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Featured Piano Reading

Piano Lessons at Home?

As one of five children, I well remember the pack of us trooping 'round the neighborhood to school, to church, to piano lessons. We’d file one-by-one down Mrs. Connell’s narrow steps to a gloomy basement room divided by a curtain, upright piano on one side, ancient sofa on the other. This ... Read Full Article

Expanded Harmonic Vocabulary in the Preludes of Frédéric Chopin

Written by Chuck Newsome

Although Frédéric Chopin is known as a composer of inherently lyrical piano music, his influence has extended far beyond the piano and into the vocabulary of 20th century American jazz. Based on an analysis of several of ... Read Full Article

Chopin Prelude in E Minor Op. 28 No. 4

Written by Chuck Newsome

The first example examined here illustrates Chopin's interesting mixture of traditional and forward-thinking harmonic techniques is Prelude No. 4 in E minor, shown below in Figure 1, a harmonic reduction and analysis:

Chopin Prelude in E Major Op. 28 No. 9

Written by Chuck Newsome

The next prelude, No. 9, features yet another texture. Although it is only 12measures long, this piece showcases Chopin's elegant use of common chord modulations, 3rd based root movements, and dense harmonic textures.

Featured Piano Lesson Videos

How to Play Suspended Chords

Playing Suspended Chords on the Piano

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In this video, we're going to discuss suspended chords. We're going to just simplify them just in how you would see them in regards to a triad. So if you're talking about a ... Go to Full Lesson

Play 4th Chords

Using 4th Chords on the Piano

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In this video, we're going to talk about fourth chords, and these are common in a lot of modal jazz songs, and one of my favorite sounds. They really kind of give it more of an open ... Go to Full Lesson

ii-V-I Basic 3 Note Piano Voicings

Guide to 3 Note ii-V-I Chord Progressions on the Piano

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We're just going to go over the very basics of two-five-one progressions, which is the foundation of jazz. Most songs are based off this progression. We're ... Go to Full Lesson

Major and Minor Triads

Building Major and Minor Triads

The key point in this video is that if you understand the interval relationships between each note of a triad, you'll be able to easily form a triad in any key, anywhere on the piano.

For major triads, the interval numbers to remember are three and tw ... Go to Full Lesson