After I would teach a student all the 7th chords in the C scale I would
have them to that in G. Then assigned them "The Autum Leaves" because
it pretty much goes through the cycle of 4ths. He does that in another
lesson. Another useful tune that is somewhat easy to play is "All the
Things You
I've started playing the piano again this past few days and reviewed some of
the songs that Carlos Jobim wrote. He was actually very well versed in music
theory. He knew how to weave a song by using unusual chord progressions. He
did this by using the cycle of fifths, tritone substitutions,
I watched the full video and his "oopsie" is when descending back to the
I chord after the V is that he used inversions and of the minor 9th
chords but failed to mention it. He could have just said he was using
inversions and for more info he does have a video on that.
This is rather intermed
He's revived my interest in playing the piano again. He presented new ideas on
how to make the basic blues progression into something fresh by using new chord
voicings, passing chords, slides, and use of the various scales and modes for
solos. The most fascinating part was his use of the phryg
Cool stuff! Methods of teaching these things continue to be refined so
they are more accessible for the public.
On 09/18/2015 02:19 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
This music teacher has the most innovative ideas for playing and
composing songs. If you're a struggling piano play
