Posts Tagged ‘Learn’
BPK – How to Play Famous Tori Amos Riffs Part I (Piano/Keyboard)
Silent All These Years, Precious Things, Pretty Good Year, A Sorta Fairytale, Cooling, iieee, Winter.
(I wasn’t planning on adding Winter at the end but it just sort of happened, so it’s a bonus: a bit rough, but there.)
The featured video for this month is Juarez from To Venus and Back melded with You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette:
I love Juarez because of what Tori does with it when she plays it live. The album version is a bit cold and passionless but she really brings it to life both with band (as either herself or Clyde) and solo. Her mesmerizing key change at the end of her solo piano Juarez was the main inspiration for me to play it that way. Check it out if you love Juarez as much as I do! Beware though, the video received some random hate and a 1-star rating. It’s not for the feint of heart or anyone who has trouble understanding Tori or Juarez itself.
Here are some links to covers of the full songs in the tutorial here. A few of them are a bit older and not as polished but I think they’ll help from an information standpoint. UPDATE: I freshened up most of the really old ones so they are more fun. 
Silent All These Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bbs26L9Vhs
Precious Things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbMFZDY5rAs
Pretty Good Year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK6INFe60c0&fmt=18 (I play the vocals and piano part simultaneously and have some fun with it.)
Pretty Good Year (Instrumental): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mekx3M7js4 (This is performed by a friend named Justin who is a new pianist and he plays the instrumental version as written by Tori. He’s very graceful and accurate.)
A Sorta Fairytale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe7ATphQlPo
Cooling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaRCYv5_UbI
iieee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE56FgHTai4
Winter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM7ytOtt99I
Peace, BPK
Duration : 0:9:8
Get Piano Lesson 1 (Part One) Introduction to the Piano
Welcome to the introductory video for the Get Piano Lessons.com video series. If you’ve ever wanted an easier way of learning the piano, these fun instructional videos will show you how to begin developing your skills on the keyboard without boring you to death with a bunch of musical jargon. Best of all, each online lesson is free! Just go to: http://www.get-piano-lessons.com for complete details.
Duration : 0:6:48
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Piano Chord Tutorial #1 Tom Willett
The first lesson for beginners who want to learn to play keyboard chords
Duration : 0:7:57
Chapter 2 – Getting to Know Your Keyboard
Little Kids Rock provides free musical instruments and instruction for public school students who have been left behind due to budget cuts. We do this through the gracious support of our donors, as well as our Honorary Board Members, including Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon, BB King and a host of other celebrated friends in the music industry.
Instructors involved in the program use the unique Little Kids Rock methodology to teach students to play musical instruments. The program focuses on popular music styles that most students already listen to, including rock, blues, rap and hip-hop. Heavy emphasis is put on composition, improvisation and recording. Kids regularly get to record their own music, create CDs even make their own rock videos.
One of the things that makes Little Kids Rock so successful is that after training teachers, the program can be up and running quickly and at no cost to the school. We build on the expertise and skills of music teachers and give schools the flexibility to offer classes within the core curriculum or as after-school enrichment. Because all instruments are donated free of cost, all kids have the chance to learn, play and rock out!
Duration : 0:3:24
McCoy Tyner Style Tutorial
Visit my website at http://www.lot2learn.com for midi files, backing tracks and solo transcriptions.
My first “McCoy Style” video was so well received I decided to make another one. I have placed some annotations in the video and hope that the enhanced midi keyboard view will help with deciphering the various techniques I use.
As with my previous McCoy style video, here are some basics:
1. Know your pentatonic scales in all 12 keys. If you need to review these check out the pentatonic tutorial done by Volvoxburger – watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVYky3cNC_Y Practice different patterns in the right hand using these scales and try moving in and out of different keys.
2. You can move in and out of different keys as long as you end up at the tonal center at key points or as I call them “landing zones”. These typically will be the first beat of a 4 measure phrase.
3. 2nd inversion triads (there is a typo in the video) can be effective in the right hand when used in combination with stacked 4ths in the left.
4. Much of McCoy’s improvisation is rhythm based – that’s why he has dynamite drummers and very solid bass players. Vary the rhythms of both hands. Check out the section from 3:30 – 3:36 for an example of this.
5. Anticipate the upcoming chord in the LH by playing a line in the RH based on that upcoming chord in beat 3 or 4 of the preceding measure.
Production Notes:
The backing track was created partially with Band-in-a-Box with additional drums (crash cymbals) and bass added using the Roland FP-4.
The MIDI keyboard on the screen is from a program by PGMusic (makers of Band-in-a-Box) called PowerTracks Pro Audio. The notes played on the keyboard are captured using the program Camtasia and resized and placed in the proper position using the video editing program Adobe Premiere elements.
Duration : 0:6:51