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Piano Fastlane – From ZERO to HERO with Piano & Keyboard

The Platform's biggest Piano Course - lessons to play by ear & to read sheet music: from Pop or Classic to Improvisation
Instructor:
Simon Kirkils
7,564 students enrolled
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Piano Fastlane will take YOU to an intermediate level or even higher, whether you are a complete beginner without any prior knowledge or just want to learn new pieces and songs
You will learn good techniques, making it possible for you to play any kind of song of any kind of genre
You will learn how to play by ear in a cool way
You will learn how to read sheet music and other basics

Piano Fastlane is THE biggest course online and brand new on the market!

Did you ever sit in a restaurant and listened to a song or piano piece in the background that you wished to be able to play? This course makes it possible. And not within years, but WEEKS, without wasting much money, effort and time for piano lessons.

Everything you need is included, so you don’t have to waste time searching for material in the internet.

Piano Fastlane was constructed to take you faster to an higher skill level, than any other course. You get to learn everything you need from hand holding and reading sheet music to playing by ear and expanding your repertoire.

Whether you want to play Pop, Blues, Jazz, Classical, Ballads or to improvise, this course has it all.

Everyone can learn piano & keyboard and this course proves that.

How is the course constructed?

  1. Getting to know the keyboard

  2. Sheet music and theory

  3. Pop piano basics

  4. Jazz/Blues piano & improvisation basics

  5. How to play by ear

  6. Learn to play classical music

  7. Expand your repertoire

Enrolling in this course means you only pay one time. It’s designed in an unique way, which allows YOU to follow every step without the need of buying ANY extra material!!!!

Getting to know the keyboard

1
How to sit & hold the hands right
2
Names of notes & white/black keys
3
Learn to play your very first piano piece: Happy Birthday
4
Major & minor basics
5
Major scale
6
Minor scale
7
Learn to play a minor piece: Requiem For A Dream
8
Learn to play a minor piece: Still D.R.E.

Sheet music and theory

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1.How to read & unterstand the sheet music - beginning
2
2.How to read & unterstand the sheet music - continuation
3
3. Key signatures
4
4. Circle of fifths with tricks
5
5. Aditional information about sheet music, symbols & theory
6
6. Learn to play your very first piece using sheet music - "Ode to Joy" beginnin
7
7. Learn to play your very first piece using sheet musi - "Ode to Joy" all lines
8
Music terminology summary & practise log

Pop piano basics

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1. Left hand basics - how to build a major triad
2
2. Left hand basics - how to build a minor triad / warm-ups for fingers
3
1-6-3-7 chord progression
4
Famous songs with 1-6-3-7 chord progression - "Despacito"
5
1-6-3-7 songs: "Despacito" sheet music
6
1-6-3-7 songs: "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith
7
1-6-3-7 songs: "Say Something" & "Wake Me Up"
8
1-6-3-7 songs: "All Of Me" by John Legend (full song)
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"All Of Me" 1st page
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"All Of Me" 2nd page
11
"All Of Me" 3rd page
12
"All Of Me" 4th page
13
1-6-3-7 pieces: "River Flows In You" by Yiruma
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"River Flows In You" 1st page
15
"River Flows In You" 2nd page
16
"River Flows In You" 3rd page
17
1-5-6-4 chord progression
18
Famous songs with 1-5-6-4 chord progression - "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" by Michel Telo
19
1-5-6-4 songs - "Someone Like You" by Adele
20
1-5-6-4 songs - "Waka Waka" by Shakira
21
1-5-6-4 songs - "Let It Be" by The Beatles

Jazz/Blues piano & improvisation basics

1
Introduction to Jazz
2
Augmented / diminished triads
3
7th Chords and their inversions - Major 7th chord (maj7)
4
7th chords and their inversions - Dominant 7th chord (7)
5
Minor 7th chord (min7) and little quiz
6
Half-diminished chord (min7b5)
7
Diminished Chord (dim7 / o7) and little quiz
8
Chord extensions (9ths, 11ths & 13ths)
9
Minor 2-5-1 chord progression
10
Major 2-5-1 chord progression
11
Famous Jazz standarts: learn to play "Autumn Leaves" (1st phrase 1-2 lines)
12
"Autumn Leaves" (2nd phrase 3-4 lines)
13
"Autumn Leaves" (5th line & all phrases together)
14
"Autumn Leaves" full piece with backing track and improvisation
15
Famous Jazz standarts: "Misty" by Errol Garner (Part A)
16
Continuing to learn "Misty" (Part B)
17
Famous Jazz standarts: "Moon River" (1st page)
18
"Moon River" (2nd page)
19
"Moon River" (3rd page)
20
"Moon River" (4th page)
21
Famous Jazz standarts: "All Of Me" by G.Marks
22
Learning famous Jazz standarts: "Fly Me To The Moon" (1-2 line)
23
"Fly Me To The Moon" (3rd - last line)
24
"Fly Me To The Moon" 3 tricks for improvisation
25
"Fly Me To The Moon" Advanced improvisation ideas & repeating 3 tricks
26
Famous Jazz standarts: "Summertime"
27
"Summertime" Improvisation
28
Famous Jazz standarts: Learn to play "Beautiful Love"
29
Famous Jazz standarts: learn to play "Blue Bossa"
30
Learn to play the famous Jazz standard "Sunny"
31
Famous Jazz standarts: "Christmas Time Is Here"
32
"Christmas Time Is Here" sheet music analysis (2-3 lines)
33
"Christmas Time Is Here" sheet music analysis (4-5 lines)
34
Learn to play beautiful jazz standard "Smile"
35
"Smile" improvisation
36
Introduction to Blues: 12-Bar-Blues (1st part)
37
12-Bar-Blues left hand 2nd part + Pentatonic scale
38
"C-Jam Blues" and improvisation
39
Blues Improvisation: "Must-Have Blues Piano Licks" easy (1st-6th lick)
40
"Must-Have Blues Piano Licks" easy (Lick 7-10)
41
Intermediate Blues Licks (lick 11-15)
42
Intermediate Blues Licks (lick 16-20)
43
Blues Piano licks summary
44
Learn to play the famous "St. Louis Blues" (1&2 phrase)
45
"St. Louis Blues" (3rd phrase & improvisation)
46
Rock'n'Roll piano: 4 main Left Hand riffs
47
Rock'n'Roll piano: 3 Right Hand tricks

How to play by ear

1
3 tricks to play songs by ear "Can't Stop The Feeling" (1st phrase)
2
"Can't Stop The Feeling" continuation (2nd phrase)
3
Refrain of "Can't Stop The Feeling"
4
Learn to play "Shape Of You" by Ed Sheeran (Intro & 1st phrase of the couplet)
5
"Shape Of You" (2nd phrase of the couplet)
6
"Shape Of You" (Refrain & Bridge)
7
Learn to play "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Charlie Puth (Refrain)
8
"We Don't Talk Anymore" (couplet)
9
Learn to play "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars (Intro & 1st phrase of the couplet)
10
"Uptown Funk" (couplet continuation)
11
"Uptown Funk" (refrain)
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