Take an Underwater
Journey Lesson 12: "Coral
Reef" by Edward
Weiss
New Age piano is a beautiful style of music
that many use to relax and unwind. But did you know that it's also
easy to create on your own? You don't need a lot of theory or
background in music to start playing piano in the New Age style.
All you really need is to know a few chords and then jump in and
play. Most teachers start students off with the humble triad. And
while there's nothing wrong with this chord type, it's not very
modern sounding. Instead you can play something much more
interesting!
Take the lesson "Coral Reef" for example. Here we have 2 chords,
A minor and F Major. The beauty of only having 2 chords for this
improvisation exercise is that it frees you up to
experiment. That is, you can focus on moving them around
instead of looking to see when the chords change.
Here you use your two chords and you change them whenever you
want. The left hand is playing an octave (open position) while the
right hand is free to play melody. And the sound created from this
is fantastic. In fact, to the untrained ear, you never would know
that just 2 chords are used. But it's true.
The thing about chords and playing them is that the magic
really unfolds when you limit choice (use only 2 chords and have
a certain technique to play them) and let your intuition guide you.
Then you can finally forget about thinking and actually experience
the music firsthand. This is a place of pure improvisation and
inspiration where your intuition guides you.
By the way ... a complete
(and printable) step-by-step breakdown of this video lesson is
available to course members. I go into much more detail and
show you exactly how it's done - and more
importantly, how you can do it yourself!
If You Like "Coral
Reef"... You'll really love the rest
of our New Age piano lessons! Join pianist/composer Edward
Weiss online now as he gives you the tools and techniques you need
to create your own beautiful New Age piano
music! Plus... join now and get
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