8 Essential Skills That Will Make You a GREAT Musician
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- 0:00 Introduction
2:15 Intervals
3:35 Scales
6:12 Triads (Chords)
8:41 Inversions
11:40 Voice Leading
15:38 Arpeggiation
19:16 Functional Harmony
28:04 Transposing
So, when can a "Beginner" say they've advanced to the "Intermediate" stage? In this lesson I outline eight different techniques that I (subjectively) think are essential for any beginning pianist to master before they can advance to the "next level". If you practice these you are guaranteed to be on the correct path to great musicianship! I will present each concept, explain it, and also give ideas on how to practice it.
To practice your major and minor scales, you can use Hanon. There's an online version at www.hanon-online.com/ (I'm not affiliated in any way), or just Google "Hanon exercises pdf" to easily find PDF copies of the original online.
Best video I’ve ever seen on learning piano. Thanks that really motivated me to start learning again
Thanks Sir ! Your instructions are very clear and helpful.
Thanks for all your lessons
Awesome stuff Sir THANK YOU SO MUCH 👌 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉THANK YOU 👌
3:10 -- A♭ to E is not a minor 6th, it is an augmented 5th. If it had been A♭ to F♭, then it would have been a minor 6th. The letter names determine the number, then the sharps and flats determine major, minor, diminished, augmented, etc. So A to E is always some kind of 5th, and A to F is some kind of 6th. A♭ to F𝄫 (F double-flat) is a diminished 6th and A♭ to E𝄪 (E double-sharp) is a triply-augmented 5th.
Thank you Assaf, this is another impecable lesson in the direction of helping us in learning to be a musician. It looks fun ahead! All the best to you!
My pleasure!
Incredible video, having an exact finite number of intervals, scales, chords etc is so motivating, makes it feel like it is possible to attain full mastery, even if will take a long time to get there, thank you!!
Exactly. It's a finite road and one that is mapped out fairly explicitly.
This is amazing man thank you for this video!!!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you very much
Well done 👍 Keep it up ❤
Getting to an intermediate level takes a lot of work!
Yes, but the work is very "structured" and clear!
Thank you for this explanation. Ive got lots of work ahead of me. I going to enjoy listening to songs and working thru all these topocs. This is good stuff😊
Don't forget to have fun!
You are a great teacher. I’m watching less advanced videos now and making better progress. The most important topic you mentioned is to master triads. And I liked your disclaimer about jazz. Jazz is for people that are at least a level 8. I’m happy now playing my Moulin de Ville and have started the first nine. But I’m also transposing into the keys with up to three sharps or flats.
I’m also practicing my scales with the Rule of the Octave.
By doing this, all of a sudden I recently made a jump in the ease of playing new pieces.
Merci beaucoup.
Yes! You must first master the fundamentals. Make sure your foundations are strong before building on them.
Thanks for defined the level of Intermediate level. It makes me feeling better and focus what I am missing.
You're very welcome!
This is a great roadmap. I've kind of skipped around these steps without mastering any. This will be helpful. Thanks!
Exactly. Be systematic, that's the most important thing.
thanks Sir....
Thanks again! In one of your next tutorials, I would really appreciate a lesson on rhythm and / or timing.
Noted!
Thanks for this🎉 ❤Iam a beginner from Kottayam Kerala India 🎉
I consider myself an intermediate to beginning advanced jazz piano player, but this was so good for me to watch to see if I have any gaps in my knowledge. I love reviewing these things from time to time. Thank you so much for this excellent video! I'm starting to dabble in modern pop genre too. Can you please make a video on different left hand possibilities for pop piano? I'm familiar with arpeggios and octaves, but wouldn't mind more on that as well as common rhythms. Thank you so much!
I'll certainly give it thought!
The primary takeaway is that there might be a few shortcuts to memorising the notes and chords of a few given songs. However a sound understanding is going to be a long haul and will take many hours of study and practice.
That is absolutely correct. There is no substitute for hard work (although the hard work should also be done intelligently).
Lots of useful information in this video, thanks! What about rhythm? Is there any kind of rhythms that you would recommend beginners to practice and master?
Brazilian/African rhythms can be very challenging - e.g. playing the Bossa Nova (on which I happen to have a tutorial!).
Greetings sir thanks for the vid really inspiring and pushes one to practice further..now that I have the hanon exercises how do I successfully slot them in my daily practice...how do I practice them with efficiency and maintaining steady progress??
Start with just #1, practice X minutes a day (you choose) until you can perform it perfectly at around 100 to 110 bpm. Then add the next one, etc ... (make sure to practice once or twice any exercise that has already reached perfection).
@@MangoldProject thank you sir will do
In my opinion, moving from beginner to intermediate is harder than intermediate to Pro.
I disagree, simply because the skills from beginner to pro are easy to grasp (even if difficult to master). The map is much less clear for the latter parts of the journey.
I can play all the scales, their chords and their inversions, but I struggle to identify and recall intervals. I'm stuck :)
Slow and steady wins the race.
This is scary. 60 years of playing guitar and piano, but I can't identify those intervals by ear. Yet can play by ear, and figure out chords to any pop songs with piano progressions. Lots of work still to do!
Oh no, I didn't mean to identify them by ear. Just to be able to identify them, period.
@@MangoldProject I also thought you meant by ear. So to identify them by sight is fine?
GheeZ I’m gonna be a beginner all my life 😂😅
No you won't! Persevere and you will improve!
I can't help over thinking @3:15 the example of a minor 6th is an enharmonic minor 6th. In the key of A♭, E would be an augmented 5th. and F♭ a minor 6th. ☺
If you are referring to the notes on the screen then the software sometimes misclassifies notes (e.g. F# instead of Gb) because it doesn't follow the key I'm in.
@@MangoldProject Hi there, no.
I'm saying that an interval of 8 semitones can be either a minor 6th or an augmented 5th., as both an augmented 5th. and a minor 6th., each span an interval of 8 semitones.
The distance between A and F (8 semitones) is a minor sixth. The distance between A♭ and E (8 semitones) is an augmented 5th.
Although the distance between G♯ and E (8 semitones) is also a minor sixth, I believe you refer to the note as being an A♭ and not a G♯.
Yikes! I will be a beginner FOREVER!!!
No, you will practice and you will improve!
Nice video but far below my skill level.
Well, they're beginner techniques. You are likely already intermediate, then!
its hard to play the scales in every keys and the 7chords bla bla timeee only time
Play 100 major chords, 100 minor chords, and 10,000 scales every day and you will improve!
Do not talk too much ..
Ok.