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Piano Fingering & the Musical Alphabet for Basic Piano Chords
Finding Middle C for Basic Piano Chords
Finding A Major & A Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Finding B Flat Major for Basic Piano Chords
Learning B Major & B Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Finding C Major & C Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Learning C Sharp Major & C Sharp Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Learning D Major & D Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Finding E Flat Major & E Flat Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Learning E Major & E Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Finding F Major & F Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Learning F Sharp Major & F Sharp Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Finding G Major & G Minor to Play Basic Chords on the Piano
Learning A Flat Major & A Flat Minor for Basic Piano Chords
Play a Song with Basic Chords on the Piano
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Dani Rhodes is a professional actress, singer, dancer & musician, based in New York City. She also teaches all of the above throughout New York. Ms. Rhodes is a proud member of Actors...read more
The piano has been a very important instrument in the development of western music of almost every genre. Its popularity with composers rests in the fact that the tones made by its keys offer an easy means of expressing a complex melodic and harmonic relationship of notes. Each year, many people young and old alike take up piano, and many of those will seek out an instructor to tutor them in their playing ability. Lessons can get costly and may be unnecessary.
In this series of free video lessons, expert Dani Rhodes introduces you to the musical alphabet, showing you the basic notes and chords, and how to play a song on the piano using chords. You’ll learn the major and minor chords for every key and tips and techniques for fingering. These free video clips will help beginner pianists develop their musical knowledge as well as their piano playing skills.
"Hi! I am Dani Rhodes and you can find me on the web at youtube.com/danirhodes and on behalf of Expertvillage.com I welcome you to show you some basic piano chords. Today we will be going through the alphabet of music to do different piano chords and show you the correct fingering and correct notes to be playing while you do these chords. I will be using terms like Arpeggio, which means dividing up the notes of the chord and playing them separately and I might even say major and minor chords which means, the major chord is the way of playing it normally and minor means it is just the third which you will sing, the second note that you play, what is the third of the chord, is 1,3 and 5 chords and that’s what we will be playing. 1, 3 and 5. And on the left hand, 1, 3 and 5 which means the thumb is always 1, the middle finger is always 3 and then the pinkie is always 5 which of course needs to be 2 and 4. We will learn how to do arpeggios and play them with both hands. They will be using 5 on the left hand and 1 on the thumb, middle is always three and then we adjust 1 on the left, 5 on the pinkie."
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mikeyscoops said
on 8/2/2008 I loved the beginner's lesson... if I wasn't two and 1/2 hours away I'd pay for additional lessons from you! What happened to your YouTube site?
daniel26 said
on 8/2/2008 i like dani rhodes piano lessons
spineblaze said
on 8/2/2008 When you give your youtube address at the beginning of the video, you say "backslash dani rhodes," but it should be "forwardslash.& quot; Just fyi. :D
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Also, your youtube account is suspended. :P
evuser2425 said
on 8/2/2008 I was learning to play Bass guitar w/ Carl Shepard... but Dani Rhodes kept popping up in the corner of the screen... she looked pretty cute... but she is god -- adorable... If I had an interest in playing the piano I'm sure I'd keep coming back for more...
hotkeys said
on 8/2/2008 You explained the piano in easy to understand terms. Thanks for implying that piano playing is such a joy! It is like a miniature vacation!