#1 Beginner Piano Exercise for Smooth Chord Changes
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2020
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There’s a mistake I see new students making all the time. They go through the process of learning the 12 repeating notes on their keyboards, and they begin to get familiar with chord formulas. But then when they have to put that knowledge together, they start having trouble with chord transitions.
Moving between the chords is meant to be smooth, without hesitation or tempo changes. But sometimes it’s just not that easy when you’re new to piano. And I get a lot of students who email or message me about this issue. So let’s take a look:
Even if you’re playing a basic version of chords, you may be struggling with playing smooth chord transitions. If that’s why you’re here, today is your lucky day: I have a simple trick that can really help you face this problem and overcome it.
Smooth chord transitions, even for beginners, are a key to sounding like you know what you’re doing. No matter what stage you are in your learning process, getting better at transitions is going to really improve your sound.
Even if you are playing very basic chords in very simple songs, it’s important to get to the point where you can move between chords while staying on beat and not freaking out. 😉 As creator of Piano In 21 Days, I’m excited to share with you an extremely helpful exercise that is going to make a huge difference. It’s ridiculously simple, but I promise it works!
So, what is the exercise that is going to help make your transitions silky smooth? Here it is:
Slow. Down.
Slowwww. Dowwwwn.
I know, I know. Can it really be that simple? Well yes, it can be.
When you find yourself struggling to transition between chords in a song, the very first and most effective thing you can do is to slow yourself down. Play as slowly as you need to, as many times as you need to. If it feels slow but you still can’t do the transitions smoothly, you’re still not playing slow enough! 😉
After (and only after) you’ve got it while playing slowly, then incrementally work your way towards speeding back up. Even if this means you have to practice at an obnoxiously slow speed for a while, that’s okay. This is a personal process, meaning that you get to do this at whatever speed makes sense for you, no matter how slow.
Let’s see how this exercise can work on a real chord progression. If you’ve spent any time with my resources already (especially my 5-day workbook), you probably have already heard of the “4-Chord Song,” aka a progression of 4 basic chords that are the basis of a huge number of popular songs you probably already know and love.
The chords are C major, G major, A minor, and F major.
Okay, are you with me? We’re going to go through these chords in order, but we’re going to do it slowed way down. Don’t worry if it feels silly. You’re doing this to develop consistency.
Feel free to use a metronome if you want to, but it’s okay to keep time by ear if that’s what you’re used to. Begin going through the 4-chord progression, keeping things basic and slow. No frills, no improv. Just stick to playing each chord on the beat with your right hand, and simple octave notes in the left hand.
Listen and observe how it sounds as you go through the progression. Does it sound choppy? Slow down. Does it sound smooth? Don’t be too quick to speed up yet!
Focus on consistency as you move chord to chord. If you can repeat the progression on-beat, nice and smoothly for a while, then you have my permission to speed things up a tad. 😉 But that doesn’t mean you should jump up to full speed right away. Do this incrementally, and slow back down anytime you catch yourself hesitating or playing choppily.
Now I know you might be wondering…
It might take a few minutes, or a day, or a week to get the hang of this. But that’s okay! Slowing things down is the number one thing you can do to move forward with more confidence and conquer your hesitation for once and for all.
So let me ask you: are you willing to slow things down and do the work now so that you can play with ease for years to come? If the answer is yes, then the answer to the question of how long you should practice this way is simple: as long as it takes.
If you found this exercise helpful or want to learn more about how I teach piano, I have a free 5-day workbook with your name on it! Make sure you sign up for a tasted of the fastest, easiest way to get into piano. There’s no magic pill, because learning a new skill does take work. But piano can be fun, and it doesn’t have to be too hard. And now that you’re here, you’re already a few steps ahead of the game! Have fun, and don’t forget: it’s okay to slow down. 😉
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That's me!!! Thanks for making this. It's not just knowing where the chords are, but making sure my clumsy fingers don't fall on the space between two keys and play a real honker, which happens often. This is so logical. I play guitar, and this is how I learn a difficult solo. Thanks for the advice.
Great video. I need to keep reminding myself that it is not a race. Slow and steady wins the race. Thanks for the tip! 😁
I appreciated how you made the struggling student's example so explicit! That exactly what a newbie does. So your example was vivid! I also appreciated how sloooow we need to go and then very gradually increasing speed.
It’s good to hear it from you. I am actually practicing the exact same way by randomly adding other chords too in CGFA just to make an impression in my mind about other chords too.
Great video Jacques! Thank you and keep up with the awesome lessons!
Soo helpful. Slowing down may seem obvious, but watching Jacques explain and demo was helpful on chord progression improvement.
Thanks for the tip, Jacques! I’ll definitely use this to help improve my chord progression.
Thanks very much Jacques for sharing another very useful tip. It's also the additional one note played during chord progression that I found very practical. Best wishes to you and your family.
So simple, and easy - Thank you!
Thanks for this Jacques!
Awesome thank you for this tip, it has renewed my enthusiasm to pick my piano learning back up. 😀
Hey I really appreciate it I just started and I’ve looked back at your vids and it helped very much I’m glad I found your channel much love👍
Hi there,
Glad I could help! Thanks for commenting.
-Jacques
Cool advice Jacques, as always.
I loved this video. So simple yet effective,
Brilliant tips! 😍👍
Thanks for the helpful tip!
Great advise! Thumbs up for you..Thanks!
This is so true. Wow!
This video was SO helpful to me! I guess you really need someone to tell you
what to do. Jacques really helped with this!
Very Cool. I am doing this with songs as I learn them!!
Great advice!
I've had this exact problem thank you! I hope to improve
Good tip...thanks
Cool I never thought about that
Merci pour la vidéo, cela aide beaucoup:)
Thank you 🙏🏽
Hi Jacques, thanks for creating videos like this! Your piano tutorials are smooth and easy to learn for a beginner like me! Thanks so much for sharing your talents 💕
My pleasure Hazel! Glad to hear you've found my videos helpful. :)
-Jacques
You so right .
Awesome
VERY INTERESTING YES.
Thank you
I can advice you a denoiser for you recording the mic you got picks a lot of noise. The denoiser gets rid of the noise sound and bring your vocal up. Great content thanks!
Interesting you play with fingers 123 in the right hand - when I play CEG I use 135. I'll try it your way (which is better) but don't know if my hands are big enough.
L🥰VE THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!
Thanks for watching Terry!
-Jacques
Hi Jacques, could you tell me how long until the course is back up online again? thanks!
Really love this. And glad to confirm that I am doing the right thing. I am just taking my time and only jump next cord/lesson after I have mastered one. Recommend this amazing course and teacher to whoever thinking of learning piano
I tell this to my students all the time and constantly telling them to slow down if you can't play it with the metromome.
I am exactly stuck in chord progression lesson thanks
Do you always have to look at your chords? I try to not look when changing hands to another chords.
Thank you
Jacques,
Can you suggest 4 or 5 more chord progressions that I can use after the 4 chord song. Thanks
Also when is the full 21-day course coming out? Does anyone have a link? Been searching for months.
I’m trying to learn piano right now, and I’m a beginner. I tried looking for lessons, but it’s very expensive. I’m trying to do everything I can. Any suggestions?
After you get yr free workbook...what's the NEXT step?
Revese chords are much easier(i know it alredy but if you are new i reccomend you to learn it).
This problem comes up almost every week in my weekly live Q&As with my students. What do you think? Do you struggle with changing from one chord to the next?
Sir 🙂 we should press the chords simultaneously?
@@thaznimarasheed9535 With my approach, you will play chords in the right hand, and you will press those keys at the same time for the most basic version of the chord, so yes. At least until you learn some improvisation techniques. ;)
-Jacques
@@PianoIn21Days omg thank you for the reply sir i am learning piano from youtube i have watched all your videoes many times but i cant memories and play by my own music i can only look at youtube and read with them how can i memories sir? Hopw u will reply thank you🙂
@@thaznimarasheed9535 You're welcome! I don't recommend memorizing music unless you really want to. Check out the 5-day workbook link in the description for an easier way. ;)
@@PianoIn21Days thank you sir
Wait,so I was watching videos on tutorials and to label my notes just temporarily so I can play the songs I’ve wanted to but I watched the other video of not do do exactly that,and I heard the words “my students” and I’ve been eager to learn the piano fast,quick question,do you do classes?
He does.
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Hey meek!