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Circle of fifths piano practice, rhythm workout: play every major and minor chord around the whole circle, in every inversion, with arpeggios, the tresillo and the son clave. Piano lesson with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music. This is Part 2. Part 1 gave you the shape of every chord in root position, first inversion and second inversion. Now the rhythm comes in, and your two hands start sharing the beat. First, one chord through its inversions while the left hand holds a root or plays a pattern of its own: 1 hit against 4, 2 against 4, 3+1, 1+3, and only beats 2 and 4. Then three broken-chord orders: low-middle-high-middle, high-middle-low-middle and high-low-middle-low. Then the tresillo over a left-hand root and stride, so you have to find the root and the inversion at speed. After that, the journeys: the same shape from chord to chord (white-black-white, black-white-black), then the whole circle of fifths and the whole circle of fourths. The last two rhythms are a first-inversion circle with the modified tresillo and a second-inversion circle with the son clave over a stride. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 📹 Everything for Life Bundle ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ▶️ Related lessons & playlists Part 1: every major and minor chord in root position + 2 inversions ➡️ https://youtu.be/SOfunteeDXU Circle of Fifths (playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-FzWCgbLnhEXKrulYDxLQJ Triads That Move: Piano Rhythm Workout With Swing, Tresillo & Clave ➡️ https://youtu.be/CNsXfo9D9RE The Tresillo: Pop's Most-Used Piano Rhythm, Explained ➡️ https://youtu.be/knJebrulzRI 10 Rhythm Patterns That Make Chord Inversions Easy ➡️ https://youtu.be/DjPqzQqe_NY 🎡 Free Fifth Harmony circle of fifths app (24 modes, including the piano mode) ➡️ https://circle-of-fifths.nathanielschool.com 🎓 https://nathanielschool.com 📚 Free tutorials library ➡️ https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - One chord through its inversions 03:47 - Hand ratios: 1:4, 2:4, 3+1 06:04 - Arpeggios: three patterns 08:23 - Tresillo with stride 11:11 - Same-shape journeys 14:45 - The whole circle in fourths and fifths 16:47 - First inversion + modified tresillo 18:29 - Second inversion + son clave 20:17 - Wrap-up 💰 PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 💬 WhatsApp ➡️ +91 77604 56847 ✉️ music@nathanielschool.com #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #PianoRhythm

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Learn how to read music the way working musicians actually do: sight reading, rhythm reading, chord charts, transcription and sight singing, with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music, and why sight singing is the one I'd pick. I started my journey without really knowing how to read. I sang in a choir and figured it out along the way, then played in a cappella groups and rock bands where, for almost a decade, hardly anyone in the band was reading notation. So reading is an option, not a requirement, and it is not the same thing as music theory or ear training. But once you do read, there are five very different things you can do with the page, and most courses only ever teach you one of them. Sight reading is eyes to fingers: you read the page and play it, almost like reading a poem. The honest limit is that you can become a very good reader and still not know what the accidentals mean, where the music modulates, or what tension and resolution are about, because your ears sit the whole thing out. Rhythm reading takes pitch away and has you clap, count or say what is printed; read the son clave once and it is in your body for life. Chord charts are read, interpret, improvise: a Cm7♭5 is an invitation to a ii–V–I or a Locrian line, a C7♭5 points you at Lydian dominant, and the symbol itself should inspire you. Transcription runs the whole process in reverse, from sound to page, and it teaches you things no classroom, course or YouTube video can. And then the one I'd pick: sight singing. Read the notation and sing what you read. You don't have to be a trained singer; what you are training is your mind, your ears, your interval recognition and your compositional ability, and I think the only way to train your ear is to sing. We built a free app for exactly this, with the old Melodia exercises plus my own more rhythmic ones, standard sight singing patterns, a Jazz Lab where you sight sing chord charts, and a score for pitch and timing so you can keep improving. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 📹 Everything for Life Bundle ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com 🎼 RELATED LESSONS ON THIS CHANNEL How to Read Chord Charts Like a Pro Musician ➡️ https://youtu.be/4qHUtgJ7XoE Learn to Read Sheet Music Fast: Intervals, Clefs & Key Signatures ➡️ https://youtu.be/r5E_FVtw_3A 🎓 Nathaniel School of Music ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All 1000+ lessons and our live classrooms (Music Factory is our transcription classroom) ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com 🎤 The free sight singing app from the lesson ➡️ https://sightsinging.nathanielschool.com 🎷 Jazz Lab, the free chord-chart trainer from 24:13 ➡️ https://jazz.nathanielschool.com ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 - What Does Reading Music Actually Mean? 🎼 00:29 - Clefs: Treble, Bass, Alto & Tenor 00:42 - The X and Y Axis of Notation 01:26 - Two Hands, Two Staves — and the Pipe Organ 02:21 - Why I Started Without Reading 02:38 - Playing in Bands That Never Read Music 03:18 - Reading Is Optional, Not Theory 03:40 - Memorise and Visualise Instead 04:53 - What Sheet Music Is Really For 05:24 - Learning by Watching (Western Grandad) 06:35 - Learning by Intuition (Carnatic Grandad) 🎻 07:20 - Parroting: Learning Songs by Ear 07:40 - The Limits of Copying from YouTube 08:25 - Method 1: Read & Play (Sight-Reading) 🎹 09:06 - Even Drummers Sight-Read 🥁 09:35 - Transposing Instruments: Concert Pitch 10:20 - The Honest Limit of Sight-Reading 11:20 - Method 2: Rhythm Reading 11:40 - Note Durations & Tuplets Explained 12:02 - Clap It, Tap It, Vocalise It 12:22 - The Son Clave Stays With You 12:52 - Method 3: Reading Chord Charts 13:40 - Cm7b5 → Locrian or a 2-5-1 14:07 - Minor Major 7th → Melodic Minor 14:19 - C7b5 → Lydian Dominant 14:33 - A Chord Symbol Is a Scale 14:48 - Maj7 → Lydian, Pentatonic, Harmonic Major 15:33 - Charts in the Studio, Theatre & Jazz 16:28 - Why Chord Charts Aren’t Taught 16:45 - Method 4: Transcription 16:59 - Reverse-Engineering a Song by Ear 17:35 - Steps vs Leaps: Somewhere Over the Rainbow 🌈 18:13 - Shape, Intervals, Notes, Then Notate 20:04 - Beyond Staff: Solfège & Carnatic Swaras 20:46 - Guitar Frets & Instrument-Specific Notation 21:24 - Respecting Every Culture’s Notation 🌍 21:51 - Method 5: Sight-Singing 🎤 22:23 - Why Singing Trains Your Ear Best 22:53 - Practising Intervals from a Root 24:13 - Sight-Singing Chord Charts (Jazz Lab) 💛 Support these free lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 💬 WhatsApp ➡️ +91 7760456847 📩 music@nathanielschool.com #SightSinging #SightReading #ReadingMusic

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Learn how to read and build rhythm notation on piano beat by beat, dividing beats by two, three and four using a simple play-or-rest system with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music. 🥁 TRY THE APP FREE — Rhythm Arithmetic, the web app demoed in this lesson (tap a cell to notate it instantly, loop it, change the meter, roll the dice): https://binary-arithmetic.nathanielschool.com 🎛️ All 25+ free practice tools ➡️ https://apps.nathanielschool.com Rhythm gets a lot simpler when you reduce it to one choice: play or don't play, note or rest. In this lesson we build rhythms beat by beat — almost like binary arithmetic, zeros and ones — and show the Western notation equivalent for every pattern. We start at the top level: sound or silence in each slot of a bar. From there you'll see how note values get their shapes — the oval becomes a minim, shade it for a crotchet (quarter note), add a tail for a quaver — and how rests get their own symbols. The whole system runs on beat division: divide the beat by two, three or four. You'll work through simple one-beat cells, two-beat patterns with dotted notes, trivial and "groovy" triplets, swing feel, and sixteen sixteenth-note options. We also demo our web app, Rhythm Arithmetic — tap a cell to notate instantly, loop it, choose meters from 4/4 to 3/4, 5/4, 6/8, 7/8 and 5/8, merge phrases (ABBA, ABAC), and try famous patterns like son clave, rumba clave, Charleston and habanera. There's a rhythm dictation mode too, to test your ears. Great for pianists, keyboardists, producers and any musician who wants to read and count rhythm with confidence. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) - https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🏡 Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube ============================= ▶️ Related Videos & Playlists 📂 All Things Rhythm - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT8AILe58QHSRI7c3I6LKcWI 📚 Sixteenth Note Practice - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9xy8UYvtLyUcpSCEILXrPH 🗂️ Piano Rhythm Patterns: Salsa, Reggae, Waltz - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_tHExU4pBEaMxDbTP6k5Kf 📋 Ear Training - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-GHvpugWvYgEuLAL4f01ZK 🎶 Combo Piano Practice - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-O_9vTKozS6I2HNBfdVOcG ============================= 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Introduction: Build Any Rhythm 🥁 00:27 - Play or Don’t Play — Note or Rest 00:38 - Notes vs Rests: Symbols Explained 🎼 01:00 - How Note Values Get Their Shapes 01:40 - To Play or Not to Play 01:55 - Beat Division System Explained 02:29 - Introducing Rhythm Arithmetic (Web App) 📱 04:40 - See It, Hear It, Become It 05:02 - Tap a Cell, It Notates Instantly 05:15 - Loop, Sing and Shape the Rhythm 05:29 - Rest View vs Hold View 05:46 - Percussion Voices: Cajon, Conga, Clave 06:03 - Rhythm Dictation Mode 🎯 06:32 - Start Simple: One Bar Grid 07:00 - Four Options on One Beat 07:20 - Two Beats & Dotted Notes 07:27 - Triplets: Trivial vs Groovy 07:33 - Swing Triplet Feel 07:44 - Quarter Note Triplets 07:51 - Sixteen Sixteenth-Note Options 08:08 - Build a Merged Phrase (ABBA / ABAC) 09:23 - Customising Individual Beats 09:44 - Adding a Rest on Beat Three 10:06 - Mixing Divide-by-Three & Four 10:25 - Zeros and Ones for Non-Readers 10:36 - Drag & Edit the Notation 10:58 - Rolling the Dice: Full Random Rhythm 11:42 - Adjusting the Crotchet Pulse 11:48 - Changing Time Signatures Live 12:09 - Building Your Own 5/8 Composition 12:38 - Famous Clave Patterns 🥁 13:34 - Melodic Mode Preview 🎹 14:11 - Future Features & Mobile App 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #RhythmReading #RhythmNotation #MusicTheory

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Part 2 triad workout: practise F major & harmonic minor triads with off-beats, swing, tresillo, clave & time signatures on piano. 🎹🎶 Welcome to Part 2 of our triad workout! In Part 1 we formed the triads of the F major and F harmonic minor scales along with their first and second inversions, ascending and descending. Now we take those same shapes and make them musical by focusing entirely on rhythm. We start by revising one chord every two counts, then explore rhythmic anticipation — playing chords on the off-beats instead of the predictable 1, 2, 3, 4. You'll learn to displace chords to the "and" of beats, shift the chord itself on off-beats, and combine block chords with arpeggios and broken chords for variety. From there we move into quaver (eighth note) scale drills, add a swing feel, and tackle popular rhythm patterns like the tresillo, the clave and the 3-3-2 grouping. We also gamify the exercise across time signatures, starting at 8 beats per chord and shrinking down to 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3 — pushing you to change chords faster while staying in the groove. Your left hand gets a workout too: single octaves, perfect fifths (with the diminished fifth on the leading tone), broken chords, and cascading two-hand patterns. We even show how to borrow a song's rhythm to keep your practice fun and creative. Underneath all the groove, you're really drilling root position, first inversion, second inversion and even spread voicings. If you found this piano tutorial useful, do watch Part 1 and our related music lessons linked in the description. Thanks for practising with us, and I'll catch you in the next one! 🎹 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) - https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🏡 Visit our Channel for more Tutorials & Performances - https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube ============================= ▶️ Related Videos & Playlists 🎬 Minor Chord Inversions & Circle of Fifths - https://youtu.be/Xnsr4u1iC2A 🎯 Major & Minor Piano Triads - https://youtu.be/PAEz0Y82P1s 🔑 Major Scales with Chords Piano Exercise - https://youtu.be/lCcPEuF0X48 💡 Sixteenth Notes Practice Tutorial - https://youtu.be/0eYCe2Wtt8c 📂 Minor Scales - Theory, Exercises & Compositions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_8KkjOUBofqzyhbgGkROE- ============================= 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:29 - Welcome to Part 2 🎹 00:36 - Recap of Part 1: Triads & Inversions 00:54 - What We’ll Cover: Rhythm Concepts 01:14 - F Major Triads Up & Down 01:46 - Introducing Rhythmic Anticipation 🥁 02:23 - The ‘And’ of Two Explained 02:44 - F Harmonic Minor Triads Review 03:14 - The ‘And’ of Three Explained 04:05 - Shifting the Chord on the Off-Beat 04:22 - Combining Blocks & Arpeggios 05:01 - Quaver Scale Drill Setup 05:45 - Two Hits Per Chord Practice Tip 06:14 - Adding the Swing Feel 06:38 - The Tresillo Rhythm Pattern 07:06 - Shifting Chords at Tresillo Speed 07:20 - The Clave Rhythm Pattern 07:51 - The 3-3-3-4 Grouping 08:20 - Jumbling Up the Order 08:28 - Playing at Melody Speed 🎵 08:48 - Try It With Different Inversions 09:09 - Time Signature Game: 8 Beats Per Arpeggio 09:53 - Reducing to 7 Beats Per Chord 10:36 - Phrasing 7 as 4 + 3 10:58 - Dropping Down to 6 Beats 11:14 - Left Hand: Playing Fifths 11:35 - Parallel Fifths Over 6 11:56 - Time Signature of 5 12:12 - Time Signature of 4 & 3 12:51 - Left Hand Broken Chords 13:02 - Two Hands, Two Different Rhythms 13:52 - Cascading the Triads 14:35 - Ascending & Descending in One Hand 14:58 - Borrowing a Song’s Rhythm 🎶 15:48 - Polyrhythms & Endless Options 15:58 - Wrap Up & Thanks 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoTriads #Tresillo #ClaveRhythm

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Learn salsa and dance piano rhythms using the Tresillo, the Clave and disco variations. This is Part 2 of a 4-part series. Next up is Part 3: Reggae, Rock, Waltz & Odd Meters. This tutorial brings the piano into the world of Latin and dance music. We break down the Tresillo pulse, its disco variation and the son clave, showing how these grooves transform a simple progression into a dance floor-ready rhythm. You'll also learn body-pulse techniques, articulation tips and passing-note ideas that make your playing sound authentic. Whether you're inspired by salsa, disco or Indian folk adaptations of these grooves, this lesson will give you a rhythmic toolkit to make people move. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Introduction 00:13 - Introduction Part 1 01:28 - Tresillo Pulse 03:16 - Tresillo Pulse 03:38 - Modified Tresillo (Disco) 04:08 - All hit points in the Right Hand 04:44 - Articulation - Staccato & Legato 04:56 - Add Ghost Notes to it 05:51 - Salsa Rhythm with Passing Notes 06:16 - The Son Clave 07:36 - Syncopation between the hands 08:29 - Indian Dance Rhythm Pattern 09:50 - Revision of all the Salsa Rhythms ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #SalsaPiano #DiscoPiano #PianoRhythm

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Train your ear and hands to tell apart triplets, semiquavers and clave feels on piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shows you how to execute rhythms that sound almost identical but feel completely different. You'll explore triplets, semiquavers (16ths), swing and clave patterns, and how to apply them over scales, chords and even while singing. You'll learn how triplets create a flowing feel versus the forward drive of semiquavers, how to use konnakol to subdivide rhythms, and how to practise with a metronome at 70-80 bpm with accents and syncopation. You'll also apply the drills on major and minor scales and explore Son, Rumba and Bossa claves. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Introduction 00:32 - 1- Beat Structure 00:53 - 2- Beat Rhythm 01:34 - 1-Beat Division → Quavers (Eighth Notes) 03:36 - Add Traditional Swing Feel 04:54 - Straight vs Swing Explained 05:12 - Dividing the Beat into 4 (Semiquavers) 06:20 - How Swing is felt 06:53 - 1 Beat and 2 hits 08:57 - Dotted Feel vs Straight 09:17 - Dividing by 2 & 4 10:16 - Semiquaver vs Quaver Pulse 12:12 - Swinging the Semiquaver Feel 12:46 - Triplet Feel 13:03 - Semiquavers: Swing vs Straight 13:17 - Quaver Feel in Context 14:52 - Applying Rhythms Over 2 Beats 15:19 - The Famous Tresillo 16:29 - Quarter-Note Triplets 16:54 - D Minor Triplet Example 17:54 - Dividing the Triplet by 3 19:00 - Understanding the Dotted Quaver Feel 19:24 - Tresillo (Revisited) 19:52 - Triplet Variations 20:06 - Rhythm Patterns Across a Bar 20:34 - Son Clave 21:20 - Rumba Clave 22:49 - Bossa Clave 24:08 - Capping off the three Claves 25:11 - Recap & Wrap-Up 26:21 - Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #Triplets #ClaveRhythm #PianoRhythm

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Whether you're into Mozart, movie themes or grooves from India and the Caribbean, this tutorial walks you through every pulse using body movement and piano playing. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you master every pulse in music, covering quarter notes, eighths and sixteenths, dotted rhythms, off-beat syncopations, Soca, Tresillo and Indian triplet feels. You'll even analyse grooves through the Titan Theme and more, building a deep, body-felt understanding of rhythm at the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance - Mozart Symphony No.25’ 01:26 - The Various Pulses of Music 01:58 - All the Pulses? 02:25 - How to Move the Head Naturally? 05:07 - Let’s learn the Titan Theme Song (D Major) 06:02 - Pulse based on Eight or Sixteenth Notes 06:48 - Slow Pulse 08:13 - Fast Pulse 08:44 - Combining Normal, Slow & Fast Pulse 10:48 - The “Snare” Pulse 11:49 - “Off-Beat” Pulse on the & 13:00 - Adding some “Swing” 14:30 - Dotted Pulse/Feel 15:59 - Dotted Quarter Notes 17:21 - Changing the perseption of how we feel time 17:58 - Dotted Eight Notes 20:47 - Pulses from different cultures 21:20 - Salsa Music - Clave 22:08 - Tresillo 22:39 - Triplet Feel 24:17 - Quick Recap of all the Pulses 26:17 - Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #MusicalPulse #PianoRhythm #Syncopation

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Using Salsa rhythms, we practice fifth chords (power chords) with both their inversions using every single interval combination. Using fifth chords and their inversions, you'll explore the perfect 5th, perfect 4th, tritone, thirds and seconds while applying rhythmic patterns like Tresillo, Son Clave and more Salsa! 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:25 - About the lesson 02:24 - Building the Power Chord 02:47 - Remembering Perfect 5th 03:50 - Starting off with Tresillo 04:31 - Modified Tresillo 04:56 - Son Clave 06:17 - 5th Chord Inversions 06:43 - The Perfect 5th Interval 07:40 - Ascending and Descending Motion 08:24 - Fingering 09:13 - The Perfect 4th 09:59 - The Next Salsa Rhythm 12:14 - The Tritone (Diminished 5th or Augmented 4th) 14:09 - Thirds - Major & Minor 18:40 - Seconds - Major & Minor 21:15 - Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #MusicalIntervals #PowerChords #PianoPractice

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Learn a melody that uses 16th note hit points on the piano with thirds in the right hand, along with popular salsa rhythm patterns, Tresillo and the Son Clave, with a variety of chord techniques in the left hand: Root + Octave Bass, Oom-Pah!, Arpeggios, Spread Voicing and Broken Chords. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:39 - Introduction 02:26 - Melody and Chords 03:16 - Learn the Melody 03:47 - Groovy Genres 05:04 - Melody played in the “Off” beat 05:24 - Melody with “Turn Around” Lick 06:17 - Correct Posture 11:17 - Transposing Melody for 4th & 5th chord degrees 16:44 - Tresillo Root + Octave 19:42 - Tresillo with Arpeggio 20:51 - Tresillo with Spread Voicing 21:55 - Oom Pah 22:16 - Tresillo with Breaking up of chords 24:19 - Son Clave 26:23 - Summary ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #SalsaPiano #Tresillo #LatinPiano

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Build catchy grooves on the Piano using Sixteenth note rhythm patterns. Build musical hooks, practice catching the “e”s and “a”s of the beat, learn salsa phrases like Tresillo, Son & Rumba clave and use chord inversions to play “endless” progressions over the Dorian mode. This is the 3rd part of a 3 part series. Don’t forget to watch Part 1 and 2 which will take you smoothly to this lesson. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 Performance 00:20 Introduction to Part 3 01:31 "Hook-Like" Phrase with Inversions 06:53 Catching the "e" & "a" 09:32 Salsa Patterns 11:47 Son Clave 12:39 3:2 vs 2:3 Son Clave 13:01 Rumba Clave 13:56 Endless Descending Pattern 17:19 Summary ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoComping #ClaveRhythm #PianoRhythm Continue this lesson series Part 1: Dorian groove foundations — https://youtu.be/lZOy4nuT_d0 Part 2: reggae, funk, rock and disco patterns — https://youtu.be/QYFdSfB8p50

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Celebrate the New Year by learning "Auld Lang Syne" in all 12 keys on the piano — each one with its own rhythm and chord technique. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you learn "Auld Lang Syne" in all 12 keys on the piano. Don't worry about getting bored — each key has a unique rhythm pattern and chord technique you can apply to all kinds of songs. Whether you're a beginner or advanced, you'll find a collection of methods to enjoy that help you grow as a musician and player — the perfect first goal to start the new year with. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🥁 All our lessons on Rhythm (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT85tF6cGvZK6jc5u6yZg5uU ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #AuldLangSyne #SoloPiano #12Keys #AuldLangSyne #SoloPiano #PianoArrangement

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Wish your loved ones this Christmas in 5 different styles on the piano with our Christmas piano tutorial of the classic, "Feliz Navidad". Genres covered: Marching, Flamenco, Reggae, Dance and Blues, plus a bonus genre, "Indian". 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 Performance 00:18 Introduction 01:35 Melody Section A 04:51 Chords Section A 09:09 Melody Section B 10:54 Chords Section B 13:39 MARCHING 18:12 FLEMENCO 21:13 REGGAE 25:31 DANCE 30:42 BLUES 34:40 BONUS Genre 37:13 Summary ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #FelizNavidad #ChristmasPiano #PianoTutorial

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Jason will teach 20 musical questions in each live session asked by students via a zoom class. To ask Jason Zac a question and be part of the next episode, please tag @jasonzac & @nathanielschool on Instagram with a story/post and we will make sure to answer them in the next class! 0:00:01 - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa over the Son Clave 0:03:55 - I'd like it you could take any one simple song, split it, and play the melody, harmony, and rhythm of the song separately 0:10:38 - Rhythm :- What are rules/general practices applied when shifting rhythm in one song, like we have few songs which change time signatures within a song ? Or is it that few instruments can change time signatures and some can't. 0:17:08 - In today's scenario is it good- to be signed by record label or to carry on as an independent artist? 0:21:19 - Creating rhythm on piano. What are some ways to play a rhythm (example son clave): 0:30:03 - Sticking to one genre becomes difficult while composing .... Melodies n rhythms just randomly come to me so I am not even sure what genre 0:37:33 - Improvising using circle of fifths. 0:44:08 - Rhythm - For getting a feel of rhythm as a beginner do you recommend getting an instrument like Cajon 0:47:17 - When one creates a new melody on their head and record in their phones (by humming the melody or playing an instrument), what should be the next steps after that? (I get stuck with melodies being recorded and later I don't know where to take it further) 0:52:49 - How does rhythm and harmony come together (if you could explain it with some examples)? How does it work while composing? How is it used to capture a feeling or a mood? 0:56:38 - should we have to use metronome always ? 1:03:06 - How jam rooms can be made safer for musicians to collab? 1:08:08 - how can musicians collaborate during these times. 1:15:42 - How as a instrumentalists you can approach a band or become a part of the band? 1:20:59 - Why does melodies sound good on the pentatonic scale? 1:27:05 - Could you shed some light on how to harmonise these weird scales. As they are not derived from any Major scale as such 1:38:03 - Any suggestions for solo musicians who're new into creating own compositions during this crisis period? Topics range from: * MELODY & HARMONY (MUSIC THEORY) * RHYTHM CONCEPTS & PRACTICE * OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS * TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTION * COMPOSITION & SONGWRITING * PIANO / BASS / VOCALS/ PERCUSSION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathaniel’s classes are now 100% ONLINE using stable and private video conferencing tools. You can now learn from the comfort of your home and choose between our flagship Music Method and 1-on-1 (Customised) classes We hope you and your family are staying strong during this hard time for the world at large. Nathaniel is known as the best performance-based Music School in India which teaches Keyboard / Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Violin, Horns, and Voice with a unique course, “Music Method” which gets you on stage in 4 to 6 months. Also learn Theory, Ear Training, Improvisation, Composition, Production, and more. You can learn more about our school by asking us any questions which you might have, or you could call us at 9845465411 Collaborate. Jam. Learn. Visit our website: http://nathanielschool.com More riffs here: https://bit.ly/2D6diVV More lessons here: https://bit.ly/2P6SGBL Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathanielmusic Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielschool #MusicQandA #MusicTheory #PianoLesson #JasonZac

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