This week's IROCKU Piano Tip looks at using Voice Leading to smoothly connect your movements within chord progressions. In this video we show the value of knowing the different chord inversions and shapes in anticipating your movements and creating smooth transitions from chord to chord. As an example we use I, V, vi, IV chord progression commonly used in rock and pop. This is similar to the progression used in hundreds of pop and rock songs including "Beast of Burden" by the Rolling Stones, "All to Well" by Taylor Swift, "Let it Be" by the Beatles, "With or Without You" by U2, "No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley, on and on... In our example we use the key of E; so the progression is E (I), B(V), C#m (vi), A (IV). Practice this progression, efficiently moving from chord to chord using the …
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IROCKU Piano Tip – Chord Suspensions
This week's IROCKU Piano Tip looks at coloring chords with notes outside of a chord's primary chord tones; in this video tip we look at adding the second(i.e. add 2), the fourth(i.e. add 4), and the sixth degrees of the associated scale. We show practice techniques moving from the Major Triad, to the Add 2, to the add 4, and back to the Major. Adding suspensions to major triads is a technique that introduces tension and release and is used throughout pop and rock piano playing to add additional texture to your playing. Levels: Intermediate-Advanced. IROCKU Piano Tips cover piano techniques and fundamentals, improvisation, rhythm and groove, progressions, rhythm patterns, piano accompaniment, music theory and riffs. Click here for more: IROCKU Piano Tips Learn how to play …
IROCKU Piano Tip – Breathing and Phrasing
This week's IROCKU Piano Tip covers techniques and ideas on how to improve your soloing through phrasing. The techniques discussed in this video include using your own breathing to create phrases-soloing while exhaling and taking a break while inhaling, much like a horn player or vocalist must do. We also cover include adding periods and commas to your phrasing in the form of staccato notes and elongated notes; adding dynamics by playing louder and softer, and adding excitement to your solos with bursts of energetic riffs. Levels: Intermediate-Advanced IROCKU Piano Tips cover piano techniques and fundamentals, improvisation, rhythm and groove, progressions, rhythm patterns, piano accompaniment, music theory and riffs. Click here for more: IROCKU Piano Tips Learn how to …
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