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/ Musicianship Gear Breakdown: Kevin Castro Learns “Through The Fire And Flames” On The Spot When Brandon Toews of Drumeo challenged Kevin Castro (Pianote) to learn DragonForce’s “Through The Fire And Flames” on the spot, no one expected what happened next. No sheet music. No prep time. Just raw talent, blistering tempo, and a wall of keys. Kevin didn’t just survive — he shredded. And his arsenal of synths, workstations, […]
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Brett Ziegler / Chord Progressions Gospel Chord Progressions, Transitions & More Learn how to get that signature gospel sound in your gospel piano chords and transitions. Free lesson with Brett Ziegler from Pianote.com.
Pianote / Articles Piano Styles & Genres How many styles of piano playing do you know? The piano plays a central role in so many different music genres. Explore them all.
Kevin Castro / Styles How to Play the Most Popular Piano Montuno (Latin Progression Lesson) Learn how to play the most iconic piano montuno (Latin piano progression) with Kevin Castro, pro pianist with JESSIA and other artists.
Pianote / Styles Top 10 Gospel Piano Songs (and How to Play Them) With a few tools and skills, you can learn to play gospel piano songs like "Amazing Grace," "Oh Happy Day," "I'll Fly Away," and more.
Pianote / Styles How to Play Pop Songs on Piano: The Pianote Guide to Pop Piano A complete guide on how to play pop songs on the piano, including essential skills and ingredients as well as the history of pop piano.
Sam Vesely / Styles How To Play “The Lick” On Piano Learn how to play "The Lick" on piano. It's jazz music's biggest cliche and inside joke. Learn to play it for yourself.
Brett Ziegler / Improvisation Cocktail Piano 101 An introduction to cocktail piano with some ingredients to get you started: free resources, chords, scales, and more.
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.
Scott Bradlee / Styles Ragtime 101 (With Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox) Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox teaches you how to play ragtime piano like it’s the 1890s.
Kevin Castro / Styles How to Play Jazz Piano for Beginners: Learn These Skills First Learn how to play jazz piano: rhythm, progressions, how to read lead sheets, and more. Downloadable resources included.
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.
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 / 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 […]
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.
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!
Sangah Noona / Rhythm Tango Piano 101 Spice up your piano playing with some tango rhythms! In this lesson, Sangah Noona shows you how to play two iconic tango patterns.
Charmaine Li / Styles 10 Easy Jazz Standards to Learn First Get started with jazz by playing one of these easy and popular standards.
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.
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.
Jordan Leibel / Styles The Ray Charles 12-Bar Blues Piano Lick Play like Ray. Learn this awesome blues lick
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