How to Play Piano Chord Melody. Piano Chord Progressions.
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OMG, finally someone explained this beautifully. It took all these years for me to find someone to open my eyes to how I have always wanted to hear myself play. Thank you so much, you are God sent.
Very good explanation, the best guide line
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Nah bro' it's for beginners.
Yes, It is concert pianist level
whoa, man, these are some pretty advanced concepts, i did not think i was ready for this, but it seems i'm getting everything here, it's easy to understand with you teaching it. you've got yourself a new subscriber.
What he’s teaching is an advanced technique that assumes you know rhythm, some theory, and can perform scales, chords, extensions, and inversions in both hands in your sleep. No way you get all that in this clip. So it’ll be somewhat frustrating for a beginner.
Yup, it is. Even though I'm slowly making my way through it, it's extremely gratifying!
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I was following the video up until the chord extensions, with all that 9s and 7s funny jazz dissonance.
Tell me about it! I'm still trying to learn, and REMEMBER basic chords! LOL!!! I thought this vid was for beginners.
Wonderful! Thank you VERY much! You're a *great* pianist and teacher :)
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This just changed music and piano for my totally!!
I don't know who to believe anymore. Because this assumed wrong method is also in a lot of books.
KENNETH STRIJDHAFTIG I have played piano My whole life. And I don't think the other technique or method is wrong, but it's good to know all methods and pick the one you think sounds the best for whatever you are playing.
KENNETH STRIJDHAFTIG +i think to say the other method of using chords in the left and a single note melody line in the right is "incorrect" is brazen to say the least. I have heard some of the most beautiful renditions of classic songs played the"incorrect" way. Especially when the pianist 'waves' the melody line by using stretch hands to play two identical melody notes an octave apart one slightly behind the other. Both ways are correct.
If you think back to the old tune "Almost Like a Song" by Ronnie Milsap, I believe that was played with simple block triads in the left hand and melody above at least for the intro. So, that technique is not "incorrect" per se. However, the instructor here is correct that the open voicings sound better generally speaking.
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Hello sir , do you have some beginning note I can used??
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Hello Mr. Dantoni, how were you able to form and play such complex chord extensions like the ones after 6:30? Could you teach us how to form those chords with ease? Thank you.
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Any thoughts?? Anybody got a method to practice the chord extensions? And tutorials... My method is to circle of fourth/fifth and practice chord extensions for all the keys... I know there are some rules on whaf chord extensions sound nice for a progression... Good method to practice?
here's a few ideas for how to learn piano
Try practicing about an hour a day, or half an hour if you are very busy.
Do more practice whenever you can. For example, on weekends you could do more than 1 hour, perhaps two or three, or even more. This is useful because it pulls you out of the routine of piano playing, and lets you practice more and perfects the pieces you play.
(I discovered about these and more from Denelle Piano Lesson site )
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omg.. i should have found this video before my few months of random improvisation. This makes so much sense. Piano is a representation of the Orchestra. Your illustration of the Chord Melody as a 3-part system is mind blowing for me. Thank you so much
Felix Lo my sentiments exactly
that was exactly what i needed to hear. i've been trying to learn piano (i come from sax world-single note at a time, 2 if i'm being fancy) and picking up piano so late in life is ... a challenge to adjust my thinking...this was perfect. thanks!
As a fan of your other videos, and as a fellow teacher, this video is not your strongest. Your explanations of the techniques use knowledge that the player would already know, given the subject you're trying to teach. In other words, any student trying to learn this subject, would not know the vocabulary building-blocks you use to explain it.
But don't misread me, you have several videos I think are very clear and a wonderful resource, thank you! This one, in my opinion, is a misstep because the way you explain the subject uses more advanced techniques/vocabulary/theory than the subject itself, if that makes sense.
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Beautiful Technique Sir.. :) I wish to learn a lot from you.. Could you please give me a link to your lessons? I hav liked, subscribed, and follow you sir..
Thank you, Mr. Dantoni, I learn so much in one video from you. Thank you for sharing your amazing piano knowledge.
This so confusing. I'm sorry. Please explain with an easier song..
The problem is that he doesn't explain how he derive the different chords to go with the melody. He simply tells you to use a C chord here, E minor there... let's put in a 7th chord there. The chords he used seemed to work and people who already have enough knowledge or chord progression will get something out of the video. For people who are new to chord progression like the rest of us, we need a much clearer explanation why a C chord would work in a specific spot and not another chord.
The song doesn't matter to the concept though. Do you at least get that Melody (highest note played with Right Hand), Bass (lowest note played with Left Hand), and filling in the chord tones with certain patterns with the left hand (1-5-1, or 1-5-3 for example), and finally a chord tone or two available with the right hand is ALL that's going on here??? If not, watch it again, and focus on not what he exactly plays during the demo songs, but the part of his playing that is the left hand (1-5-1, or 1-5-3 for example), and the melody in the highest note of the Right Hand.
Don't overcomplicate the concept. Yes, like anything it will take practice to KNOW YOUR CHORDS and CHORD TONES, but if you think about it SO MANY songs are written with 6 chords or less, AND, if you were to play them in the SAME KEY (like C Major, or for minor keys, C Minor), you would pretty quickly get familiar with these chord tones??? In other words, if you play in the key of C, you will end up playing a C chord so many times in short order, that you can hit the 1-5-1, or 1-5-3 with the left hand with your eyes closed, and from behind your back if you know what I mean.
That's it in a nutshell, it breaks down to a pretty logical and sensible approach all based on those basic elements of
FIRST, identify the Melody NOTES, and BASS NOTE, which will determine the chord (since the chords will generally come from the Key that the song is in, if one doesn't, you'll have to figure it out, or save that song for later, or look it up on line to see what the chord is)
Then LEARN YOUR CHORD VOICINGS and fill in the notes in between.
I would suggest starting by figuring out the chords for a song you like (or search for the chords for any song on the Internet, since THAT isn't copyrighted, and they're available for just about every song ever written that was popular in any way), and just start by playing the 1-5-1, or 1-5-3 (or the others he mentioned...) form of those chords with the Left Hand, while playing the melody with the right hand. Essentially, you'd be playing it sort of like the crappy way he mentioned gets taught, BUT, you'd be doing it with the proper LEFT HAND CHORD FORMS that will SET YOU UP TO LATER MOVE ON TO FILLING IN THE CHORD NOTES IN BETWEEN TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF HIS TECHNIQUE...
Play that ONE SONG OVER AND OVER that way until you can do it with YOUR EYES CLOSED ALMOST because you know the LEFT HAND CHORDS SO WELL.
Now, just starting looking for a chord tone or two to add in between them to fill out the sound. Playing it slowly, you should readily be able to make a choice of which chord tone(s) added in, make each part sound better. yes, there's some deep science to picking them, but your ear should do just fine, and again, it makes the music YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE SONG, which is a CRITICAL SKILL TO DEVELOP IN MUSIC. If everyone were going to play a song the same way (i.e. note), then you should just learn to read sheet music because that's what that does... Keep in mind, you don't have to have 7 notes always playing in the piano at the same time, that is, sometimes it makes sense to just play a note or two of the melody by itself, and then the next chord. If you understand Passing Tones, that will make sense to you.
Get it?
Oh, and forget the whole ending with Chord Extensions being used, that's way advanced for way down the road in your playing (or players read to tackle that concept, because they have MASTERED the earlier material in the video, and can pretty much play ANY SONG with the techniques covered BEFORE going over the advanced part of Chord Extensions.
Just take from that part of the video, that if you go "down this path", that's where it CAN lead if you stick with it long enough, you can master the basic chords of a song SO WELL, that you start envisioning CHORD EXTENSIONS and CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS that make the song richer, or take it in a different direction, such as a jazz voicing...
Great explanation ! I will definitly practice this way. How do you implement "voice leading" using this technique ? (the bass seems to jump pretty large gaps) How do you choose chord inversions ?
thepianoplayer416 I don't get why he mentions 1-5-3 and 1-5-b3. Aside from the fact that my left hand will never stretch far enough to play it properly, I don't see him using it. Unless he means playing 1-5 with the left hand and then 3 or b3 with the right hand.
WOW!!! This tutorial is EXCELLENT!!!!! Thank you!!!
G Major scale doesn’t have C# in it, so how can chord F#m which has C# in it be part of a song in G Major scale?
C# is the sharp 4 of G.
I found this tutorial quite inspiring! I don't know that I'd call the 2 part system "wrong" (I've been plunking along with it for years) but I must say your 3 part system sounds a lot better and will add some challenge to my old habits. We have a nice piano in the living room an after a bit of work with your system, perhaps my wife won't insist that I play the keyboard with headsets in the back room!!
Great Tutorial hope you will add PDF of this Beatles song thank you.
Thank you so much! I've been looking for something like this tri part system 💕 I'm self taught and the depth of your system is something I've been missing. I can't wait to try this 😊
You are great....because this piano-chord technique is the most powerful and effective way of playing piano...this may be an expert level but will attract every one's heart...
Please post more videos ON CHORD MELODY..
Thanks allot for sharing this info. I've subscribed and looking forward to learning allot from you.
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Federico...you are THE MAN!!! Thank you. Now I can sound like a piano player (even though I am a Bass player)
Keep making those videos.
Thank You for the very logical lesson ! Now I understand a lot more about the chord voicings (bass, tenor, alto, soprano). Also the formula (1,5,1 + third) was new and ashtonishing to me. It is now very clear, logical and I can make my own applicatios of other chords too : )
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No wonder I've been playing the wrong way all this time?
Great lesson on melody chords.. Beautiful... Lee Sept 6-2024
Maestro: in 3:51 timing of your wonderful Video "How to Play Chord Melody." you state that the Altos are in the Middle - the video illustrated the three (2) Notef of the GBD of Chord G in the middle of the Piano Board . Does that mean that you can distribute the Altos in the middle of the Piano Board the three of them G Note B Note and D Note. Do they become the Altos. Grazie. R Please answer when you can catch a second.
Trying to play my piano for 50 years by faking it by ear- you just EXPLAINED what I have ALWAYS been doing so I understand what i am doing!! THANK YOU!!!
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Good work!!!
Hey man thanks for your videos, they are incredibly helpful! I am wondering about the bit you played at 2:40... it seems to be the same chord voicing and i see 2 possible anlalyses.
1. Minor chord voicing (13, 9, b3, 5) - move the root from G to Bb to F to Ab.
2. Dominant chord voicing (3, 13, b7, 9) - move the root from C to Eb to Bb to Db
I figure it's more likely the dominant chords because of the suspenseful feeling. It sounds super cool. I'm wondering what kind of context in which this could be used? Does it have a roman numeral analysis? Is it contained (or nearly so) in a mode or key?
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I like how he bluntly says this is NOT the right way to play at the beginning. It goes against the sentiment that "there is no wrong way to play" which I also like, but I've noticed that people are taking that sentiment to new levels, promoting mediocrity and being paranoid of challenge and criticism. Thank you for not being afraid to tell people they're wrong in a world where people increasingly feel the need to be told they're right no matter what.
This is my absolute favorite educational resource for piano!
I kind of lost it after the triads, but I've been playing for 9 months, and I'll definitely keep these ideas in mind as I develop my understanding of music theory, and playing chords, harmonies and voicings. I'm a singer, too, so I'm going to have to understand what is best to play while singing the melody/lyrics. Anybody have any tips, please share, thnx!
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Good morning Mr.Dantoni.I usually get ''lost'' in details, because of my passion for details, and as a self taught/teaching musician for just about one year, I am extremely happy to have come across your tutorial.Thank you.
This video is very helpful. Thank you so much.
Way over my head, but maybe one day I will get it....
I never heard or saw an explanation about a piano as an orchestra before. I have a shortcut on the desktop of my computer, so I can see this over and over again! It is very helpful, thank you so much!!!
I wouldn't go as far to say one technique is incorrect. This is music so it's an art form of self-expression. Unless the sound is off then that's the time we say incorrect.
Indeed! It's an art form, so people will use different interpretations to express themselves artistically!
"The piano is representation of the orchestra" Sounding good is not just playing the right chords with the right melody. You also have to distribute the voices correctly to make is sound balanced. This is why voicing is important. So when he says chord + melody is incorrect, he is right. You have to play bass + chord + melody. There is many advantages playing this way, especially if you plan modifying your left hand accompagnement (changing the rythme pattern of the LH).
Fresh so it IS wrong to play melody in right hand and chord in left hand (which is 2 part system as he mentions)
I have so much to learn. I would have picked key of A not G, sigh. Because when you played the melody C#, D# and F# were included. I, still don't understand how the melody you played means the key of G. This is when I get frustrated.
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I am a regular viewer of your piano classes.Sir, I want some clarification. Please clarify whether classical music rule of parallel fifth and parallel octave will not applicable in modern left hand pattern of 1-5-8 between adjacent chord voices, as explained by you in subject video?
The Melody Needs
Good Body To Back It Up
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What You Put In
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I'm confused. I can't figure out how to manage to play notes that are out of the scale (G Major. The whole white keys right ?) naturally... Could someone give a hand with some key word to Google or something ? 'd be glad :)
amazing,great and helpful tutorial,thank you
my hands are not big enough to make that stretch for the 1-5-3.
Jamal Lasha same here. lol
Jamal Lasha the best I can do is 1 5 2. (I have more span on keyboards with smaller keys.)
Sir, I am a regular viewer of your piano classes. Please clarify-while playing modern left hand pattern 1-5-8, how I will follow the rules of parallel fifth and parallel octave in similar/contrary motion as well as unison to octave and octave to unison for consecutive chords which are forbidden in Western classical music.
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hey sky don’t even tray with out theory,at least interval arpeggio and modulations don’t need much i lessen the teacher and simplify accords to your skills, simplify and when you start remember melody apply better rhythms and timing, don’t hav to be jazzy. This guy is good and catch how much you can. Thanks
Good day Sir. I really like how you have shown how to used the four part melody. I will like master what you have just thought us. How can I get to learn such mastery? Thanks for showing us how to correctly use the piano. Thanks again. Steven
No biggie, but, on guitar, Paul played dropped down d according to Wikipedia, took me quite some effort to get exactly how he played it, which is not on music store music and lead sheets. Key of F.
Well my question would be how could I play a cool bass line at the same time while I play the chords with the proper voicing blended between two hands?
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Why g major if c# is in the melody?
It's not because of that, he used a bad example for a song.
This was excellent, thank you. I found the idea of the piano as a mini orchestra quite fascinating. I admit to being confused about a lot, but it was still very useful.
great tuto, thank you for your explications,
Hi can you teaching more about melody bass chord lessons. For me LH and RH very hard to playing together. Do you think is my rhythm and beat problem?
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Fantástico, pero cual es la receta para construir esos acordes con tan exquisita sonoridad?????
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I love this!! Very helpful thanks :)
Do you have anything that would help me learn chordal progressions? This is what I have to work on? Thanks sir...
Bruh, this might have been one of the biggest ah ha moment I've ever had with the piano. Thank you!
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You don't explain how you knew that the second chord was F#m, the third was B7 and the fourth was Em. How were these selected?
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Thank you very much for this video....
Question 1- I thought chord notes needed to be played at the same time for it to be a chord ... isn't the point of harmony notes that sound good when played 'together' ?
Question 2- Are arpeggios that play the chord notes considered to be melody or harmony ? ... how about arpeggios that play other notes of the scale and also the chord notes too ?
very good lesson, and very help fool I straggle for long time as new guy but now I’m in home.thanks
How about me singing Yesterday on piano,
Do I play the melody as well?
Wow... thats applicable for the blues combing and the jazz..... Nice chording idea
hello! really beatifuls chords... but i dont understand why in 1:25 you said that was a G major scale but you play two notes that isnt in the G scale the C# and D# why is this?
Omg!!!! That’s it!!! So easy finally thank you so much
Simply amazing! Thanks! Subscribed and liked!
Just asking what does the 1-5-1 and 1-5-3 mean? I am just new in playing piano and there is no one to teach me.
Beginner here. How is it the G major scale? The G major only has one sharp/flat. What am I missing?
Watched a minute and can't agree that bass notes give away the chord quality in every case. Dolphin street with d flat over c?
Sir could you please define Chorus in a chord. Thank you,
THE perfect course I was looking for !!! Thanks a lot for this great explanation !!!