One-Dozen Right Hand Piano Arranging Techniques on CD Piano styles can be created using either or both hands. Left-hand styles are covered in another course, but this course specializes in techniques to make your right hand part sound fuller and more interesting. Here are one-dozen arranging techniques for your right hand: Melodrama-melody; off-beat arps; cross-hands..
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
How To Play Any Keyboard Using Chords Instead Of The Printed Music...And Make It Sound Far Better Than The Original Sheet Music! Learn how to play any keyboard -- piano, synthesizer, organ, electronic keyboard -- by chords! Piano keyboards Electronic keyboards Synthesizer keyboards Organ keyboards Musical keyboards of any kind (By the way --- Duane favors Yamaha keyboards, but Roland and a c..
All The Piano Chords In The Whole Wide World How many piano chords are there? Have you ever wondered how many piano chords there are? I'm sure you know many chords, but are there lots more just waiting to be discovered? This 2-hour DVD covers all the ways of forming chords. There are only so many ways of combining notes, and this DVD video explores the almost infinite variations a..
Block Chord Styles Do the jazz styles of the top artists turn you on? Do you get Goosebumps when you hear your favorite jazz pianist play a locked-hand passage? If you're into playing the great jazz standards, then you'll treasure this DVD! First Duane covers the locked-hand style in detail, showing you each technique close up so you can see as well as hear. Then he demonstrates the big block-chord styles used by man..
Turn-Arounds Turnarounds are chord progressions which you use at the end of a phrase to get you launched into the next phrase. Also used at the end of songs to get you back into the song a 2nd or 3rd time. You'll learn the I, vi, ii, V7 turnaround (also called the cul de sac turnaround); the I, flatiii, flat ii turnaround; and several others you can use in most an..
Color Tones Get a color tone in every chord! was the advice I received years ago from Hollywood's top piano teacher. I can still hear his words, and I've tried to live up to his admonition. Styles change over the years, and you may not choose to use color tones in every chord -- I don't anymore -- but that's my free choice. I can include them or leave them out, as the situation warrants. Want to come with me on a musical tour and..
The 3 Secrets of Exciting Chord Substitutions! Have you ever drooled over a chord -- a chord you didn't expect -- a chord that almost took your breath away? You thought you knew what chord was coming, but instead, you hear this exciting substitute chord. What are chord substitutions and how do you make them? You'll learn the three methods of creating chord substitutions that will keep you busy creating exciting and surprising sounds for a lifetime! ..
Left-Hand Bass Styles For Pop Piano So what do I do with my left hand? -- that's a question I hear a lot. So here is a course which shows a dozen different styles you can adapt to your left hand (bass part) while playing various types of pop music. Each style is shown in the key of C, F, and G, but can be adapted to any key. The 12 left hand styles taught are: 1. Swing Bass; 2. Continuity &n..
How To Play Lush, Modern Mood Piano & Create an Enchanting Mood... Learn the secrets of controlling moods through music. Experience the magic of being able to play those full moody chords -- those misty romantic chords that weave a spell and separate the pro from the amateur. In this exciting course you will discover for yourself the thrill of learning extended chords, chord substitutions, polytonality, etc. al..
Super-Chords Made Super-Simple! The Secret of Playing Those Big Monster Chords The Pros Use! This is an advanced course in chords that continues where Chord Piano and other basic courses leave off. If you already know: All 12 major chords and how to form them All 12 minor chords and how to form them All 12 diminished chords and how to form them All 12 augmented chords and how to form th..