These online lessons are designed to take you a step further after you have taken the Chords are Key for Piano Seminar and also completed the follow-up material that goes along with that course. Congratulations on your success so far and welcome to an even more advanced level of playing the piano..
Course Curriculum
Chords are Key for Piano
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- Introductory Video (7:20)
- WEEKLY GROUP QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION ON ZOOM
- Overall 18 Month Learning Objectives
- Two Ways to Use This Material
- Learn at Your Own Pace
- Tips for Practicing
- First Quarter Goals DO THIS
- Second Quarter Goals- DO THIS
- DO I HAVE TO PLAY ALL THESE PUBLIC DOMAIN SONGS?
- Learning the Notes on the Piano
Lesson # 1 (Week 1)-God is So Good- Inverted C F and G7 Chords
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- Directions for Lesson #1
- Warm Up Exercises and Flash Cards
- Song- God is So Good Lead Sheet and Video (0:32)
- C-F G7 Exercise (Inverted Chords) (1:12)
- Chords for Lesson #1 Dot Diagrams (2:09)
- Piano Skill #1 -Chord Fill-Change Octaves With Your Chord-Video (1:43)
- Optional Skill-Use Broken Chords with God is So Good (1:01)
- Pick a Song from the Song Sources in the Key of C and Apply Skill #1
- How to Tell if Your Song is in the Key of C
- How to Use the Flash Cards
Lesson # 2 (Week 2) -Cradle Song-Rolled Chords
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- Directions for Lesson # 2
- Warm Up Exercises and Flash Cards
- Song-Cradle Song Lead Sheet and Video (1:33)
- Cradle Song-Learning the Melody (2:28)
- Piano Skill #2- Use of Sustain Pedal-Video (2:28)
- Piano Skill #3-Left Hand Rolled Chords 1-5-3-Video (3:00)
- Chords for Lesson #2 Dot Diagrams (0:41)
- Your Song-Pick a Song from our Resource :List and Apply Skill #2 and 3 to This
Lesson #3 (Week 3) -Shenandoah-Right Hand Chord "Runs"
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Lesson #4-He's Got the Whole World in His Hands- "Punching" the Chords
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- Directions for Lesson #4
- Warm-ups and Flash Cards
- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands-Lead Sheet and Video (0:25)
- He's Got the Whole World-Learning the Melody (1:40)
- Piano Skill #5- ""Punching" The Chords- Video (1:58)
- Chords for Lesson # 4
- Pick a Song from the Resource List in the Key of C and Apply Skill #5
Lesson # 5-Morning Has Broken- Broken Chords
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Lesson # 6- Silent Night
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Lesson #7-Give My Regards to Broadway-Root Note on 1, Other Notes of Chord on 3
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- Directions for Lesson #7
- Warm Up Exercises and Flash Cards
- Give My Regards to Broadway Lead Sheet
- Learning the Melody (1:20)
- Chords for Give My Regards to Broadway (0:46)
- Piano Skill #8-LH Root Note on 1 and Other Notes of Chord on 3rd Beat (2:01)
- Your Song-Pick a Song from the Song Sources in the Key of C and Apply Skill #8
Lesson #8- Amazing Grace
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Lesson #9-12 Bar Blues Pattern
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Lesson # 10-The C Blues Scale
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Lesson #11-O Danny Boy-Make Your Melody Into a Duet
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Lesson 12 # America The Beautiful- Use Octaves With Your Melody
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Lesson #13-Aura Lee- Dynamics-Playing Soft and Loud
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Lesson #14- That's Alright Mamma- G Blues Scale Also Root and 5th LH
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- Directions for Lesson #14
- Warm Up Exercises and Flash Cards
- That's Alright Mamma Lead Sheet and Video (1:14)
- That's Alright Mamma Piano Accompaniment (1:52)
- Piano Skill #15 The Blues in the Key of G (1:11)
- Chords for That's Alright Mama (0:46)
- 12 Bar Blues in Key of G
- G Blues Scale
- Pick another Blues Tune and Play This in G with the Chords from This Week
Lesson #15- Playing 3 Chord Songs By Ear (In the Key of C)
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Lesson #16- What Child is This- Sus Chords
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- Directions for Lesson #16
- Warm Up Exercises and Flash Cards
- What Child Is This Lead Sheet and Video (2:03)
- What Child is This-Learning the Melody (2:41)
- The Rule for Accidentals
- Chords for What Child is This? (2:00)
- PIano Skill #17- Sus Chords (0:52)
- Your Song-Pick a Song from our Resource :List in G and Apply Skill #17 to This
Lesson #17- Yankee Doodle Dandy-Alternating Bass- 1 and 5
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:Lesson #18- House of the Rising Sun-Roll Your Chords
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Lesson 19- O Come O Come Emmanuel- Basic Introductions
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- Directions for Lesson #19
- Warm Up Exercises and Flash Cards
- O Come O Come Emmanuel-Lead Sheet and Video REDO LEAD SHEET (1:13)
- Chords for O Come O Come Emmanuel
- PIano Skill #20- Basic Introductions (1:34)
- Piano Skill #21- Playing the Melody and the Chord in the Right Hand (3:06)
- Your Song-Pick a Song from our Resource :List and Apply Skill #19 to This
Lesson #20- Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee- Slash Chords
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Lesson # 21- Wayfaring Stranger- Add More Harmony (Chord Notes) Underneath the Melody
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- Directions for Lesson #21
- Warm Up Exercises and Flash Cards
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger Lead Sheet and Video (1:20)
- Wayfaring Stranger- Learning the Melody (1:56)
- Chords for Poor Wayfaring Stranger (0:46)
- PIano Skill #21- Add More Harmony (Chord Notes) Underneath the Melody (1:03)
- Your Song-Pick a Song from our Resource :List and Apply Skill #21 to This
Lesson # 22- Battle Hymn of the Republic-Augmented Chords
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- Directions for Lesson #22
- Warm Up Exercises and Flash Cards
- Battle Hymn of the Republic Lead Sheet and Video (1:58)
- Battle Hymn-Playing the Melody (1:00)
- Chords for Battle Hymn of the Republic (1:09)
- Piano Skill # 23- Augmented Chords (0:51)
- Your Song-Pick a Song from our Resource :List and Apply Skill #22 to This
Lesson #23- Erie Canal "Cramer" Chords
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Lesson #24- Beautiful Dreamer- G and C "Runs"
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Warm-ups and Finger Exercises
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Chord "Runs" (Arpeggios)
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Broken Chord Exercises-Key of C
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- C Broken Chord Exercise (3:25)
- G7 Broken Chord Exercise
- F Broken Chord Exercise (0:55)
- Am Broken Chord Exercise (1:25)
- D7 Broken Chord Exercise (1:41)
- Dm Broken Chord Exercise (1:21)
- A7 Broken Chord Exercise (1:41)
- E7 Broken Chord Exercise (2:03)
- Em Broken Chord Exercise (1:22)
- C7 Broken Chord Exercise (3:25)
Additional Broken Chord Exercises-Key of G (the rest are also in the key of C)
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Inverted Chord Exercises-Key of C
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- C Inverted Chord Exercise (1:01)
- G7 Inverted Chord Exercise (1:10)
- F Inverted Chord Exercise (0:32)
- Am Inverted Chord Exercise (0:28)
- D7 Chord Inversion Exercise (0:35)
- Dm Inverted Chord Exercise (0:30)
- A7 Inverted Chord Exercise (0:28)
- E7 Inverted Chord Exercise (0:30)
- Em Inverted Chord Exercise (0:28)
- C7 Inverted Chord Exercise (0:32)
Additional Inverted Chord Exercises-Key of G (The rest are also in the key of C)
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Learning Chords By Shape
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Chord Flash Cards and Music Theory
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Scales
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Beginning Piano Skills
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- Piano Skill #1 -Chord Fill-Change Octaves With Your Chord (1:43)
- Piano Skill #2- Use of the Sustain Pedal (2:28)
- Piano Skill #3-Left Hand Rolled Chords 1-5-3 (3:00)
- Piano Skill #4- Right Hand Chord Runs fix this (2:21)
- Piano Skill #5- "Punching" the Chords (1:58)
- Piano Skill #6-Broken Chords Left Hand (0:55)
- Piano Skill #7- Broken Chords Right Hand Only (2:30)
- PIano Skill #8- LH Root Note on 1 and Other Notes of Chord on 3rd Beat (2:01)
- Piano Skill #9-Walking Bass (2:05)
- Piano Skill #10- 12 Bar Blues in C (3:45)
- Piano Skill #11- C Blues Scale (4:42)
- Piano Skill #12- Make Your Melody into a Duet (3:01)
- PIano Skill #13- Using Octaves to Make the Melody Louder (2:49)
- Piano Skill #14- Dynamics-Playing Soft or Loud (2:21)
- Piano Skill #15- The Blues in the Key of G Fix do video
- Piano Skill #16- Playing 3 Chord Songs By Ear (In The Key of C) (6:58)
- Piano Skill #17- Sus Chords make video
- Piano Skill #18-Alternating Bass with Chord and Melody in RIght Hand (3:07)
- "Piano Skill #19- Roll" The Notes of Your Chord- Run the Chord in Both Hands (2:27)
- Piano Skill #20- Basic Introductions to Songs (2 Methods)
- Piano Skill #21- Playing the Melody and the Chord in the Right Hand (3:06)
- Piano Skill #21- Adding More Harmony (Chord) Notes Underneath the Melody (1:03)
- Piano Skill #22- Slash Chords (2:01)
- Piano Skill #23- Augmented Chords (0:51)
- Skill #24- Cramer Chords (0:54)
- Skill # 25- Playing "Runs" on the Piano -D and G (3:07)
Intermediate Piano Skills (Coming Soon)
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Advanced Piano Skills (Coming Soon)
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Public Domain Songs- In Alphbetical Order
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- America the Beautiful
- Amazing Grace
- Aura Lee (Love Me Tender)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Beautiful Dreamer
- C Blues Scale
- Cradle Song
- Erie Canal
- God Is So Good
- Give My Regards to Broadway
- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
- House of the Rising Sun
- Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee
- Morning Has Broken
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- O Danny Boy
- Shenandoah
- Silent Night
- 12 Bar Blues Pattern
- Thats Alright Mamma REDO pdf
- Wayfaring Stranger
- What Child Is This?
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
Song Sources for "Your Songs"-Songs That You Get to Pick
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Hi, I’m Craig Coffman your instructor for this course. You should feel really good about the progess you have made and I don't need to tell you how personally rewarding this is. Now you already know that. And you will be even more excited about your playing as you progress to the next level. Practice is the key and make sure that you include in your playing not just the songs in this program but also songs you really like and want to play. Remember, there's a reason they call it "playing the piano". IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FUN!
LEARN ABOUT CHORD INVERSIONS!
LEARN NEW AND MORE EXCITING WAYS TO ENHANCE YOUR PLAYING!
LEARN ABOUT CHORD "RUNS"!
LEARN HOW TO PLAY AS A PIANO ACCOMPANIST!
LEARN THE 12 BAR BLUES!