How to Practice Piano for Composers

🎶 Unlock the Secrets of Music Arranging for Intermediate Composers, Producers, and Songwriters 🎵

Course Headline: The Foundations of Practicing & Arranging Music for Intermediate Composers, Producers, and Songwriters

Introduction: In the world of language learning, there's a clever hack to push through early stages much quicker than the average learner. This method involves mastering the top 300 most used words or patterns in that language first. 🚀 This is exactly what we're doing in this course! Our focus is on practicing fundamental patterns of arrangement at the piano, which will enhance your composing and arranging skills, and elevate your piano playing to new heights.

About Jack Vaughan: My name is Jack Vaughan, and I'm here to guide you through this musical journey. With a wealth of experience in music composition and teaching, I've crafted this course to help intermediate composers, producers, and songwriters build a powerful skillset at the piano and draw from a wealth of arranging principles.

Course Overview: This comprehensive course is divided into seven parts, each addressing a crucial aspect of music arrangement and performance on the piano. From harmony and repertoire to rhythm and melodic patterns, we'll cover it all. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid understanding of how to put it all together, combining these elements into your own unique compositions.

Course Outline:

1. Harmony 🎶

   • Introduction
   • How to use this section
   • Keystones
   • Einaudi & Blues Patterns
   • Time Signatures
   • Step Down and The Sequence
   • Lord Chords, Minor 4 Soul, 36251, Secondary Dominants, Jazz Blues, Chord Relationships & Bitonality

2. Repertoire 📜

   • Outlines & Repertoire List
   • Jamming and Transcription
   • Pattern Library
   • Example Tunes to learn from

3. Voicings 🎵

   • Introduction to Voicings
   • Inversions, Closed vs. Open Voicings
   • Doubling, Dropping, Adding - 3rds, 6ths, 10ths
   • Grace Notes and Harmonizing Melody
   • Rootless Voicings and Voice Leading

4. Accompaniment Patterns 🌟

   • Block Chords and Broken Chords & Arpeggiation (Pt. 1 & Pt. 2)
   • Alternating Chords, Comping, Stride Patterns, Bass Line Techniques

5. Rhythm 🥁

   • Groove & Loops
   • Tempo & Time Signatures
   • Strong & Weak Measure Emphasis
   • Subdivision, Swing Rhythms, Imperfections for a Human Touch
   • Accents & Dynamics, Grace Notes & Ghost Notes, Cross Rhythms
   • One Chord Genres Exploration

6. Melodic Patterns 🎵

   • Flowing Melodies, Sequences
   • Pentatonics and Paired Pentatonics
   • Exploring Multi Scales

7. Putting it all together 🤝

   • Practice & Composing Tips (Pt. 1, 2, & 3)
   • Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Join Me on this Musical Adventure! I hope to see you inside the course, where we'll transform your understanding of music arrangement and bring your compositional ideas to life with greater fluency and reliability. Let's make beautiful music together! 🎹✨