The King'S Piano Course

Rule the Piano

What you'll learn

Piano basics: keyboard layout, hand posture, finger exercises, important terms, major vs minor, rhythm basics, and intervals

Scales: Scales defined, The C Major Scale, Playing scales and fingering, The major scale formula, Relative major and minor scales, the minor scale formula

Chords: Chords defined, Intervals Minor 3rd and Major 3rd, The Triad, The Major Chord, The Minor chord, Diminished chords, Intervals 4ths and 5ths

Diatonic Chords: Scale Degrees, Diatonic Chords defined, The Circle of Fifths, The Periodic Table of Music, Diatonic Chords in various keys

Chord Progressions: Anatomy of a song, Chord progressions defined, Finding a chord progression by ear, Finding a key by ear, Various chord progressions

Voicing: Voicing defined, Chord inversions, Inversion exercises, Arpeggios, Arpeggio exercises

Left Hand Technique: Role of the left hand, octaves, power chords, left hand chords, arpeggiated left hand

Right Hand Technique: Role of the right hand, right hand chords, arpeggios, fills, finding the melody of a song, harmonizing the melody using 3rds & chord notes

Requirements

No prior music knowledge required. We will start at the very beginning!

You will need some sort of keyboard instrument to practice on, whether an acoustic piano or electronic keyboard instrument.

Description

The King’s Piano Course was designed to take you from being a complete beginner who knows absolutely nothing about music, to an intermediate level of music theory and technique so you can play songs by ear and write your own music ALL WITHOUT READING STANDARD MUSIC NOTATIONYou are about to embark on a musical journey that will guide you through the intricacies of the piano, music theory, and playing music by ear. If you desire to learn how to play songs just by listening to them, master how notes fit together, and create your own music, then this course is for you!I taught music lessons for years, and every now and then I would get a student that wanted to learn to play piano by ear. Being classically trained on the violin and piano, I intuitively developed my own method of learning the songs I heard on the radio by trial and error. I combined what I had learned in my classical training with my love of rock and roll to learn the songs that I actually listened to, not the classical stuff that was being taught to me!Through years of tweaking and perfecting this method, I developed the ability to sit down at a piano and play a song after listening to it for just a few minutes. I’ve mapped out the method I use everyday and have created this step-by-step guide that will teach you to do this for yourself!The King’s Piano Course will take you through 8 Modules with 8 Lessons each. The lessons will increase in difficulty as you progress through the course, and each module builds upon information learned in previous modules. If you skip ahead, you may not know what is going on, as each lesson contains vital content to get you to learn and understand this amazing instrument! Even if you know some of the information already, I may present it in a new way that gets you to understand it better, or think about it in a new and different context.

Overview

Section 1: The Basics

Lecture 1 Welcome Video

Lecture 2 Keyboard Geography

Lecture 3 Proper Hand Posture

Lecture 4 Finger Exercises

Lecture 5 Important Terms: Key, Scale, and Chord

Lecture 6 Major Vs. Minor

Lecture 7 Rhythm Basics

Lecture 8 Intervals

Lecture 9 Basics Wrap Up

Section 2: Scales

Lecture 10 What is a scale?

Lecture 11 The C Major Scale

Lecture 12 Playing the C Major Scale

Lecture 13 The Major Scale Formula (MSF)

Lecture 14 Applying the MSF

Lecture 15 Relative Major and Minor

Lecture 16 The Minor Scale

Lecture 17 Scales Wrap Up

Section 3: Chords

Lecture 18 What is a chord?

Lecture 19 Intervals: Minor 3rd and Major 3rd

Lecture 20 The Triad

Lecture 21 The Major Chord

Lecture 22 The Minor Chord

Lecture 23 The Diminished Chord

Lecture 24 Intervals: 4ths and 5ths

Lecture 25 Chords Wrap Up

Section 4: Diatonic Chords

Lecture 26 Scale Degrees

Lecture 27 Diatonic Chords

Lecture 28 G Major Diatonic Chords

Lecture 29 A Major Diatonic Chords

Lecture 30 F Major Diatonic Chords

Lecture 31 E Flat Major Diatonic Chords

Lecture 32 The Periodic Table of Music

Lecture 33 Diatonic Chords Wrap Up

Section 5: Chord Progressions

Lecture 34 The Anatomy of a Song

Lecture 35 What is a chord progression?

Lecture 36 Chord Progression: I, V, vi, IV

Lecture 37 Chord Progression: I, iii, IV, V

Lecture 38 Chord Progression: vi, IV, ii, V

Lecture 39 Finding the Chord Progression

Lecture 40 Finding the Key

Lecture 41 Chord Progressions Wrap Up

Section 6: Voicing

Lecture 42 What is Voicing?

Lecture 43 Chord Inversions

Lecture 44 Inversion Exercises 1 & 2

Lecture 45 Inversion Exercises 3 & 4

Lecture 46 Arpeggios

Lecture 47 Arpeggio Exercises 1 & 2

Lecture 48 Arpeggio Exercises 3 & 4

Lecture 49 Voicing Wrap Up

Section 7: Left Hand Technique

Lecture 50 Role of the Left Hand

Lecture 51 Left Hand Octaves

Lecture 52 Left Hand Power Chords

Lecture 53 Left Hand Chords

Lecture 54 Arpeggiated Left Hand

Lecture 55 Arpeggiated Left Hand 2

Lecture 56 Arpeggiated Left Hand 3

Lecture 57 Left Hand Wrap Up

Section 8: Right Hand Technique

Lecture 58 Role of the Right Hand

Lecture 59 Right Hand Chords

Lecture 60 Right Hand Arpeggios

Lecture 61 Right Hand Fills

Lecture 62 Right Hand Chords, Arpeggios, and Fills

Lecture 63 Finding the Melody

Lecture 64 Harmonizing the Melody

Lecture 65 Right Hand Wrap Up

Beginner piano players that want to learn piano without reading notes,Piano players that want to learn music theory the right way.,If you want to learn how notes, scales, chords, and intervals actually work together to make music.