Welcome to the Course
White Christmas - Lyrics & Structure - Section A B
Piano Technique 1 - Rolling Cascading Run in 1 6 2 5 Chord Progression
Piano Technique 2: RH - Use Triplets to Create Rolling Effect
Piano Technique 3: RH - Change Triplet Sound to Create a dream chord transition
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Piano Technique 3: Change melodic tones to prepare for chord change (3:02)
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Piano Tip: Fingering & Think in Groups of 4
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Piano Demo: "THINK" in Groups of 4 + Melodic Change in Measure 3 (2:20)
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Piano Tip 3: Put the Weight on the Pinkie (0:41)
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Piano Demo: Put the weight on Pinkie (0:25)
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Keeping the Sustain Pedal On (0:54)
Piano Technique 4: RH - Use Augmented Chord +5 in place of V7
Play Along Practice: 1625 Dreamy Rolling Cascading Run
Piano Technique 5: Left Hand Accompaniment to 1 6 2 5
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Piano Demo: LH Plays Bass Tones : C A D G for the 1625 (1:05)
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Play Along: Left Hand add in C A D G - Slow Motion (0:42)
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Piano Demo: Left Hand Variation - Octave - C A D G (0:38)
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Play Along: Left Hand Octaves with Right Hand Rolling Cascading Run on 1625 (1:40)
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Fun Activity 3: Play the Cascading Run in 1625
Line 1: I'm Dreaming of A White Christmas
Piano Techniques for Line 1: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Piano Techniques for Line 1 Measure 1 - CM7 color chord
Piano Techniques for Line 1 Measure 2
Piano Technique for Line 1 Measure 1 to 3: C B A G F E D C B A G F
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Piano Technique 10: LH Smooth Walking Bass Technique through 3 measures (1:19)
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Play Along Tracks - From Notating Everything to Play by Ear
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Play Along: RH & LH Smooth Walking Bass with Counting (1:24)
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Play Along: RH & LH Smooth Walking Bass with Score Sheet (1:27)
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Play Along: RH & LH Smooth Walking Bass with Chords Only (1:27)
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Play Along RH & LH Smooth Walking Bass - Play By Ear (1:27)
Piano Technique for Line 1 Measure 3 - Dm7/F
Piano Techniques for Line 1 Measure 4 - F# G13b9
Play Line 1 Dreamy Variation - Use Polychord Rolling Wave Technique
Piano Techniques for Line 2
Piano Technique: Nostalgic Ballad 9 in Line 2 Measure 1 & 2
Piano Technique: Trill in G9 Line 2 Measure 6
Piano Technique: Chromatic Turn Around in Line 2 Measure 7 & 8
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Piano Technique: Chromatic Turn Around - Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D
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Piano Demo: Half Step Chromatic Turn Around - Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D (1:41)
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Piano Technique: The tones played for Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D
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Piano Technique: RH & LH - Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D (1:22)
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Piano Technique: Put Movement to LH Chords: Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D (0:59)
Play Along: Chromatic Movement in Line 2 Measure 7 & 8
Piano Technique: Chromatic Turn Around Variation - Em7 Eb7 Dm7 Db7
Dreamy Piano Technique: Line 3
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Line 3 Reharmonization
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Answer: A possible chord progression for Line 3
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Piano Demo: Smooth Descending Bass Line (0:29)
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Line 3 Measure 9 to 10 – Smooth Descending Bass with Polychord Stride Pattern (2:56)
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Play Along: Line 3 Measure 9 & 10 Smooth Descending Bass with Polychord Stride (1:06)
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Line 3 Measure 11 to 12 – Smooth Descending Bass + Polychord Technique (1:24)
Line 4 Reharmonization
Dreamy Piano Technique Line 4 - Dreamy Ballad & Glissando Run
Dreamy Ballad 7 Technique
Line 4 Measure 15 & 16 Turn Around – Dm7 G7b9 Slow Dreamy Glissando Run
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Line 4 Measure 15 & 16 Turn Around – Dm7 G7b9 Slow Dreamy Glissando Run
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Piano Demo: Measure 15 & 16 Turn Around & Glissando (0:50)
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Piano Demo: Glissando Coming Down (0:23)
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Piano Demo: Glissando Variation - Going up (0:38)
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Play Along: Measure 15 & 16 Turn Around – Dm7 G7b9 Slow Dreamy Glissando Run (1:47)
Section B: White Christmas
Section B: Line 7 Dreamy Piano Techniques
Section B: Line 8 Dreamy Piano Techniques
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Line 8 Dreamy Chord Progression
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Piano Demo: Line 8 Measure 29 - Dreamy Chord Technique - G diminished 7 chord (0:20)
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Line 8 Dreamy Jazzy Chord Ending - Line 8 Measure 31 & 32
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Piano Demo: Jazzy Chord Ending Bb9 Ab9 C6/9 (0:53)
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3 Rolling Waves - Smooth Dreamy Ending – Bb9 Ab9 C6/9
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3 Rolling Waves Piano Demo - Bb9, Ab9, C6/9 (1:09)
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C6/9 Ethereal Ending (0:33)
Congratulations & Conclusion
Bonus Section - Resources for Students
