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The Ultimate Piano Chords Course – for Piano & Keyboard

Learn piano the easy way! Play your favourite songs & even SING along, with this simple & thorough guide to piano chords
Instructor:
Arthur Bird
11,721 students enrolled
You will be able to pick up any chord sheet, play along and sound great.
By using the techniques in the course, you'll be able to sound like an advanced piano player without reading any musical notes at all.
Learn about Major, Minor, Slash, 7, 9, Suspended, Add, Diminished, Augmented Chords, Passing Chords and much more.
Singers will be able to accompany themselves, and learn how to transpose a song into different keys to suit their vocal range.
You'll learn a wide variety of rhythms, playing techniques and patterns that can be applied to chords.
Learn popular songs by Adele, The Beatles, Coldplay, The Commodores, Josh Groban, Alicia Keys, The Greatest Showman and many more.
Have fun creating your own music with the BONUS improvisation section.

The Ultimate Piano Chord Course will give you the skills to be able to play thousands of songs.

Most songs are written using chords, so if you understand how to use them properly, you’ll be able to play a vast amount of songs by just reading simple chord symbols. You don’t need to be able to read music notation in order to play great songs!

This course is for beginners on the Piano, and so starts with the basics, but quickly moves onto learning about the different kinds of chords and how they are constructed, gradually getting more and more advanced as you progress. You don’t just learn about chords though. Along the way you will learn about different kinds of rhythms, playing patterns and techniques that can be applied to the chords. By the end you’ll be able to play the piano by reading a chord sheet, but sound like a pro!

I believe the best way to learn is by applying your new found knowledge, and so throughout the course you will learn famous songs or chord progressions on the Piano, relevant to the particular chord/rhythm or playing pattern you’ve just been learning. The course uses examples from songs by a wide variety of artists such as Adele, Sam Smith, The Commodores, Christina Perri, John Legend and Don McLean to name a few.

If you’re a singer, by the end of this course you’ll be able to pick up and play any piece of music or chord sheet and play piano by following the chord symbols. All you need to do is sing along. I even show you how to print off any song of your choice online for free, as well as showing you how to change the key so it suits your vocal range.

The same goes with anyone wanting to accompany other singers on piano, or people wanting to play Keyboard in a band. This course will give you the skills and understanding to be able to play Piano along with other people.

If you’re a songwriter, you’ll find that your understanding of chords and playing techniques will be so much greater, and so you’ll be able to use what you’ve learnt to write songs with much more variety and musicianship and freedom.

Even if you just want to enjoy playing the Piano/Keyboard for yourself at home, by the end you’ll be able to play a selection of famous songs, and have the skills and ability to print off your own favourite songs and play them by just following the piano chord symbols.

Supporting PDF’s

The course also includes PDF’s of important chord building info and playing techniques that you can print off and set on your piano/keyboard, which will make it easy to refer to when you start choosing and learning your own favourite songs.

So enroll today, and learn piano the easy way!

This course includes a download of “The Piano Chords eBook for Beginners”. This handy guide has 25 pages packed with information on chords, as well as illustrated chord reference charts that serve as a quick and easy reference for anyone wanting to learn about piano chords.

NEW UPDATE – This course also includes a BONUS SECTION on improvisation. Throughout the 30 additional lessons you will learn how you can use your new knowledge of chords to get started improvising with help from a variety of techniques, rhythmic patterns and progressions along the way. You will also get the chance to explore melodies with the use of scales and harmony. By the end of this extra “mini-course” you will have the tools to be able to have fun improvising your own music on the piano!

Welcome

1
Introduction
2
Your download of "The Piano Chords eBook for Beginners"
3
Chord Rhythm Patterns Cheat Sheet

The Piano Basics - Skip This Section If You Already Know

1
The White Keys/Notes

Welcome to my course "The Ultimate Piano Chords Course". This lesson starts with the very basics for complete beginners, and teaches you the names of the white keys on the piano/keyboard.

2
White Key/Note Learning Exercise

This goes on from the previous lesson, and goes over some exercises to help you to learn the names of the keys.

3
Black Keys/Notes Explained

This lesson teaches you the names of the black keys on the piano/keyboard.

4
Black Key/Note Learning Exercise
5
Intervals
6
Minor & Major 3rd Interval Exercise
7
Using Intervals To Construct Chords
8
Using Intervals to Construct Chords Suppliment
9
Chord Building Exercise

It's Time to Play

1
Learning Through Applying Your Knowledge
2
Let's Apply This and Play a Song - Someone Like You
3
Basic Rhythms - 4 Beats Per Bar
4
Adding the Left Hand - Someone Like You
5
Quick Chord Test - Find These Chords
6
Half Beat Rhythms
7
Half Beat Rhythms - Stand By Me
8
Stand By Me (Supplement)

Taking Chords to the Next Level

1
Chord Inversions Explained
2
Chord Inversion Exercise
3
Let's Put This Into Practise - Let It Be
4
How to Use the Sustain Pedal
5
Sus Chords
6
Sus Chords
7
Sus Chord Exercise
8
A Song with a Sus Chord - You Raise Me Up
9
You Raise Me Up (Supplement)
10
A Sus Chord with no Number
11
Add Chords (e.g Cadd2)
12
Add Chords Supplement
13
Finger Strength/Technique Exercise (Hanon)

Let's Up The Game Again

1
A Common High Energy Rhythm
2
High Energy Rhythm - Applied to All Of Me
3
Common High Energy Rhythm (Supplement)
4
A Song With Inverted Chords & Sus Chords - The Scientist
5
The Scientist (Supplement)
6
Left Hand Kick Drum Rhythm
7
Left Hand Kick Drum Rhythm - Applied to Don't Stop Believing (Chorus)
8
Left Hand Kick Drum Rhythm - Applied to Don't Stop Believing (Chorus) Supplement
9
Off Beat Rhythms
10
Off-Beat Rhythms (Supplement)
11
Off Beat Rhythms - Applied to I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
12
Off-Beat Rhythms - I'm Yours by Jason Mraz (Supplement)
13
Groups of 3 & 6 Rhythm Patterns (Waltz Time)
14
3 or 6 Beats Per Bar - Waltz Time - (Supplement)
15
Waltz Time - Applied to Hallelujah
16
Waltz Time - Applied to Hallelujah (Supplement)
17
Figuring Out a Songs Timing by Ear

Intermediate - You've levelled up again!

1
7 and Dominant 7 Chords
2
7 Chords
3
The E7 Chord in Hallelujah
4
7 Chords - Minor 7th's
5
Minor 7 Chords (Supplement)
6
Major 7th Chords
7
Slash Chords AKA Over Chords
8
Slash Chords/Over Chords (Supplement)
9
Putting 7th Chords Into Practise - Easy (The Commodores)
10
7th Chords - Easy by The Commodores (Supplement)
11
Diminished & Diminished 7th Chords
12
Diminished & Diminished 7th Chords (Supplement)
13
Half-Diminished 7th Chords
14
Half Diminished 7th Chords (Supplement)
15
Augmented & Augmented 7th Chords
16
Augmented & Augmented 7th Chords (Supplement)
17
Augmented/Diminished 7th Chord Building Exercise
18
Pushed Beats
19
A Song With a Diminished Chord and a Pushed Beat - Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
20
Stay With Me - Sam Smith (Supplement)
21
Following Chord Signs Using Sheet Music
22
Split Chord Rocking Pattern
23
Split Chord Rocking Pattern - Applied to My Way (Part 1)
24
My Way Chords (Supplement)
25
Split Chord Rocking Pattern - Applied to My Way (Part 2)

Broken Chord Patterns, 9 & 11 Chords & Rock Rhythms

1
Broken Chord Patterns - 3 or 6 Beats Per Bar
2
Broken Chord Patterns - 3 or 6 Beats Per Bar Applied to Hallelujah
3
Alternate 3 or 6 Time Broken Chord Pattern - Applied to Fallin by Alicia Keys
4
Broken Chord Patterns - 4 Beats Per Bar - Someone Like You
5
9 Chords
6
11 Chords
7
Rock Rhythm Pattern - This Is Me (The Greatest Showman)
8
Rock Rhythm Pattern Alternate Hands
9
Arpeggiated Chord Patterns - Waltz Time 6 Beats Per Bar
10
Arpeggiatted Chord Pattern - Unchained Melody and Trusting Your Instincts

Advanced Chord Patterns & Techniques

1
Left Hand Octaves
2
1st, 5th & 8ve Pattern in Left Hand - Jar Of Hearts (Christina Perri)
3
Left Hand 1st 5th and 8ve Pattern in 3 or 6 Time
4
Left and Right Hand Pro Sounding Broken Chord Pattern
5
Pro Sounding Broken Chord Pattern - Applied To All Of Me
6
Pro Sounding Broken Chord Pattern - All Of Me - Click Beat Exercise

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