Count to Three... (2/3)

Hopefully you've got the melody down from Part 1 and are now ready for the basic chords of this beautiful piece. I demonstrate in Eb since the chords you'll learn herein, as well as the progressions, exist in countless other songs written in Eb (this is originally in the rare key of Db). Part 3 will embellish the chords and discuss performance ideas.

Hopefully you've got the melody down from Part 1 and are now ready for the basic chords of this beautiful piece. I demonstrate in Eb since the chords you'll learn herein, as well as the progressions, exist in countless other songs

Hopefully you've got the melody down from Part 1 and are now ready for the basic chords of this beautiful piece. I demonstrate in Eb since the chords you'll learn herein, as well as the progressions, exist in countless other songs written in Eb (this is originally in the rare key of Db). Part 3 will embellish the chords and discuss performance ideas.

It's overwhelming to look at over 200 pages of hardcore drills so let me soften the blow by saying: you don't need to do all of them, you can personalise them and you don't need to go through the book in

It's overwhelming to look at over 200 pages of hardcore drills so let me soften the blow by saying: you don't need to do all of them, you can personalise them and you don't need to go through the book in order. You also don't need to do everything in every key; that's overkill. Herein, I demonstrate how you might open the book to a random page, observe what a technical exercise 'looks like' and either do what it is says, of course, or recreate it in your own way. Let me show you how...

You know the melody, you know the chords, you know the structure... now it's time to play it but you first need to discover how You play, so I provide some options and ideas, for both hands. I also provide some

You know the melody, you know the chords, you know the structure... now it's time to play it but you first need to discover how You play, so I provide some options and ideas, for both hands. I also provide some more fancy chords and a few embellishment ideas. Happy to make a Part 4 if enough requests come in...

It's not about Embraceable You, it's about the chords in it and how nice they sound either alone or in a progression. So many songs use these chords and so many songs are written in Eb so do yourself a favour and get familiar with them today!

Yes, I know this is quite an advanced video but I wanted to show you what's possible when you see such common chords and how you can simply make a few enhancements to get some very nice sounds. I perform (first

Yes, I know this is quite an advanced video but I wanted to show you what's possible when you see such common chords and how you can simply make a few enhancements to get some very nice sounds. I perform (first take, no edit) then show what I did.. the melody you can work out but focus on the chord shapes and try out some stylistic elements I discuss. I end with some left hand tips. Good luck!

Sometimes I like to go back to basics to encourage new and existing subscribers to get down stuff which may have been missed or is at least a very good direction to focus your learning on... and the 251, three simple

Sometimes I like to go back to basics to encourage new and existing subscribers to get down stuff which may have been missed or is at least a very good direction to focus your learning on... and the 251, three simple chords, in the three most common keys, is an excellent starting point. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated, no extra theory, no other shapes, no variations, no technical exercises: just get these 9 shapes down! Then move on to part 2...