Originally Posted By bruno123
Rikki, share the highlights of your piano/chord studies, we may be able to add to, or learn from, what you are doing. It would be a nice topic.

John C.


Hi John,
hard to know where to start. My chords , I sort of know already, can’t necessarily play them , but learnt about them from an old Bill Irwin book many years ago.

What I’ve always lacked is the ability to know what to play, so , I used to play from the sheet music , note for note, never had to try and think for myself.

Ok, so now I have the lessons. They are based on specific songs, but basically no reason why what she teaches you for one song, can’t be applied to others. I think most of the songs are taught from lead sheets, but , they also have a version that’s fully notated, Prefer what she teaches off the lead sheet, so one can work out what ideas sound best, and basically come up with one’s own arrangement.

Some of the tunes, if I actually saw them fully notated, I wouldn’t have gone near them. Too hard , basket. ie the Intro she has to Make You Feel My Love .
Beginner 3 level. Seeing all those notes written on the staff, just looks so complicated, but by the time she explains it, no where near as daunting.

Just been a lot of fun.

My keyboards, the bit of playing I did do, (when I wasn’t busy converting styles or learning everything that the keyboard was capable of , haha) I really only ever played held left hand chords, single finger r/h melody. Never really ventured bound that.

Probably bit late to get back to piano, but better late than never. Haha
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