Here’s a beautiful little cadence in A♭ you can add to your playing. 🎹 I’ll show you two different ways to voice the movement, each giving the cadence its own color. Learn the notes slowly, listen to how the two hands move together, and focus on the sound. Another little idea for your toolbox. 1% better every day.
@Emmanuel Jones There you go! That's how your ear improves! You know the improvement is there because it's no longer an isolated motif when you can hear it outside of a single application.
Sometimes the smallest ideas make the biggest difference. In this lesson, we’re building a simple A arpeggio you can start using right away to add movement and confidence to your playing. Take it slow, lock in the pattern, and let your hands get comfortable before speeding it up. One small step. One percent better today.
Let’s build some simple talking music in C. We’ll move from C → D → E → F using easy right-hand shapes, add a little major-to-minor color, then learn a simple way to bring it back home. Keep it simple, listen to the movement, and get 1% better today.
Kathy 😂 you just gave me another Quick & Dirty lesson. Instead of trying to explain all of that in a comment, I’m going to show you what’s actually going through my head when I’m playing talking music and where an idea like this comes from. That’s a really good question.
Learn how to use simple diminished passing chords to move smoothly from one chord to the next on organ. We’re keeping it simple: C → D → E → F, adding just enough movement and color to make the progression come alive. Take it slow, listen to the movement, and add it to your toolbox. 🎹
Want to get comfortable playing in every key? Start with one simple progression: 1–5–6–4. Instead of memorizing dozens of chords, we’ll use inversions to help your hands recognize familiar shapes no matter what key you’re in. Move slowly, listen to each chord, and let your fingers build the pattern. One progression. Twelve keys. One percent better today.
@Kathy Scott Thank you, Kathy! This is one of those little tricks that sounds way bigger than the amount of work it takes. Have you tried moving it around to any other keys yet?