How to Play Advanced Piano

Series Summary

The piano is one of the most recognizable musical instruments in the world. Since the early 18th century, musicians have used the piano to compose a myriad of musical compositions. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn all created sublime masterpieces for the piano. Creating music on the piano is a challenging and rewarding endeavor, given the incredible octave range of the piano and dynamic adjustment (rendered by the sensitivity of the piano keys) Whether you have just begun to play the piano or you are an intermediate student, our expert piano instructor and professional musician our expert can help you develop your piano playing skills.

In this free video series, our expert Hope Wells will teach you how to play the advanced piano. She will teach you how to play dominant and tonic chords, broken chords, and major and minor chords. She will teach you how to find the tonic buy ear, how to play chord inversions, sixteenth notes, and how to play scale patterns. Even further, she will teach you how to play and count triplets, play with balanced hands, and write piano music.

Video Transcript

"(Piano playing Demo) Welcome back to ExpertVillage.com, my name is Hope Wells and today we're talking about how to teach music. I've done several episodes on what to do when they're not getting it. Today's episode is what to do when they are getting it. Technique is for when your students have moved on, they're not in the baby stages anymore, or in the elementary stages any more. They're getting to be pianists in their own right. So we will spend some time today talking about different things you can do, different things that you want to include in their instructions, things that you are charged with, the responsibility that you are charged with as a music teacher for their development in their life. All of these wonderful things. So stay tuned for a fantastic time from California Music Academy. We are in the studio, in fact, of California Music Academy in Westlake Village. I also teach privately and through this studio, so you can check out the website at CaliforniaMusicAcademy.com if you're interested in learning more."