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Posture & Body Position for Piano Playing
How to Position Hands & Arms to Play the Piano
Piano Finger Technique
Practicing Piano Finger Technique
Increasing Finger Strength for Piano Playing
Stretching Muscles for Piano Playing
Proper Wrist Position for Playing the Piano
Proper Posture for Playing the Piano
How to Breathe While Playing the Piano
How to Focus while Playing the Piano
Improving Your Piano Technique by Focusing
How to Practice the Piano
How to Harmonize on the Piano
Additional Techniques for Harmonizing on the Piano
How to Walk Up the Scale on a Piano
How to Train Your Ear for Harmonizing on the Piano
How to Play the 7 Scale Notes on the Piano
Examples of 7 Scale Notes on the Piano
How to Play Chromatic Tones on the Piano
How to Use Chromatic Tones on the Piano to Add Color to Your Playing
How to Use the Sustain Pedal on a Piano
How to Use the Bass Pedal on a Piano
How to Use the Soft Pedal on a Piano
How to Play the Piano with Emotion
How Your Emotions Reflect in Your Piano Playing
How to Compose Music on the Piano
How to Find Rhythm & Tempo for Piano Songwriting
How to Put Chords & Rhythm Together for Piano Songwriting
How to Play Melody on the Piano
How to Harmonize Melodies on the Piano
Summary: How to use the 12 chromatic tones on the piano to enhance your playing; learn this and more in this free online piano lesson series taught by expert pianist and professional musician Tony Newton.
A professional musician and bassist since the 1960s, Tony Newton has been hailed as a "super genius [who] will go down in history as one of the most vital path-forgers of our era” by...read more
"So we want to use these chromatic tones to add flavor when we want to write a song just sitting here at the piano or just to add some new color and whatever it is that you are doing. Let's see what we can do. That is using all the chromatic tones in a big scale and you can use them all different ways and that is how you use the 12 chromatic tones."
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