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Paying for offline lessons with a teacher for music lessons can be expensive, and some people can't afford it; this course offers a better alternative for offline lessons and at a lower price. This course is for everyone that wants to learn how to play the piano or/and for people that want to learn about Music Theory. This class takes you from a beginner level with absolutely no experience to a professional level. Learn the very basics and move on to more advanced topics.
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- Access 278 lectures & 37 hours of content 24/7
- Understand the "Hows" & "Whys" of the concepts about playing the piano and about Music Theory
- Know & play Major Chords, Minor Chords, Diminished Chords, Augmented Chords, Suspended Chords, Dominant 7th Chords, and more
- Play anything in all 12 keys comfortably
- Add color to your chord progressions
Oluwayanmife Akintola | Pianist
Oluwayanmife "Yummy" Akintola is founder of 'Play Piano like a Pro'. He is an experienced Pianist/Keyboardist. He has been playing for many years and translated this experience into 10 current courses. Yummy also has a Computer Engineering degree.
56,295 Total Students
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Oluwayanmife "Yummy" Akintola is founder of 'Play Piano like a Pro'. He is an experienced Pianist/Keyboardist. He has been playing for many years and translated this experience into 10 current courses. Yummy also has a Computer Engineering degree.
56,295 Total Students
1,307 Reviews
Important Details
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: desktop & mobile
- Certificate of completion included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Updates included
- Experience level required: all levels
Requirements
- Piano or a Keyboard
Terms
- Unredeemed licenses can be returned for store credit within 30 days of purchase. Once your license is redeemed, all sales are final.
Course Outline
- Introduction & Getting Started
- Introduction | Free Chords and Scales Sheets - 1:30
- Important Lecture (PLEASE READ!)
- Introduction - 0:37
- The Layout of the Piano/Keyboard - 5:10
- Letters/Names of the Keys on the Piano/Keyboard - 7:42
- Piano Fingerings & Hand Movement on the Piano/Keyboard - 6:02
- Learn how to play a Fun Tune - 27:51
- The Development of Independence between the Right Hand and the Left Hand
- Part 1 of Developing Independence between both hands (includes learning a song) - 6:57
- Part 2 of Developing Independence between both hands (includes learning a song) - 11:11
- Brief Overview of what is to Come in the Course
- Brief Overview of what is to Come in the Course - 5:55
- Musical Intervals
- Musical Intervals - 7:27
- Scales/Major Scales
- Scales/How to build a Major Scale - 9:05
- C Major Scale - 3:16
- C# Major Scale - 3:35
- E flat Major Scale - 1:18
- E Major Scale - 1:37
- F Major Scale - 3:19
- F# Major Scale - 1:20
- G Major Scale - 1:22
- A flat Major Scale - 3:24
- A Major Scale - 2:50
- B flat Major Scale - 1:13
- B Major Scale - 3:54
- Review of Major Scales - 7:48
- Tonic sol-fa - 5:30
- Practical Exercises that you can do to master all the 12 Major Scales
- How to practise all the 12 Major Scales with your Right Hand - 29:06
- How to practise all the 12 Major Scales with your Left Hand - 27:41
- Minor Scales/Natural Minor Scales
- Introduction to Minor Scales & Natural Minor Scales - 14:08
- C Natural Minor Scale - 5:48
- C# Natural Minor Scale - 4:56
- D Natural Minor Scale - 4:41
- E flat Natural Minor Scale - 4:43
- E Natural Minor Scale - 5:25
- F Natural Minor Scale - 5:10
- F# Natural Minor Scale - 4:47
- G Natural Minor Scale - 4:52
- A flat Natural Minor Scale - 4:48
- A Natural Minor Scale - 4:46
- B flat Natural Minor Scale - 5:18
- B Natural Minor Scale - 5:27
- The Natural Minor Scale's Tonic sol-fa - 9:52
- Harmonic Minor Scales
- Introduction to Harmonic Minor Scales - 3:01
- C Harmonic Minor Scale - 5:54
- C# Harmonic Minor Scale
- D Harmonic Minor Scale - 5:31
- E flat Harmonic Minor Scale - 5:57
- E Harmonic Minor Scale - 6:47
- F Harmonic Minor Scale - 6:45
- F# Harmonic Minor Scale - 6:37
- G Harmonic Minor Scale - 5:33
- A flat Harmonic Minor Scale - 6:19
- A Harmonic Minor Scale - 6:01
- B flat Harmonic Minor Scale - 5:47
- B Harmonic Minor Scale - 6:14
- Melodic Minor Scales
- Introduction to Melodic Minor Scales - 11:19
- C Melodic Minor Scale - 6:34
- C# Melodic Minor Scale - 7:26
- D Melodic Minor Scale - 6:58
- E flat Melodic Minor Scale - 8:01
- E Melodic Minor Scale - 7:08
- F Melodic Minor Scale - 7:59
- F# Melodic Minor Scale - 7:12
- G Melodic Minor Scale - 6:43
- A flat Melodic Minor Scale - 7:00
- A Melodic Minor Scale - 6:42
- B flat Melodic Minor Scale - 7:21
- B Melodic Minor Scale - 6:43
- Ascending and Descending Melodic Minor Scales explained - 11:55
- Scale Degrees
- Scale Degrees for the Major Scales and the Natural Minor Scales - 6:45
- Scale Degrees for the Harmonic Minor Scales and the Melodic Minor Scales - 4:08
- The Number System - 3:13
- More about Musical Intervals
- Major, Minor and Perfect Intervals - 12:12
- Diminished and Augmented Intervals - 7:48
- The Tritone - 2:40
- Chords (Triad Chords)
- Major, Minor, Augmented and Diminished Triad Chords - 17:13
- Major Scale Triad Chords
- Overview of Major Scale Triad Chords - 9:12
- C Major Scale Triad Chords - 13:58
- C# Major Scale Triad Chords - 7:36
- D Major Scale Triad Chords - 8:23
- E flat Major Scale Triad Chords - 9:27
- E Major Scale Triad Chords - 8:29
- F Major Scale Triad Chords - 8:41
- F# Major Scale Triad Chords - 10:23
- G Major Scale Triad Chords - 8:44
- A flat Major Scale Triad Chords - 8:53
- A Major Scale Triad Chords - 8:17
- B flat Major Scale Triad Chords - 7:51
- B Major Scale Triad Chords - 8:17
- Pattern of the triad chords within each Major Scale - 9:37
- Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords
- Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 15:54
- An overview of what is to come - 3:26
- C Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 14:03
- C# Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 13:57
- D Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 13:12
- E flat Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 14:12
- E Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 13:53
- F Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 16:14
- F# Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 14:24
- G Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 14:56
- A flat Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 18:04
- A Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 14:42
- B flat Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 14:55
- B Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords - 13:19
- Pattern of the triad chords within each Natural Minor Scale - 8:34
- Melodic Minor Scale Triad Chords
- Melodic Minor Scale Triad Chords - 15:25
- Harmonic Minor Scale Triad Chords
- Harmonic Minor Scale Triad Chords - 16:29
- 7th Chords, 6th Chords & Suspended Chords
- Major 6th Chord - 2:52
- Minor 6th Chord - 2:47
- Major 7th Chord - 6:44
- Minor 7th Chord - 6:14
- What is a Suspended Chord? | Suspended 2nd Chord | Suspended 4th Chord - 9:06
- Suspended 2nd Triad Chord - 2:08
- Suspended 4th Triad Chord - 2:37
- Dominant 7th Chord - 5:18
- Diminished 7th Chord - 4:15
- Half-Diminished 7th Chord - 1:48
- Augmented-Major 7th Chord - 1:53
- Augmented-Minor 7th Chord - 2:19
- Minor-Major 7th Chord - 3:09
- Scale 7th Chords - 12:05
- Added Tone Chord - 7:32
- Scale Degrees for Chords (Number System for Chords within a Scale)
- Number System for Chords within a Scale - 2:14
- Pentatonic, Chromatic and Blues Scales
- Major Pentatonic Scale - 7:44
- Minor Pentatonic Scale - 12:48
- Blues Scale - 9:20
- Chromatic Scale - 3:14
- Chord Inversions & Arpeggios
- Triad Chord Inversions - 9:08
- 7th Chord Inversions - 9:26
- Arpeggios - 2:20
- Practising Different Triad Chords and their Different Inversions - 18:12
- Practising Different 7th Chords and their Different Inversions - 9:38
- Sharps & Flats Explained Further and Tasks for you to do
- Further explanations of Sharps & Flats - 6:58
- Further explanations for naming the Notes and Chords within a Scale. | Tasks - 18:07
- Augmented Minor 7th Chords
- Augmented-Major 7th Chords
- Blues Scale
- Diminished 7th Chords
- Dominant 7th Chords
- Half Diminished 7th Chords
- Harmonic Minor Scale 7th Chords
- Harmonic Minor Scale Notes
- Harmonic Minor Scale Triad Chords
- Major 6th Chords
- Major 7th Chords
- Major Pentatonic Scales
- Major Scale 7th Chords
- Major Scale Triad Chords
- Melodic Minor Scale 7th Chords
- Melodic Minor Scale Notes
- Melodic Minor Scale Triad Chords
- Minor 6th Chords
- Minor 7th Chords
- Minor Pentatonic Scales
- Minor-Major 7th Chords
- Natural Minor Scale 7th Chords
- Natural Minor Scale Notes
- Natural Minor Scale Triad Chords
- Suspended 2nd Triad Chords
- Suspended 4th Triad Chords
- Further Explanations of Natural Minor Scales and their Relative Major Scales - 18:21
- Circle of Fifths
- What the Circle of Fifth is and How to build one - 5:19
- How to build a Major Triad Chord using the Circle of Fifths - 4:23
- How to build a Minor Triad Chord using the Circle of Fifths - 3:46
- How the Circle of Fifths shows how many sharps & flats are in 12 Major Scales - 5:19
- How to find the relative Major & Natural Minor Scales via the Circle of Fifths - 6:40
- How to Play Songs by ear and with Chords | Chord Progressions
- Introduction of How to play Songs - 1:47
- How to play Songs by ear (Part 1) - 19:25
- How to play Songs by ear (Part 2) - 4:51
- What to play with your Left Hand - 8:01
- Getting used to playing with both hands on the Piano (includes learning a Song) - 3:31
- An example of a Left Hand Pattern for accompanying Songs - 2:26
- Introduction of how to play Songs by using Chords - 1:36
- How to play Songs by using Chords (Playing by ear) - Part 1 - 20:33
- Continuation of How to play Songs by using Chords (Playing by ear) - Part 1 - 1:41
- Check different Voicings for different Chords - 2:19
- How to play Songs by using Chords(Part 2) & How to identify the Chords of a Song - 4:58
- Write down the chords of the song you want to play - 0:32
- Using Different Left Hand and Right Hand Combinations to play Chords (Part 1) - 17:48
- Part 2 of Using Different Left Hand and Right Hand Combinations to play Chords - 13:16
- Chord Progressions | 4 popular Chords that a lot of Chord Progressions have - 8:58
- How to arpeggiate Chord Progressions - 6:50
- Examples of Chord Progressions - 13:45
- How to recognise certain Chord Symbols - 3:52
- More Chord Symbols - 3:36
- Different approaches that can be used to play Songs - 8:32
- The Primary and Secondary Chords in all Major and Minor Scales
- The Primary and Secondary Chords in all Major and Minor Scales - 12:10
- How to master all the Primary Chords in each Major Key - 20:17
- How to master all the Primary Chords in each Natural Minor Key - 17:55
- Extending each Primary Chord into a 7th Chord - 3:48
- Transposition
- Transposition - 10:46
- More on Transposition - 11:52
- Another example that shows what it means to Transpose - 18:24
- Developing the ability to be able to play comfortably in all 12 Keys
- Developing the ability to be able to play in all 12 Keys - 11:41
- Part 1b of developing the ability to be able to play in all 12 Keys - 26:13
- Part 2 of developing the ability to be able to play in all 12 Keys - 19:00
- Different Chord Progressions in all the 12 Keys
- The I iii vi IV I Chord Progression - 18:48
- The I ii vi V I Chord Progression - 16:52
- The 1 5 2 4 1 Chord Progression - 18:13
- The 2 3 7 5 1 Chord Progression - 17:30
- The 3 6 2 5 1 Chord Progression - 18:53
- The 4 2 6 5 4 1 Chord Progression - 21:08
- The 1 6 5 4 1 Chord Progression - 19:38
- The 4 1 2 5 6 Chord Progression - 19:14
- The 6 4 3 5 1 Chord Progression - 20:01
- The 1 3 4 2 5 1 Chord Progression - 19:44
- The 1 2 3 4 5 1 Chord Progression - 19:16
- The 4 3 5 1 Chord Progression - 14:55
- Rhythms & Improvisation
- Rhythms - 4:36
- How to Create Melodies & Tunes with Arpeggios - 6:27
- Rhythm (Another example of a Rhythm) - 2:20
- Improvisation - 7:32
- Improvising through Arpeggios and Inverted Chords - 10:16
- Improvising by using Pentatonic Scales - 5:03
- Using the Blues Scale to Improvise - 5:02
- Improvising with the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales - 14:00
- More on the topic of 'Improvisation' - 7:48
- How to play Songs by using Arpeggios - 4:27
- What is a Grace Note? | How to use a Grace Note
- What is a Grace Note? | How to use a Grace Note - 7:56
- Passing Chords | Using Diminished & Augmented Triad Chords as Passing Chords
- Passing Chord/Chords and How to use a Diminished Triad Chord as a Passing Chord - 9:58
- How to use an Augmented Triad Chord as a Passing Chord - 6:42
- How to use Diminished 7th Chords and the uniqueness of Diminished 7th Chords
- The uniqueness of the Diminished 7th Chords - 19:06
- How to use Diminished 7th Chords - 8:14
- How to use an Augmented Triad Chord & the uniqueness of an Augmented Triad Chord
- How to use an Augmented Triad Chord & the uniqueness of an Augmented Triad Chord - 19:15
- Using 7th Chords in Chord Progressions
- Using 7th Chords in Chord Progressions - 11:46
- How to use Secondary Dominant Chords to add Flavour to your Chord Progressions
- Using a Secondary Dominant Chord (Dominant 7th Chord) in your Chord Progression - 13:37
- An example of how to use Secondary Dominant Chords as Passing Chords - 12:15
- Using a Secondary Dominant Chord as a Passing Chord for different Chords - 13:42
- How to use Suspended & Diatonic Chords to add Colour to your Chord Progressions
- How to use Suspended Chords to add Colour & Interest to your Chord Progressions - 6:19
- How to use Diatonic Chords to add Colour & Interest to your Chord Progressions - 5:24
- Modulation
- Definition of Modulation & Using the 5 and 1 Chords to Modulate - 7:38
- How to use the Dominant 7th & 1 Chords to modulate from one Major Key to another - 6:23
- Using the 2, Dominant 7th and 1 Chords to modulate from one Major Key to another - 4:13
- How to use Common Chord/Chords between Keys to Modulate - 2:48
- How to use the 2-5-1 Chords in a Key to Modulate - 2:20
- Cadences
- What is a Cadence & What is the Imperfect Authentic Cadence - 7:50
- The Perfect Authentic Cadence - 4:26
- The Plagal Cadence - 2:18
- The Deceptive Cadence - 2:39
- The Half Cadence - 3:14
- How to use Suspended Chords and Diminished Chords
- How to use Suspended Chords - 8:06
- How to use a Diminished 7th Chord to modulate into a new Key - 5:11
- How to use a Diminished Chord and a Diminished 7th Chord - 4:57
- Improvisation (filling the empty Spaces in Songs with Piano runs, Licks & Riffs)
- How to use Licks, Riffs and Arpeggios to fill in the empty spaces in Songs - 8:54
- How to use Piano runs to fill in the empty spaces in Songs - 9:46
- Using non-diatonic Chords to add colour to your Chord Progressions
- Using non-diatonic Chords to add colour to your Chord Progressions - 11:10
- More on using non-diatonic Chords to add colour to your Chord Progressions - 9:21
- Using a non-diatonic Augmented Major 7th Chord to add colour - 8:02
- Slash Chords
- Slash Chords - 7:00
- The Sustain Pedal
- How to use the Sustain Pedal - 8:57
- How to use Music to create different Atmospheres
- How to use Music to create different Atmospheres - 20:11
- Part 2 of How to use Music to create different Atmospheres - 7:39
- Diminished Triad Chords Create Tension - 3:04
- How to find the key of a song
- How to find the key of a song (Part 1) - 20:21
- How to find the key of a song (Part 2) - 12:00
- Part 3 of how to find the Key of a Song - 17:46
- More on finding the Key of a Song - 13:39
- Extended Chords
- Extended Intervals - 16:03
- 9th Chords - 7:38
- 11th Chords - 3:23
- 13th Chords - 3:08
- Playing an extended Chord without playing all the notes that make up the Chord - 7:34
- Using Both Hands to play 9th, 11th and 13th Chords - 2:12
- More about 9th, 11th and 13th Chords - 9:11
- Chord Voicings and How to use 9th, 11th and 13th Chords
- Chord Voicings and How to use 9th, 11th and 13th Chords - 14:09
- Altered Chords
- What is an altered Chord? - 8:31
- An example of how to use an Altered Chord - 6:41
- Modes
- Definition of Modes - 17:05
- The Ionian, Dorian and the Phrygian modes - 11:31
- The Lydian and the Mixolydian modes - 15:07
- The Aeolian and the Locrian modes - 7:10
- Other types of Scales
- The Whole-Half Octatonic Scale - 4:58
- The Half-Whole Octatonic Scale - 3:12
- The Whole-Tone Scale - 2:28
- Lydian Dominant Scale - 9:19
- The Classification of Modes into Major and Minor Modes
- Part 1 of the Classification of Modes into Major and Minor Modes - 19:02
- Part 2 of the Classification of Modes into Major and Minor Modes - 7:16
- Using Modes for Songwriting - 20:29
- Improvising with Modes
- Improvising with Major Modes - 8:54
- Improvising with Minor Modes - 5:00
- Conclusion
- Conclusion - 5:02
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