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Your advices and clear explanations are perfect ! You speak exactly the same musical language that I do... I am a selftaught pianist and I totaly agree with you when you recommand to learn and master the chords in the very beginning ... that's the key ! Once every chordshape is known the keyboard appears less frightening ! Best regards from France !
Good job and lesson Tom!..you always show stuff that others dont..this lesson on decorating chords is a good example..which i why i stick with your channel!
Bonjour Tom, c'est absolument magnifique cette suite d'accords, je trouve que faire des enchaînements d'accords est bien plus simple que suivre une partition ou nous devons lire et jouer chaque note comme écrit, cela laisse plus de place pour l'improvisation. Merci milles fois pour vos conseils, tout styles confondus.
Excellent, less talk and more instruction. Great example of what most of us want to replicate . Thank you. And slow enough to follow without dialing down the speed.
Hello Tom. Thanks for a great video. I've just enrolled in your "Complete Musician" course, and I'm very excited for it to start! A question: When you really started to "get going" with the last demo, at about 14:30, I noticed you starting to do some more funky things in your left hand. I'm always bored by my own left hand technique - I largely just rock up and down on octaves and fifths (e.g. C - G - C and back down, if in C major). Please can you make a video specifically on the left hand accompaniment and how to make it more varied and interesting.
Yes, you can apply the same principle to inversions, let's say you are playing C in first inversion. E G C - then you can cover notes, D, E, F, G, C (maybe even add A) it's trickier but that's how you would do it.
Dear Tom, thanks a lot .. Again :) But also again there is something you do with your left hand. You don't simply support with the lower octaves but you start to change things from the Eb on. I try to follow from the screen but YT handling is much too slowly. It would be great if you provide sub text for the left hand too. I am still fiddling with getting my left hand playing on it's own and what you play with it makes the progression even more subtile.
So much music coming from four tweaked chords and beautifully explained,throw in a minor 6th and you are away. You spoke about Elton style could you embellish on his syncopated half-time style please. (Solos in Whitewash County,Town Called Jubilee etc)
No, it's not exactly the same thing. That's because you, Tom, are playing those chords😊. How do I know that? The first time I heard one of your first few beginners video, only playing C on the left, and Cmaj triad on the right - slowly, I knew just how powerful and gifted you are...(but I get your point!😊)
Yes, you can apply the same principle to inversions, let's say you are playing C in first inversion. E G C - then you can cover notes, D, E, F, G, C (maybe even add A) it's trickier but that's how you would do it.
The problem is these techniques are rarely notated. If it's too quick for you, you can use the slow down button on TH-cam. There are a few Elton John tutorials on this channel that are slower that might move at the right tempo for you.
Dear Tom Donald, watching your Videos, I'm torn between heading over to the piano trying to do what you teach us and keep sitting in Front of the screen watching your fingers fly. I'd really like to try out your free ressources Pack, but I wonder why you need a Phone number to send it to my E-Mail adress. Anyhow, I love what you do.❤
Try both approaches? Regarding our website you can just write Non Applicable or 0 in the phone number field. We only ring students who have enrolled in our in studio lessons or have requested specific help.
Thank you for watching! Get in touch with us so that we can help you liberate your piano playing and join our Flagship course, Complete Musician Course with Tom Donald: lcsp.samcart.com/products/the-complete-musician-essential-course-2024/#/sc-checkout
Errrr just found your channel via a youtube ad and wowzers!!! What a gem!
Yes. I love this concept!
This is the musical equivalent of buying a throw rug for the living room.
Merci.
Ha love it !
Toms the best ! Full stop 100%
Agree 🩷😊
i hope this channel will have much more viewers because the quality of the content is very bloody amazing! thanks from Indonesia Sir!
Indeed
That's the secret sauce right there. Brilliant video.
OMG Tom. This is exactly what I was hoping you would teach us. You are not only a great piano teacher, you are a mind reader.
thank you
Another absolutely mind blowing lesson, thank you! I can't wait for your course to start on Monday, see you there!
That really was beautiful
Thank you for this
I’ll practice the jazz in major and minor and follow the circle of 5ths and hope I can do ok
Just discovered your site. Wow, this is genius ... genius in its simplicity. Going to explore your TH-cam videos in the near future.
Aced it again Tom! 🙏😀🎶🎶🎶
As a songwriter, this is so useful. Excellent content in all of your videos.
Glad it was helpful!
Yup, you the piano man.
This really helps me Tom. Struggle with arthritis on right hand so this is also a perfect exercise
This is gold.
Yet again Tom makes it so simple. Best piano tuition on you tube. Thank you
Tom, you're great!!!!
Your advices and clear explanations are perfect ! You speak exactly the same musical language that I do... I am a selftaught pianist and I totaly agree with you when you recommand to learn and master the chords in the very beginning ... that's the key ! Once every chordshape is known the keyboard appears less frightening ! Best regards from France !
Thank you for the great lesson!
Good job and lesson Tom!..you always show stuff that others dont..this lesson on decorating chords is a good example..which i why i stick with your channel!
Absolutely fascinating!
Bonjour Tom, c'est absolument magnifique cette suite d'accords, je trouve que faire des enchaînements d'accords est bien plus simple que suivre une partition ou nous devons lire et jouer chaque note comme écrit, cela laisse plus de place pour l'improvisation.
Merci milles fois pour vos conseils, tout styles confondus.
Great lesson, thank you so much. You are a brilliant piano teacher. Keep up the good work.
Best wishes Rudi.
Thank you too!
Excellent, less talk and more instruction. Great example of what most of us want to replicate . Thank you. And slow enough to follow without dialing down the speed.
Tom, thank you so much! Your tutorials are by far the most powerful I ever seen, thank you so much!
Another amazing video ! Thanks Tom
Outstanding! Thank you.
An invaluable lesson Tom , thank you so much 🤗
Hello Tom. Thanks for a great video. I've just enrolled in your "Complete Musician" course, and I'm very excited for it to start!
A question: When you really started to "get going" with the last demo, at about 14:30, I noticed you starting to do some more funky things in your left hand. I'm always bored by my own left hand technique - I largely just rock up and down on octaves and fifths (e.g. C - G - C and back down, if in C major). Please can you make a video specifically on the left hand accompaniment and how to make it more varied and interesting.
Great lesson! Please also explain /demonstrate how you would embellish chords which are not in root position? Thank you
Yes, you can apply the same principle to inversions, let's say you are playing C in first inversion. E G C - then you can cover notes, D, E, F, G, C (maybe even add A) it's trickier but that's how you would do it.
I'm running out of superlatives for your lessons Tom!! Thank you for one that speaks to the fills!!
Thanks so much for the lesson! I was wondering how you "find" the micro scale for each chord?
Show !!! Parabéns pela simplificação técnica e informá-la.
Fantastic tuition video again Tom, many thanks 🙏
Absolutely brilliant!!! Love your teaching style; simple, clear, succinct! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant explanation. I like and enjoy very much your teaching Tom. Best wishes from Spain
Dear Tom, thanks a lot .. Again :) But also again there is something you do with your left hand. You don't simply support with the lower octaves but you start to change things from the Eb on. I try to follow from the screen but YT handling is much too slowly. It would be great if you provide sub text for the left hand too. I am still fiddling with getting my left hand playing on it's own and what you play with it makes the progression even more subtile.
Thank you for this excellent video. I have a question: How to apply this to chords inversions?? Can you make a little video? Thanks
Great idea for further videos!
Do you have video about playing bossa nova in piano ?
So much music coming from four tweaked chords and beautifully explained,throw in a minor 6th and you are away. You spoke about Elton style could you embellish on his syncopated half-time style please. (Solos in Whitewash County,Town Called Jubilee etc)
@frederickk2852 great deep cut Elton examples there!
No, it's not exactly the same thing. That's because you, Tom, are playing those chords😊. How do I know that? The first time I heard one of your first few beginners video, only playing C on the left, and Cmaj triad on the right - slowly, I knew just how powerful and gifted you are...(but I get your point!😊)
You're a damn fine salesman.
How does this technique work with inversions?
Yes, you can apply the same principle to inversions, let's say you are playing C in first inversion. E G C - then you can cover notes, D, E, F, G, C (maybe even add A) it's trickier but that's how you would do it.
Thank you!
Helpful video! Here's something you can't unsee- the school's logo looks like three tampons/towels.
Way to fast for me to see what you are playing Tom .oddly I could from sheet music .
The problem is these techniques are rarely notated. If it's too quick for you, you can use the slow down button on TH-cam. There are a few Elton John tutorials on this channel that are slower that might move at the right tempo for you.
Dear Tom Donald, watching your Videos, I'm torn between heading over to the piano trying to do what you teach us and keep sitting in Front of the screen watching your fingers fly.
I'd really like to try out your free ressources Pack, but I wonder why you need a Phone number to send it to my E-Mail adress.
Anyhow, I love what you do.❤
Try both approaches? Regarding our website you can just write Non Applicable or 0 in the phone number field. We only ring students who have enrolled in our in studio lessons or have requested specific help.