| Have you ever seen someone playing piano | | | | lush sounding chords? You'd probably want to |
| without sheet music and wonder "how are they | | | | learn this kind of chord type over triad's right? |
| doing that?" | | | | Yet thousands upon thousands of piano students |
| It's like magic to the uninitiated. They think this | | | | begin their studies with the age-old chord |
| person must have years and years of piano | | | | structure known as the triad. Now, thankfully, you |
| lessons under their belt. And while some pianists | | | | don't have to start this way. |
| do have years of classical training it doesn't mean | | | | Here's the point. This is the year 2006. We have |
| a thing! | | | | Jazz and contemporary styles that go beyond the |
| That's right. In fact, taking classical piano lessons | | | | triad and begin with something called seventh |
| can actually hinder your ability to just sit down | | | | chords. |
| and freely improvise. No, what most improvising | | | | But how exactly do we play these? By using |
| pianists know is how to use chords. Chords and | | | | something called the Open Position Chord |
| knowledge of the scale the chords came from is | | | | structure. Here we use both hands to finger a |
| all that is needed to make music at the piano. | | | | modern sounding seventh chord. And we use |
| Now, most of you have heard of triads. These | | | | over 2 octaves of the keyboard as well. With this |
| are 3 note chords that sound something Mozart | | | | kind of chord, we can instantly begin creating our |
| or Beethoven might have played for their children | | | | own music. |
| to get them interested in piano. There's absolutely | | | | How easy is this? If I were to tell you that you |
| nothing wrong with learning triads - except for | | | | could begin creating your own music within 1 hour |
| one thing... they're boring! | | | | would you believe me? Probably not. But if I were |
| Listen to this... | | | | to show you exactly how to do it... well, then, |
| What if you could learn a chord position that | | | | that's another matter altogether. Don't take my |
| would give you a modern sound right away AND | | | | word for it. Just take my free lesson below and |
| allow you to use both of your hands. And what if | | | | see for yourself! |
| this chord structure could provide you with rich, | | | | |