Sliding Off the Black Notes - Grace notes and Blues Notes - Chords 101

http://fastpianolessons.com for the Chords 101 course and the rest of the videos! Plus help from me on the blog :)

This is a really cool trick you won't find in classical music! Jazz, Blues and Country music thrive on these quick grace notes though. It's really pretty easy if you use the right fingering.. so this lesson shouldn't take you longer than 3 or 4 minutes to watch and then practice!

On major chords slide off the flat 3rd.
On minor chords you want to slide off the sharp fourth note.
There isn't much else to add other than that!

Check out the blog for some of the blue scale notation examples.

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[puckett456]

you have helped me soooo much. thanks a lot.  margie

[chrismarx85]

Thanks margie! for all the kind comments :)

[showbowt]

hey chrismarx thank you for sharing all of your knowledge in playing piano..im a beginner and i really learn most of my piano playing on youtube..more power to you guys who share and teach us how to play the piano

[chrismarx85]

Its a lot of fun! You have to do the hard work too by learning the songs :)

[GodIsMyAntiDrug]

Chopstix! A friend of mine told me I have to go to the one in Tacoma with him if I ever make it up that way.

"Who knows, you may be playing too much Classical or something." Hahaha. Oh, Chris.

[chrismarx85]

heaven forbid!

Recently i've been playing in the seattle one more. Be sure and say hello!

[Dawnseekerz]

I love it, thanks man!

[Nolyrain92]

Wow and you're jus improvisng, sounds cool

[beauxboro]

you've helped me sooo much...thank you so much!

[phoneke]

Ahhhh... the black note. It feels so good.

[EliteSniperFMJ]

i dont even play piano but that gives me hope ...i just dont have 2 hand coordination enough to play chords and complex stuff with my right hand...practice i guess i might get a keyboard and start :)

[mattshane]

Don't don't worry I am used to using my middle finger.

[claitontesch]

I love the blues

[APOCALIPSISUNOOCHO]

esay but so helpfulllll

[hippiechickie18]

The tune at 1:15 sounds familiar... is it Pink Panther?

[narwhal102]

THANK U THANK U THANK U!!!!! :D