How is this NOT a chord? ... Join me this Friday for an in-depth lesson where we discuss one of the "best kept secrets" of thinking about jazz and piano playing in general.
No video this weekend. I'll be chilling - quite literally - in New York City, enjoying some snow and sub-zero temperatures. Hope to get back to action next week. Enjoy your own weekends!
Join me next Friday, Dec. 15, to learn some scorching hot blues licks - with a special cameo from my cat!
Join me next Friday, Nov 17, for the ninth part of the Jazz Piano for Beginners series. We'll cover a ton of different chord substitutions, from backdoor dominants, to tritone substitutions, to the "Over the Rainbow" tonic substitution and many more. See you next weekend!
Join me this upcoming Friday, Nov. 3rd, for the seventh installment in my Jazz Piano for Beginners series. I will be talking about tonicization and secondary dominants, which are one of the most powerful harmonic ideas in jazz and pop music. I'll show you how these ideas can be used to understand two well known pop songs: Yesterday by the Beatles and Just the Two of Us by Grover Washington Jr. Don't miss out!
Course playlist:
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There will be no video this weekend, unfortunately, as my country, Israel, and I deal with the aftermath of one of the most brutal and horrific attacks ever seen by Hamas terrorists. These creatures, unfit to be called humans, have raped women, beheaded babies, kidnapped teenagers and slaughtered entire defenseless families, with a death toll exceeding 1,200 and climbing. I mourn the lives of my friends and colleagues who have been brutally murdered, and stand with Israel and my people in the face of absolute evil. עם ישראל חי.
Join me for the fourth installment in the Jazz Piano for Beginners series today, Friday, 10 am EST. I've made a few cosmetic changes to the thumbnails, which I now think are a bit clearer and "pop out" a bit more. We'll talk about chord voicings, shell voicings, and voice leading in today's lesson. I hope you find it useful and hope to see you there!
This weekend, on September 29, we'll be taking a brief break from the Jazz Piano for Beginners course. We'll explore instead another cool and deceptively-simple musical idea, which is the plagal cadence, and how it can be used in somewhat unexpected ways. And there's a cool (I hope!) demonstration of it all at the end of the video! It's back to Jazz Piano next week as we discuss shell voicings, and then start talking about Functional Harmony. Stay tuned!
Yes, it's happening! My Jazz Piano for Beginners Series will start this upcoming weekend, on September 8th! This will be an extensive video series - about 20 videos or so in length - that will cover all bases a beginning/intermediate jazz piano player needs to know. Join me on this magical journey, suitable for all ages and backgrounds, into the wonderful world of harmony, soloing and jazz. No previous theory or knowledge needed.
Stay tuned! This weekend, on September 1st, I will talk about why we often feel like we're "stuck" or not getting any better at the piano. I'll identify three crucial stages for growth and give you a 20,000 foot high roadmap for what it means to "learn" piano, and how to break from the beginner stage to the intermediate stage, and then from the intermediate to the advanced. Join the channel to find out more!
Hi Everyone,
My name is MangoldProject (well, it's really Assaf), and I'm here to help you become a better piano or keyboard player, and a better musician overall!
I've been playing the keys for over 20 years now and I enjoy sharing what I've learned. Getting a deep understanding of the keyboard and of music theory is a long process and I hope these videos will inspire you and maybe give you that extra insight that will help you push your own envelope.
All of my lessons now feature an on-screen keyboard, clear labeling, an on-screen score and, of course, my own special take on each topic. I cover both beginning and more advanced topics.
My channel is free to watch and I hope it helps you out! If you want to help, please consider paying my sister's online ETSY jewelry store a visit (there's a link down below and in most of my newer videos). She's a talented artist who I'm proud to support:
www.etsy.com/shop/daphneartjewelry
Enjoy!