Real Time Arranging and more:

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For those of you with arranger keyboards this lesson may be helpful.

I love all keyboard instruments!

Right now I am partial to my Year old Korg PA3x pro arranger keyboard. After a year I am still just scratching the surface of its potential.

If you own one or are considering one or if you have any sort of arranger keyboard from any manufacturer you should check out new lesson on real time arranging.

In this Korg PA3x tutorial on real time arranging I will review some of the basic features you can use in real time to make interesting arrangements of your songs. This tutorial will cover the Intros', pattern variations, fill-ins, manual bass, and the pads.

For the complete lesson and video tutorial click the link below.

Real Time Arranging Korg PA3x.. Dance Like David

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An understanding of music scales and the major scale in particular is one of the most important single concepts to understand as we continue to study the basic music theory required to get the most out of your experience playing piano or electronic keyboards.

To learn chords by memorizing each note or looking at pictures is like learning speak and foreign language with out understanding the meanings or context of the words.

By learning a few formulas starting with the formula for a Major scale you will not only speak the language of music but truly understand the how and why of chords and chord progressions.

Major Scales: the foundation to chord theory

Our website is geared toward those who want to learn the language of music and to develop their ears and improvisational skills.

To this end I will be busy giving my best attempt at a series of guided video lessons that will start with the very basics and lead to the eventual goal of every teacher to "not be needed anymore"

I will also be redoing many of the video tutorials to make them more understandable and comprehensive as well as adding many new song tutorials in various genres of music.

Your comments and suggestions are helping greatly in the development of this new curriculum. thank you so much!!

First Adult Piano Lessons

Piano Lessons for life .com contains dozens of great lessons on keyboard theory and learning to play the keyboard by ear.

To the beginner however it may be difficult to know where to start or what to do next.

To remedy this I am adding a series of adult piano lessons that will take the beginner through what I believe to be the most important skills and concepts you will need to become a well rounded keyboard artist!

Learning to play the piano is one thing and learning to understand what you are playing is the key to being an "ear player" and separates the player from the musician.

These lessons are designed to do both!!

By following the links in these lessons and taking all the time you need to digest the material it is my hope that you will get to the point where you can teach yourself!!

Get started by trying the first two lessons below.

adult piano lessons lesson 1

Adult piano lesson two fundamentals

Have you ever thought: “How excellent would it be to sit at a piano and play any melody that comes into my mind – without any notes?”

Or: What do I do when my band wants me to take a Piano Solo?

Piano improvisation, is the art of spontaneously playing melodies on the piano at the spur of the moment.

You may think it is domain of few very creative, experienced, and gifted musicians and thus unreachable for hobbist musicians or beginners. However......

I believe if you read on and go through some of the suggestion contained in these lessons that you or anyone can begin to learn this awesome skill.

View the whole video lesson by clicking below.

piano improvisation

Learning the 12 bar blues progression is basic to understanding the roots of American popular music.

When you see a group of musicians getting together to play everyone seems to know what to do almost magically.

This is because at one time or another they learned the 12 bar blues progression.

While there are lots of variations of this timeless progression the most common is a three chord 12 measure version explained in this lesson.

The 12 bar Blues for piano

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Also you can find a contact form on the site and suggest a song for a future lesson. Don't be shy. Let me know how i can help!!

I am grateful for all of you, and wish you the best success in your playing!!

Thanks, Greg

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