By Oluwayanmife Akintola | in Online Courses
Paying for offline lessons with a teacher for music lessons can be expensive and there are people that can't afford it; this course offers a better alternative for offline lessons and at a cheaper price. This course is for everyone that wants to learn how to play the piano or/and for people that want to learn about Music Theory. This class takes you from a beginner level with absolutely no experience to a professional level. Learn the very basics and move on to more advanced topics.
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"Good pace to learn from complete beginner. Fun exercises to practice and explained well." – Matthew Hill
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By Oluwayanmife Akintola | in Online Courses
Knowing how to read and write music is a valuable skill. It aids your learning of musical instruments, writing songs, and more. The skill of knowing how to read music is something that can be applied to playing many instruments because the music theory behind many instruments is the same. This course is for anyone who would like to read and write music. With 10 hours of content, it will help you to learn many musical instruments faster because understanding music theory prior to learning an instrument will make the learning process easier. Having said that, you don't have to be an instrument player or someone who wants to learn an instrument in order to take this course.
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"Really good and well planned course. I am a novice and I have learned so much during this class. I highly recommend it." – Aracely Melendez
Oluwayanmife Akintola | Pianist & Computer Engineer
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Your First Program
Introduction | Pitch, Bass & Treble Clefs, Stave, Ledger lines and Musical Notes
Sharps and Flats
Duration of notes, Tempo & Tempo Instructions, Beamed notes and Dotted notes
Time Signatures & Rhythm
Key Signatures and How they (Key Signatures) are derived from Scales
How to easily Recognise Key Signatures on a Music Sheet
Accidentals and Cautionary Accidentals
Modulation
Transposition
Rests, Ties and Slurs
Repeat Marks and Glissando
Chords
The Circle of Fifths
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By Oluwayanmife Akintola | in Online Courses
With 22 hours of content, this course will expand your basic piano skills by teaching intermediate and advanced topics. It features a great variety of different lessons on playing the piano. You will learn about different types of extended chords like 9th Chords, 11th Chords and 13th Chords. You will learn about the different types of Chord Voicings that you can use to play these Chords. You will learn about Major, Minor, Dominant and other types of extended Chords, and so much more.
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By Oluwayanmife Akintola | in Online Courses
This course will teach you how to create unique Chord Progressions through the use of a technique that is called Chord Substitution and through the use of Passing Chords and Secondary Dominant Chords. Chord Substitution is a technique that involves using a particular chord in the place of another chord in a Chord Progression in order to create variety, interest and hence add colour to the original Chord Progression.
"Excellent course. The Speaker is knowledgeable and the material is easy to understand. Thank you." – Bobbie Smith
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By Oluwayanmife Akintola | in Online Courses
In this course, you will learn about the different attributes of a melody. You will learn about the pitch range of a melody. You will also learn about the contour of a melody as well as musical phrases. Moreover, you will also learn about antecedent and consequent phrases. By the end of this course, you'll be able to create and play melodies that are beautiful, catchy, and memorable.
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By Oluwayanmife Akintola | in Online Courses
Altered chords are chords that have been changed by having the pitch of one or more notes in the chord sharpened or flattened by a semitone. This course will teach you how to use these chords to spice up your chord progressions. You'll be introduced to various types of altered chords and how they're used to add flavor, interest, and color to any harmony.
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In this course, you will learn about how to use Slash Chords to create different types of Basslines. A slash chord is a chord that indicates the emphasis of a bass note other than the root of the chord. When a chord is played it is typically assumed the bass will emphasize the root of the chord. With 85 lectures, you will learn how to use slash chords to create basslines and use them to give your chord progressions a different sound.
"Course is well executed! Simple explanations that help understanding! Thumbs up to the lecturer" – Kundai Dzawo
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By Oluwayanmife Akintola | in Online Courses
Being able to read music is good; however, it is even better and more beneficial if you have a skilled musical ear. Having a skilled musical ear is more beneficial and profitable if it's paired with your music reading skill. With 81 lectures, you will learn how to recognize the tonic note, the supertonic note, the mediant note, the dominant note, and other types of Scale Degrees by ear. You'll also recognize a song's key by simply listening. Developing a good musical ear will help you with your piano playing and with your improvisation skills.
"Perfect for beginners, those who are looking to increase your ear's recognition sense to the piano scales or chords, then this course is a must for you!" – Avinash S.
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This piano course will teach you how to use different types of borrowed chords in your Chord Progressions. The first section of this course covers the prerequisites that you need to know in order to progress to the other section of the course. With 82 lectures, you will learn about how to use borrowed chords from the parallel key and from a parallel mode. In addition to this, you will learn about how to use borrowed chords in different ways.
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By Oluwayanmife Akintola | in Online Courses
With 11 hours of content, this Piano course is a course that will teach you how to train your ears to be able to recognize different types of Chords. The first section of this course covers the prerequisites that you need to know in order to progress to the other sections of the course. You can skip the first section of this course if you already understand all the topics that are in it. In this course, you will learn about how to train your ears to recognize the different chords that are in a Major Key. You will also learn about how to train your ears to recognize the different chords that are in a Minor Key.
"The course is good overall. It does have important information and tips." – Ivelisse Velez
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