Learn 20 Piano Techniques to Play Dreamy Piano Music

Learn Piano Christmas Song #1 - Play Dreamy White Christmas

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Learn to play these dreamy piano techniques for White Christmas (2:46)
Dreamy Piano Music - How To Communicate Dreamy Sounds? (3:22)
Learn 20 Piano Techniques to Play Dreamy Piano Music (4:48)
Overview of the Course

White Christmas - Lyrics & Structure - Section A B

White Christmas: Section A B (3:32)
Fun Activity 1: The lyrics of White Christmas
Answer to Activity 1: Lyrics - finding the stress in the syllables!
White Christmas - Accidental Tones D# & F# (2:21)
White Christmas - Long Tones are places to put in dreamy piano runs! (1:46)

Piano Technique 1 - Rolling Cascading Run in 1 6 2 5 Chord Progression

Dreamy Introduction
Piano Demo on Rolling Cascading Run in 1625 (1:21)

Piano Technique 2: RH - Use Triplets to Create Rolling Effect

Piano Demo - Triplets Coming Down (1:21)
Piano Demo: Triplets Coming down in slow motion (0:36)

Piano Technique 3: RH - Change Triplet Sound to Create a dream chord transition

Piano Technique 3: Change melodic tones to prepare for chord change (3:02)
Piano Tip: Fingering & Think in Groups of 4
Piano Demo: "THINK" in Groups of 4 + Melodic Change in Measure 3 (2:20)
Piano Tip 3: Put the Weight on the Pinkie (0:41)
Piano Demo: Put the weight on Pinkie (0:25)
Keeping the Sustain Pedal On (0:54)

Piano Technique 4: RH - Use Augmented Chord +5 in place of V7

Piano Technique 4: Use Color Chord +5 (1:20)

Play Along Practice: 1625 Dreamy Rolling Cascading Run

Play Along 1: Rolling Cascading Run – Slow Tempo Play Along (2:09)
Play Along 2: Rolling Cascading Run – Fast Tempo Practice (1:31)

Piano Technique 5: Left Hand Accompaniment to 1 6 2 5

Piano Demo: LH Plays Bass Tones : C A D G for the 1625 (1:05)
Play Along: Left Hand add in C A D G - Slow Motion (0:42)
Piano Demo: Left Hand Variation - Octave - C A D G (0:38)
Play Along: Left Hand Octaves with Right Hand Rolling Cascading Run on 1625 (1:40)
Fun Activity 3: Play the Cascading Run in 1625

Line 1: I'm Dreaming of A White Christmas

Line 1: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Line 1: An example of Harmonizing Chords

Piano Techniques for Line 1: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Piano Demo: Improvise with Dreamy Piano Runs in 3rds & Walking bass to Line 1 (1:21)

Piano Techniques for Line 1 Measure 1 - CM7 color chord

Piano Technique 6: Line 1 Measure 1 - RH Cascading 3rd Fill In (1:06)
Piano Technique 7: Line 1 - LH Walking Bass from C to F (2:11)
Piano Demo: Line 1 Measure 1 - CM7 Fill In with Both Hands Coordination (0:40)

Piano Techniques for Line 1 Measure 2

Piano Technique 8: LH Smooth Double Up Walking Bass (0:42)
Piano Technique 9: RH Inversions to Dm C B C/G (0:53)

Piano Technique for Line 1 Measure 1 to 3: C B A G F E D C B A G F

Piano Technique 10: LH Smooth Walking Bass Technique through 3 measures (1:19)
Play Along Tracks - From Notating Everything to Play by Ear
Play Along: RH & LH Smooth Walking Bass with Counting (1:24)
Play Along: RH & LH Smooth Walking Bass with Score Sheet (1:27)
Play Along: RH & LH Smooth Walking Bass with Chords Only (1:27)
Play Along RH & LH Smooth Walking Bass - Play By Ear (1:27)

Piano Technique for Line 1 Measure 3 - Dm7/F

Piano Technique 11: Improvise with Polychord Rolling Wave Dm7/F (0:58)

Piano Techniques for Line 1 Measure 4 - F# G13b9

Piano Technique 12: Scale Run to Lead into the G13b9
Piano Technique for Line 1 Measure 4 - F# G13b9 (1:59)
Play Along: Scale Lead in to G13b9 (1:02)

Play Line 1 Dreamy Variation - Use Polychord Rolling Wave Technique

Piano Techniques are not fixed. Learn to Put in Different Variations to Line 1
Piano Technique: Improvise with Polychord Rolling Waves (1:22)
Piano Demo: How to Count Polychord Rolling Waves to Fit into the Measures (2:35)
Play Along: Improvise by playing Line 1 with Polychord Rolling Waves (1:39)

Piano Techniques for Line 2

Line 2 Reharmonization
Line 2 Answer: A Possible Reharmonization for the Chord Progression

Piano Technique: Nostalgic Ballad 9 in Line 2 Measure 1 & 2

Piano Technique: Improvise with Nostalgic Ballad 9 - Line 2 Measure 1 & 2
Piano Demo: Improvise with Nostalgic Ballad 9 (1:13)
Dreamy Nostalgic Ballad 9

Piano Technique: Trill in G9 Line 2 Measure 6

Piano Technique Trill: Alternate 2 adjacent tones in G9
Piano Demo: Trill in G9 (0:39)

Piano Technique: Chromatic Turn Around in Line 2 Measure 7 & 8

Piano Technique: Chromatic Turn Around - Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D
Piano Demo: Half Step Chromatic Turn Around - Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D (1:41)
Piano Technique: The tones played for Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D
Piano Technique: RH & LH - Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D (1:22)
Piano Technique: Put Movement to LH Chords: Em7 Eb7 Dm7 G7b9/D (0:59)

Play Along: Chromatic Movement in Line 2 Measure 7 & 8

Play Along with Score Sheet - Chromatic Turn Around (1:19)
Play Along with Chords - Chromatic Turn Around - Can apply to other songs! (1:19)

Piano Technique: Chromatic Turn Around Variation - Em7 Eb7 Dm7 Db7

Chromatic Turn Around Variation: Use Tritone Db7
Piano Demo: Chromatic Turn Around using the Tritone Db7 (0:41)

Dreamy Piano Technique: Line 3

Line 3 Reharmonization
Answer: A possible chord progression for Line 3
Piano Demo: Smooth Descending Bass Line (0:29)
Line 3 Measure 9 to 10 – Smooth Descending Bass with Polychord Stride Pattern (2:56)
Play Along: Line 3 Measure 9 & 10 Smooth Descending Bass with Polychord Stride (1:06)
Line 3 Measure 11 to 12 – Smooth Descending Bass + Polychord Technique (1:24)

Line 4 Reharmonization

Line 4 Reharmonization
A possible chord progression for Line 4

Dreamy Piano Technique Line 4 - Dreamy Ballad & Glissando Run

Piano Demo: Dreamy Ballad & Glissando Technique to Line 4 (1:13)

Dreamy Ballad 7 Technique

Piano Demo: Line 4 Measure 13 – CM7 Ballad Major 7 Fingering (0:49)
Piano Play Along: CM7 Ballad Major 7 (1:31)
Piano Demo: FM7 Ballad Major 7 (1:06)
Piano Demo: Dreamy Ballad 7 can apply to other lines. Line 1 Demo (0:52)

Line 4 Measure 15 & 16 Turn Around – Dm7 G7b9 Slow Dreamy Glissando Run

Line 4 Measure 15 & 16 Turn Around – Dm7 G7b9 Slow Dreamy Glissando Run
Piano Demo: Measure 15 & 16 Turn Around & Glissando (0:50)
Piano Demo: Glissando Coming Down (0:23)
Piano Demo: Glissando Variation - Going up (0:38)
Play Along: Measure 15 & 16 Turn Around – Dm7 G7b9 Slow Dreamy Glissando Run (1:47)

Section B: White Christmas

White Christmas Section B
Section B Line 5 & Line 6
Section B Line 7 - Putting in Gm7 C7 Chord Progression
Piano Demo: Section B Line 7 - Gm7 C7 (2-5 Power Chord) (0:33)
Section B Line 7 - Putting in FM9 AbM7 Dreamy Chord Progression
Piano Demo: Line 7 FM9 AbM7 Smooth Chord Transition (0:58)

Section B: Line 7 Dreamy Piano Techniques

Line 7 FM9 - C/F Polychord Rolling Wave Play Along (0:59)
Line 7 Bar 4: AbM7 – Fill IN: Double up Chord Tones
Piano Demo: Line 7 Bar 4 AbM7 - Double up chord tones for Fill in (1:09)

Section B: Line 8 Dreamy Piano Techniques

Line 8 Dreamy Chord Progression
Piano Demo: Line 8 Measure 29 - Dreamy Chord Technique - G diminished 7 chord (0:20)
Line 8 Dreamy Jazzy Chord Ending - Line 8 Measure 31 & 32
Piano Demo: Jazzy Chord Ending Bb9 Ab9 C6/9 (0:53)
3 Rolling Waves - Smooth Dreamy Ending – Bb9 Ab9 C6/9
3 Rolling Waves Piano Demo - Bb9, Ab9, C6/9 (1:09)
C6/9 Ethereal Ending (0:33)

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