@Varniontheblack - There isn't a video of the song, but I have posted a full mp3 hi-rez version of it on iTunes. Do a search for "Piano Lessons" and you'll see our podcast. Thanks! David Sprunger
you know, this is my first time playing piano and I feel really creative just doing my own voicings instead of trying to play other songs. and like you said, you have to understand music in order to feel comortable.
Would you consider chord voicing to be the "next chapter" after chord construction? I've learned the Major/minor scales and created some chords but they sound stale. I've noticed that "bigger" chords tend to sound full, better -- phat. Could it be the the concept of voicing in play?
@miyaplay - Great question. Actually, you're right. The e natural minor scale only has one sharp (f#). However, the ninth is the same in both the major and natural minor scale, so the illustration is still correct, but I think I could have been more clear by playing the minor scale. Good eye!
Hi! Maybe this would be a very stupid question but I'm really confused at one point (around 4:00) that you said it was an e minor but when you were counting to the ninth(which is a F sharp), that was an E Major scale isn't it?( If I catched it right you made 4 sharps). I was wondering if that's an e minor, why didn't you play the e minor scale (only one sharp) to the ninth?... I'm very beginner so if it is a stupid question please help me out.... Thanks a lot!!!
Hi! I just wanted to say that this is the video that made me buy your lessons (just ordered it a few minutes ago). I finally understood what phat chords are after seeing this video.
Let's say that I perfectly memorized Em scale but my hands are too slow to play such nice runs you did...I need to go very slowly and I start to wonder how many days,weeks,months it will take to be at your level and that's only about Em and where's the rest...?:) I should probably practice for at least 2-3h daily which is beyond my possibilities:/
@MyPassionsss - I'm working about an average of and hour and a half per day. When I was young, being made to practice, it was work. But now, I can't get enough of it! Kind of like a great comment that I heard this weekend - "Love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life." :) Best wishes - David Sprunger
@MyPassionsss That's some very good advice by piano9899! Also remember that if you're getting stuck like you're saying, forget it and play other stuff for the time being. Then, after a few weeks or months you should be generally better, and hopefully be able to play what you couldn't before. Nowadays, when I play the stuff I used to play ages ago, I am much better at playing them, because meanwhile my general ability has been slowly increasing, you see?!
@MyPassionsss Days, weeks, months? You mean years. It takes time but it is well well worth it, dont give up because of a time constraint, if music is really a passion of yours then go for it! Plus memorization has shortcuts it just takes time to learn them all!
@MyPassionsss dude....try to learn guitar with that same attitude....eventually after a year or two of hard ass practice.......you just start to open up......you realize you only like a couple of keys......other people can use the rest of the instrument .... but once you learn how a couple of them work....memorizing stuff in an unusual (to yourself) one gets easy and lets you find some new interesting self-style....................keys are the awesomest...HIROMI UEHARA FOREVER!!! lol...he he....
@piano9899 windsong...that's what caught me.....i was 22 (4 years ago), cable jazz station, the song just stood out.... but Mr. Sprunger, you' are just as amazing to me as she is. You should cover that song!!! windsong!!! I would die to get taught that song. no pressure. lol.
@piano9899 i wouldn't be watching your stuff if i didn't love it..............cover windsong....i hear the chord that starts the song; in this video.....i wish my soul was as beautiful as yours.you rock Mr.Sprunger!
@MyPassionsss This might help. I started learning the keyboard (using a church organ then, a piano) with barely 10-15 minutes, 3x a wk & occasionally, I'd have about an hour on wk-ends. Age 15. At age 18, I had an average of 30minutes 4days/wk, & an hour on wk-ends. And, no teacher. I observed: tv, listened to radio, watched pianists, read books. But, every moment w/ the instrument was just an opportunity to become more expressive. It wasn't ever work to me. I had no personal keyboard/piano.
Hi could you PLEASE put up a tutorial on how to play "The man from snowy river" theme song? PLEASE!? i would LOVE to learn it, and my mom wants me to too.
Basing on what you just showed here I have to add that you absolutely must be fluent with chords and SCALES:) Let's get that last,voiced Em - you played it so gently and quickly which most beginners simply can't do because they even don't know how Em scale is build...It takes TONS of time and practice to get there:)
man, you should talk as you play the chords, not before that. people aren't that retarded in 2010! and i hope to God that YouTubers will edit their vids so they don't have meaningless loooooong boring intros before the actual lesson of a HOW TO vid +_+
@piano9899 Your THE best contemporary pianist ive heard. Im glad the Lord has given you not only the ability to play but to teach as well. God bless. Just curious are you using an accoustic piano for these videos? If so it must be a Steinway sound great:) Thanks for putting this up.
SORRY bout this guys am new to piano! so i saw you play your major scale... but the chord your playing has a note off da scale which is the 3rd in that e minor chord... can any of you guys give ah little heads up of what his doing and the logic behind that??
@hereinweymouth i've never seen a "white" person in my life!! i'm Italian by blood, but 100% American by birth
can you send me a picture of a "white person". white is much brighter than the background color you see here on YouTube ;) and don't give me crap about white not being a color, bcuz it is! LOL
@hereinweymouth i've never seen a "white" person in my life!! i'm Italian by blood, but 100% American by birth
can you send me a picture of a "white person". white is much brighter than the background color you see here on YouTube ;) and don't give me crap about white not being a color, bcuz it is! LOL
@eViLDoN96 - I've posted a lesson titled Blues Chapter 15 that goes through that intro note for note. I tried to post the link here for you, but YouTube seems to block the links. Instead, type "Piano Blues 15" into the search bar (without quotes) and you'll see it. All the best - David Sprunger
Your video is great! I wonder how and where you mount the camera. I've been trying to shoot a bird-eye view on piano but with no success, if you're willing to give some camera tips that would be great.
Hello - We've got a rolling track in the studio above the keyboard. It has to be completely seperate in it's mounting, or the playing of the keys can shake the camera! (especially if you're jamming on the blues... ha) DSprunger
@davidtheguitarman - I do arpeggiate the voicing at the end of the video, but the voicing in this video is an 'open' voicing, different from a standard root-position 'closed' voicing (that can also be arpeggiated)
There similar more or less. The way i look at it (and some many others) is that the guitar is just a piano.. but with strings as its keys (vice versa)
Absolutely. Just make sure the keyboard is "touch-sensitive" as well as "weighted". Check out our website top menu. Go to 'View All Lessons' > 'More Piano Lessons' > 'What Keyboard should I buy?'
This will help soooooo much in writing music. I always over complicate mine and just write it to sound how I sing the melody. This should help me sooooooo much! :D thank you
So pretty much if you know chord "voicings" you can pretty much take any hear a song, as long as you know the right melodies and chords, you can play it right on the spot. That would be so convenient. Im about to go practice this thing
could you put on here how to play someone to love you by ruff endz... i have been learning how to play from using your videos and i have just been dying to learn this song.... please and thank you
You should have also mentioned that a nine chord is a chord with the second tone of the scale added on top of the note 'stack'. 9 is said so it is understood that its added on top, not after the 1.
Hi EliKilby - Thanks for your comment. Actually, the 9th doesn't have to be positioned in any particular order in the chord stack. Typically it is, but when a chord is "voiced", it can be played in absolutely any location. The qualifier that makes it the 9th (instead of the 2nd) is that the 7th is present. Best - David Sprunger
The Corpus Collosum is the wiring between the left and right hemispheres of our brain. We have the capacity to create algorithms that 'teach' us to react independently between lobes. Try this: take a piece of paper and a pencil or pen. place the paper just outside of your view, but positioned so that you can draw. Now look at an object and draw it. You will feel the pull(or desire) to look at your work, but DON'T. That 'pull' is your dual brain. One side works, while the other critiques.Cool?
Look you don't need piano lessons that's a waste of money. Just look up lessons online. I just started playing piano religiously in january. I'm getting there and you will too. Don't ever doubt yourself.
Lessons are useful in approving your individual technique and bettering your knowledge of music theory, but you can certainly learn how to play to some level from online tutorials like this
while it's true that you CAN learn with JUST free internet lessons, with private lessons you will ALWAYS get better quicker, provided that you have a good teacher.
The only difference is explanation, level and the fact that u have to show every week what u have practiced...2 of these u can cover with internet and if ur lucky u can get the level u need as well :)
I have looked all over for a video of the song "rainin on a sunday" by keith urban on piano, sheet music or even just a reguler video lesson about it wojuld help could u help me out plz message back.
This program changed my whole life. I am classically trained, and having both is essential for ALL reasons. I am so happy, other than it took me a whole week to do 3 octave blues scales and am still struggling with the left hand - and I'm only in the key of C. Great stuff, David....
piano is my "mothertongue" so to speak... any other instrument will be harder because i am naturally fluent in piano.. i think thats maybe why its always harder to play a new instrument :D
I know that piano is harder than guitar except for verry beginners because of one major difference. guitars are verry easy to improvise with. piano errors are verry noticeable
i guess you make a point. i play both piano and guitar, im better at guitar. i guess its different for different people, because i find it easyer to inprovise with a piano. its all about what your better at, there is no fact for which is harder.
I'd say fat in a musical sense means FULL and umm ROUND, as in like whole.. like theres a very nice mixture of frequencies.. not just highs but lows and highs and mids and there seems to be no end, that makes music FAT or "phat" heh either way a fat sound is a musically whole sound..
I've been around music all of my life, what I saw here was one of the best examples of how to emprovise, and express what music is trying to communicate. I'll be using this information to sharpen what little skill I have. Thank you!!!
I don't even play... I'm just watching this guy play... He's amazing
Ford4Lyfe7 8 months ago
i thought he meant fat as in big and full sounding
thomasfk09 9 months ago
you need to take some time to link ur videos from chapter 1-67 .. in that order to all 67 of your videos. that wud be convenient
elibust 9 months ago
good job
geetarxist 9 months ago
I got a blues vieo n my channel
LesGilman 9 months ago
Alsome lessons! These voicings really change completely the hole mood of the songs you are playing.
I just can't find anywhere that song you played in chapter 2 "When the morning comes".
Coud you answer me with a link for a video of that song? Plz
Varniontheblack 10 months ago
@Varniontheblack - There isn't a video of the song, but I have posted a full mp3 hi-rez version of it on iTunes. Do a search for "Piano Lessons" and you'll see our podcast. Thanks! David Sprunger
piano9899 10 months ago
This is good Bro!
detlefshremph 10 months ago
NICE
goodgooglegoo 11 months ago
very good you make it simple for people to learn, and you show them for free very cool!
scottamuis 11 months ago
thats a legit lesson
al3xb777 11 months ago
This is great David! Your instructions are so clear.....just like a picture! Thanks!
blkfyre99 11 months ago
thanks David! beautifully clear presentation!
diggah9 1 year ago
Lol @ the use of Mad World in this video
Sputnikm19 1 year ago
I just ordered the whole bundle lessons. Sounds like a great program.
toml71 1 year ago
Is there an specific book where I can learn something like this ?
1minidisco 1 year ago
that was phat!
danielkimdjk 1 year ago
what song 0:10 ?
727N1221804 1 year ago
awesome lessons, thanks so much!
pabloarruda 1 year ago
werd. im bout to lay down some phat beats
valax300 1 year ago
you know, this is my first time playing piano and I feel really creative just doing my own voicings instead of trying to play other songs. and like you said, you have to understand music in order to feel comortable.
suruxcv 1 year ago
awesome
nowsuperman 1 year ago
What a great vid! You have a way of presenting complex musical concepts in a very easy to understand way.
easychords123 1 year ago
Would you consider chord voicing to be the "next chapter" after chord construction? I've learned the Major/minor scales and created some chords but they sound stale. I've noticed that "bigger" chords tend to sound full, better -- phat. Could it be the the concept of voicing in play?
MasterThief1324 1 year ago
Where can i buy your tutorials....helpppp
mickeymickey007 1 year ago
@miyaplay - Great question. Actually, you're right. The e natural minor scale only has one sharp (f#). However, the ninth is the same in both the major and natural minor scale, so the illustration is still correct, but I think I could have been more clear by playing the minor scale. Good eye!
piano9899 1 year ago
Hi! Maybe this would be a very stupid question but I'm really confused at one point (around 4:00) that you said it was an e minor but when you were counting to the ninth(which is a F sharp), that was an E Major scale isn't it?( If I catched it right you made 4 sharps). I was wondering if that's an e minor, why didn't you play the e minor scale (only one sharp) to the ninth?... I'm very beginner so if it is a stupid question please help me out.... Thanks a lot!!!
miyaplay 1 year ago
thnx for the free lesson sir...
it gives me great idea..
nuxytah 1 year ago
COOL....!
martyekk25 1 year ago
Hi! I just wanted to say that this is the video that made me buy your lessons (just ordered it a few minutes ago). I finally understood what phat chords are after seeing this video.
actioncatcher 1 year ago
how long is each chapter in terms of time?
Babeh77 1 year ago
I bought this course...Amazing . thanks mate..again thanks, you are a piano genius.
dhariken 1 year ago
So this does only work with minor chords? And isn't it difficult to play a right hand with only 3 notes
Gfromdastreet 1 year ago
So this does only work with minor chords?
And isn't it difficult to only use 3 notes in the right hand?
Gfromdastreet 1 year ago
Let's say that I perfectly memorized Em scale but my hands are too slow to play such nice runs you did...I need to go very slowly and I start to wonder how many days,weeks,months it will take to be at your level and that's only about Em and where's the rest...?:) I should probably practice for at least 2-3h daily which is beyond my possibilities:/
MyPassionsss 1 year ago
@MyPassionsss - I'm working about an average of and hour and a half per day. When I was young, being made to practice, it was work. But now, I can't get enough of it! Kind of like a great comment that I heard this weekend - "Love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life." :) Best wishes - David Sprunger
piano9899 1 year ago 5
@MyPassionsss That's some very good advice by piano9899! Also remember that if you're getting stuck like you're saying, forget it and play other stuff for the time being. Then, after a few weeks or months you should be generally better, and hopefully be able to play what you couldn't before. Nowadays, when I play the stuff I used to play ages ago, I am much better at playing them, because meanwhile my general ability has been slowly increasing, you see?!
Rich7714 1 year ago
@MyPassionsss Days, weeks, months? You mean years. It takes time but it is well well worth it, dont give up because of a time constraint, if music is really a passion of yours then go for it! Plus memorization has shortcuts it just takes time to learn them all!
askaninja6 1 year ago
@MyPassionsss dude....try to learn guitar with that same attitude....eventually after a year or two of hard ass practice.......you just start to open up......you realize you only like a couple of keys......other people can use the rest of the instrument .... but once you learn how a couple of them work....memorizing stuff in an unusual (to yourself) one gets easy and lets you find some new interesting self-style....................keys are the awesomest...HIROMI UEHARA FOREVER!!! lol...he he....
jareds1007 1 year ago
@jareds1007 - HIROMI - o yes that girl can ROCK! (and she laughs while playing the most outrageous lines on the piano- so cool)
piano9899 1 year ago
@piano9899 windsong...that's what caught me.....i was 22 (4 years ago), cable jazz station, the song just stood out.... but Mr. Sprunger, you' are just as amazing to me as she is. You should cover that song!!! windsong!!! I would die to get taught that song. no pressure. lol.
jareds1007 11 months ago
@piano9899 i wouldn't be watching your stuff if i didn't love it..............cover windsong....i hear the chord that starts the song; in this video.....i wish my soul was as beautiful as yours.you rock Mr.Sprunger!
jareds1007 11 months ago
@MyPassionsss This might help. I started learning the keyboard (using a church organ then, a piano) with barely 10-15 minutes, 3x a wk & occasionally, I'd have about an hour on wk-ends. Age 15. At age 18, I had an average of 30minutes 4days/wk, & an hour on wk-ends. And, no teacher. I observed: tv, listened to radio, watched pianists, read books. But, every moment w/ the instrument was just an opportunity to become more expressive. It wasn't ever work to me. I had no personal keyboard/piano.
Mannheim67 10 months ago
LOL PHAT.. it means excellent and great.
so funny
djkocisi 1 year ago
2:30!
maty7976321 1 year ago
....Very Pink Floyd-Style....but excellent!
Andyrugaz 1 year ago
....Very Pink Floyd-Style....but excellent!
Andyrugaz 1 year ago
Complimenti...bellissimo!!!!
Roberto.
robertocasijazz 1 year ago
The open chords explaination was VERY helpful, thank you!!!
avondale31 1 year ago
Hi could you PLEASE put up a tutorial on how to play "The man from snowy river" theme song? PLEASE!? i would LOVE to learn it, and my mom wants me to too.
:)
honeybunches10 1 year ago
do people still say 'phat'??
Dragonflamz 1 year ago
do people still say 'phat'??
Dragonflamz 1 year ago
this guy is awesome
imakery 1 year ago
Basing on what you just showed here I have to add that you absolutely must be fluent with chords and SCALES:) Let's get that last,voiced Em - you played it so gently and quickly which most beginners simply can't do because they even don't know how Em scale is build...It takes TONS of time and practice to get there:)
MyPassionsss 1 year ago
man, you should talk as you play the chords, not before that. people aren't that retarded in 2010! and i hope to God that YouTubers will edit their vids so they don't have meaningless loooooong boring intros before the actual lesson of a HOW TO vid +_+
play! play! play! get to it already
lol
upNyaBizznizz 1 year ago
One word: GREAT!!!
:-)
gosasan 1 year ago
One word: GREAT!!!
:-)
gosasan 1 year ago
whats the name of the song at 0:20?
hbfanatics1993 1 year ago
whats the name of the song at 0:20?
hbfanatics1993 1 year ago
whats the name of the song at 0:20?
hbfanatics1993 1 year ago
whats the name of the song at 0:20?
hbfanatics1993 1 year ago
whats the name of the song at 0.20?
hbfanatics1993 1 year ago
whats the name of the song at 0.20?
hbfanatics1993 1 year ago
He really owns the board don't he?
1800tellmama 1 year ago
I don't play piano, but your lesson makes me wish I did...love the sounds
MrExcogitate 1 year ago
I don't play piano, but your lesson makes me wish I did...love the sounds
MrExcogitate 1 year ago
How can I keep a beat with my left hand?
ydrjtt 1 year ago
I bought this course. It's been wonderful. It's nice to just be able to sit at a piano and make music. Thanks Piano9899!
MattieSongbird 1 year ago 6
Hi Mattie - I'm so very honored to be a part of making you smile at the keyboard! :) Best wishes - David Sprunger
piano9899 1 year ago 3
@piano9899 Your THE best contemporary pianist ive heard. Im glad the Lord has given you not only the ability to play but to teach as well. God bless. Just curious are you using an accoustic piano for these videos? If so it must be a Steinway sound great:) Thanks for putting this up.
MrJackanthony 1 year ago
SORRY bout this guys am new to piano! so i saw you play your major scale... but the chord your playing has a note off da scale which is the 3rd in that e minor chord... can any of you guys give ah little heads up of what his doing and the logic behind that??
DdRuMt 1 year ago
It is either a "blue note" from the blues scale or it's the 7th 9th or 11th
HybridDragons 1 year ago
I'm glad he explained "phat" for white people hahaha
Superbradman1 1 year ago 47
Our daughter told us "phat" means "pretty hot and tasty." We are white people.
hereinweymouth 1 year ago
@hereinweymouth i've never seen a "white" person in my life!! i'm Italian by blood, but 100% American by birth
can you send me a picture of a "white person". white is much brighter than the background color you see here on YouTube ;) and don't give me crap about white not being a color, bcuz it is! LOL
upNyaBizznizz 1 year ago
@hereinweymouth i've never seen a "white" person in my life!! i'm Italian by blood, but 100% American by birth
can you send me a picture of a "white person". white is much brighter than the background color you see here on YouTube ;) and don't give me crap about white not being a color, bcuz it is! LOL
upNyaBizznizz 1 year ago
@Superbradman1
I'm white and I already knew what phat was...
ydrjtt 1 year ago
Please make a tutorial on how to play selfish by Nikki Flores. PLEASE!!!!!!
NikkiFloresFanClub 1 year ago
what is the link for learn your intro???????????/
plz ans3rrrr!!
eViLDoN96 1 year ago
@eViLDoN96 - I've posted a lesson titled Blues Chapter 15 that goes through that intro note for note. I tried to post the link here for you, but YouTube seems to block the links. Instead, type "Piano Blues 15" into the search bar (without quotes) and you'll see it. All the best - David Sprunger
piano9899 1 year ago
ok thnk u so mucccccch!
eViLDoN96 1 year ago
nice
edmejia 1 year ago
Your video is great! I wonder how and where you mount the camera. I've been trying to shoot a bird-eye view on piano but with no success, if you're willing to give some camera tips that would be great.
wiwi10191019 1 year ago
Hello - We've got a rolling track in the studio above the keyboard. It has to be completely seperate in it's mounting, or the playing of the keys can shake the camera! (especially if you're jamming on the blues... ha) DSprunger
piano9899 1 year ago
I've written a lot of arrangements and this is a really good lesson.
sludgefingers 1 year ago
Fabulous. Thank you for this.
Jamie19681968 1 year ago
the voicing is just a simple arpeggio
davidtheguitarman 2 years ago
@davidtheguitarman - I do arpeggiate the voicing at the end of the video, but the voicing in this video is an 'open' voicing, different from a standard root-position 'closed' voicing (that can also be arpeggiated)
piano9899 2 years ago
Do the guitar and piano similar or something ? cause i play guitar from 5 years ago now i would like to learn piano!
realjuvelive 2 years ago
@realjuvelive
There similar more or less. The way i look at it (and some many others) is that the guitar is just a piano.. but with strings as its keys (vice versa)
crazyghetto978818 2 years ago
can i learn piano using a keyboard??
21Placebo 2 years ago
Absolutely. Just make sure the keyboard is "touch-sensitive" as well as "weighted". Check out our website top menu. Go to 'View All Lessons' > 'More Piano Lessons' > 'What Keyboard should I buy?'
piano9899 2 years ago
You Rock!
SuperSarah1994 2 years ago
thanks for articulate what you're saying, i'm french and that is one of the rare video that i can understand whole.
thanks
funkrock94 2 years ago 2
4:02 12345678 NINEEEEE
idleminds1 2 years ago 12
do some chubby chords
idleminds1 2 years ago 6
Oh my goodness. I just became fat from watching this piano theory video... :O
CerealRabbit 2 years ago
phat....fat lol
iluvgreatdanes 2 years ago 2
rich phat and delicious hhaahah
theskankinponch 2 years ago
This will help soooooo much in writing music. I always over complicate mine and just write it to sound how I sing the melody. This should help me sooooooo much! :D thank you
Swapp01 2 years ago
Loved the lesson. Great production values too! Very professional.
humphrey473 2 years ago
うまいですね♪
catimmi 2 years ago 3
nice job dude
chicklet642 2 years ago
I'm skinny but my fingers are fat from playing piano.
HuntersHuntDickTwo 2 years ago 2
Piano Hands Are Tricky
PHAT o ya i made that up
bianchikyle 2 years ago
This way of "Voicing" chords is very easy to learn. As i see u hands move freely i am so amazed with your flow.
acts238ful 2 years ago
hey Thank you man !
I love this !!!
of course it's not that simple !
but at least it's simple enough to understand !
really do love it !! thank you !!
guitareric 2 years ago 2
greattttttt thank you so much for sharing this!
plasticPlaystation 2 years ago 3
now that was just morbidly obese :D
ernieisag 2 years ago 5
Rich, fat & delicious - a huh huh...
arachnoblaster 2 years ago 13
phat was this!
Edge3x 2 years ago 3
the music reminds me of build mode from the sims 1 :]
Rabbyadam 2 years ago 6
that was phat
KevinCrownFord 2 years ago 3
that was PHAT!!
iDissectMusic 2 years ago 3
Thanks! Very pretty - i'm gonna play around with this till it comes naturally and then go on to chapter two :) - Thanks for posting this!
szfehler 2 years ago
So pretty much if you know chord "voicings" you can pretty much take any hear a song, as long as you know the right melodies and chords, you can play it right on the spot. That would be so convenient. Im about to go practice this thing
4thKyuubi 2 years ago 2
i liked it thank you alot it really was fun to learn :)
MrSlevinkelevra13 2 years ago
damn i wish i could play like that
spicychickenwing 2 years ago
man that was really phat
funkysock321 2 years ago 23
3:58 "It also includes that 'what is it?' note.
What is that note?? One-tw-the-fo-fiv-six-seveneight Niiine"
heh man you're amazing
yoyoty88 2 years ago
i love ur voice its so soothing
XXnublinglolXX 2 years ago
your fat
Aaron5644189 2 years ago
really good
myanjuganta 2 years ago
Hey im a very famous Pianist and this is a really good video!!
oh by the way My name is Beethoven you might of heard my name.
YosefSkato 2 years ago
his piano is in a dif key.
Erikolson99 2 years ago
Awesome lessons learning made easy just need plenty of practice!!!
4wheeljive 2 years ago 3
I am a composer and blues and jazz sax player and teacher presently learning blues and jazz piano. This is the best video series I have come across
ZeroZaz 2 years ago 2
I'm trying to learn how to play! But i cant!
Devangles101 2 years ago 2
how do you play the song in the intro?!? i wanna learn to play that man!
extra330Sweet 2 years ago 34
will you be doing any tutorials for R&B chords / piano ??
vansingh 2 years ago
Pft. Why would you want that? :P
SwiftysMedia 2 years ago
could you put on here how to play someone to love you by ruff endz... i have been learning how to play from using your videos and i have just been dying to learn this song.... please and thank you
poohbaby3294 2 years ago
good job! Im gonna take a beginner's class at city college of san francisco and Im just excited and wanted to learn fasssst! LOL [=
vonroca17 2 years ago
You should have also mentioned that a nine chord is a chord with the second tone of the scale added on top of the note 'stack'. 9 is said so it is understood that its added on top, not after the 1.
EliKilby 2 years ago
Hi EliKilby - Thanks for your comment. Actually, the 9th doesn't have to be positioned in any particular order in the chord stack. Typically it is, but when a chord is "voiced", it can be played in absolutely any location. The qualifier that makes it the 9th (instead of the 2nd) is that the 7th is present. Best - David Sprunger
piano9899 2 years ago
I wasnt saying that it has to be, I'm saying you should have mentioned that the 9th is also the second.
EliKilby 2 years ago
Ahh - got it. Sorry I misunderstood. You're right - it is exactly the same note as the 2nd.
piano9899 2 years ago
the hard part in piano is playing with both hands playind different notes tried it my hands wanted to syncronize but that didnt sound rigt
hellbomb29 2 years ago
The Corpus Collosum is the wiring between the left and right hemispheres of our brain. We have the capacity to create algorithms that 'teach' us to react independently between lobes. Try this: take a piece of paper and a pencil or pen. place the paper just outside of your view, but positioned so that you can draw. Now look at an object and draw it. You will feel the pull(or desire) to look at your work, but DON'T. That 'pull' is your dual brain. One side works, while the other critiques.Cool?
hartistry1957 2 years ago
Piano is sure not easy to learn!
I wanted to have Piano lessons. Will it be okay even though Im 16 years old?
sxyme03 2 years ago 2
heh u can learn at any age
lilanglev 2 years ago 2
yeah
popcorn10124 2 years ago
Dude you can start at any age man!
oliverandm 2 years ago 2
Look you don't need piano lessons that's a waste of money. Just look up lessons online. I just started playing piano religiously in january. I'm getting there and you will too. Don't ever doubt yourself.
SlamTheLabel 2 years ago 31
I don't agree...
LazyHammond91 2 years ago
hell yeah
skiddlecrumms 2 years ago 2
Lessons are useful in approving your individual technique and bettering your knowledge of music theory, but you can certainly learn how to play to some level from online tutorials like this
kalikovisionmaster 2 years ago
while it's true that you CAN learn with JUST free internet lessons, with private lessons you will ALWAYS get better quicker, provided that you have a good teacher.
Absolutezero132 2 years ago 3
But I want David Sprunger to teach me BOOHOO!
Xylence 2 years ago
How the heck did I get thums down haha! I bought all the lessons so screw you guys!
Xylence 2 years ago
who is David Sprunger?
P3ngu1nFaN10 2 years ago
me :)
piano9899 2 years ago
The guy in this video... Yeah.. I bought the lessons, they're pretty good specially for beginners.
Xylence 2 years ago 2
The only difference is explanation, level and the fact that u have to show every week what u have practiced...2 of these u can cover with internet and if ur lucky u can get the level u need as well :)
CommanderCody88 2 years ago
that first chord passage sounds like it's from Final Fantasy 7 when your in sector 7 the slums
classyjazzy007 2 years ago
I just found the play list for this. I'll have to favor it.
thanks Dove
Doveofsnow 2 years ago
wow that's amazing ..
i'm silly i know .. but i want chiquitita song notes .. can you help me ..
(( Abba - Chiquitita ))
thnnx alot .. i hope you can help me *
mezoOna 2 years ago
That was really good... Thank you I think I can learn a lot here...
Doveofsnow 2 years ago
This is amazing! (Though I've seen this video about five times)!!!
Xylence 2 years ago
I have looked all over for a video of the song "rainin on a sunday" by keith urban on piano, sheet music or even just a reguler video lesson about it wojuld help could u help me out plz message back.
kittyfinatic1 2 years ago
this thing is awesome i love piano it rocks i really cool
chocolate7856321 2 years ago 2
This program changed my whole life. I am classically trained, and having both is essential for ALL reasons. I am so happy, other than it took me a whole week to do 3 octave blues scales and am still struggling with the left hand - and I'm only in the key of C. Great stuff, David....
Sara
Sarie2727 2 years ago 2
piano is my "mothertongue" so to speak... any other instrument will be harder because i am naturally fluent in piano.. i think thats maybe why its always harder to play a new instrument :D
NGstalagmite 2 years ago
There is no instrument harder to play than the other.
4thKyuubi 2 years ago
I know that piano is harder than guitar except for verry beginners because of one major difference. guitars are verry easy to improvise with. piano errors are verry noticeable
MedivalEngineer 2 years ago
lol really? its the other way around for me....i self taught piano....but guitar i find it alot harder...
6leafdom 2 years ago
i guess you make a point. i play both piano and guitar, im better at guitar. i guess its different for different people, because i find it easyer to inprovise with a piano. its all about what your better at, there is no fact for which is harder.
MarkxxM 2 years ago
I learned a lot in that brief period of time thank you.
RachelleLang1 2 years ago
whats the song at the beginning????
TruthCrew 2 years ago
I write music lyrics, have learned the keys and how to play a chord but, these videos will make my piano skills way better.
You got skills!
PrettyGirlMusicLover 2 years ago
I'd say fat in a musical sense means FULL and umm ROUND, as in like whole.. like theres a very nice mixture of frequencies.. not just highs but lows and highs and mids and there seems to be no end, that makes music FAT or "phat" heh either way a fat sound is a musically whole sound..
spongah 2 years ago
excellent lesson .... guitar is harder to lean at first but way easier to play after a while
aussiedavy 2 years ago
this is fat! lol
Parallax59 2 years ago
is this an 88 or 61 piano?
tsume184 2 years ago
I've been around music all of my life, what I saw here was one of the best examples of how to emprovise, and express what music is trying to communicate. I'll be using this information to sharpen what little skill I have. Thank you!!!
onyxone144 2 years ago
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 niiiiiiineeee!!
chiliberten 2 years ago 2
"aye man, that was really phat" lmao!!!
WitX916 2 years ago 2
I like it! Thanks!
phaikgek 2 years ago
Dang, you've got skill. I just learned petitchien and I thought that was hard!!!
Gp4501 2 years ago 3
This guy has skills
Nosam09 2 years ago 12