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Sam Vesely  /  Styles
How To Play Stride Piano
Learn the basics of stride piano to get your left-hand jumping around the keys! Improve keyboard familiarity, accuracy, and chording.

Charmaine Li  /  Practice
Why Practice Piano Scales (Importance of Piano Technique)
The importance of piano technique can be hard to appreciate. Why practice monotonous scales when there are so many songs?

Lisa Witt  /  Arpeggios
Play Beautiful Arpeggio Patterns
Bring your playing to life on the piano! Impress friends and wow your family with these beautiful arpeggio patterns for beginners.

Lisa Witt  /  Styles
Pop vs. Classical: You Love Classical Music (You Just Don’t Know It)
Pop or classical? Why not both! The music you know and love takes a huge inspiration from classical pieces. Don't believe us? We'll show you!

Lisa Witt  /  Play Faster
3 Speed Exercises to Play Piano FAST
Want to learn how to play piano FAST? Here are three speed exercises to take your playing to the next level. One works for your fingers, another works your brain, and the third even incorporates chord progressions! But before we start…BONUS ASSIGNMENT. Can you guess who this composer is? Comment your guess on our YouTube […]

Lisa Witt  /  Scales and Keys
Piano Technique Made Easy
Tips on how to practice scales, chords, arpeggios, and more on the piano without wasting time and getting bored!

Lisa Witt  /  Arpeggios
3 Essential Arpeggio Patterns
Beautiful arpeggios are a staple of piano music. Learn three popular arpeggio patterns to use in your accompaniments.

Sam Vesely  /  Styles
Play 12 Bar Blues Piano Like Ray Charles
Learn to play blues piano like Ray Charles. Ray Charles pioneered blues and jazz. This 12-bar blues riff will have you sounding like Ray.

Lisa Witt  /  Technique
The Piano Finger Independence Challenge
Finger independence means your fingers do what you want them to do. This challenge will build your finger independence.

Lisa Witt  /  Improvisation
5 Styles of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” isn’t just a song for kids. You can actually do A LOT with this basic melody.  In this very special mini lesson, guest artist Kevin Castro will show you “Twinkle Twinkle” in five genres. Trust me—it’ll blow your mind! 🤯 Note: this is a more advanced lesson that requires some previous […]

Lisa Witt  /  Technique
Play Piano With Small Hands
Small hands? No problem! You can play piano with small hands. Here are tips to show you that size does NOT matter.

Kevin Castro  /  Styles
5 Levels of Boogie Woogie
How to play boogie woogie piano—ideas for five levels, from beginner chords all the way to impressive advanced licks.

Sangah Noona  /  Styles
3 Ways to Sound Jazzy on the Piano
Add a pizazz of jazz to your piano playing with three easy techniques: bass walking, comping rhythm, and adding tensions.

Lisa Witt, David Bennett  /  Improvisation
Piano Hacks: Tricks to Sound Awesome on the Piano
Learn some easy piano hacks to instantly sound awesome at the piano. Perfect for impressing people at parties.

Lisa Witt  /  Practice
3 Things To Start Practicing To Learn A Song Fast
Here are the 3 things you should be practicing if you want to learn a song fast. We will focus on technique and chord tricks.

Lisa Witt  /  Chord Progressions
The 2-5-1 Chord Progression (Jazz Piano 101)
The MOST common jazz progression. Want to learn jazz? You need to learn this.

Kevin Castro  /  Styles
How to Play Blues Piano: Beginner’s Guide
Learn how to play blues piano, including the 12-bar blues structure, swing rhythms, and improvising using the major and minor blues scales.

Lisa Witt  /  Hand Independence
How To Make Your Left Hand Sound Awesome On The Piano
Does your left hand suck? It's time to change that. Improve your left hand skills with these accompaniments.

Lisa Witt  /  Technique
Don’t Know What to Practice? Practice This!
If you don't know what to practice on the piano, practice THIS. Combine chord and scale practice and master the ingredients to your song.

Sam Vesely  /  Styles
Play Old School Rock ‘n’ Roll
Rock ’n’ Roll burst on the music scene in the 1950s and '60s changing the landscape of music (and piano playing!) forever. Masters like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard brought it to the mainstream and inspired a whole new generation of growing musicians. Sam is here with a few tips and tricks to get you playing like the pros!

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