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Piano for Non-Pianists 10: Tonal five finger drills, part 2

In this lesson we'll break our tonal five finger drills out of their original tonal context and learn to create them anywhere on the piano keyboard.

Q&A - Should I wait to get my chops back?

A trumpet student asks whether he can begin IFR right away, or whether he needs to first develop a certain level of technical proficiency on his instrument.

Visualizing larger intervals on the fretboard

Sometimes when you are soloing, it's easy to see the notes immediately surrounding you but it's hard to picture instantly a note that's farther away. In this video I show you how you can learn to visualize larger intervals on the fretboard.

Piano for Non-Pianists 11: Tonal triads (part 1)

Today we will transform our "tonal five finger drills" into a technique for playing triads, and we'll practice playing all seven chords of the major scale in every key.

Piano for Non-Pianists 12: Tonal triads (part 2)

In this lesson we'll break our triad forms out of their original tonal context and we'll learn to create them anywhere on the piano keyboard.

Jumping strings without getting lost

I am having difficulty keeping my place when I skip strings. I don't want to fall back into just memorizing scale patterns. I know it takes time to break old habits, but what would you recommend I focus on so I don't get lost as much and develop an effortless flow with the scale degrees?

Piano for Non-Pianists 13: Chord inversions (the 1 chord)

In this lesson you will learn to create chord inversions and I'll show you three fantastic exercises that will train your hands to find these chord shapes quickly on the piano keyboard.

Learn to play without looking at the fretboard

Do you wish you could play the guitar without having to look at the fretboard? In this video I'll explain the benefits of learning to play the guitar without looking, and I'll give you some tips on how to learn this ability.

Chord melody practice in all chords

In this video I'll show you how to approach your daily chord melody practice so that you can develop the same creative freedom in chord melody style that you have when you are playing single-note melody lines.

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