Udemy Learn To Play The Piano Or Keyboard From Scratch Last updated 11 2023 [TUTORiAL]

This piano course is for anyone who wants to learn to play the piano, as for other instrumentalists who also want to learn how to play the piano as a second instrument and to have a review of music theory. It's designed for total beginners on the piano and will take you to an intermediate level.

The characteristics of this course are:

• You will apply the theory and skills learned during the lectures in songs that you will play together with a band (play-along mp3 files and MIDI files included). In this way, practicing the notes in the scales becomes a pleasure!
• Lots of practice files (mp3 and MIDI) in all 12 keys and in several tempos included
• All scales, chords and more included in handy downloadable pdf files for later reference (with finger positions for left and right hand)
• Clear explanations by an experienced teacher (more than 25 years of teaching experience)

And of course: this piano course comes with full lifetime access and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Apart from the introduction section (8 lectures), the course consists of 4 main sections, each with a lot of lectures that will help you to advance in a steady way. The 4 main sections are:

• Scales (90 lectures)
• Chords (41 lectures)
• Reading music (11 lectures)
• Improvisation (21 lectures)

The 3 first sections (scales, chords and reading music) are not just boring theory lessons: theory is always combined with playing a song, and the song is mostly played together with a band. You can use the included mp3 files to play along together with the band: this is really a fun way of learning how to play the piano and at the same time learn music theory!

Some of the topics covered in this course:

• Major scales in all 12 keys
• Minor scales in all 12 keys
• Transposing songs in other keys
• Lots of songs to practice the notes of the scales
• Circle of fifths
• Intervals
• Major triads
• Minor triads
• Dominant 7th chords
• Minor 7th chords
• Diminished chords
• Lots of songs to practice the chords
• Treble clef
• Bass clef
• Time signature
• Key signature
• Practice songs
• Pentatonic scale (major and minor)
• Blues scale
• The 12 measure blues
• Improvising with the pentatonic and blues scales
• Licks
• Adding rhythm in the left hand accompaniment
• Adding colors (9th, #9th, 13th) in the left hand accompaniment
• Extend the blues scale with extra notes

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