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PIANO FOR SONGWRITING Vol. 1
GREETINGS + INTRO
Greetings! (2:06)
GIMME THE KNOWLEDGE!
Piano Layout / Finger Numbers / What's a KEY? / C MAJOR SCALE (8:53)
NATURAL MAJOR SCALE QUIZ (1:24)
EAR TRAINING - interval cheat sheet + interval ear quiz (6:24)
MAJOR TRIADS in C + 1 4 5 "DO YOU WANNA DANCE?" (2:48)
Hearing 1 4 5s with "I Wanna Be Sedated" + "Cecilia" (1:36)
MINOR TRIADS + BLUE MOON teaches us 1 6 4 5 (4:26)
More 1 6 4 5 "Stand By Me" (0:51)
The Challenge of Simplicity - 2 Chord Songs - "Dreams" + "Baby Don't Go" (3:16)
Diminished Triads + moving triads a la "Lean On Me" verse (3:25)
SONG STUDY - "LET IT BE" - PART 1 (RHYTHM) (3:17)
SONG STUDY - "LET IT BE" PART 2 (CHORDS AND RHYTHM) (5:10)
SONG STUDY - "LET IT BE" PLAY THROUGH AT TEMPO + SLOWED DOWN (1:05)
SONG STUDY - "DANCING IN THE DARK" to hear relative Maj / Min (5:48)
WRITING TIME! - FIRST FOOLPROOF SCALE FOR COMPOSITION + BASIC REHARMONIZATION (5:06)
M-M-Melody! FOR SINGERS - finding your chest/middle/head voice on piano (2:28)
M-M-Melody! BABY GOT BACH - THEME AND VARIATION (1:36)
M-M-Melody! - Visualizing MELODIC CONTOUR + withholding certain notes / chords til the CHORUS (4:40)
M-M-Melody! 2 EXAMPLES of THEME and VARIATION - HEART OF GOLD + MY ORIGINAL COMPOSITION (3:59)
Getting into INVERSIONS! (5:36)
MOVING INTO OTHER KEYS AND "HEART OF GOLD" SKELETON IN G (9:18)
intro to VOICE LEADING with "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young (4:23)
More VOICE LEADING - "Dream" by The Everly Brothers (4:37)
WRITING TIME! write your own melody, play with chords, add voice leading (1:43)
BASS NOTES - ADDING DEPTH TO TRIADS (2:39)
EAR TRAINING - short melodies starting on different notes (3:12)
EAR TRAINING - short melodies starting on C (4:00)
EAR TRAINING - hearing chord progressions in C (10:40)
EAR TRAINING - extra practice for sounding out melody (11:38)
HARMONIC VARIATION in progressions w. TRIADS in C (hearing Major 2, Major 3, Minor 4, Minor 5) (2:19)
Introducing Major7, Dominant 7, Minor 7 (3:41)
John Lennon's "Imagine" VERSE to hear Maj 7. Min 7, Dom 7 (5:52)
SONGWRITER'S TOOLBOX - - - > GIMME THE BEAT!
Easy Arpeggio in 4 + Variations (3:17)
Basic Bouncy Beat (1:16)
WALTZ - elemental (1:48)
WALTZ - adding more (2:54)
16th NOTE ROCK n ROLL - elemental (1:30)
16th NOTE ROCK n ROLL - moving on (1:28)
ARPEGGIO in 6 - elemental + example "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers (2:03)
ARPEGGIO in 6 - adding more (1:38)
Disco - Blondie's "Heart of Glass" / putting a band in your hands! (3:10)
Motown Moving Bass Line (4:20)
SONGWRITER'S TOOL BOX -------> GIMME THE CHORDS!~
Intro - Roman numerals + how to put these progressions in other keys (4:18)
I Vi iii V (1:15)
I III IV I (1:18)
POP CHORUSES STARTING ON THE 4 CHORD (3:21)
Minor Blues + Scale ( i iV Vminor) (1:22)
ii V I IV + moving to other keys! (2:28)
Gospel Variation + Dominant7 Chord Voicing. I. IV. II V III. VI. IV. I (1:31)
MINOR 5 Progression. I. V minor. IV ii (1:29)
SAVING THE ONE (til the chorus!). ii. IV Vi. V, etc. (1:00)
HOW TO USE THE SADDEST CHORD EVER (0:59)
PEDAL TONES a la Bob Dylan's "Jokerman" (2:07)
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY SHRED (strength + dexterity exercises)
Finger Stretch + Circles (1:38)
First Strength Exercise (3:57)
Strength Thirds (1:16)
14151 INVERSION EXERCISE (1:28)
Triad Triplets (1:43)
Arpeggio Exercise (1:32)
Diminished Strength Exercise (2:07)
4 Note Chord PULSE exercise (2:17)
R + L Hand Rhythm Exercise (Triplets) (1:38)
Pinky Triad Drill (1:58)
4 Note Arpeggio Drill in C (1:55)
Pentatonic Octaves Drill (2:59)
Inversion Exercises (3:11)
NATURAL MAJOR SCALE QUIZ
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