Ed Sheeran

Learn how to embellish a melody on piano using fillers, ornaments, chord layers, octave stacks and passing textures. We'll also explore rhythmic techniques that follow the groove of the song, ways to fill gaps in the melody, and how to handle fast note repetitions with control. To demonstrate, we use the popular collab "Sapphire" by Ed Sheeran and Arijit Singh and apply over 10 core techniques that you can use in any pop ballad or expressive piano arrangement. By the end of the lesson, you'll be able to perform Sapphire with all its nuances and create your own expressive arrangement. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 01:28 - Introduction 05:08 - Sapphire - Ed Sheeran 05:21 - Verse 1 - Melodic Ornaments 06:36 - Verse 1 - Add Octaves to it 09:26 - Let’s Understand Grace Notes 10:32 - How to use the sustained pedal 11:24 - The Gospel Flick 11:55 - Add Grace Notes combined with Flicks 13:12 - Verse 2 - Melodic Ornaments 14:26 - Lets do some Stacking of notes 16:32 - Combining the Ornaments Together 17:47 - How to Flutter the Chord 19:00 - Putting it Together 19:27 - Rhythmic Techniques 20:55 - Add Stack Spread Thirds 21:41 - Groovy Verse 3 24:21 - Add Pentatonic Bass Fills 24:57 - Slowly but Surely! 25:45 - Follow the Groove of the Song 27:53 - Recap & 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 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoOrnaments #EdSheeranSapphire #PianoTutorial

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Discover the simplest set of left-hand notes for solo piano. Learn how to play triads, sevenths & slash chords in the Left Hand to accompany the Right Hand while playing the Melody. Using the songs Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton), Fields of Gold (Sting) and Perfect (Ed Sheeran), we play the chords using 2-note & 3-note voicing patterns in the left hand with simple patterns. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 01:41 - Introduction 02:57 - Using Root, 5th & 3rd in the LH 03:15 - Essential Theory - A Major 03:49 - 5th & 3rds Diatonic Practice 04:56 - Diatonic 5ths & 3rds 05:46 - 3rds in Spread Position 06:13 - Handling Slash Chords 08:15 - Importance of Chord Charts 09:45 - Tears in Heaven - Melody 10:46 - 𝄢 Chord Roots 11:21 - Adding Power Chords 11:51 - Slash Chords with 2 Notes 14:08 - Revision of Section 1 14:39 - Accompanying with Thirds 15:27 - Cleaning up the Harmony 16:49 - Bridge Section 18:51 - Advantages of Playing Low 20:07 - Perfect by Ed Sheeran 20:58 - Stacking Fifths & Octaves 22:22 - Adding the 9th & 10th Intervals 24:25 - Combining Ninth & Tenth Spread Voicing 26:01 - Sting - Fields of Gold 26:41 - Tackling Seventh Chords 28:29 - Arpeggiating Fields of Gold 30:22 - Right Hand adds support 30:39 - How my chord journey started 32:46 - Moving forward with this technique ============================= 📹 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 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #SoloPiano #LeftHandPiano #PianoAccompaniment

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Learn the Caribbean-inspired hook of Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" on the piano and then play the vocal melody in the right hand with the same tresillo groove in the left hand. Go from the original pattern to an advanced workout for pianists. Dive into the theory and train your ears to identify the hit points. Then push your practice further by adding pulse in the left hand, toggling the pulse with a bass line, incorporating ghost notes, and finally mastering the vocal melody of each section, with the left hand taking on the hook. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:14 - Shape of You - Ed Sheeran 00:58 - Inspired from Class 01:56 - The Original Hook 02:34 - The Essential Theory - Scale & Chords 03:52 - The Tresillo Rhythm - Soca Clave 05:35 - The Extra Harmonic Layer 07:11 - Left Hand Chord Roots 07:60 - LH with Staccato Bass 08:35 - Original Pattern - Carbon Copy in Both Hands 09:41 - Legato at the End of the Cycle 10:08 - The Variations begin 12:06 - Next Variation - Toggle the Pulse 13:44 - 3rd variation - Ghost note “e” in RH 15:22 - 4th Variation - Adding in the Melody 20:46 - Both Hands - Melody + Harmony 22:24 - 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 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #ShapeOfYou #EdSheeran #PianoTutorial

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Jason Zac plays over Ed Sheeran songs on the piano and shows how to learn them along the way. Songs like Castle on the Hill are worked out in D major: the I, IV, vi, V progression (D, G, Bm, A), the build-up and pre-chorus, and slash chords like A/C# in the breakdown. A performance and song-learning session for pianists who want to learn pop songs and play along with them.

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► Donate on PayPal: https://paypal.me/jasonzac?locale.x=en_GB ► Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielschool?sub_confirmation=1 Learn the chords, hook, and piano patterns for Ed Sheeran's "I see fire" ► Reach us for classes and courses: music@nathanielschool.com // +917760456847 ► More riffs here: https://bit.ly/2D6diVV ► Piano & Theory lessons: https://bit.ly/2P6SGBL #ISeeFire #EdSheeran #PianoTutorial

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Learn “Shape of You” on piano with C♯ minor, F♯ minor, A and B chords. Practise the 3+3+2 groove, marimba-style hook and melody variations, then add left-hand bass notes and pulse. ► Donate on PayPal: https://paypal.me/jasonzac?locale.x=en_GB ► Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielschool?sub_confirmation=1 Shape of You is a pop song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran from the album ‘divide’. In this piano tutorial, you will learn about the chords, rhythm, pulse, how to add colors, about the groove, the marimba touch it has to itself and other techniques with variations that will help you play better with a drummer or a bass player. ► Reach us for classes and courses: music@nathanielschool.com // +917760456847 ► More riffs here: https://bit.ly/2D6diVV ► Piano & Theory lessons: https://bit.ly/2P6SGBL #ShapeOfYou #EdSheeran #PianoTutorial

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In this lesson you learn how to play "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music teaches you how to play Ed Sheeran's Perfect on the piano, section by section. It's a beginner-friendly tutorial that helps you bring out the warmth and romance of this modern wedding favourite. 🏫 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 🎵 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 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #EdSheeranPerfect #EdSheeran #PianoTutorial Chapters 00:00 Perfect: key and chord overview 01:42 Feel the triplet subdivision 03:25 Verse chord progression 04:07 Pre-chorus and the quick chord change 05:55 Add movement to the left-hand bass 07:09 Chorus chord progression 08:09 String-section passage and changing bass notes 09:50 Map the song’s structure 10:10 Bring out soft triplets in the accompaniment 11:41 Slow demonstration and dynamics 13:08 Use chord degrees to transpose the song

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