тыс.4 месяца назад
How to think about building a juicy voicing for a piano chord: start with the most important chord tones. Lessons: calendly.com/tedcasemusic/introlesson Courses and free resources: pianofluency.com/ 0:00 intro 0:45 PRIORITY 1 - bass & melody 1:53 PRIORITY 2 - 3 & 7 3:37 PRIORITY 3 - 5, 9, 11, 13 & doublings 6:36 another example chord 8:24 final thoughts
How to play lead sheets on piano (3 steps)
Просмотров 10 тыс.4 месяца назад
How to play lead sheets on piano (3 steps)
Minor scales - everything you need to know in 5 minutes
Просмотров 13 тыс.4 месяца назад
Minor scales - everything you need to know in 5 minutes
5 piano techniques in "The Office" theme song
Просмотров 6 тыс.10 месяцев назад
5 piano techniques in "The Office" theme song
HOW TO PRACTICE major scales on piano
Просмотров 64 тыс.10 месяцев назад
HOW TO PRACTICE major scales on piano
Every major scale on piano: reference video
Просмотров 10 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Every major scale on piano: reference video
Unlock chord inversions in 3 steps
Просмотров 18 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Unlock chord inversions in 3 steps
5 reasons to learn chord symbols on piano
Просмотров 26 тыс.11 месяцев назад
5 reasons to learn chord symbols on piano
Easy substitutions for every advanced chord symbol
Просмотров 35 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Easy substitutions for every advanced chord symbol
Find major and minor chords without thinking
Просмотров 19 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Find major and minor chords without thinking
Thank you!!! Youre a gift from heaven for this❤❤❤
Really useful .. thank you .. gonna have some fun with this ❤️
Happily I just found your channel and am really glad I did! I’m a perpetual beginner. Took lessons for 4 years decades ago and am just starting again. Coincidentally, I also attended USC…but in the mid 1970’s.
Interesting, but it was hard for me to listen. Because the piano is not tuned correctly.
Thank you for this - I'll work on it!
Thanks for the memory tips :). What about sleep hygiene? Is practicing music at night influencing the quality of sleep? I try to improve my sleep routine as well as practice at the moment. Have been having trouble falling asleep and sleeping longer hours, I even cut down all caffeine intake
Great video - I have a recital in 4 weeks time so very helpful😀😀
This was brilliant, Ted - thank you. I was familiar with these ideas, yet the sequential synthesis of each point into such a malleable progression made this lesson immediately usable and more profound. I'm a guitarist and found drop-3/drop-2 options with inversions and bass movements that instantly opened up exciting voice-leading avenues. I guess I wasnt playing revelatory things but it reminded me to be more cognisant - a good thing. Yes, Barry Harris is a goldmine.... Some standards come to mind like: A child is born (I love that Imaj7 - ivmin6 like Bbmaj7 - Ebmin6/Bb, back and forth), Who can I turn to?, even All the things you are and Autumn leaves lol. I often write and play chord-melody solo guitar, or accompany in small groups (with the occasional solo 😅) so lessons like these help me gaze through a different lens at familiar things. I'll study and elaborate on this lesson at length with my own arrangements. Excellent professional content. 😊
This has just blown my mind. Thank you!!!!!
OMG I knew there was a reason I loved your content. Fellow Thornton School of Music musician. Fight on my friend ✌🏾
Thank you for this information. Any tips on staying focused while performing. I sometimes find my mind wandering a bit. Not nervous energy, more anxious energy. Hope this makes sense.
My best thought here is to check back in with the music itself and your experience of it! You may need to experiment to see what works for you.
You're on time!!! I can't believe ,I was panicking this morning about my performance which is due in 2 weeks and you just showed up like that!! Well thanks a lot I appreciate that you too felt like that guess am not the only one.
Thanks!
Great tutorial. I lost you at the "extending back" section, but I'll be watching this again -- and again some more. Thanks.
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Add sustain Inversion Single notes Octaves, if you wanna be bass sounding Add the sixth(?) Pewpowpewpow Pickup "a-one, a-three" on the left hand First note pam pam next note pam pam (octaves) Playing four notes (double the first note) Do the pew pew pew Arpeggiating (?) Like a guitar First note to the first note different octave 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 instead of 34 Changing the top note and using the same notes of the scale being used (in this case walking down the c major scale)
kind of advance for me...................... but i love it, thanks Sir
very nice!
I like this!!! Please do more!!! 🤗
I just play around on the piano when songwriting; can't read notes so play by ear. Videos like this inspire me to practice more... Thank you!
Good stuff!!!
Such a nice teacher we could ever find on a RUclips video .. 👍❤
Strong work! 🎉
You are an outstanding teacher❗️
Go hug your parents for giving you the chance to learn and be so expert. I am sure they sacrificed for you to have lessons and music. I wish I had your skill, you make it look easy.
Those who wish can achieve by putting in the time and effort to reach their goal. It's not too late until your last breath.
You can start studying, bro, give it a chance.
Yeahhhh. Agree
? U prolly need it more
Fantastic.Love the chromatic passers !
Thanks sir
How did you manage to use Beatles number without copyright strike, I’m impressed. And surprised. …well done
Remarkable
Wonderful lesson on transitions. And absolutely beautiful playing. Also realized I have been misnaming many of these chords. Eg f# dim, ive been calling it a D7 augmented.
Wow! This is one of the best tutorials I’ve watched ❤ Very informative and instructions and explanations are so clear and easy to follow. I love all the analogy to the guitar, even drums. Wonderful!!! Subscribed right away 👏👏👏
Thank you Ted!..🤍 God bless you more!
There is a lot of good info in this video, but using the sustain petal is going to take some practice, because I use my foot to keep the beat while playing guitar.
This might be a skosh over my playing ability, which, admittedly, isn't saying much, but it was very thoughtfully laid out, easy to listen to (very important) and will be useful when I can drag myself up a notch or two. Thanks.
Subscribed.
Thank you for this video. This is the best video I’ve seen on passing chords. I especially liked the extending back portion. Really gives freedom and ideas for my own playing
This is an outstanding lesson! Thank you 🙏
Great Lesson. I am a guitar player, and I will use these concepts in my playing.
What I've been looking for! 💖 Do you have rhythms for fast paced songs?
Molto interessante. Grazie davvero.
That is an absolutely brilliant lesson. Will be referring back again and again. Thanks so much
This is so massively helpful. Thank you for making this.
Thank you, Sir!🥰
Great lesson there , sir , so many useful concepts there , Thanks a lot , from South Sudan .
I learning this song by ear and felt i had sussed it was in e flat major.. did the whole number thing, the melody was 6 1 3 4 3, and ive done half of the song and suddenly had a thought that the first note is C, and does that possibly mean its in C minor rather than E flat M,,, now obviously it sounds the same, but if it is C minor all the numbers are wrong, does this matter at all? ❤
It's just.. mesmerising 😁
Fantastic tutorial. Beautifully explained. 😊
Good stuff… I struggle with dominate chords. Now I need to apply this to every key. This may take awhile without a pdf of some sort. Good stuff though. Thanks
hi am from sri lanka i like to play keyboard but i cant understana pls send me chord sheet
This video is underrated. Like this was genuinely cool to watch.