When we learn about Diatonic Modes, or as some call them, the church modes, we are told that those modes are scales on a degree of a major key. While this is true, it doesn’t actually give us a clue on how to use them or why it is even important to know about them. […]

Hey everyone, I think you will find this article very exciting. The goal of this post is to take the bland and basic chords of a song and to turn them into super nice voicings and variations. It will take your songs from sounding good to sounding absolutely fantastic and professional. To get your songs […]

When we study a new song for the first time, it is useful to know its anatomy. How is it built up? What are the tonalities that are used? How does it transition from one tonality into the next? What are the scales I can use in a solo? To answer those questions we need […]

In this post, you will get acquainted with everything you need to know about key signatures. That is useful when you need to know which notes to play in any given key and for both major and minor scales. You may be wondering what a key signature is? You can hover with your mouse over […]

Chord formulas can help you not only to play chords in any key, but they can also help you to understand chords on a different level. We can create formulas in a few ways: the diatonic formulas and the chromatic formulas. The big difference between those is: With diatonic formulas, you will know the mode […]

In this article, I will show you how to use chord inversions to transition chords smoothly within the song you are playing. This is to make sure that your hands don’t need to travel all the way to another segment on your keyboard just to play the next chord in your progression. We have all […]

In this post about the music theory of intervals, we will learn: what an interval is the 12 most important intervals how to recognise them by ear According to Wikipedia, an interval is a difference in pitch between two sounds. In musical theory, an interval is a distance between two notes and is best expressed […]

In this piano scales lesson, we will focus on the Major Scale in all its glory. We have to face it: of all the different scales that exist, the major scale is the most important one. It forms the basis of all other scales and provides us with a key signature. The major scale is […]

This post on basic piano chords for the C major scale will give you a solid foundation for the basic chords in all scales. Once this theory is known, it can be applied to all major scales, and it will give you an insight on how chords are built and how chords are named. Once […]

Like with any type of physical exercise, even before playing the piano, it is best to warm up your muscles. It is needed to prevent injuries that may happen in the heat of your musical exploits. I have come up with some piano warm ups for absolute beginners that are ideal for you. I will […]