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Learn piano or keyboard from scratch - Complete piano course by Udemy
Piano lessons/ keyboard lessons for beginners. Play piano by ear, chords, reading music, improvisation, music theory
Course Highlights
- Complete beginners will be taken to an intermediate (or even higher) level of piano playing with a thorough understanding of music theory.
- You will master all the chords on the piano that will allow you to play all the songs you want.
- You will know how to play any song by ear by just listening attentively, then deriving chords and melody.
- You will know how to read music, so that you can play from lead sheets, chord sheets and sheet music.
- You will start to improvise using the pentatonic and blues scales.
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
18 Topics
Introduction
How to get the free stuff
How to follow this course?
Important: read this if you don't use an acoustic piano!
Introduction to the keyboard
Reviews
Body posture & Hand position
Finger exercise - I
Finger exercise - II
Numbering the fingers
Names of the white keys on the keyboard
The middle C
Names of the black keys on the keyboard
Note names - Extra information
Exercise: note names / notes on the piano keyboard
The keys on the keyboard
Half steps whole steps octaves
Summary: Note names Middle C Half/whole step-Octave
92 Topics
Introduction to scales
The C major scale - Theory
The C major scale - Finger positions
Practicing the C major scale
Twinkle twinkle little star in C major
How to play: Morning has broken - In C major
Play together with the guitar: Morning has broken - In C major
How to play: Imagine - in C major
Play together with the band: Imagine - In C major
The G major scale - Theory
The G major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in G major - Transposing a song
How to play: Whiskey in the Jar - In G major
Play together with the guitar: Whiskey in the Jar - In G major
The D major scale - Theory
The D major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in D major
How to play: Eight days a week - In D major
Play together with the band: Eight days a week - In D major
How to play: Happy Birthday - in D major
Play together with the band: Happy Birthday
The A major scale - Theory
The A major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in A major
How to play: Obladi oblada - In A major
Play together with the band: Obladi oblada - In A major
The E major scale - Theory
The E major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in E major
How to play: Isn't she lovely? - In E major
Play together with the band: Isn't she lovely? - In E major
The B major scale - Theory
The B major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in B major
The F major scale - Theory
The F major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in F major
How to play: Bad Moon rising - In F major
Play together with the band: Bad Moon rising - In F major
The Bb major scale - Theory
The Bb major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in Bb major
How to play: All my loving - In Bb major
Play together with the band: All my loving - In Bb major
The Eb major scale - Theory
The Eb major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in Eb major
How to play: You raise me up - In Eb major
Play together with the band: You raise me up - In Eb major
The Ab major scale - Theory
The Ab major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in Ab major
The Db major scale - Theory
The Db major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in Db major
The F#/Gb major scale - Theory
The F#/Gb major scale - Finger positions
Twinkle twinkle little star in F#/Gb major
The circle of fifths
Summary: Major scales - Circle of fifths
Major scale quiz
The A minor scale - Theory
The A minor scale - Finger positions
House of the rising Sun in A minor - How to play
House of the rising Sun - Play with the band
The E minor scale - Theory
The E minor scale - Finger positions
The B minor scale - Theory
The B minor scale - Finger positions
The F# minor scale - Theory
The F# minor scale - Finger positions
The C# minor scale - Theory
The C# minor scale - Finger positions
The G# minor scale - Theory
The G# minor scale - Finger positions
The D minor scale - Theory
The D minor scale - Finger positions
The G minor scale - Theory
The G minor scale - Finger positions
The C minor scale - Theory
The C minor scale - Finger positions
The F minor scale - Theory
The F minor scale - Finger positions
The Bb minor scale - Theory
The Bb minor scale - Finger positions
The Eb/D# minor scale - Theory
The Eb/D# minor scale - Finger positions
The circle of fifths - Once more
Overview of all major and minor scales + finger positions
Summary: Minor scales
Exercise: major and natural minor scales
Major/minor scale quiz
61 Topics
Intervals - Review of intervals already done
Intervals - The missing intervals
Characteristics of intervals
Exercise: Intervals
Interval quiz
The C major triad
The G major triad
The D major triad
The A major triad
The E major triad
The B major triad
The F# major triad
The F major triad
Blowin' in the Wind - C major
Blowin' in the Wind - G major
Blowin' in the Wind - D major
Blowin' in the Wind - A major
The remaining major triads
Exercise: Major triads
Blowin' in the Wind - All the other keys
The A minor triad
The chords in "House of the rising Sun"
The minor triads with a white key root
The chords in "Ain't no Sunshine"
The chords in "Harry Potter's theme"
The minor triads with a black key root
Exercise: Minor triads
Hand independence: the 4-step method & exercise 1
Hand independence: exercises 2-10
Twinkle with left hand root movement
Twinkle with left hand chords
Twinkle with left hand chords arpeggiated-I
Twinkle with use of the sustain pedal
Twinkle with left hand chords arpeggiated-II
Twinkle in other keys
Let it be: Step 1
Let it be: Steps 2 3 & 4
Let it be: Play together with the band
Michael row the boat ahore - D major - Version 1
Michael row the boat ashore - D major - Version 2
Triads quiz
Chords
Seventh chords with a white key root
Minor seventh chords with a white key root
Seventh chords with a black key root
Minor seventh chords with a black key root
Exercise: (dominant) 7th & minor 7th chords
7th chords quiz
The key of a song
Michael row the boat ahore (with 7ths) - D major - Version 1
Michael row the boat ahore (with 7ths) - D major - Version 2
Michael row the boat ahore (with 7ths) - D major - Accompaniment
How to play: Hey Jude
Play together with the band: Hey Jude
How to accompany a singer - Hey Jude
Accompany a singer with the band - Hey Jude
Diminished triads and chords
The other diminished triads
The other diminished 7th chords
Summary: Intervals - Chords
Diminished quiz
7 Topics
Adding notes to major chords
Adding notes to minor chords
Slash chords
Sus chords
Chord extensions
Major 7th chords
Exercise: Major 7th chords
18 Topics
Introduction
Determine the Key of a Song
Diatonic Chords
Does a Song stay in Key?
Root Movement
Determine the Chord Progression
Determine the Melody
Different Ways to Play the Song
Practice Application: GNU Solfege
Try yourself - Simple Song
Simple Song - The Results
Diatonic Chords in a Minor Key
Heart of Gold - Chords
Heart of Gold - Melody
Try yourself - Love Hurts
Love Hurts - The Results
Try yourself - Country Roads
Country Roads - The Results
30 Topics
The notes on the treble clef
Exercise: The notes on the treble clef
Note duration
Exercise: Note duration
Rests
Exercise: Rests and notes
Measures (bars)
Sharp and flat notes
Key signature
The notes on the bass clef
Exercise: The notes on the bass clef
Treble and bass clef together - Let it be - Simple version
Treble and bass clef together - Let it be - Normal version
Sheet music lead sheet chord sheet
Treble and bass clef together - second song
Greensleeves - Version 1
Greensleeves - Version 2
Greensleeves - Version 3
Greensleeves - Version 4
C Blues Theme - Swing feel
C Blues Theme - Left Hand & Right Hand
C Blues Theme - Both hands together
The Entertainer - Introduction
The Entertainer - Part 1 (A)
The Entertainer - Part 1 (B)
The Entertainer - Part 2 (A)
The Entertainer - Part 2 (B)
Summary: Reading music
Exercise: Final music reading exercises.
Reading music quiz
23 Topics
Pentatonic scale
Blues scale
Practicing the pentatonic and blues scales
Example how to practice the pentatonic & blues scale in C
Practicing the scales with the band
The 12 measure basic blues in C
Improvising with the pentatonic/blues scale (introduction)
Pentatonic scale improvisation-quarter and eighth notes
Blues scale improvisation-quarter and eighth notes
Pentatonic and blues scale improvisation-16th notes
Pentatonic and blues scale improvisation-Breaks
Pentatonic and blues scale improvisation-Licks
Playing other scales over the blues in C
Improvise in other keys
Using your 2 hands while improvising-I
Using your 2 hands while improvising-II: adding rhythm
Using your 2 hands while improvising-III: adding colors
Using your 2 hands while improvising-IV: adding the #9th
Using your 2 hands while improvising-V: adding the 13th
Extend the blues scale with extra notes
Summary: Improvisation
Course complete - Congratulations!
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