About this podcast
This is the place to learn piano chords and playing by ear the simple way. I've seen experienced and beginner pianist fall into the same dilemma: MOST of the popular piano methods fail to connect the dots with foundational piano patterns. It takes years to learn enough piano theory to finally see how it all works together. In this podcast, we'll be approaching music theory from a completely different angle allowing you to play by ear as a beginner or classically trained musician. You'll learn how piano chords connect like a chain and how to confidently weave through any piano key as you improvise. Also - to all the piano teachers out there - we'll be diving into how to teach piano classically AND by ear. You'll hear some fun (and failed!) stories from my years of teaching piano since 2013. Let's get started!
Episodes
- 011 Master These 4 Chord Patterns and Memorize Any Chord · 26 min · Episode 11In this episode, we break down the four patterns to quickly memorize all 12 major chords, then we learn the most common ways we can alter these chords. (Once we know the rules of…
- 010 The "Aha" Moment Story (Everything Clicked to Play by Ear) · 31 min · Episode 10In this episode, I'm sharing my story and the three things that combined at just the right time to understand how to play by ear. One reason I believe playing by ear is not…
- 009 From Beginner to Chord Charts!! (Everything to get started) · 19 min · Episode 9Let's dive into piano chords, learn the entire overview to find any chord, and then learn how to read a chord chart! This episode is a fast, broad overview of piano chords. We go…
- 008 Learning Chord Inversions (and why the I, IV, V pattern isn't ideal) · 20 min · Episode 8In this episode we explore chord inversions: what they are, how to find them from any chord, and how to use them for a melody and song. We also talk about why the traditional I…
- 007 Where Do I Begin? Learning Piano Chords! · 17 min · Episode 7Whether you have been playing classical piano for a few years or are a beginner to piano, this episode gives a clear action plan for learning your first piano chords! (And it's…
- 006 From Basic to Beautiful! Realtime Piano Chord Examples · 20 min · Episode 6Let's dive into some piano examples together taking a basic chord progression and turning it into a beautiful melody! We'll cover how to expand a chord with voicing and how to…
- 005 Don't Google Piano Chords! Learn This Simple Method Instead... · 34 min · Episode 5In this episode, we start where most method books end. We can derive chords from the scale (traditionally) but that leaves us with a lot of memorization and work to do before…
- 004 My Secret (tried and true) Method for First Piano Chord · 20 min · Episode 4I wish piano chords were taught like this!! Learning the first chord can be so simple, easy, and fun! In this episode, I teach my method for learning the very first chord, and…
- 003 How to Read a Chord Chart vs Sheet Music · 22 min · Episode 3This episode is all about reading a chord chart, which is so different from playing traditional sheet music. I wish someone would have told me these differences when I was first…
- 002 What are Piano Chords? · 20 min · Episode 2In this episode we'll dive into what piano chords are, how many chords there are on the piano, what chords do when combined with a melody, and ways to play and expand chords to…
- 001 Welcome! My Story + What the Podcast is About · 19 min · Episode 1
