The dry posh nonchalant "okay, that was a bit weird" and then just continue as if that didn't just happen, was the funniest thing i saw today and no one is apparently talking about it 🤣🤣🤣
These 'not beginner but not yet intermediate' lessons are aimed right at my current stage. There's an old saying: 'when the pupil is ready, the teacher will appear'. Thanks Michael. Love the style and content both. I'm going to work the hell out of these tips!
Wow, You are an excellent teacher. I feel like I’ve been in this cycle of somewhere between beginner and intermediate knowing something’s and missing others. There’s not much on RUclips targeted towards that and since finding your videos, it’s really helped me. Thank you!
Ah. This is probably a better entry point into exploring drop 2. I've been intimidated by all the drop 2 stuff I've seen being used with 7th chords. Three notes might be easier to dip my toe into this. Once again, many thanks.
Yeah, this approach to drop 2 voicings is super simple. It's the same premise with the more extended chords but I think they create a different sound. I think this drop2 with triads can create quite a folky sound but also is really common in gospel music. Drop2 with four or five note voicings is much more leaning into a jazz sound. Glad you found the video useful, thanks for watching and leaving a comment 👍🏻
The 1st and the 5th as chords are called power chords in rock and are pretty cool because you can go mayor or minor and completely change the feeling of the phrase. The power chord gives you the opportunity to change the course of your song right on the fly.
Starting with root position, is the drop2 the same of taking the 3rd at bass? It's like spreading the chord you want (the inversion you want) in 2 octave, isn't? Great tips, I liked a lot (and I'm a guitarist)
Thanks for your comment Fabio. The drop2 isn’t specifically about the 3rd in the bass, you can have the root note in the bass (3rd & 5th in right hand - 5th at bottom, 3rd at top) or the 5th in the bass (root & 3rd in right hand - 3rd at bottom, root at top). It’s all about taking an inversion of a right hand chord (root position, 1st inversion or 2nd inversion) and dropping the middle note down an octave into your left hand. Hope that helps, apologies if I didn’t explain it very well.
Of course, but what should you practice?! It’s an important question, thanks 😉. If you spend the next twenty years only practicing chord triads in root position it’s not going to be much use. These are a few little devices people can practice to potentially add an improved dimension to their piano playing. Hopefully it might help someone.
That is a bit of narrow statement, but a lot of you tubers are selling snake oil on the net promising people the shortest way to sound professional. I will add to sound professional not only do you need practice and a lot of it but a good teacher.
No way!!! Please stop it. I can't stop laughing at 6:57. If that's not the best way to explain a sustain pedal, what is? Thank you so much! I will remember this if I have to explain it to someone.🤣
Ah cheers Eoin, really appreciate your comment. Will definitely consider what other similar content I could create for the beginner/intermediate pianists. 👍🏼🎹
8:35 talking about little differences that can embellish a song, I think of rubato, and that's basically, playing some notes slightly out of meter, strangely, it can make it sound more natural, less robotic and more expressive, the best part, is that it usually comes with practice and experience!
Michael(Mr Keithson !)..this lesson is gold dust for guitar players who need to play or compose on keys now and then.I have gone through almost all of your You Tube lessons and have really benefitted from your explanations ,the way you express Theory , Method and Ideas is brilliant . Came across you by chance after watching Open Studio and you beautifully added to and filled in the holes from those lessons/shorts. Really love the honesty of "Full Time Musician " videos . There is a coffee on the way...keep up the great work , especially the Sweatshirt Alien as we all need more of that everyday . Once again thankyou..Magic!!!!
Isn't drop 2 another form of inverson? Three notes can be aranged in six ways and the root position together withthe first and second inverson only covers three of them, probably because you can't play the others with only one hand. With drop 2 you use two hands to play another order of the three notes of the chord. Did I get that?
Happy practising! I'd suggest getting comfortable playing the drop 2 shape on one chord moving up and down the inversions, then add in movement to another going up and down inversions, then write something you like the sound of using this technique, then learn that in a few other keys. By then you should be pretty comfortable. 👍
Just started playing about two months ago. Im not sure how I ended up here but I’m glad I did. These types of videos are tremendously helpful to me. As a beginner it’s a lot of scales, and chords and theory. Which is good and necessary. But I would love to just sit down and improvise over some chords and have it sound better than just triads over the root.
Hey EP, I’m glad you ended up here too! Did you check out my other video about learning to improvise on piano? There may be a few useful bits in there too. It can be a slow process but you’ve got this. It’s definitely important to do some work on bits outside your comfort zone so that you’re not always playing the same thing and you continue to grow. And also really important to try and play a little every day even if it’s just a few minutes. Good luck on your journey. Check out ‘The Keys Coach’ channel too, it’s a new channel but Adam shares some good little tips and tricks to try too. 👍🏼
@@michaelkeithson I watched the first half very late last night. I will watch the rest later today. So if your analytics show someone in the southeastern US bingeing your instructional videos this weekend, it’s probably me!
I've never seen that arm in the jumper thing, and can't wait to do it in front of my grandsons, they're gonna freak out lol😂. Also, great tips wonderfully explained.
Agreed! There's no replacement for a 1:1 teacher who can speak specifically to where you're at and hold you accountable. But in the absence or addition to that, I think RUclips videos can be really helpful 😉😂
1st way: practice more than I have🤣 Seriously tho, usually I already do the first suggestions, pedal tones, embellishments etc, but there's often 1 i haven't thought of, so I'll keep watching
Really enjoying these recent videos. Like your presentation. That slow thoughtfulness, thn the expansion. Like the chords on screen. I am just working on freeing myself from the diatonics - though I am very fluent within them. I share your fascination with teh dim chord and I also have spent a lot of time wondering about the II half dim. It's got a stunning beauty and the resolution is so strong. It reminds me of the last kiss in the Disney movie and prince charming marries. It is the second mode of the natural minor, maybe that's part of it. I especially like resolving to the I in first inversion - E at the top. I'd love to explore ways to resolve this magical Disney chord.
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The dry posh nonchalant "okay, that was a bit weird" and then just continue as if that didn't just happen, was the funniest thing i saw today and no one is apparently talking about it 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
These 'not beginner but not yet intermediate' lessons are aimed right at my current stage. There's an old saying: 'when the pupil is ready, the teacher will appear'. Thanks Michael. Love the style and content both. I'm going to work the hell out of these tips!
Your comment makes me very happy Robert, thank you. So glad that you’ve found some use from my ramblings! 🎹🎵
The Alien part is unforgettable. Great lesson, thanks!
🤣😂 👍
This is my new favorite channel 😎
Awesome! Thanks Justin and welcome! Really pleased you’re here and enjoying the content. 👍🏼🎹🎵
man, I always play pedal tones in the base. Thats really interesting. Thank you
Wow, You are an excellent teacher. I feel like I’ve been in this cycle of somewhere between beginner and intermediate knowing something’s and missing others. There’s not much on RUclips targeted towards that and since finding your videos, it’s really helped me. Thank you!
Thanks Joshua, appreciate your kind words. Good to hear that you've found some value in what I'm putting out. Thanks for leaving a comment 👍
Wow this made me want to make piano my first priority again!
Hey Evan, that's so great to hear. I'm glad you found this useful and it's inspired to get back to the piano. Thanks for your comments 🙏
The inversion tip is fantastic! So simple, yet I was missing it all the time.
Ah. This is probably a better entry point into exploring drop 2. I've been intimidated by all the drop 2 stuff I've seen being used with 7th chords. Three notes might be easier to dip my toe into this. Once again, many thanks.
Yeah, this approach to drop 2 voicings is super simple. It's the same premise with the more extended chords but I think they create a different sound. I think this drop2 with triads can create quite a folky sound but also is really common in gospel music. Drop2 with four or five note voicings is much more leaning into a jazz sound. Glad you found the video useful, thanks for watching and leaving a comment 👍🏻
Man....This is one of the best one stop tutorials I ever found. I am self taught and it's so hard filtering good direction. Can I study with you?
Cheers James 🙏. Appreciate your comment. I do offer private lessons, drop me an email if you want to set something up 👍🎹
The 1st and the 5th as chords are called power chords in rock and are pretty cool because you can go mayor or minor and completely change the feeling of the phrase. The power chord gives you the opportunity to change the course of your song right on the fly.
Man, you are awesome teacher
Ah, thank you 🙏
I appreciate your kind comment, hopefully the video was useful.
Kick ass tutorial! Especially the drop 2 flick ideas. Nagyon Kozonom!!
Cheers Scott, glad you found some useful bits. Thanks for watching. 👍🏼🎹🎵
Thank you, Michael. Very interesting lesson. Loved the alien! I remember kids doing that when I was a playtime supervisor back in the 80s! 😆
Hey Laura! Ha! Hopefully there were some other takeaways too 😂
Thanks for watching!
You've always been a great teacher. x
❤️
Drop it so you can pop it! Thank you, Michael.
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Awesome tips. Thanks!
Cheers Tim, glad you found it useful!
Number 1: Be Pro
Number 2: Don't suck
Number 3: play with extreme confidence, regardless, and stare down any potential doubters
Another killer video. Keep em coming. I don't even play piano, I play guitar but your vids have plenty for me.
Cheers Dan! It’s never too late to start playing piano! Everyone knows it’s the best instrument 😜😬
Thank you so much❤
You are very welcome! I hope you found some useful stuff in there somewhere! Thanks for your comment. 👍🏼🎹
Yes I did. Trying to learn❤
Wow, it seems like you packed a lot of 'goodies' into this video. Thank you so much.
Cheers, thanks for the comment. Hope it was useful. 👍🏼
Starting with root position, is the drop2 the same of taking the 3rd at bass? It's like spreading the chord you want (the inversion you want) in 2 octave, isn't?
Great tips, I liked a lot (and I'm a guitarist)
Thanks for your comment Fabio.
The drop2 isn’t specifically about the 3rd in the bass, you can have the root note in the bass (3rd & 5th in right hand - 5th at bottom, 3rd at top) or the 5th in the bass (root & 3rd in right hand - 3rd at bottom, root at top). It’s all about taking an inversion of a right hand chord (root position, 1st inversion or 2nd inversion) and dropping the middle note down an octave into your left hand.
Hope that helps, apologies if I didn’t explain it very well.
Practice
Of course, but what should you practice?! It’s an important question, thanks 😉. If you spend the next twenty years only practicing chord triads in root position it’s not going to be much use. These are a few little devices people can practice to potentially add an improved dimension to their piano playing. Hopefully it might help someone.
That is a bit of narrow statement, but a lot of you tubers are selling snake oil on the net promising people the shortest way to sound professional. I will add to sound professional not only do you need practice and a lot of it but a good teacher.
No way!!! Please stop it. I can't stop laughing at 6:57. If that's not the best way to explain a sustain pedal, what is? Thank you so much! I will remember this if I have to explain it to someone.🤣
😂🤣 Glad you enjoyed that!!
Love the sweater ( jumper ) bit. Master class level. Would love a more in depth video of sweater tricks, illusions and deceptions. ❤
😂🤣😂 That’s my second channel sorted then!
As a ham fisted keyboard playing guitarist, this is pure gold. Really love your content.
Ha! Cheers Stephen, glad you’re enjoying the content 👍🏼
So helpful! Love your style of delivery!
Thanks man, glad you found it useful and enjoyed the video. Cheers 👍
Your piano is a bit soft in this video. Could you balance your voice with the piano? Otherwise, thanks for the excellent tips!
You've a terrific way of explaining things in a very digestible way. Would love some more videos directed at the beginner/intermediate players.
Ah cheers Eoin, really appreciate your comment. Will definitely consider what other similar content I could create for the beginner/intermediate pianists. 👍🏼🎹
You got a style in
Teaching , a bit mischievous, but it’s fun.
Ha! Can’t say I was going for the mischievous vibe but glad it’s fun 😂
8:35 talking about little differences that can embellish a song, I think of rubato, and that's basically, playing some notes slightly out of meter, strangely, it can make it sound more natural, less robotic and more expressive, the best part, is that it usually comes with practice and experience!
Michael(Mr Keithson !)..this lesson is gold dust for guitar players who need to play or compose on keys now and then.I have gone through almost all of your You Tube lessons and have really benefitted from your explanations ,the way you express Theory , Method and Ideas is brilliant . Came across you by chance after watching Open Studio and you beautifully added to and filled in the holes from those lessons/shorts. Really love the honesty of "Full Time Musician " videos . There is a coffee on the way...keep up the great work , especially the Sweatshirt Alien as we all need more of that everyday . Once again thankyou..Magic!!!!
Cheers for the kind comment Rob, much appreciated 🙏. Good to have you here. Glad you're enjoying the videos 👍
Outstanding. Amazing. Wonderful.
I have been stuck with what I already know but can’t make use of artistically. This is a gold mine. Thank you!!
Awesome! Really pleased you found it useful. Thanks for the nice comment. 🙏
Happy exploring!! 🎹
Isn't drop 2 another form of inverson? Three notes can be aranged in six ways and the root position together withthe first and second inverson only covers three of them, probably because you can't play the others with only one hand. With drop 2 you use two hands to play another order of the three notes of the chord. Did I get that?
Yeah, I guess you could think of it like that if that makes more sense to you 👍
I just found you and I immediately subscribed. What a fantastic lesson to give away! Lots to work on from this lesson alone. Thank you very much, sir.
🙏 Thank you for the kind words and thank you for the sub too! Really glad you enjoyed video.
My favourite music teacher on the internet! Always a pleasure Michael; thanks for your efforts
Andre, you're too kind. Thank you 🙏
Thank you Michael. I appreciate you going to the trouble to make these videos. Have a blessed day!
Thanks for the nice comment! My pleasure, hope it was helpful. 🎹
This is gold. More like this please ❤
Cheers man! Thanks for returning! I’ll have a think about what else I could offer that’s similar. 👍🏼🎹
Mr. Keithson, you are so organic. Thank you so much.
You are very welcome Sergiy! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Love the drop 2 inversion idea. Will be lots of brain math to get comfortable on the fly. Haha
Happy practising!
I'd suggest getting comfortable playing the drop 2 shape on one chord moving up and down the inversions, then add in movement to another going up and down inversions, then write something you like the sound of using this technique, then learn that in a few other keys. By then you should be pretty comfortable. 👍
Love your lessons!!!! Hardly anyone on RUclips make videos for in betweeners like us👏👏👏 thanks!
Thank you 🙏
Glad you're enjoying them and finding some useful bits in there. Cheers.
Thanks, I love this easy-to-digest format. Very useful stuff!
Awesome! Glad you found something useful in there. Thanks for your comment. 👍🏼🎹
Fantastic :)
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏼🎹
About that alien third hand, do you offer a discount?
😂🤣. No discounts, no refunds.
thank You
You are very welcome.
One word: super
Thanks Kerstin! Hope it was helpful. Thanks for the comment 🙏
Just started playing about two months ago. Im not sure how I ended up here but I’m glad I did. These types of videos are tremendously helpful to me. As a beginner it’s a lot of scales, and chords and theory. Which is good and necessary. But I would love to just sit down and improvise over some chords and have it sound better than just triads over the root.
Hey EP, I’m glad you ended up here too! Did you check out my other video about learning to improvise on piano? There may be a few useful bits in there too.
It can be a slow process but you’ve got this. It’s definitely important to do some work on bits outside your comfort zone so that you’re not always playing the same thing and you continue to grow. And also really important to try and play a little every day even if it’s just a few minutes. Good luck on your journey.
Check out ‘The Keys Coach’ channel too, it’s a new channel but Adam shares some good little tips and tricks to try too. 👍🏼
@@michaelkeithson I watched the first half very late last night. I will watch the rest later today. So if your analytics show someone in the southeastern US bingeing your instructional videos this weekend, it’s probably me!
@@EP-336 Ha! Awesome. Hope you find it useful. Let me know if you think there are any other specific areas you would value a video on. 👍🏼
I've never seen that arm in the jumper thing, and can't wait to do it in front of my grandsons, they're gonna freak out lol😂. Also, great tips wonderfully explained.
🤣😂 Ha!! Love it! At least you learnt one important lesson from the video 😂
most importantly is a teacher u actually like. thanks
Agreed! There's no replacement for a 1:1 teacher who can speak specifically to where you're at and hold you accountable. But in the absence or addition to that, I think RUclips videos can be really helpful 😉😂
@@michaelkeithson ha u misunderstand. ur easy to learn from because your so relatable/ likeable. even on youtube
@@AyahuascaMagic Ah, thanks, appreciate that. 🙏
1st way: practice more than I have🤣
Seriously tho, usually I already do the first suggestions, pedal tones, embellishments etc, but there's often 1 i haven't thought of, so I'll keep watching
Woah, the piano channels are out of phase, but voice isn't. Feels very weird to listen to.
Thanks
Wow! Thank you Ryan, that means a bunch. I'm so pleased you're finding some value in my videos. 🙏
Thanks Michael!
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This lesson was so perfect for me. Thank you so much Michael. This helps me put the whole picture together.
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Great to hear Bill, glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment
Really enjoying these recent videos. Like your presentation. That slow thoughtfulness, thn the expansion. Like the chords on screen. I am just working on freeing myself from the diatonics - though I am very fluent within them. I share your fascination with teh dim chord and I also have spent a lot of time wondering about the II half dim. It's got a stunning beauty and the resolution is so strong. It reminds me of the last kiss in the Disney movie and prince charming marries. It is the second mode of the natural minor, maybe that's part of it. I especially like resolving to the I in first inversion - E at the top. I'd love to explore ways to resolve this magical Disney chord.
Thanks Steve, I appreciate you making your way through the videos! 😂
Superb content - no fuss, no filler! This was exactly what I was looking for and now need to practice. Thanks! 👍
Awesome! I'm glad you found the stuff in there useful! Happy practising!
Just subscribed to your channel. Loved this lesson. Thanks. Is that James Taylor looking up at you??
Hey Bill! Welcome! Good spot, yeah, love that album, was the soundtrack to my youth thanks to my dad. Got to be one of the greatest songwriters ever.
Same thing for me.@@michaelkeithson
some of your videos are pretty good, but didn't learn much here, use the sustain pedal-wow, thats a thought!
Yeah, not every video is for everyone.