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The Creative Piano Method - Musical Beginnings: Part 1
Module 1 - Getting Comfortable at the Piano (The Basics)
Welcome & eBook Download
Naming the White Keys (3:58)
White Key Naming Exercise (3:14)
The Black Keys (2:06)
Fingers Numbers & Basic Hand Position (1:07)
Middle C & the C Major Scale (2:00)
Module 2 - The Secret Behind Most Music
What Are Chords? (1:31)
Building Simple 3-Note Chords (Triads) (1:22)
How to Tell if it's a Major or Minor Chord (4:42)
Numbering Chords (2:04)
The 1-4-6-5 Chord Progression (2:27)
Understanding Intervals & Octaves (3:53)
Playing Chords With Both Hands & Basic Rhythm (2:36)
Adding the Sustain Pedal (2:26)
Module 3 — Patterns Make Simple Chords Sound Advanced
The Upwards Flow Pattern (2:07)
Keeping a Steady Flow & Counting Half-Beats (3:00)
The Rolling Flow Pattern (3:38)
Practising Slowly & Building Up Speed (1:53)
Applying the Rolling Flow Pattern to Another Chord Progression (2:12)
Challenge - Create Your Own Progression (1:43)
Right Hand Pattern Variation (M-B-T-B) (3:09)
Triplet Rhythms Explained (1:55)
The Triplet Circles Pattern (5:19)
Module 4 - The Magic of Inversions
What Are Inversions? (3:07)
Why Inversions Matter (1:35)
Applying Inversions to the 4-1-5-6 Chord Progression (4:00)
How Inversions Help the Triplet Circles Pattern (5:12)
Using Inversions to Add Variety (2:46)
Adding Octaves in the Left-Hand (1:49)
Smooth Transitions Challenge With Backing Track (Slow) (4:25)
Smooth Transitions Challenge with Backing Track 70bpm (Medium) (1:37)
Smooth Transitions Challenge with Backing Track 90bpm (Fast) (1:35)
Module 5 - It's Time to Start Improvising
How to Find Safe Notes (6:27)
Simple Melody Creation (2:37)
Counting With the Left-Hand Chords (3:07)
The Call & Response Improv Technique (6:32)
Playing With Rhythms & Leaving Space (2:24)
Avoiding Overthinking (0:55)
Improvising With a Simpler Left-Hand (2:22)
C Major Fluency Exercise with Root Notes (5:03)
Pre-Learnt Rhythms (6:19)
Pre-Learnt Fill Using Sus4 Chords (5:47)
Sus4 Fill - Faster Version (2:21)
New section
Structuring an Improvisation (6:33)
Adding Dynamics (2:12)
Repeating Ideas with Variation (5:01)
Creating an Ending (4:08)
Final Project (1:06)
The 1-4-6-5 Chord Progression
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