Channel: Bill Hilton

Category: Music

Description: Minor chord progressions can be really beautiful, and they offer a ton of opportunities for improvising and songwriting on the piano or keyboard. The chords in the minor key progression we’re looking at in this tutorial really put it on a kind of borderline between major and minor but it has an overall dark, minor sound. In the tutorial we look at how to play the progression in a fairly basic way on the piano, using block chords and broken chords, and then I demonstrate how you can use some more advanced techniques in a minor progression, like chord extension and suspension, and rhythmic anticipation. We also discuss how to use the sustain pedal to create a rich, beautiful, ambient sound and how to voice the chords to bring out the character of the progression. DOWNLOAD THE CHORDS AS A PDF (FREE, NO SIGN-UP) drive.google.com/file/d/1WAUJwLKWwbr0dzL_YeZZSowSJVKNydRO/view?usp=sharing BILL’S BOOKS How To Really Play The Piano: billspianopages.com/how-to-really An Introduction to Cocktail Piano: billspianopages.com/cocktail Seven Studies in Pop Piano: billspianopages.com/seven-studies …OR BUY ALL THREE AS A BUNDLE FOR JUST £18.95 (30 PERCENT SAVING!): billspianopages.com/bundle BILL’S PIANO PACKS billspianopages.com/pianopacks BILL’S SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: fb.me/billhiltonpiano​ Twitter: twitter.com/billhilton​ Instagram: instagram.com/billhilton 00:00 How the chord progression sounds 01:00 Sustain pedal and minor chord voicing 03:05 Building your confidence with block chords 03:51 More advanced techniques #chords #piano