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Full play-along lesson in E flat major. There's an app with playback so you can keep practising long after the video is over — you don't need to come back to this video at all. When students send me demo or audition material for the intermediate courses at our school, the left hand is almost always the same thing: root, five, octave. It's a decent pattern. It grooves. But it adds no harmonic flavour, because you're still just playing one, five and one. So in this lesson we fix exactly that. The left hand moves to open 9th voicings — a perfect fifth, then another perfect fifth, with no third in it at all — on A flat, B flat and C minor. Then the chord you land on takes a 10th instead: G minor, or E flat major if you want a happier ending. In the right hand there are two shapes, and each one grows from three notes to four to five. Shape one is D, E flat, B flat. Shape two is F, B flat, D. Over an A flat chord those notes become the 13th, the 9th and the sharp 11 — which is where the colour comes from. We cover the pedal, the dynamics, and how to count the semiquavers. 🎹 LEARN WITH US — https://nathanielschool.com Online piano and music theory, beginner to advanced. 📚 EVERYTHING FOR LIFE — https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com Our full video course bundle. 🆓 A THOUSAND FREE LESSONS — https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com Sorted by topic, so you can go straight to what you're stuck on. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Performance 00:32 - Introduction & Soulful Pop Piano Preview 🎹 00:58 - Why Lower-Register Chords Sound Muddy 02:07 - Moving Beyond Root-Fifth-Octave 02:46 - Setting Up the Key of E Flat Major 03:40 - E Flat Major and Its Relative Minor 04:53 - Left-Hand Open Ninth Voicings 05:59 - The Four-Chord Progression 07:33 - Alternating G Minor and E Flat Major 08:04 - Pedalling Across Wide Intervals 🦶 08:36 - Reviewing the Left-Hand Progression 08:49 - Arpeggiating Right-Hand Shape 1 09:51 - Semiquavers Against Left-Hand Gaps 10:40 - Exploring Right-Hand Shape 2 11:34 - Using Dynamics to Shape Arpeggios 12:13 - Adding C to Shape 1 13:27 - Adding E Flat to Shape 2 14:15 - Alternative Four-Note Combinations 14:46 - Adding F or G to the Middle Voice 15:32 - Copying the Root at the Octave ☕ SUPPORT — https://www.paypal.me/jasonzac 📸 INSTAGRAM — https://www.instagram.com/nathanielschoolofmusic 💬 WHATSAPP — +91 96323 33288 ✉️ music@nathanielschool.com #LeftHandPiano #PopPiano #PianoVoicings https://www.youtube.com/embed/XWGhJMxhcE4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/72-chord-inversions-one-note-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t_jTIjTLMek/maxresdefault.jpg 72 Chord Inversions. One Note. (Piano) Full lesson: https://youtu.be/w1SwhiI__Mo Every major and minor chord, every inversion — 72 shapes — from one note. Keep D where it is, play the six chords that contain it (bottom, top, middle), then do the same on its tritone, A♭. Not one chord repeats. 36 of the 72 already, and the rest gets exponentially easier. 🌳 Chord Trees — every chord that has your note in it, free: https://chord-trees.nathanielschool.com 🎹 LEARN WITH US — live online lessons, Bangalore centres: https://nathanielschool.com 🛠 25+ free practice tools: https://apps.nathanielschool.com 💛 Support: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal · UPI jasonzac-1@okhdfcbank 📩 WhatsApp https://wa.me/917760456847 · Instagram https://instagram.com/jasonzac #Shorts #PianoChords #ChordInversions #PianoLessons #MusicTheory https://www.youtube.com/embed/t_jTIjTLMek yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/shell-voicings-on-piano-why-c7-and-f7-are-the-same-two-keys-tritone-substitution 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JxnZBXL-1PA/maxresdefault.jpg Shell Voicings on Piano: Why C7 and F#7 Are the Same Two Keys (Tritone Substitution) The third and the seventh are all you need. In this jazz piano tutorial we build the shell voicing for a dominant 7th chord, discover that those two notes are a tritone — so the same two keys give you TWO chords — and take the whole thing round the circle of fifths with the Charleston rhythm. Most of us learn chords the regular way — all four notes, every inversion. Here we do the opposite. A shell is a smaller set of notes: you keep the ones that matter and leave the rest out. For a dominant 7th that is the 3rd and the flat 7th. The bass player has the root, and the fifth does nothing. C7 is C E G Bb. Drop the C and the G and you are left with E and Bb — and those two notes are a tritone, the one interval that turns into itself when you flip it. So the same two keys are also the 3rd and the flat 7th of F#7. Twelve dominant 7th chords collapse into six tritone pairs, and we practise them as pairs, counter-clockwise round the circle of fifths, with the two shells 3–b7 and b7–3 sliding down chromatically while the left hand takes the roots. Then the groove. Once the shell is in your hand the tensions are one step away — b9, 9, #9, even a #5 — and you can play licks over it (you will hear where I stole one from). We put the Charleston rhythm on the shell, then the displaced Charleston, then both at once, and finish with a hand-independence ladder: the left hand holds the Charleston while the right climbs from semibreves to minims to crotchets to the 2 and the 4 — plus the cascade, and the snaps and claps that take your hands off the keys and teach you to come back in. Get your keyboard out and play along. Every exercise transfers to any key. 🎹 LEARN WITH US Live online lessons, Bangalore centres and the Everything For Life bundle: https://nathanielschool.com Piano, guitar or vocals, any level — message us on WhatsApp and our course advisor will get back to you: https://wa.me/917760456847 ▶️ WATCH NEXT 🎹 Jazz Piano Chords: The Voicing Exercise That Teaches Every 7th Chord and Its Tritone Sub — https://youtu.be/sHLV3iA-56s 🎹 10 Piano Exercises on ONE Chord (E7) — Dominant Seventh Chords Explained — https://youtu.be/22fTJTAE9WI 🎶 The Subdivision Exercise That Makes One Chord Groove — https://youtu.be/v2wMT78ZAlg 🗂️ Chord Voicing & Inversions — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📚 Making Chord Practice FUN with Circle of Fifths — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-D6G1jDe18TFflopjjnxRG 🎶 Hand Independence — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 🛠 FREE PRACTICE TOOLS The Jazz Harmony Lab — dominant cycles, ii–V–I and altered voicings, free in the browser: https://jazz.nathanielschool.com Master Key — the diminished seventh laboratory, for dominant 7ths and tritone substitution: https://masterkey.nathanielschool.com Groove Metronome — for the Charleston and the displaced Charleston: https://metronome.nathanielschool.com 25+ free browser tools for rhythm, chords, inversions, notation and ear training: https://apps.nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) sorted by level, topic and genre: https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 The regular way: four notes, four inversions 01:14 What a shell is 02:04 The dominant 7th: 1, 3, 5, flat 7 03:20 Why shells: pick and choose 04:41 Building the C7 shell 05:40 The 3rd and the flat 7th are a tritone 06:46 The first drill: semibreves over minims 07:15 Two shells: 3–b7 and b7–3 08:13 One shell, two chords: C7 = F#7 09:15 The six tritone pairs 10:40 Round the circle of fifths, counter-clockwise 12:58 Improvising on the shell 13:21 One step away: b9, 9, #9 and #5 15:04 Licks on the shell 16:01 The Charleston rhythm 16:54 The other Charleston: displaced 17:15 Both Charlestons together 18:27 The ladder: left hand holds, right hand climbs 19:33 The goal: right hand on the 2 and the 4 20:58 The cascade 22:15 Snap on the 2 and the 4 23:27 Clap at the four, then recover 24:46 In a nutshell 25:21 The app, the notes and the study guide 25:55 Thanks for watching 💛 SUPPORT THESE FREE LESSONS PayPal: https://paypal.me/jasonzac?locale.x=en_GB&country.x=IN UPI: jasonzac-1@okhdfcbank (Jason Zachariah) 📩 TALK TO US WhatsApp: https://wa.me/917760456847 Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac · https://instagram.com/nathanielschool #ShellVoicings #TritoneSubstitution #JazzPiano https://www.youtube.com/embed/JxnZBXL-1PA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-chord-many-scales-how-scales-are-born-from-chords-music-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NeFqR-5Ovac/maxresdefault.jpg One Chord, Many Scales: How Scales Are Born From Chords (Music Theory) Take one note — D — and the six chords that contain it: D major, D minor, G major, G minor, B♭ major and B minor. One chord alone lets you imagine many scales. Two chords narrow it down. Three chords and the scale is obvious. That is how chord charts really work: you read chords and you interpret scales. Full lesson (all three rounds, the chart for every pair, all 12 keys): https://youtu.be/BYP9-thyDJU 🌳 Chord Trees — pick any note, see every chord that fits it, free in your browser: https://chord-trees.nathanielschool.com Comment CHORD TREES and I'll send you the link. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 📹 Everything for Life Bundle ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com 🛠 25+ free practice tools ➡️ https://apps.nathanielschool.com 🎓 https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All 1000+ lessons ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com 💰 PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📞 +91 77604 56847 (WhatsApp) · 📧 music@nathanielschool.com · 📷 https://instagram.com/jasonzac #MusicTheory #PianoLessons #Scales #PianoChords https://www.youtube.com/embed/NeFqR-5Ovac yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/jazz-piano-chords-the-voicing-exercise-that-teaches-every-7th-chord-and-its-tritone-sub 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sHLV3iA-56s/maxresdefault.jpg Jazz Piano Chords: The Voicing Exercise That Teaches Every 7th Chord and Its Tritone Sub Shell voicings are the two notes that actually describe a chord — the 3rd and the 7th — and in this jazz piano tutorial we run them through one long 2-5-1 chord progression until every 7th chord type and its tritone substitute is under your hands. The right hand plays two notes and nothing else. The left hand takes the root and the fifth. That split is how most working pianists actually voice a 7th chord, and it leaves your right hand free to improvise. The progression is deliberately long: Am7, D7, Gmaj7, Cmaj7, F#m7b5, B7, Em7, E7 — a major 2-5-1 running straight into the relative minor's 2-5-1, then a secondary dominant to send you round again. Every chord falls a fifth, so one finger stays put and the other steps down a semitone or a tone. Play it twice and you will have played both arrangements of all eight chords — the complete shell vocabulary of the key — because the hand keeps descending into the other shape by itself. Then we add the things that make it music: singing the roots, the chord names and the shells; five rhythms including the Charleston and its displaced cousin; and tritone substitution, where the same right-hand shape serves two different dominants because the 7th of one is the 3rd of the other. 📘 STUDY GUIDE + PRACTICE APP The Companion has the whole exercise notated, the crown-note table, the five rhythm grids and a practice log for all twelve keys. The practice app plays it back at any tempo with a metronome, in every key, with the regular dominants or the tritone substitutions. 🎹 LEARN WITH US Live online lessons, Bangalore centres and the Everything For Life bundle: https://nathanielschool.com Piano, guitar or vocals, any level — message us on WhatsApp and our course advisor will get back to you: https://wa.me/917760456847 🛠 FREE PRACTICE TOOLS The Jazz Harmony Lab — major and minor ii–V–I, dominant cycles and altered voicings, free in the browser: https://jazz.nathanielschool.com Master Key — the diminished seventh laboratory, for dominant 7ths and tritone substitution: https://masterkey.nathanielschool.com Groove Metronome — for the Charleston and the five rhythms in this lesson: https://metronome.nathanielschool.com 25+ free browser tools for rhythm, chords, inversions, notation and ear training: https://apps.nathanielschool.com ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 Performance 00:10 The Eight-Chord Practice Progression 00:56 G Major and E Minor Key Signature 02:44 Right-Hand Shells and Left-Hand Support 04:17 Building an Am7 Open Voicing 04:38 Building a D7 Open Voicing 05:58 Connecting Am7 to D7 06:20 Circle-of-Fifths Voice Leading 06:50 Major ii–V–I: Am7–D7–Gmaj7 09:08 Minor ii–V–i in E Minor 09:34 Lap 2: Switching to 7–3 Shapes 10:10 E7 as a Secondary Dominant 11:02 Lap 1: Descending 3–7 Shapes 11:39 Singing Chord Names and Chord Tones 12:39 Singing the Right-Hand Shells 13:03 Singing the Chord Roots 🎧 13:42 Writing and Visualising Inversions 14:09 One-Finger Common-Tone Exercise 15:49 Rhythm 1: Blocks and Alternating Fifths 16:07 Rhythm 2: Cascading the Chord Tones 17:06 Rhythm 3: Salsa-Like Syncopation 18:46 Charleston Rhythm Pattern 19:03 Swinging the Shell Voicings 20:17 Broken-Chord Ensemble Rhythm 21:56 Tritone Substitution Explained 24:50 Final Practice Plan 💛 SUPPORT THESE FREE LESSONS PayPal: https://paypal.me/jasonzac?locale.x=en_GB&country.x=IN UPI: jasonzac-1@okhdfcbank (Jason Zachariah) 📩 TALK TO US WhatsApp: https://wa.me/917760456847 Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac · https://instagram.com/nathanielschool #ShellVoicings #TritoneSubstitution #JazzPiano https://www.youtube.com/embed/sHLV3iA-56s yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/pyramid-sets-the-crunch-e7-piano-workout-pt-4 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/E7XZxPzLck0/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Pyramid Sets & The Crunch — E7 Piano Workout Pt 4 Part 4 of our E7 piano workout series! Explore pyramid sets with accent groupings and the challenging 'crunch' exercise in contrary motion. 🎹 🎹 Take one chord and build ten gym-style piano workouts around it. In this practical lesson we use a single E7 (dominant seventh) chord and turn it into a full technique session that transfers to any chord you like. First we break down the E7 shape — root, major third, fifth and flat seventh — with sensible fingering for both hands and all four positions: root, first, second and third inversion. Then we run the ten drills: the inversion ladder, the siren, piano jumping jacks, the horn throw, the dead hang, the speed bag, the rope climb, the pyramid set, the crunch and a cool-down stretch. Along the way you'll practise arpeggios against block chords, alternating two-note patterns, tritone swaps between the third and flat seventh, finger-by-finger lifts, speed work with a bouncing wrist, hand-crossing and accent groupings in twos, threes, fives and sevens. This is for pianists who can build chords but want them to feel musical and coordinated. Get your piano out, start slow and try every workout on other chords around the circle of fifths — then tell us your favourite gesture for the horn throw in the comments. 🏫 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 📂 Improvise over ONE chord - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9oizLJPiwwH_gvSH-IFu_V 📚 Making Chord Practice FUN with Circle of Fifths - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-D6G1jDe18TFflopjjnxRG 🗂️ Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📋 Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-BCpTe-KKSdiKlAFMvYNsH 🎶 Hand Independence - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 ============================= 🎓 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 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #PianoChords #ChordInversions #PianoPractice https://www.youtube.com/embed/E7XZxPzLck0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-scales-are-born-from-chords-1-chord-2-chords-3-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BYP9-thyDJU/maxresdefault.jpg How Scales Are Born From Chords (1 Chord, 2 Chords, 3 Chords) A chord is an unfinished scale. A triad gives you three notes; a scale needs seven. So the four notes you add are up to you — and that is where every scale comes from. In this lesson I build scales the unconventional way: not tone–tone–semitone, not from the modes, but from chords. One chord leaves four notes open to your imagination — D major alone gives you D major, D mixolydian, D lydian, D harmonic major, and it is also the dominant of G harmonic minor and G melodic minor. Two chords narrow it down to one or two notes: D major with G major gives you D major, D mixolydian, or G harmonic major if you make G the tonic; D major with G minor gives you the harmonic minors, melodic minors and harmonic majors; D major with B♭ major fits only one scale, and it is a beautiful one. Three chords and the scale is decided — D, G and B minor live in D major and in G major at the same time, and the functions simply swap. That is how chord charts work. You read chords and you interpret scales. You are not locked to a key signature — you let the chord, or the cadence, or the trio, dictate the scale. ✏️ Correction (05:45): I call the G minor triad “the fifth, or the dominant, of D Phrygian”. G is the FOURTH degree of D Phrygian (D E♭ F G A B♭ C) — the fifth is A — so G minor is the subdominant, the iv, of that scale. The very next sentence has it right: start from the chord and choose tonic, dominant or subdominant. Thanks to @aaditmodi1 for catching it. 📥 STUDY GUIDE + APP 🌳 CHORD TREES Pick a key and a scale and see every chord born from it — free in the browser: https://chord-trees.nathanielschool.com ▶️ WATCH NEXT Form ANY Scale in Music From 3 Perspectives: https://youtu.be/gunrSlNNiJU Major-Esque Scales You NEED To Know (Part 2): https://youtu.be/9aKo3JsXkMo Minor-Esque Scales Decoded (Part 3): https://youtu.be/_DbME-fKHiI Practice Every Scale on Piano Using Major-Minor Chord Pairs: https://youtu.be/kak4hvdjsY0 Play the Modes on Piano Using Just ONE Chord: https://youtu.be/GV3fAe9782o 🎹 LEARN WITH US Live online lessons, Bangalore centres and the Everything For Life bundle: https://nathanielschool.com 🛠 FREE PRACTICE TOOLS 25+ free browser tools for rhythm, chords, inversions, notation and ear training: https://apps.nathanielschool.com Chord Trees — every chord that fits any note: https://chord-trees.nathanielschool.com ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Performance 00:17 - Introduction: Building Scales Through Chords 🎹 00:44 - Six Major and Minor Triads Containing D 01:03 - A Triad as an Unfinished Scale 01:21 - How Two Chords Narrow the Choices 01:39 - How Three Chords Define a Scale 01:52 - Reading Chord Charts as Scale Information 02:20 - Letting Harmony Dictate the Scale 02:48 - Practice Setup at the Keyboard 03:18 - The D Chord Tree Explained 04:04 - Scales Supported by D Major 04:15 - D Major as Tonic or Dominant 04:25 - G Harmonic Minor and G Melodic Minor 05:20 - Exploring the G Minor Triad 06:00 - Dominant, Tonic and Subdominant Functions 06:27 - Bb Major Scale Possibilities 07:08 - Combining D Major and G Major 07:27 - Finding the Two Missing Notes 07:40 - D Major, D Mixolydian and Harmonic Major 08:30 - G Harmonic Major from Reinterpreted Chords 09:13 - Combining D Major and G Minor 09:28 - D7 Resolving to G Minor 10:00 - Unusual Two-Chord Scale Combinations 11:38 - D Major, G Major and B Minor 11:54 - Changing Functions in D Major and G Major 12:55 - D Minor, G Minor and Bb Major 13:35 - D Harmonic Minor or Natural Minor? 14:09 - Applying the Method to Improvisation and Composition 💛 SUPPORT THESE FREE LESSONS PayPal: https://paypal.me/jasonzac?locale.x=en_GB&country.x=IN UPI: jasonzac-1@okhdfcbank (Jason Zachariah) 📩 TALK TO US WhatsApp: https://wa.me/917760456847 Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac · https://instagram.com/nathanielschool #ChordScales #PianoScales #MusicTheory https://www.youtube.com/embed/BYP9-thyDJU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/dominant-7th-workout-part-3-essential-piano-skills-piano-musictheory-pianolessons 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2QXVn62mUzg/maxresdefault.jpg Dominant 7th Workout Part 3: Essential Piano Skills #piano #musictheory #pianolessons Part 3 of our Piano Gym series! We tackle the Speed Bag drill (eighth notes, triplets, semiquavers on E7♯) and the Rope Climb pattern. Practice along and level up your chord fluency. Watch part 4 for the pyramid sets breakdown! 🎹 Take one chord and build ten gym-style piano workouts around it. In this practical lesson we use a single E7 (dominant seventh) chord and turn it into a full technique session that transfers to any chord you like. First we break down the E7 shape — root, major third, fifth and flat seventh — with sensible fingering for both hands and all four positions: root, first, second and third inversion. Then we run the ten drills: the inversion ladder, the siren, piano jumping jacks, the horn throw, the dead hang, the speed bag, the rope climb, the pyramid set, the crunch and a cool-down stretch. Along the way you'll practise arpeggios against block chords, alternating two-note patterns, tritone swaps between the third and flat seventh, finger-by-finger lifts, speed work with a bouncing wrist, hand-crossing and accent groupings in twos, threes, fives and sevens. This is for pianists who can build chords but want them to feel musical and coordinated. Get your piano out, start slow and try every workout on other chords around the circle of fifths — then tell us your favourite gesture for the horn throw in the comments. 🏫 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 📂 Improvise over ONE chord - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9oizLJPiwwH_gvSH-IFu_V 📚 Making Chord Practice FUN with Circle of Fifths - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-D6G1jDe18TFflopjjnxRG 🗂️ Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📋 Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-BCpTe-KKSdiKlAFMvYNsH 🎶 Hand Independence - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 ============================= 🎓 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 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #PianoChords #ChordInversions #PianoPractice https://www.youtube.com/embed/2QXVn62mUzg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-all-72-piano-chord-inversions-with-one-exercise-pivot-note-drill 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/w1SwhiI__Mo/maxresdefault.jpg Learn All 72 Piano Chord Inversions With ONE Exercise (Pivot Note Drill) Practice all 72 piano chord inversions — every major and minor triad, in every inversion — with one exercise. Piano chord inversions become automatic when you stop drilling them chord by chord and start anchoring one note. Here is the whole idea. There are 12 major chords and 12 minor chords — 24 chords, three positions each, so 72 shapes. Instead of learning them one at a time, take a single note like D and ask which triads contain it. A triad only has a root, a third and a fifth, so the answer is six chords: D is the root of D major and D minor, the fifth of G major and G minor, and the third of Bb major and B minor. Now keep D exactly where it is and play all six chords around it — first with D at the bottom, then on top, then in the middle. The note forces the right inversion on you every time, so you practise chord inversions without ever deciding which inversion to play. That is 18 shapes from one note. Put the roots in the left hand, try a carbon copy in both hands, run it in reverse, and sing the roots for ear training. Then the part that makes the whole thing finish: take the polar opposite of D — its tritone, Ab — and do the same six chords. Not one of them repeats. That is 36 of the 72 already, and from there every new anchor note repeats chords you own, so it gets exponentially faster. A week for the first 36, two days for the rest. This piano inversion practice is for players who know their basic chords but want inversions to feel natural in real music, not as an exercise. 🌳 Chord Trees - the free app I demo at 4:36. No signup, runs in your browser: https://chord-trees.nathanielschool.com Pick any note and it shows you the six triads that contain it, with every inversion laid out. 🏫 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 📂 Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📚 Making Chord Practice FUN with Circle of Fifths - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-D6G1jDe18TFflopjjnxRG 🗂️ Cadences & Chord Progressions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_sKjWd1c7K_S55cZ15jAKI 📋 Spread Chords (Open Voicing) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_K6G85ibBIRn4K63BDlbTE 🎶 Ear Training - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-GHvpugWvYgEuLAL4f01ZK ============================= 🎓 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 00:17 - Introduction: 72 Chord Shapes 🎹 00:31 - The Goal: Every Major & Minor Inversion 00:53 - Start With a Single Note (D) 01:04 - Which Triads Contain This Note? 01:14 - D as the Fifth: G Major & G Minor 01:43 - D as the Third: Bb Major & B Minor 02:11 - Working Out the Inversions 🔁 02:39 - Why Not Play Major to Minor First 02:49 - A Musical Order for the Six Chords 03:26 - Full Sweep With D at the Bottom 04:36 - Chord Trees App Overview 📱 06:21 - Anchoring the Note at the Bottom 06:31 - Carbon-Copy the Chords in the Left Hand 07:09 - Playing the Roots in the Left Hand 07:29 - Reverse Order Practice 07:46 - Anchoring the Note at the Top 07:58 - Choosing the Right Inversion Up Top 08:48 - Anchoring the Note in the Middle 09:06 - Recap: Bottom, Top & Middle Anchors 09:18 - How to Move Forward 10:29 - Taking It to All 72 Shapes 10:40 - Using the Tritone Anchor (D to Ab) 10:57 - Six Options for Ab / G# 12:18 - Getting to 36 Unique Shapes 12:39 - Any Tritone Pair Works 13:09 - Why the Rest Gets Exponentially Easier 13:58 - Applying This in Real Songs 14:08 - Study Guide & Chord Trees App 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #ChordInversions #PianoTriads #PianoExercises https://www.youtube.com/embed/w1SwhiI__Mo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-read-music-like-a-musician-5-ways-to-read-and-the-one-id-pick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1rf11n1C3N4/maxresdefault.jpg How to Read Music Like a Musician: 5 Ways to Read (and the One I'd Pick) 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 https://www.youtube.com/embed/1rf11n1C3N4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/10-piano-exercises-on-one-chord-e7-dominant-seventh-chords-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/22fTJTAE9WI/maxresdefault.jpg 10 Piano Exercises on ONE Chord (E7) — Dominant Seventh Chords Explained Ten piano exercises, one chord, and nothing else. Everything in this lesson happens on E7 — and every single drill transfers to any dominant 7th you own. Treat it like a gym: same equipment, ten different movements. ✏️ Correction: at 1:44 I misspeak - a dominant 7th is 1, 3, 5, ♭7, so E7 is E, G#, B, D. 🎹 Take one chord and build ten gym-style piano workouts around it. In this practical lesson we use a single E7 (dominant seventh) chord and turn it into a full technique session that transfers to any chord you like. First we break down the E7 shape — root, major third, fifth and flat seventh — with sensible fingering for both hands and all four positions: root, first, second and third inversion. Then we run the ten drills: the inversion ladder, the siren, piano jumping jacks, the horn throw, the dead hang, the speed bag, the rope climb, the pyramid set, the crunch and a cool-down stretch. Along the way you'll practise arpeggios against block chords, alternating two-note patterns, tritone swaps between the third and flat seventh, finger-by-finger lifts, speed work with a bouncing wrist, hand-crossing and accent groupings in twos, threes, fives and sevens. This is for pianists who can build chords but want them to feel musical and coordinated. Get your piano out, start slow and try every workout on other chords around the circle of fifths — then tell us your favourite gesture for the horn throw in the comments. 🎛️ The Circle of Fifths app from 25:38 — Fifth Harmony. Free, no signup: https://circle-of-fifths.nathanielschool.com Try Foundations → Piano Mode → filter by Dominant 7th to see the white/black shape of all twelve. 🏫 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 📂 Improvise over ONE chord - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9oizLJPiwwH_gvSH-IFu_V 📚 Making Chord Practice FUN with Circle of Fifths - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-D6G1jDe18TFflopjjnxRG 🗂️ Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📋 Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-BCpTe-KKSdiKlAFMvYNsH 🎶 Hand Independence - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 ============================= 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://nathanielschool.com 🎹 All 25 free practice apps: https://apps.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 00:47 - Introduction: Gym Workouts for Piano 💪 00:57 - The One Chord: E7 01:39 - What Is a 7th Chord? 1, 3, 5, ♭7 02:01 - Fingering for Both Hands 🎹 02:24 - Building the Inversions with the Circle Trick 02:36 - Root, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Inversion Shapes 05:01 - Exercise 1: The Inversion Ladder 🪜 06:17 - Swapping Hands: Arpeggio vs Blocks 06:40 - Exercise 2: The Siren 🚨 06:59 - Alternating 3rd & ♭7th with Root & 5th 07:10 - Adding Pitch Bend for Fun 07:42 - Siren Through the Inversions 08:41 - Left-Hand Block Chord Challenge 09:13 - Exercise 3: Jumping Jacks 🤸 09:26 - Outer Notes vs Inner Notes 09:59 - Using Your Wrist to Swing It 11:09 - Exercise 4: The Horn Throw 📯 11:26 - Splitting Tritones Across the Hands 13:02 - Add a Gesture Between Jumps 14:45 - Exercise 5: The Dead Hang 16:07 - Two-Finger Patterns & Combinations 16:48 - Exercise 6: The Speed Bag ⚡ 17:33 - Bouncing the Wrist to Reduce Pain 18:19 - Exercise 7: The Rope Climb 🧗 18:46 - Expanding Across the Whole Piano 19:03 - Crossing Hands Over Each Other 19:26 - Exercise 8: The Pyramid Set 🔺 19:32 - Adding the Repeated E on Top 19:51 - Accents in Sets of 2 and 3 21:03 - Accents in Sets of 4, 5 and 7 22:31 - Exercise 9: The Crunch 22:48 - Hands Meeting from the Extremes 23:14 - Hands Meeting from the Extremes 23:42 - Exercise 10: The Stretch & Cool Down 🧘 24:02 - Inversion Toggle with Eyes Closed 25:30 - Taking It Around the Circle of Fifths 25:38 - The Circle of Fifths App 🎛️ 28:04 - Courses & Semesters at Our School 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #PianoChords #ChordInversions #PianoPractice https://www.youtube.com/embed/22fTJTAE9WI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/if-you-cant-read-rhythm-start-with-this 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/du-kC4X9J1U/maxresdefault.jpg If You Can't Read Rhythm, Start With This 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 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #RhythmReading #RhythmNotation #MusicTheory https://www.youtube.com/embed/du-kC4X9J1U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-chord-one-finger-the-piano-groove-exercise-hiding-between-the-beats 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UY-JVUuz340/maxresdefault.jpg One Chord, One Finger: The Piano Groove Exercise Hiding Between the Beats One chord. One finger. That's the whole exercise. The left hand plays a single arpeggio — Low, High, Middle, High on E, B, G# and B — and never changes. It's the engine. Then the right hand does nothing but land single notes in the gaps: the "e" and the "a" of "1 e & a". That's it. No chord changes, no new shapes. The groove comes from WHERE you put the note, not how many you play. In this short version: the engine, targeting the e's, targeting the a's, walking the E major scale on those hit points, adding diatonic thirds underneath, then switching the whole thing into triplets and swing. Full lesson here: https://youtu.be/v2wMT78ZAlg — it goes much deeper, including the chord colours (E major 7 → E7 → E6) and all eight diatonic thirds in E major. 🎹 LEARN WITH US Music Method Live, our Bangalore centres and the self-paced Everything For Life bundle: https://nathanielschool.com 🛠 FREE PRACTICE TOOLS 25+ free browser tools for chords, inversions, rhythm, notation and ear training: https://apps.nathanielschool.com 📘 STUDY GUIDE 💛 SUPPORT THESE FREE LESSONS PayPal: https://paypal.me/jasonzac?locale.x=en_GB&country.x=IN UPI: jasonzac-1@okhdfcbank (Jason Zachariah) 📩 TALK TO US WhatsApp: https://wa.me/917760456847 Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac · https://instagram.com/nathanielschool #PianoLessons #LearnPiano #MusicTheory #HandIndependence #PianoPractice https://www.youtube.com/embed/UY-JVUuz340 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-sit-at-the-piano-correct-posture-hand-position-and-no-more-wrist-pain 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/88GTNTQWPhM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Sit at the Piano: Correct Posture, Hand Position and No More Wrist Pain Correct piano posture and hand position are the difference between playing fast and playing in pain — and most pianists never get taught either. In this lesson Jason Zac shows you how to sit at the piano, where your wrist, elbow and shoulder actually belong, and the stretches that stop forearm and thumb pain before it starts. Speed with no control is worthless — on the road and at the piano. This lesson breaks down piano posture so you can play fast without pain, with more control and more musicality. We start with hand shape (a rounded, cupped palm like you're holding a ball — never a claw), wrist parallel to the keys, and the dining-table height test for setting your stool and keyboard stand. Then the core idea: a floating wrist spreads the load across the arm, while a fixed wrist dumps it all on the forearm. You'll see the wrist move up and down for block chords, circular for arpeggios, and the elbow sweep to cover a wide range without straining. We cover the forearm-power / wrist-control relationship, staccato by flicking the fingers, back and core strength, small-hand octave reach (the wrist buys about 1.5 inches), plus wrist rotations, thumb and shoulder stretches. This is for anyone whose hand hurts chasing speed, and for parents of young players. Before speed, tick the boxes: no pain, control, do I know the chord, musicality, accents, dynamics. Get your piano out, try it as you watch, and tell us your own stretches in the comments. 🏫 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 📂 Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-BCpTe-KKSdiKlAFMvYNsH 📚 Chords with Dynamics - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_hmM5DRkJLgp4BgGaKPSdY 🗂️ Play Great Songs on Piano - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT8y1l2P68dI_DHadRyMgt3N 📋 Hand Independence - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 🎶 Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC ============================= 🎓 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 - The Car & Bike Metaphor 🏎️ 00:16 - Speed With No Control Is Worthless 00:26 - Two Boxes: Control & No Pain 01:29 - What Proper Posture Buys You 02:31 - Hand Shape: Avoid the Claw 🖐️ 02:48 - Rounded Fingers — Holding an Orange 03:01 - The Dining Table Height Test 🍽️ 03:39 - Setting Keyboard & Stool Height 04:10 - Keyboard Stands & Sit-Stand Desks 04:31 - Standing to Play Piano 05:13 - The Shoulder as Support 05:31 - Why Not to Lift the Shoulder 05:54 - Anchoring the Elbow 06:05 - Wrist Controls, Forearm Powers 06:38 - Playing Chords Softly vs Loud 06:53 - Staccato: Lift vs Fist-Flick ✊ 07:59 - Martial Arts & Piano Technique 08:09 - Strengthen Your Back & Core 💪 08:48 - The Ecosystem: Back & Shoulders 09:11 - Never Stiffen the Wrist 09:46 - Floating vs Fixed Wrist Load 09:58 - Circular Wrist for Arpeggios ⭕ 10:25 - Don’t Overdo the Elbow 11:06 - Toto’s Hold the Line F# Minor Story 🎸 11:46 - Fixing Tension in the Left Hand 12:04 - Transferring the Fix to Blues 12:22 - Inside-Outside for Chord Changes 12:53 - The Elbow Sweep for Wide Ranges 13:41 - What Actually Hurts: The Forearm 14:16 - The Muscle at the Base of the Thumb 14:34 - The Pre-Speed Checklist ✅ 15:10 - Speed Need Not Always Happen 15:25 - Your Wrist Is Musical, Not Mechanical 15:58 - Small Hands: Buy 1.5 Extra Inches 16:41 - Take Care of Your Body 16:55 - Intense Practice Comes at a Cost 17:15 - Wrist Rotations & Forearm Punches 18:05 - Neck, Back & Shoulder Stretches 18:34 - When to See a Physio 18:56 - Piano Is a Sport 🏋️ 19:28 - Mental Breaks: Balcony & Walks 🚶 20:10 - Sleep 8–9 Hours for Your Mind 😴 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoPosture #PianoTechnique #WristPain https://www.youtube.com/embed/88GTNTQWPhM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-left-hand-pattern-both-blues-scales-blues-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DNod4Pke5gE/maxresdefault.jpg One Left Hand Pattern. Both Blues Scales. | Blues Piano Tutorial Learn blues piano with Jason Zac — one left hand pattern, and both blues scales on top of it, in the key of B♭. The left hand runs a shuffle engine: root with its 5th, then root with its 6th — 1 5 1 6 — struck together, staccato, wrist bouncing like a trampoline. Add the ♭7 and it becomes 5 6 ♭7 6. That engine never stops while the right hand plays the B♭ major blues (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6) and the B♭ minor blues (1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7), one octave and then two, in eighth notes and then triplets. Three notes live in both scales — B♭, D♭ and F. That's the door you improvise through. ▶️ Full lesson ➡️ https://youtu.be/p46g4HXjtj0 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 📹 Everything for Life Bundle ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com 🎛️ Free practice tools ➡️ https://apps.nathanielschool.com 🎓 https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All 1000+ lessons ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com 💛 https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 https://instagram.com/jasonzac 💬 +91 77604 56847 · music@nathanielschool.com #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #BluesPiano https://www.youtube.com/embed/DNod4Pke5gE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/carnatic-ragas-meet-western-chords-a-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zy1mL-UUSrw/maxresdefault.jpg Carnatic Ragas Meet Western Chords: A Piano Tutorial Learn how to harmonize any Melakarta raga on piano with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music — turn 72 ragas into playable chords. 🌐 The app in this video — Melakarta Sphere, all 72 ragas in 3D, free, no signup: https://melakarta.nathanielschool.com Ever wondered how to harmonize a raga on piano? This lesson shows how the 72 Melakarta ragas are built and how to turn each one into playable chords. We walk through the logic behind the system: Sa and Pa stay fixed, the perfect fifth is always kept, and you choose from three Re, three Ga, two Ma — Shuddha Madhyama (the perfect fourth) and Prati Madhyama (the augmented/sharp fourth) — three Dha and three Ni. That simple maths gives every heptatonic scale under the sun. You'll see the twelve chakras (Indu, Netra, Agni, Veda, Bana, Rutu, Rishi, Vasu, Brahma, Disi, Rudra, Aditya) and hear how ragas map to Western modes: Kharaharapriya against Dorian and the Kafi thaat, Hanumatodi leaning Phrygian, and Mayamalavagowla (the 15th Melakarta), also called the double harmonic major. We also touch Harikambhoji (Mixolydian) and Charukesi (Mixolydian flat 6), then harmonize each raga into triads and seventh chords, including cluster and augmented shapes. This is for pianists who only know major and minor, and for Carnatic musicians curious about Western harmony. Play along, pick a raga, build its chords, and tell us your favourite in the comments. 🏫 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 📂 Indian Music Theory - Carnatic Ragas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-EsBVRojlfDQ078y6R438k 📚 Indian Classical Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-uvkwcbt1C4RbIJ8t1n3vm 🗂️ The Major Scale Understood with ALL Intervals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-E6rHuGKoYQk_8-jOw3_Bh 📋 Minor Scales - Theory, Exercises & Compositions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_8KkjOUBofqzyhbgGkROE- 🎶 Cadences & Chord Progressions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_sKjWd1c7K_S55cZ15jAKI ============================= 🎓 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 - What Does It Mean to Harmonize a Scale? 🎹 00:33 - The Melakarta Concept in One Idea 00:44 - Why Sa and Pa Stay Fixed 00:56 - Augmented Fourth vs Diminished Fifth 01:09 - Keeping the Perfect Fifth 01:33 - What Harmonize Really Means 🎵 01:40 - Harmonizing for Collaboration 02:12 - Scaling from Triads to Seventh Chords 02:50 - Kharaharapriya ≈ Dorian & Kafi Thaat 03:03 - Melakarta as Heptatonic Thaats 03:52 - The Melakarta Sphere Mode 🌐 04:11 - Selecting Hanumatodi 04:27 - Janya Ragas Explained 04:37 - Playing the Scale with Tanpura 05:01 - Arohana, Avarohana & Both 05:15 - Swing Feature for Western Players 05:28 - Hanumatodi Sounds Phrygian 05:57 - Reading the Interval Labels 07:07 - Brain Mode: The Mind Map 07:46 - The Chakra Navigator 07:58 - Twelve Chakras Named 08:11 - Grid & Mandala Modes 08:36 - Indu Chakra: Kanakangi 09:52 - Building Re from C 10:39 - Building Ga: Diminished to Major Third 11:25 - Netra Chakra: Very Phrygian 11:37 - Agni Chakra: Middle Eastern Colour 11:46 - Veda Chakra: All Things Minor 13:02 - Mayamalavagowla = Double Harmonic Major 13:26 - Bana Chakra: Where the Major Lives 13:37 - Harikambhoji (Mixolydian) & Charukesi 13:43 - Charukesi: Mixolydian Flat 6 🎶 14:03 - Rutu Chakra 14:12 - The Prati Madhyama Hemisphere 14:38 - Rishi to Aditya Chakras 15:30 - Listen Mode: Sing a Raga 16:46 - Drills Mode for Swaras 16:54 - Stage Mode: Kritis & Sections 17:15 - Adjusting Tempo & Instruments 18:02 - Western Mode: Visualize the Scale 18:44 - Chords for Any Raga 🎹 20:05 - Inversions & Chord Colors 20:21 - Function: Tonic, Subdominant, Dominant 20:32 - Raga Fit & Janya Chord Options 22:08 - Tanpura, Talas & Practice Setup 23:30 - Wrapping Up: Harmonize Any Raga 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #MelakartaRagas #CarnaticMusic #PianoHarmony https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zy1mL-UUSrw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-and-rhythm-the-subdivision-exercise-that-makes-one-chord-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v2wMT78ZAlg/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence and Rhythm: The Subdivision Exercise That Makes One Chord Groove Piano hand independence and rhythm, taught with one chord: keep a steady left-hand arpeggio going while your right hand plays the subdivisions in between. This is the coordination exercise I come back to constantly. 🎛️ All our free practice tools — chords, inversions, rhythm, notation and ear training, no signup: https://apps.nathanielschool.com 🥁 Keep the “1 e & a” grid honest while you drill this — our free Groove Metronome does subdivisions, swing and triplets: https://metronome.nathanielschool.com We spend the whole lesson on ONE chord — E major — and never change it. The left hand plays a single arpeggio shape, Low–High–Middle–High (E, B, G#, B), rolling in steady quavers. That hand never changes. It is the engine, and it does the same job a fingerstyle guitarist's thumb or a banjo roll does. Then we look at what happens in the gaps. Count semiquavers as "1 e & a" and your left hand is already covering the 1 and the &. So the question the whole lesson asks is: what do you play on the "e" and the "a"? The answer, for a long stretch, is one single note with your thumb. One finger is genuinely all you need — and it turns a static chord into a groove. From there we colour the chord (major 7th, flat 7, major 6th), change the time field into triplets (tha-ki-ta, three against two), drop the middle subdivision to get swing, and finally add diatonic thirds in the left hand so the harmony floats while a melody sits on the hit points. 🏫 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 📂 Folk Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-cGUjDuor0KK4XtYSQWRMP 📚 Improvise over ONE chord - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9oizLJPiwwH_gvSH-IFu_V 🗂️ Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-BCpTe-KKSdiKlAFMvYNsH 📋 Hand Independence - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 🎶 All Things Rhythm - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT8AILe58QHSRI7c3I6LKcWI ============================= 🎓 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 - Intro Performance 🎹 00:32 - What Are Subdivisions? 00:44 - The Goal: Groove in One Hand, Steady in the Other 01:00 - Setting Up the E Major Chord 02:23 - Left Hand Arpeggio: Low-High-Middle-High 03:06 - Meet the Semiquavers 🎵 03:23 - What to Do at the E’s and As 03:33 - Targeting the E’s with a Single E 03:51 - Hands Flowing as One 04:11 - Targeting the A’s with a Single E 04:26 - Humming a Melody Over the Pattern 04:52 - Why It Sounds Groovier 05:03 - One Finger Is All You Need 05:39 - Combining E’s and Ands 05:47 - Coloring the Chord: Major 7th,b7 and Major 6th 06:07 - Accessing Different Time Fields 06:20 - Introducing Triplets 🎶 06:55 - Changing the Time Field with Swing 07:10 - How Swing Drops the Middle Subdivision 07:40 - First Exercise: E Major Scale on Hit Points 08:15 - Pivoting the Third and Fifth 08:34 - Back to Semiquavers: Picking the ‘A’s 08:56 - Adding Diatonic Thirds in the Left Hand 09:23 - All the Diatonic Thirds in E Major 09:41 - Floating Thirds Freely 10:24 - Thirds Plus Melody on the A Points 10:43 - Into the Triplet World Again 11:14 - Recap: The Practice Methodology 11:29 - Related Folk & Floating-Thirds Lessons 11:56 - Study Guide & Practice Apps 12:18 - Learn With Us at NSM 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #Arpeggios #PianoRhythm #handindependence https://www.youtube.com/embed/v2wMT78ZAlg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-shape-12-bass-notes-massive-piano-chord-voicings-neo-soul-quartal-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QtxijYVbVxg/maxresdefault.jpg One Shape, 12 Bass Notes – Massive Piano Chord Voicings (Neo-Soul Quartal Trick) Massive piano chord voicings from one shape: hold one right-hand shape and move 12 bass notes. One shape in your right hand. Twelve different chords. Your right hand never moves. This is the neo-soul voicing trick — hold a quartal shape (C-F-Bb) and walk the bass note through all twelve notes. The same three notes become a C7sus4, a Dbmaj13, a Gm11, an Ab6/9... twelve completely different chords with twelve different emotional colours, and you learned exactly one shape. Try it free — no signup: https://bassalchemy.nathanielschool.com We start with the quartal voicing — two stacked perfect fourths, C F Bb — the sound of McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock and modern neo-soul. Holding that shape and moving through all 12 bass notes gives you a C7sus4, a Dbmaj13, a Gm11, an Ab 6/9, an F/A add4 and more. Instead of stacking root-third-fifth, you form major ninth and minor eleventh chords from one simple shape. We also explore open-fifth shells and a minor-triad shell (F minor: F Ab C over shifting bass), plus suspended, diminished, augmented, tritone-cluster and seventh-shell shapes. Then we use it all as an ear-training drill — one voicing, 12 bass notes, guess what you hear. This is for pianists and composers who find complex chord names intimidating, and for newcomers who want to build harmony from one shape and add melody on top. Try each voicing, then comment with the bass note you liked best. 🏫 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 📂 Bass Lines on Piano - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_bA-24IkQ31GFjbWaN5qf8 📚 Ear Training - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-GHvpugWvYgEuLAL4f01ZK 🗂️ Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📋 Spread Chords (Open Voicing) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_K6G85ibBIRn4K63BDlbTE 🎶 Slash Chords - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9m1V-clgZIS6fP1M_YaYLt ============================= 🎓 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 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #QuartalVoicing #EarTraining #JazzPiano https://www.youtube.com/embed/QtxijYVbVxg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/blues-scale-piano-workout-major-minor-blues-scales 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p46g4HXjtj0/maxresdefault.jpg Blues Scale Piano Workout: Major & Minor Blues Scales Learn the blues scale on piano with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music — major and minor blues plus a 12 bar two-hand workout in Bb. Learn the blues scale on piano the practical way — a two-hand workout built entirely around the major blues and minor blues. Both are hexatonic (six-note) scales, and we form them step by step in the key of Bb. We start from the major and natural minor, strip the tritone to get the pentatonic, then add the blue note to make it bluesy. For the major blues you add the flat 3 to the major third; for the minor blues you add the tritone (E) from the root. We cover fingering, why Bb suits blues and horn players, and how to blend both scales for improvisation. The left hand learns the bouncy 1-5-1-6 shuffle engine, its flat-7 variation and how to run it over the 12 bar blues in a loose, staccato swing. We break down wrist and forearm technique so the left hand plays on autopilot. The right hand runs the scales one and two octaves, up and down, in swing and full triplet feels — with accents on the 2 and 4. Great for pianists who know major and minor scales and want to actually sound bluesy for jamming, composing or backing singers. Try it slowly with a shuffle backing track, then tell us in the comments if you'd like more blues lessons. Watch our left-hand blues patterns and improvisation lessons in the dedicated blues playlist too. 🏫 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 📂 Bass Lines on Piano - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_bA-24IkQ31GFjbWaN5qf8 📚 Piano Improvisation Tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-b9x0Hk6hTmgkFoRoHalH_ 🗂️ Riffs with Backing Tracks - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-2jApHIXHL_bkmCH2wNNFe 📋 Hand Independence - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 🎶 Jazz Lessons - Chords, Standards & Exercises - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ZCriHyNonJasffWWSCS_E ============================= 🎓 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 01:03 - Introduction: Two-Hand Blues Workout 01:37 - What We’ll Cover: Major & Minor Blues 🎹 01:54 - Why We Use the Key of Bb 02:23 - Flats, Horn Players & Different Keys 03:01 - Why Pianists Must Know All Keys 04:02 - Hexatonic Explained: Six Notes 04:23 - From Bb Major to the Pentatonic 04:35 - Knocking Off the 4th & 7th (Tritone) 04:59 - Adding the Flat 3: The Blue Note 05:11 - Fingering the Major Blues Scale 05:41 - Using the Blue Note Sparingly 06:03 - Building the Minor Blues Scale 06:22 - From Bb Natural Minor to Pentatonic 07:08 - Understanding Tritone Inversions 08:14 - 🔗 Watch Our Other Blues Lessons 09:00 - Left Hand Pattern 1: 1-5-1-6 09:36 - 1-5-1-6 Over the 12 Bar Blues 09:55 - Playing Two Notes Together Cleanly 10:13 - Loose Wrist & the Trampoline Bounce 10:48 - 1-5-1-6 Over the 12 Bar Blues 11:20 - Doubling the Pattern: Straight vs Swing 12:05 - Left Hand Pattern 2: Adding the Flat 7 12:45 - Getting the Left Hand on Autopilot 13:13 - Wrist, Forearm & Attack Technique 14:40 - Right Hand: Major Blues Fingering 16:01 - Articulation: Accenting 2 & 4 16:20 - Emphasising the ‘And’ of Every Bar 17:04 - Major Blues Over the Full 12 Bar 17:35 - The Swing Feel as Triplet Permutation 18:05 - Right Hand: Minor Blues Fingering 19:07 - Chapter 34 19:32 - Minor Blues with Triplets 20:12 - From Scale to Lick: Real Song Context 20:47 - Major Blues Across Two Octaves 21:28 - Thumb Crossover on the Octave 21:59 - Minor Blues Two Octaves: Black-Note Thumb 23:46 - Putting It Together Slowly with Both Hands 24:52 - Two Octaves with Triplets & Accents 25:23 - Bass Line Variations for the Left Hand 25:50 - More Blues Lessons Coming: Licks & Improv 26:01 - Live Classes at Nathaniel 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #BluesPiano #BluesScale #12BarBlues #BluesScale #BluesPiano #PianoTechnique https://www.youtube.com/embed/p46g4HXjtj0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/thirds-exercise-part-2-ascending-pattern 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BfNt89fpVZo/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Thirds Exercise Part 2: Ascending Pattern! Part 2 of our thirds exercise series. Climb the G major scale in thirds and sharpen your semiquaver rhythm feel. The exercise uses G major and G harmonic minor, where the augmented second gives the harmonic minor its wider leap, and works on both closed thirds and spread thirds. The rhythm patterns use 16th notes, dotted notes, tied notes and rests in 4/4, with one rhythm figure for descending thirds and another for ascending thirds, starting from different scale degrees each time. For the left hand there are three options: hold the pulse on the starting note, mirror the right hand in thirds, or play the scale notes underneath the right-hand thirds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BfNt89fpVZo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/find-every-chord-that-fits-any-melody-note 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JDkJp2Y0n48/maxresdefault.jpg Find Every Chord That Fits Any Melody Note Learn how to harmonize any melody note on piano with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music using the Chord Trees concept and app. We begin with a single note like C and branch out to all the triads that contain it — C major and C minor (root), A minor and Ab major (C as the third), and F major and F minor (C as the perfect fifth). From there we look at how melodies land on important notes, using "Hey Jude" by the Beatles as an example. Then we open up the options: diatonic pop harmony, seventh chords, extended and borrowed chords, secondary dominants and tritone substitutions, plus fully chromatic progressions that respect voice leading, cadences, tension and resolution. We compare random harmonization, smart diatonic harmonize, and modal choices like Ionian, Aeolian, Mixolydian and Locrian — and even those outworldly cinematic chords a composer like Hans Zimmer might use. This is for pianists, guitarists, singers and producers who want to move past the same old progressions and understand how melody and chords find each other. Play along, export the MIDI to your DAW, and tell us your favourite chord branch in the comments! 🎶 ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Introduction: Harmonizing Any Melody 🎹 00:20 - Starting From a Single Note 00:59 - Landing Notes of a Melody 01:43 - Escaping Pop-Culture Progressions 02:11 - Writing It Down: Scales & Chord Lists 02:41 - The Chord Trees Concept 🌳 03:46 - One Note, Six Chords 05:09 - Introducing the Chord Trees App 08:49 - Cinematic, Outworldly Chords 🎬 09:35 - Exporting to Your DAW & MIDI 10:34 - Manual Mode: Pick Your Own Notes 11:05 - Arpeggio Cycles & Tempo Controls 12:50 - Diatonic Mode: The Pop Mode 13:32 - Random Notes Within A Major 13:54 - Guitar Shapes: Open, Bar & Alt 14:25 - Seventh Chord Mode 15:58 - Intermediate Mode: Every Chord Possible 😱 17:28 - Melody Mode: Amazing Grace & Ode to Joy https://www.youtube.com/embed/JDkJp2Y0n48 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/decode-the-diminished-7th-musics-sneakiest-chord-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ROggYvwUps8/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Decode the Diminished 7th: Music's Sneakiest Chord Trick One chord shape, four names, endless possibilities. Learn how the diminished 7th chord hides dominant 7♭9 chords, tritone subs, and two powerful resolutions. Comment 'diminished' for a free practice tool! 🛠 FREE PRACTICE TOOL - Master Key, the Diminished Seventh Laboratory. Every diminished 7th, all four resolutions, in the browser. No signup, no subscription: https://masterkey.nathanielschool.com The diminished 7th chord is arguably the most powerful chord in music — one shape with endless resolutions. In this piano tutorial we break down its theory and turn it into two practical drills you can play today. We start with the formation: a diminished 7th is minor thirds stacked on top of each other, so every inversion is another diminished 7th. That means only three of them exist across all 12 keys — B/D/F/Ab are one family, and you move up chromatically for the rest. We also separate it from the minor seventh flat five (the ii chord in a 2-5-1 minor). Then we explore the leading-tone diminished cadence: B diminished 7th resolving to C major and to A minor (its relative minor), giving you many destinations from one source. You'll see how the same shape works as a rootless dominant, turning into E7♭9, Bb7♭9, G7♭9 and Db7♭9 — four chords from one diminished 7th. Drill one climbs up (dominant 7 → diminished 7 → major or minor); drill two climbs down (diminished 7 → dominant 7 → resolution). Ideal for pianists who know major and minor chords and want a versatile harmonic tool. 🏫 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 📂 Cadences & Chord Progressions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_sKjWd1c7K_S55cZ15jAKI 📚 Mysterious Chord Connections - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9bd7fnB4zMsgobcFj52N31 🗂️ Jazz Lessons - Chords, Standards & Exercises - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ZCriHyNonJasffWWSCS_E 📋 Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎶 My Favourite Chords of All Time - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_BXqRCVauDnJH7oHhIv-z7 ============================= 🎓 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 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #DiminishedChords #PianoChords #Cadences https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROggYvwUps8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/13-ways-to-end-a-song-twinkle-twinkle-cadences 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y-xc2t1Z9_4/maxresdefault.jpg 🎼 13 Ways To End A Song (Twinkle Twinkle Cadences!) Ever wonder how composers make an ending feel epic, jazzy, or cinematic? We break down authentic, plagal, mixolydian, backdoor, and tritone sub cadences using Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. This is Part 2 of our Thirds Exercise series — comment CADENCE if you want the app with every cadence in every key. Cadences are how music ends a phrase with intention, and in this practical lesson we harmonise one familiar tune — Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Ab major — with almost every cadence you'll ever use. This is pure piano application, not just theory on paper. We start with the authentic cadence (V-I), then strengthen it using a dominant 7th for that 4-to-3 resolution. Next comes the plagal or Amen cadence (IV-I) heard in church hymns, the darker minor plagal cadence that borrows from Mixolydian b6 (also called the Charukesi scale/raga), and the stacked major-four-then-minor-four ending loved in cinematic writing and pop ballads. From there we build three- and four-chord cadences: the IV-V-I gospel ending, the gospel 7sus4 (double) suspension, the double dominant or Mixolydian cadence using a secondary dominant (think Elton John and the Beatles), and the diatonic jazz ii-V-I tried on Happy Birthday. This is for pianists and composers who want their endings to sound deliberate across pop, gospel, jazz and film. Play along in Ab, sing the bass roots as we do, and tell us in the comments which cadence surprised you most. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎹 Learn Cadences in one place - https://cadence.nathanielschool.com/ ============================= 📹 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 📂 Cadences & Chord Progressions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT_sKjWd1c7K_S55cZ15jAKI 📚 Jazz Lessons - Chords, Standards & Exercises - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ZCriHyNonJasffWWSCS_E 🗂️ Sweet Chords - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-C4gmfMXJi6nHcKPL3acYy 📋 Indian Music Theory - Carnatic Ragas - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-EsBVRojlfDQ078y6R438k 🎶 Play Great Songs on Piano - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT8y1l2P68dI_DHadRyMgt3N ============================= 🎓 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 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #Cadences #ChordProgressions #GospelPiano https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y-xc2t1Z9_4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/thirds-exercise-part-1-g-major-harmonic-minor 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qa-wMBUfUvM/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Thirds Exercise Part 1: G Major & Harmonic Minor Part 1 of our thirds exercise breakdown — G major and G harmonic minor scales worked in diatonic thirds with two rhythm patterns. Practice this daily. We also cover three left-hand approaches: holding the pulse on the starting note, mirroring the right hand in thirds, or playing the scale notes underneath the thirds in the right hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qa-wMBUfUvM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beyond-vi-8-piano-cadences-that-change-how-music-ends 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t9Zdkdxd_HY/maxresdefault.jpg Beyond V–I: 8 Piano Cadences That Change How Music Ends Learn advanced piano cadences with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music — tritone sub, backdoor, leading-tone diminished and more. This is Part 2 of the cadence series, where we move past the traditional cadences into resolutions that actually alter the sound of the scale and still bring you home peacefully. If you already know your authentic, plagal and 2-5-1 cadences, this is where things get colourful. We start with the leading-tone diminished cadence — a diminished 7th built on the major seventh degree that resolves to the tonic major, or deceptively to the relative minor (the 6 minor / da). Then we soften it with the leading-tone half-diminished, extend the jazz 2-5-1 into the 6-2-5-1 turnaround, and explore the mixolydian cadence down a tone for that R&B, soul and Michael Jackson colour. From there we play the backdoor cadence (bVII7 → I) heard in rock, grunge and gospel, the tritone substitution sliding chromatically into the tonic, the minor dominant for a Dorian feel, and the Neapolitan cadence Beethoven loved. We close with the "epic" bVI–bVII–I climb from film and video-game endings. This is for pianists who want to stop resolving 5-1 every time and hear how each cadence feels against a melody. Play along, train your ear, and tell us in the comments which one surprised you most. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:06 - Welcome Back to the Cadence Series 🎹 00:32 - Recap: The Traditional Cadences (Part 1) 00:53 - The Web App — Practise in Every Key 01:17 - Authentic Cadence 5-2-1 01:23 - Plagal Cadence 4-2-1 01:26 - Minor Plagal Cadence 01:32 - Three-Chord Option: 4-5-1 01:43 - The Mixolydian Cadence (bVII) 01:50 - Cinematic Option: Major to Minor iv 01:56 - The Gospel Cadence 5-7sus4 02:08 - Leading-Tone Diminished 7th Cadence 02:52 - Diminished 7th to the Relative Minor 03:24 - The Deceptive Cadence Explained 03:42 - Adding the Bass to the Diminished 04:00 - Leading-Tone Half-Diminished Cadence 🎼 04:30 - Revisiting the Jazz 2-5-1 04:41 - The Jazz Turnaround 6-2-5-1 05:17 - Ear Training with the Melody 👂 05:59 - The Mixolydian Cadence Down a Tone 06:19 - R&B, Soul & Michael Jackson Colour 06:35 - The Backdoor Cadence (bVII7 → I) 07:18 - Discovering the Tritone Substitution 07:33 - Building a Dominant on the Tritone 08:12 - Sliding Chromatically to the Tonic 08:32 - Tritone Sub — An Acquired Taste 08:38 - The Minor Dominant for a Dorian Feel 09:02 - Off the Scale and Back Again 09:14 - Covering the Tritone Sub for Stability 09:34 - One Final Cadence: The Epic Climb 10:01 - bVI – bVII – I Explained 10:26 - Queen, the Beatles & Rock Anthems 10:50 - Singing the Soprano Melody 11:11 - Choosing Your Scale & Inversion in the App https://www.youtube.com/embed/t9Zdkdxd_HY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/triads-in-motion-the-scale-drill-every-pianist-needs 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/h9y7OCNPFQ8/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Triads In Motion: The Scale Drill Every Pianist Needs Turn your boring scale practice into a full workout — triads ascending and descending in F major and F harmonic minor, with speed and rhythm variations. Watch till the end for the thirds pattern on G major. Follow @NathanielSchoolOfMusic for more piano drills! 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! 🎹 https://www.youtube.com/embed/h9y7OCNPFQ8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-gospel-cadence-double-dominant-more-twinkle-twinkle-reimagined-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NM3mP3zryFk/maxresdefault.jpg The Gospel Cadence, Double Dominant & More – Twinkle Twinkle Reimagined on Piano Learn piano cadences explained on Twinkle Twinkle in Ab major with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music — authentic, plagal and more. Cadences are how music ends a phrase with intention, and in this practical lesson we harmonise one familiar tune — Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Ab major — with almost every cadence you'll ever use. This is pure piano application, not just theory on paper. We start with the authentic cadence (V-I), then strengthen it using a dominant 7th for that 4-to-3 resolution. Next comes the plagal or Amen cadence (IV-I) heard in church hymns, the darker minor plagal cadence that borrows from Mixolydian b6 (also called the Charukesi scale/raga), and the stacked major-four-then-minor-four ending loved in cinematic writing and pop ballads. From there we build three- and four-chord cadences: the IV-V-I gospel ending, the gospel 7sus4 (double) suspension, the double dominant or Mixolydian cadence using a secondary dominant (think Elton John and the Beatles), and the diatonic jazz ii-V-I tried on Happy Birthday. This is for pianists and composers who want their endings to sound deliberate across pop, gospel, jazz and film. Play along in Ab, sing the bass roots as we do, and tell us in the comments which cadence surprised you most. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:37 - What Is a Cadence? 🎹 01:01 - Stable vs Unstable Chords 01:17 - How Many Chords Can a Cadence Have? 01:55 - Cadences as a Composer’s Tool 02:19 - Surprising the Listener with Harmony 02:32 - Twinkle Twinkle in Different Flavours 03:57 - The Goal: Twinkle in Ab Major 04:07 - Ab Major and Its Four Flats 04:19 - Playing the Tune 🎶 04:48 - Why We Change Keys Each Lesson 05:02 - A Free Cadence Practice App 📲 06:18 - Authentic Cadence: V to I 06:43 - Strengthening with a Dominant 7th 06:59 - The 4-to-3 Resolution Explained 07:19 - Plagal Cadence: The Amen Ending ⛪ 07:37 - Db Major 6th to Ab 07:57 - Minor Plagal Cadence 08:14 - Borrowing Mixolydian b6 (Charukesi) 08:39 - Stacking Major 4 and Minor 4 08:54 - Cinematic & Pop Ballad Endings 🎬 09:11 - Combining Plagal into Authentic (IV-V-I) 09:33 - Singing the Bass Roots 10:06 - The Gospel 7sus4 Suspension 10:16 - Double / Gospel Suspension Explained 10:41 - Root Moving Sa-Ni-Sa (Leading Tone) 11:00 - Organ & Orchestral Effect 11:15 - Emotion Change in the Cadence 11:35 - The Double Dominant (Mixolydian) Cadence 11:55 - V-of-V: Bb7 to Eb7 to Ab 12:27 - Secondary Dominant in Action 12:46 - The Jazz ii-V-I 13:21 - Testing It on Happy Birthday 🎂 13:36 - Rare & Unheard Cadences Preview https://www.youtube.com/embed/NM3mP3zryFk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-left-hand-patterns-to-play-any-song-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/T2De0hUa62o/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 3 Left Hand Patterns To Play ANY Song On Piano Learn 3 go-to left hand rhythm patterns - umpah, arpeggio, and power chord - that unlock almost any song on piano. Beginner and intermediate versions included. The umpah pattern takes a chord like D minor and moves between the root and fifth. The arpeggios cover seventh chords and slash chords like C/E, and the power chord uses the root, fifth and octave to drive rock grooves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T2De0hUa62o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/christmas-piano-jam-with-joey-sharma 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZqneAzd0uyA/maxresdefault.jpg Christmas Piano Jam with Joey Sharma Merry Christmas! Jamming with my good friend and collaborator, "Joey Sharma" on Acoustic Guitar. Join us live where we play a number of traditional Christmas carols https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZqneAzd0uyA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-chord-that-goes-everywhere-diminished-7th-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fBEg4pIgGY0/maxresdefault.jpg The Chord That Goes Everywhere | Diminished 7th Explained Learn the diminished 7th chord on piano with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music — resolutions, drills and the three-chord family. The diminished 7th chord is arguably the most powerful chord in music — one shape with endless resolutions. In this piano tutorial we break down its theory and turn it into two practical drills you can play today. We start with the formation: a diminished 7th is minor thirds stacked on top of each other, so every inversion is another diminished 7th. That means only three of them exist across all 12 keys — B/D/F/Ab are one family, and you move up chromatically for the rest. We also separate it from the minor seventh flat five (the ii chord in a 2-5-1 minor). Then we explore the leading-tone diminished cadence: B diminished 7th resolving to C major and to A minor (its relative minor), giving you many destinations from one source. You'll see how the same shape works as a rootless dominant, turning into E7♭9, Bb7♭9, G7♭9 and Db7♭9 — four chords from one diminished 7th. Drill one climbs up (dominant 7 → diminished 7 → major or minor); drill two climbs down (diminished 7 → dominant 7 → resolution). Ideal for pianists who know major and minor chords and want a versatile harmonic tool. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - What Is the Most Powerful Chord? 🎹 00:15 - Meet the Diminished 7th Chord 00:33 - Diminished 7th vs Minor 7th Flat 5 00:42 - One Shape, Endless Resolutions 01:11 - The Goal: Two Practice Drills 01:46 - Formation: Stacking Minor Thirds 01:55 - B Diminished 7th Broken Down 02:17 - The B/D/F/Ab Family 02:34 - Building All 12 Chromatically 03:10 - Voicing in the Top Register 03:18 - E Becomes E7♭9 🎶 03:54 - Write It Down and Play Along 04:09 - A Supporting App for Practic 04:22 - Resolving B°7 to C Major 05:10 - Resolving to the Relative Minor 05:30 - One Source, Many Destinations 05:42 - Cycling Through a Melody 06:25 - Leading Tone Diminished Cadence 06:33 - D°7 = B°7: Same Notes 06:59 - Resolving to Eb Major & C Minor 07:28 - G# Diminished 7th, Same Four Cousins 07:55 - It Spreads Like a Virus 🔥 08:06 - Drill 1: Climbing Up 08:25 - Starting from Bb7 08:34 - Move the Root Up a Half Step 09:05 - Trying It on C7 09:39 - Drill 2: Climbing Down 10:19 - C°7 → B7 → E Major or Minor 10:40 - Chords Beyond the Scale 11:13 - Barry Harris & Diminished Scales 11:35 - Recap: Three Ways to Use It 12:19 - Requests & App Access https://www.youtube.com/embed/fBEg4pIgGY0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/mayamalavagowla-scale-unlocks-a-whole-new-sound-world 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CgM07IgaKVo/maxresdefault.jpg Mayamalavagowla Scale Unlocks a Whole New Sound World Learn the double harmonic major scale (Mayamalavagowla, the 15th Melakarta raga) on piano Learn the double harmonic major scale (Mayamalavagowla, the 15th Melakarta raga) on piano with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music. If you normally practise only major, minor and harmonic minor scales up and down, this lesson opens a whole new sound world. Around the world this same scale has many names, and we use them all: the double harmonic major (so called because it has TWO augmented seconds, unlike the harmonic minor which has one), Bhairav thaat in Hindustani music, and the Byzantine or gypsy major scale. These alternate names are exactly what students search for. You'll play the raga one octave up and back with correct fingering (three fingers, then a cross-over), hold the Sa like a tanpura in the left hand, and try the "one extra" swara drill to reframe a 7-note scale into a comfortable 4/4 feel. We add accents to train the weaker fingers and imagine a drum groove to build musicality. Then we harmonize the raga — the real fun for pianists and guitarists. Building in thirds gives the triads: G major, A♭ major, B minor, C minor, D major ♭5, E♭ augmented (also G augmented, also B augmented), and the F# cluster chord. We extend these into seventh chords, including G major 7, A♭ major 7, B minor 7, the beautiful C minor-major 7th, the D7♭5 dominant, the E♭ major 7 ♯5 (a proper James Bond chord), and the F# cluster acting as a dominant. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:23 - Introduction 00:51 - G Major, G Minor & Harmonic Minor 01:05 - Practising Every Scale in 12 Keys 01:22 - Scale vs Key vs Mode vs Raga 01:53 - What Is a Scale? Intervals & Swaras 02:10 - Enharmonic Notes: C# = Db and More 02:45 - Expanding Your Horizon with Ragas 🎼 03:05 - The 72 Melakarta Ragas Explained 03:29 - The Three Options for Re 04:04 - Introducing Mayamalavagowla (15th Melakarta) 04:30 - Playing the Raga vs Good Old Major 04:50 - What Makes This Scale Unique: The Gaps 05:06 - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni & Scale Degrees 05:26 - Comparing Swaras with Western Solfège 06:07 - The Augmented Second Intervals 06:45 - Fingering the Scale on Piano ✋ 09:10 - Alternate Names: Double Harmonic Major 09:56 - Bhairav Thaat in Hindustani Music 10:15 - Playing the Raga One Octave Up & Back 10:36 - Left Hand as a Tanpura (Holding Sa) 11:21 - The ‘One Extra’ Swara Drill 11:47 - Black note positioning 12:15 - Singing and playing the Swaras 12:25 - The ‘One Extra’ Swara Drill 12:54 - One Down, One Extra on Descending 13:49 - Adding Accents & Training Weak Fingers 14:09 - Imagining a Drum Groove 14:32 - How to Harmonize the Raga with Chords 15:34 - Why Triads and Not Clusters 17:01 - All Triads Played Together 18:05 - The E♭ Augmented Chord Trio 18:27 - The F# Cluster Chord Explained 18:51 - All Triads Played Together 19:18 - Singing the Swaras with the Chords 20:18 - Moving to Seventh Chords 🎶 20:32 - C Minor-Major 7th: A Favourite Chord 20:45 - D7♭5 & E♭ Major 7 ♯5 (James Bond Chord) 21:25 - Scale in Right Hand, Roots in Left Hand 21:59 - Singing One Swara Every Two Beats 23:15 - Ascending & Descending with Chords 24:42 - Thinking Intervallically About the Raga 25:01 - Final Thoughts & Practice Encouragement https://www.youtube.com/embed/CgM07IgaKVo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-go-to-left-hand-piano-patterns-every-player-needs 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/25MfO0T9Eic/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Go-To Left-Hand Piano Patterns Every Player Needs Learn 3 go-to left-hand piano rhythm patterns — umpah, arpeggio and power chords — that work across ballads, rock and pop genres. The umpah moves between the root and fifth of a chord like D minor, the arpeggios cover seventh chords and slash chords like C over E, and the power chord is root, fifth and octave in the left hand. Aimed at beginner-intermediate players and upward. https://www.youtube.com/embed/25MfO0T9Eic yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/triads-that-move-why-most-pianists-get-this-wrong 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CNsXfo9D9RE/maxresdefault.jpg Triads That Move | Why Most Pianists Get This WRONG 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! 🎹 ⏳ 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 https://www.youtube.com/embed/CNsXfo9D9RE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/minor-esque-scales-decoded-exotic-to-traditional-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_DbME-fKHiI/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Minor-Esque Scales Decoded: Exotic to Traditional (Part 3) Ever wondered why some scales sound bright while others sound dark? In this theory lesson, Jason Zac introduces a simple binary framework to organise 16 different scales into just two categories — major-esque and minor-esque — based on a single defining interval: the third. A major-esque scale always contains a major third, while a minor-esque scale always contains a flat (minor) third. From this foundation, we explore eight major-esque scales including the major scale, mixolydian, lydian, lydian dominant, harmonic major, phrygian dominant (double harmonic major), and mixolydian flat 6. Each scale is built on the root A, played with supporting chord voicings, and connected to its emotional character. We then move into eight minor-esque scales: the natural minor, dorian, harmonic minor, jazz melodic minor, plus the more exotic Hungarian minor, Romanian minor, Neapolitan minor, and phrygian. You'll learn how the 6th and 7th degrees create four binary combinations within the traditional minor family, and how exotic scales introduce flat 2 and raised 4 intervals for that Eastern, Spanish, or Middle Eastern flavour. This lesson is especially valuable for composers working with Indian classical ragas, modal music, or any style where the 6th or 7th shifts between ascending and descending lines. Jason also shares ear training drills using sa-re-ga-ma syllables, pendulum-style interval singing, and chord pairings that lock each scale into your ear and fingers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_DbME-fKHiI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/every-chord-formula-every-inversion-every-speed-level-one-workout 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FyB9Xo7i2XY/maxresdefault.jpg Every Chord Formula, Every Inversion, Every Speed Level — One Workout Learn to play every triad and inversion of F Major and F Harmonic Minor with block chords, spread shapes and speed drills. In this comprehensive piano lesson, Jason Zac walks you through every triad and inversion of F Major and F Harmonic Minor. If you've been running scales note-by-note, this is the workout that will shift your thinking into chord shapes across the keyboard. We start by harmonizing both scales — building all 7 diatonic triads. In F Major you'll get the familiar 1-4-5 major, 2-3-6 minor and 7 diminished pattern. In F Harmonic Minor we tackle the trickier chord formula: minor 1 and 4, diminished 2 and 7, major 5 and 6, and the augmented ♭3 chord. We also break down the augmented 2nd interval between the ♭6 and 7. Next, we drill root position, first inversion and second inversion as block chords — ascending and descending. Then we ramp up the speed: one chord per bar, then every two beats, then every single beat. This is where real chord fluency is built. We also explore spread shapes (open-voiced triads) — reading the chord tones in a circular pattern to unlock new voicings. Along the way, Jason encourages singing the chord tones to train your ear alongside your fingers. This piano tutorial covers music theory, chord progressions, inversions, ear training and practical piano exercises all in one focused session. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:48 - Welcome & Lesson Overview 🎹 01:02 - What We’ll Cover: F Major & F Harmonic Minor 01:25 - Why These Two Scales? 01:33 - F Harmonic Minor: ♭3, ♭6 and Major 7th Explained 02:22 - Part 1: Building the Chords of F Major 03:42 - Diatonic Triads of F Major (I to vii°) 04:07 - Writing Chords in a Circle: A Practice Tip ⭕ 04:32 - Introducing Spread Shapes / Open-Voiced Triads 05:40 - Chord Formula 06:35 - Part 2: Building the Chords of F Harmonic Minor 07:00 - Watch Out: The Augmented 2nd Interval ⚠️ 07:12 - The Augmented ♭3 Chord 07:29 - Part 3: The Speed-Increment Practice Ladder 08:06 - Block Chords Explained: Right Hand + Left Hand Root 08:34 - F Major Root Position — 4 Beats Per Chord 09:19 - F Major Root Position — 2 Beats Per Chord 09:53 - F Major Root Position — 1 Beat Per Chord 11:43 - First Inversion of F Major (All Triads) 13:25 - Second Inversion of F Major (All Triads) 13:57 - F Harmonic Minor: Root Position Block Chords 15:08 - F Harmonic Minor: First Inversion Drill 15:19 - Why Augmented Chord Inversions Stay Augmented 15:58 - F Harmonic Minor: Second Inversion Drill 16:08 - Tricky Fingering: White Note Between Black Notes 🎹 16:44 - Part 4: Spread Shapes in F Major 17:00 - Playing Spread Triads With Both Hands 18:12 - Journeying Through the Thirds of Each Chord 18:55 - Spread Shapes Starting From the 5th 19:27 - Spread Shapes in F Harmonic Minor 19:42 - Ear Training: Sing the Chord Tones 🎤 20:24 - Part 5: Creative Variations Preview 20:32 - Broken Chord Pattern 1: Top Two + Bottom 20:54 - Broken Chord Pattern 2: Outer Two + Inside 21:05 - Arpeggios: Low-Middle-High Movement 21:32 - Adding Groove & Rhythm to Triads 21:45 - What’s Coming in Part 2 of This Lesson https://www.youtube.com/embed/FyB9Xo7i2XY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/major-esque-scales-you-need-to-know-part-2-nsm-bangalore 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9aKo3JsXkMo/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Major-Esque Scales You NEED To Know (Part 2) | NSM Bangalore Ever wondered why some scales sound bright while others sound dark? In this theory lesson, Jason Zac introduces a simple binary framework to organise 16 different scales into just two categories — major-esque and minor-esque — based on a single defining interval: the third. A major-esque scale always contains a major third, while a minor-esque scale always contains a flat (minor) third. From this foundation, we explore eight major-esque scales including the major scale, mixolydian, lydian, lydian dominant, harmonic major, phrygian dominant (double harmonic major), and mixolydian flat 6. Each scale is built on the root A, played with supporting chord voicings, and connected to its emotional character. We then move into eight minor-esque scales: the natural minor, dorian, harmonic minor, jazz melodic minor, plus the more exotic Hungarian minor, Romanian minor, Neapolitan minor, and phrygian. You'll learn how the 6th and 7th degrees create four binary combinations within the traditional minor family, and how exotic scales introduce flat 2 and raised 4 intervals for that Eastern, Spanish, or Middle Eastern flavour. This lesson is especially valuable for composers working with Indian classical ragas, modal music, or any style where the 6th or 7th shifts between ascending and descending lines. Jason also shares ear training drills using sa-re-ga-ma syllables, pendulum-style interval singing, and chord pairings that lock each scale into your ear and fingers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9aKo3JsXkMo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-smoother-thirds-in-both-hands-with-this-rhythm-drill 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/e_gyu7219H0/maxresdefault.jpg Play Smoother Thirds in Both Hands With This Rhythm Drill Learn to practise piano thirds in G major and G harmonic minor with unique ascending and descending rhythm patterns for both hands. The lesson covers closed thirds and spread thirds, the augmented 2nd in the harmonic minor, and three left-hand options: holding the pulse, carbon-copy thirds in both hands, or a linear scale underneath the right-hand thirds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e_gyu7219H0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/16-scales-simplified-into-2-categories-heres-how 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/M88ABjQn0Lo/maxresdefault.jpg 16 Scales Simplified Into 2 Categories (Here's How) Learn how to group 16 piano scales into major-esque and minor-esque categories using the third interval. Theory lesson by Jason Zac. Ever wondered why some scales sound bright while others sound dark? In this theory lesson, Jason Zac introduces a simple binary framework to organise 16 different scales into just two categories — major-esque and minor-esque — based on a single defining interval: the third. A major-esque scale always contains a major third, while a minor-esque scale always contains a flat (minor) third. From this foundation, we explore eight major-esque scales including the major scale, mixolydian, lydian, lydian dominant, harmonic major, phrygian dominant (double harmonic major), and mixolydian flat 6. Each scale is built on the root A, played with supporting chord voicings, and connected to its emotional character. We then move into eight minor-esque scales: the natural minor, dorian, harmonic minor, jazz melodic minor, plus the more exotic Hungarian minor, Romanian minor, Neapolitan minor, and phrygian. You'll learn how the 6th and 7th degrees create four binary combinations within the traditional minor family, and how exotic scales introduce flat 2 and raised 4 intervals for that Eastern, Spanish, or Middle Eastern flavour. This lesson is especially valuable for composers working with Indian classical ragas, modal music, or any style where the 6th or 7th shifts between ascending and descending lines. Jason also shares ear training drills using sa-re-ga-ma syllables, pendulum-style interval singing, and chord pairings that lock each scale into your ear and fingers. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:37 - Introduction: Why Group Scales? 01:35 - The Binary Concept: Major-esque vs Minor-esque 🎼 02:27 - What Defines a Major-esque Scale? The Major 3rd 03:09 - The 5 Crucial Intervals You Must Memorise 03:28 - Why Handwriting Theory Helps ✍️ 04:08 - What Defines a Minor-esque Scale? The Flat 3rd 05:01 - Part 1: Building 8 Major-esque Scales 05:10 - Scale 1: A Major 05:34 - Ear Training with Sa-Re-Ga-Ma Syllables 👂 07:06 - Practising with a Drone or Tanpura 07:44 - Scale 2: A Mixolydian — The Flat 7 08:47 - Pendulum Motion Ear Training Drill 09:19 - Scale 3: A Lydian — The Sharp 4 09:48 - Pairing Scales with Supporting Chords 🎹 11:17 - Scale 4: Lydian Dominant — Sharp 4 + Flat 7 12:27 - Scale 5: Harmonic Major — Flat 6 & Augmented 2nd 12:45 - What Makes a Scale ‘Harmonic’? 14:01 - Scale 6: Phrygian Major /Double Harmonic Major 15:47 - The Two Augmented 2nds 16:26 - Scale 7: Mixolydian Flat 6 17:02 - Scale 8: Phrygian Dominant 17:49 - Recap: All 8 Major-esque Scales 18:08 - Part 2: Building 8 Minor-esque Scales 18:14 - The Four Traditional Minor Scales 18:51 - Scale 9: Natural Minor — ♭6 & ♭7 18:59 - Scale 10: Harmonic Minor — Flat 6, Major 7 19:10 - Scale 11: Dorian — Natural 6, Flat 7 19:22 - Scale 12: Jazz Melodic Minor — Major 6 & 7 19:48 - Emotional Character of Each Minor Scale 21:12 - Classical Melodic Minor 21:32 - Defining Exotic Scales: Flat 2 & Flat 5 22:30 - Scale 13: Phrygian Minor — Spanish Flavour 🌶️ 22:44 - Scale 14: Hungarian Minor — Flat 3 + Sharp 4 23:28 - Scale 15: Romanian Minor — Flat 3, Sharp 4, Natural 6 24:20 - Scale 16: Neapolitan Minor — Harmonic Minor with ♭2 25:03 - How to Practise Each Scale 26:54 - Why This Framework Helps Composers 🎵 27:27 - Nirvana, The Beatles & Modal Mixture 27:46 - Indian Classical Music & Shifting Intervals 27:59 - Emotional Palette for Composition https://www.youtube.com/embed/M88ABjQn0Lo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/major-esque-vs-minor-esque-8-scales-explained-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bmy_bXpE900/maxresdefault.jpg Major Esque vs Minor Esque 🎹 | 8 Scales Explained | Nathaniel School of Music Learn how to group 16 piano scales into major-esque and minor-esque categories using the third interval. Theory lesson by Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bmy_bXpE900 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/someone-like-you-on-piano-technique-performance 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fh4x-1UMalU/maxresdefault.jpg Someone Like You On Piano - Technique & Performance Learn to play Someone Like You by Adele on piano - full tutorial covering intro, verses, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge & outro in A major. The song is built around an arpeggio pattern (low-middle-high-middle) that runs through almost the entire track. Along the way we cover slash chords in the bridge, left-hand octaves and power chords, and the broken chord patterns in the final chorus. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fh4x-1UMalU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-any-progression-sound-epic-with-this-relative-minor-swap 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rRSaZUfmUhs/maxresdefault.jpg Make Any Progression Sound Epic With This Relative Minor Swap Learn relative minor reharmonization, suspended chords, inversions & cadences in this piano harmony lesson with Jason Zac. We work through an 8-chord progression using second inversion voicings, starting from C major and travelling through D, Bb, Am, Ab, Bb and back to a Csus4 resolving to C. Any chord in the progression can be swapped with its relative minor (or relative major): C major and A minor, D major and B minor, Bb major and G minor, Ab major and F minor. The lesson also covers plagal (IV-I) and authentic (V-I) cadences, surprise endings using the flat mediant (bIII), modulating by treating the tonic as the dominant of the next key, and a minor 2-5-1 resolving to C minor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rRSaZUfmUhs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/major-relative-minor 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a0cb35AbFVs/maxresdefault.jpg Major relative minor Did you know you can swap ANY major chord with its relative minor and keep the same melody? Relative minor substitution, suspended chord resolutions, and the minor 2-5-1. We work through an 8-chord progression using second inversion voicings, swapping chords with their relative minors: C major and A minor, D major and B minor, Bb major and G minor, Ab major and F minor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a0cb35AbFVs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/i-finally-got-the-pocket-piano-heres-my-honest-take 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iG11pZRBzWM/maxresdefault.jpg I Finally Got the Pocket Piano — Here's My Honest Take Unboxing and full demo of the Pocket Piano V2 — a modular 88-key portable MIDI controller with onboard sounds, Bluetooth pedal & more. In this video, I do a completely blind unboxing and first-look demo of the Pocket Piano V2 — a brand new modular portable keyboard from a Spanish company based in Barcelona. No script, no manual, just real reactions as I figure out what this thing can actually do. The Pocket Piano V2 is unlike anything else on the market right now. It's a modular 88-key controller that clicks together magnetically, fits inside a small carry case, and connects via USB-C MIDI. I test the latency with Pianoteq, try out the onboard piano, electric piano, clavinet, and pad sounds, and even pair the Bluetooth pedal straight out of the box. Throughout the demo I compare the feel to my Roland RD88 and Yamaha CK88, talk about the build quality, and discuss real-world use cases — from touring musicians flying between cities to online piano teachers who need a lightweight setup. I also share the practical challenges of importing this product to India and dealing with customs. This isn't a sponsored review — just an honest first impression of a product I've been waiting months for. Whether you're a gigging keyboardist, a music teacher, or a gear nerd curious about the future of portable MIDI controllers, this video will help you decide if the Pocket Piano V2 belongs in your bag. If you found this useful, please like, share and subscribe for more piano lessons, gear demos, and music technology tutorials from Nathaniel School of Music. Let me know in the comments what you'd want me to test next! ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Introduction: Not a Lesson, a Demo 🎬 00:23 - Quick Tour of My Studio Keyboards 00:34 - CK88 vs RD88 Recap 00:45 - Why the Pocket Piano is Different 🎹 01:00 - Famous Artists Who’ve Demo’d This Product 01:24 - Ordering from Spain to India 02:16 - What’s in the Box? 02:29 - The Mystery Cloth 🤔 02:44 - USB-C Cable & Jack Inspection 03:01 - Bluetooth, MIDI & Pedal Predictions 03:44 - Powering On for the First Time 03:52 - Connecting to Mac via USB-C 04:44 - Loading Pianoteq for the Test 04:53 - Octave Switcher Buttons 05:35 - Clicking the First Module Together 🔗 05:50 - Does the Modular System Actually Lock? 06:13 - Adding the Second Key Module 06:27 - Adding the Third Module 06:50 - The Missing C Key Quirk 07:32 - Touch Sensitivity Check 07:48 - Comparing Feel to a Weighted Piano 08:03 - Why I Bought This — Touring & Teaching 08:46 - Building Out the Full 88 Keys 09:05 - Unboxing the Bluetooth Pedal 09:40 - Honest Take on Build Quality 10:30 - Testing the Onboard Clavinet Sound 11:21 - Plugging in Headphones 🎧 12:23 - Layering Pads with the Dual Button 12:52 - Reverb & Chorus Effects Demo 13:06 - Recommended Stage Output Setup 14:00 - TRS to DIN MIDI Out Explained 14:06 - Using It as a MIDI Controller for Synths 14:35 - Use Case: Touring Musician in India ✈️ 15:50 - The Stand Problem — It Falls Off! 16:00 - Suggestions for the Pocket Piano Team 16:37 - Use Case: Online Music Teachers 👨‍🏫 16:58 - Customs & Import Tips for Indian Buyers 18:27 - Comparing to Foldable Pianos https://www.youtube.com/embed/iG11pZRBzWM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/i-tried-singing-bachs-prelude-in-c-heres-what-i-learned 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AUwy0mhWJx4/maxresdefault.jpg I Tried Singing Bach's Prelude in C — Here's What I Learned Train your ear with Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C Major — sight-singing, chord analysis & arpeggio breakdown in Bobby McFerrin style. Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C Major is one of the most recognised pieces in classical piano — but what if you sang it instead of played it? In this lesson, Jason Zac takes inspiration from Bobby McFerrin's legendary Ave Maria performance to turn this beloved arpeggio study into the ultimate ear training workout. Rather than just reading and playing the notation, you'll learn to collapse each arpeggiated bar into a stacked chord, identify the harmony (D minor 7, G7, F major 7, and that mysterious diminished voicing nobody can name), and then sing each note back. This trains your intervals, voice leading awareness, register switching, and chord recognition all at once. This approach works for pianists, singers, and any music student who wants to genuinely HEAR what they're playing. We cover sight-singing technique, transcription thinking, harmonic analysis, and how to use Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier as a serious ear training resource — not just a piano study book. Throughout the lesson, Jason demonstrates how to use the piano as a reference, find the lowest or highest note first, name notes as scale degrees (1-2-3-4-5), and gradually move away from the instrument so your voice becomes the piano. You'll also explore voice leading between chords — like how F resolves down to E and E down to E♭ in parallel motion. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Introduction: Ear Training with Bach 🎹 00:29 - Why Prelude No. 1 in C Major? 01:39 - The Bobby McFerrin Inspiration 🎤 02:02 - Three Options: Analyse, Play, or Train the Ear 02:40 - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book Recommendation 📖 03:30 - Notation Tools & Nathaniel School Resources 05:10 - Bar 1: The First C Major Stack 05:28 - Technique: Collapse the Arpeggio into a Chord 06:12 - Finding the Lowest & Highest Notes 06:57 - Singing the Arpeggio with Numbers (1-2-3-4-5) 07:15 - Using the Piano as an Assist 08:00 - Bar 2: C, D, A, D, F — D minor 7 over C 08:47 - Tricky Leaps in the Voice 09:12 - Bar 3: B, D, G, D, F — G7 over B Bass 09:55 - Bar 4: Back to D minor 7 10:03 - Stacking & Singing Four Bars Together 10:50 - Crossing an Octave and a Half 12:29 - A minor 7 Open Voicing with High C 13:10 - Range Challenges: Two Octaves and Beyond 13:51 - Making Notes on Tough Intervals 📝 14:13 - D, A, D, A, F# — Register Switching 14:44 - G Major & G Diminished 7th Voicing 15:54 - End of Page 1 Recap 16:14 - Page 2: C, G, C — The Tough 5th Chord 16:31 - F Major 7 with E Bass 17:01 - Revisiting D minor 7 and G7 17:32 - The Mysterious F# Diminished Chord 🤔 18:03 - Voice Leading: F → F# and E → E♭ in Parallel 19:49 - Putting Page 2 Together on Piano 21:16 - The Calando Ending: Slow Down & Soften 21:31 - Singing the Upper Notes When Range Gets Tough 22:02 - Why Bobby McFerrin’s Version is Superhuman 22:39 - The Final C Major Resolution 23:18 - Takeaways: You Don’t Have to Perform It 24:04 - Three Applications of Notation: Play, Sing, Transcribe 24:33 - These Aren’t Jazz Chords — Just Bach 24:43 - Final Practice Tips for Your Ear 🎯 25:35 - Outro: Thanks for Watching! 👋 https://www.youtube.com/embed/AUwy0mhWJx4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/7th-chords-made-easy-cascade-legato-staccato-drills 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7I7eR-cqBeM/maxresdefault.jpg 7th Chords Made Easy: Cascade, Legato & Staccato Drills Learn every 7th chord on piano with cascade, legato & staccato drills using a 2-5-1 progression in D major plus inversions. The chords are Em7, A7 and Dmaj7, with a D# diminished 7th passing chord. The lesson then moves to the minor 2-5-1 in E harmonic minor: F# minor 7 flat 5 (half diminished), B7, E minor-major 7 and E minor 6. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7I7eR-cqBeM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-only-thirds-sixths-exercise-you-need-for-better-technique 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/foW5iuqrCMM/maxresdefault.jpg The Only Thirds & Sixths Exercise You Need for Better Technique Learn to play piano thirds & sixths cleanly with legato and staccato articulation across A major, E♭ major and harmonic minor scales. We map out the thirds in A major, work through legato, staccato and both combinations, move to E♭ major and the harmonic minor versions, then finish with sixths and a two-hand exercise where the left hand harmonises the right hand in sixths. https://www.youtube.com/embed/foW5iuqrCMM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/can-you-learn-piano-from-a-song-with-no-piano-in-it 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/trYqX6jWpUQ/maxresdefault.jpg Can You Learn Piano From a Song With NO Piano in It? Learn piano, theory, and ear training through Uptown Funk — D Dorian, 7th chord inversions, voice leading & 4 funky comping patterns. What if you could learn piano, music theory, ear training, AND arranging — all from one song? In this lesson, Jason Zac uses Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars as a vehicle for all four goals at once. The twist? There's no piano in the song. We start by identifying the mode (D Dorian) and the two chords driving the whole track: D minor 7th and G dominant 7th. You'll learn minors in packs of four — Natural, Harmonic, Dorian and Melodic — so you'll instantly recognise the funky minor sound anywhere. Then we get into the piano work: all four inversions of Dm7 and G7, voice leading through common tones, and rhythm patterns including block chords, octave toggling bass, staccato funk articulation, and triplet (tresio) feels. Every shape connects to a usable groove. Next comes the song ingredient breakdown — vocal bass line on a 16th-note grid, Bruno Mars's vocal as the rhythmic engine, plus guitar comping, horn harmonies and the bass guitar. You'll learn to reverse-engineer a stereo file like a DAW, then translate those ingredients into FOUR funky right-hand piano patterns paired with a transcribed bass line. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:38 - 🎹 Intro — A New Kind of Piano Lesson 01:25 - The 4 Goals: Piano, Theory, Ear & Song Ingredients 05:45 - 🎵 Uptown Funk — The Two Chords: Dm7 & G7 06:58 - Minors in Packs of 4: Natural, Harmonic, Dorian, Melodic 08:01 - Root Position Block Chords 08:42 - First Inversion + Octave Toggling Bass 10:07 - Second Inversion + Staccato Funk Articulation 10:46 - Third Inversion + Tresio (Triplet) Rhythm 11:06 - LH Pattern with Root Position 11:44 - Octave toggle in LH with 1st Inversion 12:36 - Dotted notes on LH with 2nd Inversion 13:29 - Tresillo on LH with 3rd Inversion 14:56 - Song Ingredient Analysis — What Do You Hear? 18:37 - How to Map Out Song Ingredients 19:20 - Left Hand = Bass, Right Hand = Guitar 19:37 - 🥁 Funky Pattern 1: Block Chords on 1 & 3 with E’s 20:36 - Funky Pattern 2: More E’s and A’s 21:27 - Funky Pattern 3: Guitar Comping Pattern 22:34 - Funky Pattern 4: The Arpeggio Pattern 23:23 - Transcribing the Bass Line for Left Hand 24:48 - Nathaniel Metronome App Walkthrough 25:29 - Combining Bass Line + Right Hand Pulse 26:42 - Bass Line — 2 and 4 Hits 27:15 - Bass Line — Off-beats 27:40 - 🔥 Final Funky Right-Hand Rhythm 28:31 - Summary — 4 Goals, 4 Inversions, 4 Funky Patterns 30:19 - 🎹Outro & Course Info https://www.youtube.com/embed/trYqX6jWpUQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-piano-from-a-song-with-no-piano-uptown-funk-d-dorian-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/I3PZbl6oZKU/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Learn Piano From A Song With NO Piano — Uptown Funk D Dorian Explained! Did you know the 'synth bass' in Uptown Funk is actually a vocal? 😮 This lesson flips the script — no piano in the song means unlimited creative freedom for pianists. Decode D Dorian, voice leading, and funky 16th-note rhythms in one shot. 🎹 Hit follow and check the full lesson in our bio — notation included! What if you could learn piano, music theory, ear training, AND arranging — all from one song? In this lesson, Jason Zac uses Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars as a vehicle for all four goals at once. The twist? There's no piano in the song. We start by identifying the mode (D Dorian) and the two chords driving the whole track: D minor 7th and G dominant 7th. You'll learn minors in packs of four — Natural, Harmonic, Dorian and Melodic — so you'll instantly recognise the funky minor sound anywhere. Then we get into the piano work: all four inversions of Dm7 and G7, voice leading through common tones, and rhythm patterns including block chords, octave toggling bass, staccato funk articulation, and triplet (tresio) feels. Every shape connects to a usable groove. Next comes the song ingredient breakdown — vocal bass line on a 16th-note grid, Bruno Mars's vocal as the rhythmic engine, plus guitar comping, horn harmonies and the bass guitar. You'll learn to reverse-engineer a stereo file like a DAW, then translate those ingredients into FOUR funky right-hand piano patterns paired with a transcribed bass line. https://www.youtube.com/embed/I3PZbl6oZKU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/fix-your-repetitive-melodies-once-and-for-all 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UZ62XUeb_9E/maxresdefault.jpg Fix Your Repetitive Melodies Once and For All Learn 6 songwriting techniques to break out of a melody trap — stop repeating the same motif and build memorable melodies that grow. Ever written a melody that sounds great for two seconds — and then you realise you've been repeating the same motif for the entire verse? You're stuck in a melody trap, and in this lesson Jason walks you through 6 mental techniques to break out of it. This is a rant-style talking lesson — no keyboards required. Jason explains why your initial melody is just a seed (a motif), and why your job as an artist is to grow it. You'll learn the Mumble Technique — stripping away the lyrics and scatting to expose what the melody is actually doing rhythmically and harmonically. We break down what makes great melodies timeless using real examples: the octave leap in Somewhere Over the Rainbow, the chord-tone alignment in The Beatles' Hey Jude, the call-and-response structure in nursery rhymes like London Bridge, and the rhythmic genius of modern writers like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. There's also a lovely detour into how Michael Jackson would literally sing the guitar part. Then Jason shows you how to stress-test your own melody — can you notate it? How many chords does it force you to use? Are you stuck on the root, or can you modulate? Plus the final reality check: play it for non-musicians and see if they latch on to the pulse, the tension, the ebb and flow. If you're a songwriter, lyric writer, producer, or instrumentalist who keeps falling into the same melodic loops, this lesson will give you the mental tools to escape. Like, share, subscribe, and let us know in the comments which trap you've fallen into most often! ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Intro - What is a Melody Trap? 02:42 - The Root of the Problem — The Motif Is Stuck 03:13 - Your Melody Is Just a Seed 05:09 - The Mumble Technique — Strip the Lyrics 08:07 - Why Lyrics Become a Cushion 09:33 - The Paul McCartney “Scrambled Eggs” Folklore 09:45 - Great Melodies — Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Step vs Leap) 11:27 - Hey Jude — Chord Tone Alignment Deep Dive 13:31 - hicken & Egg Composition — No Rules on Where to Start 14:05 - Nursery Rhymes — Why They’ve Lasted Centuries 16:07 - Modern Composers — Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Rappers & Rhythm 17:35 - Learning From Everyone — Bach, Ilayaraja, Michael Jackson 18:35 - How to Stress-Test Your Own Melody 22:51 - Think Beyond the Melody — Genre, Sonic Texture, Collaborators 23:33 - Think About Your Audience — Give Them Simple Things to Latch On To 25:59 - Wrap-Up & Outro https://www.youtube.com/embed/UZ62XUeb_9E yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-melody-with-your-left-hand-5-patterns-piano-independence-workout 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZNtwZMiDwfk/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Play Melody With Your LEFT Hand — 5 Patterns | Piano Independence Workout What happens when you flip your hands and make the LEFT hand play the melody? Jason from Nathaniel School of Music breaks down London Bridge in E major and E♭ major — with 5 right-hand comping patterns from block chords to syncopated pop groove. What if the LEFT hand played the melody and the right hand had to comp? In this lesson Jason flips the traditional roles of the two hands and walks you through London Bridge is Falling Down with the melody entirely in the left hand. The right hand isn't chilling out either — you'll work through 5 distinct rhythmic patterns: block fifth chords pumping the pulse, broken chords, a spinning arpeggio figure, a five-finger scalar run, and a syncopated pop groove. Each pattern targets a different layer of hand independence and forces you to hold the melody steady while your right hand stays in motion. We cover the whole workout in two keys — E major and E♭ major — with detailed fingering tips, dotted rhythm corrections, and sargam references for those who think in solfege. The pop groove is the trickiest of the five, so we slow it right down and build it from the ground up. For intermediate players, we then spice up the left-hand melody with 16th-note ornaments, grace notes, trills and small arpeggio fills. We also harmonise the melody by adding an alto voice in thirds underneath the soprano line — with a few moments where a perfect fifth sounds better than a third. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZNtwZMiDwfk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/build-real-hand-independence-left-hand-melody-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qkrd1SJfL8Q/maxresdefault.jpg Build Real Hand Independence: Left Hand Melody on Piano Learn London Bridge with the melody in your LEFT HAND plus 5 right-hand patterns in E major and E♭ major — piano independence workout. What if the LEFT hand played the melody and the right hand had to comp? In this lesson Jason flips the traditional roles of the two hands and walks you through London Bridge is Falling Down with the melody entirely in the left hand. The right hand isn't chilling out either — you'll work through 5 distinct rhythmic patterns: block fifth chords pumping the pulse, broken chords, a spinning arpeggio figure, a five-finger scalar run, and a syncopated pop groove. Each pattern targets a different layer of hand independence and forces you to hold the melody steady while your right hand stays in motion. We cover the whole workout in two keys — E major and E♭ major — with detailed fingering tips, dotted rhythm corrections, and sargam references for those who think in solfege. The pop groove is the trickiest of the five, so we slow it right down and build it from the ground up. For intermediate players, we then spice up the left-hand melody with 16th-note ornaments, grace notes, trills and small arpeggio fills. We also harmonise the melody by adding an alto voice in thirds underneath the soprano line — with a few moments where a perfect fifth sounds better than a third. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:30 - 🎹 Intro — Reversing the Roles of the Hands 01:10 - Why Left Hand Melody? 01:32 - Forms of Hand Independence 01:38 - Bass Line + Melody, Bach & Singing While Playing 01:57 - Today’s Approach — Flip It Around 03:16 - Lesson Overview — 5 Right Hand Patterns 05:08 - London Bridge Melody in E Major (Left Hand) 06:08 - ⚠️ Dotted Crotchet Rhythm Warning 06:32 - Sargam Reference: Pa Dha Pa Ma Ga Ma Pa 07:09 - Intermediate Preview — Ornaments & Alto Harmony 07:36 - Pattern 1: Block Fifth Chords (EBE / BEB) 08:23 - Tip: Hum the Melody Before You Play It 08:42 - Both Hands Together — Block Chord + LH Melody 09:04 - Slow-Down Strategy & Half-Note Variation 09:48 - Broken Chords — Slow Breakdown 11:09 - Pattern 3: Arpeggios (Low-Mid-High-Mid) 11:34 - Arpeggio Independence Workout 12:11 - Root Position vs First Inversion Arpeggios 12:49 - Pattern 4: Five-Finger Scalar Run 13:21 - Scalar Run + LH Melody Together 13:45 - Pattern 5: Syncopated Pop Groove 14:16 - Why the Pop Rhythm Is the Trickiest 14:37 - Slow-Down Strategy for the Pop Rhythm 15:21 - 🎼 E♭ Major Section Begins 17:00 - E♭ Block Chords 17:34 - E♭ Broken Chords 17:56 - E♭ Arpeggio — Try the Cello Register 18:23 - E♭ Five-Finger Drill (6th Interval Substitution) 18:41 - E♭ Pop Rhythm — Sing It First 19:41 - Ornaments & Alto Harmony 22:12 - Alto Harmony — Adding a Lower Third 23:54 - Summary — 5 Patterns + 2 Keys 24:35 - 📝 Homework — Try It in Minor! https://www.youtube.com/embed/qkrd1SJfL8Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/major-third-shell-all-12-bass-notes-every-chord-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3ild7n3brbw/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Major Third Shell + ALL 12 Bass Notes — Every Chord Explained! A single major third shell, A and C#, can imply more than 12 different chords. We cycle through all 12 bass notes underneath it and hear what each one sounds like, from stable triads to Lydian and Phrygian colours and chromatic passing tones. Bass notes that clash can still work when you thicken the harmony or play arpeggios instead of block chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ild7n3brbw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/stop-memorizing-chords-use-this-2-note-trick-instead 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RFAjKqZYhtM/maxresdefault.jpg Stop Memorizing Chords: Use This 2-Note Trick Instead Learn how to harmonize a single third with 12 different bass notes to build triads, sevenths, extensions and jazz voicings on piano. With A and C (the minor third) and then A and C# (the major third) in the right hand, the bass notes underneath give voicings like F major, Am/E, Dm7, D7sus4, G11, Bbmaj9, F# diminished and B7b9. Also covered: making clashing bass notes work with arpeggios instead of block chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RFAjKqZYhtM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/1-third-shell-12-bass-notes-every-chord-you-need-harmony-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/55_I3QY9FDQ/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 1 Third Shell + 12 Bass Notes = Every Chord You Need | Harmony Explained Two notes in the right hand, a third, can give you 24 chords just by changing the bass note underneath. Using A and C for the minor third and A and C# for the major third, we harmonise each shell with 12 different bass notes: triads, slash chords, seventh shells, jazz extensions, diminished and augmented voicings. Voicings include F major, Am/E, Dm7, D7sus4, G11, Bbmaj9, Bb minor major 9 (the James Bond chord), F# diminished, B7b9 and A7/G. We also look at making clashing bass notes work by thickening the harmony and using arpeggios instead of block chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/55_I3QY9FDQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-left-hand-pattern-infinite-piano-grooves 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/C-i87fYqlug/maxresdefault.jpg One Left Hand Pattern, Infinite Piano Grooves Learn 5 left hand piano patterns across 5 keys using one harmonic concept — explore rock, blues, and folk grooves with Jason Zac. Ever wondered how one simple harmonic idea can sound like five completely different genres? In this lesson, Jason Zac walks you through five left hand piano patterns across five different keys — each one shifting the entire vibe of your music. We start with a power chord foundation and build outward using 6ths, 7ths, major and minor intervals. Because the third is left undefined, these voicings work in both major and minor contexts — giving you incredible harmonic flexibility for improvisation. You'll explore patterns in E, G#, Ab, F#, B, and A — moving through rock, blues, folk, and even experimental time signatures like 5/8 and 7/8. Each key gets its own rhythmic pattern with carefully placed accents and gaps that change the entire feel of your playing. A highlight of this lesson is Jason's tip on right hand improvisation: sing your melody first, then play it. This unlocks new rhythmic and melodic ideas that your fingers alone might never discover. We also touch on blues scales, Dorian mode, Mixolydian flavour, and how to mix the third for fresh harmonic colour. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:46 - Introduction & Lesson Overview 01:14 - 🎹 The Core Harmonic Concept 02:29 - E — Power Chord Foundation 03:49 - Pattern 1: Block Voicing with Snare Accents 04:22 - Adding the Melody in E 05:20 - Improvising with the E Blues Scale 06:38 - Ab — Major Flavour Patterns 09:42 - F# — Low Middle High Pattern 11:05 - Adding Speed Variations on F# 11:34 - 🎤 Sing First, Then Play — Improvisation Tip 12:37 - How Singing Unlocks New Rhythms 13:03 - B — Straight Rock Feel 14:11 - Dorian Mode and the Flat 6 15:44 - A — Switching to 3/4 Time 17:12 - Experimenting with 5/8 Time Signature 17:41 - Pushing into 7/8 Time 18:39 - 🎶 Recap: 5 Keys, 5 Patterns, Multiple Genres 19:24 - Final Wrap-Up https://www.youtube.com/embed/C-i87fYqlug yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-tutorial-smooth-chord-changes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b9oC7RzgmmQ/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions Tutorial: Smooth Chord Changes Learn C major triad inversions on piano and build smoother chord transitions, better voice leading, and stronger chord connections. We start with the three positions of C major - root, first inversion and second inversion - and connect them to other major and minor chords: C to F, C to G, C to A minor and beyond, keeping common tones for smoother voice leading. The left hand stays on the root while the right hand explores the inversions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b9oC7RzgmmQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ear-training-drill-in-g-major-sing-before-you-play-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SzvrTEqXZkY/maxresdefault.jpg 🎵 Ear Training Drill in G Major — Sing Before You Play! | Nathaniel School of Music Can your ears hear the interval before your fingers find it? This ear training drill in G major trains you to sing first, then verify on your instrument — so your ears lead, not your eyes. 🎯 Comment 'EAR TRAINING' and we'll DM you our favourite apps, or head to our YouTube for the full structured lesson! https://www.youtube.com/embed/SzvrTEqXZkY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/this-triplet-exercise-will-reshape-your-rhythmic-vocabulary 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/booz57933Hc/maxresdefault.jpg This Triplet Exercise Will Reshape Your Rhythmic Vocabulary Learn to play triplets on piano with this melodic exercise — eighth note, quarter note & sextuplet triplets explained with fingering & licks. Triplets are the heartbeat of so much music — especially in Indian, sub-continental, and Eastern traditions — yet they're one of the most under-taught rhythms in Western piano curriculum. In this lesson, Jason Zac walks you through a complete triplet exercise built around a beautiful B minor melody. You'll learn the four key types of triplets: eighth note triplets (the standard), sextuplets (divide by six), quarter note triplets (the hemiola), and half note triplets. Jason demonstrates how to transition smoothly between semiquaver (divide-by-four) feel and triplet (divide-by-three) feel — a skill that instantly elevates your rhythmic vocabulary. The melodic exercise itself moves through B minor, D major over F#, and A major (with an added 4th), incorporating harmonized thirds, dominant chord licks, and tasteful Indian-style grace notes. You'll get detailed piano fingering for tricky passages across black notes, plus a simplified beginner version if the ornamental playing feels too advanced right now. This lesson is especially valuable if you're an Indian, Sri Lankan, Nepali, or other Eastern musician — or anyone who wants to internalise triplets beyond just counting "one-and-a, two-and-a." Jason also touches on konakol syllables (thakita) and how different cultures accent triplets uniquely. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:36 - Why Triplets Matter for Eastern Musicians 00:57 - What Are Triplets? Dividing the Beat by 3 01:21 - Cultural Flavours: Indian, Nepali & Sri Lankan Triplets 01:58 - The Challenge: Moving From Straight Time to Triplet World 03:47 - Type 1: The Regular Eighth Note Triplet 04:22 - Type 2: The Sextuplet (Divide by 6) 04:49 - Feeling the Difference Between Triplets & Sextuplets 06:54 - 🥁 Recap of All Four Triplet Types 08:23 - 🎼 The Main Melodic Exercise — Slow Walkthrough 13:07 - Indian Grace Notes & Ornamental Playing 13:41 - Second Phrase: Entering the Triplet World 14:46 - Third Phrase: Left & Right Hand Coordination 16:15 - Climbing to the Top: Octave Higher Phrase 18:06 - Simplified Fingering for Non-Advanced Players https://www.youtube.com/embed/booz57933Hc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-this-quintal-chord-piano-piece-in-minutes-f-em9 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FrHgHbQkzUQ/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Learn This Quintal Chord Piano Piece in Minutes | F♯ & E♭m9 Ever heard a chord built entirely on perfect 5ths? That's exactly what's happening in this piece — quintal harmony over F♯ and E♭ minor 9th. We break down the left hand pattern, the melody line, and the scale so you can start playing it right away. 🎹 Head to our YouTube channel for full notation, a second melody, and improvisation techniques! Tired of your left hand sounding muddy, thin, or stuck on a boring 1-5 octave drone? In this piano lesson, Jason Zac breaks down the quintal voicing — a beautiful left hand technique built from two stacked perfect fifths that adds instant colour to any chord. We focus on two specific voicings: F#add9 and Ebm9. You'll learn why these voicings sound rich in the lower register of the piano, how to play them as block chords or broken arpeggios, and three different rhythmic patterns to apply them — including 4/4 and 3/4 time feels, plus a syncopated pattern that leaves space for the snare drum. Once the left hand is solid, we shift to building a right hand melody using chord tones (3-2-3-5-3-2-1). This is a powerful compositional approach because every note is guaranteed to fit the harmony. Jason then shows you how to ornament the tune with grace notes and reverse grace notes, and how to develop independence between the hands by practising in fragments. The lesson wraps up with a complimenting counter melody and an AABA / AABB structure you can use to extend your ideas into a full piece. We also touch on improvisation, time signature variations (5/8, 7/8), and how the F# pentatonic scale lets you improvise on the black keys alone. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FrHgHbQkzUQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/i-stopped-using-ear-training-apps-heres-what-actually-worked 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XsnCHC2NHAo/maxresdefault.jpg I Stopped Using Ear Training Apps — Here's What Actually Worked Learn old-school ear training by singing intervals first and checking on piano. Build real relative pitch across major, minor & modal scales. Most musicians practise ear training the wrong way — by playing along with the piano or guitar while singing. That's mimicking, not hearing. In this lesson, Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares the old-school approach: sing the note FIRST, then play your instrument only to check the answer. We begin by getting Sa wired into your system using a G drone or tanpura, then work through the full major scale using Indian swaras (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni). You can also use movable-DO solfège or simple syllables like la-la or na-na — whatever keeps your brain untangled. From there we expand into Mixolydian, Dorian, natural minor, harmonic minor and melodic minor — each built by altering just a few intervals from the major scale. You'll practise singing close intervals first (Sa-Re-Sa), then widen the gap step by step (Sa-Ga-Sa, Sa-Ma-Sa, Sa-Pa-Sa) both above and below the tonic. This builds true relative pitch — the ability to hear how one note relates to another, the foundation of every melody. This isn't just an ear training drill. It's a 3D workout combining ear, theory and technique — because if you sing the right note but press the wrong key, you've still got work to do. Take breaks, stay hydrated, and try the exercise in different keys (find your preferred vocal key!). Once the order is comfortable, jumble the intervals to make it more musical and creative. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:59 - Welcome & Lesson Overview 🎤 01:29 - Why Playing Along Isn’t Real Ear Training 01:39 - Can You Sing a Note Without Your Instrument? 01:51 - Old-School Ear Training Explained 03:16 - Step 1: Getting Sa Into Your System 03:25 - Setting Up the G Drone or Tanpura 03:41 - Singing the Major Scale 🎶 04:34 - Switching to Mixolydian Mode 05:00 - Natural Minor Scale Singing 05:11 - Harmonic Minor & the Augmented 2nd 05:29 - Melodic Minor (Jazz Version) 06:04 - Rules of the Workout 06:16 - Why It’s Theory + Ear + Technique 06:47 - Swaras vs Solfège vs La-La Method 07:54 - What to Do When You’re Stuck on a Note 08:15 - Step 2: Singing Closest Interval First 08:36 - Sa-Re-Sa: The 2nd 08:45 - Sa-Ga-Sa: The 3rd 08:49 - Sa-Ma-Sa: The 4th 09:01 - Sa-Pa-Sa: The 5th 09:06 - Sa-Dha-Sa: The 6th 09:18 - Sa-Ni-Sa: The 7th 09:23 - Sa-Sa: The Octave Jump 09:32 - Descending the Major Scale 10:11 - Step 3: Going Below the Tonic ⬇️ 11:47 - Step 4: Mixolydian Variations 12:35 - Minor Scale Interval Drills 13:06 - Dorian vs Natural Minor Comparison 13:33 - Harmonic Minor Drill 14:02 - Melodic Minor Drill 14:13 - Jumbling the Notes for Real Practice 14:34 - Building Musicality & Composition 14:54 - Tips for Vocalists 15:00 - Relative Pitch vs Perfect Pitch 15:18 - Practising in Different Keys 15:25 - Find Your Preferred Vocal Key 15:40 - Closing Thoughts & Cheers 🎵 https://www.youtube.com/embed/XsnCHC2NHAo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/broken-chords-vs-arpeggios-learn-this-piano-pattern-now 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fzG4J4EQTns/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Broken Chords vs Arpeggios — Learn This Piano Pattern NOW! Two foundational broken chord patterns to take your accompaniment beyond block chords. We work through a G major chord progression (G – C – Em – D – C/G – G) using second inversion voicings around middle C, shifting between chords with common tones and minimal hand movement. The two patterns are the 'Out-Two-In-One' (a steady, pumping feel) and the 'Out-In-Out-In' (faster tempos and swing feel). We also explore volume control, accenting different beats, triplet feel variations and adding an extra top note for a richer texture. In the left hand, go beyond simple root notes with octaves, toggling between root and fifth, passing bass notes and ghost notes. Plus tips on singing chord tones while accompanying yourself. For intermediate pianists, worship players and singer-songwriters. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fzG4J4EQTns yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/fix-your-muddy-left-hand-with-this-voicing-technique 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uTRjzrpF2F0/maxresdefault.jpg Fix Your Muddy Left Hand With This Voicing Technique Learn quintal voicings on piano — a colourful left hand technique using stacked perfect fifths to replace boring 1-5 octave drones. Tired of your left hand sounding muddy, thin, or stuck on a boring 1-5 octave drone? In this piano lesson, Jason Zac breaks down the quintal voicing — a beautiful left hand technique built from two stacked perfect fifths that adds instant colour to any chord. We focus on two specific voicings: F#add9 and Ebm9. You'll learn why these voicings sound rich in the lower register of the piano, how to play them as block chords or broken arpeggios, and three different rhythmic patterns to apply them — including 4/4 and 3/4 time feels, plus a syncopated pattern that leaves space for the snare drum. Once the left hand is solid, we shift to building a right hand melody using chord tones (3-2-3-5-3-2-1). This is a powerful compositional approach because every note is guaranteed to fit the harmony. Jason then shows you how to ornament the tune with grace notes and reverse grace notes, and how to develop independence between the hands by practising in fragments. The lesson wraps up with a complimenting counter melody and an AABA / AABB structure you can use to extend your ideas into a full piece. We also touch on improvisation, time signature variations (5/8, 7/8), and how the F# pentatonic scale lets you improvise on the black keys alone. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:46 - Introduction & Lesson Overview 🎹 01:27 - Why Most Left Hands Sound Boring 02:08 - Investing in Your Left Hand Long-Term 02:38 - Musical Preview of What You’ll Learn 03:40 - Introducing the Quintal Voicing 🎵 03:54 - Why No Major Third in the Low Range 04:04 - Building F#add9 — Two Perfect Fifths 04:29 - Pattern 1: Simple Arpeggio in 4/4 04:43 - Pattern 2: Arpeggio in 3/4 Time 05:32 - Pattern 3: Syncopated Rhythm Pattern 05:50 - Respecting the Snare Drum Hit 🥁 06:09 - Moving to Ebm9 — The Stretch 06:30 - Using the Sustain Pedal Properly 06:47 - Pedal Release Tips Between Chords 07:12 - Other Quintal Voicing Possibilities 07:47 - Exploring 5/8 and 7/8 Time Signatures 08:20 - Right Hand Melody From Chord Tones 08:37 - The 3-2-3-5-3-2-1 Melodic Idea 🎶 09:07 - Block Chord vs Broken Chord Left Hand 09:19 - Adding the Eb to the F# Voicing 09:24 - Ornaments & Grace Notes 09:41 - Sing Before You Play 10:20 - Reverse Grace Note Technique 10:39 - F# Major Pentatonic on Black Keys 10:52 - Taking the Melody to Ebm9 11:07 - Sa, Re, Ga — The Shifting Root 12:44 - Coordination Tip 13:18 - Practising in Fragments — Two Notes 13:38 - Practising Three Notes 13:55 - Practising Four Notes & Building Independence 14:26 - Putting the Whole Melody Together 14:45 - Reintroducing the Original Rhythm 15:48 - Building the Complimenting Melody 16:00 - Filling the Gap on Beat 4 17:13 - AABA & AABB Song Structures 18:22 - Outro & Thanks https://www.youtube.com/embed/uTRjzrpF2F0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-notes-in-b-major-but-the-rhythm-will-trick-your-brain 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aUnH2oXYvnM/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Notes in B Major — But the Rhythm Will Trick Your Brain 🎹⚡ Take just three notes and turn them into an endless practice session. The Pendulum Exercise develops rhythm, dynamics, finger independence and musical creativity all at once. We work in the key of B major using just B, C# and D#, moving them in a pendulum pattern (1-2-3-2-1). The real learning happens when we group these notes in sets of 3, 4, 5 and even 7 while keeping the same tempo and pulse, so you feel rhythmic accents beyond standard time signatures. The left hand plays B major, G# minor, E add9 and F# with quintal voicings, add2 shapes and smooth inversions. For intermediate pianists, singers practising Carnatic or Hindustani swaras, and guitarists who want to improve their rhythmic phrasing. The lesson also introduces our free Pendulum app for practising every key, pattern and grouping with a metronome. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aUnH2oXYvnM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/passing-chords-on-piano-the-missing-skill-most-students-dont-have 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zBbBiaCK83A/maxresdefault.jpg Passing Chords on Piano: The Missing Skill Most Students Don't Have Learn how to spice up traditional pop chord progressions using passing chords, secondary dominants, slash chords & borrowed chords on piano. Ever noticed how pop songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s feel so much richer than modern pop? That's because composers back then used classical and old-school harmonic techniques that are often forgotten today. In this lesson, Jason Zac shows you how to bring that depth back into your own playing. Starting with a plain diatonic C major progression, Jason adds colour between the tonic and the relative minor using line cliches (C - G/B - Am), chromatic walk-downs, and secondary dominants like E7 resolving to Am, plus secondary diminished chords for that harmonic-minor flavour. Next come movement from I to IV using dominant chords, Mixolydian motion (Bb/C to F), gospel-style slash chords over a tonic pedal, the ii-V-I cadence, altered ii chords, suspended dominants and tritone substitutions (Db7 replacing G7). The lesson also covers borrowed chords from the parallel minor - including the epic cadence (bVI - bVII - I) and the minor iv chord (Fm6 / D half-diminished) - plus slash chords as passing chords for smooth chromatic bass lines. If you play pop, gospel, worship, or write your own songs, these concepts will upgrade your harmonic vocabulary. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zBbBiaCK83A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/transform-your-ear-training-with-this-singing-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/f6cSsWwX7H4/maxresdefault.jpg 🎵 Transform Your Ear Training With This Singing Trick! 🎯 Want better pitch recognition? Try this: play the 3rd and 5th of any chord, then sing the root. This vocal ear training method is way more effective than traditional listening exercises. What chord will you try first? Develop your musical ear through active singing with this comprehensive ear training lesson. Learn to play incomplete chords on piano while singing the missing notes - a powerful technique that builds deeper harmonic understanding than traditional chord identification exercises. We start with basic major triads, removing one note at a time (root, third, or fifth) while your voice supplies the missing chord tone. This piano tutorial progresses from simple diatonic exercises to challenging chord progressions like the popular 1-5-6-4 sequence, forcing your ear to work harder and develop faster. The lesson advances to seventh chord ear training using 2-5-1 progressions - essential for jazz and contemporary music. You'll practice singing missing sevenths, roots, thirds, and fifths while playing the remaining chord tones. This dual approach trains both your harmonic hearing and vocal pitch accuracy. Perfect for intermediate piano students ready to move beyond basic chord recognition. This ear training method develops the internal hearing skills needed for improvisation, composition, and advanced musical expression. Subscribe for more music theory lessons and piano tutorials that build real musical understanding. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f6cSsWwX7H4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-broken-chords-the-2-patterns-every-player-needs 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vkbOfDSbRoE/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Broken Chords: The 2 Patterns Every Player Needs Learn 2 essential broken chord piano patterns over a G major chord progression, with left-hand variations, swing feel and accompaniment tips. We work through a G major progression (G – C – Em – D – C/G – G) using smooth second inversion voicings around middle C. The two core patterns are 'Out-Two-In-One' (a steady, pumping feel) and 'Out-In-Out-In' (faster tempos and swing feel), plus volume control, accenting different beats, triplet feel variations and an extra top note for richer textures. In the left hand we go beyond simple root notes with octaves, root and fifth toggles, passing bass notes and ghost notes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vkbOfDSbRoE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/turn-3-notes-into-endless-musical-ideas-pendulum-piano-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Vu02CJEtfYE/maxresdefault.jpg Turn 3 Notes Into Endless Musical Ideas (Pendulum Piano Exercise) Learn the pendulum piano exercise: use just 3 notes to practise rhythmic groupings of 3, 4, 5 and 7 in B major. We use B, C# and D#, moving them in a pendulum pattern (1-2-3-2-1), and group the notes in sets of 3, 4, 5 and 7 while keeping the same tempo and pulse. The left hand plays the progression B - G# minor - E - B/F# - F# with quintal voicings, add2 shapes and smooth inversions. For intermediate pianists, singers practising Carnatic or Hindustani swaras, and guitarists who want better rhythmic phrasing. The lesson also introduces the free Pendulum App. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vu02CJEtfYE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/level-up-your-ear-piano-voice-harmony-training-g-minor-secrets 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZK-J6laWjuQ/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Level Up Your Ear: Piano + Voice Harmony Training (G Minor Secrets!) 🎵 Ultimate ear training challenge: sing tenor and alto thirds over G minor scale while playing piano. This builds incredible musical skills fast! Try it and let us know how you do. 🎵 Learn the art of piano and voice harmony with this comprehensive lesson on coordinating melody and harmony between two instruments. You'll discover how to play piano melody while singing harmonic thirds, just like legendary groups such as The Beatles, ABBA, and Queen. This lesson focuses on G harmonic minor scale harmonization using tenor and alto thirds. You'll learn the difference between upper thirds (tenor) and lower thirds (alto), understanding why tenor harmony is traditionally played an octave below the soprano melody for optimal sound quality. Practice exercises include ascending and descending scale harmonization, where your right hand plays the melody while your voice sings the corresponding third intervals. The lesson covers both major and minor thirds within the harmonic minor structure, helping you develop crucial ear training and coordination skills. Advanced musicians will appreciate the theoretical foundation covering heptatonic scale harmonization and the practical application of these concepts in performance settings. This technique builds overall musicianship and prepares you for more complex vocal and instrumental arrangements. Subscribe for more music theory and piano technique lessons that develop your skills as a complete musician. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZK-J6laWjuQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/why-cant-i-hear-the-missing-note-in-these-chords-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0ykQe152p1k/maxresdefault.jpg Why Can't I Hear the Missing Note in These Chords? (Ear Training) Learn ear training by playing incomplete chords and singing the missing notes, using triads and seventh chords to improve your musical ear. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music develops your ear through active singing: you play incomplete chords on the piano while singing the missing notes — a technique that builds deeper harmonic understanding than traditional chord identification. You'll start with basic major triads, removing one note at a time (root, third or fifth) while your voice supplies the missing tone. The lesson progresses from simple diatonic exercises to harder progressions like the 1-5-6-4 sequence, forcing your ear to work harder and develop faster. It then advances to seventh-chord ear training using 2-5-1 progressions — essential for jazz and contemporary music — where you sing missing sevenths, roots, thirds and fifths while playing the remaining tones. Perfect for intermediate students ready to move beyond basic chord recognition toward the internal hearing needed for improvisation and composition. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ykQe152p1k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-sing-harmony-while-playing-piano-build-your-musicianship 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mi_k69JLyGg/maxresdefault.jpg How to Sing Harmony While Playing Piano - Build Your Musicianship Learn to harmonize piano and voice using thirds in G harmonic minor. Build musicianship with tenor and alto harmony exercises. Learn the art of piano and voice harmony with this comprehensive lesson on coordinating melody and harmony between two instruments. You'll discover how to play piano melody while singing harmonic thirds, just like legendary groups such as The Beatles, ABBA, and Queen. This lesson focuses on G harmonic minor scale harmonization using tenor and alto thirds. You'll learn the difference between upper thirds (tenor) and lower thirds (alto), understanding why tenor harmony is traditionally played an octave below the soprano melody for optimal sound quality. Practice exercises include ascending and descending scale harmonization, where your right hand plays the melody while your voice sings the corresponding third intervals. The lesson covers both major and minor thirds within the harmonic minor structure, helping you develop crucial ear training and coordination skills. Advanced musicians will appreciate the theoretical foundation covering heptatonic scale harmonization and the practical application of these concepts in performance settings. This technique builds overall musicianship and prepares you for more complex vocal and instrumental arrangements. Subscribe for more music theory and piano technique lessons that develop your skills as a complete musician. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:23 - Introduction & Harmony Preview 🎵 01:12 - What Are Thirds in Music Theory? 01:31 - G Harmonic Minor Scale Breakdown 02:54 - Building Upper Thirds (Tenor) 03:51 - Building Lower Thirds (Alto) 04:44 - Why Tenor Goes Below Soprano 06:09 - Beatles & ABBA Harmony Examples 08:24 - Scale Harmonization Exercise 09:11 - Voice Harmony Practice 11:07 - Checking Your Thirds 14:25 - A Major Scale Alternative 16:06 - Main Exercise Introduction 16:39 - Exercise: Melody First 17:10 - Exercise: Left Hand Chords 17:27 - Exercise: Adding Harmony 19:25 - Rhythm Variations 20:00 - Practice Tips for Travellers 20:06 Recording Your Own Backing Tracks 20:30 - Summary https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mi_k69JLyGg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/block-chord-secrets-every-piano-player-needs-to-know 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DiJRjk64cYI/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Block Chord Secrets Every Piano Player Needs to Know Transform your piano accompaniment with these block chord techniques! Learn proper inversions, smooth voice leading, and pro articulation tricks. Comment CHORD TREES for our practice app! Learn to play smooth, professional-sounding chord progressions with this essential piano tutorial. We'll work through the popular D-F#m-G-A progression (1-3-4-5) that appears in countless songs. This lesson focuses on chord inversions and voice leading - the secret to making your chord changes sound seamless instead of choppy. You'll practice finding common tones between chords and learn three different starting positions: root position, first inversion, and second inversion. We cover essential accompaniment techniques including proper timing (playing each chord for 2 or 4 beats), articulation patterns (three staccatos and one legato), and how to maintain steady time while singing. You'll also learn when to use the sustain pedal effectively. Perfect for beginner to intermediate pianists who want to accompany singers, play in bands, or simply make their chord progressions sound more musical. By the end, you'll understand how to make any four-chord progression flow naturally. Ready for structured piano lessons? Check out our courses and start your musical journey with proper guidance and weekly practice goals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DiJRjk64cYI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/6-chord-playing-mistakes-every-piano-student-makes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1MKHd-7F8AM/maxresdefault.jpg 6 Chord Playing Mistakes Every Piano Student Makes Are your piano transitions clunky? Do your hands feel tense when playing chords? In this tutorial, Jason Zac reveals the 6 most common chord playing mistakes piano students make—from incorrect thumb alignment to lazy wrist motion—and gives you simple physical fixes to play smoothly. Learn the 6 essential techniques that separate smooth chord players from struggling beginners in this focused piano tutorial. If your chords sound clunky, have awkward gaps, or cause hand pain, these methods will transform your playing. We'll work through a B♭-Dm-E♭-F progression that combines white and black keys, giving you real practice with proper thumb positioning for black notes, wrist motion that prevents strain, and gap-free chord transitions. You'll discover why curving your thumb like a "thumbs up" prevents your whole body from shifting, and how using your wrist as a snapping tool gives you control and prevents pain. The lesson covers both mechanical techniques (posture, finger positioning, wrist motion) and musical concepts (using your ear to catch mistakes, thinking ahead to the next chord shape, understanding the roles of both hands in accompaniment). These aren't just theory concepts - they're practical skills that make chords feel effortless and sound professional. Perfect for intermediate students who know their chord shapes but want to play them smoothly, confidently, and without strain. By the end, you'll understand why block chords are the foundation for all chord playing and have the techniques to practice any chord progression effectively. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Introduction to Block Chord Technique 00:41 - Glitches in the System 01:20 - Chapter 4 02:05 - Why no C Major? 05:47 - Problem #1: Thumb Technique Issues 👍 06:24 - Proper Thumb Angle for Black Keys 06:47 - Why Kids vs Adults Handle Thumb Differently 07:47 - Thumb Position: Curved vs Straight 08:05 - Edge vs Deep Black Key Playing 09:46 - Problem #2: Ring Finger Utilization 💍 10:22 - Ring Finger for Black Note Endings 11:04 - Hand Angle Adjustments for Ring Finger 11:26 - Problem #3: Wrist as Snapping Tool ⚡ 11:59 - Wrist Snap vs Whole Arm Push 12:22 - Drumstick Technique Applied to Piano 13:32 - Why Weighted Pianos Help Your Technique 14:12 - Fast Chord Playing with Wrist Snap 14:41 - Distributing Energy Throughout the Arm 15:15 - Musical Issue #1: Use Your Ears 👂 16:36 - Clean Sound with All Three Notes 16:53 - Don’t Flam Chords by Default 17:27 - Eliminating Gaps Between Chords 18:15 - Visualizing Chord Shapes in Mind 18:44 - Playing Without Looking at Keys 19:22 - Slower Practice for Smooth Changes 19:54 - Taking Breaths Before Chord Shifts 21:01 - Left Hand Root Note Responsibilities 22:51 - Root Position vs Inversion Issues 23:57 - Musical Feeling Over Pure Technique 24:57 - 6 Rules Summary for Block Chords https://www.youtube.com/embed/1MKHd-7F8AM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-to-accompany-singers-with-perfect-chord-inversions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pinIk0Xf1qM/maxresdefault.jpg Learn to Accompany Singers with Perfect Chord Inversions Learn to play smooth chord progressions with inversions. Practice D-F#m-G-A with proper voice leading, timing, and accompaniment techniques. Learn to play smooth, professional-sounding chord progressions with this essential piano tutorial. We'll work through the popular D-F#m-G-A progression (1-3-4-5) that appears in countless songs. This lesson focuses on chord inversions and voice leading - the secret to making your chord changes sound seamless instead of choppy. You'll practice finding common tones between chords and learn three different starting positions: root position, first inversion, and second inversion. We cover essential accompaniment techniques including proper timing (playing each chord for 2 or 4 beats), articulation patterns (three staccatos and one legato), and how to maintain steady time while singing. You'll also learn when to use the sustain pedal effectively. Perfect for beginner to intermediate pianists who want to accompany singers, play in bands, or simply make their chord progressions sound more musical. By the end, you'll understand how to make any four-chord progression flow naturally. Ready for structured piano lessons? Check out our courses and start your musical journey with proper guidance and weekly practice goals. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:24 - Introduction & 4-Chord Preview 02:02 - D Major Scale Setup (2 Sharps) 02:41 - Left Hand: Always Play the Root 03:04 - Right Hand Chord Formations 03:37 - Finding Common Tones Between Chords 05:07 - Chord Fingering Tips (Black vs White Keys) 06:01 - First Inversion Starting Point 07:12 - Second Inversion Practice 08:04 - Three Starting Positions Summary 08:27 - Timing: 2 or 4 Beats Per Chord 09:50 - Non-Negotiables: Hit All 3 Notes 10:35 - Avoid Gaps Between Chords 11:07 - Keep Piano & Voice Independent 11:26 - Keep Piano & Voice Independent 12:24 - Common Accompaniment Problems 13:30 - Articulation: 3 Staccato + 1 Legato 14:03 - Drum Kit Emulation Technique 14:40 - Sustain Pedal Control 15:18 - Adding Passing Bass Notes 16:43 - Volume Control & Dynamics https://www.youtube.com/embed/pinIk0Xf1qM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/transform-guitar-patterns-into-piano-country-gold 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/95cS2hJxA4k/maxresdefault.jpg 🎸➡️🎹 Transform Guitar Patterns Into Piano Country Gold! ✨ Piano players: steal these country guitar secrets! Root-5th patterns, hammer-ons, and melodic bass lines that'll transform your playing. Try one today! ⚡ Transform your piano playing by learning authentic country guitar patterns adapted for keyboard! This comprehensive lesson reveals 5 traditional country and folk guitar techniques that translate beautifully to piano, giving you that authentic Nashville sound. Discover the famous Travis picking pattern, boom chick rhythm, and Carter picking style that define country music. Learn how to create melodic bass lines with your left hand while maintaining steady chord progressions in your right. We'll explore root-fifth alternation, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and swing vs straight feels using practical 1-4-5 chord progressions. Work through these patterns using the chord progression from Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" in multiple keys including G, A, C, and D major. Each technique builds progressively from basic alternating patterns to sophisticated fingerstyle approaches that incorporate melodic bass lines and rhythmic complexity. Perfect for intermediate piano students wanting to expand into country, folk, and Americana styles. These versatile patterns work equally well for solo piano arrangements or accompanying singers and other musicians. Subscribe for more piano tutorials and hit the notification bell! https://www.youtube.com/embed/95cS2hJxA4k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/odd-time-signatures-finally-make-sense 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-QDsihfDT4s/maxresdefault.jpg Odd Time Signatures Finally Make Sense Learn to play and count odd time signatures like 5/4, 7/4 and 10/4, with three practical methods to feel complex rhythms naturally: beat subdivision, call-and-response phrasing and accent grouping. Practise along with examples from Dave Brubeck's Take Five and the Mission Impossible theme, and learn the difference between 5/4, 5/8 and 5/16. For intermediate pianists ready to move beyond 4/4. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-QDsihfDT4s yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-accompaniment-with-arpeggios-straight-swing-triplet-time-feels-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rYVo-z1xexQ/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Accompaniment with Arpeggios: Straight, Swing & Triplet Time Feels Tutorial Learn piano accompaniment using arpeggios in straight, swing and triplet time feels. Perfect for backing tracks and band playing. In accompaniment, rhythm and harmony go in the right hand with bass notes in the left. We work through the same 1-3-4-5 chord progression in Bb major and D major, at normal speed and double speed, with smooth voice leading using chord inversions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rYVo-z1xexQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/transform-your-left-hand-into-a-bass-melody-powerhouse-game-changer 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cugsC0GzT5E/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Transform Your Left Hand Into a Bass Melody Powerhouse! (Game Changer) This approach puts melody in the bass register, with rhythm patterns that groove, while the right hand provides the rhythmic support. We build bass lines using stepwise and leapwise melodic motion, with the D minor and D hybrid minor scales as the foundation. The right hand uses three rhythm patterns: pulse playing, tresillo rhythms and 3+5 accent combinations. The left hand develops from simple chord roots to melodic lines using octaves, fifths and thirds, over chords including D minor, G minor 6th, E minor 7th flat 5 and A7. The exercises range from basic three-note structures to the complete melody played in the intro. For intermediate pianists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cugsC0GzT5E yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/creative-piano-octaves-both-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lz1w5yCfAHs/maxresdefault.jpg Creative Piano Octaves - Both Hands Learn to play powerful piano octaves with chord progressions in C minor, covering one-handed and two-handed techniques. We work with the C natural minor scale (flat 3, flat 6, flat 7) and look at fingering, ornaments like flams, and adding diatonic thirds for richer harmonies. Also covered: rhythmic anticipation, grace notes, keeping the groove while playing octave patterns, and hand positioning to prevent strain. For intermediate piano players ready to add depth and power to their sound. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lz1w5yCfAHs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/unlock-this-58-piano-pattern-thirds-thatll-level-up-your-skills 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QxX1xE3A3Ac/maxresdefault.jpg Unlock This 5/8 Piano Pattern + Thirds That'll Level Up Your Skills Level up your piano skills with this 5/8 time signature exercise! Learn E major diatonic thirds while building hand independence. Full tutorial on our YouTube! 🎹 Discover advanced piano techniques with this comprehensive lesson on 5/8 time signatures in E major. This piano tutorial combines complex rhythm work with diatonic thirds, creating the perfect challenge for intermediate to advanced players. Learn to count and feel 5/8 time signature while developing crucial hand independence skills. Your right hand will work through melodic patterns with strategic accents, while your left hand builds harmonic foundation using diatonic thirds throughout the E major scale. This lesson covers essential music theory concepts including interval recognition, rhythmic groupings (2+3 vs 3+2), and harmonic modulation techniques. You'll also develop finger strength and flexibility through octave stretches and coordinated hand movements. Perfect for piano students ready to tackle odd time signatures and expand their rhythmic vocabulary. Practice along with detailed examples, then apply these techniques to your own musical explorations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QxX1xE3A3Ac yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/enrich-a-melody-on-piano-the-arrangement-techniques-professionals-use 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DbAYbuya0vU/maxresdefault.jpg Enrich a Melody on Piano: The Arrangement Techniques Professionals Use Learn to develop simple melodies with sophisticated harmony, rhythmic layers, and advanced piano ornaments beyond basic chord playing. Working in Ab major, we cover harmonic thirds in closed and spread voicings, sus chords and extensions, rhythmic layering, and the theory of scale degrees, triad inversions and chord progressions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DbAYbuya0vU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/58-time-piano-exercise-thatll-transform-your-playing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TrptkoNHKzc/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 5/8 Time Piano Exercise That'll Transform Your Playing Struggling with odd time signatures? This 5/8 piano workout uses E major scale patterns to improve your rhythm and coordination. Try it out! 💪🎵 Discover advanced piano techniques with this comprehensive lesson on 5/8 time signatures in E major. This piano tutorial combines complex rhythm work with diatonic thirds, creating the perfect challenge for intermediate to advanced players. Learn to count and feel 5/8 time signature while developing crucial hand independence skills. Your right hand will work through melodic patterns with strategic accents, while your left hand builds harmonic foundation using diatonic thirds throughout the E major scale. This lesson covers essential music theory concepts including interval recognition, rhythmic groupings (2+3 vs 3+2), and harmonic modulation techniques. You'll also develop finger strength and flexibility through octave stretches and coordinated hand movements. Perfect for piano students ready to tackle odd time signatures and expand their rhythmic vocabulary. Practice along with detailed examples, then apply these techniques to your own musical explorations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TrptkoNHKzc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/walking-bass-piano-from-basics-to-advanced 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9fRIZuUcs1w/maxresdefault.jpg Walking Bass Piano: From Basics to Advanced Learn walking bass piano technique with melody and chords in right hand. Intermediate jazz piano lesson with swing feel and bass lines. We explore an original E minor hybrid composition that uses both Dorian and harmonic minor scales, with chromatic passing tones connecting the chord changes and A7, C9 and B7 sharp 9 voicings. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9fRIZuUcs1w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/harmonic-minor-thirds-closed-vs-spread-technique-piano-lesson 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/x6szfSisGgE/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Harmonic Minor Thirds: Closed vs Spread Technique | Piano Lesson Learn the difference between closed thirds and spread voicings on C harmonic minor! This technique is essential for building jazz chords and advanced piano skills. Try it yourself! Unlock the power of harmonic minor scales through systematic third intervals practice. This comprehensive piano lesson teaches you closed thirds and spread thirds (sixth intervals) across all seven white key harmonic minor scales, culminating in two original compositions. Discover why thirds are the building blocks of all chords and how practicing harmonic minor thirds elevates your understanding of advanced harmony. Learn the unique augmented second interval that makes harmonic minor so distinctive, plus finger techniques for navigating both melodic and harmonic interval playing. Practice systematic exercises covering C, D, E, F, G, A, and B harmonic minor scales with both closed position thirds and spread voicing sixths. Each scale includes specific fingering recommendations and hand coordination techniques for maximum efficiency. Two original compositions demonstrate practical application - one featuring closed thirds and another showcasing spread thirds in musical context. These pieces help you apply technical exercises to real musical situations while developing your ear for harmonic minor's distinctive sound. Ready to transform your piano technique? Subscribe for more advanced piano tutorials, music theory lessons, and composition techniques that will elevate your playing to the next level. https://www.youtube.com/embed/x6szfSisGgE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-country-guitar-patterns-every-piano-player-should-know 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5N7ZDWh2u7A/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Country Guitar Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know Learn 5 essential country guitar patterns adapted for piano including Travis picking, boom chick, and fingerstyle techniques with practical examples. Discover the famous Travis picking pattern, boom chick rhythm, and Carter picking style that define country music. Learn how to create melodic bass lines with your left hand while maintaining steady chord progressions in your right, with root-fifth alternation, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and swing vs straight feels using practical 1-4-5 chord progressions. We work through these patterns using the chord progression from Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" in G, A, C and D major. Each technique builds progressively from basic alternating patterns to fingerstyle approaches that incorporate melodic bass lines and rhythmic complexity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5N7ZDWh2u7A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-fastest-way-to-master-c-harmonic-minor-thirds-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OP2hxonwsqY/maxresdefault.jpg The FASTEST Way to Master C Harmonic Minor Thirds on Piano Transform your scale practice with this two-hand harmonic minor technique! Right hand plays melodic thirds while left hand plays harmonic. Perfect for building chord foundations. Try this on other keys too! Unlock the power of harmonic minor scales through systematic third intervals practice. This comprehensive piano lesson teaches you closed thirds and spread thirds (sixth intervals) across all seven white key harmonic minor scales, culminating in two original compositions. Discover why thirds are the building blocks of all chords and how practicing harmonic minor thirds elevates your understanding of advanced harmony. Learn the unique augmented second interval that makes harmonic minor so distinctive, plus finger techniques for navigating both melodic and harmonic interval playing. Practice systematic exercises covering C, D, E, F, G, A, and B harmonic minor scales with both closed position thirds and spread voicing sixths. Each scale includes specific fingering recommendations and hand coordination techniques for maximum efficiency. Two original compositions demonstrate practical application - one featuring closed thirds and another showcasing spread thirds in musical context. These pieces help you apply technical exercises to real musical situations while developing your ear for harmonic minor's distinctive sound. Ready to transform your piano technique? Subscribe for more advanced piano tutorials, music theory lessons, and composition techniques that will elevate your playing to the next level. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OP2hxonwsqY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-build-captivating-bass-melodies-in-your-left-hand-step-by-step-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2nPx-8sYP0Q/maxresdefault.jpg How to Build Captivating Bass Melodies in Your Left Hand - Step-by-Step Piano Tutorial Learn to create captivating bass melodies in your left hand with stepwise and leapwise motion, while the right hand provides rhythmic support. Piano tutorial with D minor progressions. We use the D minor and D hybrid minor scales. The right hand plays three rhythm patterns (pulse, tresillo and 3+5 accents), while the left hand grows from simple chord roots to melodic lines with octaves, fifths and thirds over D minor, G minor 6, E minor 7b5 and A7. For intermediate pianists ready to expand their left-hand technique. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2nPx-8sYP0Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/top-music-theorist-shares-best-chord-inversion-techniques 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZnV84pb9VXs/maxresdefault.jpg Top Music Theorist Shares Best Chord Inversion Techniques Want to nail your chord inversions? This exercise hits every major and minor chord chromatically while keeping perfect voice leading. The full tutorial is on our YouTube channel! 🔥 Unlock the power of second inversion triads with this comprehensive chromatic exercise that covers all 12 major and 12 minor chords. This piano tutorial focuses on voice leading techniques that create smooth, musical progressions while strengthening your chord knowledge. Discover why second inversions are so effective for voice leading - with the root positioned in the middle of the chord, you create unique harmonic movements that sound more sophisticated than traditional root position progressions. Learn to identify major and minor thirds quickly by asking key questions like "C is the major third of which triad?" Practice multiple patterns including block chords, high-low-middle-low arpeggios, and reinforced melody techniques. Each chromatic step reveals two chords - one major and one minor - creating 24 total chord progressions that flow beautifully together. This systematic approach improves your ear training while building technical proficiency. This exercise works for all skill levels and serves as both a technical workout and composition tool. Understanding these chord relationships opens doors to better improvisation, composition, and overall musicianship. The patterns you learn here become building blocks for more advanced harmonic concepts. Ready to elevate your piano playing? Your chord progressions will never sound the same! https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZnV84pb9VXs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-tips-nail-58-time-with-these-exercises 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/L2yAq4mdyD4/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Tips: Nail 5/8 Time with These Exercises Learn advanced 5/8 time signature piano techniques with diatonic thirds, hand independence and rhythmic accents in the E major scale. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music combines complex rhythm work with diatonic thirds in E major, creating the perfect challenge for intermediate to advanced players. You'll learn to count and feel 5/8 time while developing hand independence: the right hand works through melodic patterns with strategic accents, while the left hand builds a harmonic foundation using diatonic thirds across the E major scale. The lesson covers interval recognition, rhythmic groupings (2+3 vs 3+2) and harmonic modulation, while building finger strength and flexibility through octave stretches and coordinated hand movements. Perfect for pianists ready to tackle odd time signatures and expand their rhythmic vocabulary. https://www.youtube.com/embed/L2yAq4mdyD4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-all-24-major-minor-chords-with-this-chromatic-workout 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NIxkCtH7khY/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Learn All 24 Major & Minor Chords With This Chromatic Workout! This chromatic workout covers all 24 major and minor chords using second inversions! Perfect for training your thirds and voice leading. Try it and let me know how it goes! 🎹 Unlock the power of second inversion triads with this comprehensive chromatic exercise that covers all 12 major and 12 minor chords. This piano tutorial focuses on voice leading techniques that create smooth, musical progressions while strengthening your chord knowledge. Discover why second inversions are so effective for voice leading - with the root positioned in the middle of the chord, you create unique harmonic movements that sound more sophisticated than traditional root position progressions. Learn to identify major and minor thirds quickly by asking key questions like "C is the major third of which triad?" Practice multiple patterns including block chords, high-low-middle-low arpeggios, and reinforced melody techniques. Each chromatic step reveals two chords - one major and one minor - creating 24 total chord progressions that flow beautifully together. This systematic approach improves your ear training while building technical proficiency. This exercise works for all skill levels and serves as both a technical workout and composition tool. Understanding these chord relationships opens doors to better improvisation, composition, and overall musicianship. The patterns you learn here become building blocks for more advanced harmonic concepts. Ready to elevate your piano playing? Your chord progressions will never sound the same! https://www.youtube.com/embed/NIxkCtH7khY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-folk-piano-with-syncopated-rhythms-beginner-melody-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6elW86pxMkI/maxresdefault.jpg Play Folk Piano With Syncopated Rhythms (Beginner Melody Tutorial) Learn to play two original folk melodies with off-beat rhythms, swing feel, and professional ornamentation techniques for modern piano playing. Discover how to play captivating folk melodies that sound modern and professional with these rhythmic techniques and ornamentation strategies. Jason Zac teaches two original compositions in G major that focus on off-beat playing, swing rhythms, and the subdivisions that make folk music so engaging. Learn the essential skills for conquering tied notes, rhythmic anticipation, and playing on the ands and ees of each beat. These techniques are crucial for modern pop, folk, and contemporary piano styles where notes do not always fall predictably on the downbeat. Explore multiple ornamentation strategies including thickening melodies with roots and fifths, adding grace notes and turns, incorporating thirds for harmonic support, and using rhythmic embellishments. The lesson builds progressively from simple versions to fully ornamented arrangements. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6elW86pxMkI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-hit-points-over-multiple-time-divisions-piano-rhythm-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DtE6en-4ndY/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Hit Points Over Multiple Time Divisions (Piano Rhythm & Groove) Learn to practice hit points over multiple time divisions with 5 incremental skill variations. Develop internal groove and rhythm confidence on piano. Discover how to practice hit points over multiple time divisions with 5 incremental variations designed for different skill levels. This piano tutorial teaches you to feel subdivisions from within, without relying on metronomes or other musicians. Learn essential rhythm concepts using a simple 4-chord progression: G minor 7, Bb major/D, Eb major add 9, and F major add 4. Practice eighth note subdivisions (quavers), sixteenth note patterns (semiquavers), and triplet feels while developing your internal pulse and groove confidence. Explore staccato vs legato articulations, left hand pulse with right hand hit points, arpeggiated melodic patterns, and percussive piano approaches. Perfect for intermediate to advanced pianists wanting to improve their rhythm, timing, and groove. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DtE6en-4ndY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/transform-6-simple-notes-into-any-bass-groove-rhythm-changes-everything 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HeA8_QSOtuY/maxresdefault.jpg 🎵 Transform 6 Simple Notes Into ANY Bass Groove! Rhythm Changes Everything ✨ Piano bass secret: divide more, play less! Watch how Root-Octave-Fifth-Minor3rd-♭4 becomes multiple grooves just by changing the rhythm. Full lesson on our YouTube! 🔥 Unlock the secrets of creating groovy, danceable basslines with this comprehensive F minor pentatonic tutorial. Learn why dividing beats into more subdivisions while playing less creates the perfect groove that makes people want to move. Discover 10+ distinct rhythm variations of the same bassline, each transformed by different time feels - from simple quavers to complex sixteenth note patterns and even triplet variations. You'll explore the essential ingredients of a compelling bassline: root, octave, fifth, and minor third, plus embellishment notes that add flavor without overwhelming the groove. Develop rock-solid timing skills while practicing pulse chords in your right hand. Learn cluster chords, floating thirds, and melodic licks that perfectly complement your bassline work. This lesson emphasizes body movement and internal pulse over metronome dependence - the key to becoming the timekeeper every band needs. From disco-inspired patterns to salsa rhythms and even Indian-influenced variations, you'll build a complete toolkit for bass composition and improvisation. Each exercise builds your independence between hands while strengthening your rhythmic foundation across multiple musical styles. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HeA8_QSOtuY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-piano-basslines-10-grooves-rhythm-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nmeMmgqZkAw/maxresdefault.jpg Learn Piano Basslines: 10 Grooves & Rhythm Patterns Learn to create multiple groovy F minor pentatonic bassline variations across quavers, sixteenth notes and triplets, with a steady right-hand pulse of chords. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music unlocks the secrets of creating groovy, danceable basslines on piano. You'll learn why dividing beats into more subdivisions while playing less creates the perfect groove that makes people want to move. You'll discover 10+ distinct rhythm variations of the same bassline, each transformed by a different time feel — from simple quavers to complex sixteenth-note patterns and even triplets. You'll explore the essential ingredients of a compelling bassline: root, octave, fifth and minor third, plus embellishment notes that add flavour without overwhelming the groove. You'll also develop rock-solid timing with pulse chords in the right hand, and learn cluster chords, floating thirds and melodic licks that complement your bassline. The lesson emphasises body movement and internal pulse over metronome dependence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nmeMmgqZkAw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/nail-all-24-major-minor-chords-with-this-chromatic-inversion-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/N6EUGn6oGps/maxresdefault.jpg Nail All 24 Major & Minor Chords With This Chromatic Inversion Exercise Learn to practise all 12 major and 12 minor chords in second inversion using chromatic voice-leading patterns, block chords and arpeggios. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music unlocks the power of second-inversion triads with a chromatic exercise that covers all 12 major and 12 minor chords, focusing on voice leading that creates smooth, musical progressions. You'll discover why second inversions are so effective for voice leading — with the root in the middle of the chord, you create harmonic movements that sound more sophisticated than root-position progressions. You'll learn to identify major and minor thirds quickly by asking questions like 'C is the major third of which triad?' You'll practise multiple patterns including block chords, high-low-middle-low arpeggios and reinforced-melody techniques. Each chromatic step reveals two chords — one major and one minor — creating 24 total progressions that flow beautifully together while sharpening your ear. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N6EUGn6oGps yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/best-way-to-practice-the-harmonic-minor-scale-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KOiwK9Db1Aw/maxresdefault.jpg Best Way to Practice the Harmonic Minor Scale on Piano Learn harmonic minor scales with closed thirds and spread thirds on piano. Practice all 7 white key harmonic minor scales plus compositions. Unlock the power of harmonic minor scales through systematic third intervals practice. This comprehensive piano lesson teaches you closed thirds and spread thirds (sixth intervals) across all seven white key harmonic minor scales, culminating in two original compositions. Discover why thirds are the building blocks of all chords and how practicing harmonic minor thirds elevates your understanding of advanced harmony. Learn the unique augmented second interval that makes harmonic minor so distinctive, plus finger techniques for navigating both melodic and harmonic interval playing. Practice systematic exercises covering C, D, E, F, G, A, and B harmonic minor scales with both closed position thirds and spread voicing sixths. Each scale includes specific fingering recommendations and hand coordination techniques for maximum efficiency. Two original compositions demonstrate practical application - one featuring closed thirds and another showcasing spread thirds in musical context. These pieces help you apply technical exercises to real musical situations while developing your ear for harmonic minor's distinctive sound. Ready to transform your piano technique? Subscribe for more advanced piano tutorials, music theory lessons, and composition techniques that will elevate your playing to the next level. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 01:09 - Introduction to Harmonic Minor Thirds Study 🎹 01:22 - What Makes Harmonic Minor Special 01:47 - Closed Thirds vs Spread Thirds Explained 04:05 - Building C Harmonic Minor Scale 04:43 - Understanding the Augmented Second Interval 06:50 - C Minor Third Intervals - Closed Position 07:25 - Thirds are the Building Blocks of Harmony 08:15 - Melodic vs Harmonic Interval Playing 09:31 - Ascending vs Descending Melodic Intervals 10:12 - Tips for Piano Fingering 10:43 - Jumbling the Intervals 11:25 - C Minor Sixth Intervals - Spread Position 12:29 - Hand Coordination Techniques 13:33 - D Harmonic Minor Scale Formation 13:55 - D Minor Spread Thirds (Sixths) 14:31 - E Harmonic Minor Scale Workout 14:45 - E Minor Third Intervals 14:58 - E Minor Sixth Intervals 15:24 - F Harmonic Minor Scale Practice 15:35 - F Minor Thirds and Sixths 16:17 - G Harmonic Minor Scale Study 16:30 - G Minor Third Intervals Exercise 16:59 - G Minor Spread Thirds Practice 17:30 - A Harmonic Minor Scale Technique 18:18 - B Minor Third Intervals 19:07 - Composition 1: Closed Thirds Melody 19:59 - Adding Harmonic Support to Melody 20:39 - Root & Fifth in the Left hand 21:59 - Composition 2: Spread Thirds Melody 23:13 - Chord Progressions in Harmonic Minor 24:27 - Advanced Ornamentations and Variations 25:11 - Practice Tips and Next Steps https://www.youtube.com/embed/KOiwK9Db1Aw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/transform-your-musicianship-with-these-clever-singing-techniques 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SIn79DwPb-o/maxresdefault.jpg Transform Your Musicianship With These Clever Singing Techniques Learn clever singing techniques for pianists with scale and triad exercises. Improve musical communication and ear training through vocal drills. Discover why every pianist should develop their voice with this comprehensive clever singing tutorial. Jason Zac reveals how singing transforms your musicianship beyond just playing keys. Learn the difference between "parrot singing" and intelligent vocal practice. This lesson covers essential vocal warm-ups using scales, chord progressions, and interval training in Eb major. Practice singing note names, solfege, and scale degrees while playing diatonic chords. Explore two powerful exercises: the scalar drill (singing 5 notes over each chord) and triad drilling (root-third-fifth patterns). These techniques help you communicate musical ideas quickly, whether in rehearsals, recordings, or live performances. Advanced concepts include chord inversions, random progressions, and anti-parrot methods to challenge your ear. Perfect for pianists, composers, and arrangers who want to unlock their voice as a musical tool that's always available. Ready to elevate your musicianship? Subscribe for more piano tutorials and music theory lessons from Nathaniel School of Music! ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - My Singing Journey - Introduction 00:42 - Introduction: Why Clever Singing Matters for Musicians 🎵 01:28 - Mimicking other Instruments 🎸 01:52 - Singing is an essential modern skill 02:43 - The Problem with Parrot Singing vs Smart Vocal Practice 04:11 - Finding Your Key: E♭ Major Warm-up Exercise 04:47 - Vocal Warm-up: Scale Singing with Chord Accompaniment 05:35 - First Inversion with the Root on Top 06:22 - The Minds Eye 👁️ 07:03 - Note Names vs Solfege vs Indian Swaras Comparison 08:38 - Ascending & Descending 08:52 - Exercise 1: Five-Note Scale Over Diatonic Chords 11:23 - Avoiding Ear Traps: Common Interval Mistakes 13:32 - Triad Drill Introduction: Moving to Leapwise Singing 15:29 - Diatonic Chord Progression Singing Exercise 16:07 - Song Example: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Intervals 17:28 - Advanced Challenge: Jumbling Chord Progressions 18:55 - Mixing Directions: Ascending & Descending Combined 19:29 - First & Second Inversion Triad Exercises 20:13 - Spread Voicing Challenges for Advanced Students 21:15 - Final Action Plan: Your Daily Practice Routine 22:39 - Harmonic Minor Scale Application 23:24 - Vocal Care Tips for Musicians https://www.youtube.com/embed/SIn79DwPb-o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-one-rhythm-change-transforms-your-piano-playing-anticipation-delay 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LdIx9xDJvFI/maxresdefault.jpg How ONE Rhythm Change Transforms Your Piano Playing (Anticipation & Delay) Mind-blown by how simple rhythmic grouping can transform any song! Learn the secrets behind creating complex-sounding music with basic time signatures. What rhythm tricks do you use? Master the art of rhythmic displacement with this comprehensive piano tutorial focusing on anticipation and delay techniques. Learn how to transform simple melodies into groovy, professional-sounding performances through strategic timing shifts. This lesson teaches you three essential melodic patterns in G major, showing you how to harmonize with thirds and create rich harmonic textures. You'll discover how to use your pinky as a pedal tone while developing finger independence, plus learn to incorporate alternating eighth notes for that signature rhythmic feel. The core concepts cover anticipation (moving notes before the beat) and delay (moving notes after the beat), progressing from quarter notes to eighth note subdivisions and advanced sixteenth note patterns. You'll practice with body movement and vocalization using Indian swaras (Sa Re Ga Ma) to internalize the rhythm naturally. Explore modal variations including Mixolydian, Dorian, and harmonic minor scales to add sophisticated flavor to your playing. The lesson includes modulation techniques and practical exercises for developing your rhythmic vocabulary across different musical contexts. Perfect for intermediate to advanced pianists ready to elevate their timing and groove. Practice along with the demonstrated exercises and consider accessing our supplementary materials for deeper study of these essential rhythm techniques. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LdIx9xDJvFI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/easy-funk-piano-tutorial-groovy-riffs-with-chord-progressions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RlAULrRsKG0/maxresdefault.jpg Easy Funk Piano Tutorial | Groovy Riffs with Chord Progressions 🎶 Learn 2 essential funky piano riffs using G Dorian mode with swing feel. Master hand independence, octaves, and groove techniques for funk and blues rock. Master the art of funky piano with these two essential riffs that will transform your playing from boring to groovy! This comprehensive tutorial breaks down authentic funk and blues rock techniques using G Dorian mode with swing feel. You'll learn proper hand independence as we build from simple right-hand melodies to complex two-handed grooves. The first riff focuses on chord superimposition and chromatic movement over G minor 7 and C7 chords, while the second riff develops your octave playing and counterpoint skills. Discover the secrets of electric piano technique, including how dynamics and articulation create that authentic Fender Rhodes sound. We'll explore both pulse-based and syncopated left-hand patterns, plus advanced concepts like line clichés and tritone substitutions. Whether you're into funk, blues rock, or just want to improve your swing feel and rhythmic accuracy, these riffs will challenge your technique while building essential musical skills. Perfect for intermediate to advanced pianists ready to add serious groove to their playing. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 00:55 - Introduction & Funky Music Preview 01:33 - What is G Dorian Mode? 🎵 03:04 - Right Hand Riff #1 - Melody Foundation 03:21 - Understanding Swing & 16th Note Feel 03:36 - The “a” hit point 03:47 - Targetting the “&” 03:58 - Emphasising the “a” and the “&” 04:34 - G Minor 7th to C7 Chord Progression 05:02 - Melody Stacking 05:13 - Essential Chord Degrees - Third & Seventh 05:34 - Chromatic Movement & Blues Notes 06:02 - Variation in the 2nd Bar 06:57 - Adding more notes of the Chord (Triad & Seventh) 07:17 - Adding Harmonic Variations & Extensions 07:51 - Eb7- D7#5 Turn Around 09:07 - Left Hand Pulse - Root & Fifth Pattern 10:04 - Hand Independence Training Exercise 10:39 - Fifth lower than the Root in the Left Hand 11:00 - Putting it together with Energy ⚡️ 12:05 - Funky Stuff 12:21 - Riff #2 - Octave Playing Technique 13:27 - Emphasis on the AND - Groove Secrets 14:29 - Both Hands Octave Coordination 17:30 - Line Cliché Technique Explained 18:24 - Combining Both Riffs Together 18:37 - Complete Riff Performance Demo 18:57 - Emphasis On The And With Cliche With Chords https://www.youtube.com/embed/RlAULrRsKG0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/two-essential-funk-piano-riffs-in-g-dorian-learn-these-groovy-keyboard-techniques 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/O5gn-pVN2sU/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Two Essential Funk Piano Riffs in G Dorian - Learn These Groovy Keyboard Techniques! These G Dorian funk riffs will transform your keyboard playing! First riff focuses on swing 16th notes with chord superimposition, second emphasizes octave playing and syncopated grooves. Perfect for blues rock too! Full step-by-step tutorial + notation available - check our channel! Master the art of funky piano with these two essential riffs that will transform your playing from boring to groovy! This comprehensive tutorial breaks down authentic funk and blues rock techniques using G Dorian mode with swing feel. You'll learn proper hand independence as we build from simple right-hand melodies to complex two-handed grooves. The first riff focuses on chord superimposition and chromatic movement over G minor 7 and C7 chords, while the second riff develops your octave playing and counterpoint skills. Discover the secrets of electric piano technique, including how dynamics and articulation create that authentic Fender Rhodes sound. We'll explore both pulse-based and syncopated left-hand patterns, plus advanced concepts like line clichés and tritone substitutions. Whether you're into funk, blues rock, or just want to improve your swing feel and rhythmic accuracy, these riffs will challenge your technique while building essential musical skills. Perfect for intermediate to advanced pianists ready to add serious groove to their playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/O5gn-pVN2sU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-train-your-ear-with-reverse-intervals-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OyAWzNxUN9E/maxresdefault.jpg How to Train Your Ear With Reverse Intervals (Piano Tutorial) Learn interval inversions and reverse ear training to improve your piano playing, composition, and musical hearing with Jason Zac. This piano tutorial shows how to hear and practice intervals in both ascending and descending directions. Learn the Rule of 9, where major thirds become minor sixths, perfect fourths become perfect fifths, and the tritone remains unchanged when inverted. We work through every interval chromatically from unison to octave, showing exactly how each inversion sounds and feels. For intermediate pianists, with practical applications for technique, composition and arrangement. The tutorial includes chromatic exercises, diatonic scale work in F minor, and random interval practice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OyAWzNxUN9E yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/hand-independence-piano-exercise-b-major-arpeggios-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Dn1UBWOLunQ/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 Hand Independence Piano Exercise - B♭ Major Arpeggios | Nathaniel School of Music Master piano hand independence with this progressive B♭ major arpeggio exercise! From basic HLML patterns to advanced syncopation. Follow @nathanielschoolofmusic for more piano tutorials! Master the art of rhythmic displacement with this comprehensive piano tutorial focusing on anticipation and delay techniques. Learn how to transform simple melodies into groovy, professional-sounding performances through strategic timing shifts. This lesson teaches you three essential melodic patterns in G major, showing you how to harmonize with thirds and create rich harmonic textures. You'll discover how to use your pinky as a pedal tone while developing finger independence, plus learn to incorporate alternating eighth notes for that signature rhythmic feel. The core concepts cover anticipation (moving notes before the beat) and delay (moving notes after the beat), progressing from quarter notes to eighth note subdivisions and advanced sixteenth note patterns. You'll practice with body movement and vocalization using Indian swaras (Sa Re Ga Ma) to internalize the rhythm naturally. Explore modal variations including Mixolydian, Dorian, and harmonic minor scales to add sophisticated flavor to your playing. The lesson includes modulation techniques and practical exercises for developing your rhythmic vocabulary across different musical contexts. Perfect for intermediate to advanced pianists ready to elevate their timing and groove. Practice along with the demonstrated exercises and consider accessing our supplementary materials for deeper study of these essential rhythm techniques. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dn1UBWOLunQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversion-practice-random-chord-progressions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cDK_E07c-6A/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversion Practice: Random Chord Progressions Learn to practice piano chord inversions with random progressions using our chord randomizer app. Break out of your comfort zone and improve fast! Discover a revolutionary approach to practicing piano chord inversions that will push you out of your comfort zone and accelerate your musical growth. This comprehensive piano tutorial introduces our custom-built chord randomizer app that generates unexpected progressions to challenge your playing. Learn why random chord progressions are more effective than traditional practice methods. When you practice with randomly generated sequences, you're forced to think faster, develop better muscle memory, and build the skills needed for real-world improvisation and accompaniment. Our chord randomizer app offers complete customization for every skill level. Choose between major chords only, minor chords only, or combine both. Adjust the number of chords (4-8 sequence options), change playback speed, and modify chord rates to match your practice needs. The app even suggests optimal inversions for smooth voice leading. Master the essential technique of playing chord inversions in your right hand while maintaining root notes in your left hand. This fundamental approach builds proper hand coordination and creates fuller, more professional-sounding chord progressions that work in any musical style. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Introduction to Random Chord Practice 🎹 00:27 - Introduction to Random Chord Inversion Practice 🎹 00:48 - Chapter 5 01:23 - Why Random Progressions Challenge You 02:27 - First Random Progression Example 03:05 - Right Hand Inversion Method 03:21 - Practicing D-Gm-C#m-Am Progression 03:31 - Left Hand Root Technique 04:06 - Generating New Random Sequences 04:44 - Beginner Mode Features 05:23 - 8-Chord Challenge Example 05:35 - Speed Multiplier Settings 05:49 - Chord Rate Timing Options 06:02 - Arpeggio Sound Features 06:13 - Count-Off Practice Tool 07:00 - Multi-Exercise Workout Mode 07:53 - PNG Image Export Option 08:32 - Augmented Chord Challenges 08:53 - Musical vs Random Balance 09:25 - Practice Tips and Shortcuts 09:47 - Nathaniel School Course Benefits 10:02 - App Development Future Plans https://www.youtube.com/embed/cDK_E07c-6A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/melodic-piano-arpeggios-with-accent-patterns-chord-progressions-advanced 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DbL4DJnwIhA/maxresdefault.jpg Melodic Piano Arpeggios With Accent Patterns & Chord Progressions (Advanced) Master melodic arpeggios with rhythmic accents in this advanced piano tutorial. Learn 3-3-2 Tresillo patterns and finger independence techniques. Discover the art of melodic arpeggios in this comprehensive piano tutorial that combines traditional arpeggio technique with rhythmic accents and groove patterns. Jason Zac demonstrates how to transform standard arpeggio exercises into musical, flowing patterns that sound professional and engaging. Learn the Tresillo rhythm (3-3-2) and other rhythmic groupings that add sophisticated syncopation to your playing. This advanced technique teaches you to play melody, harmony, and arpeggiated accompaniment simultaneously in one hand while developing crucial finger independence skills. Explore chord inversions in Ab major and F minor, understanding how to structure melodic arpeggios around specific chord progressions. The lesson covers practical applications using the popular vi-IV-I progression with an augmented fifth variation, giving your playing a contemporary edge. Perfect for intermediate to advanced pianists ready to elevate their technique beyond basic scales and chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DbL4DJnwIhA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-melody-and-chords-together-in-one-hand-complete-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lJurjPfTSpc/maxresdefault.jpg Play Melody AND Chords Together in One Hand (Complete Piano Tutorial) Learn to play melody and harmony simultaneously in one hand with finger independence exercises and chord progressions on piano. Learn how to harmonize a simple three-note melody (Ab-Bb-C) with chord progressions including major 7ths, minor chords, augmented chords, and suspended chords. Each chord creates a different harmonic color while maintaining the same melodic landing note. Develop essential finger independence through targeted practice exercises. Work on pulsing techniques, chord blocking methods, and strengthen your weaker fingers while maintaining melodic control with your pinky. For intermediate to advanced pianists looking to add sophistication to their ballad playing and jazz chord voicings, solo piano arrangements and improvisation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lJurjPfTSpc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-melodies-to-master-piano-timing-groove-anticipation-delay 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EeFlTUQCkpg/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Melodies to Master Piano Timing & Groove (Anticipation & Delay) Learn rhythmic displacement, anticipation and delay techniques on piano with 3 melodic exercises. Master beat divisions and body movement for better timing. This lesson teaches three melodic patterns in G major, harmonized with thirds, using your pinky as a pedal tone while developing finger independence, plus alternating eighth notes for that signature rhythmic feel. The core concepts cover anticipation (moving notes before the beat) and delay (moving notes after the beat), progressing from quarter notes to eighth note subdivisions and sixteenth note patterns. You'll practice with body movement and vocalization using Indian swaras (Sa Re Ga Ma) to internalize the rhythm naturally. We also explore modal variations including Mixolydian, Dorian and harmonic minor scales, with modulation. For intermediate to advanced pianists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EeFlTUQCkpg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-hand-independence-exercises-every-piano-player-needs 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ddcO6NLq0aU/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Hand Independence Exercises Every Piano Player Needs Master piano hand independence with progressive Bb major arpeggio exercises, chord inversions, and rhythmic patterns for intermediate to advanced players. Develop crucial piano hand independence skills with this comprehensive tutorial featuring progressive exercises in Bb major. Learn the High-Low-Middle-Low (HLML) arpeggio pattern and master chord inversions while building coordination between both hands. This piano lesson starts with fundamental chord arpeggios and advances through octave stacking techniques, where you'll hold notes while executing finger independence patterns. Practice root position, first inversion, and second inversion of Bb major chords with varied left-hand rhythmic patterns. Explore advanced rhythmic variations including tresillo patterns, syncopated rhythms, and diatonic chord progressions across the entire Bb major scale. Each exercise builds systematically from simple quarter-note pulses to complex eighth-note patterns that challenge your coordination. Perfect for intermediate to advanced pianists looking to improve improvisation skills, classical technique, and overall musical independence. These exercises translate directly to jazz piano, classical performance, and contemporary music styles. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddcO6NLq0aU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-rhythm-skill-that-separates-pro-musicians-from-everyone-else 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5ss2t37n288/maxresdefault.jpg The Rhythm Skill That Separates Pro Musicians From Everyone Else Master advanced rhythm concepts including swing percentages, grouping, accents & meter changes with Jason Zac's composition breakdowns. Discover the hidden world of rhythm that goes far beyond basic time signatures. This comprehensive piano tutorial breaks down complex rhythmic concepts using original compositions, revealing how swing percentages, grouping, and accents transform your musical expression. Explore swing variations from traditional Chicago blues feel to theatrical lazy swing, learning how percentage swing affects the entire musical narrative. Master the art of rhythmic grouping with examples in 7/4, unusual cycle lengths, and polyrhythmic patterns that create compelling musical stories. Learn advanced techniques including rhythmic anticipation, call-and-response phrasing, and contrasting sections that keep listeners engaged. See how professional composers use rhythm as the backbone for building tension, release, and musical drama in any genre. Develop your rhythmic confidence through practical examples and composition analysis. This lesson emphasizes that solid rhythmic foundation enables advanced harmonic and melodic development, making you a more complete musician and composer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ss2t37n288 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-musical-accents-beat-grouping-with-our-rhythm-trainer-app 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yFLF41ADLEE/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Musical Accents & Beat Grouping With Our Rhythm Trainer App Learn musical accents, beat grouping & rhythm counting with our new interactive app. Master complex patterns from Fire Dance & more! Master the art of musical accents and rhythm grouping with this comprehensive lesson introducing our revolutionary interactive rhythm trainer app. Jason Zac demonstrates how to break down complex patterns like the 54-beat cycle from Fire Dance into manageable, musical phrases. Discover how professional musicians think about rhythm - not as endless counting, but as grouped patterns using techniques from Indian Carnatic music. Learn the traditional syllables like "tha," "takha," and "takhita" that help organize beats into musical phrases your brain can easily process. Explore our new rhythm trainer app that goes beyond traditional metronomes. Practice with customizable beat cycles, chord progressions, and accent patterns. Whether you're working with simple 8-beat cycles or complex 13-beat patterns, this tool adapts to any musical requirement across all instruments. Perfect for music students, teachers, and anyone wanting to improve their rhythmic understanding. The app features multiple playback options, from basic clave sounds to full chord progressions, helping you internalize complex rhythms naturally through musical context and repetition. Ready to revolutionize your rhythm practice? Try our interactive trainer and discover how proper accent grouping can transform your musical expression and timing across any genre or instrument. ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Introduction & Fire Dance Preview 🎵 00:38 - The 54-Beat Challenge Explained 01:05 - Why Counting Every Beat Doesn’t Work 01:44 - Breaking Down Complex Rhythms 02:12 - Indian Carnatic Counting Methods 02:38 - Grouping 8 Beats Creatively 02:58 - 3+5 vs 2+3+3 Patterns 03:30 - Making Boring Rhythms Interesting 03:41 - Piano Arpeggio Accent Exercises 04:06 - Feeling the Pulse Underneath 04:22 - Our School’s Practice Method 04:48 - Interactive Rhythm Trainer App Demo 📱 05:32 - Setting Beats Per Cycle 05:53 - Random vs Custom Groupings 06:16 - Clave Playback Controls 06:37 - Chord Progression Feature 07:03 - 3+3+2 Pattern Practice 08:03 - Accent-Only Playback Mode 08:25 - Speed Control Options 08:44 - 16th Note Subdivisions 09:05 - 16-Beat Cycle Expansion 09:34 - Custom Clave Creation 10:11 - 13-Beat Odd Time Practice 11:18 - Musical vs Mathematical Approach 11:42 - Supporting Our Development https://www.youtube.com/embed/yFLF41ADLEE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-time-signatures-every-pianist-should-know-using-just-4-notes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SZhTOXCfKC8/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Time Signatures Every Pianist Should Know Using Just 4 Notes Learn to play E, F#, G, A across 8/8, 7/8, 6/8, 5/8, 4/4, and 3/4 time signatures. Master rhythm theory and piano technique with Jason Zac. Master the art of rhythmic versatility with just four notes! This comprehensive piano tutorial teaches you to transform E, F#, G, and A into compelling musical phrases across multiple time signatures. Learn to navigate 8/8, 7/8, 6/8, 5/8, 4/4, and 3/4 time signatures while developing both hands independently. Discover how to create syncopated patterns, ghost notes, and accent techniques that make your piano playing sound professional and dynamic. This lesson combines music theory with practical piano technique, showing you rhythm divisions, triplet patterns, and hand coordination exercises. You'll understand the subtle differences between similar time signatures like 3/4 vs 6/8 and 5/4 vs 5/8. Perfect for intermediate pianists ready to expand their rhythmic vocabulary and improve their overall musicianship. Practice along with detailed explanations of each pattern and develop the skills to create your own variations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SZhTOXCfKC8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/stop-struggling-with-piano-intervals-master-note-connections 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kMRzXnv7rVk/maxresdefault.jpg Stop Struggling With Piano Intervals — Master Note Connections Learn essential piano note recognition beyond memorisation. Master intervals, chord progressions & practice techniques with our Musical Note Generator app. Start with individual notes, progress through intervals (minor thirds, perfect fifths, tritones), and build toward chord progressions. Discover how each note connects to others - like how Eb relates to A as a tritone, or how Bb to Eb forms a perfect fourth while Eb to Bb creates a perfect fifth. The Musical Note Generator app has four practice modes: Beginner (random note generation), Intermediate (interval training), Chord Progressions (musical contexts), and Circle Patterns (advanced theory). Each mode includes tempo control and different note values. For piano students, music teachers, and any instrumentalist wanting to strengthen their musical foundation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kMRzXnv7rVk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-read-chord-charts-like-a-pro-musician-complete-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4qHUtgJ7XoE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Read Chord Charts Like a Pro Musician (Complete Tutorial) Learn pro techniques for reading and creating chord charts for any song. Master voicings, inversions, and stage-ready notation methods. Why relying on internet chord sheets can let you down, and the proper way to notate chord progressions - with slash chords, inversions and voicings, through real examples including September by Earth, Wind & Fire and Michael Bublé's Home. We use colours, symbols and rhythm markers to make chord charts stage-ready, write chord progressions that work for any key change, handle voicings like minor 7th add 11 chords, and create visual cues for transitions between song sections. Also covered: reading Roman numeral analysis, chord symbols, creating your own shorthand notation, and muscle memory for complex voicings. For intermediate to advanced players. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4qHUtgJ7XoE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/transform-your-piano-playing-with-this-hand-coordination-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/19TSzC3h--Y/maxresdefault.jpg Transform Your Piano Playing with This Hand Coordination Exercise Master piano hand independence with B major thirds, arpeggios & 16th note patterns. Advanced coordination drill for all levels with Jason Zac. Unlock advanced piano hand independence with this comprehensive B major coordination drill. Jason Zac guides you through a scalable exercise perfect for beginners and advanced players alike. The right hand maintains a consistent 16th note pattern using B major fifth chords (root position and inversions), while the left hand floats through melodic thirds following the diatonic scale. This 2:4 ratio creates the perfect independence challenge. You'll master essential techniques including chord inversions, rhythmic subdivisions, and vocal coordination while singing swaras (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa). The lesson progresses from basic patterns to advanced displacement techniques, targeting specific hit points for maximum coordination development. This exercise builds multiple skills simultaneously: ear training through vocal work, timing through endless repetitions, and B major fluency. Apply these concepts to other keys and scales for complete mastery. Ready to transform your piano coordination? Practice along with Jason and unlock professional-level hand independence today! ⏳ Chapter markers 00:00 - Performance 01:08 - Introduction to Hand Independence Concepts 01:24 - B Major Hand Independence Introduction 02:08 - Right Hand Setup: Fifth Chord Positions 02:24 - Right Hand Setup: Fifth Chord Positions 02:51 - Root Position vs Inversion Fingering 03:16 - Mastering 16th Note Patterns 03:38 - Counting: 1 E and 2 E and Technique 03:59 - Counting: 1 E and 2 E and Technique 04:18 - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Solfege System 04:34 - B Major Scale Thirds Breakdown 04:59 - Adding Octaves for Extra Challenge 06:17 - Using Your Voice While Playing 06:59 - Metronome Practice Tips 🎵 07:13 - Combining Both Hands: First Steps 07:27 - The 2:4 Ratio Coordination System 08:22 - Head Movement & Physical Groove 08:32 - Building the Complete Pattern 09:57 - Targeting Hit Points & Accents 10:26 - Rhythmic Displacement Techniques 10:51 - Shouting Numbers for Independence 11:49 - The ‘E’ Subdivision Challenge 12:01 - Second Subdivision Timing (25% Mark) 12:29 - Targetting the Hits in the Right Hand 13:51 - Making Hand Independence Fun 14:52 - Ear Training Through Coordination 15:21 - Expanding to Other Keys 15:58 - Same Key, Different Scales Approach https://www.youtube.com/embed/19TSzC3h--Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/stop-struggling-with-hand-independence-this-piano-exercise-changes-everything 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LOUK0OCGsxo/maxresdefault.jpg Stop Struggling With Hand Independence: This Piano Exercise Changes Everything Master piano hand independence with B major thirds, arpeggios & 16th note patterns. Jason Zac guides you through a scalable coordination drill for beginners and advanced players alike. The right hand maintains a consistent 16th note pattern using B major fifth chords (root position and inversions), while the left hand floats through melodic thirds following the diatonic scale. This 2:4 ratio creates the perfect independence challenge. You'll work on chord inversions, rhythmic subdivisions, and vocal coordination while singing swaras (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa). The lesson progresses from basic patterns to advanced displacement techniques, targeting specific hit points for maximum coordination development. This exercise builds multiple skills simultaneously: ear training through vocal work, timing through endless repetitions, and B major fluency. Apply these concepts to other keys and scales. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LOUK0OCGsxo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/develop-piano-finger-independence-5-essential-exercises-for-better-control 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MYtRA5WAfRw/maxresdefault.jpg Develop Piano Finger Independence: 5 Essential Exercises for Better Control Learn piano finger independence with step-by-step exercises using static notes and chromatic passing tones for better technique. This lesson introduces a systematic approach using static notes (starting with Bb) while moving other fingers chromatically and tonally. You'll practice keeping one finger steady while others create melodic motion. Explore chromatic passing notes, rhythmic subdivisions, and musical embellishments in both 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures. The exercises progress from simple quarter note pulses to syncopated patterns that challenge your finger isolation. For intermediate to advanced pianists, whether you're working on classical pieces, jazz improvisation, or contemporary music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MYtRA5WAfRw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-practice-piano-smarter-12-proven-strategies-for-better-results-in-less-time 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/J0Zbc4_kaBE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Practice Piano Smarter: 12 Proven Strategies for Better Results in Less Time Smart practice beats hard practice — and these 12 strategies will transform how you practise the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares 12 practical strategies that change how you practise — from hand independence, ear-first learning and rhythm work, to playing without looking and using constraints to spark creativity. You'll also learn how to set clear goals, document progress, and stay consistent without burnout, along with tips from gig life such as using post-concert energy, warming up like an athlete, and caring for your body so you can play longer and better. It's a complete guide to a smarter approach to piano practice — hand independence, ear training, playing by feel, documentation, multi-layered practice, goal setting and more — for better results in less time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J0Zbc4_kaBE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improve-piano-hand-independence-stride-oom-pah-arpeggio-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Z0PyO5_UNc/maxresdefault.jpg Improve Piano Hand Independence: Stride, Oom-Pah & Arpeggio Patterns Build real hand independence with multiple left-hand patterns and right-hand displacement over the Andalusian cadence. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you master piano hand independence with rhythm patterns, chord progressions and displacement exercises, built on the Andalusian cadence (D minor – C major – Bb major – A major). Left-hand patterns include quarter-note pulse and eighth notes, the oom-pah pattern (alternating bass-chord), a jumping-jacks rhythm (outer-inner sixteenth notes), an arpeggio pattern (low-high-middle-high), and stride piano technique. Right-hand exercises include Sa-re-ga (1-2-3) and Ga-re-sa (3-2-1) melodic patterns, displacement at different beat subdivisions, and syncopation — covering time feel, body movement and pulse, wrist motion for eighth notes, and a relaxed hand position. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Z0PyO5_UNc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-christmas-songs-on-piano-beginner-accompaniment-techniques-for-5-holiday-carols 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KbEJqveapY8/maxresdefault.jpg Play Christmas Songs on Piano | Beginner Accompaniment Techniques for 5 Holiday Carols Learn to accompany 5 Christmas songs with simple piano techniques with no advanced theory required. Learn beginner-friendly piano accompaniment techniques for five beloved Christmas carols: Joy to the World, The First Noel, What Child Is This, Mary’s Boy Child, and Feliz Navidad. This tutorial focuses on practical methods you can use without extensive music theory knowledge. Joy to the World (D Major) uses fifth chord technique, rhythmic development, and melody harmonization. The First Noel (B Major) uses rolling fifth chords, diatonic thirds, and banjo-style technique. What Child Is This (E Minor) uses block chords, arpeggios, tenor thirds, and top-down harmonization. Mary’s Boy Child (Ab Major) uses tonic, predominant, dominant chord systems with an umpa groove. Feliz Navidad (E Major) uses a three-chord foundation, rhythm patterns, and fifth chord folk style. Techniques demonstrated include fifth chord voicings and inversions (root-fifth-octave patterns), diatonic third harmonization (upper thirds and tenor thirds), three-chord systems (tonic, predominant, dominant), rhythmic groove patterns (umpa and percussion-style accompaniment), top-down melody harmonization, and chord selection based on melodic notes. Perfect for pianists who want to accompany singers, choirs, or play along with holiday gatherings, with each song including multiple arrangement options from simple to more elaborate. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KbEJqveapY8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rhythm-like-a-storyteller-accent-grouping-phrasing-beat-division-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TSgQ4zuBQgg/maxresdefault.jpg Rhythm Like a Storyteller: Accent Grouping, Phrasing & Beat Division (Part 1) Master rhythm through accent grouping, phrasing, and beat divisions beyond basic time signatures. This tutorial explores rhythm concepts that go far beyond simple time signatures, where knowing whether a song is in 7/8, 5/4, or 4/4 is just the beginning. To truly excel as an improviser, composer, arranger, or producer, you need to understand accent grouping, phrasing, and beat divisions. The lesson demonstrates original compositions in various time signatures including 27/8, 15/8, 9/8, and 4/4, showing how rhythmic grouping inspires melodic and harmonic ideas, where a 27/8 composition can be broken into smaller accent groups that create natural phrasing. A 4/4 bar contains 16 semiquavers which most people group as 4+4+4+4, but can also be grouped as 5+4+3+3 or any combination that equals 16, completely changing the feel while staying in time. Think of rhythm like storytelling where some sentences are long and some are short but everything stays in tempo, not poetry with rhyming lines but prose where the rhythm flows naturally from the musical ideas. Beat divisions are equally crucial, where the same composition can use triplets in one section and semiquavers in another, and understanding the difference between swing and straight feel transforms how you approach rhythm, applying whether you're playing in common time or complex meters. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSgQ4zuBQgg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/single-note-endless-chords-the-ultimate-harmonization-tutorial-for-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/u79TsqsCGCk/maxresdefault.jpg Single Note, Endless Chords: The Ultimate Harmonization Tutorial for Piano Learn to harmonise one note with every possible chord, scale, and exotic voicing. In this advanced tutorial, we explore the art of harmonizing a single note (F#/Gb) with countless chord possibilities. Starting with an Ab major framework, Jason Zac demonstrates how to create harmonies using triads, seventh chords, extensions, slash chords, relative major-minor relationships, and exotic voicings. You’ll learn how to make any note sound good with every other note in music, including challenging intervals like minor seconds (F to F#) and tritones. Discover techniques for using dominant seventh chords with alterations, augmented chords, diminished voicings, and modal interchange to create mysterious, calm, tense, or cinematic sounds. Topics covered include chord trees, voice leading, inversions, relative chord relationships, altered extensions (b9, #5, b5, #11), and how to think beyond traditional scales for composition and reharmonization. Perfect for composers, arrangers, pianists, and anyone looking to expand their harmonic vocabulary beyond basic progressions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u79TsqsCGCk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/easy-christmas-piano-fifth-chords-arpeggios-and-rhythm-patterns-part-1-of-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wTRmqRsrd-I/maxresdefault.jpg Easy Christmas Piano 🎄 Fifth Chords, Arpeggios, and Rhythm Patterns (Part 1 of 2) Sing and play 6 Christmas songs using fifth chords, arpeggios, and simple patterns. Learn to play and sing 6 beloved Christmas songs using beginner-friendly techniques that work for any skill level. This sing-and-play tutorial covers Silent Night, O Come All Faithful, Angels We Have Heard on High, O Come O Come Emmanuel, Little Drummer Boy, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Jason Zac demonstrates foundational approaches including fifth chord voicings (root position and inversions), arpeggio patterns, simple rhythm patterns (oompa, ballad feel, folk rhythm), and how to adapt accompaniment styles to match the mood of each song. Learn multiple keys (C, E, G, Ab, F, Bb) to improve transposition skills. Discover when to use mellow arpeggios versus groovy patterns, how to add bass movement with passing notes, and techniques for supporting melody with minimal accompaniment. Each song includes practical rhythm patterns appropriate for its time signature (3/4 for Silent Night, 4/4 for Go Tell It on the Mountain) and emotional character. Perfect for church services, Christmas concerts, caroling, or personal enjoyment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wTRmqRsrd-I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/carol-of-the-bells-rhythm-masterclass-time-signatures-swing-beat-division 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TUvnnAqT7AM/maxresdefault.jpg Carol of the Bells Rhythm Masterclass: Time Signatures, Swing & Beat Division Master Carol of the Bells in 3/4, 4/4, 6/8 plus swing, triplet variations and groovy beat divisions. In this comprehensive Christmas piano lesson, we explore the rhythmic mystery of Carol of the Bells—a folk carol that's incredibly open to interpretation. What makes this melody so fascinating is how it can be felt in completely different ways depending on your time signature and beat division approach, all while keeping the same tempo and melody intact. We start by examining three core time signatures: 3/4 (with three strong beats: 1-2-3, 1-2-3), 4/4 (where the melody becomes triplets: 1-and-a-2-and-a-3-and-a-4-and-a), and 6/8 (with two strong hits per cycle). The key is in the left-hand accompaniment—whether you use an oompa-pa pattern, traditional arpeggios, or different accent structures, the left hand establishes the pulse and transforms how the melody is perceived. It's like two rhythmic worlds colliding with each other. We then dive into creative beat division systems such as swing feel (dividing beats by three), eighth-note triplets (both regular and lazy anticipations), funky semiquaver patterns (dividing by four with tresillo rhythms), and even a cinematic 7/8 time signature (grouped as 3+2+2), where each variation reveals new possibilities while respecting the integrity of this beautiful carol. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TUvnnAqT7AM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/it-came-upon-a-midnight-clear-in-all-12-keys-christmas-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/47l52-6tO5U/maxresdefault.jpg It came upon a Midnight clear in ALL 12 Keys - Christmas Piano Tutorial Learn to Transpose Any Song in “Real-Time”: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Christmas Carol) | Piano Theory. Transpose It Came Upon a Midnight Clear to all 12 keys using intervals, ear training and theory. In this comprehensive piano tutorial, learn how to transpose It Came Upon a Midnight Clear—and really, any song—to all 12 keys without relying on sheet music or chord charts. The key to successful transposition is understanding three things: intervals, chord function, and how each chord relates to the previous one. When you internalize these concepts, you can transpose in real time at the piano without rewriting anything. We break down the entire piece systematically, the AABA song structure, the secondary dominants (V/V progressions) that add harmonic color, and the modulation to the relative minor in the B section, featuring melodic minor flavors with that characteristic raised 6th and 7th. Every key feels different and inspires different ideas: A♭ major might sound sophisticated and hymn-like, C major feels bright and folk-inspired, E♭ major might swing naturally, and A major could sound laid-back. The piano itself guides you—when you don’t know a scale perfectly, you discover survival chords like diminished sevenths, create your own passing harmonies, and develop unique voicings that wouldn’t happen if everything were pre-written. We also explore practical voicing options such as 6/9 chords on the tonic, slash chords (like IV/I), proper alto and tenor voice leading for choral cadence feelings (sus4 resolving to 3, and 6 resolving to 5), and how to color harmonies with 9ths, 13ths, and major 7ths. https://www.youtube.com/embed/47l52-6tO5U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-left-hand-harmony-9th-chords-walking-bass-diatonic-thirds 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YCJyoW0afP4/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Left-Hand Harmony: 9th Chords, Walking Bass & Diatonic Thirds Learn 3 left-hand harmonic piano patterns to make your chords sound more lush and colourful. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you stop playing boring root-fifth-octave patterns in your left hand and replace them with richer harmony. You'll learn three techniques, 9th chords, walking bass and diatonic thirds, that make your chord progressions sound more colourful, refined and professional. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YCJyoW0afP4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-finger-piano-chords-correctly-triads-inversions-voice-leading 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GIGG1rT6afw/maxresdefault.jpg How to Finger Piano Chords Correctly: Triads, Inversions & Voice Leading Learn how to play triads and their inversions with proper fingering technique in this comprehensive piano tutorial. This lesson covers major and minor triads, chord inversions, and smooth voice leading principles that will transform how you approach chord progressions. Correct fingering for root position, first inversion, and second inversion triads. How to think about chord shapes as a group rather than individually. Smooth voice leading techniques using common notes between chords. When to use thumb vs index vs ring finger for different chord positions. How to handle black keys in chord fingering. Practical examples with D major, G major, A minor, E flat major and more. Left hand root positioning for any chord progression. The biggest mistake piano players make is thinking about fingering for the current chord only. Instead, you should consider at least two chords together. This lesson teaches you to prepare your fingering based on what comes next, making transitions smooth and effortless. Learn why ring finger should be dedicated to black notes in the upper register, how to position your thumb on black keys without feeling trapped, and why index finger at the edge gives you more control. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GIGG1rT6afw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/complete-finger-exercise-for-scales-modes-both-hands-daily-piano-routine 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p7YdnQHeImQ/maxresdefault.jpg Complete Finger Exercise for Scales & Modes (Both Hands, Daily Piano Routine) Want one routine that builds real finger control? This complete exercise drills scales and modes in both hands so your technique grows every day. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a complete finger exercise built around scales and modes, designed to be played with both hands as part of your daily practice. You'll work the pattern evenly across both hands, reinforce the shapes of different scales and modes, and steadily develop strength, evenness and independence in your fingers. It's a go-to routine that keeps your technique sharp and your knowledge of scales and modes fresh. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p7YdnQHeImQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/voicing-chords-made-easy-on-piano-using-major-minor-thirds 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/daLg5h8-Vj8/maxresdefault.jpg Voicing Chords Made Easy on Piano Using Major & Minor Thirds This lesson should help beginners navigate through difficult chord progressions and even improve your piano accompaniment skills. Using just Major and Minor 3rds on the Piano, float the left hand bass with single notes to build almost every triad, seventh chord and even some complex jazz voicings with respect to the thirds pivoting in the right hand. We start with the major 3rd D and F#, look at bass notes both inside and outside the D major scale, and then study the minor 3rd. https://www.youtube.com/embed/daLg5h8-Vj8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/voicing-of-chords-made-easy-and-colourful-on-the-piano-fifths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DWF3UGgQlxg/maxresdefault.jpg Voicing of Chords made Easy and Colourful on the Piano - Fifths Voice chords with wide intervals and build richer harmony while keeping control and clarity For piano beginners who accompany themselves or others, this technique helps you voice chords using wide intervals while keeping the right hand steady. It’s a refreshing change from the usual triad approach.For intermediate players, it also opens up ways to build more complex harmony by using intervals in relation to the bass register https://www.youtube.com/embed/DWF3UGgQlxg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/15-easy-piano-rhythm-patterns-sing-play-country-gospel-blues-folk 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fWFrsUTwbGk/maxresdefault.jpg 15+ Easy Piano Rhythm Patterns: Sing & Play Country, Gospel, Blues & Folk Learn 15+ easy piano rhythm patterns from Gospel, Country, Folk & Blues classics. Learn how to play 15 classic songs from The Great American Songbook using simple and effective piano rhythm patterns. These techniques will help you accompany yourself confidently in Gospel, Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Blues and other traditional genres. We’ll explore patterns such as Oom-Pah, Bluegrass Roll, Banjo Roll, Waltz, and Gospel Pulse, applying them to timeless songs like I’ll Fly Away, 500 Miles, Sweet Home Chicago, Keep on the Sunny Side, Farther Along, and more. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fWFrsUTwbGk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-to-read-sheet-music-fast-intervals-clefs-key-signatures 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/r5E_FVtw_3A/maxresdefault.jpg Learn to Read Sheet Music Fast: Intervals, Clefs & Key Signatures Learn to read staff notation fast using an interval-based method that actually works. In this lesson, you'll learn to read staff notation quickly and efficiently using a method based on intervals, and not using traditionally memorized sentences like "Every Good Boy..." or F-A-C-E. We'll cover the treble and bass clefs; reading lines, spaces and ledger lines; using accidentals and key signatures correctly; the concept of intervals (2nds, 3rds, 4ths, etc.) and how to identify them visually; and connecting sight reading to music theory and ear training. This interval-based system helps you instantly recognize note distances and patterns - the key to confident sight reading. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r5E_FVtw_3A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/all-21-modes-explained-major-melodic-minor-harmonic-minor-with-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-H3Mog6KUdw/maxresdefault.jpg All 21 Modes Explained: Major, Melodic Minor & Harmonic Minor (With Chords) Learn all 21 modes of Major, Melodic Minor & Harmonic Minor with chords & examples. In this music theory tutorial, we study all 21 modes across the Major, Melodic Minor (Jazz) and Harmonic Minor scales: how each mode is built, how it sounds, and which chords bring out its mood. That's the 7 modes of each scale, how to harmonise each mode with matching chords, and their emotional character and use in songs. Practice these ideas across different keys (G, F, etc.) and discover the purpose behind every mode, from bright Lydian to exotic Phrygian Dominant. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-H3Mog6KUdw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chord-melody-in-one-hand-improvise-reharmonise-for-richer-piano-beginner-friendly 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FKhfF3koRTo/maxresdefault.jpg Chord + Melody in One Hand: Improvise & Reharmonise for Richer Piano (Beginner-Friendly) Learn to combine chords & melody with one hand – a fun intro to improvisation & reharmonization. In this Piano tutorial, learn how to optimise all five fingers of your right hand to play chords (with inversions) and melody simultaneously, while the left hand focuses on the bass. We'll work through the chord progression I – VII♭ – IV – iv in three keys — D, B♭, and C — exploring how to apply it musically. You'll also gain an introduction to improvisation and reharmonization, perfect for building expressive playing and finger independence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FKhfF3koRTo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-every-interval-on-the-piano-2-at-a-time 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_4oI4VN3SoY/maxresdefault.jpg Master Every Interval on the Piano — 2 at a Time Learn Interval Grouping using Chords, Scales & Real-World Harmony. In this Piano tutorial, we practice musical intervals in groups of two, applying them in real-world contexts using chords and scales. To make your study comprehensive, we explore the Circle of Fifths, Whole Tone & Half-Whole Diminished Scales, and Diatonic Harmony in both Major and Harmonic Minor. You'll also cover all the essential music theory and a structured practice method to help you build strong ears, fingers, and harmonic understanding on the Piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_4oI4VN3SoY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-every-scale-using-major-minor-chord-pairs 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kak4hvdjsY0/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Every Scale Using Major-Minor Chord Pairs Learn to practice major & minor chords using cadences and the circle of fifths. In this piano lesson, we'll explore how major and minor chords connect through cadences and the circle of fifths, and identify scales and modes from simple two-chord progressions like V-I (authentic) and IV-I (plagal). Combinations of major and minor chords create unique sounds: Major to Major gives Ionian (the major scale), Major to Minor a harmonic minor feel, Minor to Major Mixolydian, and Minor to Minor Aeolian (natural minor). Finally, we apply this to real piano practice with inversions, smooth transitions, and a creative way to harmonize any scale. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kak4hvdjsY0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/all-types-of-microphones-for-music-production-what-they-do-why-it-matters 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ehy-S-k3_kk/maxresdefault.jpg ALL Types of Microphones for Music Production 🎙️ | What They Do & Why It Matters 🎤 Looking to upgrade your microphone setup but don’t know where to start? In this all-in-one guide, I break down every type of microphone used in music production, from budget-friendly dynamic mics to boutique modeling mics that can sound like any mic ever made. We’ll talk about: * Studio, live, and mobile setups * Accessories you actually need (clamps, clips, cables) * Choosing the right mic based on your musical goals as a vocalist, producer, instrumentalist, or sound engineer 🔥 From the Shure SM58 that won a Grammy to Rode Wireless GO for creators on the move, this video is packed with practical info AND quirky trivia to help you make the right mic choice. 🧠 Fun Facts * You can literally bake the Shure SM57 and it’ll still work (don’t try it though!) * The Blue Yeti is both a mic and an audio interface. * Zoom H4N is an interface with built-in stereo mics—perfect for ambient capture. * The Slate ML1/ML2 can imitate nearly every famous mic. * The iPhone mic or AirPods can still save your day when everything else fails! ⏳00:00 - Introduction 01:13 - Shure SM57 - Bulletproof 02:23 - Shure SM58 - Win an artist a grammy 03:24 - Essential Accessories 03:47 - Blue Yeti - Audio interface 05:21 - Zoom H4N - Built-in mic 08:06 - Shure Beta 52A - Best used for low-end instruments 09:11 - Rode NT5 (Matched Pair) - Works best as a matched-pair 12:09 - Sennheiser e835 - Best for stage performance 12:49 - Sennheiser e604 -Doesn’t need any accessories 13:34 - e908B (Clip On) - Works best for Brass instruments 14:49 - Slate Modelling Microphones - Become any or every mic 16:20 - Any Dynamic Mic - Doesn’t need a great room to record with 17:23 - Blue Baby Bottle - Best to record the sound of music in the room 18:35 - SE Electronics SE4400 - Best for a Choir or group 19:30 - Rode Wireless GO - Designed for you to move around anywhere 21:25 - iPhone in-built microphone - Succeeds when all available ones fail 22:27 - Aston Microphones Spirit - Best for a vocal recording 23:56 - My Favourite Mic ? 24:42 - Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/ehy-S-k3_kk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-essential-rhythm-techniques-for-pop-chord-progressions-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sWhR1lGG3-k/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Essential Rhythm Techniques for Pop Chord Progressions on Piano Explore a simple but powerful system for playing chords in pop, rock, gospel, Bollywood and folk using the 6-4-1-5 progression. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a simple yet powerful system for playing chords in pop, rock, gospel, Bollywood and folk music, working the 6-4-1-5 progression through three keys: F# Major, Db Major and B Major. You will learn right-hand techniques (block chords, arpeggios, broken chords, tresillo rhythms), left-hand strategies (single bass notes, octaves, power-chord fifths, diatonic thirds), inversions and shapes for smooth transitions, and rhythmic options that add variety and depth. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sWhR1lGG3-k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/indian-folk-rhythms-on-piano-triplet-feel-rhythm-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jup-7n5fLcI/maxresdefault.jpg Indian Folk Rhythms on Piano: Triplet Feel Rhythm Patterns Master triplet feel piano rhythms used in Indian folk & global dance styles.🎶🇮🇳 The final part explores the triplet feel — the heartbeat of many Indian folk rhythms. We compare trivial vs swing triplets, binary on/off permutations, and how to apply them across left-hand bass and right-hand chords. You’ll see how these grooves appear in South Indian, Rajasthani, Nepali, Konkani, and Sri Lankan folk traditions. By practicing triplet subdivisions, you’ll strengthen your rhythmic independence, learn to adapt piano to a drum-like role, and prepare yourself to play in any groove setting, from cultural folk jams to modern fusions. This is the final part (Part 4) of our rhythm series, after salsa, reggae and waltz. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jup-7n5fLcI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-workout-2-chords-all-inversions-modal-hexatonic-scales 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qakASBgKQ9U/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Workout: 2 Chords, All Inversions & Modal Hexatonic Scales Learn 2-chord piano exercises across Hexatonic and Barry Harris 6-Diminished scales, where just two chords can outline entire scales and modes. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores how just two chords can outline whole scales and modes, practising all inversions while building hand independence and harmonic vocabulary. You'll start with Hexatonic (6-note) scales drawn from major, minor and modal systems like Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian and Mixolydian, then move into the Barry Harris 6-Diminished system. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qakASBgKQ9U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/reggae-rock-waltz-odd-meter-piano-rhythms-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5M71ZPfSXjo/maxresdefault.jpg Reggae, Rock, Waltz & Odd-Meter Piano Rhythms Explained Explore Reggae, Rock, Waltz & Odd-Time Piano Rhythm Patterns. We start with reggae and rock patterns, adding passing notes. We also explore the Waltz (3/4), including an Indian waltz, blending staccato & legato articulations, and finally experiment with odd meters like 5/4 & 7/8 — expanding your rhythmic vocabulary and showing how one core pattern adapts across styles. This is Part 3 of a 4-part Rhythm Series. Part 4 covers triplets and Indian rhythms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5M71ZPfSXjo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/dance-salsa-disco-piano-grooves-3-rhythm-patterns-to-fix-your-timing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FblHnMXRFis/maxresdefault.jpg Dance, Salsa & Disco Piano Grooves: 3 Rhythm Patterns to Fix Your Timing Learn salsa & dance piano rhythms using Tresillo, Clave & disco variations. This is Part 2 of a 4-part series. 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FblHnMXRFis yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/passing-chords-made-easy-transform-your-piano-progressions-step-by-step 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sp5sPTD12mk/maxresdefault.jpg Passing Chords Made Easy: Transform Your Piano Progressions Step by Step Learn how to use passing chords on the piano with three key concepts: slash chords, secondary dominants and secondary diminished. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music makes passing chords easy by building them around three important music theory and composition concepts, slash chords, secondary dominants and secondary diminished. Based on the number of notes that resolve to chords other than the tonic, you find a home away from home, full of ideas to reharmonize and add flavour to an existing chord progression. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sp5sPTD12mk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-one-survival-piano-rhythm-that-works-on-any-song-oom-pah-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W4FyiqHHCAA/maxresdefault.jpg The One 'Survival' Piano Rhythm That Works on Any Song (Oom-Pah Groove) Learn the one 'survival' piano rhythm pattern that works on almost any song - a steady left-hand bass with staccato right-hand chords. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music builds this oom-pah groove step by step: alternate root and fifth, add passing-bass movement and triad bass motion so the rhythm flows naturally under any chord. It's incredibly versatile - you'll hear it in gospel, folk, party songs and even Beatles arrangements like 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' - and it doubles as a way to survive on stage when accompanying singers or bands. Part 1 of a 4-part series. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:33 Introduction 03:05 The Chord Progression 03:56 Oom-Pah! Basic 04:19 Legato and Staccato Articulations 04:54 Root - Fifth Toggle 06:31 Passing Bass Movement 07:16 Right Hand on the & 08:52 Triads in the Bass 11:01 You are my Sunshine 11:21 I’ll Fly Away 11:55 The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 12:27 Concluding Thoughts & Preparing Ahead https://www.youtube.com/embed/W4FyiqHHCAA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/54-vs-58-vs-516-time-signatures-is-there-a-difference 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mHfXHZH-siI/maxresdefault.jpg 5/4 vs 5/8 vs 5/16 Time Signatures — Is There a Difference? Understand the difference between 5/4, 5/8 & 5/16 and learn to count & feel odd meters. Odd meters can be confusing - is 5/4 the same as 5/8 or 5/16? In this lesson, we explore the differences in how each time signature feels, counts, and functions in real music. We cover how to: - Count & feel odd meters correctly - Use subdivisions, accents & phrasing in 5/4 - Write riffs & short cycles in 5/8 - Apply busy rhythmic textures in 5/16 - Compare them to Indian "5-beat" grooves - Use polymetric combinations (e.g. 5/16 with 4/4) - Compose & practice effectively in odd meters https://www.youtube.com/embed/mHfXHZH-siI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-tune-guitar-bass-violin-any-string-instrument-by-ear 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wXBH5L87lXI/maxresdefault.jpg How to Tune Guitar, Bass, Violin & Any String Instrument by Ear Learn to tune guitar, bass, violin & more with simple methods for perfect accuracy. Learn how to tune a guitar or any stringed instrument using technology, musical tips as well as just using your ears. In this lesson, we cover using tuners effectively, tuning with a piano or reference note, matching to a key or scale, checking with octaves and harmonics, playing in tune with other musicians, and avoiding the most common mistakes while tuning. Also covered: the beating effect, handling new strings and choosing the right tuner. Many thanks to our guests: Geeth Vaz (Guitarist, Lagori), Prashanth Gnanamuthu (Bassist & Arranger), Christopher John (Music Technician), Naveen Ujre (Sound Engineer), Simon T (Violinist) and Lalith Krishna Paragi (Guitarist). https://www.youtube.com/embed/wXBH5L87lXI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-techniques-ornaments-fills-melodic-chords-ed-sheerans-sapphire 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Lsy2fAbf_Y8/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Techniques: Ornaments, Fills & Melodic Chords (Ed Sheeran's Sapphire) 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 & 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lsy2fAbf_Y8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-wednesdays-theme-on-piano-with-one-simple-technique 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z309URkixMU/maxresdefault.jpg Play Wednesday's Theme on Piano With One Simple Technique Learn how to play the Wednesday theme by Danny Elfman as a solo piano arrangement. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music transcribed most of the elements of this chart-topping Netflix series — the epic cello bass line, the orchestration, the percussion, the choir and even the haunting theremin — and turned it into a piano arrangement that pushes your skills to the limit. This tutorial will help you grow as a pianist through hand independence, broken chords and left-hand practice. It's a rewarding solo arrangement of one of the most recognisable recent TV themes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z309URkixMU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-feel-very-similar-rhythms-triplets-16ths-clave-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WKRSPrWhIRE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Feel VERY Similar Rhythms: Triplets, 16ths & Clave (Piano) Train your ear & hands to tell apart triplets, semiquavers & clave feels on piano. Learn how to execute rhythms that sound almost identical but feel completely different. In this lesson, we explore triplets, semiquavers (16ths), swing, and clave patterns, and how to apply them over scales, chords, and even while singing. We look at how triplets create a flowing feel vs the forward drive of semiquavers, use konnakol to subdivide rhythms (ta-ki-ta / 1-e-&-a), and practise with a metronome at 70-80 bpm with accents & syncopation. The drills are applied on major & minor scales, with chords held in one hand while the other plays rhythms, polyrhythms of triplets vs quavers across hands, Son, Rumba & Bossa claves, and singing combined with piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WKRSPrWhIRE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-rhythm-lesson-master-semiquavers-triplets-lock-your-timing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1NJKVwzfluI/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Rhythm Lesson: Master Semiquavers & Triplets (Lock Your Timing) Practice semiquaver & triplet rhythm patterns with 1-beat, 2-beat & full bar exercises. 1-Beat Patterns: gallop rhythm with thirds in F Major & F Minor. 2-Beat Patterns: triad arpeggios, 7th chords and diatonic triads. Full Bar Patterns: F Major & Minor Pentatonic scales. Count & feel semiquavers (1 e & a) and triplets (1-and-a), add variations with chord stabs, breaks and phrasing, apply rhythmic devices for creative improvisation, and strengthen pulse, body movement and timing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1NJKVwzfluI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-build-speed-on-piano-play-fast-with-control-e-minor-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/J-NDNydCMZE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Build Speed on Piano: Play Fast With Control (E Minor Exercise) Speed without control just leads to crashing — here's how to play fast on the piano while staying in command. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you develop speed with control, using an E minor melody with a left-hand arpeggio pattern, gradually moving from crotchets to 32nd notes with the metronome fixed at 60 bpm. You'll also learn how to use your body and head pulse while playing, the correct technique for crossing the wrist without injury, why speed without control leads to crashing, hand independence, and a bonus exercise on rhythmic displacement and anticipation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J-NDNydCMZE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-choose-the-right-chord-for-each-mode-ionian-mixolydian-lydian 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Osw9h9mwbwE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Choose the Right Chord for Each Mode: Ionian, Mixolydian & Lydian Each mode has a 'survival chord' that captures its essence — here's how to find them for Ionian, Mixolydian and Lydian. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores modal chords — the simplest way to represent the Ionian, Mixolydian and Lydian scales on the piano, using Bb major as the base. You'll learn the survival chords that capture each mode: Ionian (major scale) = BbMaj7, Mixolydian = Bb7 (dominant 7th), and Lydian = BbMaj7#11 / BbMaj7b5. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Osw9h9mwbwE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/intervals-made-easy-major-thirds-minor-thirds-their-families 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/C6OzcrIHGEo/maxresdefault.jpg Intervals Made Easy: Major Thirds, Minor Thirds & Their Families Learn to practise major and minor thirds on piano using the whole tone and diminished scales. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music focuses on major and minor thirds and how to practise them across all 12 notes. Using the whole tone scale and the half-whole diminished scale, you'll cover every third efficiently while building strong finger technique. You'll also discover how augmented triads and diminished seventh chords naturally group intervals together, making them far easier to visualise and practise. It's a clear, systematic way to master thirds and strengthen both your ear and your fingers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C6OzcrIHGEo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-bella-ciao-on-piano-beginner-to-advanced 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BaTywzMGA2U/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play “Bella Ciao” on Piano: Beginner to Advanced Learn Bella Ciao on piano in beginner, intermediate & advanced versions 🎹 We’ll cover the essential music theory (A Harmonic Minor, E7 → Am, Secondary Dominants), melody phrasing, left-hand rhythm patterns, and ornaments to make your performance sound authentic and full. This tutorial includes: Beginner version → melody + simple LH chords Intermediate version → mix of melody with ornaments, punchy staccato feel Advanced version → thirds, Oom-Pah left hand, flamenco style, embellishments Emotional version → slow triplets, legato phrasing for expression https://www.youtube.com/embed/BaTywzMGA2U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-use-wrong-notes-creatively-music-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/W6rTUhK4RgY/maxresdefault.jpg How to Use “Wrong” Notes Creatively (Music Theory) Learn how to take the most unstable intervals in music – minor 2nds, tritones, major 7ths & minor 6ths – and turn them into lush, usable chords. In this lesson: * Why certain intervals sound tense * Adding “resolution” notes to balance the sound * Building major 7♭5, minor (maj7), 7♯9 & Phrygian voicings * Tritone substitutions for smooth resolutions * Using flat 6 for augmented & modal flavours Perfect for pianists, composers & arrangers looking to add emotional depth and harmonic colour. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W6rTUhK4RgY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-use-quartal-chords-in-your-songs 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cMMz2VCnBKA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Use Quartal Chords in Your Songs Step into the world of quartal harmony — chords built in fourths that give your playing a wide, modern and modal sound. In this lesson, we work in Bb major and explore how quartal chords (Q, Q+, ♯4Q) can be applied across all 7 modes. 🎶 What you’ll learn: * How to form quartal chords in Bb major (perfect 4ths vs augmented 4ths) * The difference between 5 regular quartals and the 2 exotic quartals * How quartal voicings bring out modal colours (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian) * Practical applications in songs: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Twinkle Twinkle, Ain’t No Sunshine, Green Day & more * Tricks for chord voicings, improvising with drones, and reharmonizing melodies Perfect for pianists, improvisers, and composers who want to move beyond triads and explore open, floating harmonies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cMMz2VCnBKA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-piano-techniques-i-use-all-the-time-for-fills-embellishments 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JHPK4FCSPOg/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Piano Techniques I Use ALL the Time for Fills & Embellishments 🎹 Discover 5 of my favourite piano techniques I’ve used with artists over the years to add flair and groove to any performance. Perfect for filling spaces, adding expression, and making your playing stand out. We’ll cover: * Sliding into chord tones for expressive attack * Thumb-driven rhythmic comping patterns * Chromatic passing notes for smooth transitions * Gospel-style inner thirds for rich voicings * Indian trills & grace notes for Eastern flavour Includes practical tips, fingering advice & real-world applications. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JHPK4FCSPOg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/left-hand-piano-arpeggios-tutorial-octaves-9th-10th-intervals 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dFbfYE0r8Ws/maxresdefault.jpg Left Hand Piano Arpeggios Tutorial - Octaves, 9th & 10th Intervals Master left hand arpeggio patterns with rhythm techniques to support any right hand melody. Learn 2 arpeggios that stretch beyond the octave for the Left Hand to support a ballad-style melody on 4/4 & 3/4 meter. Also, learn the old Bollywood classic, Lag Jaa Gale on Piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dFbfYE0r8Ws yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-simple-trick-to-mastering-major-chords-and-inversions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SrrMZ0DOKeY/maxresdefault.jpg The Simple Trick to Mastering Major Chords and Inversions Use this age-old trick to play all major triads and their inversions on the piano. A music theory lesson that connects major chords, their inversions and the circle of fifths, so you can find every major chord on the keyboard with confidence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SrrMZ0DOKeY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/compose-music-starting-from-rhythm-accents-time-signatures-beat-division 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/68p9QqZJItY/maxresdefault.jpg Compose Music Starting From Rhythm (Accents, Time Signatures & Beat Division) Want to compose original music but don't know where to begin? Flip the usual approach and start with rhythm — using accents, beat divisions and time signatures as your seed. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music flips the traditional songwriting approach by starting with rhythm instead of melody or harmony, showing how accents, beat divisions and time signatures become powerful seeds for composing. You'll explore unpredictable subdivisions, Konnakol-inspired grooves and metric modulations that give your phrases a strong rhythmic identity on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/68p9QqZJItY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-all-pulses-in-music-from-classical-to-caribbean-piano-rhythm 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VD12Seh-z8s/maxresdefault.jpg Master ALL Pulses in Music: From Classical to Caribbean (Piano Rhythm) 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VD12Seh-z8s yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/why-blues-pentatonic-scales-work-over-almost-everything-and-how-to-use-them 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vE3Bbl5SUPA/maxresdefault.jpg Why Blues & Pentatonic Scales Work Over Almost EVERYTHING (and How to Use Them) Compose & improvise over popular chord progressions using only pentatonic & blues scales. In this lesson, we explore why these two scales—Pentatonic and Blues—are so versatile and how they can beautifully fit over a range of harmonic contexts – from Pop to Jazz, Classical to Rock ⚡ Learn how to: * Use just 5 or 6 notes to navigate complex progressions * Add "blue" notes tastefully * Blend bluesy expression into mainstream harmony * Shift between relative keys, modal tricks, and even classical cadences All while keeping your ideas grounded in the pentatonic and blues scale family 🔥 Whether you compose, jam, or teach – this is a must-know framework for modern musicians. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vE3Bbl5SUPA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-arpeggios-over-every-beat-division-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9gcpff5MRkc/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Arpeggios Over EVERY Beat Division (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Explore the full spectrum of Piano Arpeggios played across every beat division – from simple quavers to mind-bending septuplets and octuplets! In this detailed tutorial, we guide you through rhythmic subdivisions using arpeggios on a chord progression, infused with Konnakol syllables, left-hand variations, and syncopation experiments. Whether you're new to tuplets or looking to expand your rhythmic vocabulary, this lesson is for you. The 4-chord progression moves through quavers, triplets, semiquavers, quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets and octuplets. You'll also hear a live performance of everything stitched together, showing how these techniques can be applied musically and creatively. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9gcpff5MRkc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-melody-and-chords-in-one-hand-on-piano-yes-its-possible 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5wW-eVPSwjM/maxresdefault.jpg Play Melody AND Chords in One Hand on Piano (Yes, It's Possible) Learn how to play the melody and the chord progression in just one hand on the piano. We use Howard Goodall’s Black Adder theme to combine melody and harmony in the same hand, freeing up the left hand for creative bass lines, rhythmic patterns and spread voicings. Covers using chord tones to shape a melody, inversions for melodic movement, stride and block chords in the left hand, classical textures on the piano, and G major theory with modal modulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wW-eVPSwjM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/quick-music-theory-hacks-to-form-every-single-interval 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0q0tRWq08F8/maxresdefault.jpg Quick Music Theory HACKS to form EVERY Single Interval Master intervals with the Circle of Fifths, theory tricks and piano shapes, on any instrument. This in-depth lesson uses the Circle of Fifths as your guide and changes how you feel and understand intervals, not just name them. Discover how to recognise intervals by sound, shape them on your instrument, and explore their emotional vibe, from the calm of a perfect fifth to the tension of a tritone. You'll learn the difference between melodic and harmonic intervals, why intervals are more about vibe than just distance, how to build and remember major, minor, diminished and augmented intervals, the Circle of Fifths as a memory tool (and a shortcut), how tritones, sixths and sevenths relate to chords and scales, and practical ways to visualise intervals on the piano. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned musician, this approach will change how you hear intervals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0q0tRWq08F8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/triads-arent-just-3-notes-learn-to-sing-any-chord-shape-by-ear 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/La3PJILVppg/maxresdefault.jpg Triads Aren't Just 3 Notes! Learn to Sing Any Chord Shape by Ear There are six different shapes hiding inside every triad — and this lesson trains your ear to sing them all. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music trains your ear and music theory to understand and recognise triads, exploring the 6 total shapes formed by combining closed and open voicings of any triad. Using F major as the case study, you'll break down the essential theory, explore the interval structures, and learn how to train your voice to sing triads through a step-by-step ear-training process. https://www.youtube.com/embed/La3PJILVppg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/can-you-spot-the-copy-i-played-famous-songs-vs-their-bollywood-versions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lZbJFdrTspI/maxresdefault.jpg Can You Spot the Copy? I Played Famous Songs vs Their Bollywood Versions I sat down to play some of my all-time favourite English tunes on the piano... But surprise - turns out Bollywood got to them first. Or second, technically. What started as a chill piano session quickly turned into a game of spot-the-copy, and my music assistant Rhea Banga? She absolutely stole the show with her voice, charm, and all the Bollywood flair! We journeyed from Mozart to Koi Mil Gaya, from ABBA to Kaisi Paheli Zindagani, only to discover that half our playlist had secretly vacationed in Bollywood. The pairs include My Darling Clementine and Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan, 500 Miles and Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye, The Godfather theme and Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Ho Gaya, Mamma Mia and Mil Gaya Humko Saathi, and Last Christmas and Dil Mera Churaya Kyun. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lZbJFdrTspI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/10-chord-progressions-that-changed-music-forever-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/s0yC6Ojixso/maxresdefault.jpg 10 Chord Progressions That Changed Music Forever (Piano) In this video, we explore 10 of the most legendary and long chord progressions in music — spanning genres from rock, jazz, classical, to blues, with one unforgettable bonus progression at the end! Whether it's the soulful sophistication of Misty, the emotional storytelling in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, or the classical beauty of Canon in D, each progression here reveals a world of harmony, movement, and color. We break them down with functional harmony analysis, chord degrees and voice leading, and concepts like the Circle of Fifths, line clichés and modal interchange. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s0yC6Ojixso yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/triads-arent-just-thirds-piano-voicing-with-all-intervals 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NdrUTsAbkmk/maxresdefault.jpg Triads Aren’t JUST Thirds❗️ Piano Voicing with All Intervals 🎹 In this piano tutorial, we take a deep dive into voicing triads using all interval types—a powerful way to train your ears and hands to think beyond standard shapes. 🎹 Using Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” in G minor as our canvas, we’ll build 3-note voicings with: * Seconds and their beautiful clusters * Thirds in both closed and open formats * Quartal & Quintal structures (fourths and fifths stacked by design) * Sixth-based voicings tailored for minor chords * A creative approach to Seventh intervals and harmonic brainstorming https://www.youtube.com/embed/NdrUTsAbkmk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rowan-atkinsons-hidden-gem-the-thin-blue-line-theme-by-howard-goodall 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EV1kzug7yXI/maxresdefault.jpg Rowan Atkinson’s Hidden Gem? 🎹 The Thin Blue Line Theme by Howard Goodall In this tutorial, we explore the beautifully melancholic and often overlooked theme from The Thin Blue Line — a British sitcom featuring the legendary Rowan Atkinson, and composed by the equally brilliant Howard Goodall. Often remembered for his work on Mr. Bean and Blackadder, Goodall’s writing for The Thin Blue Line brings a more introspective, wistful tone — a gentle yet expressive piece that combines elegance with subtle British wit. 🎩 https://www.youtube.com/embed/EV1kzug7yXI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/voice-leading-explained-why-every-musician-needs-it 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0w-8y38kKKA/maxresdefault.jpg Voice Leading Explained: Why Every Musician Needs It In this Voice Leading Lesson, you will understand how this music theory topic is important for music composition with 5 roles that it plays to make harmony come to life and sing out! Also, understand the different between Chord Inversions, Voicing & Voice Leading. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0w-8y38kKKA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/10-piano-hacks-quick-fixes-for-common-technique-issues 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/os3bjyDBCRw/maxresdefault.jpg 10 Piano Hacks: Quick Fixes for Common Technique Issues Improve your technique, boost practice efficiency, and unlock better control at the keys with these 10 piano hacks for the mind and body. From activating your weaker fingers to mindful breathing and getting into the “zone,” these tips are designed to built and boost your confidence as a player https://www.youtube.com/embed/os3bjyDBCRw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/home-recording-for-musicians-microphones-audio-interface-daw 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P9us3-ddduE/maxresdefault.jpg Home Recording for Musicians 🎙️ | Microphones, Audio Interface & DAW In this final episode of our introduction to music production series, we look at the gear (hardware & software) over every step of the audio signal flow and culminate with our first recording using a DAW, Reaper. Prior to the recording process, we learn how to setup a microphone, understand the features of an audio interface & use the accessories to their fullest potential. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P9us3-ddduE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-hit-rhythm-patterns-for-all-time-signatures-tresillo-waltz-58-78-98 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9chHpik2Gc0/maxresdefault.jpg 3-Hit Rhythm Patterns for ALL Time Signatures (Tresillo, Waltz, 5/8, 7/8 & 9/8) In this Rhythm lesson, you will learn how to count, feel and play a variety of patterns that have the same thing in common - 3 Hits per bar! We start with the famous “Tresillo” (in both speeds) and then journey forward to other meters - 3/4 (Waltz), 5/8, 7/8 and even 9/8. Also, study 3 methods of counting - Contemporary, Sight Reading & Konnakol - and improve your piano playing skills by playing each groove in 3 ways - Syncopation, Independence with Pulse & Left Hand Bass line. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9chHpik2Gc0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-major-scales-with-chords-creative-piano-scale-exercise-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lCcPEuF0X48/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Major Scales with CHORDS: Creative Piano Scale Exercise (Part 2) Learn 6 ways to play major scales on the Piano using supporting chords in the right hand while the left hand plays chord roots, the scalar motion as well as block chords. This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. In Part 2, we play the F major scale, both ascending & descending using Quartal chords, Add chords, extended harmony and secondary dominant chords. Also, explore altered and some jazz chords along the way. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lCcPEuF0X48 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/midi-recording-for-beginners-daw-setup-signal-flow 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a5i6jIHw20o/maxresdefault.jpg MIDI Recording for Beginners: DAW, Setup & Signal Flow In this lesson, we look into everything one needs to know about MIDI - from its types and connections to setting up your DAW (Reaper) for recording. It covers the signal flow for MIDI, the types of cables and how to choose the correct one, connecting your keyboard to the computer, DAW essentials and your first MIDI recording. Jason also answers whether you need a soundproofed studio for MIDI production, whether you should buy a MIDI controller, and which MIDI accessories are useful. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a5i6jIHw20o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/count-feel-eighth-sixteenth-note-patterns-piano-rhythm-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LlIwjsJQqdg/maxresdefault.jpg Count & Feel Eighth & Sixteenth Note Patterns (Piano Rhythm Tutorial) In this rhythm tutorial, you will learn various rhythm patterns by setting a simple constraint - there shall be only 6 hits (notes) in each bar. We start with simple eighth note rhythms and then progress to sixteenth note patterns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LlIwjsJQqdg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-major-scales-with-chords-ascending-descending-piano-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_WQhdGSyQ-4/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Major Scales WITH Chords: Ascending & Descending Piano Exercise Learn 6 ways to play major scales on the Piano using supporting chords in the right hand while the left hand plays chord roots, the scalar motion as well as block chords. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series. In Part 1, we practice the F major scale both ascending & descending with 3 useful chord playing techniques - Pivot the Sa & Pa, Major Triads ( I IV V) & Diatonic Minor Triads (ii iii vi) https://www.youtube.com/embed/_WQhdGSyQ-4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/xlr-vs-usb-how-to-connect-your-mic-without-ruining-your-sound 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jXzLy0E_Piw/maxresdefault.jpg XLR vs USB: How to Connect Your Mic Without Ruining Your Sound In this video, learn how sound travels from the microphone to your studio monitors and then back to your ear in this complete guide to audio signal flow. From artist preparation to DAWs, audio interfaces, and cable types, we break down each step in simple terms. ⏳ 00:00 - Introduction 05:11 - Step 1: Artist Preparation 06:58 - Step 2: Microphone 07:56 - Types of microphones 12:42 - What is bass information? 14:21 - What is Pickup? 24:19 - My journey 29:48 - Step 3: Audio interface 33:19 - Input & Output of Audi Interface 36:39 - Step 4: DAW 38:02 - Step 5: Monitors 39:38 - Equipments for the Audio Signal Flow Process 44:48 - Cables to avoid⁉️ 46:12 - Types of cables 48:08 - Conclusion 🧠 Key Concepts Covered: * Artist Preparation Essentials * Microphone Selection & Function * Bass Information * What is Pickup? * Audio Interface Breakdown * Input & Output Explained * DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) * Studio Monitors * Audio Signal Flow Equipment https://www.youtube.com/embed/jXzLy0E_Piw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-powerful-ear-training-secrets-to-hear-chords-better 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hTRZNOz456A/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Powerful Ear Training Secrets to Hear Chords Better In this Ear Training lesson, you’ll learn 5 harmonic techniques to track the movement of chords through a progression and then figure out their quality, degree, cadences from different perspectives. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hTRZNOz456A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/hindustani-music-masterclass-with-tara-kini-i 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Sbc9_o8oRYA/maxresdefault.jpg Hindustani Music Masterclass with Tara Kini I राग, रस, स्वर और ताल In this Master Class by Hindustani vocal legend Tara Kini, one of Namma Bengaluru's most seasoned musicians and theatre personalities, we explore the soul of Indian classical music, from understanding Ragas and Rasas to crafting melodies using Bhoopali and Deshkar. Also learn about the Tanpura, Gamak and Taal, and experience musical expression through activities. A blend of theory, practice and cultural depth. With over 65 years of experience in Hindustani Classical Music, Tara Kini is a master of the Khayal and Dhrupad art forms. Known for her deeply intuitive approach, she has performed over 1000 concerts and led more than 110 music presentations across India, including Swar Katha Upanishad and Mandukya Sant Vani. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sbc9_o8oRYA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/hindustani-vocal-performance-tara-kini 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/V2NjPzVXn1o/maxresdefault.jpg Hindustani Vocal Performance — Tara Kini With 65+ years of experience, Tara Kini's voice isn't just heard, it's felt. From Khayal's intricate melodies to Dhrupad's profound depths, her music is a journey into the soul of sound. https://www.youtube.com/embed/V2NjPzVXn1o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-build-a-home-studio-treatment-gear-ep-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/F8LAh2Z0F2M/maxresdefault.jpg How to Build a Home Studio: Treatment & Gear (Ep 2) In this video, I will walk you through how you can design and build your studio space from the ground up — covering sound proofing, wall treatments, setting up of desk, essential gear, and a mini studio tour of my studio. Whether you're a musician, producer, or podcaster, this setup will give you clean recordings, accurate mixes, and a vibe that inspires creativity — all from home. Key concepts include acoustic absorption, materials for walls and panels (like ply and pine wood), soundproofing with drywall and decoupler rubbers, drums in a small space, and speaker setup. https://www.youtube.com/embed/F8LAh2Z0F2M yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/7-methods-to-achieve-real-hand-independence-on-the-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/s6tJRDkI3UA/maxresdefault.jpg 7 Methods to Achieve Real Hand Independence on the Piano In this tutorial, we explore 7 classic tips to improve hand coordination on the piano. Throughout the lesson, the left hand maintains a steady arpeggio rhythm pattern while the right hand focuses on composing and improvising melodies. As you encounter challenges along the way, these practical practice strategies provide honest feedback and simple solutions to help you overcome obstacles and progress with confidence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s6tJRDkI3UA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/behind-the-spotlight-ep-1-lights-sound-stage-talk 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0RSILOVOLEw/maxresdefault.jpg Behind the Spotlight Ep 1: Lights, Sound & Stage Talk What does it take to bring a concert to life? In this episode, we go behind the spotlight with four leading professionals who shape the sights, sounds, and stage experiences of some of India's biggest musical acts. Featuring Nikhil Mukkatira (Live Visuals Expert & Founder of Taper Fox Studios), Ankit Kumar (Stage and Tour Manager, Production Head), Amrith Raghunathan (Live Sound Engineer & Technical Production Specialist) and Hrishii Ravi (Dynamic lighting designer). The conversation highlights overlooked aspects of live music performances that both budding and seasoned musicians need to be aware of - from roles, prep, and tech challenges to music education, gear, collaboration, and crisis management. The ilk shares insights on working with artists, managing expectations, and navigating the evolving music industry. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0RSILOVOLEw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/home-recording-101-record-mix-master-ep-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RnnwGCtpPCg/maxresdefault.jpg Home Recording 101: Record, Mix & Master (Ep 1) In this video, we walk you through the entire music production process - from the recording to the final mastering. Whether you're a beginner setting up a home studio or just curious about how songs come together, this episode gives you a solid foundation to start producing music yourself. Topics include room treatment vs soundproofing, types of mics, audio editing, what a DAW is, the basics of mixing (EQ, panning, balance) and what mastering is. In future episodes, we break down each stage in detail. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RnnwGCtpPCg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-every-rhythm-term-the-ultimate-music-rhythm-guide-for-musicians 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bt5QYwUeVs4/maxresdefault.jpg Master Every Rhythm Term: The Ultimate Music Rhythm Guide for Musicians 🕰️ What is Rhythm, Really? In this lesson, we have broken down every rhythm concept you've ever heard — from pulse, beat, tempo, and groove to advanced ideas like syncopation, time feel, modulation, and rhythmic devices 🎶💥 We explore rhythm as movement through time, its link with dance, how different cultures feel time, and the tools musicians use to build compelling rhythmic phrases across genres like Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Salsa, Indian Classical and more. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bt5QYwUeVs4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/jamming-101-how-to-make-music-together-groove-improvise-compose-live 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t68WpjcbeIs/maxresdefault.jpg Jamming 101: How to Make Music Together (Groove, Improvise & Compose Live) In this lesson, we unlock secrets of how to work together as musicians in any given environment. This could be as big as a choir, a rock band or even a duo or trio ensemble! Jamming has been a game-changer in my music journey — it taught me teamwork, groove, improvisation, and fast-tracked my composition skills. In this video, I will be sharing how to start a jam (genre-based, call & response, riffs, etc.) and offer practical tips to compose and improvise in real time. Jams push you out of your comfort zone and help build stage presence, community, and musical instinct. The tips include: don't play what you know, move outside your comfort zone, listen to your bandmates and record yourself while jamming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t68WpjcbeIs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-5-of-the-greatest-guitar-intros-on-piano-both-hands-notated 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1uKTYj4sYV8/maxresdefault.jpg Play 5 of the Greatest Guitar Intros on Piano (Both Hands, Notated) In this tutorial, you will learn 5 of the greatest acoustic guitar intros (nylon & steel string) on Piano. We’ve transcribed it for both hands using treble and bass clef. The songs: Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton), Shape of My Heart (Sting), Blackbird (The Beatles), Dust in the Wind (Kansas) and Carnival of Rust (Poets of the Fall). https://www.youtube.com/embed/1uKTYj4sYV8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/6-easy-tricks-to-make-one-piano-chord-last-a-long-time-major-or-minor 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GHfy8Qot3jM/maxresdefault.jpg 6 Easy Tricks to Make ONE Piano Chord Last a LONG Time (Major or Minor) In this Piano tutorial, we learn 6 techniques to elongate a single chord - Major or Minor to make our music sound memorable and more creative. Working in the key of D, the six techniques are suspended chords, add chords and extensions, floating thirds, plagal and authentic cadences, quartal and quintal voicing, and melodic lines with rhythm. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GHfy8Qot3jM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-simple-gospel-blues-piano-exercise-for-all-12-keys 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_AEsJTJrxxc/maxresdefault.jpg A Simple Gospel-Blues Piano Exercise for All 12 Keys This bluesy gospel motion builds hand independence and swing feel — and you can take it through all 12 keys. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music covers a bluesy gospel harmonic motion on the piano, focusing on building hand independence, mastering swing rhythm patterns, and exploring advanced concepts like triplets and polyrhythmic turnarounds. You'll also dig into inner thirds, chromatic movement and ghost notes — a complete little workout you can practise in all 12 keys. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_AEsJTJrxxc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/complete-left-hand-piano-control-part-3-stop-struggling-with-your-weak-hand 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rvrzNFHtEw0/maxresdefault.jpg Complete Left-Hand Piano Control, Part 3: Stop Struggling With Your Weak Hand Stop struggling with your weaker hand — Part 3 of the Complete Left-Hand Control series gives you exercises to make your left hand strong, even and reliable. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues the left-hand control series with the next set of drills aimed at the coordination problems most pianists face in their bass hand. You'll work through patterns that build cleaner movement, steadier timing and greater independence, so your left hand stops holding you back. It's another practical step toward complete left-hand control, helping your weaker hand do its job confidently at the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rvrzNFHtEw0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-music-theory-and-ear-training-are-really-the-same-thing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/f5Fs0VQe8Ps/maxresdefault.jpg How Music Theory and Ear Training Are Really the Same Thing Get a fresh perspective on how Music Theory and Ear Training are deeply interconnected, perhaps even the same thing. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares personal experiences from his own musical journey to show why theory and ear training should never be treated as separate subjects. By the end you will understand how connecting what you know with what you hear makes both skills click into place far faster. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f5Fs0VQe8Ps yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/complete-left-hand-piano-control-part-2-minor-scale-riffs-in-g-eb-minor 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/21bX5YU_VVE/maxresdefault.jpg Complete Left-Hand Piano Control, Part 2: Minor Scale Riffs in G & Eb Minor Take command of your left hand on the piano — Part 2 of the Complete Left-Hand Control series, building the strength and confidence your bass hand needs. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues the left-hand control series with exercises that build coordination, evenness and independence in your weaker hand. You'll work on patterns that train your left hand to move cleanly and reliably, so it can hold down bass lines and accompaniments without dragging or fumbling. It's a focused step toward truly complete control — the kind that lets your left hand support everything your right hand wants to do at the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/21bX5YU_VVE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-piano-techniques-i-use-most-often-spread-voicings-bluesy-riffs-more 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4NuBOJ2Umgg/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Piano Techniques I Use MOST Often (Spread Voicings, Bluesy Riffs & More) In this tutorial, I break down 5 go-to piano techniques that have shaped my playing over the years—from fluttering chords and spread voicings to bluesy riffs and harp-like arpeggios. Whether you're working on a simple chord progression or pushing past the limitations of the piano, these tools will expand your sound and inspire your practice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4NuBOJ2Umgg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/complete-left-hand-control-on-piano-stop-struggling-with-your-bass-hand-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kl5K7w2yCI0/maxresdefault.jpg Complete Left-Hand Control on Piano: Stop Struggling With Your Bass Hand (Part 1) In these Left Hand Piano Rhythm patterns, we take you through 7 riffs which sound like a complete composition when played with just the one hand. We use arpeggios across multiple genres - Folk, Fusion, Latin and more in this 3-part series. Part 1 covers Riff 1 in Bb major (arpeggios and phrasing), Riff 2 in C minor (diads and accents, also transposed to F minor) and Riff 3 in B major (arpeggios and diads combined). Also, get a glimpse of what the right hand can improvise on and learn all the relevant music theory. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kl5K7w2yCI0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improvise-using-the-dominant-7th-chord-with-5-types-of-scales-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/T4jgEwEKRho/maxresdefault.jpg Improvise Using the Dominant 7th Chord With 5 Types of Scales (Piano) Learn all about the dominant 7th chord and how it works with 5 types of scales. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores the dominant 7th chord and how it pairs with five types of scales, including the pentatonic scales, the half-whole diminished scale, whole tone scales and other exotic scales. You'll also get a glimpse of how the dominant 7th works in both western and eastern music, opening up new colours for improvisation. It's an advanced, ear-opening look at one of music's most versatile chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T4jgEwEKRho yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-keys-to-expressive-piano-quavers-triplets-semiquavers-lock-in-your-rhythm 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tXmU6jwQUYE/maxresdefault.jpg The Keys to Expressive Piano: Quavers, Triplets & Semiquavers (Lock In Your Rhythm) In this Beginner Piano lesson, we learn a simple way to transform a melody using different time feels. Also, learn how Rhythm can also have its own emotion. In Part 2, we look at beat displacement from 2 perspectives - anticipation & delay. We take the same set of notes from Part 1 and move them over the Quaver, Triplet & Sixteenth note time grid. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXmU6jwQUYE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-most-crystal-clear-sound-in-music-9th-chords-on-piano-5-left-hand-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DdNqKr9_iFI/maxresdefault.jpg The Most Crystal-Clear Sound in Music: 9th Chords on Piano (5 Left-Hand Patterns) Learn 5 piano patterns for the left hand using 9th chords along with their variations and improvise freely in the right hand. We build the 9th chord, voice it for the left hand, and explore jazz, gospel, Latin (tresillo and montuno), rock and 5/8 and 7/8 time signatures, plus 3 drills using intervals and the circle of fifths. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DdNqKr9_iFI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-keys-to-expressive-piano-legato-staccato-accents-dynamics-hear-the-difference 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/14-MkWO_eZ4/maxresdefault.jpg The Keys to Expressive Piano: Legato, Staccato, Accents & Dynamics (Hear the Difference) In this Beginner Piano lesson, we explore the most expressive tools available to us — legato, staccato, accents, and dynamics. We'll also look at the mechanics of the fingers, and how to implement the exercise with correct posture. Topics covered: legato vs staccato, developing accents on the piano, implementing dynamics with natural breathing, the expressive limitations of the piano, and finger mechanics for articulation and control. https://www.youtube.com/embed/14-MkWO_eZ4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-circle-of-fifths-harmony-workouts-for-every-musician-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mJfFlttYxsY/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Circle of Fifths Harmony Workouts for Every Musician (Piano) With 3 “trumpet-hanon” inspired Piano exercises, we explore the entire piano ecosystem using the circle of fifths, chord inversions, rhythmic displacement, and swing. Level up your hand coordination technique, ear training and music theory. The patterns move counterclockwise around the circle of fifths, with block chords in the left hand, an ear training exercise and a comparison of dotted quavers and swing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mJfFlttYxsY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-the-major-to-relative-minor-shift-using-piano-arpeggios-in-68 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bmTK0ixG03c/maxresdefault.jpg Master the Major-to-Relative-Minor Shift Using Piano Arpeggios in 6/8 In this Piano exercise, we explore the transition from major to relative minor tonalities using an arpeggio pattern in 6/8 time formed with additional diatonic notes. Understand the relationship between major and relative minor keys, using augmented chords as a dominant bridge between the two. Covers the keys of G, F and Bb major using all their inversions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bmTK0ixG03c yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-elegant-piano-voicing-techniques-for-any-chord-progression 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mgkPhQaVaQQ/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Elegant Piano Voicing Techniques for Any Chord Progression Learn 5 voicing techniques on the Piano to play any chord progression using Triads, 7th, 9th, 11th and beyond. Using the vi - ii - V - I jazz chord progression, we voice chords with 5 methods: fifth chords, open seventh chords, a ringing diatonic note, quartal harmony, and upper extended triads & poly chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mgkPhQaVaQQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/every-way-to-break-a-beat-triplets-semiquavers-quintuplets-more 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/S5rR2lBCMz0/maxresdefault.jpg Every Way to Break a Beat: Triplets, Semiquavers, Quintuplets & More In this Rhythm Tutorial, you will learn all the possible methods to divide a beat “unequally” as well as traditionally using Triplets, Semiquavers and even Quintuplets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S5rR2lBCMz0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-harmony-exercise-that-drills-every-chord-on-the-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cTjvo1uogVs/maxresdefault.jpg The Harmony Exercise That Drills Every Chord on the Piano Want every chord under your fingers? In this harmony exercise you'll systematically practise all the chords on the piano so they become second nature. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a harmony exercise designed to drill all the chords on the piano in an organised, repeatable way. You'll work through the chords methodically, training your hands and ears to find and play them quickly, so harmony stops feeling like guesswork. It's a structured practice routine that builds real fluency with chords across the keyboard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cTjvo1uogVs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-piano-exercise-to-master-sixteenth-notes-theory-tutorial-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0eYCe2Wtt8c/maxresdefault.jpg A Piano Exercise to Master Sixteenth Notes (Theory + Tutorial Part 2) Part two of this series focuses on a sixteenth-note melody supported by left-hand chords on each hit point. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores how to use rests and plan them within the rhythm, building a sixteenth-note melody supported by left-hand chords on each hit point. You'll learn to feel and place sixteenth notes accurately while keeping the harmony locked underneath, sharpening both your timing and your reading. If you missed Part 1, it covers hit points and how to feel them along with the melodic aspect of the same exercise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0eYCe2Wtt8c yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/understanding-7th-chords-easy-music-theory-for-every-chord-family 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gy3q6K7In7k/maxresdefault.jpg Understanding 7th Chords: Easy Music Theory for Every Chord Family In this music theory lesson, we break down every single 7th chord in music using the families of Major, Minor, Diminished, Augmented & Suspended triads. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your theory, this tutorial aims to give you a rock-solid foundation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gy3q6K7In7k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-sixteenth-notes-improve-your-music-theory-piano-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zgsbpsms6Mk/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Sixteenth Notes & Improve Your Music Theory (Piano Exercise) In this Piano tutorial, we learn a Sixteenth Note melody and support it with chords in the left hand using each hit point of the time feel. Using a G Dorian melody composed with 16 semiquavers, we improve our hand independence by counting each sixteenth note in a bar of 4/4. This is Part 1 of a 2-part series, focusing on counting the subdivisions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zgsbpsms6Mk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-chord-progression-major-minor-hear-how-the-emotion-changes-steal-it 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PN6JdJf3L0o/maxresdefault.jpg One Chord Progression, Major & Minor: Hear How the Emotion Changes (Steal It) In this lesson, we explore the vi - ii - V - I progression in both major and minor scales, focusing on Bb Major & Bb Minor. Starting with basic triads, we gradually expand into seventh chords, smooth voice leading, and all the essential chord theory. It also covers inversions for fluid playing, preparing ahead with voicing techniques, and using your ear to generate a melody line. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PN6JdJf3L0o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-top-10-tools-for-all-musiciansstudents-performers-recording-artists 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TGTFlxxlTEA/maxresdefault.jpg The Top 10 Tools for ALL Musicians🏅Students, Performers & Recording Artists Discover the top 10 must-have tools for musicians! 🎸🎹 Whether you're a producer, performer, or composer, these essential apps, gear, and software will boost your workflow, creativity, and productivity (beginner to advanced levels). From DAWs to practice aids, find out what every musician needs in their toolkit! As a musician & student, we are constantly faced with the challenges of recording our creations, listening with high quality and find elements in songs efficiently. This tutorial covers 10 resources that you must have at any level in this field. 🕰️ 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Tool 1 - Metronome 01:17 - Being in the Zone 02:50 - 2. Tuner 03:42 - Warning when using a Tuner 05:53 - 3. Drum Loops 07:34 - AI Drummer Tools 09:01 - Nothing beats jamming with a Drummer 09:33 - Practice Tracks 12:11 - Record Yourself - DAW 13:38 - Drum Machine with Piano 15:32 - 6. Notation Software 17:08 - 7. Stem Splitter 19:05 - How to use AI for Musicians? 19:47 - 8. Publishing Tools 21:03 - 9. Streaming Services 21:57 - How to Discover Music 23:07 - 10. Listening Environment 24:44 - Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/TGTFlxxlTEA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-name-any-chord-on-piano-triads-7ths-extensions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2rEkoomD2G8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Name ANY Chord on Piano (Triads, 7ths & Extensions) Learn to name all chords — Triads, Sevenths, and Extensions — based on their scale degrees and master the use of Roman numerals. In this music theory lesson, we explore how to transpose any chord progression by analyzing its intervals relative to the root of the scale. While we focus on Major and Harmonic Minor scales, this concept can be applied to virtually any chord you want to generalize. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2rEkoomD2G8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-i-achieve-my-ideal-piano-sound 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZDrU6UOAWoo/maxresdefault.jpg How I Achieve My IDEAL Piano Sound❓🎹 Learn how I integrate virtual instruments into a portable, affordable, and scalable setup. As a touring musician and recording artist, I’ll share the tools that have saved me time and resources throughout my years of gigging across the country. Whether you're a performer or a home producer, this approach can enhance your sound without breaking the bank! 🔹 What You'll Learn: ✅ Types of MIDI Connections – 5-Pin DIN, USB, Bluetooth & More ✅ Setting Up Your DAW – Enabling Inputs & Selecting Virtual Pianos ✅ Exploring Virtual Pianos – Sample-Based (Keyscape) vs. Modeled (Pianoteq) ✅ Different Piano Sounds – Grand, Upright, Electric, Clavinet & More ✅ Pros & Cons – Why Virtual Pianos Are Powerful (and Their C=hallenges)✅ My Personal Workflow & Why I Use Virtual Instruments 💻 Whether you’re on a budget or aiming for studio-quality sound, virtual piano software can transform your playing experience. Watch till the end to see how I use them in my setup! 🕰️ 00:00 - Performance 00:20 - Introduction 00:54 - The sound comes from the computer! 01:30 - My 2 Digital Pianos 01:57 - Travelling for live performances 03:21 - Considerations while Touring 06:25 - How to send MIDI Data 08:51 - Backup on Stage 10:39 - Managing the Virtual Instrument 12:43 - Types of Virtual Pianos 16:40 - Algorithm Based Piano 18:36 - I looked like a DJ? 21:06 - Using the DAW for further enhancements 22:07 - Handling Latency 23:55 - Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZDrU6UOAWoo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/color-your-piano-chords-with-ringing-notes-sus2-m6-add4-7ths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2loibhDm9TQ/maxresdefault.jpg Color Your Piano Chords With Ringing Notes (Sus2, M6, Add4 & 7ths) In this Piano tutorial, you'll learn a voicing technique that adds depth and color to your chords using ringing notes, inspired by the open-strings of the guitar. In the key of E major, we ring the root E, the 5th B, the 3rd G#, the 2nd F#, the 4th A, the major 6th C# and the 7th over the diatonic chords, including an example with Country Roads. The second part looks at ringing E, G, D and C from the guitarist's perspective. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2loibhDm9TQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/staff-notation-how-to-correctly-read-intervals-note-names 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MpHvAA5gSmM/maxresdefault.jpg Staff Notation: How to Correctly Read Intervals & Note Names In this Staff Notation tutorial, you’ll learn how to correctly read and name musical intervals with all the required theory. Learn Interval names - perfect, Major, minor, diminished, augmented as well as their numbers - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MpHvAA5gSmM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ear-training-how-to-listen-to-clusters-of-chords-easily-cadences-circle-of-fifths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pdfATaCbak0/maxresdefault.jpg Ear Training: How to Listen to Clusters of Chords Easily (Cadences & Circle of Fifths) Learn how to hear Chords better using cadences and chord progressions built using the circle of fifths and musical intervals. Train your ear and learn how to sing the root, third and fifth degrees of both major and minor triads, using both directions of the circle of fifths as well as diminished seventh and augmented Chords. Also, understand all the relevant Music Theory. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pdfATaCbak0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-simple-ways-to-make-your-chords-colourful-without-extensions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xJFngNeCfRs/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Simple Ways to Make Your Chords Colourful without Extensions Introducing 5 techniques to add colour and make simple triads (Major & Minor) more beautiful using simple but effective Piano Voicing techniques. Also, learn tips and tricks to make each voicing stand out using 5 popular songs. The 5 methods are Fifth Chords, Add Chords, Slash Chords, Spread Voicing, and Quartal & Quintal voicing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xJFngNeCfRs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/extend-major-minor-dominant-7th-chords-using-voicings-jazz-harmony 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uuefI0cJcV4/maxresdefault.jpg Extend Major, Minor & Dominant 7th Chords Using Voicings & Jazz Harmony Learn how to make simple Major, Minor and Dominant 7th chords more colorful using beautiful voicing techniques and jazz music theory concepts. In a chord chart showing only triads and the occasional seventh, learn ways to properly voice your chords in context to add support and flavour to what your fellow musicians are doing. Also, make your productions and arrangements shine. Explore 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords along with their tensions, as well as the exotic intervals that use b2, the Tritone and ♯5/b6. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uuefI0cJcV4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/stop-tangled-hands-the-engine-driver-method-for-piano-hand-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ixUg2_2mUe8/maxresdefault.jpg Stop Tangled Hands: The “Engine-Driver” Method for Piano Hand Independence Struggling with hand coordination on the piano? This lesson introduces the "Engine-Driver" concept—a simple yet powerful approach to improving hand independence, rhythm reading, and improvisation. The Engine is a traditional piano exercise that keeps your playing steady. The Driver is one of 8 essential rhythm patterns that you learn to count and play. For beginners looking to build rhythm control and improvisation skills. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixUg2_2mUe8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-beautiful-piano-chord-fills-to-end-any-rhythm-pattern 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rbvm-RtXiqg/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Beautiful Piano Chord Fills to End Any Rhythm Pattern Want to make your chord progressions sound more interesting? In this lesson, you'll learn 5 essential piano chord fills that can be used at the end of any traditional chord rhythm pattern. The techniques include inversion switching, arpeggios, add chords, neighbouring thirds and octave melodies, with the correct inversions, fingering and rhythm patterns for each fill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rbvm-RtXiqg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/reasons-to-play-the-forbidden-c-major-scale-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NpkI3pqTJXg/maxresdefault.jpg Reasons to Play the 'Forbidden' C Major Scale on Piano Never thought the day would come — my first ever lesson on the dreaded C major scale, looking at how playing on the white notes can actually be helpful. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music finally tackles the C major scale after all these years, exploring some of the real advantages of playing on white notes. Rather than dismissing it as 'too easy', you'll see the practical and musical pros that the C major scale offers on the piano. It's a fresh, honest take on a scale most pianists overlook. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NpkI3pqTJXg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-accompaniment-checklist-how-to-prepare-a-song-before-a-concert 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YTu51xRazYA/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Accompaniment Checklist: How to Prepare a Song Before a Concert Understand the steps needed to becoming a successful accompanist on the Piano with some old-school tips that seem to be forgotten in this fast paced world. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YTu51xRazYA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-practice-all-thirds-major-minor-on-the-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zQXzecrAdMs/maxresdefault.jpg How to Practice ALL Thirds (Major & Minor) on the Piano Learn to practice thirds on the piano—both diatonically and chromatically—using G and F major scales, the Circle of Fifths, and select minor keys. Thirds form the foundation of harmony, making it essential to practice both major and minor variations in ascending and descending directions with both hands. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zQXzecrAdMs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-every-musical-interval-using-power-chords-train-your-ear-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RT1t9pudcO0/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Every Musical Interval Using Power Chords (Train Your Ear & Hands) Want to truly know your intervals? This exercise uses power chords to practise every musical interval on the piano so your ear and your hands learn them together. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music presents an exercise that turns simple power chords into a tool for drilling all the musical intervals, from seconds right up the scale. You'll see how each interval feels and sounds against a root, build the shapes cleanly under your fingers, and develop the kind of interval recognition that underpins all chords and melodies. It's a focused workout that strengthens your theory, your technique and your ear at the same time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RT1t9pudcO0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-ballad-accompaniment-passing-bass-notes-between-chords-smooth-left-hand 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/99_k0kVOUFw/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Ballad Accompaniment: Passing Bass Notes Between Chords (Smooth Left Hand) In the final chapter of our 3-part series, we learn about how you can embellish a chord progression with passing bass notes between the chords. In this 3-Part series, we learn a variety of methods to play Ballad Style Piano Accompaniment. The Right Hand will use predominantly 3 patterns - Block Chords, Broken Chords & Arpeggios while the Left Hand will develop Root-octave combo patterns, Ghost notes & a walking bass line. https://www.youtube.com/embed/99_k0kVOUFw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-ballad-accompaniment-ghost-notes-in-the-left-hand-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Jl4BmotXk3M/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Ballad Accompaniment: Ghost Notes in the Left Hand (Part 2) Learn how to accompany on the Piano for most situations. In Part 2, we learn how to play Ghost Notes in the left hand to help propel the rhythm forward with different time divisions. In this 3-part series on ballad style accompaniment, the right hand uses block chords, broken chords and arpeggios, while the left hand develops root-octave patterns, ghost notes and a walking bass line. This part also covers slash chords in the left hand, triplet ballad feels, the tresillo and sixteenth notes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jl4BmotXk3M yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-ballad-accompaniment-block-chords-broken-chords-arpeggios-creep-progression 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XTxBoGf7LP0/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Ballad Accompaniment: Block Chords, Broken Chords & Arpeggios (Creep Progression) Learn how to accompany on the Piano for most situations. In Part 1, we learn a Radiohead inspired chord progression and practice it on 3 Keys - G, F & D major. In this 3-Part series, we learn a variety of methods to play Ballad Style Piano Accompaniment. The Right Hand will use predominantly 3 patterns - Block Chords, Broken Chords & Arpeggios while the Left Hand will develop Root-octave combo patterns, Ghost notes & a walking bass line. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XTxBoGf7LP0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beginners-guide-to-chord-inversions-step-by-step-piano-lesson 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KU4YLMlN5hk/maxresdefault.jpg Beginner's Guide to Chord Inversions: Step-by-Step Piano Lesson Learn how to play chord inversions step by step with this practical piano lesson tailored for beginners on 2 scales - G & F major. We'll explore the I - vi - IV - V chord progression, covering rhythm patterns, ascending and descending exercises, and some straightforward techniques to enhance your playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KU4YLMlN5hk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-peanuts-piano-exercise-scales-chords-inversions-in-one-daily-drill 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_x7eSRrzNWw/maxresdefault.jpg The “Peanuts” Piano Exercise: Scales, Chords & Inversions in One Daily Drill Take the first 3 notes of a scale and practice them on the Piano in both hands with harmony & inversions. Remember your scales and improve your piano technique — posture and fingering — with a simple exercise using alternating notes with all five fingers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_x7eSRrzNWw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-all-in-one-harmonic-workout-sing-play-to-hear-chords-instantly 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gfdlp4PFhhg/maxresdefault.jpg The All-In-One Harmonic Workout: Sing & Play to Hear Chords Instantly Practice all Inversions of Major & Minor Chords around the Circle of Fifths and Train your Ear at the same time by singing approach and landing chord root tones. This all-round workout covers piano, singing, music theory and ear training using both the plagal and authentic directions of the Circle of Fifths. Using perfect 4ths and 5ths, we climb up and down with our voice and play a bluesy fill at the end of the bar. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gfdlp4PFhhg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-healthy-reality-check-for-figuring-out-chords-by-ear-harmonic-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0aRoHnXiMPU/maxresdefault.jpg A Healthy Reality Check for Figuring Out Chords by Ear (Harmonic Ear Training) After nearly two decades of teaching, here's an honest reality check on what it really takes to figure out chords by ear. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music has fielded countless questions about harmonic ear training, music theory and developing the ability to hear chords — and in this 45-minute session he shares the truth. Part honest experience, part practical toolkit (and a little bit of a rant), he gives you his real insights for improving your musical ear instead of chasing shortcuts. It's a grounded, encouraging guide for anyone serious about ear training on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0aRoHnXiMPU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-left-hand-pattern-for-folk-pop-piano-works-on-almost-any-song 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/z3yKpfbO-C0/maxresdefault.jpg One Left-Hand Pattern for Folk & Pop Piano (Works on Almost Any Song) One left-hand pattern can make almost any melody sound like a folk or pop song — in this lesson you'll learn a diad-based pattern that floats around a single major chord and works across countless tunes. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music keeps a constant root and fifth on top while floating the lower register with diatonic diads in D Major. You'll apply it to "Twinkle", "Three Blind Mice", "Jingle Bells", "Country Roads", "Amazing Grace", "Annie's Song" and more — improvising with diads, adding floating thirds for density, and even taking it into triplets, 6/8 and odd meters with drum grooves. By the end you'll have a flexible accompaniment pattern that turns the piano into a chameleon — ready for folk, pop and beyond. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 01:42 Folk Music Cultures 02:21 Preparing for the Lesson 02:54 D Major Theory 03:26 Developing our Practice 04:23 The Easy LH Pattern 05:01 The Best Song Ever Written - "Twinkle" 05:42 Three Blind Mice, Jingle Bells & More 06:30 Usage of Diads 07:48 Improvising with Diads 08:37 Pattern 2 09:16 Improv with Pattern 2 11:28 Making it Harmonically Dense 12:11 Floating Thirds 13:34 The Exercise to Float the Low-End Thirds 14:41 Time for Country Roads 15:42 Raghuvamsa Sudha 16:26 Posture Advice for the Left Hand 17:05 Capping Things Off with Drum Grooves 18:02 Triplets & 6/8 with Amazing Grace 18:47 Annie's Song 19:42 Odd Meters / Time Signatures 20:09 Piano - The Chameleon 21:19 What to Listen To https://www.youtube.com/embed/z3yKpfbO-C0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/fairytale-of-new-york-by-the-pogues-piano-instrumental-cover 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uZCphnltRVQ/maxresdefault.jpg Fairytale of New York by The Pogues (Piano Instrumental Cover) Here's an instrumental version of Fairytale of New York by The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music puts together an instrumental piano version of this beloved Christmas song, and clearly had a lot of fun with it. You'll see how the melody, chords and feel of Fairytale of New York come together on the piano so you can play it yourself. A festive, heartfelt arrangement of a true Christmas classic. Merry Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uZCphnltRVQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/linus-and-lucy-vince-guaraldi-solo-piano-arrangement 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Immw36vxkZw/maxresdefault.jpg Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi) - Solo Piano Arrangement Learn the magic behind Linus and Lucy by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, a timeless solo piano classic from the Peanuts specials. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares his humble attempt at Linus and Lucy, famously featured in the Peanuts TV specials including A Charlie Brown Christmas. Beyond being a joy to listen to, this piece is a masterclass in stride piano, jazz harmony and rhythmic creativity, making it a brilliant study for any pianist. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Immw36vxkZw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-linus-and-lucy-on-piano-full-tutorial-including-solos 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QiIi6HIEl1Y/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Linus and Lucy" on Piano – Full Tutorial (Including Solos) Here’s a detailed piano lesson on the iconic jazz piece Linus and Lucy by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, famously featured in the beloved Peanuts TV specials, including A Charlie Brown Christmas. This timeless classic is not only a joy to listen to but also a masterclass in stride piano, jazz harmony, and rhythmic creativity. We cover every section of the piece – the main theme, the interlude, the outro lick and two piano solos: a salsa-style solo and a jazz solo with a walking bass line. Along the way: tritone substitutions, dominant 9th voicings, rhythmic anticipation, stride piano technique and comping chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QiIi6HIEl1Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-fairytale-of-new-york-on-piano-complete-tutorial-in-30-minutes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TE_JUMz5EI8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Fairytale of New York" on Piano (Complete Tutorial in 30 Minutes) The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is the ultimate alternative Christmas song — and here's the complete piano tutorial. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a complete piano tutorial of the entire song "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl. You'll learn the piano intro, the ballad verses, all the interludes, the jig section, the chorus, and the anthem refrain — the whole song from start to finish. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TE_JUMz5EI8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/sing-play-10-christmas-carols-on-piano-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6WDSjQcUwIY/maxresdefault.jpg Sing & Play 10 Christmas Carols on Piano (Part 2) Learn how to sing & play 10 Christmas Carols with 10 unique accompaniment patterns for all skill levels. This is a 2-Part series with songs on 3/4 time. Part 2 includes What Child Is This? in D minor, The First Nowell in D major, Away in a Manger in F major, O Holy Night in C major and Carol of the Bells, each with a different scale and rhythm pattern for both hands. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6WDSjQcUwIY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/sing-play-10-christmas-carols-on-piano-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BDuMfjLnKNM/maxresdefault.jpg Sing & Play 10 Christmas Carols on Piano (Part 1) Learn how to sing & play 10 Christmas Carols with 10 unique accompaniment patterns for all skill levels. This is a 2-Part series with songs on 3/4 time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BDuMfjLnKNM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/when-a-child-is-born-boney-m-complete-piano-tutorial-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1kEm-bXz3v4/maxresdefault.jpg When a Child Is Born (Boney M.) — Complete Piano Tutorial Part 2 We learn every section of When a Child is Born and improve our skills to accompany and play solo Piano. This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. In Part 2, we practice block chords in the right hand along with ornaments, bring out a sixteenth note flavour in the left hand with drum-like bass movement, develop a solo piano version of the song, and have an arpeggio party at the outro (scale change section). https://www.youtube.com/embed/1kEm-bXz3v4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/10-easy-christmas-songs-in-34-time-for-piano-3-left-hand-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_5cJwOoJ_Nw/maxresdefault.jpg 10 Easy Christmas Songs in 3/4 Time for Piano (3 Left-Hand Patterns) Learn how to play 10 Christmas carols and hymns in 3/4 meter with 3 unique left-hand accompaniment patterns. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music presents a marathon Christmas piano lesson teaching 10 songs in 3/4 time. You'll learn three different left-hand rhythm patterns, waltz, arpeggios and folk style, aimed at all levels from beginner to advanced. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_5cJwOoJ_Nw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/when-a-child-is-born-boney-m-complete-piano-tutorial-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z1_DtDGoSoY/maxresdefault.jpg When a Child Is Born (Boney M.) — Complete Piano Tutorial Part 1 We learn every section of When a Child is Born and improve our skills to accompany and play solo Piano. This is a 2-Part series. In Part 1, we will learn the Intro, Verse 1 & Verse 2 with the correct chords and their inversions used in the popular version by Boney M. In V1, the left hand keeps it simple with root notes while in V2 we add in some passing bass flavour alongside ghost notes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z1_DtDGoSoY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-piano-workout-for-all-5-fingers-fix-your-weak-pinky-ring-finger 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/A9AMngFDkRc/maxresdefault.jpg The Piano Workout for All 5 Fingers (Fix Your Weak Pinky & Ring Finger) Strengthen your weaker fingers (ring & pinky) with a finger independence exercise involving all the inversions of a single chord (triad). Start with a major triad and add two notes, one an octave higher and the other a neighbouring note, then practise alternating notes using various rhythm patterns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/A9AMngFDkRc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-practice-any-melody-progression-riff-or-lick-comprehensively 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/n88jmvyczp0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Practice ANY Melody, Progression, Riff or Lick COMPREHENSIVELY! In this Piano Tutorial, we learn how to Transpose a piece of music using all possible directions One of the most important goals for a professional Pianist is to be able to take a phrase or section of a song and play it with emotion and dynamics on all keys. In this lesson, we study a Melody - Somewhere over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz), a chord progression (Africa by Toto), a progressive rock riff (Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas) and a Blues Lick. Understand how to practice on multiple scales using different paths - Chromatic, Whole Tone, Thirds & the Circle of Fifths 🕰️ 00:00 - Performance 00:37 - What we will be practicing? 00:58 - The Music we’ll be picking 01:32 - Importance of Transposition 03:41 - Somewhere over the Rainbow 07:47 - Ease of Fingering 09:12 - Using the Circle of Fifths 11:08 - All 12 Keys 12:57 - Thoughts about Chromatic Practice 14:11 - Chord Progression - Africa 14:52 - 3 Exercises with Chord Inversions 15:44 - Block Chords & Arpeggio Patterns 17:03 - Playing Africa on many scales 18:44 - Let’s take a Riff 19:34 - Carry on my Wayward Son - Riff 20:18 - Breaking it Down 24:19 - Blues Lick 25:06 - Let’s learn the lick on C 25:29 - Now to Transpose 26:11 - How we come up with “Licks” 27:30 - Revision 29:34 - Directions of Practice https://www.youtube.com/embed/n88jmvyczp0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-simplest-left-hand-notes-for-solo-piano-works-on-almost-any-song 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pKGErIX45Ec/maxresdefault.jpg The Simplest Left-Hand Notes for Solo Piano (Works on Almost Any Song) 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pKGErIX45Ec yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-all-your-piano-chord-inversions-starting-from-a-pivot-note 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QUCuBJrov0E/maxresdefault.jpg Master All Your Piano Chord Inversions Starting From a Pivot Note A simple exercise to practise all major and minor chords with their inversions in both hands using block chords and arpeggios. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a simple but powerful exercise to practise every chord, major and minor, with all their inversions in both hands. Using a pivot note along with block chords and arpeggios, you will master inversions in a way that finally sticks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QUCuBJrov0E yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/compose-improvise-better-melodies-using-scale-chord-tones-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/h2K0ZqkZViw/maxresdefault.jpg Compose & Improvise Better Melodies Using Scale & Chord Tones (Piano) Using simple 2 chord progressions (cadences), we combine Scalar & Chordal motion to compose & improvise melodies on the fly. We take diatonic harmony from the minor scales - Natural, Harmonic & Dorian - and use tonic, subdominant & dominant chords to create melody lines from the notes of the chord as well as the scale, in both directions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h2K0ZqkZViw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/shape-of-you-on-piano-hook-melody-easy-add-ons-that-sound-pro 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cIys-CoDJ_I/maxresdefault.jpg Shape of You on Piano: Hook, Melody & Easy Add-Ons That Sound Pro 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. We then push the practice further by adding a pulse in the Left Hand, toggling the pulse with a bass line, adding ghost notes, and learning the vocal melody of each section while the Left Hand plays the hook. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cIys-CoDJ_I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/dotted-notes-on-piano-the-rhythm-fix-that-instantly-tightens-your-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vZe9Styk6pM/maxresdefault.jpg Dotted Notes on Piano: The Rhythm Fix That Instantly Tightens Your Groove Understand the music theory of Dotted Notes (Quarters & Quavers) and then practice a chord progression on the Piano with a lot of rhythm patterns to train your hand independence. Practice dotted crotchets & quavers with both block chords & arpeggios in the right hand while the left hand supports with chord roots played as pulse notes, double speed and dotted notes. We use a simple 4 chord progression in F minor and focus on essential practice tips - internalising the rhythm & using body percussion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vZe9Styk6pM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/100k-strong-heres-to-you-heartfelt-thanks-and-whats-next 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0WN7X6tuqyg/maxresdefault.jpg 100K Strong 💪🏽 Here’s to You 🎉 Heartfelt Thanks and What’s Next 🎹 After an unexpected surprise during a video shoot, we ended up creating a long, heartfelt video to thank all you lovely people – my friends, fellow musicians, and family who have supported and inspired me along the way. We strive to give our very best in every video, and that’s only possible because of your encouragement and support. 🎶 Jason Zac Music 🍩 Allegro Fudge 🕰️ 00:00 - The Shoot that Failed! 02:37 - Our Founders 03:46 - How our school started? 05:26 - The evolution of our YouTube Channel 06:01 - I learnt the most by teaching 06:56 - My 25+ year long journey 07:59 - Phase 1 - Student Performances 09:49 - The Riff Era 11:43 - When COVID Hit 13:40 - The Reinvention Era 14:42 - Thanks to all of my students 15:34 - My Family 16:13 - My Friends 17:49 - My Dad - Prof. John K Zachariah 19:54 - The Chennai Story 20:51 - Some career advice for youngsters 21:43 - My Tech Team 22:40 - Our beautiful music community 23:32 - What the future holds for us 26:35 - The Next Milestone 30:59 - Travelling to a place near you 31:53 - Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/0WN7X6tuqyg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-the-ghostbusters-theme-on-piano-easy-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2cfx5Q4FV38/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play the Ghostbusters Theme on Piano (Easy Tutorial) Learn the Melody, Chords & Groove of the Ghostbusters Theme by Ray Parker Jr. on the Piano. Understand all the essential music theory and improve your hand independence, covering every section of the song: the eerie intro, the bass riff and the epic bridge. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2cfx5Q4FV38 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-the-addams-family-theme-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Js31p-7mItU/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play The Addams Family Theme on Piano Get into the Halloween spirit with this solo piano tutorial of the iconic Addams Family theme song by Vic Mizzy! We cover every section, for beginners and intermediate players: singing and playing along with the original chords, a beginner version with root chords in the left hand and the melody in the right, and a walking bass line in the left hand under the melody - keeping the signature finger snaps throughout. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Js31p-7mItU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-the-halloween-theme-on-piano-john-carpenter 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eGKSpaNCS2k/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play the Halloween Theme on Piano (John Carpenter) Learn how to play John Carpenter's Halloween theme on the Piano! His composition masters the art of fear with its eerie 5/4 rhythm, spine-chilling dissonant intervals, and that haunting chromatic chord progression! Understand all the essential music theory & improve your sense of fingering in this detailed piano tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eGKSpaNCS2k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/stop-struggling-with-thriller-on-piano-michael-jackson-hands-on-breakdown 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uZ8Gl_p-ghE/maxresdefault.jpg Stop Struggling With “Thriller” on Piano (Michael Jackson, Hands-On Breakdown) Learn an exciting way to play Thriller, the Michael Jackson hit, on the Piano with the Bassline in the Left Hand and the Vocal/Synth Hook in the right. Understand all the essential music theory & improve your hand independence in this detailed piano tutorial! https://www.youtube.com/embed/uZ8Gl_p-ghE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/all-the-scary-chords-progressions-you-should-know-steal-this-dark-sound 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l7B37u8--OQ/maxresdefault.jpg All the Scary Chords & Progressions You Should Know (Steal This Dark Sound) Learn how to form chords using the dissonant intervals that theory offers and compose some spooky, eerie, and scary music. Using the tension intervals - Minor 2nd, Tritone, Major 6th & Major 7th, we build Chromatic Clusters, Traditional Spooky Chords, Slash Minor Chords, Minor Triads with Floating Bass, Vicinity Thirds & Extensions. We then form chord progressions with these using the Geometrical Circle of Fifths & Disconnected Plagal Cadences. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l7B37u8--OQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-rock-piano-with-one-familiar-chord-pattern-richer-sound-instantly-usable 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ne0EUGMR9-Y/maxresdefault.jpg Learn Rock Piano With One Familiar Chord Pattern (Richer Sound, Instantly Usable) Improve your Hand coordination, practice every single triad around the Circle of Fifths, and learn many scales - Mixolydian, Mixo b6, Minor & Dorian. We start with a steady rock piano groove for the left hand using my "trampoline" method for faster, strain-free playing. The right hand learns a popular old-school rock pattern used by artists such as Elton John & Deep Purple, practising two triads separated by the plagal cadence through both directions of the circle of fifths and the whole tone scale. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ne0EUGMR9-Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rock-n-roll-piano-with-a-walking-bass-line-left-hand-that-drives 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vpvkfbHRnlc/maxresdefault.jpg Rock 'N' Roll Piano With a Walking Bass Line (Left Hand That Drives) Blend Rock & Roll & Blues on the Piano with a chord rhythm pattern to develop hand independence. Play a steady bass line in the Left Hand with the correct posture and support it with a Blues Rock Groove in the Right Hand. Also, learn how a passing plagal chord works! https://www.youtube.com/embed/vpvkfbHRnlc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-connect-piano-notes-with-intervals-major-scale-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/64TB8RPmnHo/maxresdefault.jpg How to Connect Piano Notes With Intervals (Major Scale Exercise) In this Music Theory lesson, we will practice the Major Scale ascending & descending. When going through each degree of the scale, we play each note along with all possible intervals, both ascending & descending (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th). This is Part 3 of a 3-part series, after Part 1 (Music Theory) and Part 2 (Ear Training). The examples use the Bb major and D major scales, with intervals played harmonically in the left hand and melodically in the right. https://www.youtube.com/embed/64TB8RPmnHo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-accompany-a-singer-choir-or-band-on-piano-or-yourself 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/d6SlnlC48Q0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Accompany a Singer, Choir or Band on Piano (or Yourself) Learn the foundations of Piano Accompaniment as you perform & record in different musical environments - Singer-Songwriter, Choir, Rock Band, Production https://www.youtube.com/embed/d6SlnlC48Q0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improve-your-ear-practice-singing-all-intervals-major-scale-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hz4HMAFATTU/maxresdefault.jpg Improve Your Ear & Practice Singing ALL Intervals (Major Scale Ear Training) Singing every interval of the major scale is one of the fastest ways to train your ear. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you practise singing all the musical intervals of the major scale using two keys — D and Bb. You'll start with simple melodic and rhythmic patterns and then explore both directions of the Y-axis (positive and negative) to cover ascending and descending intervals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hz4HMAFATTU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-disco-dance-piano-left-hand-bass-syncopated-right-hand 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WAD1STs1ONA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Disco & Dance Piano: Left-Hand Bass + Syncopated Right Hand Learn to play disco and dance piano with a driving left-hand eighth-note bass line and syncopated right-hand rhythm patterns. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music builds an 80s disco groove over Em–Bm–C–A: a toggle root-octave bass in the left hand while the right hand moves from simple semibreves into Charleston hits and eighth-note syncopation. From there you'll conquer the sixteenth-note world - the 'e', '&' and 'a' subdivisions - and apply it to Latin grooves including Tresillo and the Son, Rumba and Bossa claves, building real hand independence and rhythmic control. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:40 80s Disco 02:05 The Chord Progression - Em - Bm - C - A 02:30 Chord Inversions 03:37 Basic 4 Chord Hit Pattern 04:46 Bringing in Eighth Notes in the LH 05:43 Turning Wrist & Correct Posture 06:19 Left Hand Disco Articulation 08:22 Semibreves in RH 11:46 Minims in R.H 12:08 Quarter notes in R.H 14:34 Playing with Inversions 15:21 Unleashing Syncopation 15:53 Charleston but Straight! 16:27 Hits : & of 1 + 3 16:57 Hits : & of 2 + 4 17:35 Eighth Note Syncopation with 2 Hits 20:06 Slow Tresillo 21:23 Challenges of Hand Independence 21:51 Conquering the Sixteenth Note World 22:07 Latching onto the “&” 22:40 Focussing on the “e”s 23:10 Feeling the Subdivisions 24:49 Hits at the “a” 25:43 Combos of &, e and a 28:01 Tension & Release 28:52 How to Practice Syncopated Beats 29:49 Salsa Pattern (Latin Style) 30:28 Tresillo 32:14 Claves 32:29 Son Clave 32:53 Bossa Clave 33:18 Rumba Clave 34:20 A rundown of the full tutorial 35:40 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/WAD1STs1ONA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-the-major-scale-its-intervals-on-piano-theory-notation 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hh0nb1FJ_A0/maxresdefault.jpg Learn the Major Scale & Its Intervals on Piano (Theory & Notation) In this Music Theory lesson, we will explore all types of Musical Intervals - Major, Minor, Diminished & Augmented and learn how to read them on Staff Notation. We then identify and name the intervals with respect to each and every note of the Major Scale (not just the root) using the keys D & Bb major. This is Part 1 of a 3-part series. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hh0nb1FJ_A0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/proper-posture-for-playing-fast-piano-arpeggios 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1puPGdEPTqs/maxresdefault.jpg Proper Posture for Playing FAST Piano Arpeggios Take a simple sixteenth-note piano arpeggio and play it with the correct posture, ensuring control. As you practice, learn essential tips to enhance your musicality through natural techniques like pulse movement, singing, or simply breathing! When playing the piano at fast tempos, it's common to slip the fingers, experience pain, or lose timing. Let’s explore some old-school techniques that professionals used back in the day to survive the rigours of long concerts and recording sessions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1puPGdEPTqs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-connect-any-musical-note-with-another-using-a-chord-chordtrees 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TTT53cPcPJM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Connect ANY Musical Note With ANOTHER Using a Chord (ChordTrees) Learn to harmonize music using chords that aren't limited to being diatonic (belonging to a specific Major or Minor scale). In this unique approach called "Chord Trees," we explore harmony by picking three random notes and connecting them melodically using all possible triads that share the landing note. This method opens up fresh harmonic options you might miss when following traditional chord theory. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TTT53cPcPJM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/all-about-intervals-learn-classify-practise-them-with-ease-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IGsP-qnJusI/maxresdefault.jpg All About Intervals: Learn, Classify & Practise Them With Ease (Piano) In this music theory tutorial, you explore the classification of musical intervals from multiple perspectives. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you learn about ascending, harmonic and mystery intervals, and how different cultures and learning systems approach them. You'll compare consonance vs dissonance, key vs scales, and see how intervals relate to chords and inversions, with song examples and practical tips to apply them in your playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IGsP-qnJusI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/musescore-for-beginners-free-music-notation-app 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dwXlrgnVPSQ/maxresdefault.jpg MuseScore for Beginners: Free Music Notation App Whether you're a beginner or experienced musician, this lesson will guide you through the basics of using the application, making it accessible to everyone. By the end, you'll be ready to compose your first score, layering melodies and harmonies effortlessly. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dwXlrgnVPSQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ascending-descending-scale-practice-with-3-slash-chords-two-hand-workout 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aFjcNAdD6Ko/maxresdefault.jpg Ascending & Descending Scale Practice With 3 Slash Chords (Two-Hand Workout) Slash Chords differ significantly from regular triads. They provide a sense of tension and even the tonic chord of the scale can sound unstable when played with another note in the bass register. In this tutorial, you'll learn a scale-climbing exercise (both ascending and descending), featuring two distinct workouts for each hand: Right Hand: use Inversions with a Voicing technique to bring out the Melody line. Left Hand: use Slash Chords to Climb the Scale from the Root up to the Octave and all the way back. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aFjcNAdD6Ko yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/wireless-audio-midi-between-iphone-ipad-mac 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4fDW7gB25Tk/maxresdefault.jpg Wireless Audio & MIDI Between iPhone, iPad & Mac Learn how to connect your iPhone or iPad with your Mac computer to exchange both audio and MIDI without the use of (almost) any cable whatsoever. The only physical tether needed is the charging cable for your iPhone/iPad, which you would need to connect to your Mac, and you’re good to go! We cover Audio MIDI Setup and creating an aggregate device on the Mac, then set up Reaper with the MIDI settings and tracks needed to send MIDI to the iPad, using GeoShred and virtual instruments as examples. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4fDW7gB25Tk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-minor-chord-multiple-progressions-on-piano-steal-this-harmony-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NDHvUypLLmw/maxresdefault.jpg One Minor Chord, Multiple Progressions on Piano (Steal This Harmony Trick) Discover how to create a wide variety of harmonic progressions using just a single minor chord! In this lesson, we'll explore the concept of pivot and floating notes, applying it to all the minor scales you know. Also, learn the essential theory of intervals and chord inversions. Working from C minor and its inversions, we keep some notes static while others float, then add arpeggios, a groovy rhythm pattern and a bass line, with ideas from Latin and salsa music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NDHvUypLLmw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/which-digital-piano-should-you-buy-yamaha-ck88-vs-rd88-under-1500 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uiDMZcwmnxk/maxresdefault.jpg Which Digital Piano Should You Buy? 🎹 Yamaha CK88 vs RD88 (Under $1500) 🎹✨ Here's my in-depth review of two top digital pianos under $1500 – the Roland RD88 and Yamaha CK88. I compare them across key factors like build quality, computer connectivity, live performance, and even often overlooked details such as dimensions, knobs and faders, pedals, adapters, and overall ease of use. I’ll also share why I own both and what I consider when buying a new instrument, regardless of budget! 🕰️ 00:00 - The Usual Suspects 00:21 - About these Digital Pianos 00:51 - Why NOT Yamaha Montage? 01:33 - What are we ruling out? 02:55 - Challenges of Owning a Real Piano (Apart from the💰) 03:39 - My first Piano ❤️ 04:48 - Why do I have both RD88 & CK88? 06:25 - The Price Difference 07:13 - Why did I pick these 2 (within 1500$) 07:45 - Ridiculously Simple to Use 08:34 - Other Essential Features of Both 14:07 - The Battle Begins - CK88 v RD88 15:05 - Sweetwater.com Comparison 15:53 - Organ Flutes of Yamaha CK88 20:33 - No Pedal 😡 20:49 - About the Adaptors 21:43 - Dimensions 23:13 - Pitch & Mod Wheels 26:00 - A Pleasant Surprise with CK88 26:38 - The Game Changers 💪🏽 28:51 - Live Sets with CK88 31:23 - Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/uiDMZcwmnxk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/hear-every-note-in-any-chord-inversion-interval-ear-training-for-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/J_asxglNye8/maxresdefault.jpg Hear Every Note in Any Chord & Inversion: Interval Ear Training for Piano In this music theory and ear training lesson, learn to sing and recognise intervals in relation to any chord of your choice. We begin by exploring how triads are linked through intervals, including their inversions. Next, we focus on singing specific chord tones, both upper and lower. The final challenge is to master four essential arpeggio patterns using all inversions, then apply the same exercises to a minor chord. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J_asxglNye8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/must-know-chords-for-writing-in-minor-keys-make-minor-progressions-sound-pro 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iLP8t-7y9qo/maxresdefault.jpg Must-Know Chords for Writing in Minor Keys (Make Minor Progressions Sound Pro) Writing in a minor key but it sounds flat? These must-know chords give your minor progressions the richer, more professional sound you're after. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music covers the essential chords for composing in minor scales, the harmonies that give minor-key music its depth, tension and emotional pull. You'll learn which chords are the workhorses of minor writing, how they relate to one another, and how to combine them so your progressions move with purpose instead of wandering. It's a focused harmony toolkit for anyone who wants to write convincing, expressive minor-key music at the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iLP8t-7y9qo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/just-bought-a-keyboard-dont-skip-these-crucial-checks 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/s_wsHwo4IJg/maxresdefault.jpg Just Bought a Keyboard? Don’t Skip These Crucial Checks! 🔍 I've enjoyed playing on a wide variety of 88-key pianos (and even smaller ones) on stage, in studios, churches, and random places! However, in many of these settings, it's important not to go in blind when it comes to knowing your instrument. You don't need to know it "inside and out," but at least enough to make the gig or recording go smoothly. This detailed tutorial will be helpful if you find yourself in any of these situations: 🎹 Looking to buy a digital piano but have a lot of technical questions and doubts 🎵 Already own an instrument but want to unleash its full potential 🎤 A touring musician who needs the right keyboard for every concert 🕰️ 00:00 - Introduction 00:44 - What Pianist are you? 02:30 - Those HEAVY Digital Pianos 03:24 - MIDI Controller? Yes or No? 04:02 - Instant Play with In-Built Speakers 05:36 - What to be aware of? 06:01 - Master Tune 09:46 - MIDI Sources 11:24 - Be wary of Effects 13:45 - Panel Lock 14:21 - MIDI Metering 14:55 - Challenges of Playing a Used Keyboard 18:47 - Checking for Computer Latency 19:39 - Touch Settings & Velocity Curves 21:53 - VST Touch Settings 23:35 - USB MIDI Drivers 24:11 - What Pedal to buy? 27:13 - Importance of the Pedal 27:27 - Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_wsHwo4IJg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practise-ear-training-using-transposition-of-the-frozen-note 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wZVriIuxzxk/maxresdefault.jpg Practise Ear Training Using Transposition of the FROZEN Note Practice singing intervals and gain confidence with relative pitch. The concept used in the lesson is based on the "Frozen" Note where you transpose the melody around the new "anchor note"/root. The songs used include Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Twinkle Twinkle. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wZVriIuxzxk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/build-triads-7th-chords-on-piano-using-the-simplest-intervals 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PccJ99dcZko/maxresdefault.jpg Build Triads & 7th Chords on Piano Using the Simplest Intervals Learn how to play Triads & Seventh Chords using the simplest of Intervals on the Piano. We use 2 scales for this demonstration - E & Eb Major. Using the detailed Music Theory concepts, you can transpose this chord progression to any key, mode or scale. We'll also cover improvised rhythm patterns and melodic phrases to keep your music engaging and exciting! https://www.youtube.com/embed/PccJ99dcZko yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practise-chords-using-all-note-values-around-the-circle-of-fifths-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZlWMvDK-Vzg/maxresdefault.jpg Practise Chords Using ALL Note Values Around the Circle of Fifths (Part 3) As you journey through both directions of the Circle of Fifths with its two cadences - Plagal & Authentic, we will encounter all possible inversions for Major & Minor chords. While strengthening our chord shifting knowledge, we also learn 3 ways to make the movement more rhythmically interesting. Part 1 - Major Chords with Different Time Signatures Part 2 - Minor Chords with a Salsa Rhythm Pattern Part 3 - All Directions with incremental speeds using Note Values https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZlWMvDK-Vzg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-simple-way-to-read-play-sixteenth-note-rhythms-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vOGuFmk6yWM/maxresdefault.jpg A Simple Way to READ & PLAY Sixteenth Note Rhythms (Piano) Learn how to read and play sixteenth-note rhythms within a single beat by grouping patterns based on binary combinations of notes and rests. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a simple, reliable way to read and play sixteenth-note rhythms one beat at a time. By grouping each beat into binary combinations of notes and rests, you'll demystify fast rhythms and play them with confidence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vOGuFmk6yWM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/minor-chords-with-inversions-around-the-circle-of-fifths-salsa-groove-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xnsr4u1iC2A/maxresdefault.jpg Minor Chords With Inversions Around the Circle of Fifths (Salsa Groove, Part 2) As you journey through both directions of the Circle of Fifths with its two cadences - Plagal & Authentic, we will encounter all possible inversions for Major & Minor chords. While strengthening our chord-shifting knowledge, we also learn 3 ways to make the movement more rhythmically interesting. This is Part 2 - Minor Chords with a Salsa Rhythm Pattern. Part 1 covers Major Chords with Different Time Signatures, and Part 3 covers All Directions with incremental speeds using Note Values. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xnsr4u1iC2A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practise-ear-training-using-reversed-intervals 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D-Qqezn32dQ/maxresdefault.jpg Practise Ear Training Using REVERSED Intervals Learn a useful Ear Training technique to practice intervals while training your Music Theory at the same time. By practicing "reversed" intervals, you can master every possible note combination, both ascending and descending. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D-Qqezn32dQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-chord-practice-fun-with-the-circle-of-fifths-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pu4mLLdZtYg/maxresdefault.jpg Make Chord Practice Fun With the Circle of Fifths (Part 1) As you journey through both directions of the Circle of Fifths with its two cadences - Plagal & Authentic, we will encounter all possible inversions for Major & Minor chords. While strengthening our chord shifting knowledge, we also learn 3 ways to make the movement more rhythmically interesting. Part 1 - Major Chords with Different Time Signatures Part 2 - Minor Chords with a Salsa Rhythm Pattern Part 3 - All Directions with incremental speeds using Note Values https://www.youtube.com/embed/pu4mLLdZtYg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-approach-the-piano-with-long-term-goals-solo-vs-accompaniment 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MczJLtXzJUw/maxresdefault.jpg How to Approach the Piano With Long-Term Goals (Solo vs Accompaniment) Do you want to sing and play, use the keyboard as a MIDI controller, play in a band or just have fun? Plan your piano path. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you approach the piano with clear long-term goals, whether you dream of singing and playing, using the keyboard as a MIDI controller in the studio, playing in a choir or rock band, or simply having fun. You will understand the two broad types of piano players, Solo and Accompaniment, and the specific techniques needed to develop each based on your learning and career goals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MczJLtXzJUw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/use-simple-triads-to-play-complex-piano-chords-jazz-extensions-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sd7i44NVY3c/maxresdefault.jpg Use SIMPLE Triads to Play COMPLEX Piano Chords: Jazz Extensions (Part 3) Using Slash Chords by playing the Triads in the RH with a different Bass note in the Left Hand, we learn the formulae to form Seventh Chords, Modal Harmony, Jazz Extensions & Altered Chords with our 3-Part Series. Learn all the essential chord & interval theory required to play an upper extension with respect to the root of the overall chord. Part 3 covers 7sus4 and 11th chords, minor 11th, major and minor 9th chords, and altered chords with sharp 5, flat 5 and flat 9 combinations. Part 1 covers Seventh Chords and Part 2 Modal Harmony. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sd7i44NVY3c yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/2-broken-chord-patterns-you-can-use-anywhere-both-hands-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/71GL0dd2LoQ/maxresdefault.jpg 2 Broken Chord Patterns You Can Use ANYWHERE (Both Hands, Piano) Broken chords aren't the same as arpeggios — and these two patterns work in almost any song, in both hands. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores broken chords in detail (and how they differ from arpeggios), looking at the most commonly used rhythm patterns for both hands along with variations. You'll also work through multiple chord progressions — the Dorian Rock progression, the Andalusian cadence and a modern pop chord sequence — including all the essential theory of inversions and the correct way to play them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/71GL0dd2LoQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-use-simple-triads-to-play-complex-piano-chords-modal-harmony-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fUqfkkZxE_k/maxresdefault.jpg How to Use Simple Triads to Play COMPLEX Piano Chords (Modal Harmony Part 2) Using Slash Chords by playing the Triads in the RH with a different Bass note in the Left Hand, we learn the formulae to form Seventh Chords, Modal Harmony, Jazz Extensions & Altered Chords with our 3-Part Series. Learn all the essential chord & interval theory required to play an upper extension with respect to the root of the overall chord. This is Part 2, on modal harmony. Part 1 covers seventh chords and Part 3 covers jazz extensions and altered chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fUqfkkZxE_k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/customise-your-piano-arpeggios-using-accents-make-any-pattern-yours 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gy9RCUzOjYE/maxresdefault.jpg Customise Your Piano Arpeggios Using Accents (Make Any Pattern Yours) In this Piano Arpeggios lesson, we look at restructuring the traditional patterns using the accent hit points. Instead of the usual groupings of notes, we add interest by combining odd numbered phrases into a bar of music. We then add "impact" to the arpeggios with stacking of a sixth interval, adding an extra note, playing melodic fillers and finally bringing contrast with the Left Hand toggling between accent hit points and the pulse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gy9RCUzOjYE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/use-simple-triads-to-play-complex-piano-chords-7th-chords-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1G6uZ0QRKN0/maxresdefault.jpg Use SIMPLE Triads to Play COMPLEX Piano Chords: 7th Chords (Part 1) Using Slash Chords by playing the Triads in the RH with a different Bass note in the Left Hand, we learn the formulae to form Seventh Chords, Modal Harmony, Jazz Extensions & Altered Chords with our 3-Part Series. Learn all the essential chord & interval theory required to play an upper extension with respect to the root of the overall chord. Part 1 covers Seventh Chords, Part 2 Modal Harmony, and Part 3 Jazz Extensions & Altered Chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1G6uZ0QRKN0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/simple-but-effective-piano-improvisation-using-chord-tones-as-pillars 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xEqm46HKrBw/maxresdefault.jpg Simple but Effective Piano Improvisation Using Chord Tones as Pillars Learn how to improvise on the Piano using a cluster of 4 notes in the RH along with the Tonic, Pre Dominant & Dominant chords in the Left Hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xEqm46HKrBw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/explore-the-y-axis-of-music-with-all-intervals-scales-using-a-simple-chord-progression 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g0GqL63sRr4/maxresdefault.jpg Explore the Y-Axis of Music With ALL Intervals & Scales Using a Simple Chord Progression Combine a pendulum right-hand motion with 3 left-hand chords to explore all intervals and scales over a simple progression on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music combines a pendulum motion in the right hand with 3 chords in the left hand to explore the full Y-axis of music over a simple progression. You'll harmonise and explore a range of major and minor scales — major, natural minor, harmonic minor, Mixolydian, Mixolydian b6, Dorian, Lydian and Phrygian — in this rich piano exercise and theory tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g0GqL63sRr4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/change-a-songs-speed-without-changing-its-tempo-piano-rhythm-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D1c67LyU7MA/maxresdefault.jpg Change a Song's Speed Without Changing Its Tempo? (Piano Rhythm Trick) In this Rhythm Theory lesson, we learn 5 tried and tested methods to change the apparent speed of a song without adjusting its tempo. We adopt quite a few Drumming concepts which change the feel of the music with respect to the Snare drum hits, Accents & Pulse. We also discuss Eighth vs Sixteenth Notes & also touch on Polyrhythms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D1c67LyU7MA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-9-11-and-13-chords-on-piano-extended-harmony 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cX3wMi2jIA0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play 9, 11 and 13 Chords on Piano (Extended Harmony) This Piano & Music Theory tutorial looks at 5 methods to form Jazz Extensions and Tensions - 9th, 11th & 13th Chords. These approaches are based on simple triads & intervals which you probably already know - Major & Minor chords, 5ths & 4ths. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cX3wMi2jIA0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/conquer-piano-triads-inversions-richer-chords-instantly 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qs-gs-av-ek/maxresdefault.jpg Conquer Piano Triads & Inversions: Richer Chords Instantly This lesson aims to give you a holistic and musical way to practice chords and their inversions by pairing them as triads that have no notes in common. While this becomes a rock-solid way to develop your skills with diatonic harmony, you will also learn all the essential music theory, train your ear, practice rhythm patterns, and compose melodic phrases along the way. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qs-gs-av-ek yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-smoothly-shift-between-7th-chords-on-piano-3-easy-voicings 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jlDhOKHNAgs/maxresdefault.jpg How to Smoothly Shift Between 7th Chords on Piano (3 Easy Voicings) Learn a few ways to easily shift between seventh chords and sound crystal clear in the lower register 𝄢. We cover all the essential music theory of forming seventh chords and then voicing them in different ways to make the harmonic progression sound a lot more smoother, richer and efficient on the fingers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jlDhOKHNAgs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-30-minute-rhythm-deep-dive-meter-tempo-note-values-polyrhythms 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ku_lNTRVIDM/maxresdefault.jpg A 30-Minute Rhythm Deep Dive: Meter, Tempo, Note Values & Polyrhythms Learn the Elements of Rhythm from a Macro & Micro perspective and understand how they work practically. We cover Meter, Tempo, Beats, Subbeats, Note Values, Rests, Accents, Time Feels, Polyrhythms & Polymeters https://www.youtube.com/embed/ku_lNTRVIDM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-few-things-you-might-not-know-about-dominant-7th-chords-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AOvzYUIx5vA/maxresdefault.jpg A Few Things You Might NOT Know About Dominant 7th Chords (Piano) Explore the magic of the Dominant 7th chord from various melodic & harmonic perspectives with this composition lesson. We cover all the essential music theory of Jazz Tensions, Extensions, Secondary Dominants, Tritone Substitutions, and Blues Scales https://www.youtube.com/embed/AOvzYUIx5vA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-simple-way-to-practise-improvise-thirds-on-any-scale-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_COPvtzwKhI/maxresdefault.jpg A Simple Way to Practise & Improvise Thirds on ANY Scale (Piano) In this Music Theory and Piano Improvisation lesson, we work out scales that serve the Major & Minor chords and use them with floating thirds and the root as anchor. This enables an approach to compose music with a lot of melodic phrasing using all the 3 inversions that a triad has to offer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_COPvtzwKhI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/whole-tone-scale-exercise-accents-time-signatures-757b5-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ljflwFHZSQM/maxresdefault.jpg Whole Tone Scale Exercise: Accents, Time Signatures & 7#5/7b5 Chords Learn how to play the Whole Tone Scale on the Piano with various rhythm patterns in the Left Hand using the 7#5 and 7b5 chords. We develop 2 kinds of exercises. One uses a set of scales with all the family's roots and the other uses a variety of meters from 10/8 down to 1/8. We do this across one octave as well as 2 octaves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ljflwFHZSQM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/guitar-style-piano-accompaniment-syncopated-block-chords-ghost-notes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JUN7wwDznyE/maxresdefault.jpg Guitar-Style Piano Accompaniment: Syncopated Block Chords & Ghost Notes Start with a popular guitar rhythm pattern and develop numerous variations on the piano using alternating "off" beats and ghost notes, over a simple chord progression in D major: D, Bm, G, D. We look at emulating the guitarist, the duration of each chord and the use of inversions, then add alternating off-beat hits, the "snapping" challenge, a left-hand ghost note, a 3 + 5 feel with beat division, and a gliding grace-note technique. Finally comes the "ghost" drummer: sneaking a drum groove into the piano part, with country-style fillers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JUN7wwDznyE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-skills-1-exercise-arpeggios-chord-inversions-hand-independence-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/e9Xqa_ibLeg/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Skills, 1 Exercise: Arpeggios, Chord Inversions & Hand Independence (Piano) One efficient piano exercise that trains three skills at once (arpeggios, chord inversions and hand independence) so your practice time does triple duty and your chords flow. You'll smooth out your arpeggio patterns, gain control over chord inversions across the keyboard, and strengthen the coordination between your hands, so any chord sounds flowing and connected. A practical all-in-one exercise that streamlines your routine while building three foundational piano skills. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e9Xqa_ibLeg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-your-favourite-nursery-rhymes-on-all-kinds-of-minor-scales-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sZmu8xph5ag/maxresdefault.jpg Play Your Favourite Nursery Rhymes on ALL Kinds of MINOR Scales (Piano) In this lesson you learn how to play your favourite nursery rhymes on all kinds of minor scales on the piano, taking familiar tunes and reimagining them in a minor key. It's a fun, beginner-friendly way to hear how different minor scales change the mood of a tune you already know. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sZmu8xph5ag yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/listen-to-intervals-with-respect-to-chords-and-challenge-yourself-with-a-quiz-now 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rH4GShmUt-Y/maxresdefault.jpg Listen to Intervals with respect to Chords and Challenge yourself with a Quiz NOW! An ear training quiz: identify the intervals between chords and in the bass, then check your answers as each question is explained. We usually identify intervals by hearing them with respect to the root or a lower-pitched note. In this quiz, we learn to identify the bass frequencies that eventually build chords and progressions. You'll find a broad overview of musical intervals, followed by five questions and the explanation of each answer. The questions: the interval between the first and second chord, the interval between two chords, the intervals in the bass, the five intervals played in the bass with F sharp as the root, and two more intervals with A as the root. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rH4GShmUt-Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/correct-piano-technique-organic-tips-to-stop-straining-your-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2r3jN5aIeoU/maxresdefault.jpg Correct Piano Technique: Organic Tips to Stop Straining Your Hands Here are 8 suggestions to play the piano with the correct technique and posture. These tips and tricks are aimed to prepare you for the real world, when you deal with musicians in a jam room setting or perform a concert on stage. They will also be very important as you produce and record tracks in a studio. These "old-school" methods could have been done in an age without computers as well. We cover playing with a drum track, singing while playing, jamming with fellow musicians, singing with a chord pattern, the engine and the driver, beatboxing a groove while playing, feeling the pulse, listening to yourself, and relaxing and breathing. For pianists who want to play with other musicians, sing and play, or perform and record with confidence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2r3jN5aIeoU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/challenge-yourself-as-a-musician-name-those-intervals-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8nSkbWITNKY/maxresdefault.jpg Challenge Yourself as a Musician: Name Those Intervals (Ear Training) Challenge yourself as a musician and test your ear by naming intervals in this ear training lesson. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music puts your ear to the test with an interval-naming challenge designed to sharpen your recognition. By identifying intervals as you go, you build the kind of reliable ear that supports everything from sight reading to improvisation. It's a fun, practical way to measure and grow your ear training. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8nSkbWITNKY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/salsa-piano-workout-for-both-hands-tresillo-bass-melody-on-top 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YUXT1doZS2M/maxresdefault.jpg Salsa Piano Workout for Both Hands: Tresillo Bass + Melody on Top Want a real Latin groove under your fingers? In this salsa piano workout you'll train both hands — a tresillo bass in the left and melody in the right. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music leads a salsa piano workout for both hands, pairing a left-hand tresillo bass with a right-hand melody so you build coordination and authentic Latin feel. You'll learn the tresillo rhythm, lock it into the left hand, and layer the melody on top so the two parts groove together convincingly. It's a fun, practical way to develop hand independence while playing a genuinely danceable salsa groove on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YUXT1doZS2M yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chaotic-piano-arpeggios-make-any-chord-flow-over-wonderful-world 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iaR7tyusBkc/maxresdefault.jpg Chaotic Piano Arpeggios: Make Any Chord Flow Over "Wonderful World" Loosen up your piano arpeggios and make any chord flow with "chaotic" arpeggio ideas played over the changes to "What a Wonderful World". Break out of predictable up-and-down arpeggios by varying the direction, order and rhythm of the notes, so a single chord becomes a stream of movement while the harmony stays grounded. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iaR7tyusBkc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ask-me-anything-theory-ear-training-production-piano-answered-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nrkNvXWmkKw/maxresdefault.jpg Ask Me Anything: Theory, Ear Training, Production & Piano Answered (Part 1) An Ask Me Anything session where all your musical questions get answered — theory, ear training, production and piano — in this Part 1 Q&A. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music answers a wide range of viewer questions covering music theory, ear training, production and piano playing. You'll get clear, practical responses to the kinds of things music learners genuinely wonder about, drawn from real questions across topics rather than a single narrow subject. It's a relaxed, wide-ranging Q&A that helps connect the dots between theory, listening, production and playing at the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nrkNvXWmkKw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-piano-arpeggios-with-character-add-emotion-dynamics 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v9XVGk03KmM/maxresdefault.jpg Play Piano Arpeggios With Character: Add Emotion & Dynamics Play piano arpeggios with character, emotion and dynamics, shaping them with volume, phrasing and feel so they rise, fall and breathe instead of sounding mechanical. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v9XVGk03KmM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-piano-like-never-before-roadhouse-blues-with-cool-rhythmic-twists 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KdJI6UJ2HE0/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Piano Like Never Before: "Roadhouse Blues" With Cool Rhythmic Twists Practice piano like never before using "Roadhouse Blues" — a bluesy groove spiced up with cool rhythmic twists that make your playing feel alive. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses the feel of "Roadhouse Blues" as a launchpad for practising chords and rhythm in a fun, musical way. You'll explore rhythmic twists and variations that keep a simple blues groove interesting, building your timing, feel and confidence as you play along. It's an engaging, groove-driven practice session that turns scales-and-chords drudgery into something you'll actually want to sit down and play at the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KdJI6UJ2HE0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/form-any-scale-from-3-perspectives-major-natural-minor-modal-family 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gunrSlNNiJU/maxresdefault.jpg Form Any Scale From 3 Perspectives: Major, Natural Minor & Modal Family Learn to form any scale in music from 3 perspectives in this music theory tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gunrSlNNiJU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-my-favourite-things-in-all-time-signatures-solo-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/u7lcIy50J-8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "My Favourite Things" in ALL Time Signatures (Solo Piano) In this lesson, we explore how to play “My Favourite Things” in ALL time signatures on solo piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u7lcIy50J-8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/endless-piano-improvisation-from-just-one-beat-two-notes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zxty8j71wB8/maxresdefault.jpg Endless Piano Improvisation From Just ONE Beat & TWO Notes In this lesson, we explore: “Endless” Piano Improvisation with just ONE beat and TWO Notes. Learn how to improvise on the Piano by setting a simple condition - “2 Notes per Beat” - for ourselves, and practise with a lot of creativity and a mindset to compose music. The secret is how we use the rhythm permutations over beat divisions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zxty8j71wB8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/do-you-really-need-chord-inversions-to-play-piano-the-honest-answer 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BHiSoPoWIZY/maxresdefault.jpg Do You Really Need Chord Inversions to Play Piano? (The Honest Answer) Do you actually need chord inversions to play piano? This lesson gives the honest answer and shows how they make your chords sound smoother and richer. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music tackles a question many players ask: are chord inversions really necessary, or can you get by without them? You'll see what inversions actually do, how they smooth the movement between chords and keep your hands from leaping around, and when they genuinely make a difference to how your playing sounds. It's a clear-eyed look at inversions that helps you decide how much to lean on them in your own playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BHiSoPoWIZY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-incredible-world-of-reggae-piano-multiple-patterns-to-nail-the-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wNglZz47YwU/maxresdefault.jpg The Incredible World of Reggae Piano: Multiple Patterns to Nail the Groove In this lesson, we explore the incredible world of Reggae with multiple piano patterns to nail the groove. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wNglZz47YwU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/10-things-you-need-to-know-as-a-music-producer 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z0M72qHunY8/maxresdefault.jpg 10 Things You Need to Know as a Music Producer Whether you're an aspiring or experienced music producer, this lesson covers the musical training you need for a solid foundation. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music covers aspects of music training — often forgotten — that you need to develop a solid foundation as a producer, composer, arranger or music programmer. The lesson stresses tactics that were second-nature for composers before the digital revolution, and brainstorms how those skills still apply today. It's a foundational musicianship guide for anyone who makes music with a computer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z0M72qHunY8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practise-any-piano-exercise-you-know-across-all-time-signatures 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/urwlxf3Qb4Q/maxresdefault.jpg Practise ANY Piano Exercise You Know Across ALL Time Signatures Practice ANY Piano Exercise you know on ALL Time Signatures. Most scale drills seem designed for 4/4. Learn how to practice accents and play on almost all time signatures using any scale drill or whatever you are currently working on. We use the essential properties of music - Volume, Pitch & Duration - and play around with them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/urwlxf3Qb4Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-improvise-on-piano-using-accented-phrases 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5NYUgXKqXiM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Improvise on Piano Using Accented Phrases How to improvise on the piano using accented phrases. Using one of the properties of sound - Pitch, we improvise over 3 unique sets of note combinations. The melodic phrases are made possible using a combination of groupings - 2, 3, 4 & 5 - and accents. Practice hand independence and improve musicality with Drones, Accent Hits & a Steady Pulse in the Left Hand alongside all the mathematical permutations created using the note sets in the RH. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5NYUgXKqXiM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/advanced-piano-comping-patterns-to-conquer-rhythm-part-3-hear-the-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2VLBSEz9Mn0/maxresdefault.jpg Advanced Piano Comping Patterns to Conquer Rhythm (Part 3, Hear the Groove) Ready to make your comping really groove? Part 3 of this series tackles advanced piano comping patterns designed to conquer rhythm and tighten your timing. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues his comping series with advanced rhythmic patterns that turn flat chord backing into a living, breathing groove. You'll work through richer rhythmic placements, learn how to keep the harmony steady while the rhythm drives, and feel the before-and-after difference these patterns make to your accompaniment. It's the third instalment in a series built to give you real command over rhythm at the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2VLBSEz9Mn0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-left-hand-ballad-arpeggio-patterns-for-beautiful-solo-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WHcaCWHohhs/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Left-Hand Ballad Arpeggio Patterns for Beautiful Solo Piano A flowing left-hand arpeggio is what makes a ballad sound full and emotional — in this lesson you'll build 5 left-hand patterns over a long progression and pair each one with a singing melody. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses a rather long chord progression with a traditional "ballad style" melody to develop a variety of left-hand arpeggio patterns. With simple displacement and voicing tricks, each pattern gets its own character — then you layer the melody on top of all five, including a 16th-note arpeggio variation. The result is a left hand that carries the harmony and momentum on its own, freeing your right hand to sing — the heart of beautiful solo-piano ballad playing. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:47 Introduction 01:52 Scale for the Exercise 03:13 Chords 07:50 Arpeggio Pattern 1 08:58 Arpeggio Pattern 2 10:14 Arpeggio Pattern 3 11:28 Arpeggio Pattern 4 12:54 Arpeggio Pattern 5 14:59 Melody 17:16 Melody + Pattern 1 19:48 Melody + Pattern 2 22:35 16th Notes Arpeggio 23:28 Melody + Pattern 3 25:26 Melody + Pattern 4 28:58 Melody + Pattern 5 32:35 Summary https://www.youtube.com/embed/WHcaCWHohhs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-4-genres-on-piano-reggae-funk-rock-disco-grooves-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QYFdSfB8p50/maxresdefault.jpg Play 4 Genres on Piano: Reggae, Funk, Rock & Disco Grooves (Part 2) Practice Multiple Genres on the Piano - Reggae, Funk, Rock, Disco (Part 2 of 3). Learn the essential “roots” genres on the Piano with patterns developed with chords from the Dorian mode: Reggae, Funk, 80s Glam Rock & Disco-Rock. Practice “landing” and “feeling” those subdivisions (e, & and a) and improve your ability to play with both hands with a steady pulse in the left hand. We tackle each pattern in multiple stages. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QYFdSfB8p50 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/add-passing-bass-movement-between-piano-chords-using-just-2-triads 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v0GrUBkwuRA/maxresdefault.jpg Add Passing Bass Movement Between Piano Chords Using Just 2 Triads How to add passing bass movement between chords on the piano using just 2 simple triads. Using two static chords, Bb major and D major, we move incrementally from one passing note to all the chromatic possibilities. To push hand coordination, there are 3 rhythm patterns in the right hand: blocks, arpeggios and tresillo. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v0GrUBkwuRA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/funky-dorian-piano-groove-master-the-off-beats-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lZOy4nuT_d0/maxresdefault.jpg Funky Dorian Piano Groove: Master the Off-Beats (Part 1) Groove essentials on the piano with Dorian chord progressions. This is Part 1 of 3. We form the Dorian scale and its chords, toggle the pulse, get acquainted with the off-beats (everything "off" except the 1), then build an eighth note funky groove and a swung broken chord feel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lZOy4nuT_d0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-piano-scales-ascending-descending-with-total-control-musicality 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FvTZSWV-mpo/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Piano Scales Ascending & Descending With Total Control & Musicality In this lesson, we explore how to practice scales ascending & descending on the piano with ULTIMATE control & musicality. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FvTZSWV-mpo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-those-tricky-piano-scales-with-ease 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CDKDHuNXy2A/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Those 'Tricky' Piano Scales With EASE In this lesson, we explore: How to Play those “TRICKY” Scales on the Piano with EASE https://www.youtube.com/embed/CDKDHuNXy2A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-5-habits-that-actually-build-it-honest-checklist 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hGaYw2hVmhA/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence: 5 Habits That Actually Build It (Honest Checklist) Most pianists chase hand independence the wrong way — this lesson is an honest checklist of what genuinely builds it and what only feels like progress. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a candid, experience-based checklist for developing real hand independence on the piano. You'll learn why going with the flow of the song matters, the difference between accompaniment and solo challenges, how to build instinctive skills, why to stop leaning on technology, and how singing the melody while playing in the left hand accelerates progress. He's equally clear about the things that DON'T help, the importance of reality checks, notating your work, and consistent practice. It closes with 5 important points to keep you on the right path. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:46 Introduction 01:56 Going with the Flow of song 03:54 Challenges of accompaniment and solo 05:03 Develop instinctive skills 08:27 Stop using technology 10:13 Sing melody while playing in LH 13:18 Things that don’t help with hand independence 14:07 Have Reality checks 20:02 Notating things down 25:11 Importance of practice 33:12 5 Important Points 35:21 Summary https://www.youtube.com/embed/hGaYw2hVmhA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-use-the-free-jacob-collier-audience-choir-a-detailed-guide 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1kNbPNDx0iw/maxresdefault.jpg How to use the free Jacob Collier Audience Choir | A Detailed Guide Learn how to use the amazing Jacob Collier Audience Choir Virtual Instrument by Native Instruments with our detailed overview of all its features. From the very basics of controlling the dynamics of the Choir to smart harmony features like chord generation and Triad Blend, here’s everything you need to know to get started creating music with the free Jacob Collier Audience Choir powered by Native Instruments. Relive the magic of his recent world tour and conduct thousands of voices from across the world. Plus, there's a selection of unique body percussion samples and vocal triads layered by Jacob himself. 🕰️ 00:00 - Performance 00:29 - The Jacob Collier Audience Choir 02:36 - How to Install the Audience Choir 03:39 - Keyboard Layout 04:28 - Which Triads & Chords work best? 05:46 - Percussion & SFX 08:02 - Vowel Syllables 10:36 - How to Control the Timbre? 12:05 - Choir Effects - Delays & Reverbs 13:37 - Mono & Stereo 14:21 - Advanced Features 17:52 - Dynamic Control 19:17 - Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/1kNbPNDx0iw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-practice-chord-inversions-using-the-circle-of-5ths-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VwgRQNBq2uU/maxresdefault.jpg How to Practice Chord Inversions Using the Circle of 5ths (Piano) In this lesson, we explore how to practice Chord Inversions on the piano using the Circle of 5ths. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VwgRQNBq2uU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-ways-to-make-a-basic-chord-progression-sound-beautiful 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tPwgtO-WHTI/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Ways to Make a Basic Chord Progression Sound Beautiful Five ways to take a basic chord progression and make it sound beautiful — starting from just two major triads (Bb & D). Jason Zac adds harmonic flavour between chords with cadences, secondary dominants and passing chords, using the Circle of Fifths as an easy map for finding the perfect transition chords. This is how plain progressions become rich and emotional — a music-theory + composition lesson for intermediate pianists. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:36 Introduction 01:34 The Chords 03:45 Adding the Relative Minor Chord 13:02 Plagal Cadence Passing 19:15 Authentic Cadence Passing 23:28 Secondary Dominants 27:46 Diminished Passing Chord 28:42 ii–V–I Cadence 33:04 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/tPwgtO-WHTI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-ways-to-train-your-melodic-ear-old-school-methods-modern-apps 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/n1RwCjrEdf0/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Ways to Train Your Melodic Ear (Old-School Methods + Modern Apps) In this ear training tutorial, you look at 5 techniques to improve your melodic ear by combining old-school methods with modern apps. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares five ways to train your melodic ear, blending time-tested approaches that have passed music down through generations with today's tools. By combining the two, you'll come away with a solid, practical action plan for sharpening your ear in the days ahead. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n1RwCjrEdf0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/what-to-play-between-chords-arpeggio-fillers-that-make-accompaniment-interesting 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-bi2CzpzUx0/maxresdefault.jpg What to Play BETWEEN Chords: Arpeggio Fillers That Make Accompaniment Interesting The difference between a boring accompaniment and a captivating one is what you play between the chords — here's how to fill those gaps with arpeggios and extensions. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with a deliberately boring two-chord progression (Bb & D major) and shows you rhythmic strategies to make the journey between chords far more interesting. Along the way you'll practise inversions and develop arpeggio fillers in both ascending and descending directions with different groupings (groups of 3 and 4), and finish by transforming basic triads into richer extensions. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:34 Introduction 03:25 Chord Explanation 05:12 Rhythm Pattern 07:23 Breaking Chords into Arpeggio 12:17 Block Chord + Arpeggio 14:33 Arpeggio Groups of 4 15:02 Arpeggio Groups of 3 18:23 Arpeggios Groups of 4 Ascending/Descending 19:18 Arpeggios Groups of 3 Ascending/Descending 20:29 Chords + Extensions https://www.youtube.com/embed/-bi2CzpzUx0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/an-improvisation-challenge-with-simple-note-groups-piano-hand-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ND0N9nmYmnE/maxresdefault.jpg An Improvisation Challenge With Simple Note Groups (Piano Hand Independence) In this challenge you practise hand independence and learn to improvise with simple groups of notes on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music sets up an improvisation challenge where the left hand plays the minor pentatonic scale while the right hand improvises note groupings over different rhythm patterns. Using the natural minor and Dorian scales in the right hand, you'll build real hand independence and a feel for creative phrasing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ND0N9nmYmnE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/laufey-from-the-start-intervallic-breakdown-of-its-richer-chords-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P6CPz-sMx-Y/maxresdefault.jpg Laufey "From the Start": Intervallic Breakdown of Its Richer Chords (Piano) Understand melodic intervals from 3 perspectives using the Grammy Award-winning Laufey’s “From the Start”. We look at the formation of intervals with respect to the true root of the song, the neighboring notes as well as the chord tones! https://www.youtube.com/embed/P6CPz-sMx-Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/isnt-she-lovely-pentatonic-lick-for-both-hands-stevie-wonder-all-12-keys 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lnNVeYKXPHg/maxresdefault.jpg “Isn't She Lovely” Pentatonic Lick for Both Hands (Stevie Wonder, All 12 Keys) Learn the iconic Major Pentatonic Scale lick of the Stevie Wonder Classic, “Isn’t She Lovely” on all 12 keys. In this Piano tutorial, we cover the correct fingering of each scale and play the phrase with both hands. This will hopefully improve your Piano technique and develop the instinct for correct fingering as we move beyond the more linear 7 note scales to the more “stretchy” pentatonic scales! https://www.youtube.com/embed/lnNVeYKXPHg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/why-you-should-learn-music-production-home-recording 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fros5oSdkuQ/maxresdefault.jpg Why you should learn Music PRODUCTION & Home RECORDING? In this Tutorial, we brainstorm the goals that you might have when getting into the field of music production & home recording. There are quite a few challenges that we face as musicians in this age of technology. It’s important to stay with the times and have a solid grounding of hardware & software. This lesson will be the first of many more as we dive into the art of recording, MIDI, mixing, arrangement, using a DAW and many more. 🕰️ 00:00 - Introduction 01:57 - Documneting And Recording 03:50 - Improve Audio Quality 06:26 - Arranging & Producing 09:34 - Record & Release 11:17 - Film Music Composition 12:24 - Cost Saving 14:05 - Be in Control 14:45 - Backing Tracks & using IEM Systems 16:28 - Scratch Track Preparation 17:38 - Technology is Future 18:37 - The Cook Of the Song https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fros5oSdkuQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/simple-but-beautiful-piano-arpeggios-to-serve-any-melody 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VC7OluJUnI4/maxresdefault.jpg Simple but Beautiful Piano Arpeggios to Serve Any Melody In this Piano Arpeggio Tutorial, we learn how to form and play simple left-hand patterns to serve pretty much any 4/4 melody line played in the Right Hand. Starting off with simple chord roots & 5th chords, we then move to triad rhythm patterns and some “famous” arpeggio movements with quavers & semiquavers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VC7OluJUnI4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/proven-ways-to-instantly-improve-your-rhythm-piano-any-instrument 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JTj_eAAWF-o/maxresdefault.jpg Proven Ways to Instantly Improve Your Rhythm (Piano & Any Instrument) With all my years of experience as a musician, I’ve learnt that Rhythm is the most important skill that needs to be developed instinctively and organically. In this lesson, we learn tried and tested methods to play your Piano or any musical instrument with clarity and confidence. We also emphasize the significance of the metronome, notation, and essential music theory concepts to strengthen your rhythmic prowess. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JTj_eAAWF-o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/build-catchy-piano-phrases-with-accents-grouping-groove-fix 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bORVuxwrFGk/maxresdefault.jpg Build Catchy Piano Phrases With Accents & Grouping (Groove Fix) In this Piano lesson, we delve into basic rhythm phrases over 8 beat cycles using a grouping of notes (Accents). Once we explore all possibilities, we embark on learning a Melody set to a challenging 31 beats per measure! Don't be alarmed! We progressively reach the target melody by incrementally navigating through time signatures - 4/4 - 7/8 - 15/8 - 31/8. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bORVuxwrFGk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-major-minor-scale-practice-far-easier-with-simple-maths-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OYdonF4IArQ/maxresdefault.jpg Make Major & Minor Scale Practice Far Easier With Simple Maths (Piano) In this Piano lesson, we look at how to overcome the challenges of Scale Practice on all 12 keys (both Major & Minor). Starting off with C minor, we move to its relative Major and then tackle neighbour tones in the Circle of Fifths. After conquering the “polar opposite” interval - the tritone, it now becomes possible to journey forward and play exercises in the remaining scales with a lot more ease and confidence. It’s an exponential path when it comes to practicing our scales! Let’s not give up until we’ve finished off all of them! https://www.youtube.com/embed/OYdonF4IArQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-compose-with-the-dorian-mode-brave-epic-chord-progressions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NCFZhIyG0Y8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Compose With the Dorian Mode: Brave, Epic Chord Progressions Explore the Dorian mode and compose brave, epic chord progressions with one of Jason's favourite scales. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music dives into the Dorian mode, which has a minor third and might seem sad like the minor scales, yet opens the door to bold and epic music. You will see how to generate progressions ideal for genres like Fusion, Folk, Rock, Funk, Jazz and RnB, all from this single colourful mode. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NCFZhIyG0Y8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-simple-method-to-play-folk-music-on-piano-5-accompaniment-techniques 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ps86lNUCpeg/maxresdefault.jpg A Simple Method to Play Folk Music on Piano (5 Accompaniment Techniques) Folk music is easier than it looks on piano — this simple method uses 5 accompaniment techniques across many folk styles. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses simple scale intervals — fifths in the right hand and thirds in the left — to accompany yourself across a variety of folk genres. You'll play through ballad style, rock, traditional, country, pop and Indian folk, using snippets of songs you'll likely recognise. It's an accessible, versatile approach to self-accompaniment on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ps86lNUCpeg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-piano-exercise-for-scales-intervals-chords-e-minor-both-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VN-wedwXcDE/maxresdefault.jpg One Piano Exercise for Scales, Intervals & Chords (E Minor, Both Hands) Train scales, intervals AND chords in a single efficient piano workout built on the E minor scale for both hands. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music has the right hand work through every interval of E minor - 2nds up to octaves - while the left hand supports with roots, octaves, thirds, fifths and triads. You'll also cover proper scale fingering, diatonic triads and seventh chords, and the idea of 'exponential practice' - an efficient way to train your theory and technique all at once. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 01:03 The Combo Exercise 02:48 Essential E minor scale theory 03:14 Proper Scale Fingering 04:16 LH Bass with Roots & Octaves 05:34 LH Bass with Thirds 06:20 LH Bass with Fifths 06:58 Advantages of Combo Practice 08:28 Diatonic Triads of E minor 09:39 Seventh Chords 10:11 RH with Intervals 12:09 2nd Intervals in the RH 15:57 Exponential Practice 18:22 3rd Intervals in the RH 20:44 4th Intervals in the RH 22:26 4th in LH & 3rd in RH 25:08 5ths intervals in the RH 27:23 6th intervals in the RH 30:09 7th Intervals in the RH 31:29 Octaves in the RH 31:52 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/VN-wedwXcDE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chords-inversions-on-piano-surprising-facts-every-player-should-know 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SSc19Czmvzg/maxresdefault.jpg Chords & Inversions on Piano: Surprising Facts Every Player Should Know Think chords hold no surprises? In this music theory tutorial you'll discover interesting facts about chords and their inversions that change how you see harmony. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a set of interesting facts about chords and their inversions, going beyond the basics to reveal details most players never think about. You'll explore how a chord changes character when you invert it, how the same notes can serve different roles, and small insights that deepen your grasp of everyday harmony on the piano. It's a curiosity-driven theory tour that will make you hear and use chords more thoughtfully. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SSc19Czmvzg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-two-hand-piano-scale-chord-exercise-speed-up-your-practice 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/euFNJ2ECuDA/maxresdefault.jpg The Two-Hand Piano Scale & Chord Exercise (Speed Up Your Practice) Speed up your piano practice with one combo exercise that trains a scale in the right hand and diatonic chords in the left at the same time. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music plays a natural minor scale pattern in the right hand while the left hand progresses from simple chord roots to thirds, fifths, diatonic triads and seventh chords. It's an efficient way to build technique and theory together - one drill that covers scales, intervals and chords so every minute of practice counts. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:16 Combo Piano Exercise 01:48 The Natural Minor 03:16 Writing down the Scale 04:46 Left Hand - Chord Roots 06:57 Left Hand - Diatonic Thirds 07:38 Left Hand - Fifth Intervals 08:42 Left Hand - Triads 11:33 Left Hand - Seventh Chords 15:02 Right Hand Melodic Pattern 23:17 Combo - Chord Roots in LH 23:48 Combo - Octaves in LH 24:39 Combo - Fifths in LH 25:01 Combo - Triads in LH 25:38 Combo - Seventh Chords in LH 27:25 Practice Goals https://www.youtube.com/embed/euFNJ2ECuDA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-slash-chords-with-purpose-on-piano-5-pro-ways 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4LtOItbMiW0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Slash Chords With Purpose on Piano (5 Pro Ways) What is the difference between slash chords and inversions? Learn 5 important ways to use slash chords in a progression. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music answers a question many players have, the difference between slash chords and inversions, then shows five purposeful ways to use slash chords in a progression with all the relevant music theory. You will also explore piano voicing techniques that make the slash note stand out clearly in the bass. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4LtOItbMiW0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-auld-lang-syne-in-12-keys-12-genres-solo-piano-arrangement-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nEmigcffTHk/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play “Auld Lang Syne” in 12 Keys & 12 Genres - Solo Piano Arrangement Tutorial 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nEmigcffTHk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-octaves-on-piano-correctly-fix-speed-boring-sound 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/swhkPF1vpJQ/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Octaves on Piano Correctly (Fix Speed & Boring Sound) Overcome the challenges of playing octaves on the piano with the correct fingering and posture. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you master octaves with proper fingering and posture, plus two exercises that build the skill in both hands. You will tackle common problems like playing octaves fast and stopping them from sounding boring, with simple tips and tricks suitable for pianists at all skill levels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/swhkPF1vpJQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-sing-play-go-tell-it-on-the-mountain-christmas-piano-accompaniment 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ueJEJYHhok4/maxresdefault.jpg How to Sing & Play "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (Christmas Piano Accompaniment) Grow as a Piano player & singer as you learn how to Play & Sing the Christmas Classic, “Go Tell it on the Mountain” in a variety of styles & genres on the Piano with this detailed accompaniment tutorial. Genres covered: Ballad style, Arpeggios, Blues, Reggae, Dance (Salsa) and a bonus Indian version. Originally a traditional African-American spiritual, the song gained widespread popularity as a gospel and folk hymn. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ueJEJYHhok4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-christmas-songs-in-blues-style-on-piano-2-easy-left-hand-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7MKjQxTjSUI/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Christmas Songs in Blues Style on Piano (2 Easy Left-Hand Patterns) Do you enjoy Rock n Roll & Blues Music and want to play your favourite Christmas songs on the Piano? Then look no further! This Christmas Piano tutorial covers popular Christmas hit songs with 2 easy to play rhythm patterns in the Left Hand. One is a chord pattern and the other is a bass line. This lesson will work for students at all skill levels. An awesome workout during the holiday season! Songs covered: Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, Blue Christmas and Go Tell It on the Mountain. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7MKjQxTjSUI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-feliz-navidad-in-5-genres-on-piano-one-carol-five-grooves 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2uSnr3VwwTQ/maxresdefault.jpg Play Feliz Navidad in 5 Genres on Piano (One Carol, Five Grooves) Wish your loved ones this Christmas in 5 different styles on the Piano with our Christmas Piano tutorial of the classic, "Feliz Navidad". The genres covered are Marching, Flamenco, Reggae, Dance and Blues, with a bonus "Indian" style. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2uSnr3VwwTQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-name-extended-chords-correctly-music-theory-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cbVDmfEFqOc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Name EXTENDED Chords Correctly (Music Theory Part 2) In this 2-part music theory series, we break down every single chord in music, from basic triads and far beyond. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music looks at naming conventions from the point of view of musicality rather than complexity — the way we sometimes over-complicate things. You'll learn about diminished, suspended, dominant, add, tension, 6th, 7th, quartal and modal chords, always keeping their voicing and root notes (bass) in mind. Look out for quiz questions along the way that help you revise the concepts as you go. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cbVDmfEFqOc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-name-all-those-fancy-chords-complete-piano-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NIXbdGHsm8U/maxresdefault.jpg How to NAME All Those FANCY Chords (Complete Piano Theory) In this 2-part music theory series, you get a detailed breakdown of every single chord in music, from basic triads and far beyond. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music looks at chord naming from the point of view of musicality rather than complexity, the way we sometimes overcomplicate it. You'll cover diminished, suspended, dominant, add, tension, 6th, 7th, quartal and modal chords, keeping their voicing and bass notes in mind, with quiz questions to help you revise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NIXbdGHsm8U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-chord-inversions-with-secondary-dominants-richer-piano-harmony-fast 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LhUeSdVFFfw/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Chord Inversions With Secondary Dominants (Richer Piano Harmony Fast) In this Piano tutorial, we combine Music Theory, Ear Training & Voicing techniques with chord progressions using secondary dominants. Using the common tones between chords, the shifting becomes a lot easier and pleasant sounding! We also bring out the best for the melody with arpeggio patterns, inversions, floating the top note and using melodic curves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LhUeSdVFFfw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-5-pillars-of-piano-accompaniment-for-any-genre 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Linkol5iv2Q/maxresdefault.jpg The 5 Pillars of Piano Accompaniment for ANY Genre Learn 5 pillars of piano accompaniment — ballads, arpeggios, march and dance — that let you back a vocalist, choir, band, or yourself in any genre. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses an inspiring chord progression to dive into the real challenges of piano accompaniment — for a vocalist, choir, band, or when you sing and play at the same time. You'll learn 5 techniques that each start from a basic rhythm pattern and progress into different time feels using simple beat-division concepts. Recommended for pianists at all skill levels, the lesson covers syncopation, grooving and following the drummer across ballads, arpeggios, march and dance feels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Linkol5iv2Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-choose-the-right-scale-key-for-a-song-as-a-singer-pianist 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rFINFoD9tQ8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Choose the Right Scale (Key) for a Song as a Singer & Pianist Picking the right scale for a song is a make-or-break skill for every singer and pianist — here's how the pros do it. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music brainstorms and navigates the challenge of how to figure out the scale for a song, using tried-and-tested professional strategies for studio recordings and stage performance. You'll understand the music theory behind scales and keys, and learn how to work with other musicians in an ensemble so the key suits everyone — especially the singer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rFINFoD9tQ8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-any-chord-flow-tritone-inversions-with-hybrid-arpeggio-patterns-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P_Xw-gpr_s0/maxresdefault.jpg Make Any Chord Flow: Tritone Inversions With Hybrid Arpeggio Patterns (Piano) In this Piano tutorial, we use the “famous” tritone interval to connect all the 24 Major & Minor triads with each other. We look at the essential Music Theory of the tritone, understand tension & resolution and then figure out the most efficient path between chords using the correct inversions. Also, included in the detailed lesson are “hybrid” arpeggio patterns on different odd meters. An amazing piano practice routine to conquer all your chords! https://www.youtube.com/embed/P_Xw-gpr_s0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-one-piano-chord-sound-beautiful-thirds-cadences-extensions-voicings 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/36VpJUHPDr8/maxresdefault.jpg Make One Piano Chord Sound Beautiful: Thirds, Cadences, Extensions & Voicings Using just a simple Major or Minor Triad, we can make a single chord sound beautiful on the Piano with a variety of techniques. A lot of these methods involve simple usage of diatonic intervals, cadences, voicings & extended harmony. The main goals behind this lesson are to teach you how you can accompany a very melody driven song with almost a drone in the background. Techniques include diatonic thirds, cadences, a root and fifth pivot with spread thirds, chord melodies with grace notes, turns and riffs, add, suspended and extended chords, and bonus quartal and quintal voicings. https://www.youtube.com/embed/36VpJUHPDr8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-intervals-in-the-real-world-hear-them-in-context-with-chords-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DQEIvWWLIs8/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Intervals in the 'Real World': Hear Them in Context With Chords (Ear Training) In this Ear Training lesson, we learn how to sing and identify musical intervals along with Major & Minor chords. The tutorial focusses on a "real-world" process which will get you to figure out the interval (ascending & descending) while improving your Music Theory & recognition of notes on the Piano. And you become a better singer in the process! https://www.youtube.com/embed/DQEIvWWLIs8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-rock-pop-piano-melodies-to-train-both-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wTR-0ijPfhI/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Rock & Pop Piano Melodies to Train Both Hands Train both hands with an iconic rock rhythm pattern in the left hand and 5 catchy pop melodies in the right — a complete piano independence workout. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music sets up a chord progression with open-voiced chords, then teaches a driving rock pattern in the left hand using both power-chord and spread-voicing arpeggios. On top of that steady left hand you'll learn 5 catchy pop melodies (the last inspired by 'Drive' by Incubus) — playing them against the rock groove is what builds genuine hand independence. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:32 Introduction 01:51 Chord Progression 03:08 Chords on Left Hand 03:46 Power Chord Arpeggio 05:47 Spread Voicing Arpeggio 08:07 Left Hand Pattern with Spread Voicing 11:03 Left Hand Pattern with Power Chord 12:00 Introducing Melody to Right Hand 14:42 MELODY 1 17:52 MELODY 2 21:05 MELODY 3 25:30 MELODY 4 29:05 MELODY 5 (Drive by Incubus) 32:45 RECAP https://www.youtube.com/embed/wTR-0ijPfhI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/future-proof-steps-to-solo-piano-arrangements-play-any-song-on-your-own 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9D_YNzFnsSQ/maxresdefault.jpg Future-Proof Steps to Solo Piano Arrangements (Play Any Song on Your Own) Want to arrange songs for solo piano so they sound complete on their own? This lesson lays out the future-proof steps that take you toward full, self-contained solo arrangements. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music maps out a step-by-step path toward solo piano arrangements, the skills you build now that pay off across every song you'll ever arrange. You'll see how melody, harmony and accompaniment come together in two hands, how to think about filling out a tune so it doesn't sound thin, and how to develop these habits in the right order. It's a forward-looking roadmap for anyone who wants to sit down and play any song as a satisfying solo piece. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9D_YNzFnsSQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-ultimate-piano-workout-to-speed-up-theory-train-your-ear 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QAVJV30AT4Y/maxresdefault.jpg The Ultimate Piano Workout to Speed Up Theory & Train Your Ear An all-round piano, music theory and ear training exercise that starts with transcribing a melody you hear. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a complete workout that combines piano, music theory and ear training in one exercise. You will first be given a melody to transcribe, meaning you figure out the notes and rhythm durations of everything you hear and then notate it using staff notation, a powerful way to sharpen all three skills at once. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QAVJV30AT4Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/do-these-10-things-before-playing-chords-for-a-song-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6NtFJounHwQ/maxresdefault.jpg Do These 10 Things BEFORE Playing Chords for a Song on Piano In this tutorial, we discuss 10 things to do before you tackle a chord progression for a section or an entire song. A lot of these suggestions are given to appreciate the song better and have an organised workflow while learning. Once you follow a proper plan, then future songs end up being a lot easier. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6NtFJounHwQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-develop-a-natural-instinct-for-chords-music-theory-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ysHUoPUdOxc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Develop a Natural Instinct for Chords (Music Theory & Ear Training) A pianist and musician in general needs to tackle all aspects of music at the same time - Melody, Rhythm, Harmony & Bass. Might as well make one of them as instinctive as possible - CHORDS! In this tutorial, we look at spontaneously training yourself to figure out chords as fast as possible with Theory, Ear Training & Technique. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ysHUoPUdOxc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-useful-exercises-to-practice-a-chord-with-an-extra-note-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jex-v4zXN_c/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Useful Exercises to Practice a Chord With an Extra Note (Piano) We might know that a triad has 3 notes. However, we can stack up one more in order to tackle quite a few musical scenarios - Melodic, Rhythmic & Harmonic. This lesson covers piano techniques for both hands involving different genres, time signatures and arrangement methods. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jex-v4zXN_c yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/2-techniques-to-harmonize-any-melody-on-piano-chord-tones-approach-notes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Aq6vknEEk0M/maxresdefault.jpg 2 Techniques to Harmonize Any Melody on Piano (Chord Tones & Approach Notes) Learn 2 powerful harmonization techniques using chord tones and diatonic approach notes to make any melody sound rich. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares two reliable techniques for harmonizing anything on the piano, built around chord tones and diatonic approach notes. Apply them and even a plain melody starts to sound full, rich and genuinely musical under your hands. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Aq6vknEEk0M yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-survive-any-song-harmonise-a-melody-by-ear-what-a-wonderful-world 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8A-Jafm7JLA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Survive ANY Song: Harmonise a Melody by Ear (What a Wonderful World) In this harmonisation tutorial, we learn the chord progression of the great song "Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong and develop numerous approaches to harmonise the melody - Jazz theory, Diatonic theory with Chord trees, Cadences, Borrowed chords, Secondary dominants & Bass movement. In the entire lesson, we just used our ear and music theory concepts to figure out the chords of the song as close as possible to the original. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8A-Jafm7JLA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-pendulum-practise-piano-scales-in-both-directions-correct-fingering 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/U5peKpP1ix8/maxresdefault.jpg The Pendulum: Practise Piano Scales in BOTH Directions (Correct Fingering) Using the motion of a simple pendulum, we develop a linear study technique for playing Scales & Modes on the Piano with the correct fingering and posture. We also make the exercise creative by adjusting the number of notes played in each direction. With pivot notes on different roots, we encounter most types of fingering challenges faced as pianists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U5peKpP1ix8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-transpose-to-any-key-scale-mode-chord-progression-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PtGq9mnaY9w/maxresdefault.jpg How to Transpose to Any Key, Scale, Mode & Chord Progression on Piano Transposing is more than just moving from key to key — this lesson teaches every way to transpose a piece of music on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music covers all the ways to transpose: key changes, scale modulation, and changing intervals based on the modes and chords. Along the way you'll get the essential theory you need, including the basics of swaras, so transposing becomes a flexible, everyday tool rather than a mystery. It's a complete guide suitable for all skill levels who want true freedom moving music around the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PtGq9mnaY9w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/what-a-wonderful-world-piano-jazz-arpeggios-with-extensions-slash-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ule7gj-V9LI/maxresdefault.jpg What a Wonderful World Piano: Jazz Arpeggios With Extensions & Slash Chords Learn how to play Arpeggios on the Piano with beautiful extensions using Seventh chords, Add chords, and Slash Chord voicings. We learn the whole song (A & B Sections), Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong, and practice a 6/8 version with simple accompaniment that encourages you to sing and play the Piano. We start with add 9 and add 11 chords, major and minor 6th chords and seventh chord extensions before working through Verse 1 and Verse 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ule7gj-V9LI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/26-ear-training-exercises-to-hear-chords-better-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WPBfTqK4PJw/maxresdefault.jpg 26 Ear Training Exercises to Hear Chords Better on Piano In this ear training exercise series for detecting chords, we combine theory and clever listening to figure out the chords of an entire progression by ear. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses an efficient approach that pairs music theory with smart listening, so you can identify the chords of a whole progression just by listening for the most important parts of each chord. Across 26 exercises you'll build the skills to track harmony by ear and stop guessing chords. It's a structured, practical path to genuinely reliable harmonic ear training. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WPBfTqK4PJw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/harmonic-ear-training-the-fastest-way-to-hear-any-chord 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jN7QICyRwJU/maxresdefault.jpg Harmonic Ear Training: The Fastest Way to Hear Any Chord In this detailed Ear Training lesson for detecting Chords, we use an efficient approach that combines both Theory & clever listening to figure out the chords of an entire progression just by using your ear and listening for the most important part of the chord, the bass. Exercises cover I - IV - V, climbing bass lines, Circle of Fifths exercises, ii - V - I and minor ii7b5 - V7b9 - i movements, and the diminished and augmented chord families. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jN7QICyRwJU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/it-is-well-with-my-soul-solo-piano-improvisation 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jlPkGJ9qixA/maxresdefault.jpg “It Is Well With My Soul” — Solo Piano Improvisation “It Is Well With My Soul” — Solo Piano Improvisation 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: https://www.youtube.com/embed/jlPkGJ9qixA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/triads-on-piano-5-things-about-three-note-chords-you-probably-missed 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0oyEl7lb5a8/maxresdefault.jpg Triads on Piano: 5 Things About Three-Note Chords You Probably Missed In this Piano & Music Theory Tutorial, we learn 3 note chord formation techniques that go slightly beyond the diatonic "textbook" and allow you to embellish your playing with rich voicing methods, jazz extensions, modal harmony and seventh chords. Topics include slash chords, spread voicing, quartal and quintal chords, the fifth chord stack, seventh chord extensions and modal triads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0oyEl7lb5a8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/arpeggios-with-impact-accent-beats-to-groove-in-any-time-signature-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yeQsVM3tG70/maxresdefault.jpg Arpeggios With Impact: Accent Beats to Groove in Any Time Signature (Piano) Give your piano arpeggios real 'impact' by stressing specific beats of the pattern - and make them groove in any time signature. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with chord voicings, then shows how accenting different beats (beat 2; 1 and 3; 1 and 4; 3 and 4) transforms a plain arpeggio into something that drives. You'll then take these impact arpeggios into 3/4 waltz feels, triplets and odd meters like 5/8 and 7/8, grouping notes in sets of 2, 3 and 4 for endless rhythmic variety. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:36 Lesson Plan & Goals 02:07 Chord Progression with Inversions 05:20 Voicing Strategy 2 07:06 Voicing Strategy 3 09:23 Basic Arpeggios 10:42 Creating “Impact” 13:30 Impact at Beat 2 14:03 Impact at 1 and 3 14:28 Impact at 1 and 4 15:34 Impact at 3 and 4 15:53 Focussing on Sub-beats 17:23 “Tresillo” - 1, & of 2, 4 18:21 3/4 Arpeggios (Waltz) 21:15 LH Bass Accents 21:57 3/4 in Triplets 23:25 Impact Arpeggios over Odd Time (5/8) 25:22 7/8 Impact 26:13 Sets of 2, 3 & 4 28:52 Revision https://www.youtube.com/embed/yeQsVM3tG70 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-modern-piano-chord-voicings-arpeggio-sets 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BYsa73GUqYM/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Modern Piano Chord Voicings + Arpeggio Sets In this lesson, we explore a MODERN chord voicing exercise along with arpeggio “sets”. The right hand plays a 7sus4 chord as arpeggios while the left hand learns three voicing techniques: extensions, ninths and jazz tensions. We then group the arpeggios into sets of 2, 3, 4 and 5 notes against beats divided into 3 and 4, using accents. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BYsa73GUqYM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-easy-binary-trick-to-sight-read-count-rhythm-piano-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lJMO2Kbqh88/maxresdefault.jpg The Easy Binary Trick to Sight-Read & Count Rhythm (Piano Theory) In this lesson, we explore: Easy Binary Strategy to Sight Read & Count Rhythm (Music Theory Tutorial) We look at an easy “Binary” strategy to count & read rhythm patterns using all the beat division systems available in music - Quavers, Triplets & Semiquavers. In Part 1, we focus on counting and reading single beat structures, while in Part 2, we have 30+ exercises to help you fully master the skill of counting rhythms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lJMO2Kbqh88 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-read-count-any-rhythm-quavers-to-16ths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NzWhPzCtJwg/maxresdefault.jpg How to Read & Count Any Rhythm: Quavers to 16ths In this lesson (Part 2 of the series), we practise exercises on the piano as well as clapping to count and read rhythm using quavers, triplets and semiquavers. Watch Part 1 first if you haven't already. After a revision of Part 1, there are 13 eighth-note exercises (the last two are combo phrases), 12 triplet exercises that move from trivial to groovy, and then semiquaver exercises. The exercises are structured in a stepwise manner and include a few tried and tested ways to get things going as a pianist or composer in general. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NzWhPzCtJwg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/11-indian-piano-arpeggios-with-triplets-swing-hemiola-feel 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ooYWdXHENSc/maxresdefault.jpg 11 Indian Piano Arpeggios With Triplets (Swing & Hemiola Feel) Learn how to play Indian Arpeggios with Triplets on the Piano with 11 exercises notated for you in this detailed tutorial. We look at the Triplet & Swing time feel with pretty much all the permutations. We also combine Triplets with speed variations & mix them up with quavers. The exercises build from a fifth chord study and left-hand bass to four Indian patterns (including a Hemiola), six combo patterns and a Roadhouse Blues pattern. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ooYWdXHENSc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-concepts-you-must-know-in-used-to-be-young-by-miley-cyrus 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DGMpWMDhoGU/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Concepts You Must Know in 'Used to Be Young' by Miley Cyrus Used to be Young by Miley Cyrus is an incredible Pop Ballad which has so many songwriting & long forgotten music theory concepts used throughout the verse, chorus & bridge sections. In this detailed song analysis tutorial, I break down 5 elements which I think make this song remarkable! You will learn about the Theory & multiple songwriting secrets in this lesson. From the beautifully voiced Piano intro to the incredible rhythmic figure in the Bridge and the “old-school” chord techniques like secondary dominants & minor plagal cadences, this song has it all! https://www.youtube.com/embed/DGMpWMDhoGU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/i-played-what-a-wonderful-world-in-all-12-keys-solo-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_mwv_SQiNdw/maxresdefault.jpg I Played "What a Wonderful World" in ALL 12 Keys (Solo Piano) "What a Wonderful World" is gorgeous in any key — so I played it in all 12, and had a lot of fun doing it. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music plays "Wonderful World" in all 12 keys on the piano as a solo arrangement. It's a joyful tour across the keyboard that shows how one beloved song can take on a different colour in every key. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_mwv_SQiNdw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/build-piano-hand-independence-by-singing-timing-fix-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PT5c_Uh8_Jg/maxresdefault.jpg Build Piano Hand Independence by SINGING (Timing Fix + Ear Training) In this lesson, we tackle hand independence in a rather different way by singing a set of chord tones and supporting the voice with 2 Piano rhythm patterns - Pulse & Tresillo (Salsa Pop Clave). There is some Ear Training taught in order to hear the notes of a Triad and then sing them in a stepwise manner - Semibreve, Minims and then the Tresillo. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PT5c_Uh8_Jg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/proper-piano-posture-staccato-the-flicking-trampoline-touch-stop-stiff-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ucFX1WgD44M/maxresdefault.jpg Proper Piano Posture & Staccato: The Flicking & Trampoline Touch (Stop Stiff Hands) Stiff, heavy staccato? Proper posture plus the “flicking” and “trampoline” techniques give you a light, bouncy touch on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music covers how to sit and hold your hands correctly, then teaches staccato through two intuitive images: flicking and a trampoline-like bounce. You'll learn how good posture sets your hands up to move freely, how the flicking and trampoline techniques produce crisp, effortless staccato, and how to practise them without tension creeping in. It's a hands-on fix for anyone whose short, detached notes feel stiff or laboured. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ucFX1WgD44M yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rock-piano-power-chords-with-accents-hand-independence-workout 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_QoOmo1QBoc/maxresdefault.jpg Rock Piano Power Chords With Accents (Hand Independence Workout) In this Rock Piano Tutorial, we practice the concept of Accents in the Left Hand with power chords and use the right hand with a simple pop chord progression to highlight the eighth note (8th) hit points - both on & off beats. The exercise is built to develop your hand independence skills. The accents move through beats 1, 2, 3 and 4, then combinations like beats 1 + 3, beats 2 + 4 (the snare hits) and all 4 downbeats, finishing with the tresillo and a modified tresillo over 2 bars. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QoOmo1QBoc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-things-you-must-know-about-yellow-by-coldplay-chords-that-make-it-work 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6iSAY4Tfveo/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Things You Must Know About “Yellow” by Coldplay (Chords That Make It Work) In this detailed Yellow breakdown, we look at 5 unique elements that Coldplay use in their music - Chord extensions, accents, song structure, Melody intervals, and the beautiful outro! https://www.youtube.com/embed/6iSAY4Tfveo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/country-piano-walk-ups-walk-downs-stepwise-fills-with-grace-ghost-notes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rXr3IvEQ9Tk/maxresdefault.jpg Country Piano Walk-Ups & Walk-Downs: Stepwise Fills With Grace & Ghost Notes Country piano walk ups and walk downs with grace notes and ghost notes - an easy, stepwise tutorial. This country piano exercise moves into each of the I - IV - V chords with passing harmonic movement in Bb major, using a traditional waltz (3/4) meter. We build a left-hand walking bass, harmonise with thirds in the right hand, stack roots and fifths, add off-beat rhythm, and apply it to Amazing Grace, Twinkle Twinkle and Happy Birthday. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rXr3IvEQ9Tk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-any-chord-progression-in-every-key-using-the-smoothest-inversions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rAtXhPCjjsg/maxresdefault.jpg Play ANY Chord Progression in Every Key Using the Smoothest Inversions In this detailed Piano & Music Theory Tutorial, we understand how to play chord progressions from any key & scale using the most efficient inversion movement. A lot about our study will involve knowledge of every aspect of the Major Scale along with its intervals, triads & inversions. Working in Eb major, we build its triads, identify chord types and degrees, and shift between chords starting from root position, 1st inversion and 2nd inversion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rAtXhPCjjsg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/train-both-hands-with-a-simple-chord-progression-bass-line-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WolXrJ9YDR0/maxresdefault.jpg Train Both Hands With a Simple Chord Progression & Bass Line (Piano) In this Hand Independence Piano lesson, we take 4 simple chords in the Right Hand and support them with a repeating bass line using various rhythm patterns in the Left Hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WolXrJ9YDR0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/what-do-major-minor-really-mean-the-happy-vs-sad-sound-explained-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5kCvnI5GldU/maxresdefault.jpg What Do Major & Minor Really Mean? The Happy vs Sad Sound Explained (Piano) In this Theory lesson, we deep dive into the terms Major & Minor and all that they possibly symbolize in the field of music. Start with the basics of Scales, Intervals & Chords and go beyond. Topics include the major scale formula, major & minor 3rd intervals, and modes such as Lydian and Mixolydian. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5kCvnI5GldU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/what-should-you-listen-for-in-a-piece-of-music-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ryzemkqNtz8/maxresdefault.jpg What Should You Listen For in a Piece of Music? (Ear Training) What should you HEAR for in a piece of music? When you hear a song, album or piece of music, what are the elements and how do you figure out each ingredient? This Ear Training tutorial focuses on the elements of Rhythmic, Harmonic & Melodic Ear Training and what you need to do as a musician to transcribe them. We follow a stepwise approach so you don't have to stress if you haven't got the exact chord - G minMaj7, for instance. You get a road map to move forward as a student of music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ryzemkqNtz8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/odd-time-signatures-on-piano-how-to-count-feel-them-finally-make-them-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oA5jvtq9Neo/maxresdefault.jpg Odd Time Signatures on Piano: How to Count & Feel Them (Finally Make Them Groove) Learn how to count & feel Odd Meter Rhythms with this detailed Tutorial for Piano players and musicians in general. The odd time signatures covered in this lesson are 7/8, 5/4, 9/8, 11/8, 13/8, 15/8 & 17/8 🥁 We've used Drum Loops from Yurt Rock, and I've also composed Daily Riffs in these odd meters. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oA5jvtq9Neo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/best-music-setup-for-zoom-audio-settings-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/BdV-8GvI0KY/maxresdefault.jpg Best Music Setup for Zoom: Audio Settings Explained Do you use Zoom for a Music lesson as a teacher or student? Then you MUST watch this video. All audio settings are explained in detail to optimise for the best quality audio. A best possible music piano tutorial from Nathaniel School of Music. Do you use Zoom for a Music lesson as a teacher or student? Then you MUST watch this video. All audio settings are explained in detail to optimise for the best quality audio. In this Zoom Settings Tutorial, we study how to setup Zoom for the ideal music class, production session and even a jam! Recently, Zoom upgraded the app with amazing features for Musicians to learn, jam & collaborate. We will go through every one of them! 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕰️ 00:00 Introduction 01:45 What does the teacher want? 02:42 Connecting the Phone to the Computer 05:28 Best Audio Quality for Zoom 06:24 Ideal Zoom Settings for a Music Class 10:05 Original Sound for Musicians 10:59 Optimise your Internet Connection 14:19 Sharing Computer Audio 15:16 Live Performance Mode (Musicians) 16:46 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/BdV-8GvI0KY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/basic-piano-arpeggios-with-the-metronome-lock-your-subdivisions-2-3-4 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/r9926C9l5ak/maxresdefault.jpg Basic Piano Arpeggios With the Metronome: Lock Your Subdivisions (2, 3 & 4) How to Play Basic Arpeggios on Piano alongside the Metronome & Counting Subdivisions (2, 3 & 4). In this Metronome Practice Piano Tutorial, we use simple arpeggio patterns over a Major & Minor chord and play them with the main beat subdivisions - Quavers, Triplets & Semiquavers. We also cover the best settings for the metronome app, feeling the pulse with subdivisions, metronome challenges & goals, and the importance of the metronome as a professional musician. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r9926C9l5ak yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-chord-progression-behind-100s-of-songs-pachelbels-canon 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VlauTX0FCn4/maxresdefault.jpg The Chord Progression Behind 100s of Songs (Pachelbel's Canon) The chord progression behind hundreds of songs — Pachelbel's Canon — and how to play it beautifully with melodic chord inversions and arpeggios. Jason Zac breaks down the Canon in D progression, the essential theory of scales, chords, scale degrees and inversions, then turns it into music with arpeggio patterns, the "chord organ" technique and the HLML pattern across the keyboard. Learn the one progression that unlocks countless songs. Intermediate-friendly. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:15 Goal of the Lesson 00:22 Introduction 02:45 Essential Theory — Scales & Chords 04:34 Why Learn Pachelbel's Canon? 06:55 Melodic Chord Inversions 16:08 Arpeggio Patterns 17:17 Chord Organ Technique 21:34 HLML Pattern 23:27 Dividing the Piano into 3 Parts 28:32 Revision 29:25 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/VlauTX0FCn4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/flush-paste-a-reaper-custom-action-to-start-new-projects-with-all-your-settings 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/afrqB-P8trs/maxresdefault.jpg Flush Paste: A Reaper Custom Action to Start New Projects With All Your Settings After you've put your heart and soul into a project in Reaper, you don't want to put in the same amount of effort for a brand new one. You'd like all your settings to recall instantly: tracks and folders, FX, project settings, edit and mixer presets, to name a few. But you usually don't want the envelopes (automation) and items from the previous project. Here's a custom action we use in our studio. It lets us start from scratch with all the mic inputs, track colours, FX settings and much more already in place. Recall it with a shortcut or from the Actions List. https://www.youtube.com/embed/afrqB-P8trs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chics-good-times-on-piano-nail-the-ultimate-disco-groove-both-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9ETn9Y4wX_o/maxresdefault.jpg Chic's "Good Times" on Piano: Nail the Ultimate Disco Groove (Both Hands) Learn how to play arguably the most famous Bass Line ever on the Piano - Good Times (CHIC) with a detailed Tutorial covering the Bass Line played in the Left Hand, Jazzy Dorian based chords in the Right hand along with an interesting rhythm pattern and spice up the arrangement with the original licks played on the keyboard during the bass groove. Put it all together and improve your hand independence in this "all-round skills" development lesson! https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ETn9Y4wX_o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-piano-chord-voicings-that-instantly-sound-richer-spread-slash-add9-7ths-quartal 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/r8B8dTIQX1I/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Piano Chord Voicings That Instantly Sound Richer (Spread, Slash, Add9, 7ths & Quartal) In this Piano Chord Voicing Tutorial, you will learn 5 of the best chord voicing techniques for Piano - Open (Spread), Slash, Stacked Fifths, Seventh & Quartal Chords. All essential Music Theory and Piano Shapes are covered using a very simple Pop Chord Progression - I vi ii V. Please note: in the quartal chords section, one quartal chord is named A C G when it should be A D G. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r8B8dTIQX1I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-good-times-by-chic-on-bass 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hS-_H38LHzY/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play 🎶 Good Times by CHIC on Bass 🎸 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕰️ 00:00 Performance 00:21 Introduction 01:41 The Pulse 04:40 Dorian climb 05:10 Anticipation of Rhythm 08:32 Final lick 09:29 Revision 09:59 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/hS-_H38LHzY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-interval-theory-one-modern-pop-drill 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HTeiwowXVlI/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence + Interval Theory (One Modern Pop Drill) In this Piano exercise for beginners, you will learn how to coordinate your hands with an inspiring Modern Pop (EDM) lesson which uses just 4 notes and stacks intervals of thirds & fifths. Along with playing the harmonic movement, you will also develop hand independence using ratios. We learn all the essential music theory in this detailed tutorial including transposition. Also, get started with improvisation using “clusters” of notes. The lesson is in Bb major, and the hand ratios practised are 1:4, 4:1, 1:3, 3:1, 2:4 and 4:2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HTeiwowXVlI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-michael-jackson-bass-riffs-every-player-must-know 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0l5tVxznpQo/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Michael Jackson Bass Riffs Every Player Must Know In this Bass Guitar lesson, we will learn 5 of the most popular Michael Jackson riffs - Beat It, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, Give in to Me & Bad. 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕰️ 00:00 Introduction 02:36 Top 5 MJ Riffs - According to me 02:44 Beat It 10:42 Billie Jean 14:25 Smooth Criminal 18:28 Give In To Me 22:15 Bad 24:09 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/0l5tVxznpQo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/summer-of-69-riff-on-piano-hand-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1wTINZ4xCcM/maxresdefault.jpg Summer of ’69 Riff on Piano + Hand Independence In this Piano tutorial, we will learn how to play the riff of Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams on the Piano along with Left Hand Rhythmic variations to practice the Pulse & Accents using Octave Patterns A hand independence piano tutorial from Nathaniel School of Music. 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕰️ 00:00 Performance 00:09 Introduction 01:39 Chord Progression 02:20 Chord Extensions and Inversions 07:42 Konokkol Rhythm technique 10:08 The Sumer of ’69 Riff 15:38 Left Hand Roots and Accents 19:10 The final variation - The Pulse 22:33 Revision 24:52 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/1wTINZ4xCcM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-stand-by-me-bass-guitar-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cEbQIP20jO8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play “Stand By Me” — Bass Guitar Tutorial In this Bass Guitar Tutorial you will learn how to play every section of the Ben E King Classic, “Stand By Me” with complete Music Theory explained along the way. A play stand by piano tutorial from Nathaniel School of Music. 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕰️ 00:00 Introduction 02:22 Hit points of the song 03:02 The Stand By Me Bass Line 07:03 Position 1 - Open Strings 10:45 Adding Passing Tones 15:03 Position 2 20:00 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/cEbQIP20jO8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-day-tripper-by-the-beatles-on-piano-iconic-riff-accompaniment 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3f_Ih4fmDVU/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Day Tripper" by The Beatles on Piano (Iconic Riff + Accompaniment) Learn to play The Beatles' "Day Tripper" on piano — the riff plus an accompaniment you can use to back the whole song. We work on the signature line, the chords behind it, and how to combine the hands so the groove drives the way the original does. The same approach works for other riff-based songs too. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3f_Ih4fmDVU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-money-by-pink-floyd-bass-guitar-74 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZLdgsZbprE0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play “Money” by Pink Floyd — Bass Guitar (7/4) In this Bass Guitar Tutorial, we learn the great 7/4 bass line from Pink Floyd’s Money along with the Sax and Guitar solo groove. We look at the essential rhythmic and harmonic theory and the correct fingering and technique used. A play money bass piano tutorial from Nathaniel School of Music. 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕰️ 00:00 Performance 00:41 Introduction 00:54 The 7/4 Bass Line 01:07 Solo Section 02:08 The Riff 04:26 Call and Response 07:31 The vocal part 08:45 Turn-around 11:25 The alternative style 12:08 Guitar Solo 14:54 Turn-around 15:41 The EPIC ending 17:02 Revision 17:58 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZLdgsZbprE0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-comping-piano-rhythm-patterns-for-any-situation 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5ROx6wAMRg8/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Comping Piano Rhythm Patterns for Any Situation In this lesson, we explore 5 comping piano rhythm patterns for any situation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ROx6wAMRg8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-another-one-bites-the-dust-bass-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kA1SVtgrr38/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play “Another One Bites the Dust” — Bass Tutorial Learn how to play the Queen classic, “Another One Bites The Dust” with each and every section on the Bass Guitar A play queen classic piano tutorial from Nathaniel School of Music. 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕰️ 00:00 Performance 00:11 Introduction 01:30 What you will be learning 03:22 Start with division of beats 06:47 Have a ghost drummer friend 10:36 Verse 13:28 Turnaround 13:48 Rhythm with Body Movement 16:08 Chorus 18:10 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/kA1SVtgrr38 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/easy-piano-improvisation-anyone-can-do-start-with-one-left-hand-pattern 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l_edZAYMN38/maxresdefault.jpg Easy Piano Improvisation Anyone Can Do (Start With One Left-Hand Pattern) Piano improvisation feels impossible until you anchor it to one simple left-hand pattern — in this play-along lesson you'll build melodies, call-and-response phrases and rhythmic variations one layer at a time. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts you off with a steady left-hand arpeggio, then opens up the right hand to explore melody, dynamics and dialogue. You'll work through sets of three, dotted-quaver Dorian melodies, 16th-note embellishments and shifting question-and-answer phrases — all designed for students from beginner to intermediate. Along the way you'll grow real hand independence and learn how to write melodies for different moods, finishing by singing a phrase and playing it back. It's a friendly, step-by-step path into improvising that anyone can follow. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:25 Introduction 02:18 Left Hand Arpeggio Pattern 04:02 Variation 1 - Sets of Three (Ascending & Descending) 06:30 Call and Response 09:23 Dorian Melody with Dotted Quavers 10:50 Aligning Singing with Right Hand 11:38 16th Note Embellishment 15:03 Changing Question & Answer 19:17 New Melody with Rhythmic Variations 25:50 Bring in the Chords 31:08 Sing a Phrase and Play It 33:06 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/l_edZAYMN38 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-the-bass-line-of-money-by-pink-floyd-on-piano-that-famous-74-riff 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xHHu_DTNbqM/maxresdefault.jpg Play the Bass Line of "Money" by Pink Floyd on Piano (That Famous 7/4 Riff) How to play the bass line of "Money" by Pink Floyd on piano. The famous riff is in 7/4, so the lesson covers the notes of the riff and how to count and feel its odd-meter groove. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xHHu_DTNbqM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-top-5-michael-jackson-bass-lines-on-piano-play-them-like-a-pro 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5NvY5x_UhgE/maxresdefault.jpg The Top 5 Michael Jackson Bass Lines on Piano (Play Them Like a Pro) How to play the top 5 Michael Jackson bass lines on the piano, with each groove taught note for note. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5NvY5x_UhgE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/stop-struggling-with-another-one-bites-the-dust-on-piano-queen-play-it-like-a-pro 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IF-4NGMUt0s/maxresdefault.jpg Stop Struggling With “Another One Bites The Dust” on Piano (Queen, Play It Like a Pro) How to Play “Another One Bites The Dust” On Piano Like A PRO - Queen Classic. We first cover the epic Bass Riff in the left hand and then develop a chord pattern in the Right Hand. Queen make use of a lot of interesting music theory concepts like modal interchange, especially in the turn around sections. The lesson covers the Intro, Verse & the Chorus! https://www.youtube.com/embed/IF-4NGMUt0s yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beginner-piano-lesson-to-get-both-hands-flowing-together-stop-the-coordination-struggle 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hUCw78d0HKQ/maxresdefault.jpg Beginner Piano Lesson to Get Both Hands Flowing Together (Stop the Coordination Struggle) A beginner piano lesson to get your hands flowing together. In this piano exercise for beginners, practise playing hand ratios, understand scale degrees with swaras, and gradually grow your left hand accompaniment with simple note values. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hUCw78d0HKQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/stand-by-me-piano-tutorial-the-bass-line-chords-in-5-accompaniment-styles 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/V_JVEuvreds/maxresdefault.jpg Stand By Me Piano Tutorial: The Bass Line + Chords in 5 Accompaniment Styles How to play the Stand By Me bass line on piano with chords - an accompaniment tutorial. We learn the iconic bass line of Stand By Me by Ben E. King, the chords and inversions, and singing to develop hand independence. Then five accompaniment styles in the right hand: block chords, staccato pulse, Clocks arpeggios, flamenco folk and melodic playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/V_JVEuvreds yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-turn-a-simple-melody-into-a-complete-song-piano-composition 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7LSlw1CDQHE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Turn a Simple Melody Into a Complete Song (Piano Composition) In this lesson, we explore how to turn a simple melody into a complete song on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7LSlw1CDQHE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-simple-ways-to-add-improvisation-to-your-piano-playing-for-beginners 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CEy9p5Bqgfg/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Simple Ways to Add Improvisation to Your Piano Playing For Beginners Take your improvisation skills to the next level with 5 easy ways to improvise, perfect for anyone of any age who wants to improve their musical skills. Jason teaches step by step and answers questions along the way. In this session we explore the existing chord tones of the progression, connecting to chord tones through passing tones, melodic patterns (thirds and groups of 3), the "anything goes" pentatonic scales, and organic improvisation through singing and rhythmic techniques. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some experience in music, this session is for anyone who wants to learn how to improvise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CEy9p5Bqgfg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-workout-9-bass-line-variations-under-one-chord 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wB1GhC1nOtM/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence Workout: 9 Bass-Line Variations Under One Chord In this lesson, we explore: Get Independence For Your Hands With Piano Exercises That Have Multiple Bass Lines! Using a single G minor chord, we cycle through left-hand bass-line variations combining quarter notes and half notes, tied notes and rests, then quaver movements, staccato and 'Sa Re Ga' bass-line combos, eighth-note variations and an 'Another Brick in the Wall' application. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wB1GhC1nOtM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/relative-vs-parallel-minor-on-piano-two-ways-to-unlock-new-moods 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tlq5Y00jbyg/maxresdefault.jpg Relative vs Parallel Minor on Piano: Two Ways to Unlock New Moods Relative and parallel minor scales are two different ways into the minor sound on the piano. A relative minor shares its notes with its major key, while a parallel minor keeps the same home note as the major but changes the mood. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tlq5Y00jbyg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/blackbird-piano-tutorial-the-beatles-learn-every-section-note-for-note 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mTZehU4dBlQ/maxresdefault.jpg Blackbird Piano Tutorial (The Beatles): Learn Every Section, Note for Note Blackbird Piano Lesson - The Beatles - Learn EVERY Section. Learn how to play and accompany yourself on the Piano with The Beatles' Blackbird with the exact fingerstyle patterns used in the original song. We go through every section - Intro, Verse, Interlude & Bridge - including the odd meter usage. The lesson ends with unique piano ornament techniques - Stacking, Spelling the chords, Grace Notes, Turns and Flams, with Country & Gospel embellishments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mTZehU4dBlQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-beatles-in-my-life-george-martin-piano-solo-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bsp1qCNaK28/maxresdefault.jpg The Beatles - In my Life - George Martin 🎹 Piano Solo Tutorial 🎶 Learn the iconic George Martin "harpsichord" solo from the Beatles classic In My Life. The solo is inspired by Bach's counterpoint piano movements and is a great way to strengthen your left-hand bass movement, improve hand independence and build lots more skills on the piano. We review the A major scale, go over the chord progression and melody, learn the right-hand melody and then add the trills, work through the left-hand bass line, and put the whole solo together. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bsp1qCNaK28 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-compose-original-chord-progressions-on-piano-songwriting-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UFo3_6U3sf0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Compose Original Chord Progressions on Piano (Songwriting Theory) How to compose original chord progressions on the piano, using songwriting music theory. Start with Diatonic Triads built from the Major Scale and then learn how to compose music with exciting chord progressions which will expand your Music Theory and widen your horizon with respect to chord voicing, extensions, secondary dominants & other substitutions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UFo3_6U3sf0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-3-most-natural-ways-to-truly-feel-music-in-all-its-dimensions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7ys7ck4zmZ0/maxresdefault.jpg The 3 Most Natural Ways to Truly FEEL Music in All Its Dimensions The 3 MOST NATURAL ways to Truly FEEL Music in all its DIMENSIONS. Here are three simple ways to enhance your skills as a musician and build dynamics, whether you're a composer or performer. We'll be exploring, what I call, the three axes of music: time, pitch, and volume, and how mastering them can help us become better musicians and convey our emotions more effectively to our audience. The key to success is truly feeling the music and allowing it to guide us in our musical journey. The performance tips cover grooving, controlling pitch and breathing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ys7ck4zmZ0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/scale-vs-key-vs-mode-vs-raga-finally-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nzBEfnHCiA4/maxresdefault.jpg Scale vs Key vs Mode vs Raga: Finally Explained Learn how Scales, Keys, Modes, Ragas & Key Signature work and the similarities and differences between them with this Detailed Music Theory lesson. What are the differences between a Scale and a Key in music? What in the world are Modes? Are Ragas and Scales the same thing? The lesson covers key signatures, the key of C as a worked example, relative and parallel modes, and what ragas are. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nzBEfnHCiA4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-accompany-yourself-on-piano-beginner-to-advanced-in-my-life-beatles 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2htLkZMCP_4/maxresdefault.jpg How to Accompany Yourself on Piano: Beginner to Advanced ("In My Life", Beatles) How to accompany yourself on piano, from beginner to advanced, using "In My Life" by The Beatles. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2htLkZMCP_4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-daily-piano-chord-exercise-climbing-inversions-with-many-rhythm-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QtpsiSkWyZM/maxresdefault.jpg The Daily Piano Chord Exercise: Climbing Inversions With Many Rhythm Patterns Make your chord changes effortless with this daily piano exercise — an ascending and descending chord-climbing drill played through a whole menu of rhythm patterns. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you an ascending and descending chord-climbing exercise built on inversions, played with a variety of rhythm patterns — broken chords, arpeggios and syncopation. You'll practise the patterns at different speeds, explore time-signature variations, and move the chord pattern between the right and left hands so the exercise trains your harmony, rhythm and coordination all at once. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Climbing chord progression 03:13 Playing Patterns in different speeds 04:42 Broken Chords 06:01 Arpeggios 06:51 Combo Pattern 08:00 Time Signature Variations 10:14 Left Hand chord movement with Right Hand 11:53 Playing Pattern in Left Hand 13:23 Revision 14:11 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/QtpsiSkWyZM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/slash-chords-vs-inversions-on-piano-the-difference-that-makes-chords-richer 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UhO-cWQLC-k/maxresdefault.jpg Slash Chords vs Inversions on Piano: The Difference That Makes Chords Richer In this Music Theory & Piano lesson, we compare and contrast Chord Inversions & Slash Chords from a number of perspectives and develop various Piano exercises to practice them in real-world music scenarios. Also covered in the lesson are the voicing techniques used for chord playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UhO-cWQLC-k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-mammoth-lesson-major-scales-all-12-keys-circle-of-fifths-chord-inversions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2EyFNq8I88c/maxresdefault.jpg One Mammoth Lesson: Major Scales (All 12 Keys), Circle of Fifths & Chord Inversions This is the one mammoth lesson to conquer major scales in all 12 keys, the Circle of Fifths and chord inversions on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music pulls together major scales across all 12 keys, the Circle of Fifths and chord inversions into a single comprehensive lesson. You'll connect these foundational pillars so they reinforce each other, giving you a complete grip on the geography of the keyboard. It's an ambitious, all-in-one workout for serious progress on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EyFNq8I88c yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-beat-division-exercise-read-rhythm-lock-your-timing-c-major 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3WLR6VLwmgY/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Beat Division Exercise: Read Rhythm & Lock Your Timing (C Major) In this lesson, we explore: Beat Division Piano Exercise - Music Theory, Notation & Rhythm Reading We look at different percentages of the beat and bring them all together with a pleasant-sounding exercise on the C major scale: the pulse (quarter note), dotted quavers, triplets, quavers, eighth note triplets and semiquavers. Along the way, understand the terminology of the different note values, with tips and tricks to practise rhythm better and improve your sense of timing on the Piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3WLR6VLwmgY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-train-your-harmonic-ear-by-singing-piano-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Neg-ZMqC-oI/maxresdefault.jpg How to Train Your Harmonic Ear by Singing (Piano Ear Training) Using just your voice and the Piano, we learn how to train our Ear for chords and aspects of harmony with 5 organic techniques. Challenge yourself with Chord roots, inversions & even the "merry-go-round" of the Circle of Fifths. These are "real-world" approaches that only need you to practice ear training along with the Piano & your voice. The 5 techniques: "Hunt" for the Bass, the Roots of the Chord, Chord Inversions, Connecting 2 chords together, and Singing one "floating" note in the triad. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Neg-ZMqC-oI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-figure-out-any-songs-chords-by-ear-5-ear-training-strategies 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZElZ2wbnJjY/maxresdefault.jpg How to Figure Out Any Song's Chords by Ear: 5 Ear Training Strategies Stop guessing chords by trial and error — learn 5 organic ear training strategies to figure out the chord progression of almost any song using your ear and basic theory. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares 5 practical approaches for cracking the chords of a song by ear. You'll derive chords from the melody, the bass roots, cadences, and several predictive theory-based approaches. This works for piano players, singers and pretty much any musician. Along the way you'll sharpen your relative pitch, learn to read chord charts, and use functional harmony and the emotional quality of chords to confirm what you're hearing. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:05 Chord Change Points 04:42 How to read Chord Charts 07:28 Preparation for Ear Training 08:36 All about that Bass 11:25 Relative Pitch 17:07 AI taking over ?! 18:19 Cadences 20:34 Melody landing notes 26:45 Emotions & Qualities of Chords 31:16 Indian Classical Intervals 33:01 Following the Process 36:27 Functional Harmony 39:56 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZElZ2wbnJjY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-piano-rhythm-beat-displacement-anticipation-rhythmic-subtraction 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Vf-RgfoJ0kg/maxresdefault.jpg Master Piano Rhythm: Beat Displacement, Anticipation & Rhythmic Subtraction The most inspiring method to conquer piano rhythm techniques - Beat Displacement & Anticipation. Play arpeggios and melodies on the Pentatonic scale in both Major & Minor tonalities, with detailed strategies to practice beat subtraction, anticipation & displacement of notes and chord tones to various divisions in a bar. It includes an E major arpeggio in quavers, 2 chord progressions in the left hand for Major & Minor scales, and rhythmic delay. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vf-RgfoJ0kg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-forge-a-strong-bond-between-melody-chords-composition-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P35zTEvb3Xw/maxresdefault.jpg How to Forge a Strong Bond Between Melody & Chords (Composition Theory) In this Music Theory & Composition Tutorial, learn how to form a significant bond between Melody & Harmony using simple Chord Progressions. We learn about Cadences and connect two chords together using Chord Tone concepts. Also covered are Melody writing strategies using Passing & Landing Tones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P35zTEvb3Xw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-melody-with-5-left-hand-chord-accompaniment-techniques-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/awy6ZIGrXyY/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Melody With 5 Left-Hand Chord Accompaniment Techniques on Piano How to PROPERLY play a Melody with 5 Chord Accompaniment Techniques in the Left Hand. Learn an entire piece of music composed for Solo Piano (2 sections) and how to play left hand patterns to support it using eighth note arpeggios, sixteenth note arpeggios, broken chords, spread voicing & stride piano playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/awy6ZIGrXyY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-melody-in-the-right-chord-patterns-in-the-left 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jy9lF061Aio/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence: Melody in the Right, Chord Patterns in the Left Build serious piano hand independence by holding a melody in the right hand while the left hand cycles through a range of chord and rhythm patterns. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with a steady left-hand pulse and grows it all the way to voiced triads, eighth-note toggle patterns, dotted rhythms and a Tresillo salsa pattern - all under one right-hand melody. Along the way you'll embellish the melody with ornaments and learn how to improvise and transpose the whole idea. The result is a left hand that grooves on its own so your right hand can sing. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:16 Introduction 01:51 Melody 03:12 Minor Bass Cluster 04:26 Generating the Left-hand Pulse 06:17 Eighth-note Base Toggle Patterns 07:20 Minims in the Left-hand 08:17 Bass Rhythm Pattern 1 13:41 Dotted Rhythm Patterns 14:11 Tresillo Salsa Pattern 17:46 Melodic Embellishments 18:46 Chord Progression 19:53 Improvisation and Transposing 20:30 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/jy9lF061Aio yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-the-longest-time-by-billy-joel-detailed-solo-piano-arrangement 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8EH6055wpyQ/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel (Detailed Solo Piano Arrangement) Billy Joel's "The Longest Time" is a doo-wop gem — and this detailed tutorial turns it into a full solo piano arrangement. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a detailed tutorial of "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel as a solo piano arrangement. You'll work through the song section by section, building a complete arrangement you can play on your own from start to finish. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8EH6055wpyQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-methods-to-compose-chord-progressions-without-a-scale-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sn37iSzpMP4/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Methods to Compose Chord Progressions Without a Scale (Piano) Learn 5 methods to compose chord progressions on the piano without relying on a single scale. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares five methods for composing chord progressions without being locked into one scale. These approaches free up your songwriting and open the door to progressions you would never find by staying inside a single key. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sn37iSzpMP4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-piano-accompaniment-techniques-for-beginners-singers-producers 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NJ4FH8Vztlw/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Piano Accompaniment Techniques for Beginners (Singers & Producers) 5 piano accompaniment techniques for beginners, designed for singers and producers. These methods cover a variety of music. You can use these techniques & rhythm patterns to accompany yourself on the Piano or support another singer, musician, or band. Great for Music Producers and aspiring arrangers! The techniques: fifth chords, beginner arpeggio patterns, ballad ratios, syncopation (following the drums) and chord trees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NJ4FH8Vztlw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-pieces-of-piano-advice-to-level-up-your-playing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CO-fRiH-p9A/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Pieces of Piano Advice to Level Up Your Playing 5 pieces of piano advice Jason Zac developed for his students and himself — from left-hand patterns and groovy subdivisions to the blues and balanced practice. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares 5 pieces of advice he's developed for his students and himself to give you fresh perspective on your playing. The focus is on left-hand patterns, groovy piano patterns and subdivisions, investing time in the blues, balancing theory, ear training and technique, and how to practice the piano effectively. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CO-fRiH-p9A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-pasoori-on-piano-full-tutorial-all-sections 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/I5hLnv0g2c0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Pasoori" on Piano – Full Tutorial, All Sections Learn how to play the most popular song of 2022 - Pasoori. A detailed piano tutorial covering all sections of the song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/I5hLnv0g2c0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-piano-accompaniment-styles-for-christmas-songs-carols 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZpcDit7B9WQ/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Piano Accompaniment Styles for Christmas Songs & Carols In this lesson, we explore piano accompaniment styles & chord patterns for POPULAR Christmas songs & carols. The five styles are Christmas ballads, waltz patterns in 3/4, a 6/8 feel (O Holy Night), groovy rhythm patterns such as oom-pah, tresillo and Caribbean/Salsa grooves, and blues & rock 'n' roll with blues scale embellishments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZpcDit7B9WQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/deck-the-halls-christmaspiano-workout-how-to-transpose-choose-chords-rhythm-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ERMHstMmPXk/maxresdefault.jpg Deck the Halls - Christmas🎄Piano 🎹 WORKOUT 🏋🏽‍♂️ | How to Transpose, Choose Chords & Rhythm Patterns A fabulous Christmas song, Deck the Halls, combined with a piano technique workout to learn transposition, choosing chords for a melody, and a variety of left-hand patterns. Essential music theory and ear training tips are covered too. We learn the melody on the F major scale, transpose it using scale degrees, work out how to choose chords for the melody with tips to harmonise it, and play the melody with chords in G major. Then come the left-hand rhythm patterns: broken chords, a modified oom-pah, the tresillo, all three combined, and left-hand octave bass patterns. Deck the Halls is a traditional carol whose melody comes from a Welsh New Year's Eve carol, with lyrics introduced in 1862 by Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ERMHstMmPXk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-arrange-any-song-for-solo-piano-beginner-to-full-sound 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/csTeIiP343Q/maxresdefault.jpg How to Arrange ANY Song for Solo Piano (Beginner to Full Sound) How to arrange any song for solo piano — take a simple melody and build it into a full, rich, one-person-band arrangement. Starting from a 4-note melody, Jason Zac layers in dynamics, left-hand bass patterns, chord progressions, stride technique and rhythm grooves (Tresillo and more) so your two hands work together and the piece sounds complete on its own. This is the toolkit for hand independence, coordination and arranging — ideal for intermediate pianists ready to sound full and professional. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:17 Introduction 01:12 Notes Used in the Melody 02:35 Melody with Dynamics 04:46 Melody Variation 05:10 Melody with Left-Hand Pulse 06:43 Melody in Multiple Keys 07:17 Chord Progression 12:58 Left-Hand Bass Chord Roots 13:52 Stride Piano Technique 16:26 Root & Octave Bass Patterns 17:34 We Will Rock You 18:35 Tresillo 19:58 Song Clave 22:19 Rhythm Patterns with Broken Chords https://www.youtube.com/embed/csTeIiP343Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/pasoori-piano-tutorial-coke-studio-season-14-ali-sethi-x-shae-gill-jason-zac-2022 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ewj0TMDWVeY/maxresdefault.jpg Pasoori Piano Tutorial | Coke Studio | Season 14 | Ali Sethi x Shae Gill | Jason Zac (2022) Learn how to play the Coke Studio Pakistan Season 14 song Pasoori (Ali Sethi x Shae Gill) on piano, with chord rhythm patterns in both hands and all the sections, including the instrumental parts. There is also a piano cover performance of the song on the channel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ewj0TMDWVeY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/15-of-the-most-popular-chord-progressions-on-piano-major-minor-modal 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4shverneiAw/maxresdefault.jpg 15 of the Most Popular Chord Progressions on Piano (Major, Minor & Modal) Learn how to write music with all the popular chord progressions music has to offer. We cover major, minor, and even some modal progressions using Mixolydian & Dorian. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4shverneiAw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-compose-epic-cinematic-piano-chord-progressions-5-techniques 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9x2mCw1Ighw/maxresdefault.jpg How to Compose Epic Cinematic Piano Chord Progressions (5 Techniques) Learn how to compose epic cinematic chord progressions on the Piano using 5 movie-inspired techniques. We use the Circle of Fifths, Intervals, and a lot of Music Theory: Non-Diatonic Chord Progressions, Minor 6 Intervals, Chord Trees, Tritone Intervals and Spread Voicing of Chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9x2mCw1Ighw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-the-minor-pentatonic-blues-scales-on-bass-guitar-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/q0SX45-EVPY/maxresdefault.jpg How to play the Minor, Pentatonic & Blues Scales on Bass Guitar (Part 2) In this Bass Guitar lesson (Part 2 of our series), we learn how to form and play minor, pentatonic & blues scales. Learn the essential music theory & finger positions for all these scales. 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕘 Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Difference Between Major & Minor scales 01:59 Minor Scales (Natural & Harmonic) 03:43 Shapes for Minor scales 06:24 Major Pentatonic Scales 09:09 Minor Pentatonic Scale 10:17 Blues Scales (Major & Minor) 13:17 Revision https://www.youtube.com/embed/q0SX45-EVPY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-the-major-scale-on-bass-guitar-all-positions-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l735ns7i-vY/maxresdefault.jpg How to play the Major Scale on Bass Guitar (all positions) (Part 1) In this Bass Guitar lesson, we learn all the 3 standard positions to play the Major scale on the instrument. You will also learn how to play melodies using the intervals in the respective positions. Also, develop the correct fingering for each position 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕘 Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:01 Playing the root (C) with different fingers 03:21 Middle finger position (major scale) 08:23 Index Finger Position (major scale) 10:27 Pinky Finger Position (major scale) 12:29 Revision of all 3 positions 13:06 Popular melodies using the scale shapes https://www.youtube.com/embed/l735ns7i-vY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-old-school-country-piano-rhythms-for-easy-accompaniment 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Vg2mvAcIyBg/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Old-School Country Piano Rhythms for Easy Accompaniment Learn 3 essential old-school country piano techniques that let you accompany yourself with syncopated rhythm comping using both hands. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music covers 3 essential old-school country techniques that let you accompany yourself with rhythm comping patterns combining both hands in interesting syncopated grooves. Inspired by the Mark Harrison Country Piano book, this detailed tutorial covers the Waltz, the "Two-Beat" feel and Western swing on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vg2mvAcIyBg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-your-solo-piano-sound-full-arpeggio-accompaniment-secrets 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RNIwa6b7edQ/maxresdefault.jpg Make Your Solo Piano Sound Full: Arpeggio Accompaniment Secrets Make your solo piano sound full and orchestral — accompany a melody with a unique left-hand arpeggio pattern and rich right-hand stacking. Jason Zac shows how to carry a melody while the left hand runs fifth-chord arpeggios and builds a "left-hand engine," then stacks harmony (including choral alto/tenor voicings) in the right hand, finishing with a groovy two-thumb rhythm pattern. Everything you need to sound like more than one player. For intermediate pianists working on solo arrangements. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 What You Will Learn 00:30 Let's Learn the Melody 03:27 Melody with a Pulse in the Left Hand 04:27 Correct Finger Positioning 05:05 Left-Hand Chord Progression 08:12 Adding Fifth Chords in the Left Hand 10:45 Singing the Melody with the Left Hand 12:19 Fifth-Chord Arpeggios 15:34 Developing a Left-Hand Engine 16:19 Stacking Harmony in the Right Hand 27:50 Choral Harmony — Alto & Tenor Voicing 33:17 Sixteenth-Note Rhythmic Pattern 36:27 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/RNIwa6b7edQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-groove-on-the-bass-guitar-with-just-4-simple-notes-beginner-lesson 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JiFlViBPIz4/maxresdefault.jpg How to Groove on the Bass Guitar with JUST 4 Simple Notes (Beginner Lesson) In this Bass Guitar tutorial, you will learn how to groove with just 4 simple notes from the Minor Scale and understand concepts of Beat Division, Rhythmic Anticipation & Delay. We also cover how you can internalize the groove by developing a strong and steady pulse with an organic outlook involving a “Ghost” drummer and more! We cover all the relevant rhythm concepts involving Straight, Swing & Triplet time feel involving Quavers, Semiquavers, and Triplets. 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 🕘 Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:23 Melody Used For the Lesson (1 3b 4 5) 02:18 Playing 4 Notes as a Pulse 04:20 Visualizations of Sub-Divisions 04:40 What is a Sub-Beat 05:22 Using the different pulses 06:18 How to Double-up Eight Notes 07:00 Rhythmic Beat Displacement 09:33 Imagining a Drum Groove 11:46 Rhythmic Delay to the Nearest Sub Beat 16:41 Applying Swing to our Groove 19:01 Applying Triplets to our Groove 20:57 Grooving With Sixteenth Notes 22:46 Final Thoughts https://www.youtube.com/embed/JiFlViBPIz4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-methods-used-by-the-pros-to-completely-transform-any-song 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aYpyhx9AMPw/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Methods Used by the Pros to Completely Transform ANY Song Learn how to rearrange a song in 5 different ways and improve your composing skill on the Piano. In this lesson, we take a well-known folk country song, “Home on the Range" and give it a fresh vibe while preserving its original melody. Learn how to transpose, change the time feel, and time signature, reharmonize and apply various grooves and genres to the same song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aYpyhx9AMPw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/8-proven-strategies-to-master-piano-hand-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DaDLr9W82Eg/maxresdefault.jpg 8 Proven Strategies to Master Piano Hand Independence Increase your hand independence on the piano with 8 simple, proven exercises — using steady chord roots, quarter notes, minims, notation and the metronome. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares 8 proven strategies and simple exercises guaranteed to increase your hand independence on the piano. You'll work through steady chord roots, quarter notes, minims and staff notation, and learn how to use a metronome — building the coordination that lets your hands work independently. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DaDLr9W82Eg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-ways-to-make-your-piano-arpeggios-sound-melodic-soulful 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/toLzes5QqTg/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Ways to Make Your Piano Arpeggios Sound Melodic & Soulful Learn 5 tips and techniques that can help transform your standard arpeggios into something melodic and soulful. Jason shows you how you can make a rhythm pattern interesting, float a top note, and even add an extra note to liven up your piano playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/toLzes5QqTg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-methods-to-use-and-feel-triplets-in-all-forms-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/da7sghBHai0/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Methods to Use and Feel Triplets in All Forms of Music Learn how to practice your triplets on rhythmic devices, understand sets of 3 in accents, and add a TRIPLET FEEL to anything! We cover different themes, traditional & ballad songs, counting with Konnakol, Polyrhythms, and more! Examples range from epic movie themes, Indian music and waltzes to Twinkle Twinkle with triplets, along with simple and compound time such as 6/8 and 12/8. https://www.youtube.com/embed/da7sghBHai0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/reharmonize-what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus-on-piano-with-elisha-zimbeva 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/swVg7D6zYMI/maxresdefault.jpg Reharmonize What a Friend We Have in Jesus on Piano (with Elisha Zimbeva) Learn how to reharmonize What a Friend We Have in Jesus on the piano with guest keyboardist Elisha Zimbeva. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music welcomes Elisha Zimbeva, a keyboardist and music director from Zimbabwe, for a lesson on reharmonizing this beloved hymn. You will learn about using triads of C Major, performing the song with vocals and using diminished harmony, then enjoy a performance by Jason on trumpet and Elisha on piano packed with harmonization and chord substitution ideas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/swVg7D6zYMI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/reharmonize-a-popular-song-10-ways-on-piano-secondary-dominants-tritone-subs-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pLWdZDcQugs/maxresdefault.jpg Reharmonize a Popular Song 10 Ways on Piano: Secondary Dominants & Tritone Subs (Part 3) Take Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen and reharmonize it using 10 unique chord substitution and embellishment techniques. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues this 3-part reharmonization series by transforming Hallelujah with ten advanced harmony ideas. In Part 3 you cover secondary dominants, 2-5-1 substitution, common-tone chord substitution, tritone substitution, and diminished 7th chords preceding minor, powerful tools for richer progressions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pLWdZDcQugs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-reharmonize-hallelujah-10-ways-part-2-plagal-cadence-country-walk-ups 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3zeuHwey2To/maxresdefault.jpg How to Reharmonize "Hallelujah" 10 Ways (Part 2): Plagal Cadence & Country Walk-Ups Reharmonization turns a familiar song into something new — and in Part 2 we keep transforming Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues a 3-part reharmonization series, taking the popular song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen and reharmonising it using 10 unique chord-substitution and embellishment techniques. In Part 2 you'll cover the plagal cadence, borrowed chords, and a unique 'country style' technique using bass climbs — walk-ups and walk-downs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3zeuHwey2To yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-implement-drum-grooves-using-the-marimba-by-blessing-chimanga 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tcBWSMg9Hj8/maxresdefault.jpg How to IMPLEMENT Drum Grooves using the MARIMBA by Blessing Chimanga Dive into the musical world of Zimbabwe and its national instrument, the marimba, played by Blessing Chimanga at our studio at Nathaniel School of Music. Blessing shows what a marimba can do and the marimba essentials, then plays a typical Zimbabwean groove in 6/8 and breaks down the parts played by each hand. He goes on to build a groove in 4/4 using paradiddles and chords, and talks about when to play fast. Blessing is a marimba player, drummer, percussionist, singer, songwriter and content producer. He is one of the leading marimba players in Zimbabwe and has won numerous awards, and his band, Blessing 'Bled' Chimanga, has travelled to around 24 countries. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tcBWSMg9Hj8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-sing-hallelujah-on-piano-reharmonize-it-10-ways-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FPhigSfgDzc/maxresdefault.jpg Play & Sing Hallelujah on Piano + Reharmonize It 10 Ways (Part 1) How to play and sing Hallelujah on the piano, and reharmonize the song in 10 ways. This is Part 1. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FPhigSfgDzc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-harmonize-a-single-note-with-all-possible-chords-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pqVXPPnQWb0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Harmonize a Single Note With ALL Possible Chords (Theory) Discover every possible way to harmonize a single melody note — using diatonic chords, chromatic triads, seventh chords and jazz extensions. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores all the possible ways to harmonize a single note (G) in this music theory and songwriting tutorial. You'll work through diatonic chords, chromatic triads, seventh chords and extensions (jazz tensions), then learn to apply the same principle to any key — so you can create fresh chords for any melody like never before. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pqVXPPnQWb0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-secret-chords-that-make-any-song-emotional-diminished-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dIG09NsDTQ4/maxresdefault.jpg The "Secret" Chords That Make Any Song Emotional (Diminished Chords) The "secret" chords that make any song sound emotional — how fully diminished and half-diminished chords work, and how to use them to compose on piano. Jason Zac explains how to form the half-diminished (min7b5) and fully diminished (dim7) chords, why each one aches to resolve to the tonic, and how to use and resolve them for magical, cinematic colour. A harmony lesson that unlocks a whole new emotional palette — for intermediate pianists comfortable with basic chords. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:22 Introduction 01:57 Half-Diminished (Minor 7b5) 05:35 Fully Diminished (Dim7) 08:30 How to Use Half-Diminished & Diminished 7th Chords 11:04 How to Resolve Using Fully Diminished Chords 16:21 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/dIG09NsDTQ4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/a-unique-piano-arpeggio-pattern-using-just-2-notes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nVACtCVLGFA/maxresdefault.jpg A Unique Piano Arpeggio Pattern Using Just 2 Notes Learn a Left Hand Arpeggio technique on the Piano over a simple rhythm pattern that can allow the Right Hand to play various melodies. We explore simple rhythm notation which can train your hand independence and then end the lesson with a ballad etude which you can learn with both hands. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nVACtCVLGFA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/every-minor-scale-on-piano-and-the-emotion-it-unlocks-natural-harmonic-melodic-more 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/stzvGn5CBNk/maxresdefault.jpg Every Minor Scale on Piano and the Emotion It Unlocks (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic & More) In this Music Theory lesson, we cover all the minor scales and how to form them on the Piano. This tutorial includes the Natural minor, Harmonic minor, Melodic minor (Jazz & Classical) & Dorian Scales. We also talk about “Exotic” and “Hybrid” minor scales. https://www.youtube.com/embed/stzvGn5CBNk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/neo-classical-piano-breakdown-the-richer-harmony-inside-a-rick-beato-lick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/e7BpiGFKfzU/maxresdefault.jpg Neo-Classical Piano Breakdown: The Richer Harmony Inside a Rick Beato Lick In this Neo-Classical Piano tutorial, we take an incredible Rick Beato lick from his YouTube/Instagram channel and break it down on the Piano along with in-depth Music Theory on all the minor scales. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e7BpiGFKfzU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/why-you-should-play-4-note-triads-on-piano-5-powerful-reasons 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/d1f2-ktNMFY/maxresdefault.jpg Why You Should Play 4-Note Triads on Piano (5 Powerful Reasons) Discover 5 reasons to play triads with 4 notes instead of the usual 3, using simple piano chord techniques. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music studies the uses of playing triads with four notes rather than the conventional three, with five chord-playing techniques you can apply right away. You will cover line cliches and suspensions, melodic phrases, fast shredding, 6/8 patterns, and landing notes with thirds, giving your chords more movement and colour. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d1f2-ktNMFY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-12-bar-blues-bassline-every-piano-left-hand-needs-to-learn 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/u8dWiosMZd4/maxresdefault.jpg The 12-Bar Blues Bassline Every Piano Left Hand Needs to Learn Learn the most popular left hand bass line for 12-bar blues on the Piano along with a groovy Charleston Swing pattern in the Right Hand. Also, covered are essential Theory required including the chord progression, scale, intervals, and the dominant 7th chord formation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u8dWiosMZd4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-actually-play-see-you-again-charlie-puth-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yXZnT-UgImc/maxresdefault.jpg How to ACTUALLY Play "See You Again" - Charlie Puth (Piano Tutorial) Learn the Iconic Piano Intro of Charlie Puth's "See You Again" with Jason Zac's detailed tutorial covering the main hook riff along with the essential Music Theory. It's part of our playlist teaching the greatest intros of all time, covering a host of piano riffs you've got to know. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yXZnT-UgImc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-actually-play-in-the-end-on-piano-linkin-park 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HiKRdvlbyZo/maxresdefault.jpg How to Actually Play In The End on Piano (Linkin Park) Learn the iconic Piano intro of Linkin Park's "In The End" with Jason Zac's detailed tutorial, also including some interesting fifth chord harmony in the left hand. This lesson is part of our playlist on the greatest intros of all time, covering a host of piano riffs you've got to know. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HiKRdvlbyZo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/call-response-improvisation-over-an-indian-pentatonic-scale-fusion-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pzjfSy0NV0A/maxresdefault.jpg Call & Response Improvisation Over an Indian Pentatonic Scale (Fusion Piano) Using an Indian Pentatonic Scale, we play a constant line in the left hand and then improvise melodies in the Right hand using a variety of techniques, including call & response. If you haven’t already, do watch Part 1 where we go over a finger exercise on all 12 keys. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pzjfSy0NV0A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/folk-piano-arpeggios-part-2-tresillo-accented-bluegrass-baila-triplets 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LyVeO9kZUcQ/maxresdefault.jpg Folk Piano Arpeggios Part 2: Tresillo, Accented, Bluegrass, Baila & Triplets Take a simple folk melody and dress it up with five different left-hand arpeggio styles — Tresillo, accented, bluegrass, baila and triplets. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses a simple folk melody on the A major scale and supports it with an easy arpeggio pattern in the left hand. After building hand coordination and solid independence by singing along, you'll move on to melodic ornaments and embellishments that make the melody sound truly professional. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LyVeO9kZUcQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/fusion-piano-exercise-using-an-indian-pentatonic-raga-all-12-keys 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/f0zGNckOhzY/maxresdefault.jpg Fusion Piano Exercise Using an Indian Pentatonic Raga (All 12 Keys) Using an amazing Indian Pentatonic Scale (Raga) on the Piano, we practice a finger exercise on all 12 keys in both hands. Stay tuned for Part 2 where the scale will be used for improvisation. This will also develop our Ear Training and sense of Intervals Music Theory. Also covered are the technical challenges and correct posture to play on each and every key. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f0zGNckOhzY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/folk-piano-arpeggios-with-melodic-embellishments-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eW82Ttuv52E/maxresdefault.jpg Folk Piano Arpeggios With Melodic Embellishments (Part 1) Support a simple Folk melody in A Major with an easy left-hand arpeggio pattern, then add melodic ornaments to make it sound pro. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses a simple Folk melody on the A Major scale and supports it with an easy arpeggio pattern in the left hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eW82Ttuv52E yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-bless-the-broken-road-on-piano-rascal-flatts-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bEAgAPJhSes/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Bless the Broken Road on Piano (Rascal Flatts Tutorial) Learn the iconic piano intro to Rascal Flatts' "Bless the Broken Road" — an easy C major version plus a detailed look at the original. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a detailed tutorial on the iconic intro to Rascal Flatts' "Bless the Broken Road". You'll start with Jason's easy version played in C major, then move into a detailed explanation of the original piece — so you can play it at whatever level suits you. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bEAgAPJhSes yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-actually-play-bohemian-rhapsody-on-piano-queen-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mYlYBF2FQqQ/maxresdefault.jpg How to ACTUALLY Play Bohemian Rhapsody on Piano (Queen Tutorial) Learn the iconic piano intro to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" properly — every nuance of theory, fingering and the chord pattern. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a detailed tutorial on the legendary intro to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", covering all the nuances of theory, fingering and the chord pattern. You'll understand not just where the notes go but why they work, so you can play this masterpiece with the right feel and accuracy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mYlYBF2FQqQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-actually-play-someone-like-you-by-adele-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Tg-0Qhad1cg/maxresdefault.jpg How to Actually Play "Someone Like You" by Adele (Piano Tutorial) Learn the Iconic Piano Intro of "Someone Like You" by Adele with Jason Zac's detailed tutorial covering the intricate Arpeggio patterns and voicing. We've covered the Intro and Verse in this lesson. Do stay tuned for the full song! https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tg-0Qhad1cg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/bass-line-melody-in-thirds-build-serious-piano-hand-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MJl2UelHTdU/maxresdefault.jpg Bass Line + Melody in Thirds: Build Serious Piano Hand Independence In this Piano tutorial using the F minor scale (relative minor of Ab major), we learn a left-hand bass rhythm pattern and play it with a Melody in the Right Hand which uses thirds. Also, covered in this hand independence lesson are spread voicings using the Pulse and Dotted quaver notes. An all-around Piano exercise for Intermediate & Advanced learners. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MJl2UelHTdU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-actually-play-clocks-on-piano-coldplay-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yx2KTchFdfE/maxresdefault.jpg How to ACTUALLY Play Clocks on Piano (Coldplay Tutorial) Learn the two-handed arpeggio intro to Coldplay's "Clocks" properly — the theory, contrary-motion variations, the bridge and the outro. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a detailed tutorial on the two-handed arpeggio intro to Coldplay's "Clocks". You'll start with the theory of the composition, then explore variations using contrary motion between the hands, and finally work out the bridge section and outro — a beginner-friendly path through this iconic piano part. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yx2KTchFdfE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-actually-play-imagine-on-piano-john-lennon-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yoWjwNyB5IQ/maxresdefault.jpg How to ACTUALLY Play Imagine on Piano (John Lennon Tutorial) Learn the iconic piano intro to John Lennon's "Imagine" the right way — the chord rhythm pattern, the lick and the essential theory behind it. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a detailed tutorial on the iconic intro to John Lennon's "Imagine", covering the chord rhythm pattern, the lick and the essential music theory. It's a beginner-friendly breakdown of one of the most beloved piano songs of all time, so you can play it with the right feel and understand why it works. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yoWjwNyB5IQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-scale-practice-routine-pianists-skip-parallel-contrary-similar-motion 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/69nyaqh3j6k/maxresdefault.jpg The Scale Practice Routine Pianists Skip: Parallel, Contrary & Similar Motion Practising scales in parallel, contrary and similar motion is the routine that finally makes both hands strong, even and independent on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares his approach to learning scales properly, covering major and harmonic minor scales with a full set of motion exercises. You'll work through parallel scale exercises in A major and E harmonic minor, get posture tips, strengthen your weaker fingers with accents, then move into contrary motion, a parallel-and-contrary combo, and similar motion in thirds for both hands. It's a complete, musical scale workout that builds real technique instead of mindless repetition. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:25 My approach to learning scales 01:33 Major & Harmonic Minor 03:42 Exercise 1 - A major parallel scale exercises 06:30 Posture tips 08:27 Exercise 1 - E harmonic minor parallel scale exercises 09:07 Piano worms 10:25 Strengthen the weaker fingers with accents 13:19 Contrary Motion 15:12 Parallel & Contrary Motion Combo 19:16 Similar 1 - Thirds in the right hand 22:40 Similar 2 - Thirds in left hand 26:40 E harmonic minor in similar motion 28:57 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/69nyaqh3j6k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-actually-play-a-thousand-miles-by-vanessa-carlton-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fsPMjp9BZKM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Actually Play "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton (Piano Tutorial) In this lesson, we explore: How to ACTUALLY Play A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton Piano Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsPMjp9BZKM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-actually-play-dont-stop-believin-on-piano-journey-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wLN15AU0h48/maxresdefault.jpg How to ACTUALLY Play Don't Stop Believin' on Piano (Journey Tutorial) Learn to play the iconic piano part to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" the right way in this beginner-friendly tutorial. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a detailed, beginner-friendly tutorial on Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" on the piano. You'll learn the famous piano part properly, understanding how it's built so you can play this anthem with the right drive and feel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wLN15AU0h48 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/read-a-piano-rhythm-improvise-syncopation-arpeggios-broken-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jls4R6-5H_I/maxresdefault.jpg Read a Piano Rhythm & Improvise: Syncopation, Arpeggios & Broken Chords Learn to read a piano rhythm pattern and improvise over it with syncopation, block chords, arpeggios, broken chords and bass lines. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with a chord progression and its inversions, sets roots in the left hand, then layers a whole menu of right-hand approaches over a steady bass. You'll work through rhythmic arpeggios, percussive syncopation, broken chords, spread voicings and right-hand melody over a left-hand arpeggio - plus how to clap a rhythm correctly and practise it well. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:23 What is a Rhythmic Chord? 01:22 Goals of the tutorial 03:51 Chord progression 05:38 Chord inversions 06:57 Roots of the chord in the left hand 08:02 The rhythm patterns 11:10 Right-hand rhythm over left-hand bass 14:01 Rhythmic arpeggios 15:24 Percussive syncopation 17:03 Broken chords 17:56 Left hand broken chords 19:17 Spread voicing 20:00 Right-hand melody with left hand arpeggio 20:41 Recap 22:48 Three more rhythms for practice 25:40 How to clap the rhythm correctly 26:44 How to practice 29:22 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/jls4R6-5H_I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-rock-piano-with-an-indian-fusion-lick-4-part-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YSSQZ1Cwdfk/maxresdefault.jpg Play Rock Piano With an Indian Fusion Lick (4-Part Piano Tutorial) Learn an Epic Glam Rock riff on the Piano and support it with Arpeggios in the Right Hand. The arpeggio rhythm pattern uses attractive accents that complement the Left-Hand bass riff! The bass line stays consistent over our 4-part piano tutorial series which focuses on Hand Independence, Chord Voicing, Arpeggios, and all the relevant Music Theory needed to compose and produce Rock music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YSSQZ1Cwdfk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-rock-piano-glam-rock-riff-arpeggio-rhythm-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/libPulphrYs/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Rock Piano: Glam Rock Riff + Arpeggio Rhythm Patterns Learn an Epic Glam Rock riff on the Piano and support it with Arpeggios in the Right Hand. The arpeggio rhythm pattern uses attractive accents that complement the Left-Hand bass riff! The bass line stays consistent over our 4-part piano tutorial series which focuses on Hand Independence, Chord Voicing, Arpeggios, and all the relevant Music Theory needed to compose and produce Rock music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/libPulphrYs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-rock-piano-arpeggios-with-accents-4-part-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/77mjDT7BICo/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Rock Piano: Arpeggios With Accents (4-Part Tutorial) Learn an Epic Glam Rock riff on the Piano and support it with Arpeggios in the Right Hand. The arpeggio rhythm pattern uses attractive accents that complement the Left-Hand bass riff! The bass line stays consistent over our 4-part piano tutorial series which focuses on Hand Independence, Chord Voicing, Arpeggios, and all the relevant Music Theory needed to compose and produce Rock music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/77mjDT7BICo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-rock-piano-bass-riff-with-pulse-chords-4-part-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/D6DgT7hWEwM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play ROCK Piano - Bass Riff with Pulse Chords (4-part tutorial) Learn an Epic Glam Rock riff on the Piano and support it with Pulse Chords in the Right Hand. The bass line stays consistent over our 4-part piano tutorial series which focuses on Hand Independence, Chord Voicing, Arpeggios, and all the relevant Music Theory needed to compose and produce Rock music. 00:00 Performance 00:34 Introduction to the series 02:00 Topics covered 04:11 Classic Rock Bass riff 04:37 How to compose a Bassline 05:54 Mixolydian scale theory 06:53 Dynamics and “lift-off” 07:27 Right-hand Variation 1 - Block Chords 08:14 Explanation of chords 09:33 Pulse chords with Base Riff 10:57 Played “Super” slow 12:25 How to focus and concentrate 15:38 Preparing ahead https://www.youtube.com/embed/D6DgT7hWEwM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-suspended-chord-on-piano-add-tension-release-for-richer-songs 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TlhegcMtlFM/maxresdefault.jpg The Suspended Chord on Piano: Add Tension & Release for Richer Songs In this Piano & Music Theory tutorial, we look at the impact of Bass harmony over a simple suspended chord and also the important difference between Sus4 (Suspended 4th), Sus2 (Suspended 2), and 7Sus4 (Quartal chords) https://www.youtube.com/embed/TlhegcMtlFM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beginner-piano-exercises-that-actually-sound-nice 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OytZmkGClK4/maxresdefault.jpg Beginner Piano Exercises That Actually Sound Nice Learn 3 Piano exercises for beginners which will improve your speed, dexterity, harmony, and hand independence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OytZmkGClK4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-easy-method-to-work-out-intervals-on-piano-music-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/poDGN4XUN68/maxresdefault.jpg The Easy Method to Work Out Intervals on Piano (Music Theory) Learn an easy method to understand intervals on the piano and identify them using the Circle of Fifths and triads. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a simple approach to understanding intervals on the piano and identifying them with the Circle of Fifths and chords. Since intervals are the building blocks of melody and harmony and are essential for learning scales and chords, you will also explore extended intervals using seventh chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/poDGN4XUN68 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/modern-pop-piano-chord-exercise-spread-voicings-intervals-odd-meter-bmdfme 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wPEr7nTrzIg/maxresdefault.jpg Modern Pop Piano Chord Exercise: Spread Voicings, Intervals & Odd Meter (Bm–D–F#m–E) This one modern pop piano exercise trains spread voicings, diatonic intervals and odd-time playing all at once — a complete chord workout in a single progression. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music builds a modern pop chord exercise around the progression Bm – D – F#m – E. You'll start by understanding spread (open) voicing, apply it to the progression, then add a 3/4 rhythm pattern and work on dynamics. From there you'll explore diatonic intervals and finish with an odd-time-signature practice section that ties the whole exercise together. It's a focused drill that levels up your voicing, interval awareness and rhythmic confidence at the same time. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:32 What is Spread (Open Voicing) 03:58 Bm - D - F#m - E (Chord Progression) 07:50 Rhythm Pattern using 3/4 09:46 Working on Piano Dynamics 12:47 Exploring Diatonic Intervals 19:17 Odd Time Signature Practice 23:25 Revision & Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/wPEr7nTrzIg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/suspended-vs-add-chords-vs-extensions-9-11-13-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/o2hj9IfeGkA/maxresdefault.jpg Suspended vs Add Chords vs Extensions (9, 11, 13) on Piano Understand the difference between suspended chords, add chords and extensions (9, 11, 13) on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o2hj9IfeGkA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-all-in-one-piano-finger-exercise-6-bar-melody-for-6-skills 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OB8c3TZU8kM/maxresdefault.jpg The All-In-One Piano Finger Exercise (6-Bar Melody for 6 Skills) One fun 6-bar melody, six technique wins — work hand independence, chord shifting, finger crossing, pivots, triplets and subdivision in a single piano exercise. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music composed a fun 6-bar melody that doubles as an all-in-one piano workout. In one exercise you'll train hand independence, chord shifting, finger crossing, pivot practice, triplets and beat subdivision. The exercise is demonstrated on the F major and G major scales (with tips on correct fingering and posture), played slowly for clarity, and then taken into the minor keys. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:16 Introduction 03:39 Let’s learn F & G Major Scales 05:23 Melody Line 1 on F Major 09:17 Left-Hand Chords 11:13 Rhythm Variations for Left Hand 12:06 Next 4 bars (Melody) 18:39 Simplified Version for Left Hand Harmony 20:15 Tips on correct fingering and posture 21:56 Played really slow 23:06 Exercise on G Major 26:50 Practicing on the Minor keys https://www.youtube.com/embed/OB8c3TZU8kM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-piano-engine-build-finger-independence-with-one-epic-theme 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iGl1VT80c9I/maxresdefault.jpg The Piano 'Engine': Build Finger Independence With One Epic Theme Build finger independence on the piano with one epic theme we call “The Engine”. We cover what finger independence is, a left-hand pulse, the pulse with the thumb against whole notes and half notes with the pinky, sixteenth notes with the right-hand thumb, and finally the melody with the engine. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iGl1VT80c9I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-ideal-60-minute-piano-practice-routine-creative-technical 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gwX4hFEGc94/maxresdefault.jpg My Ideal 60-Minute Piano Practice Routine (Creative + Technical) Here's a 60-minute practice session that works really well for Jason's own piano routine, balancing creativity and technique. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares the 60-minute routine he genuinely uses. He starts with 15 minutes of creative, improvised playing, staying alert for sparks that could become new songs or riffs, then 10 minutes on a challenging exercise while he is in the zone, such as thirds. Next he spends 15 minutes playing a popular piece in all 12 keys, sometimes transposing to minor, Dorian or Mixolydian, followed by 10 minutes on another exercise like spread chords (open voicing), and a final 15 minutes playing his own compositions to stay in touch and prepare for future recordings. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gwX4hFEGc94 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-funky-piano-rhythm-patterns-over-the-andalusian-cadence-part-8 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3_fuHe224nE/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Funky Piano Rhythm Patterns Over the Andalusian Cadence (Part 8) Learn 2 incredible sixteenth-note syncopated rhythm patterns for groovy, disco, reggae and even EDM piano, plus a bonus. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores funky sixteenth-note syncopated rhythm patterns you can use for groovy, disco, reggae or even EDM music over a popular chord progression. Stay tuned to the end for a bonus pattern inspired by the song Big in Japan by Alphaville. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_fuHe224nE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/compose-epic-film-score-piano-with-2-simple-strategies 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0vGvjxkq2RM/maxresdefault.jpg Compose Epic Film-Score Piano With 2 Simple Strategies Learn how to compose movie theme music on the Piano with 2 simple but creative melodic and harmonic techniques. The whole lesson uses the Andalusian Cadence - i VIIb VIb V. Using Dynamics, we develop many moods and environments around our movement. Theme 1 adds eighth note embellishments, thirds, a “war drum” effect using the thumbs and a polyrhythmic vibe, followed by a second movie theme idea and a revision of both. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0vGvjxkq2RM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/2-flamenco-piano-patterns-using-the-spanish-cadence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/m1bE4lto8FA/maxresdefault.jpg 2 Flamenco Piano Patterns Using the Spanish Cadence Learn 2 popular Flamenco styles on the Piano using a popular Spanish chord progression, the Andalusian Cadence. The first style uses Syncopation with a percussion-like approach and the second style is inspired by a standard Flamenco Guitar style which you have to learn on the Piano! This is Part 6 of the Andalusian Cadence series. https://www.youtube.com/embed/m1bE4lto8FA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/6-famous-songs-that-use-the-spanish-andalusian-cadence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2EzLFjRa-pA/maxresdefault.jpg 6 Famous Songs That Use the Spanish (Andalusian) Cadence Learn how to play a variety of Popular songs and rhythm patterns on the Piano which use the Andalusian Cadence - i VIIb VIb V. You will learn the Left Hand Bass and the Right Hand chord comping for all these 6 songs and also how to use it in your own music and other songs! The songs are Feeling Good (Nina Simone), House of the Rising Sun (The Animals), Believer (Imagine Dragons), Who Is It (Michael Jackson), Walk Don't Run (The Ventures) and The Ketchup Song (Asereje) by Las Ketchup. This is Part 5 of the Andalusian Cadence series. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EzLFjRa-pA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/two-hand-piano-arpeggios-with-melody-over-the-andalusian-cadence-part-4 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NNa-xb3ikQA/maxresdefault.jpg Two-Hand Piano Arpeggios With Melody Over the Andalusian Cadence (Part 4) Playing two arpeggios at once and singing a melody over them sounds epic — and this lesson shows you exactly how, using the Andalusian cadence. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses all the contrasting elements the piano offers to play arpeggios together in both hands over the Andalusian cadence. From there you'll develop an epic melody on top using simple, accessible improvisation concepts so the whole thing feels musical rather than mechanical. It's Part 4 of the series, building serious two-hand coordination and expressive arpeggio playing on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NNa-xb3ikQA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-spanish-sounding-left-hand-arpeggio-for-almost-any-song 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3rHRnfTOnJQ/maxresdefault.jpg The Spanish-Sounding Left-Hand Arpeggio for Almost Any Song Learn the ultimate Left Hand arpeggio piano pattern which can be used for almost any musical situation. We base the pattern from the Andalusian Cadence - Dm C Bb A and start to develop some melodic ideas and improvise in the Right Hand. This is Part 3 of the Andalusian Cadence series, with the correct fingering for the left hand and a captivating right-hand melody on top. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3rHRnfTOnJQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/two-handed-melodic-piano-arpeggios-using-the-andalusian-cadence-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dWgk_gV1dc0/maxresdefault.jpg Two-Handed Melodic Piano Arpeggios Using the Andalusian Cadence (Part 2) Learn how to play Arpeggios in both hands with pretty much every time signature (meter) with a unique two-handed technique over the Andalusian cadence. We first learn 2 patterns on 4/4, then move to 3/4 and other odd-meters including 5/8 & 7/8. The lesson ends with a movie-theme style Melody on 7/8 composed by Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dWgk_gV1dc0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-spanish-flamenco-cadence-every-pianist-should-know 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/j6EjsrkU_3U/maxresdefault.jpg The Spanish (Flamenco) Cadence Every Pianist Should Know Learn the Theory - Scales & Chords of one of the most popular chord progressions of all time, the Andalusian Cadence. In this chapter, we learn about the chords & inversions on the Piano and the Theory behind the scales and the progression uses. We then look at practicing the chord progression with simple block rhythm patterns and arpeggios. Also, covered in this tutorial is the process of improvisation and an exciting call and response section at the very end which is designed for you to play along with Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j6EjsrkU_3U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/carnatic-swaras-as-piano-intervals-the-melakartha-raga-finger-drill 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zO6s41NHYjI/maxresdefault.jpg Carnatic Swaras as Piano Intervals: The Melakartha Raga Finger Drill Carnatic swaras map neatly onto Western intervals — in this lesson you'll learn that theory and then put it under your fingers with a piano drill that covers all the combinations of the Melakartha Raga system. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music connects the essential theory of swaras with intervals, works in the key of D, and explores the Re and Ga swaras before opening up the 72 Melakartha ragas. The Carnatic piano finger drill then lets you play through the combinations, with interesting variations along the way. He closes with his honest thoughts on Indian vs Western music theory — a clear, practical bridge between two systems, played out on the piano. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:38 Melakartha Ragas 01:54 Essential Theory of Swaras & Intervals 02:38 The Key of D and its Intervals 05:12 The Re and Ga Swaras 10:19 The 72 Melakartha Ragas 11:38 The Carnatic Piano Finger Drill 15:34 Interesting Variations 17:07 Indian vs Western Music Theory (My Final Thoughts) https://www.youtube.com/embed/zO6s41NHYjI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-legato-and-staccato-on-piano-posture-technique-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TwjBmXXS0oA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Legato and Staccato on Piano (Posture, Technique & Exercise) How to play legato and staccato on the piano, covering posture, technique and an exercise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TwjBmXXS0oA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/build-cinematic-piano-chord-progressions-using-intervals-the-circle-of-fifths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rJPqU4-lpgM/maxresdefault.jpg Build Cinematic Piano Chord Progressions Using Intervals & the Circle of Fifths Turn plain chords into movie-theme-like piano progressions using nothing but intervals and the Circle of Fifths. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music builds a piano exercise around linking major and minor triads through perfect fifths and fourths, then explores the mysterious connections that come from moving by minor and major thirds. You'll cover the relevant theory, improvise over each idea, and discover how a few interval moves create the cinematic chord changes that make practice feel inspiring and creative. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:26 Preparation 01:07 Introduction to the Lesson 02:48 p5 & p4 using the Circle of Fifths 04:46 Chords with Circle of Fifths 10:00 Minor Triads with Minor Thirds & Improv 12:33 Major Triads with Minor Thirds & Improv 14:31 Other Diminished 7th Families 15:31 Triads with Major Thirds Skipping & Improv 18:06 Revision https://www.youtube.com/embed/rJPqU4-lpgM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/essential-waltz-piano-accompaniment-tools-34-rhythm-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8XQWcqEghO4/maxresdefault.jpg Essential Waltz Piano Accompaniment Tools (3/4 Rhythm Patterns) In this lesson, we explore the essential TOOLS for WALTZ piano accompaniment using 3/4 rhythm patterns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8XQWcqEghO4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-chord-inversions-rhythm-hand-independence-in-one-piano-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PALjV-WuYJE/maxresdefault.jpg Master Chord Inversions, Rhythm & Hand Independence in ONE Piano Exercise Practice this Piano exercise for Chord Inversions using arguably the most popular chord progression ever - I vi ii V. Truly master every possible inversion shape (root, 1st & 2nd) and learn how to change chords in the most efficient way possible. Exercise is recommended for students who want to properly master their triads! The lesson covers arpeggios & block chords, left hand bass considerations, a left hand bass pattern (Root & Fifth Toggle) and improvising the rhythm. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PALjV-WuYJE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/what-your-left-hand-should-and-shouldnt-do-in-piano-accompaniment 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aQBf7Y-d9pM/maxresdefault.jpg What Your Left Hand Should (and Shouldn't) Do in Piano Accompaniment Learn an Epic Piano Melody and how to accompany it in the Left Hand with various patterns and techniques based purely on the role of each register or octave range of the Piano. Learn the E minor melody over 4 chords (Em, D, C, Bm), play melody and chords in the right hand, then go lower with power chords, spread voicing (open 10th chords) and octaves with triads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aQBf7Y-d9pM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/truly-understand-modes-from-2-easy-perspectives-music-theory-songwriting 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/w2gCx0ulWiQ/maxresdefault.jpg Truly Understand Modes From 2 Easy Perspectives (Music Theory & Songwriting) Learn how to build modes from 2 perspectives, from the same key, and from the same key signature. Starting from the same root, hear the differences and each mode's unique identity. Learn how to create chord progressions using cadences from the mode while composing. The lesson covers interval theory & scales, all 7 modes, harmonising the modes, modes from a key signature and using modes with cadences for songwriting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w2gCx0ulWiQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/dont-discard-your-digital-piano-until-youve-considered-these-five-pieces-of-advice 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ov8mojWB-j0/maxresdefault.jpg Don’t DISCARD your Digital Piano until you’ve considered these FIVE pieces of advice! Learn how to buy the absolute best Digital Piano in 2022 with our purchase guide and use the one you might already have to its fullest potential. Jason Zac covers 5 important requirements, considerations, and all the technical details behind using a Digital Piano, MIDI controller, Stage Piano, or even an Acoustic Grand/Upright 00:00 Introduction 01:16 Types of Digital Pianos 03:26 Considerations while buying a Piano 04:13 Exploring the Presets 07:39 Touch Sensitivity (Responses) 11:04 Speaker Quality, Monitoring & Stereo 14:27 The Power of MIDI and Virtual Instruments (Pianoteq) 16:56 Room & Acoustics 17:52 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/ov8mojWB-j0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-build-chords-for-any-melody-on-piano-cadences-music-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uXIUYZYP_5g/maxresdefault.jpg How to Build Chords for Any Melody on Piano (Cadences & Music Theory) Got a melody but stuck on the chords? This easy theory tutorial teaches you how to construct chords for any melody on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with a melody over the pulse and builds harmony step by step — stacking fifths for power chords, then stacking thirds. You'll explore classical cadences, playing chords and melody together at beginner and advanced levels, line-cliche bass, climbing with slash chords, secondary dominants and the major ii-V-I. It's a complete roadmap for harmonising any melody on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uXIUYZYP_5g yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-ornaments-on-piano-grace-notes-turns-mordents-trills 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CPSMuGgjL3U/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Ornaments on Piano: Grace Notes, Turns, Mordents & Trills Learn to play ornaments on the piano and use them to embellish a melody. We learn a melody in 3/4 meter using the G minor scale, then add melodic accents and grace notes, including "Eastern vibe" and "blues" grace notes, with some improv along the way. From there: "country" piano thirds and a country jam, a "flamenco chordal" melody, octave embellishment, octaves stacked with thirds, and turns, including turns with thirds, followed by a revision of all the concepts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CPSMuGgjL3U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-rhythm-exercises-pulse-vs-division-subtractive-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/waLeP7ZUuDI/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Rhythm Exercises: Pulse vs Division & Subtractive Patterns Piano rhythm exercises covering Division vs Pulse using an Arpeggio & Block chord toggle exercise, Subtractive Rhythm Patterns and Rhythmic Devices. Lessons to watch along with this one: Improving Your Sense of Rhythm, and Subdivisions for Melodies on the Piano Using Just 3 Notes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/waLeP7ZUuDI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-melody-unlimited-chord-progressions-on-piano-steal-these 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MVmsMaQ6iLY/maxresdefault.jpg ONE Melody, UNLIMITED Chord Progressions on Piano (Steal These) Here's a simple melody that I composed using many chord progressions and simple cadences. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MVmsMaQ6iLY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/building-chords-progressions-from-the-major-scale-easy-piano-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7sv_vrg8XTg/maxresdefault.jpg Building Chords & Progressions From the Major Scale (Easy Piano Theory) In this Piano & Music Theory lesson, we learn the basics of diatonic chords and understand how to build them with cadences and chord progressions. The lesson covers an introduction to chord theory, building chords from the major scale, functional harmony and cadences, followed by a Q & A with students. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7sv_vrg8XTg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-make-piano-chords-sound-better-8-embellishment-techniques-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ykCm2M5q6OY/maxresdefault.jpg How to Make Piano Chords Sound Better: 8 Embellishment Techniques (Part 2) We study 8 Piano and Music Theory techniques to embellish and enrich chord progressions using basic major and minor chords. In Part 2, we play Hallelujah with time feels, floating thirds, secondary dominants and chord extensions, finishing with a performance using all the embellishments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ykCm2M5q6OY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-piano-chords-that-sound-full-and-pro 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MILkNCqc1fk/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Piano Chords That Sound Full and Pro How to make basic piano chords sound full and professional — a set of music-theory techniques to embellish and enrich any chord progression. Jason Zac covers suspended chords, cadences, arpeggio chord fills, melodic passing notes and bass movement in the left hand, applied to real songs like Coldplay's "Fix You" and Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'." Turn plain major and minor chords into something that sounds finished. Intermediate-friendly. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 01:30 Introduction 03:19 Suspended Chords (Sus4, Sus2) 05:49 Cadences (Plagal) 08:21 Arpeggio Chord Fills 10:34 Melodic Passing Notes 13:54 Bass Movement in the Left Hand 15:41 "Fix You" (Coldplay Snippet) 15:54 "Don't Stop Believin'" (Journey Snippet) 16:28 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/MILkNCqc1fk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-improvise-on-piano-using-the-blues-scale-major-minor 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Sc7oKqM1_-A/maxresdefault.jpg How to Improvise on Piano Using the Blues Scale (Major & Minor) Learn how to improvise on the Piano using the Major & Minor Blues scale. Develop and transcribe a variety of Rhythm Patterns and train your Ear, Music Theory, and Piano technique. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sc7oKqM1_-A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-dominant-7th-chord-on-piano-ear-training-theory-songwriting-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gVzNGnvJfVI/maxresdefault.jpg The Dominant 7th Chord on Piano: Ear Training, Theory & Songwriting (Part 2) In this Piano Tutorial, the Dominant 7th chord is explained in detail with Music Theory & Ear Training. Learn how to use the Dominant Seventh chord in 10 amazing ways which have been used in countless songs. This is Part 2 of a 2 part series. Part 2 covers the Jazz ii V I (Major), Jazz ii V i (Minor), the Mixolydian modal chord, Secondary Dominants and Colourful Dominant Chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gVzNGnvJfVI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-dominant-7th-chord-on-piano-10-ways-to-use-it-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ml7yR52UBKk/maxresdefault.jpg The Dominant 7th Chord on Piano: 10 Ways to Use It (Part 1) In this Piano Tutorial, the Dominant 7th chord is explained in detail with Music Theory & Ear Training. Learn how to use the Dominant Seventh chord in 10 amazing ways which have been used in countless songs. This is Part 1 of a 2 part series. Part 1 covers the authentic cadence, Maj7 vs Dominant 7, the 12 bar blues, line cliches and a funky Dorian progression. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ml7yR52UBKk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-of-the-best-left-hand-piano-accompaniment-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NzAhB8H2920/maxresdefault.jpg 5 of the Best Left-Hand Piano Accompaniment Patterns Five of the best left-hand piano accompaniment patterns — bass-and-rhythm patterns that turn plain chords into something professional. Jason Zac covers spread voicings, the root-and-fifth toggle, the "Magic Arpeggio" (LHMH with pedal), a Tresillo groove and a deep-bass lounge texture, then puts them together over a familiar tune — patterns for movie themes, groovy, dance and lounge styles. A left-hand toolkit for every mood. Intermediate-friendly. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:53 Introduction 03:21 Spread Voicing for Chords 06:50 Root with 5th Toggle 09:22 LHMH with Pedal & Pinky Hold (The Magic Arpeggio) 12:15 Groove with Tresillo 14:24 Chords with Pedal & Deep Bass (Lounge Piano) 16:16 Putting It All Together with "Twinkle" 20:03 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/NzAhB8H2920 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/drone-pedal-tone-chords-on-piano-5-songwriting-moves 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KybiSNfBMBM/maxresdefault.jpg Drone & Pedal Tone Chords on Piano: 5 Songwriting Moves Learn how to compose music on the Piano with Bass Pedal Tones also called Drones. Using this style of harmony, we can develop riffs, extend the length of a song and establish a new section that can build up to the chorus! We study Drones using Cadences, Modes, Line Cliche, Melodic Chords and Modal Interchange. Covered: cadence drones (plagal & authentic), modal drones (Mixolydian, Lydian, Phrygian, Mixo b6), line cliche drones in the upper and lower register, melodic chord drones with inversions & suspensions, and modal interchange with a single bass drone. Three final tips: use riffs and grooves in the bass, extend the length of a chord with drones, and use drones for a specific section of a song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KybiSNfBMBM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-exciting-musical-challenges-to-level-up-your-piano-theory-ear-technique 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/33KZsRVPjXg/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Exciting Musical Challenges to Level Up Your Piano (Theory, Ear & Technique) Here are 5 musical challenges to improve your piano technique, ear training and music theory. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music sets you 5 challenges: Inversions Gone Blind, Superimposed Melody, the Cadence Quest, the Interval Memory Game and the Rhythmic Twist. You'll test your chord inversions, sing the notes of a melody, train your ear on cadences, explore perfect vs relative pitch and improvise rhythm with the minor pentatonic, all in one fun workout. https://www.youtube.com/embed/33KZsRVPjXg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-embellish-improve-a-piano-melody-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FNE0aA-vzgc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Embellish & Improve a Piano Melody (Part 2) Once you can write a melody, the next step is making it sing — this lesson teaches advanced tools to embellish and improve it on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares an easy composing approach with songwriting tips, then layers in advanced melody-writing tools: call and response, turnarounds, bass movement, rhythm patterns and time signatures. You'll also embellish the melody with grace notes, fillers and turns, because a melody is nothing without catchy rhythm and dynamic harmony. Starting from a few notes and simple theory, you'll make your tune catchier and longer-lasting on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNE0aA-vzgc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-compose-a-better-piano-melody-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8_19HcppjO0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Compose a Better Piano Melody (Part 1) Learn how to write a better Piano Melody with an easy composing tutorial with songwriting tips & tricks. A Melody is nothing without a catchy rhythm and dynamic harmony. By starting with just a few notes and simple music theory (beat division & phrase building) we make the tune sound a lot more catchy and last longer with harmonic and rhythmic variations. Part 1 covers poetic melodic phrases, time feels & beat division, changing just one note of the melody, and building chords with simple bass roots and fifths. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8_19HcppjO0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-groovy-strumming-patterns-for-acoustic-guitar-you-must-know-advanced 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8cn7owbW1lw/maxresdefault.jpg 5 GROOVY Strumming Patterns for Acoustic Guitar you MUST KNOW (Advanced) In this Acoustic Guitar lesson, we go through 5 must know strumming patterns that I think are the best for a beginner or even an intermediate/advanced player and essential to play genres like Reggae, Rock, Folk, and Funk music. We use Sixteenth note and Swing patterns with Ghost notes (muted) In this lesson, we use simple Eighth (8th) notes and practice up & down stroke rhythm patterns with a variety of accents, ghost notes as well as “snare’ drum” like percussion! In Part 2, we cover 5 more intermediate/advanced strumming patterns which use faster Sixteenth notes, Swing feels, and a lot of percussion and ghost notes! 00:00 Performance 00:18 Introduction 02:51 Pattern 1 09:16 Pattern 2 13:34 Pattern 3 18:36 Pattern 4 21:56 Pattern 5 26:20 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/8cn7owbW1lw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen-easy-advanced-christmas-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kMIBQCSZtSw/maxresdefault.jpg God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: Easy & Advanced Christmas Piano Tutorial Learn how to play God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen with our Piano Tutorial at all possible skill levels - Beginner to Advanced. The lesson covers the melody with a simple bass, the melody with chords & inversions, the bass line cliché from The Beatles’ While My Guitar Gently Weeps, the choral section with a 3rd voice, and advanced embellishments, with revisions of the easy and advanced versions and a super slow version. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kMIBQCSZtSw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/we-three-kings-piano-tutorial-a-festive-carol-you-can-actually-play 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KwHbCLOgMtk/maxresdefault.jpg "We Three Kings" Piano Tutorial: A Festive Carol You Can Actually Play Learn how to play "We Three Kings of Orient Are" on Piano with a Waltz (Tango-like) bass in the Left Hand and the Melody with harmonic embellishments in the Right hand. Also, included is an exciting Augmented intro. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KwHbCLOgMtk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-piano-tutorial-easy-advanced-arrangements 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3KbHN7JY23g/maxresdefault.jpg "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" Piano Tutorial (Easy & Advanced Arrangements) Learn how to play We Wish You a Merry Christmas on Piano in a variety of ways starting with the Melody along with Simple bass and then moving on to an Anthemic Choral arrangement, Arpeggios, Bluegrass, and a Loungy Outro! https://www.youtube.com/embed/3KbHN7JY23g yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/can-one-scale-be-both-major-and-minor-the-harmony-trick-that-unlocks-new-colours 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KNIvbJK7YWo/maxresdefault.jpg Can One Scale Be Both Major AND Minor? The Harmony Trick That Unlocks New Colours Can a single scale be both major and minor? This lesson answers the question and shows how that flexibility opens up richer, more surprising harmony on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores the curious idea of a scale that carries both major and minor qualities, and what that means for the chords and colours you can pull from it. You'll see how major and minor tonalities can share the same home, how this blurs the line between bright and dark, and how you can use it to add unexpected richness to your progressions. It's a mind-opening look at harmony that gives you fresh options the next time you compose or improvise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KNIvbJK7YWo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/easy-christmas-piano-tutorial-accompaniment-solo-arrangement 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UxKFxlT3GcY/maxresdefault.jpg EASY Christmas Piano Tutorial - Accompaniment & Solo Arrangement Learn how to play easy versions of your favourite Christmas songs and carols on the piano, both as a piano accompaniment and as a solo arrangement. It's a simple way to get the carols under your fingers for the season, whether you are backing singers or playing on your own. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UxKFxlT3GcY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-on-piano-easy-advanced-swing-blues 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gtANmS8PxQQ/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" on Piano (Easy & Advanced Swing Blues) A bluesy piano tutorial on how to play Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The easy version includes the melody in the right hand along with the “iconic” blues pattern in the left hand along with passing bass notes. In the advanced level, we embellish the Rhythm, Harmony & Melody in a variety of ways. Covered along the way: the B section with walking bass, blues ghost thirds, a salsa rhythm, chords with melody (inversions), jazz passing notes, an augmented lick, adding thirds to the melody, a chromatic ending, and grace notes, turns & slides. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gtANmS8PxQQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-joy-to-the-world-on-piano-easy-folk-style-christmas-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ss8wZVuHU18/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Joy to the World" on Piano (Easy Folk-Style Christmas Tutorial) Get into the Christmas spirit by learning the timeless carol "Joy to the World" on the piano in an easy folk style. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you an easy tutorial on "Joy to the World", starting with a simple left-hand bass pattern under the melody. From there you'll expand the harmonic flavour with chords, turning a simple carol into a fuller, richer arrangement you can play this Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ss8wZVuHU18 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/top-5-strumming-patterns-for-acoustic-guitar-you-must-know 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ENWnESbyl2A/maxresdefault.jpg Top 5 Strumming Patterns for Acoustic Guitar you MUST KNOW! In this Acoustic Guitar lesson, we go through 5 must know strumming patterns which I think are the best for a beginner and essential to play genres like Country, Folk, Pop & Rock music. In this lesson, we use simple Eighth (8th) notes and practice up & down stroke rhythm patterns with a variety of accents, ghost notes as well as “snare’ drum” like percussion! In Part 2, we cover 5 more intermediate/advanced strumming patterns which use faster Sixteenth notes, Swing feels, and a lot of percussion and ghost notes! 00:00 Performance Introduction to Strokes, Accents & Ghosts Pattern 07:37 1 Pattern 10:21 2 Pattern 13:57 3 Pattern 18:38 4 Pattern 21:10 5 Pattern 24:04 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/ENWnESbyl2A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-set-up-obs-for-music-classes-zoom-live-streaming-all-at-the-same-time-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xuCCAYiXqE4/maxresdefault.jpg How to set up OBS for Music Classes, Zoom & Live Streaming ALL AT THE SAME TIME! - Part 3️⃣ Learn how to set up OBS Studio for Music lessons, recordings and integrate to Zoom via Virtual Camera with the highest quality for professional musicians, teachers, and students Zoom: OBS: Droidcam (Android/Windows): Camo (Mac Only): OBS Ninja: https://www.youtube.com/embed/xuCCAYiXqE4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/best-settings-for-zoom-music-classes-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2O0CqcfJb9I/maxresdefault.jpg Best settings for Zoom Music Classes - Part 2️⃣ Enable the best settings for high-quality music lessons using Zoom. Every possible professional video & audio setting is covered for professional online music education. Zoom: OBS: Droidcam (Android/Windows): Camo (Mac Only): OBS Ninja: 00:00 Best video settings for Zoom 04:24 Best audio settings for Zoom 11:35 Other settings 13:08 Loopback & SoundSource (Rogue Amoeba) for Audio routing 15:58 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/2O0CqcfJb9I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/online-music-lessons-with-zoom-obs-studio-gear-software-setup-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ugY4dTJiwxM/maxresdefault.jpg Online Music Lessons with Zoom & OBS - Studio Gear & Software Setup - Part 1️⃣ Teach & learn high-quality online music lessons and also record homework using Zoom and OBS! This is a complete guide to the studio hardware & software you need including various 3rd party apps which make the set up a lot more professional. Unleash these apps in Music Mode and develop a rock-solid scalable solution for online music education! Zoom: OBS: Droidcam (Android/Windows): Camo (Mac Only): OBS Ninja: 00:00 Introduction 01:35 Goals for a music class 03:54 Router, Internet & LAN cable 05:31 Software & Hardware needed 07:15 The ideal classroom “environment” 12:30 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/ugY4dTJiwxM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/what-are-dynamics-in-music-everything-you-need-to-know-piano-from-soft-to-powerful 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AkOp7gHUvvg/maxresdefault.jpg What Are Dynamics in Music? Everything You Need to Know (Piano, From Soft to Powerful) Here's how you use Dynamics to create an impact on the Piano and stand out from the crowd as a professional musician. These are the ingredients in music that answer the question - "Why doesn't it sound that way when I play it?". We cover all forms of Dynamics - Volume/Expression, Legato/Staccato, Pitch and Density. We also look at dynamics in vocals, drums and visuals, the properties of sound, and organic volume control with the breath. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AkOp7gHUvvg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-make-i-v-vi-iv-sound-way-more-exciting-on-piano-5-methods-bonus 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dwXZaCpaP-M/maxresdefault.jpg How to Make I V vi IV Sound Way More Exciting on Piano (5 Methods + Bonus) The I V vi IV chord progression has inspired countless pop songs and piano players should definitely learn them well. In this lesson, we focus on how to make the tried and tested progression sound a lot more exciting using a bunch of Music Theory concepts like Passing Cadences, Line Cliches, Secondary Dominants, and various voicing techniques. The methods: plagal cadences, passing bass (line cliches), the "epic" & EDM cadences, secondary dominants, and "2ing the 5 and 5ing the 1". The bonus, "without changing" the chords, uses voicing - fifths, extensions, upper structures, spread thirds, adds & suspended chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dwXZaCpaP-M yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/10-instant-melody-writing-strategies-for-pianists-producers 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/58crYLpoVaE/maxresdefault.jpg 10 Instant Melody-Writing Strategies for Pianists & Producers Need a melody right now? These 10 strategies — conventional and extraordinary — get you writing tunes in no time on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares 10 strategies to instantly create melodies using music theory, chord progressions and some unconventional tricks. You'll cover using at least two chords (cadences), chords as the melody, landing and passing notes, rhythm to melody, beat displacement, the pentatonic, sing and transcribe, patterns and shapes, subset scales, and even ripping off favourites like "Uptown Funk". It's a fast, idea-packed toolkit for melody writing on the piano and in production. https://www.youtube.com/embed/58crYLpoVaE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/build-long-emotional-piano-progressions-with-the-circle-of-fifths-cadences-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iP2UuHhs3U4/maxresdefault.jpg Build Long, Emotional Piano Progressions With the Circle of Fifths (Cadences Explained) The Circle of Fifths is the secret to writing long, satisfying piano chord progressions that never run out of places to go — and this lesson shows you how. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses the Circle of Fifths to build extended, emotional chord progressions on the piano, one cadence at a time. You'll learn how perfect (authentic/dominant) cadences pull the music forward, how plagal cadences add a softer resolution, and how bringing in minor chords opens up new movement and colour. String these moves together and you can keep a progression travelling for as long as you like while always sounding intentional. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:31 Introduction 05:31 Perfect cadences (Authentic/Dominant) 09:17 Plagal cadences 13:52 Movement using Minor chords 17:37 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/iP2UuHhs3U4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-runs-fills-that-make-you-sound-pro-using-arpeggios 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_Y70oRzMblU/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Runs & Fills That Make You Sound Pro (Using Arpeggios) Piano runs and fills that make you sound pro — built from arpeggios over the major and minor chords you already know. Jason Zac shows how to create captivating runs and fills using intervals built from chord roots — triplet vs semiquaver (3-vs-4) feels, and Add2, Add6, b6 and Sus4 colours — with real musical use-cases for dropping them between chords. The stuff that makes playing sound effortless and expressive. Intermediate-to-advanced. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:30 Introduction 01:24 Types of Runs & Fills — Triplets vs Semiquavers (3 vs 4 Feel) 09:32 Major & Minor Chords with Add 2 14:55 Major & Minor Chords with b6 (#5) 22:31 Major & Minor Chords with Add 6 25:09 Major & Minor Chords with Sus4 32:52 Musical Use-Cases 34:44 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Y70oRzMblU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/peaceful-pop-piano-etude-for-finger-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DCDC9TRfQRs/maxresdefault.jpg Peaceful Pop Piano Etude for Finger Independence A peaceful pop piano etude that builds finger independence using simple thirds and a pivot fifth on the pinky — beautiful to play and great for your technique. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music works in the melancholic Bb minor scale, building thirds in the right hand and using a 'pivot' fifth on the pinky to develop both melodic and harmonic ideas. The right-hand arpeggio with floating thirds is a focused finger-independence workout, while the left hand follows the chord tones of the scale. The lesson ends with the full notated etude performed in context. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:48 Introduction 01:27 The Melancholic Minor Scale (Bb minor) 05:08 Building Thirds 05:43 Working with the PIVOT note (Pinky) 11:07 What Bass notes should the Left-Hand play? 13:42 Right Hand “pinky” variation 15:13 Putting it all together (Improv) 15:52 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/DCDC9TRfQRs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-cascading-cluster-exercise-cinematic-piano-arpeggios 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2quWrHTJFIM/maxresdefault.jpg The Cascading Cluster Exercise: Cinematic Piano Arpeggios The Cascading Cluster exercise uses a cluster of 3 adjacent notes and floats around them to create epic, cinematic piano arpeggios perfect for movie scores. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with 3 sets of 3 notes, then teaches you to 'float' around them, change the bass underneath, and shape the cascade in both 4/4 and 6/8 time. You'll practise floating the pattern from the bottom up and from the top down, pick up some bonus phrasing tips, and hear it all in a notated etude Jason composed and performs in the lesson. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Intro Performance 00:31 Introduction 01:40 3 sets of 3 notes 05:05 Floating notes 10:18 Changing the bass 12:36 4/4 & 6/8 time signatures floating from the bottom 17:24 Floating from the top 21:43 Bonus tips 23:49 Conclusion 26:18 Outro Performance https://www.youtube.com/embed/2quWrHTJFIM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/inspire-yourself-with-the-major-scale-piano-practice 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vAt_AakDvvc/maxresdefault.jpg INSPIRE yourself with the MAJOR SCALE 🎹 (Piano Practice) Practise piano scales ascending and descending using an extended note in either direction: the seventh on the way down and the ninth on the way up. Then add some great chords in the left hand, along with patterns to accompany the right-hand exercise. The lesson is taught on both the major and the harmonic minor scale, with notes and notation prepared for the entire lesson in the keys of E and E flat. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vAt_AakDvvc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chordtrees-build-any-chord-from-any-root-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wI2_FLY1pDw/maxresdefault.jpg ChordTrees: Build Any Chord From Any Root on Piano ChordTrees: how to build any chord type from any root note on the piano, so you can construct chords on demand instead of memorising endless shapes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wI2_FLY1pDw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-triads-seventh-chords-using-intervals-piano-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cyhwh4BbS5w/maxresdefault.jpg Master Triads & Seventh Chords Using Intervals (Piano Theory) Once you understand the core intervals, you can build every triad and seventh chord in music yourself. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores the importance of intervals when forming chords on the piano — triads and sevenths. You'll start with the essential intervals — the Perfect 5th, Perfect 4th, Major 3rd and Minor 3rd — and use them to build the rest of the interval family. With that knowledge of intervals, you'll then form all the triads in music, plus extended harmony using seventh and sixth chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cyhwh4BbS5w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-advanced-tresillo-piano-challenge-hand-independence-inversions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a4w9yqiEbwM/maxresdefault.jpg The Advanced Tresillo Piano Challenge (Hand Independence + Inversions) This advanced piano exercise puts your hand independence, chord inversions and triplets to the test all at once — built on the Tresillo rhythm and 4 cycles of one progression with variations. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music challenges you with a workout that layers Tresillo, triplets, dotted notes and chord inversions over 4 cycles of the same progression — Dm, Gm6, Dm, A7b9 — each cycle adding new variations. It's designed to push your coordination and control to the next level. Record your attempt and tag @jasonzac to share your challenge! https://www.youtube.com/embed/a4w9yqiEbwM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/when-im-sixty-four-the-beatles-solo-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PtVFohOGg14/maxresdefault.jpg When I'm Sixty-Four (The Beatles): Solo Piano Tutorial When I'm Sixty Four (The Beatles) - Detailed Piano Tutorial. A solo piano arrangement of this Beatles classic, also played in a slower, expressive version so you can follow every detail. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PtVFohOGg14 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improvise-over-7th-chords-using-pentatonic-scales-the-chord-scale-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tnrofxJJVtk/maxresdefault.jpg Improvise Over 7th Chords Using Pentatonic Scales (The Chord-Scale Trick) Use simple Major & Minor Pentatonic scales on the Piano to develop improvised melodies over the Major 7, Minor 7 & Dominant 7th chord. We also look at some JAZZ intervals using the same pentatonic scales by using Intervals. All the necessary Theory & Ear Training with respect to the sounds of intervals & chords will be covered. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tnrofxJJVtk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/melodic-phrases-riffs-on-the-piano-using-subdivisions-just-3-notes-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ULCpM6E9P8U/maxresdefault.jpg Melodic Phrases & Riffs on the Piano 🎹 using Subdivisions ➗ JUST 3️⃣ NOTES 😲 - Part 2 Using just 3 notes on the Piano, create a variety of Melodies, Riffs, and rememberable musical phrases using the concept of subdivisions. As we divide the beats into more units, we realize the potential for more rhythmically attractive phrases. 00:00 Performance 00:53 Introduction - The linear melody, Left Hand Pulse & the Purpose of the lesson 05:45 What are Subdivisions? 15:56 Eighth Note Melody Grid 19:23 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/ULCpM6E9P8U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-endless-piano-melodies-from-just-3-notes-subdivisions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/O6keoRl3gtI/maxresdefault.jpg Make Endless Piano Melodies From Just 3 Notes (Subdivisions) Using just 3 notes on the piano, create a variety of melodies, riffs and memorable phrases with the simple concept of subdivisions. In Part 1 of the series, Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with a linear melody over a steady left-hand pulse, then explains exactly what subdivisions are and why they matter. As you divide each beat into more units, the same three notes unlock far more rhythmically attractive phrases — including an eighth-note melody grid you can build your own ideas on. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:53 Introduction - The linear melody, Left Hand Pulse & the Purpose of the lesson 05:45 What are Subdivisions? 15:56 Eighth Note Melody Grid 19:23 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/O6keoRl3gtI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/use-simple-body-percussion-to-lock-in-rock-piano-rhythm-patterns 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/h6HNbeikhPk/maxresdefault.jpg Use Simple Body Percussion to Lock In Rock Piano Rhythm Patterns Learn how to create syncopated lines on the Piano using body percussion to replicate the Kick & Snare drum sound on the Left & Right Hand. We use a simple chord progression Dm Gm Dm A with proper use of inversions and then develop the syncopated pattern around those chord movements. We also dive into a few advanced piano concepts like Ghost notes, Bass fills, and Dynamics at the end using Legato, Staccato, and even Swing! https://www.youtube.com/embed/h6HNbeikhPk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-tresillo-pops-most-used-piano-rhythm-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/knJebrulzRI/maxresdefault.jpg The Tresillo: Pop's Most-Used Piano Rhythm, Explained Using a simple chord progression on the Piano, we learn how to count the popular rhythm, Tresillo in two speeds. After learning the chords with their smoothest inversions, we learn a variety of Piano Rhythm Patterns using Arpeggios, Claves along with Ghost notes and a lot of Dynamics. The chords used are Bm, D, A and Em. https://www.youtube.com/embed/knJebrulzRI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/10-types-of-cadences-explained-theory-ear-training-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2CZdVaVk6BY/maxresdefault.jpg 10 Types of Cadences Explained (Theory, Ear Training & Piano) In this Piano tutorial, we are going to study 10 types of cadences and how you can use them to build different musical phrases using these "short but sweet" chord progressions! Get familiar with how they sound, figure them out on the Piano, understand the Theory behind them, and how to compose music using these powerful chord progressions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2CZdVaVk6BY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/6-common-piano-mistakes-and-how-i-fix-them 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/h-xxvOWSgfk/maxresdefault.jpg 6 Common Piano Mistakes (and How I Fix Them) Learn 6 common piano mistakes — and the practical tweaks Jason Zac uses to fix them, drawn from 20+ years of professional playing. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares some of the mistakes he's made on the piano over the years and the practical tweaks that fixed them. Drawing on 20+ years of professional playing on stage and in the studio, this lesson covers 6 technical changes — from right-hand thumb usage and the sustain pedal to spread voicing, avoiding always starting on root position, using multiple scales, and sight reading. All six focus on improving your musicality while keeping your muscles relaxed along the way. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h-xxvOWSgfk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-enhance-a-simple-melody-without-chords-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PLRc0_peLKM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Enhance a Simple Melody WITHOUT Chords (Piano) In this lesson, let's take a very simple melody and transform it into something more meaningful. Also, we don't use Chords! Learn the melody, add left-hand bass movement, change the "landing note", make patterns using "directions" and "scale degrees", stack the fifth to develop another voice (the alto), and add a rhythmic layer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PLRc0_peLKM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/4-modern-pop-piano-arpeggio-patterns-from-just-one-chord-both-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lQg3IQn_5QA/maxresdefault.jpg 4 Modern Pop Piano Arpeggio Patterns From JUST ONE Chord (Both Hands) You only need one chord to write an emotional modern pop ballad — learn 4 two-hand arpeggio patterns over pop's most popular rhythm. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores an incredible approach to composing emotional, modern-day piano ballads using arpeggios in both hands over the Tresillo — the most popular rhythm pattern of all time. You'll work through 4 variations — floating single notes diatonically, close thirds, spread thirds, and floating the bass in the left hand — then tie it all together with song sections, dynamics and melody building. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:55 Introduction 03:50 The Tresillo and the Rhythm Pattern 11:35 Variation 1: Floating single notes Diatonically 16:54 Variation 2: Using close thirds with Right Hand 20:37 Variation 3: Using spread thirds with Right Hand 24:29 Variation 4: Floating the Bass in the Left Hand 27:17 Putting it all together - Song Sections, Dynamics & the Melody 29:36 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/lQg3IQn_5QA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-rhythm-pattern-is-all-you-need-to-create-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_OJb6Qvduis/maxresdefault.jpg One Rhythm Pattern Is All You Need to Create on Piano ONE Rhythm Pattern is ALL you need to CREATE on the Piano - Part 2. Using a one-bar rhythm pattern over a simple chord progression, we improvise melody in the right hand with "thirds" and "sets of 3", then practice finger drills using the same rhythm pattern. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_OJb6Qvduis yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-rhythm-pattern-is-all-you-need-to-create-on-the-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0edpaBh5jVA/maxresdefault.jpg ONE Rhythm 🥁 Pattern is ALL you need to CREATE 🎶 on the Piano 🎹 - ① Using just a one-bar rhythm pattern on the piano, let's explore all the possibilities for creating music: melody, chord patterns, finger exercises, drum grooves and basslines. We use a simple chord progression over the eighth-note rhythm and build block chords, broken chords and arpeggio patterns. Once the rhythm pattern is learnt, it becomes a drum groove with chords, a chord pattern with bass roots, and a bassline over the pentatonic and blues scales. Ideal for improvisation, rhythm training and just overall fun on the piano. This is a 2-part series, so make sure to watch the second part as well. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0edpaBh5jVA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-reggae-piano-rhythm-pattern-you-need-to-learn-right-now 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-pxv-t75j84/maxresdefault.jpg The Reggae Piano Rhythm Pattern You Need to Learn Right Now Learn how to play Reggae on the Piano with the tutorial moving from an easy to learn beginner piano pattern all the way to some interesting syncopation rhythms using ghost notes over a sixteenth note swing feel. Reggae is one of the core genres in Music and is essential for every contemporary Piano player. Play all your favorite Reggae songs from great artists like Bob Marley at different skill levels. Here's one rhythm pattern to rule them all! We cover feeling sixteenth notes, swing & subdivisions, the basic reggae piano rhythm, ghost notes at the "e" of the beats, the 1 5 6 4 chord progression, sneaking in one more ghost note, and some singing along to Bob Marley. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-pxv-t75j84 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-harmonic-minor-scale-piano-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/i7dU99lBWAk/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Things You Didn't Know About the Harmonic Minor Scale (Piano Theory) The harmonic minor scale hides more than you think — here are 5 things about it most players never discover, with composition methods to match. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores unique ways to compose with the harmonic minor scale, covering triad formation, chord extensions and tensions. You'll learn five composition methods that use different aspects of the scale — the many avatars of the dominant chord, borrowing from the natural minor to build the Hybrid Minor, flavourful and mysterious extensions, and the diminished 7th chord. Watch it all the way to the end and the harmonic minor will become one of your most expressive tools on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/i7dU99lBWAk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-make-your-left-hand-cooperate-on-piano-5-tips-2-bonus 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PBFtMoHPeNA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Make Your Left Hand Cooperate on Piano (5 Tips + 2 Bonus) Improve your left-hand strength, dexterity and control on the piano with 5 unorthodox but highly effective tips — plus 2 bonus tips you won't want to miss. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares 5 rather unorthodox but highly efficient tips to improve your left-hand strength, dexterity and control on the piano — with 2 bonus tips on top. You'll use bongos for hand interplay, a frame drum, shakers for wrist control, and even guitar or bass for finger and forearm strength, plus copycat riffs and call-and-response with arpeggios. The bonus tips cover physical finger isolation and even playing some sports — a fresh, whole-body take on building a stronger left hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PBFtMoHPeNA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-the-modes-on-piano-using-just-one-chord-major-minor 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GV3fAe9782o/maxresdefault.jpg Play the Modes on Piano Using Just ONE Chord (Major & Minor) Learn how to use Modes on the Piano using just a single chord - Major or Minor. We use intervals and triads to generate the sounds of the modes we commonly deal with as musicians. Learn how a single chord can be used to support a variety of scales that can be used in parallel or modal interchange. Sometimes, we don’t necessarily need to learn the mode before we compose music. We could just start with one or two chords and derive a mode or a scale from there! We look at how the C major chord exists in so many scales, what constitutes a “modal” sound, diatonic thirds and triads, the Phrygian Dominant scale, modal textures for the minor chord, the Dorian mode, and a “theatric” sound using modal thirds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GV3fAe9782o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-fancy-piano-chord-hacks-to-transform-a-simple-triad 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qTkiqeE2jw0/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Fancy Piano Chord Hacks to Transform a Simple Triad Learn how to make Major or Minor chords sound more interesting on the Piano and spice them up to sound a lot more beautiful and exciting! We learn 5 fancy chord playing styles that can be applied to Country, Pop, Gospel, Rock, or Folk Music Genres. Each of these techniques assumes that the chord will be denoted as a simple triad or played for a longer duration and embellish the chords using a variety of approaches. Along the journey of the lesson, you will learn Grace Notes, “Hammer-ons”, interesting chord voicing using clusters & spread inversions as well as Plagal passing chords. Styles covered: flamenco chords, “hammer-on” country chords, double grace notes, pop chords with spread triads, fifth voicing and clusters, and plagal chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qTkiqeE2jw0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/9-chord-patterns-over-a-74-melody-a-piano-hand-independence-workout 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LdhG_1uBqZE/maxresdefault.jpg 9 Chord Patterns Over a 7/4 Melody: A Piano Hand Independence Workout Here's an interesting Piano Hand Independence Exercise for you. Learn a Folk Melody in 7/4 in the Right Hand along with 9 harmonic variations in the Left Hand covering a variety of skill levels. This exercise will also train your harmonic knowledge using concepts including Bass movement, Passing Notes, Diatonic Thirds, Chord Voicing, and more. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LdhG_1uBqZE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-a-bass-line-and-melody-at-the-same-time-on-piano-hand-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SK2H3T3ux54/maxresdefault.jpg Play a Bass Line AND Melody at the Same Time on Piano (Hand Independence) In this Piano Hand Independence Exercise, we learn an interesting Rock Bassline in the Left hand and combine it with the Right Hand playing chord patterns as well as a catchy Melody. This exercise will train your hand coordination and also cover additional musical topics including Seventh Chord formation, Beat Division & Chord Inversions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SK2H3T3ux54 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-practice-the-piano-with-maximum-efficiency 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/U5sORlvqoT4/maxresdefault.jpg How to Practice the Piano With Maximum Efficiency Learn how to practice the Piano efficiently with a “Bottom-Up” approach by Jason Zac. The three left hand techniques are taught to ensure that you develop an “engine-like” approach enabling you to play almost anything with the Right Hand - Melody, Chord Patterns, Scale Exercises, Arpeggios or an improvisation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U5sORlvqoT4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/conquer-piano-hand-independence-sharpen-your-rhythm-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zw8RZQEyh8Q/maxresdefault.jpg Conquer Piano Hand Independence & Sharpen Your Rhythm (Part 2) Using the most basic finger exercise ever created for the Piano, we develop hand independence along with a keen sense of rhythm and timing using beat division, accents, dotted notes, triplets, eighth notes & sixteenth notes. This is Part 2, covering the dotted feel, the edge delay, how to play the shaker, quarter note triplets and accents. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zw8RZQEyh8Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-the-exercise-that-finally-works 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2zgnPXksGyA/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence: The Exercise That Finally Works The simplest finger exercise on piano — used the right way — finally builds real hand independence and a rock-solid sense of rhythm. Jason Zac takes one basic exercise and develops it through beat division, accents, dotted notes, triplets, eighths and sixteenths, training your hands to work independently while your timing locks in. The coordination foundation every pianist needs. Intermediate-friendly, with a Part 2 to keep going. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Intro Performance 00:27 Introduction 08:49 Beat Division / Division by 2 17:06 Division by 3 21:49 Swap Hands 22:45 Division by 4 26:13 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/2zgnPXksGyA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-slash-chords-on-piano-instant-mystery-power 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DiZxGilyLDo/maxresdefault.jpg My Favourite Slash Chords on Piano (Instant Mystery & Power) Learn how SLASH chords work on the Piano, introducing 10 of my favourite chords as part of our Piano lesson series, which I use very often in my music to bring about mystery, power, chaos, and all those interesting emotions which we love as artists! https://www.youtube.com/embed/DiZxGilyLDo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-piano-chords-the-minor-6th-mystery-power-emotion 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_ZJvVR2Ochc/maxresdefault.jpg My Favourite Piano Chords: The Minor 6th (Mystery, Power & Emotion) Learn how the Minor 6th chord works on the Piano. Introducing 10 of my favourite chords as part of our Piano lesson series which I use very often in my music to bring about mystery, power, chaos, and all those interesting emotions which we love as artists! https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ZJvVR2Ochc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-piano-chords-7sus4-7-suspended-4 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/koEniqBlf4Y/maxresdefault.jpg My FAVOURITE Piano Chords - 7sus4 (7 Suspended 4) Learn how the 7sus4 chord (7 suspended 4) works on the piano. This lesson is part of a series introducing 10 of my favourite chords, which I use very often in my music to bring about mystery, power, chaos, and all those interesting emotions which we love as artists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/koEniqBlf4Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-piano-chords-diminished-7th-dim-7 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5uwjo4MTYKc/maxresdefault.jpg My FAVOURITE Piano Chords - Diminished 7th (Dim 7) Learn how the diminished 7th (dim 7) chord works on the piano. This lesson is part of a series introducing 10 of my favourite chords, which I use very often in my music to bring about mystery, power, chaos and all those interesting emotions we love as artists. Watch the rest of the series to collect all ten. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5uwjo4MTYKc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-piano-chord-the-79-jimi-chord-instant-edgy-bluesy-colour 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ynNypuq6BWU/maxresdefault.jpg My Favourite Piano Chord: The 7#9 “Jimi” Chord (Instant Edgy, Bluesy Colour) Want one chord that instantly sounds edgy and bluesy? The 7#9, the famous “Jimi” chord, is a favourite, and this lesson shows you how to build and use it. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares one of his favourite chords, the 7#9 or “Jimi” chord, a gritty, expressive voicing made famous in rock and blues. You'll learn exactly how the chord is constructed, why its clash of tones gives it that unmistakable bite, and where to drop it into your playing for instant attitude. It's a single chord that adds a whole lot of character to your harmonic toolkit. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ynNypuq6BWU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-piano-chords-9sus4-11th 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-5EuWvHl94o/maxresdefault.jpg My FAVOURITE Piano Chords - 9sus4 (11th) Learn how the 9sus4 chord (suspended 11th) works on the piano. This lesson is part of a series introducing 10 of my favourite chords, which I use very often in my music to bring about mystery, power, chaos and all those interesting emotions we love as artists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-5EuWvHl94o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-piano-chords-augmented-7th-75 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ag-fOuoJwFw/maxresdefault.jpg My FAVOURITE Piano Chords - Augmented 7th (7#5) Learn how the augmented 7th chord (aug 7, also written as a dominant 7 with a sharp 5) works on the piano. This lesson is part of a series introducing 10 of my favourite chords, which I use very often in my music to bring about mystery, power, chaos and all those interesting emotions which we love as artists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ag-fOuoJwFw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-phat-cluster-chords-on-piano-richer-fuller-harmony-instantly 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6vt0_awcTwE/maxresdefault.jpg My Favourite “Phat” Cluster Chords on Piano (Richer, Fuller Harmony Instantly) Want chords that sound instantly richer and fuller? These are my favourite “phat” cluster chords on piano, and this lesson shows you exactly how to build and use them. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares some of his favourite cluster or “phat” chords, stacked voicings that add a thick, modern colour to your piano playing. You'll learn how these chords are constructed, where they sit best on the keyboard, and how to drop them into your own progressions so ordinary changes suddenly sound lush and contemporary. It's a quick way to upgrade the harmony in anything you play, from ballads to grooves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6vt0_awcTwE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-piano-chords-7b9-7-flat-9 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/484GfDXmGPY/maxresdefault.jpg My FAVOURITE Piano Chords - 7b9 (7 flat 9) Learn how the 7♭9 (7 flat 9) chord works on the piano. This lesson is part of a series introducing ten of my favourite chords, the ones I use very often in my music to bring about mystery, power, chaos and all those interesting emotions we love as artists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/484GfDXmGPY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/my-favourite-piano-chord-the-minor-major-7th-mystery-power 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WtHJbSeb-Do/maxresdefault.jpg My Favourite Piano Chord: The Minor Major 7th (Mystery & Power) Learn how the Minor Major 7th chord works on the Piano. Introducing 10 of my favorite chords as part of our Piano lesson series which I use very often in my music to bring about mystery, power, chaos, and all those interesting emotions which we love as artists! https://www.youtube.com/embed/WtHJbSeb-Do yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-ear-training-for-beginners-5-levels-to-build-your-melodic-ear 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NNEjziA2GY0/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Ear Training for Beginners (5 Levels to Build Your Melodic Ear) In this Ear Training lesson for beginners on the Piano, we look at 5 levels of developing your melodic ear using a three-dimensional approach that works on your Theory, Technique, and your Ear of course! Use your voice to create melodies and find them on the Piano using a variety of easy-to-form shapes. The levels: 3 notes at a time, triads, triads with inversions, 5 notes at a time, and major vs minor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NNEjziA2GY0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improve-your-sense-of-rhythm-polyrhythms-polymeter-dotted-feels-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JZ-qrS88mBs/maxresdefault.jpg Improve Your Sense of Rhythm: Polyrhythms, Polymeter & Dotted Feels (Part 3) Part 3 of the rhythm series goes advanced — polyrhythms, polymeters and the dotted feel, all made approachable on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music wraps up his three-part rhythm series with the advanced concepts: polyrhythm, polymeter and the dotted time feel. You'll revise Parts 1 and 2, then explore the gallop, what a polyrhythm is, dividing by 4, using the LCM, playing 2 over 3, flipping into a triplet feel, polymeters and the dotted feel — with the importance of listening throughout. Shown on piano, it applies to vocals, percussion, guitar and any instrument. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JZ-qrS88mBs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improve-your-sense-of-rhythm-on-piano-time-feel-swing-triplets-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lFmxC2_MWvc/maxresdefault.jpg Improve Your Sense of Rhythm on Piano: Time Feel, Swing & Triplets (Part 2) Learn to truly feel rhythm in this in-depth series on timing — Part 2 focuses on building a solid time feel on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues his three-part rhythm series, this time developing a rock-solid time feel through beat division, swing vs straight, and rhythmic devices. You'll cover the importance of the pulse, dividing by 2, 3 and 4, the Tresillo rhythm, accents, the gallop and whether you even need a time signature — all demonstrated clearly on the piano. Though shown on piano, it applies equally to vocals, percussion, guitar and more. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lFmxC2_MWvc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/fix-your-timing-build-a-rock-solid-sense-of-rhythm-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0vMZV1lfZNo/maxresdefault.jpg Fix Your Timing: Build a Rock-Solid Sense of Rhythm on Piano Struggling with bad timing? This in-depth lesson teaches you how to truly FEEL rhythm — the pulse, dynamics and time signatures — so your playing finally locks in. Demonstrated on the piano but applicable to vocals, percussion, guitar and any instrument, this is Part 1 of a 3-part series on developing your sense of rhythm. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with the core foundations: what rhythm really is, why it matters, and how to feel the pulse. You'll work on developing dynamics through 'breathing', understanding time signature, meter and cycle, and even tackle odd-meter playing in 5 and 7 — laying the groundwork for beat division, swing and rhythmic devices in the parts that follow. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 01:13 What is Rhythm? 02:05 Importance of Rhythm 04:44 Feeling the Pulse 08:22 Developing Dynamics (Breathing) 09:58 Understanding Time Signature / Meter / Cycle 14:22 Odd-Meter Demonstration (5 & 7) 17:01 Introduction to Beat Division (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/embed/0vMZV1lfZNo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/get-inspired-by-rhythm-patterns-on-the-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mpWaVlApru8/maxresdefault.jpg Get INSPIRED by RHYTHM 🥁 Patterns on the Piano Use the same rhythm pattern to compose pretty much everything on the piano: melody, chord pattern, bassline and arpeggios. Along the way, develop your basics of sight reading rhythms and learn how to count music with a solid foundation. We begin with an introduction to rhythm notation with eighth notes, triplets and sixteenth notes, then create a groovy rhythm pattern and look at the usage of beats versus sub-beats. From there we create a variety of music using the same rhythm pattern, and finish by improvising. Designed for students at any level. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mpWaVlApru8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-those-4-chords-with-feeling-on-the-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FZUvHIUS2J8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play “THOSE” 4 Chords with FEELING on the Piano 🎹 Learn how to play the most popular chord progression on the piano, at all skill levels. 1 5 6 4, in some combination, is pretty much all we hear these days in pop music. Let's learn the theory behind these chords and play them in a variety of ways. We start with fifth chords, phat fifth chords and floating fifth chords, then explore rhythm patterns (ratios, arpeggios and percussion) and dynamics. Next come triads with inversions, more rhythms with displacement of alternate chord hits and the tresillo (pop clave), and jumbling up the chords to develop multiple progressions. Finally we add slash chords and suspended chords, get the modern pop vibe with spread voicings, and improvise and bring in the vocals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FZUvHIUS2J8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-use-secondary-dominant-chords-to-write-colorful-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Do-FwFW2Eag/maxresdefault.jpg How to Use Secondary Dominant Chords to Write Colorful Music Learn how to use Secondary Dominant Chords with Music Theory and a breakdown of "The Sound of Music" masterpiece, Do Re Mi. Demonstrated on the Piano with this specific song, however, can be applied to a variety of songs with any harmonic instrument. We first look at the Chord Theory of the Major Scale, build the Primary dominant chord, and then move to form all the secondary dominant chords. In this lesson, we cover Music Theory, Ear Training, Composition & important Songwriting techniques used by the great artists. The lesson uses the Bb major scale and ends with a harmonic analysis of how the melody is composed, including passing and landing tones on strong and weak beats. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Do-FwFW2Eag yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/10-rhythm-patterns-that-make-chord-inversions-easy 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DjPqzQqe_NY/maxresdefault.jpg 10 Rhythm Patterns That Make Chord Inversions Easy 10 piano rhythm patterns that make chord inversions easy to practise — turn the same old root, 1st and 2nd inversion drill into something musical and genuinely fun. These exercises train your ear, your rhythmic phrasing, your hand independence and even your voice, all at once. In this lesson Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with the basics — forming root position, 1st inversion and 2nd inversion — then runs the three positions of the chord through ten creative rhythm patterns. You'll work through block chords, Oom-Pah, waltz, broken chords, arpeggio triplets, arpeggios over 3/4, the Tresillo, the Charleston, dual-speed arpeggios and floating inversions, with block chords, broken chords and arpeggios covered for every skill level. It works for both major and minor triads, and there's something here whether you're brand new to inversions or polishing them for performance. Pick a pattern, loop it, and watch your inversions stop feeling like homework and start sounding like music. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:19 Introduction to the Tutorial 01:51 Block Chords & Inversions Basics 05:01 Oom-Pah! 06:21 Waltz 07:40 Broken Chords 09:39 Arpeggios Triplets 11:26 Arpeggios over 3/4 13:43 Tresillo 14:53 Charleston 16:18 Dual-speed Arpeggios 19:30 Floating Inversions 21:19 Conclusion 22:14 Advanced Practice of Chord Inversions https://www.youtube.com/embed/DjPqzQqe_NY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-do-re-mi-on-piano-the-sound-of-music-easy-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/k1DEeCbpudM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Do-Re-Mi on Piano (The Sound of Music — Easy Tutorial) Learn the melody and chords of "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music on piano, in an easy beginner-friendly tutorial in Bb major. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music presents an easy-to-learn tutorial on "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music, covering both the melody and the chords on the piano. You'll start with the melody and proper fingering in the key of Bb major, then build left-hand accompaniment with bass roots, before adding chords with the correct voicing and inversions. It's a complete beginner journey from the tune through to a full two-handed arrangement, with planning for Part 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k1DEeCbpudM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/an-exciting-way-to-practice-accented-rhythms-theory-piano-technique 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IIKDyAk1Cig/maxresdefault.jpg An EXCITING way to Practice ACCENTED Rhythms (Theory & Piano Technique) Learn how we can use accents on the piano with various rhythm techniques, and practise them using eighth note rhythms. We take chords as arpeggios and play them using a variety of patterns, so the accents become part of your technique as well as your rhythm. A theory and piano technique lesson for pianists who want more groove and control in their playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIKDyAk1Cig yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-modes-made-easy-instant-moods-colours 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gcoW4PitDNA/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Modes Made Easy: Instant Moods & Colours Piano modes made easy — learn how to form and use modes with modal triads, and find the stand-out note that gives each one its mood. Jason Zac demystifies Dorian, Mixolydian, Phrygian and Lydian, showing the characteristic interval that defines each mode's colour and how to use them to instantly change the feel of your playing. Modes without the headache — practical, sound-first music theory for intermediate pianists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gcoW4PitDNA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-a-full-chord-progression-from-just-one-chord-major-minor-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/X5hpxnJ5aiQ/maxresdefault.jpg Make a Full Chord Progression From JUST ONE Chord (Major & Minor Piano) One static chord can carry a whole song — learn to build full-sounding progressions from a single major or minor chord using bass movement and rhythm. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores how to create piano chord progressions from just one chord, major or minor, using the scale and moving bass underneath. You'll work through C major and its inversions, left-hand slash chords and bass exploration, a ballad piano style, a full song arrangement, then the static minor chord, the 'hybrid' minor scale, improvisation and rhythmic variations. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 01:00 Lesson Introduction 02:55 C major and its inversions 04:16 Left Hand Slash Chords 07:00 The Bass Exploration 08:45 Ballad Piano Style 11:28 Song Arrangement around the Major Chord 13:44 Static Minor Chord 14:03 Minor Performance 16:04 The “Hybrid” Minor scale 19:15 The Minor Arrangement 20:49 Improvisation 21:29 Rhythmic Variations 22:57 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/X5hpxnJ5aiQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/interactive-music-quiz-with-answers-challenge-yourself 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FtsDbcx8VM4/maxresdefault.jpg Interactive MUSIC QUIZ (with Answers) - Challenge Yourself! An interactive music quiz with Jason Zac where you discover new concepts while challenging yourself at the same time. It was run live, so play along, work out your answers before they are revealed, and let us know how you did in the comments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FtsDbcx8VM4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-the-circle-of-fifths-music-theory-made-easy-complete-guide-practical-examples 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7xQrDYOgIVY/maxresdefault.jpg 🎵 Master the Circle of Fifths: Music Theory Made Easy | Complete Guide & Practical Examples 🎹 Learn how to build exciting chord progressions and improvise geometrically using the amazing Circle of Fifths. This lesson was taught live, with viewers listing their doubts in the chat as we worked through how the circle can guide your chord progressions and your improvisation on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7xQrDYOgIVY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-only-left-hand-piano-arpeggio-you-need-works-on-any-song 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xVJCXlXkbuY/maxresdefault.jpg The Only Left-Hand Piano Arpeggio You Need (Works on Any Song) One left-hand piano arpeggio pattern that gives you a rock-solid foundation under almost any song — plus 5 ways to improvise a beautiful right-hand melody over it. Using the gorgeous chord progression from the Amélie theme (Em–G–Bm–D), Jason Zac teaches the left-hand arpeggio pattern and smooth chord inversions, then five methods to build a melody on top — chord tones, the minor pentatonic, call-and-response singing and more. A complete lesson in independence, voice leading and improvisation for intermediate pianists. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:57 Introduction 03:17 The 4 Chords — Em G Bm D 04:02 Forming Piano Chord Inversions 05:58 The Arpeggio Pattern (LHMH) 09:12 Melody Improvisation — Chord Tones 12:34 Minor Pentatonic Improvisation 14:57 Call & Response (Sing & Play) 17:11 Melodic Patterns & Shapes 18:52 The Amélie Piano Theme 23:41 Revision 25:40 Improvisation https://www.youtube.com/embed/xVJCXlXkbuY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-sync-audio-and-video-in-final-cut-pro-x-super-easy-for-musicians 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yjk36_Kffe4/maxresdefault.jpg How to SYNC Audio and Video in Final Cut Pro X [SUPER EASY For MUSICIANS] Here's how you can perfectly sync audio with video using music clips in Final Pro X. We go through the challenge of syncing, a great software (Plural Eyes) to get this done in seconds, and also a "manual" & "free" musicians only hack which I use when things just don't work out! The hack works in any video editing software. Plural Eyes can also be used for Premiere Pro & Da Vinci Resolve. 00:00 The many technical challenges Musicians face 01:25 The challenge of Syncing 02:13 My Riff Workflow - Video & Audio 06:29 Plural Eyes to “Sync” all footage 08:37 Exporting to Final Cut Pro (FCPX) 10:00 Working with clips in FCPX 12:28 Syncing “without” Plural Eyes (Manually) 13:35 Super Quick Trick for Manual Sync 15:45 Revision Plural Eyes: Reaper: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yjk36_Kffe4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-dynamics-turn-a-flat-progression-into-an-emotional-rollercoaster 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lLc2V0sWnGk/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Dynamics: Turn a Flat Progression Into an Emotional Rollercoaster In this piano lesson, we use a variety of dynamics discussed in the entire series to create multiple sections of a song using a single chord progression. Part 5 covers chords with personality, building sections, following the drummer and using the sustain pedal, then puts it all together with a revision of the 5-part series. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lLc2V0sWnGk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/iconic-melodic-phrases-on-piano-using-chord-inversions-instantly-richer-lines 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ws36zlXGmJQ/maxresdefault.jpg Iconic Melodic Phrases on Piano Using Chord Inversions (Instantly Richer Lines) In this piano lesson, we unleash the power of chord inversions to create thematic hooks using their upper voicings. We use a simple 4-chord progression and look at a number of possibilities to create catchy melodic phrases which can put a stamp on your next song! Topics include building chord inversions & voice leading, unearthing, identifying & singing the melody line, chord tips for music producers, floating a hook with chord inversions, and arrangement ideas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ws36zlXGmJQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chord-progressions-from-the-harmonic-minor-scale-music-theory-live 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xACVs-08dYQ/maxresdefault.jpg Chord Progressions from the Harmonic Minor Scale - MUSIC THEORY (Live) Learn how to form the chords of the harmonic minor scale with this live music theory lesson by Jason Zac. We build the chords that come from the harmonic minor scale and use them to make chord progressions. A useful lesson for pianists, guitarists and songwriters who want to understand minor keys and write progressions from them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xACVs-08dYQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/bring-piano-chords-to-life-with-ghost-notes-swing-double-thumb-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oYfGkEy1ILI/maxresdefault.jpg Bring Piano Chords to Life With Ghost Notes & Swing (Double-Thumb Trick) In this chords lesson, we add swing and triplet rhythm patterns to our Piano playing using Broken chords, arpeggios, and ghost notes. We also learn a unique "double thumb" technique that can really embellish your playing. Starting with a simple bass, we play broken chords and broken arpeggios in the right hand, then ghost notes in the left hand and the "double thumb" ghosts. Part 3 of a 5-part series. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oYfGkEy1ILI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-left-hand-bass-line-every-piano-player-should-know-4-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/avVd9PwPQ5I/maxresdefault.jpg The Left-Hand Bass Line Every Piano Player Should Know (4 Chords) In this lesson, we learn a bluesy bassline on the Piano & develop our hand independence with our Left Hand while our RH chords hold a steady pulse with a lot of dynamics. We revise the 4 chords, build the bass line, play it in the left hand, add the right-hand chords over the pulse and put it all together. A super slow play-along version is at the end. https://www.youtube.com/embed/avVd9PwPQ5I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-piano-chords-with-real-passion-dynamics-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t1KKZ-nY8p8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Piano Chords With Real Passion (Dynamics & Groove) In this lesson, we look at how to practice chords on the Piano with Dynamics and Groove using the help of the drum kit and the natural variables of sound which we can control on the Piano. Part of a 5-part series, it covers the 4-chord progression and its shapes, legato vs staccato vs sustain pedal, adding dynamics to chords, and following the snare drum, the "open" hi-hat and a "lazy" drum feel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t1KKZ-nY8p8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/6-piano-hand-independence-exercises-using-sixteenth-notes-no-talking 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HyNXL7LQh8w/maxresdefault.jpg 6 Piano Hand Independence Exercises Using Sixteenth Notes (No Talking) Develop hand independence for piano with 6 sixteenth-note exercises covering basslines, chord patterns and arpeggios. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you six no-talking, play-along hand independence exercises built on sixteenth notes. They cover basslines, chord patterns, arpeggios, accents and melodic phrasing, perfect for practising along once you understand the concepts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HyNXL7LQh8w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-compose-epic-music-using-just-one-chord-live-piano-lesson 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dTzEMz9I4gQ/maxresdefault.jpg How to compose EPIC music using just ONE CHORD - LIVE Piano Lesson Learn creative techniques to compose music while you practise the piano. In this live lesson we take just one chord and build an arpeggio pattern from it. After that, we get creative in numerous ways to turn that single chord into epic music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dTzEMz9I4gQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-finger-piano-exercises-for-beginners-that-sound-beautiful 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5XnCmm8qVzk/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Finger Piano Exercises for Beginners That Sound Beautiful Learn four essential 5 finger exercises for the Piano, designed for beginners. After learning the drills, we then improve our hand coordination with a steady pulse and take the music on an emotional journey using bass variations. We also work on our piano posture and improve our ears with singing. After developing a solid foundation with the exercises, we then displace intervals that were once used for the major scale and then take our music to all sorts of creative dimensions! All through the lesson, we focus on solid rhythm by understanding eighth notes, triplets, the pulse, and beat division. In short, I’ve developed this lesson to hopefully show you that 5 finger exercises can be creative and even used in melody-making ventures! The interval permutations explored include minor 3rds, 3rds & 4ths, and the minor 2nd (b2). https://www.youtube.com/embed/5XnCmm8qVzk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-with-sixteenth-notes-the-tresillo-pattern-part-6 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wSKCWzx5H4w/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence With Sixteenth Notes: The Tresillo Pattern (Part 6) Develop hand independence with sixteenth notes, playing the popular Tresillo (Pop Clave) in the left hand under a syncopated melody. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses a sixteenth-note time feel to play the popular Tresillo, or Pop Clave, in the left hand while a simple syncopated melody sits in the right hand. You will count the Tresillo, form and finger the left-hand chords, dial in their timing, choose between staccato and legato with the pedal, play a right-hand ostinato melody, meet the Dorian mode, and finish with a performance and a super slow version. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wSKCWzx5H4w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/why-you-struggle-with-intervals-and-how-to-fix-it 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2WamtAXl4Co/maxresdefault.jpg Why You Struggle With Intervals (And How to Fix It) Learn the theory of intervals and figure out how to hear them better using a variety of techniques. This full-length class looks at why students struggle to hear intervals and how to fix it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2WamtAXl4Co yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-with-sixteenth-notes-syncopation-workout-part-5 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZuFmFb3I5Ig/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence With Sixteenth Notes: Syncopation Workout (Part 5) Develop hand independence for piano with sixteenth-note exercises, building syncopation between the two hands. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses a sixteenth-note time feel to develop syncopation between your hands, a technique very similar to percussion instruments like the bongos or tabla, where each hand plays its own unique 1/16th-note pattern. You will revisit how to feel sixteenth notes, approach the parts like a percussionist, form the four chords and their inversions, plan left-hand octaves and fifths, then put both hands together, finishing with a super slow version. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZuFmFb3I5Ig yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-with-sixteenth-notes-open-voicing-jazz-feel-part-4 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ExzyuD76dA0/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence With Sixteenth Notes: Open Voicing & Jazz Feel (Part 4) Develop hand independence with sixteenth notes, using open (spread) voicing in the left hand and a soulful jazz groove. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses open (spread) voicing in the left hand with a soulful chord progression following a sixteenth-note groove, while the right hand embellishes with upper extensions for a jazz flavour. To deepen the independence, the right hand also plays these chords as the pulse (quarter notes). You will cover left-hand spread voicing and fingering, counting sixteenth notes with a shaker and grid, the bassline with the pulse, Eb Maj7 and 9th formations, Fmin7 embellishment, the Bb9sus4 dominant, pedal technique, thinking like a drummer, and a super slow version. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ExzyuD76dA0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-with-sixteenth-notes-glam-rock-bass-riff-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mKiGQtCSVK8/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence With Sixteenth Notes: Glam Rock Bass Riff (Part 3) Develop hand independence for Piano with sixteenth-note exercises by Jason Zac. In this lesson, we learn to play a chord pattern as the Pulse (Quarter Notes) in the Right Hand and play a catchy “Glam Rock” bass riff in the Left Hand. Also, look out for some interesting turnaround options at the end of the progression. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mKiGQtCSVK8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/why-your-left-hand-sounds-weak-and-how-to-fix-it 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/29WgI9RKWUQ/maxresdefault.jpg Why Your Left Hand Sounds Weak (And How to Fix It) Essential left hand bass rhythm patterns for piano, taught as a live class. If your left hand sounds weak, this lesson gives it a set of bass rhythm patterns to work with, with rhythm reading, sight reading and rhythm practice along the way. https://www.youtube.com/embed/29WgI9RKWUQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/hand-independence-exercises-for-piano-using-sixteenth-notes-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KqPpIVQDJg0/maxresdefault.jpg Hand Independence Exercises for Piano Using Sixteenth Notes (Part 2) Develop hand independence for Piano with sixteenth-note exercises by Jason Zac. In this lesson, we learn to play a chord pattern in the Right Hand and support it with the root, and 5th of the chords played as the pulse in the left hand. Also, look out for some interesting chord voicing and creative turnaround options at the end of the progression. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KqPpIVQDJg0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-using-sixteenth-notes-step-by-step 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1KjSqr8731Q/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence Using Sixteenth Notes (Step by Step) Develop hand independence for Piano with sixteenth-note exercises by Jason Zac. In this lesson, we learn a melody for the Right Hand and practice it with proper timing using the sixteenth note grid. The left hand maintains a steady pulse using an awesome chord progression. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1KjSqr8731Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/left-hand-piano-build-bass-lines-with-broken-chords-blues-rock 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bQFv0btok4Y/maxresdefault.jpg Left-Hand Piano: Build Bass Lines With Broken Chords (Blues & Rock) Learn how to create Bass lines on the Piano along with Broken Chords. In this lesson, we learn two techniques that can be used for a variety of music including Blues & Rock. Keep the pattern steady while improvising a melody in the Right Hand. The patterns are shown over the G minor chord, with “Oom-Pah!” dynamics, a root & fifth toggle, line cliché bass movement, a swing feel for broken chords and developing “thematic” lines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bQFv0btok4Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/explore-a-brave-new-world-with-the-minor-progression 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Pnq1Bot8O5s/maxresdefault.jpg Explore a BRAVE NEW WORLD with the MINOR Progression In Part 6, the conclusion of our six-part series exploring the minor chord progression, we build brave-sounding chord progressions using the minor scale. This compositional approach is used a lot in rock music and epic movie scores. Starting with A minor, we explore what brave means, the essence of rock music, and the epic minor progression built on the flat III, flat VI and flat VII major chords. Then Jason jams, improvises and brings it all together. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pnq1Bot8O5s yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/colouring-the-tonic-minor-for-a-hopeful-open-ended-sound-minor-progression-part-5 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cM9Vz0i5x2c/maxresdefault.jpg Colouring the Tonic Minor for a Hopeful, Open-Ended Sound (Minor Progression, Part 5) The minor tonic doesn't have to sound bleak — here's how to colour it for a hopeful, curious, open-ended feel. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues the 6-part series 'Exploring the Minor Chord Progression', exploring ways to colour the TONIC chord (which is minor) in Part 5. You'll use minor-major 7ths, line-cliché movements, a hopeful-sounding major twist, and a 'climbing' slash chord over the long minor tonic — concluding with an open-ended sound that creates a curious resolution. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cM9Vz0i5x2c yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-dominant-chord-on-piano-extensions-voicing-tensions-4-of-6 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/zA4N-grNv1k/maxresdefault.jpg The Dominant Chord on Piano: Extensions, Voicing & Tensions (4 of 6) Work on the Dominant chord of a Minor progression, the chord with the most colouring possibilities, in Part 4 of 6. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues the 6-part series exploring the Minor chord progression by focusing on the Dominant chord, which offers the most colouring possibilities of all. You will first extend it into a Dominant 7th (1 3 5 b7), learn how to voice the chord properly, then explore various tensions and substitutions using Dominant chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zA4N-grNv1k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/6-editing-rendering-tips-using-reaper-daw-to-speed-up-your-workflow 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8Q1khYWUEms/maxresdefault.jpg 6 Editing & Rendering tips using Reaper DAW to speed up your workflow Learn how to speed up your workflow in Reaper with regions, the Region Render Matrix and numerous editing tips and tricks. I use my riffs, which I upload on a daily basis, for this explanation. Since a bunch of files are recorded in one go to keep the creative process going, we have to figure out how to render these files for different formats and, more importantly, mass-render multiple files at a time and head out of the studio for a well-deserved lunch. We cover how I record my riffs, creating a region and adjusting it for rendering, making a loopable Instagram cut musically and efficiently using item rulers, the two stop functions in Reaper (play cursor control), editing shortcuts to create the perfect loop quickly, naming a huge number of regions for a mass render, and filename wildcards while rendering. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Q1khYWUEms yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/advanced-piano-chords-over-minor-progressions-suspended-quartal-3-of-6 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eY0Gtz3VK1I/maxresdefault.jpg Advanced Piano Chords Over Minor Progressions: Suspended & Quartal (3 of 6) Learn how to use advanced chords, Suspended, slash, quartal voicing and diminished 7th, over the pre-dominant chord of Minor progressions. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music brings you Part 3 of a 6-part series exploring the Minor chord progression. Here the focus is on Suspended chords as pre-dominant options that lead into the Dominant. Starting with the conventional Sus4, you will dive into various flavours of the Suspended chord while keeping the bass note, anticipating the Dominant root, the same, giving you rich movement before the resolution. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eY0Gtz3VK1I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/pro-chord-substitutions-jazz-tensions-that-sound-expensive 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/I2Y1YhiO-Zk/maxresdefault.jpg Pro Chord Substitutions & Jazz Tensions That Sound Expensive Make your minor progressions sound rich and expensive with pro chord substitutions and jazz tensions over the pre-dominant chord. In Part 2 of the 'Minor Chord Progression' series, Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music focuses on the pre-dominant (sub-dominant) chord — the iv minor — and shows how to embellish and substitute it while keeping the same melody consistent. You'll explore jazz tensions (9ths, 11ths and other colours), the diminished pre-dominant, bluesy substitutions, secondary dominants (E7) and their b9/#9 extensions — the harmonic moves that make simple progressions sound sophisticated. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:29 Recap of Part 1 02:30 The Diminished Chord (The other pre-dominant) 03:25 Combining both Pre-Dominant chords 05:55 Jazz Tensions (7, 9 & 11 colors) for G minor 08:48 The Bb substitutions 10:14 The “Bluesy” substitution 13:04 The Secondary Dominant substitution (E7) 14:14 Extensions for E7 (b9 & #9) 16:21 Moving forward to Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/embed/I2Y1YhiO-Zk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-write-beautiful-minor-chord-progressions-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/92GYnRu25xU/maxresdefault.jpg How to Write Beautiful Minor Chord Progressions on Piano Learn how to write beautiful minor chord progressions on piano — mournful, epic, thematic and everything in between — using functional harmony. Jason Zac walks you through the theory of functional harmony over the minor scale, the three core chords and what each one does, and how the natural and harmonic minor scales colour your progressions. You'll also learn a melody to sit on top. This is the foundation every songwriter and film-scoring pianist needs — and the start of a deeper series on minor harmony. Intermediate-friendly. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:31 The Minor Progression 02:14 Functional Harmony 04:51 The 3 Chords and Their Purpose 07:58 Let's Learn the Melody 08:52 Recap & What's Next https://www.youtube.com/embed/92GYnRu25xU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-creatively-practise-thirds-over-piano-scales 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5iHboeR2Wwk/maxresdefault.jpg How to Creatively Practise Thirds Over Piano Scales Learn how to form thirds, 3D ear training for thirds, and thirds as the building blocks of triads. Explore thirds ascending & descending, ascending & descending thirds patterns, improvisation using thirds, and harmonic minor thirds practice, with a series recap at the end. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5iHboeR2Wwk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-creatively-practise-finger-crossovers-for-piano-scales-the-pendulum 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5YPDNPHu5yE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Creatively Practise Finger Crossovers for Piano Scales (The Pendulum) In this lesson, we learn how to practice finger Crossovers for Piano Scales using a creative approach called "The Pendulum". In this lesson series by Jason Zac (3 parts), we learn how to practice piano scales using three of the most important technical aspects of piano playing, while being creative as we work on our technique. You will learn the exercises on both Major & Minor scales with the correct posture and fingering. Part 1 uses the "Compression-Expansion" technique which allows us to play linearly (melodically) as well as harmonically (chordal). Part 2 uses the "Pendulum" concept of crossing over the fingers on both sides of the root, creating melodic possibilities on both the positive & negative Y-axis (pitch). https://www.youtube.com/embed/5YPDNPHu5yE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-practice-piano-scales-with-creativity-3-techniques 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cn86cdzF7lw/maxresdefault.jpg How to Practice Piano Scales With Creativity (3 Techniques) You will learn the exercises on both Major & Minor scales with the correct posture and fingering. Part 1 uses the "Compression-Expansion" technique which allows us to play linearly (melodically) as well as harmonically (chordal). Part 2 uses the "Pendulum" concept of crossing over the fingers on both sides of the root. Thereby, creating melodic possibilities on both the positive & negative Y-axis (pitch). Part 3 uses "Thirds" in various ascending & descending groupings to build a great creative practice approach on the Piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cn86cdzF7lw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/groovy-latin-piano-over-the-2-5-1-jazz-progression-16th-note-pattern 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6Q1sbnVnCVY/maxresdefault.jpg Groovy Latin Piano Over the 2-5-1 Jazz Progression (16th-Note Pattern) This catchy Latin rhythm pattern over the 2-5-1 jazz progression will instantly make your piano playing groove. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores a catchy Latin piano rhythm pattern over the 2-5-1 jazz chord progression using seventh chords and a unique voicing technique. The pattern is built with sixteenth notes, giving you a tight, danceable groove that sits perfectly over the changes. It's a fun, practical way to add Latin flavour and jazz harmony to your piano playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Q1sbnVnCVY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-voice-the-2-5-1-jazz-chord-progression-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/68c00OOM-ag/maxresdefault.jpg How to Voice the 2-5-1 Jazz Chord Progression on Piano Learn the 2-5-1 jazz chord progression as part of our series on Beginner Jazz Piano. In this lesson, we look at how to voice the 2 5 1 progression with a simple but dense harmonic technique using open voicing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/68c00OOM-ag yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/exercises-for-reading-rhythms-creatively 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8f_vwJjIUOU/maxresdefault.jpg Exercises for Reading Rhythms CREATIVELY Creative approaches to reading rhythms with Jason Zac. In this live lesson we learn how to read eighth-note rhythm patterns and practise them through a series of creative exercises at the piano. A good place to start if counting rhythms feels difficult, and a fresh way to keep your rhythm reading practice interesting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8f_vwJjIUOU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-5-famous-piano-riffs-by-female-musicians 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eLPKHdZ1DkM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play 5 FAMOUS Piano Riffs by FEMALE musicians Here are 5 famous pop songs by Female pianists for you to learn! And here’s celebrating “International Women’s Day”. I’ve covered all the hooks, catchy phrases, rhythm patterns, and chord progressions. It’s a detailed lesson with theory all included. More power to all you amazing women out there! Keep rocking! Fallin’ - Alicia Keys cardigan - Taylor Swift Love Song- Sara Bareilles Don’t know why - Norah Jones Walking on Broken Glass - Annie Lennox 00:00 - Introduction 01:05 - Fallin’ by Alicia Keys (Verse) 04:25 - Fallin’ by Alicia Keys (Chorus) 06:21 - The “Exciting” chord - Fallin’ by Alicia Keys 07:20 - How Alicia Keys colors the B minor 7 chord 07:55 - The “Jazzy” outdo found in some live versions 09:33 - cardigan by Taylor Swift 10:16 - The chords of “cardigan” explained 11:16 - Bass Octave technique for “cardigan” 12:53 - Piano hook for “cardigan” 16:08 - Love Song by Sara Bareilles 16:50 - Theory of “Passing” & “Landing” chords used in “Love Song” 21:14 - The Rhythm Pattern used in “Love Song” 25:33 - Don’t know why (Norah Jones) 26:25 - The chords & voicing of “Don’t know why” 31:12 - “Don’t know why - Chords with Singing 31:48 - Rhythmic piano playing for “Don’t know why” 33:52 - The “B” section of “Don’t know why” 35:28 - Walking on Broken Glass 37:11 - The Piano Hook (Intro) 38:08 - Synth Chord Hook https://www.youtube.com/embed/eLPKHdZ1DkM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-2-5-1-jazz-piano-chord-progression-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/SAOjr5ejxbs/maxresdefault.jpg The 2-5-1 Jazz Piano Chord Progression Explained The 2-5-1 jazz piano chord progression explained: finding the ii, V & I, forming triads of the major scale, extended harmony using seventh chords, forming the harmonic & natural minor scales, and extended harmony for the minor scale. We then look at using inversions and improvising with chord tones and “color tones” (tensions - 9s, 11s and 13s), as preparation for further lessons. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SAOjr5ejxbs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-improvisation-3-ways-to-use-the-pentatonic-scale 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p2JYPEZ7nLU/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Improvisation: 3 Ways to Use the Pentatonic Scale Three creative ways to improvise on piano using the pentatonic scale (plus a bonus) — so your solos always sound right. After a quick theory tour of the major and minor pentatonic scales, Jason Zac shows three approaches: left-hand bass exploration, improvising with singing, and building pentatonic licks in patterns of three — plus bonus bass riffs. The friendliest way into real improvisation. Intermediate-friendly. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:36 Introduction & Lesson Goals 02:25 The Major Pentatonic Scale (Theory) 04:33 The Minor Pentatonic Scale (Theory) 06:02 Major Pentatonic LH Bass Exploration 08:28 Minor Pentatonic LH Bass Exploration 10:15 Improvising over Minor Pentatonic with Singing 11:40 Improvising over Major Pentatonic with Singing 12:39 Building Pentatonic Licks (Patterns of 3) 14:33 Creating Bass Riffs 16:49 Revision & Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/p2JYPEZ7nLU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chord-progressions-piano-write-epic-ones-with-the-circle-of-fifths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/w70y3rhbN_Y/maxresdefault.jpg Chord Progressions Piano: Write Epic Ones with the Circle of Fifths Write epic-sounding chord progressions on piano using nothing but the Circle of Fifths. Jason Zac uses the plagal cadence as a foundation and shows how the Circle of Fifths gives you an easy map for unique, cinematic progressions — then how to compose a melody over them (Ab–Eb–Bb–F–C) and add an ostinato bass. A music-theory + songwriting lesson that turns "I don't know what chord comes next" into a simple system. Intermediate-friendly. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:27 Introduction & Lesson Goals 01:11 Understanding the Circle of Fifths 02:49 Building Progressions Using the Circle (Plagal Cadences) 04:37 Composing a Melody — Ab Eb Bb F C 06:43 Songwriting — Diatonic and Beyond 07:35 Ostinato Pattern with a Constant C Bass 09:19 Revision https://www.youtube.com/embed/w70y3rhbN_Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-mixolydian-cadence-steal-this-bright-bluesy-piano-progression-bviiivi 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yxZwSC_F04o/maxresdefault.jpg The Mixolydian Cadence: Steal This Bright, Bluesy Piano Progression (bVII–IV–I) Mixolydian chord progressions using the circle of fifths. We build the Mixolydian scale, harmonise it, and play the bVII - IV - I cadence heard in "With a Little Help from My Friends" across multiple keys, with an improvisation exercise for piano and the circle of fifths to find it anywhere. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yxZwSC_F04o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-plagal-cadence-on-piano-the-amen-move-that-adds-instant-emotion 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ioscYupDYko/maxresdefault.jpg The Plagal Cadence on Piano: The 'Amen' Move That Adds Instant Emotion The plagal cadence — the famous 'Amen' move — is one of the most emotional sounds in music, and this lesson shows you how to use it on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores the plagal cadence and its minor variation, then shows you how to add it as flavour to an existing I–IV–V progression. You'll build a melody using the plagal passing chord, hear Jason improvise over the changes, and apply it to gospel music with 'Amazing Grace'. There's also a clear method for learning the cadence using the Circle of Fifths. It's a small harmonic move with a deeply expressive, soulful payoff. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:20 The Plagal Cadence (Amen) 01:41 The “Minor” Plagal 02:35 Adding flavor to an existing Chord Progression (I IV V) 04:04 Building a Melody using the “Plagal” Passing Chord 06:45 Jason’s Improv over the Chords 08:13 Application with Gospel Music “Amazing Grace” 09:48 How to learn the Cadence using “Circle of Fifths” 11:03 Revision & Introduction to PART 2 https://www.youtube.com/embed/ioscYupDYko yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-hey-jude-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CKAGujorvuk/maxresdefault.jpg How to play Hey Jude - Piano Tutorial A piano tutorial of Hey Jude by The Beatles. You will learn all the relevant music theory, analyse each section of the song and learn accompaniment techniques on the piano. Topics include scale and chord theory, Chord Trees and melodic analysis, secondary dominants, the basics of modes, chord progressions, piano rhythm patterns and chord inversions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CKAGujorvuk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/turn-arpeggios-into-beautiful-melodies-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0URGlvnW_yw/maxresdefault.jpg Turn Arpeggios Into Beautiful Melodies (Piano) Turn arpeggios into beautiful melodies on piano — learn how to play an arpeggio pattern and a melody line together in just one hand. This is the "melodic arpeggios" approach that makes your right hand sound like two players at once. In this lesson Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music brings together the techniques from the "Unique Sounding Arpeggios" series and puts them to work. Starting from a chord progression, you'll learn to float the top note to create a melody over your arpeggio, then move the bass note for added motion, before combining everything into a flowing, song-like texture for the right hand. If you've ever wanted your arpeggios to say something — to carry a tune rather than just outline a chord — this is the lesson that pulls it all together. Best enjoyed after the earlier arpeggio lessons, but it stands strong on its own too. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:53 Chord Progression 02:35 Floating The Top Note 05:59 Moving the Base Note 07:01 Recap 07:59 Combining Everything From The Series https://www.youtube.com/embed/0URGlvnW_yw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-arpeggios-that-flow-add-triplets-sixteenths-for-instant-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aE3Htbyf0BE/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Arpeggios That Flow: Add Triplets & Sixteenths for Instant Groove In this Piano arpeggio tutorial, we build rhythm patterns using a simple technique called “Rhythmic Devices” and then play them in various shapes on the Piano. Unique sounding chord styles could be explored using this technique where we focus on Triplets and Sixteenth note patterns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aE3Htbyf0BE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-create-a-blues-solo-on-piano-scales-phrasing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ewwa-0L3u_g/maxresdefault.jpg How to Create a Blues Solo on Piano (Scales & Phrasing) Learn how to improvise a Blues solo on the Piano with important scale theory concepts and lyrical phrasing. Learn how to form the Blues scales from their respective pentatonic scales (Major & Minor) and then create a melodic and lyrical Piano solo over the 12 bar blues form. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ewwa-0L3u_g yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-best-blues-piano-patterns-for-both-hands-swing-charleston 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0lWwA6Kr9Mc/maxresdefault.jpg The Best Blues Piano Patterns for Both Hands (Swing & Charleston) Learn how to play idiomatic Blues piano patterns for both the right hand and left hand. Also, understand the concept of "Swing" and the Charleston rhythm. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lWwA6Kr9Mc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/12-bar-blues-piano-for-beginners-sing-play-along 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/DtH5pDjc0Cg/maxresdefault.jpg 12 Bar Blues Piano for Beginners (Sing & Play Along) Learn how to sing & play the 12 bar blues for beginners on Piano with Jason Zac over our 3-part tutorial series. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DtH5pDjc0Cg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-easiest-way-to-expand-your-piano-arpeggios 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FfgZsdYEAmI/maxresdefault.jpg The Easiest Way to Expand Your Piano Arpeggios In this Piano arpeggios tutorial by Jason Zac, we use a simple technique involving 4 fingers to play triads as arpeggios. We call this approach “Octave Displaced Arpeggios”. This will make standard arpeggios patterns a lot more interesting and unique. You might want to watch Jason’s lesson on commonly used Arpeggio Patterns and another tutorial on how to make arpeggios sound professional. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FfgZsdYEAmI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-your-piano-arpeggios-sound-unique-using-accents-8th-16th-note-phrases 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/efJ_gfPJGK0/maxresdefault.jpg Make Your Piano Arpeggios Sound Unique Using Accents (8th & 16th Note Phrases) In this tutorial, we develop piano arpeggios using accents. You will first understand the theory of accents, and then use it with arpeggios on the Piano. The focus is on the “off-beats” and to develop an interesting order of notes using “accents”. Both Eighth note (1/8th) and Sixteenth note (1/16th) accented phrases are covered in this lesson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/efJ_gfPJGK0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/groovy-piano-arpeggios-using-latin-claves-tresillo-son-rumba-bossa 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RfyH9tWmeRM/maxresdefault.jpg Groovy Piano Arpeggios Using Latin Claves (Tresillo, Son, Rumba & Bossa) Learn how to play Groovy Piano Arpeggios using various Afro-Cuban (Latin rhythms) - Tresillo, Son Clave, Rumba Clave & Bossa Clave. We use the “hit” points of these iconic rhythms and then develop groovy piano arpeggios around them. This will convert your common arpeggio patterns to something unique and groovy. Get your Pianos ready and play along! https://www.youtube.com/embed/RfyH9tWmeRM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/subtractive-arpeggios-make-common-piano-patterns-sound-original 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IdL-eRX41l8/maxresdefault.jpg Subtractive Arpeggios: Make Common Piano Patterns Sound Original In this lesson, we will make commonly used arpeggios sound a lot more unique by subtracting certain beats and sub beats of the bar. The aim is to create an original vibe and develop rhythmic flavour. You might want to watch Jason's lesson on commonly used Arpeggio Patterns and another tutorial on how to make arpeggios sound professional. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IdL-eRX41l8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-easy-ways-to-make-your-piano-arpeggios-sound-pro 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6Rpz4AWsYrY/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Easy Ways to Make Your Piano Arpeggios Sound Pro In this lesson, you will learn how to play arpeggios on the Piano like a PRO. These organic approaches used can be played by any learner, from beginner to professional. We’ve divided the lesson into two parts - Part 1 covers the arpeggio patterns and the chord progression and Part 2 covers three techniques to make your arpeggios stand out from the rest of the crowd. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Rpz4AWsYrY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-beautiful-piano-arpeggio-patterns-for-any-genre 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/crFr_UKCCR8/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Beautiful Piano Arpeggio Patterns (for ANY Genre) In this lesson, you will learn how to play arpeggios on the Piano in three of the most sought after patterns around the music scene. The styles used can be played by any learner, from beginner to professional. The patterns (LMHM, HMLM and HLML) are played over the chord progression Em G D A, with suggested posture for playing arpeggios. Part 1 covers the arpeggio patterns and the chord progression, and Part 2 covers three techniques to make your arpeggios stand out from the rest of the crowd. https://www.youtube.com/embed/crFr_UKCCR8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/embellish-any-piano-melody-using-octaves-make-a-simple-tune-sound-big 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OR7SDeIuXFc/maxresdefault.jpg Embellish Any Piano Melody Using Octaves (Make a Simple Tune Sound Big) In this lesson, you will learn how to embellish a melody on the Piano with "Octaves". We cover ways to play octaves, octave exercises, stacking thirds with the octaves, improvising with octaves and rhythmic elements using octaves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OR7SDeIuXFc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/embellish-any-piano-melody-using-thirds-make-a-plain-tune-sound-fuller 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8nSh14ChIe0/maxresdefault.jpg Embellish Any Piano Melody Using Thirds (Make a Plain Tune Sound Fuller) In this lesson, you will learn how to embellish a melody on the Piano with "Spread Thirds". We build the scale and third pairs (Natural & Harmonic Minor), embellish the melody with thirds, improvise, and recap. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8nSh14ChIe0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/amazing-grace-piano-tutorial-spread-voicing-chords-melody-solo-arrangement 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Uol0TzRKCjE/maxresdefault.jpg Amazing Grace Piano Tutorial: Spread Voicing Chords + Melody (Solo Arrangement) In this Amazing Grace Piano Tutorial, we use "Spread voicing" in the Left hand for establishing a rich harmonic sound and freeing up the right hand for playing the melody along with improvisation. We start with the melody and chords as a sing-along, then the spread voicing accompaniment as a play-along, and finish with a recap of the lesson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uol0TzRKCjE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-catchy-piano-melodies-from-a-vocal-rhythm-no-fancy-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_122uylsRA4/maxresdefault.jpg Make Catchy Piano Melodies From a Vocal Rhythm (No Fancy Theory) In this composition lesson: create a percussion pattern with your voice anywhere, choose a scale and improvise to create a memorable motif, then develop a pattern around the motif and play it everywhere, focusing on I IV V & vi. We also play a static pattern with a floating left hand, and a floating pattern with a following left hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_122uylsRA4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-floating-fifth-chord-emotional-solo-piano-harmony-with-minimal-movement 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bmrApCiDeJ4/maxresdefault.jpg The Floating Fifth Chord: Emotional Solo Piano Harmony With Minimal Movement In this Piano accompaniment exercise, we use the fifth chord played with a strong rhythmic foundation and then improvise a floating left-hand technique to create emotional harmony with minimal movement. The lesson is developed for the “Solo Pianist”. You will learn how to play a two-part melody along with the left-hand accompaniment. Start with the 5th chord with an off-beat 1/8th note rhythm, change the bottom note (the chord quality changes), change the top note (chord movement), then play the slow version of the composition. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bmrApCiDeJ4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-all-12-major-minor-piano-chords-triads-using-intervals-shapes-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PAEz0Y82P1s/maxresdefault.jpg Learn ALL 12 Major & Minor Piano Chords (Triads) Using Intervals, Shapes & Theory First, learn how a triad is built note by note using the 5ths via the Circle of Fifths. Also, get used to the sound of the fifth intervals. Then form the major and minor third. Another approach uses the unique shapes of each chord to visualize the notes. We start with D major and D minor, then go through the chord shapes of all 12 major and minor triads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PAEz0Y82P1s yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-improve-your-piano-playing-5-things-to-focus-on 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HdYxxcU46Oc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Improve Your Piano Playing (5 Things to Focus On) Approach the piano like a professional and make great music in any setting — with 5 important things to focus on to grow as a pianist. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music lays out how to approach the piano professionally and make great music across many environments. The lesson focuses on 5 important things to consider as you grow as a pianist — all aimed at building your musicality rather than just technique. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HdYxxcU46Oc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-easiest-way-to-make-piano-chords-more-complex-spread-voicing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/g2pdlwxk1Yo/maxresdefault.jpg The Easiest Way to Make Piano Chords More Complex (Spread Voicing) Using a spread voicing technique in the left hand keeping a triad as the starting point, learn how to grow the harmony and add colour using sevenths, sixths, augmented chords and more. - How to voice chords in the Left Hand (Bass register) - The Major 7th chord (FACE) - The Dominant 7th chord (FACEb) - Practicing I IV & V chords using 7th Harmony - More chord extensions - Major 6th and Augmented chord - Minor Extensions and James Bond! https://www.youtube.com/embed/g2pdlwxk1Yo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/make-the-simplest-chord-sound-unique-power-chord-to-rich-harmony 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xl8fBGq8urQ/maxresdefault.jpg Make the Simplest Chord Sound Unique (Power Chord to Rich Harmony) By starting with a simple 5th chord (power chord) in the left hand, we build it to create a unique sounding chord pattern on the Piano. Learn how to embellish a simple major or minor chord in the left hand, form the 5th chord, add extensions to it, and bring in a vocal melody for creative playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xl8fBGq8urQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-make-left-hand-piano-chords-sound-huge 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/53BD-uorTNg/maxresdefault.jpg How to Make Left-Hand Piano Chords Sound HUGE Learn how to voice and play left-hand chords on the piano so they sound big, full and powerful under a melody or progression. https://www.youtube.com/embed/53BD-uorTNg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-practice-piano-chords-the-right-way-theory-technique-ear 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/U9rOn1AXBas/maxresdefault.jpg How to Practice Piano Chords the RIGHT Way (Theory, Technique & Ear) Here's the best way to practice chords on the Piano by training your Harmonic Ear, Chord Inversions, and singing all at the same time with a unique 3-dimensional approach towards practicing music. We use the chord progression G Eb C Em Cm Gm Edim7 Abmaj7 Amin7b5 Dsus, voicing every chord so that G is always the highest note. Sing the high G consistently, or the root (bass) note of each chord for a trickier challenge. We start with Diatonic Harmony, move to Chromatic triads and extended harmony, and then play this 10 chord exercise created by Jason. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U9rOn1AXBas yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-jingle-bells-on-the-piano-in-5-ways-christmas-lesson 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TSlQ-HDtuR0/maxresdefault.jpg Play Jingle Bells on the Piano in 5 ways - Christmas Lesson ❄️🎹 Learn how to play Jingle Bells on the piano with 5 chord patterns for different levels. We start by learning the melody, then play it with block chords. From there the left hand moves through a walking bass, the oom-pah pattern, an eighth-note oom-pah, a blues and rock n roll style, and finally ragtime or stride piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSlQ-HDtuR0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-silent-night-on-piano-beginner-christmas-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZCdnSsqmAkA/maxresdefault.jpg Play Silent Night on Piano - Beginner Christmas Tutorial ❄️🎹 Learn how to play the traditional Christmas carol Silent Night on the piano, with both melody and harmony (chords). We introduce the chords, see how the melody and chords work together, and explore functional harmony: tonic, dominant and pre-dominant. Then play along with block chords. There are two patterns for the left hand: a waltz arpeggio pattern for beginners and a 6/8 arpeggio pattern for intermediate players, each with a play-along. We finish with piano accompaniment with singing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZCdnSsqmAkA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/o-little-town-of-bethlehem-christmas-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NoaYZmc6iqw/maxresdefault.jpg O Little Town of Bethlehem - 🎄CHRISTMAS PIANO 🎹 TUTORIAL 🎶 Learn how to play the Christmas carol O Little Town of Bethlehem on the piano at different skill levels, from a simple version to an intermediate one. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NoaYZmc6iqw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-sing-and-play-intervals-theory-ear-training-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RHjKit5YnLc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Sing and Play Intervals (Theory & Ear Training on Piano) Learn a fresh 3-dimensional approach to practicing musical intervals where you work on your ear, music theory, instrument technique, and singing all at the same time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RHjKit5YnLc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/challenge-your-timing-and-harmonic-ear 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FqoNM1LqwyQ/maxresdefault.jpg Challenge your Timing and Harmonic Ear Improve your harmonic ear, odd meter and polymeter, and develop a strong sense of accents. Play the accented phrases using arpeggios, following set sequences of beat groupings at 155 BPM, with four cycles of the chord progression over each pattern. On keyboard or guitar, play the chord progression in spread voicing (for example, C minor played as C, G and the E flat above), arpeggiate the chords according to the accented grouping, and sing the chord tones of each chord in time, but not the top note. Over C minor, sing G or C while playing. Drummers can play just the accents or find something that fits, and anyone can try singing the accents. Part 1 works through single groupings: 8, 7 (as 3+4 and 4+3), 6, and 5 (as 2+3 and 3+2). Parts 2 and 3 pair two groupings, such as 5 and 3, or 7 and 4. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FqoNM1LqwyQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improvise-over-one-chord-one-rhythm-pattern-part-5 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kLZwweNQ_Qk/maxresdefault.jpg Improvise over ONE chord (& ONE rhythm pattern) - Part 5 In this 5-part series, you learn how to improvise over a major triad using a constant rhythm pattern. The lesson is demonstrated on piano and trumpet, but is intended for all musicians practising a variety of genres. Across the series we first explain a rhythm that uses musical phrasing techniques and stays consistent throughout your learning (practise it ideally between 105 and 115 bpm), then play melodies over a static Bb major chord using chord tones, embellishments, pentatonic scales, Mixolydian scales, the blues scale and chromatic notes. Part 5 is about melodic dynamics and proper articulation: feeling the snare, feeling the 2 and 4, dynamics (loud versus soft), staccato versus legato, and a subtractive approach to melody building, followed by a summary. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kLZwweNQ_Qk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improvise-over-one-chord-using-chromatic-notes-piano-part-4 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VAT-ZrmUBLc/maxresdefault.jpg Improvise Over ONE Chord Using Chromatic Notes (Piano, Part 4) Learn to improvise over a major triad using a constant rhythm pattern — this is Part 4 of a 5-part series on piano improvisation, focusing on chromatic notes. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music has you play various melodies over a static chord (Bb major) using a steady rhythm pattern at 105-115 bpm, exploring chromatic notes as both passing and landing tones. The lesson covers how to use chromatic notes tastefully in improvisation, the difference between passing and landing roles, how dynamics and articulation affect musical expression, and how to apply these concepts in solo or ensemble contexts. It's a practical, ear-led approach to adding colour and tension to single-chord improvisation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VAT-ZrmUBLc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improvise-over-one-chord-using-the-blues-scale-piano-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WhOYh8XrWLw/maxresdefault.jpg Improvise Over ONE Chord Using the Blues Scale (Piano, Part 3) In this 5-part series by Jason Zac, you will learn how to improvise over a Major triad using a constant rhythm pattern. The lesson is demonstrated on Piano & Trumpet however is intended for all musicians practicing a variety of genres. We first explain a rhythm which uses musical phrasing techniques and stays consistent throughout your learning (practiced ideally between 105-115 bpm). After which, we play various melodies over a static chord (Bb major) and the steady rhythm pattern. The lesson also focuses on the proper usage of dynamics and the options you have for articulation. This is Part 3: The Blues Scale. Part 1 covers chord tones & embellishments using the Major 6th and Dominant 7th, Part 2 the Major Pentatonic & Mixolydian scales, Part 4 chromatic improv, and Part 5 melodic dynamics and proper articulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WhOYh8XrWLw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/improvise-over-one-chord-using-one-rhythm-pattern-piano-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1nnfRZcNJJ8/maxresdefault.jpg Improvise Over ONE Chord Using One Rhythm Pattern (Piano, Part 2) In this 5-part series by Jason Zac, you will learn how to improvise over a Major triad using a constant rhythm pattern. The lesson is demonstrated on Piano & Trumpet however is intended for all musicians practicing a variety of genres. We first explain a rhythm which uses musical phrasing techniques and stays consistent throughout your learning (practiced ideally between 105-115 bpm). After which, we play various melodies over a static chord (Bb major) and the steady rhythm pattern using a variety of concepts - Chord Tones, Embellishments, Pentatonic scales, Mixolydian scales, The blues scale and chromatic notes (passing vs landing). The lesson also focuses on the proper usage of dynamics and options which you will have for articulation and further enhancing your creativity. This is Part 2: Major Pentatonic & Mixolydian scales. Part 1 covers chord tones & embellishments using Major 6th and Dominant 7th, Part 3 the blues scale, Part 4 chromatic improv and Part 5 melodic dynamics and proper articulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1nnfRZcNJJ8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-improvise-over-one-chord-one-rhythm-pattern-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TDskCErDtOU/maxresdefault.jpg How to Improvise Over One Chord & One Rhythm Pattern (Part 1) In this 5-part series by Jason Zac, you will learn how to improvise over a Major triad using a constant rhythm pattern. The lesson is demonstrated on Piano & Trumpet however is intended for all musicians practicing a variety of genres. We first explain a rhythm which uses musical phrasing techniques and stays consistent throughout your learning (practised ideally between 105-115 bpm). After which, we play various melodies over a static chord (Bb major) and the steady rhythm pattern using a variety of concepts - Chord Tones, Embellishments, Pentatonic scales, Mixolydian scales, The blues scale, and chromatic notes (passing vs landing). The series also focuses on the proper usage of dynamics and articulation. Part 1 - Chord tones & embellishments using Major 6th and Dominant 7th: counting & feeling the rhythm (phrase building & swing feel), and improvising over chord tones, the Major 6th and the Dominant 7th. Part 2: Major Pentatonic & Mixolydian scales. Part 3: The Blues Scale. Part 4: Chromatic improv. Part 5: Melodic Dynamics and proper articulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TDskCErDtOU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-change-piano-chords-smoothly-5-fixes-for-fumbling-hands 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YzFQFfvbIAw/maxresdefault.jpg How to Change Piano Chords Smoothly (5 Fixes for Fumbling Hands) Stop fumbling between piano chords — learn 5 ways to change chords smoothly, quickly and with confidence. These are the concepts that let you move from one chord to the next without freezing, so you can keep your focus on the music instead of your hands. In this lesson Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares five important goals to keep in mind whenever you change chords: predicting the next chord before you get there, using inversions and voice leading to keep your hands close, breaking the movement down so each finger knows where it's going, understanding functional harmony and cadences, and keeping the right mindset so you stop second-guessing yourself. If chord transitions feel clunky, slow or stressful, this lesson gives you a clear framework to practise. Work through the five ideas and smooth, fast, easy chord changes stop being a struggle and start becoming automatic. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:48 Predict the Future 04:51 Inversions & Voice Leading 07:56 Breaking down the movement 11:10 Functional Harmony & Cadences 15:33 Keeping a proper mindset 18:47 Recap https://www.youtube.com/embed/YzFQFfvbIAw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-really-practice-scales-on-piano-creative-rhythms-part-5 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jqoMhQUqpIY/maxresdefault.jpg How to Really Practice Scales on Piano: Creative Rhythms (Part 5) Practice Major scales ascending and descending using creative rhythmic approaches in the final part of the series. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music wraps up this 5-part series on practising Major scales with creative rhythmic approaches that build improvisation while you hold the shape and fingering. As with the rest of the series, the goal is to make scale practice far more interesting than running notes up and down purely for speed and dexterity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jqoMhQUqpIY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-really-practice-scales-on-piano-creative-rhythms-part-4 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rGtOfiIJ5o0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Really Practice Scales on Piano: Creative Rhythms (Part 4) Practice Major scales ascending and descending using creative rhythmic approaches that build real improvisation skills. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues this 5-part series on practising Major scales with creative rhythmic approaches. Each exercise develops your improvisation while you hold the shape and fingering of the scale. It is designed to be far more interesting than running the scale up and down for pure speed and dexterity, so your scale practice actually makes you more musical. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rGtOfiIJ5o0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-really-practice-scales-on-piano-creative-rhythms-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YBY_m-FN8es/maxresdefault.jpg How to Really Practice Scales on Piano: Creative Rhythms (Part 3) Practice Major scales ascending and descending using creative rhythmic approaches that build improvisation, not just speed. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues this 5-part series on practising Major scales with creative rhythmic approaches. Every exercise works on your improvisation skills while you hold the shape and fingering of the scale. It is designed to be far more interesting than running the scale up and down for pure speed and dexterity, so your practice actually makes you a more musical player. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YBY_m-FN8es yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-really-practise-scales-on-piano-creative-rhythmic-approaches-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yFU0BwwQ5yA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Really Practise Scales on Piano: Creative Rhythmic Approaches (Part 2) Scales don't have to be mindless up-and-down practice — this series gives you creative rhythmic approaches that actually build skill. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a five-part series of creative rhythmic approaches for practising major scales ascending and descending. Every exercise builds your improvisation skills while you hold the shape and fingering, making your practice far more interesting than chasing pure speed and dexterity. It's a musical, engaging way to develop real scale technique on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yFU0BwwQ5yA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-really-practice-piano-scales-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6ApAMyX0LxI/maxresdefault.jpg How to Really Practice Piano Scales (Part 1) In this lesson, we look at how to really practice scales on the piano. This is Part 1. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ApAMyX0LxI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/advanced-left-hand-piano-workout-for-melodic-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TuWHbPmUpJA/maxresdefault.jpg Advanced Left-Hand Piano Workout for Melodic Independence Learn 5 more important Piano rhythm patterns to support the Right-Hand melody. The goal is to maintain a steady pulse and then build the patterns around it. This 2 part series will hopefully develop your hands to work independently with different roles - Melody in the right hand and Harmony+Rhythm in the Left Hand. Patterns covered: “Choppy” Stabs, Melodic Missing Beats, the 3:2 Son Clave, Follow the Drummer (Beatbox) and a Dotted Eighth Note Pulse, plus finger independence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TuWHbPmUpJA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beginner-left-hand-piano-workout-for-melodic-independence-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FNhWlqOpl9g/maxresdefault.jpg Beginner Left-Hand Piano Workout for Melodic Independence (Part 1) Learn 5 important Piano rhythm patterns to support the Right-Hand melody. The goal is to maintain a steady pulse and then build the patterns around it. This 2 part series will hopefully develop your hands to work independently with different roles - Melody in the right hand and Harmony + Rhythm in the Left Hand. The patterns: Pulse (Legato vs Staccato, Slow vs Fast), "Toggling" Pulse (Root + Octave/Perfect 5th), "Disco" Pulse (Sixteenth Notes), We Will Rock You, and Tresillo. This is Part 1; Part 2 covers advanced independence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNhWlqOpl9g yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-ways-to-understand-the-chords-of-the-major-scale-piano-harmony 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UEnnTTO0fro/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Ways to Understand the Chords of the Major Scale (Piano Harmony) In this lesson, we discuss 5 ways to classify & analyze the chords of the Major Scale. The methods used are: Chords by Emotion - Major, Minor & Diminished; Functional Harmony - Tonic, Subdominant & Dominant chords; Cadences - Authentic, Plagal, Deceptive, Half & Epic; Chord Trees - melody meets harmony & vice-versa; and Modal Chord Analysis - Dorian, Minor (Aeolian) & Mixolydian. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UEnnTTO0fro yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/20-questions-with-jason-zac-all-things-rhythm-episode-5 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/03ZfFLWnsx4/maxresdefault.jpg 20 Questions with Jason Zac (All things RHYTHM) - Episode 5 20 Questions with Jason Zac, Episode 5: all things rhythm. Jason answers questions sent in by students. How do you work on different time signatures at a time, feel a particular rhythm, and handle transitions while switching? How do you find the time signature of a song that's not in 4/4, develop the time feel, and use different time signatures in a DAW? How do you count or feel the quarter-note triplet against the eighth-note triplet? How do you count and subdivide time signatures, for example a dotted eighth in regular 4/4, and learn uncommon time signatures like 7/8 and 9/8, and polyrhythms? When a band records drums for a song, keeping budget in mind, should they record live drums, program them, or record and replace with samples? And when a bar can be counted as 3-2-3-4 or 6-6-4, is it a polyrhythm or just 4/4? https://www.youtube.com/embed/03ZfFLWnsx4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-piano-chord-techniques-that-instantly-sound-pro-smooth-organic 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-ZHD5SMSF0o/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Piano Chord Techniques That Instantly Sound Pro (Smooth & Organic) 5 rarely discussed techniques for playing chords professionally on the piano, so they sound smoother, more dynamic and, most importantly, organic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ZHD5SMSF0o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-roman-numeral-system-explained-build-any-chord-progression-by-number 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mxVzktPGxaY/maxresdefault.jpg The Roman Numeral System Explained: Build Any Chord Progression by Number In this lesson, we understand how the popular number system for chord progressions, "The Roman Numeral System" works. We explore all the symbols and then use them to build diatonic chord progressions, chord extensions, and borrowed chords from other scales. Lesson topics: why Roman numerals, intervals in music (major & chromatic), the number system for the major scale (I ii iii IV V vi vii°), extended harmony within the major scale and beyond, chord symbols for borrowed chords & secondary dominants, and the number system for the harmonic minor scale (i ii° IIIb+ iv V VIb vii°). https://www.youtube.com/embed/mxVzktPGxaY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/swing-vs-straight-time-feel-on-piano-finally-explained 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/u9CtccuRorg/maxresdefault.jpg Swing vs Straight Time Feel on Piano: Finally Explained In this lesson, we understand the difference between playing "straight" vs "swing" and then look at some song examples which we convert from straight to swing and vice-versa. We demonstrate swing vs straight on the Piano using “Blues” & “Rock n Roll”, explain the theory behind it (triplet feel vs eighth notes), explain it on the Guitar, and then convert songs between the two feels, including With a Little Help and Way You Make Me Feel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u9CtccuRorg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-count-feel-the-rhythm-grid-inside-a-daw-straight-swing-dotted-triplets 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KS6ulKz_QYE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Count & Feel the Rhythm Grid Inside a DAW (Straight, Swing, Dotted & Triplets) In this lesson, Jason Zac takes you through ALL the Grid Settings of a DAW (Reaper) and teaches how to count each "time feel" (division of the beat). You will learn how to count and internalize the subdivisions as well as train your ear to know whether a piece of music is played as Straight, Swing, Dotted, or Triplets. The correct GRID settings inside a DAW are very useful when it comes to the arrangement as a music producer. It allows us to use all of our tracks with "purpose" and also to perform tasks such as drum programming, quantizing, and editing. Lesson Flow: feeling & counting eighth notes, feeling & counting triplets, the "swing" feel, swing vs straight, 1/16th note straight, 1/16th note "swing" & triplets, and the dotted time feel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KS6ulKz_QYE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-workout-using-the-bossa-clave-dance-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8kF9pV4uZPE/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence Workout Using the Bossa Clave (Dance Groove) Build serious left-and-right-hand independence on piano with a dance (EDM-style) groove built on the Bossa Nova clave. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a set of exercises over a Bm–D–F#m–E progression. The idea is to hold the Afro-Cuban 'bossa clave' in one hand while keeping a steady pulse in the other — then bring them together to really challenge your independence. You'll play the pulse, root octaves, toggles and arpeggios in the left hand against the clave in the right, add spread voicing, and then flip the roles of both hands entirely. ⏱️ Chapters 01:21 The Chord Progression Explained - Bm D F#m E 02:44 Building Independence with the “body”, “voice” and a simple hand ratio 1:4 04:57 “Bossa Clave” 1/16th note Pattern (Pop Clave) with Pulse 08:42 Left-Hand plays Pulse with Root Octave together, “Toggle” & Arpeggios 14:05 Spread Voicing in the left hand 15:16 Flipping the role of both hands - RH Pulse & LH “Bossa Clave” 18:18 Summary & Revision https://www.youtube.com/embed/8kF9pV4uZPE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-melody-and-chords-in-one-hand-the-piano-trick-that-sounds-impossible 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uPi_uX1Y8GM/maxresdefault.jpg Play Melody AND Chords in ONE Hand (The Piano Trick That Sounds Impossible) Play melody AND chords in one hand on piano — the trick that sounds impossible but isn't. Learn how to carry the tune, the harmony and the rhythm all in your right hand, freeing up your left for a strong bass line and a richer, fuller sound. In this lesson Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music builds the technique step by step. You'll start with a scale-and-chord warm-up using arpeggios, form the I, IV and V chords from the major scale, then play the scale ascending and descending with triads and flowing HLML arpeggios. From there you'll take a tune you already know — "Twinkle Twinkle" — and play its melody, harmony and rhythm pattern all in one hand, including a four-note voicing for the triads and time-feels like triplets and a gallop. It's the kind of skill that makes people think you've magically grown an extra hand. If you can already play basic chords and want your right hand to do far more, this is the lesson that unlocks it. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:19 Building the Scale 05:00 Forming the I, IV & V chords from the Major Scale 08:25 Playing the Scale ascending & descending using "Triads" 13:27 Playing the Scale with flowing "Arpeggios" (HLML pattern) 18:19 Playing "Twinkle Twinkle" with Melody, Harmony & Rhythm Pattern in ONE hand 20:35 Demonstration of 4 note voicing for triads 24:10 Play the Melody with "Time feels" - Triplets & "Gallop" 26:50 Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/embed/uPi_uX1Y8GM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-count-feel-68-time-on-piano-using-arpeggios-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ws_uazenXIA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Count & Feel 6/8 Time on Piano Using Arpeggios (Part 2) 6/8 time confuses a lot of players — this lesson helps you understand and count it on the piano using arpeggio patterns. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores the 6/8 time signature on the piano, using various arpeggio patterns over a chord progression. In this Part 2, you'll go beyond the simple triplet and eighth-note approaches to use accents across the six sub-beats for a busy and a lazy feel, plus irregular odd-number groupings. You'll first learn the most important, popular ways to play 6/8, then make the six feel sound unique with accents and non-chord tones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ws_uazenXIA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-count-68-time-on-piano-using-arpeggios-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/USaaAkR-Few/maxresdefault.jpg How to Count 6/8 Time on Piano Using Arpeggios (Part 1) Understand and count 6/8 time signature in detail on the Piano using various arpeggio patterns over a chord progression. In this lesson of two parts, we explore the 6/8 time signature on the Piano and look at various patterns to play a chord progression over the time feel. In Part 1, we look at simple approaches using a “Triplet” feel and counting “Eighth Notes” over a 3/4 meter. In Part 2, we explore accents of 6 sub beats to create a “busy” and “lazy” feel as well as irregular odd number grouping of notes. We feel this time signature using various arpeggios patterns on the Piano. You will first learn the most important and popular ways of playing 6/8 and then make the six feel sound unique using accents as well as “non-chord tones”. https://www.youtube.com/embed/USaaAkR-Few yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/20-questions-with-jason-zac-the-absolute-basics-episode-4 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HTjEUZ7Ik8s/maxresdefault.jpg 20 Questions with Jason Zac - The Absolute Basics - Episode 4 Jason answers 20 musical questions asked by students in a live Zoom class. This episode is all about the absolute basics. The questions include the basics of rhythm and time signature; whether sheet music is necessary to move from covering songs to composing, and the advantages of learning sight reading; what a scale is and how to learn and remember scales; whether scales limit our thinking and how to stay motivated to learn them; whether there are ragas in Western music like in Hindustani and Carnatic music; and tips for teaching the basics of music theory to beginners. Jason also takes on whether ear training is important for composing, intuition versus music theory, how to recreate and cover pop songs on piano at different levels of complexity, and the basic theory of rhythm and how to use it with a melody. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HTjEUZ7Ik8s yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-write-a-melody-on-piano-using-a-motif-building-phrases 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/c9ug8m3w4R0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Write a Melody on Piano Using a Motif (Building Phrases) In this lesson, we take a very simple and catchy melody which can be made to survive throughout the vi IV I V chord progression, using efficient concepts to make your music not too “complicated” and not too “monotonous” for the listener. We then modify the “motif” by changing the landing note, transposing around the chord, and adding & subtracting notes. In this tutorial series, you will learn how to build melodies on the Piano or any musical instrument/arrangement DAW using any existing chord progression. We have used vi IV I V, a very popular progression used in tons of songs including Toto's “Africa” (Chorus), Avicii's “Wake Me Up”, The Cranberries' “Zombie” and lots more. The key used is the Bb Major Scale (Bb C D Eb F G A) and thus the chords are Gm Eb Bb F. We play the chords in the Left Hand using inversions with a steady pattern and build melodies in the Right Hand using a variety of techniques. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c9ug8m3w4R0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-write-a-melody-on-piano-using-arpeggios 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HV-3z3Sxt0g/maxresdefault.jpg How to Write a Melody on Piano Using Arpeggios The arpeggio is among the most commonly used techniques followed by Pianists resulting in "storytelling" progressions and enhancing the dynamics of the music we play. In this tutorial, we take the concepts of playing Arpeggios and apply them to "melody-building". We cover the usage of inversions and voice leading essentials, the usage of accents, the "wandering" melody, and "broken" arpeggios over a "time feel" (Beat Division System). https://www.youtube.com/embed/HV-3z3Sxt0g yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-write-a-melody-on-piano-using-the-pentatonic-scales 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/hE3I3I6bIpk/maxresdefault.jpg How to Write a Melody on Piano Using the Pentatonic Scales Pentatonic - The "Anything Goes" Scale. Learn how to form the Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales and improvise using the existing chord progression in 3 ways to build melodies: Patterns, Sing & Play, and "Motifs" - short phrases. In this tutorial series, you will learn how to build melodies on the Piano or any musical instrument/arrangement DAW using any existing chord progression. We have used vi IV I V, a very popular progression used in tons of songs including Toto's "Africa" (Chorus), Avicii's "Wake Me Up", The Cranberries' "Zombie" and lots more. The key used is the Bb Major Scale (Bb C D Eb F G A) and thus the chords are Gm Eb Bb F. We play the chords in the Left Hand using inversions with a steady pattern and build melodies in the Right Hand using a variety of techniques. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hE3I3I6bIpk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-write-a-melody-on-piano-using-passing-landing-tones 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iyAUSvuB3vc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Write a Melody on Piano Using Passing & Landing Tones How to write a melody on the piano using passing and landing tones: moving between chord tones and landing your phrases in the right places. Part of our melody-writing series. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iyAUSvuB3vc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-write-a-melody-on-piano-using-chord-tones 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/M6iwapB1iuA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Write a Melody on Piano Using Chord Tones Use the notes of the chords with interesting rhythm patterns to create melodies. Inversions are also covered. In this tutorial series, you will learn how to build melodies on the Piano or any musical instrument/arrangement DAW using any existing chord progression. We have used vi IV I V, a very popular progression used in tons of songs including Toto’s “Africa” (Chorus), Avicii’s “Wake Me Up”, The Cranberries’ “Zombie” and lots more. The key used is the Bb Major Scale (Bb C D Eb F G A) and thus the chords are Gm Eb Bb F. We play the chords in the Left Hand using inversions with a steady pattern and build melodies in the Right Hand using a variety of techniques. https://www.youtube.com/embed/M6iwapB1iuA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-really-play-octaves-on-piano-glass-time-feel-octaves 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tezt5MOAsGw/maxresdefault.jpg How to REALLY Play Octaves on Piano (Glass & Time-Feel Octaves) Learn various techniques to enhance your melodic playing on the piano with octaves. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts with how to play simple octaves, then moves towards 'Glass Octaves' and 'Time Feel' octaves for a more expressive, controlled sound. On top of this, you'll add a third along with the octave to make the sound rich and epic, opening up powerful melodic possibilities. It's a practical octave masterclass for pianists who want more power and nuance in their playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tezt5MOAsGw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/20-questions-with-jason-zac-the-absence-of-laughter-brainstorm-episode-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9XzeylzQjC8/maxresdefault.jpg 20 Questions with Jason Zac ("The Absence of Laughter" Brainstorm) - Episode 3 Episode 3 of 20 Questions with Jason Zac, a brainstorm on the album The Absence of Laughter with students and guests. Jason answers questions on vocal layering and harmony, why he chose vocals instead of an orchestra, how the drums were recorded and miked, and the piano sound that was used. He also talks about his method of composition and collaboration as a non-lyricist, song structures, the arpeggio pattern and chords of Parindey and how that song was created, the choir arrangement and voicing of The Dark Spiral of Time, and putting reverb on a bus. Later questions cover the shift from slow swing to fast straight rhythm in Wayfarer's Dream, the chord transition in the bridge of Redemption, the changing time signatures of The Great Divide, and the writing of Like a Woman Scorned. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9XzeylzQjC8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/tresillo-vs-hemiola-the-two-rhythms-behind-modern-pop-piano-theory 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l2z40W3_b7k/maxresdefault.jpg Tresillo vs Hemiola: The Two Rhythms Behind Modern Pop (Piano Theory) Learn some of the grooviest rhythm patterns on the Piano in contemporary music from the popular Latin Tresillo (used in countless hit songs like Despacito and Shape of You) to Triplets. Also, understand the subtle differences between time division of a beat versus an accented phrase within a particular system of dividing by 2, 3 or 4. How all the possible triplets work in music and how to count them. You will also learn the theory and notation for each of these rhythms. Rhythms covered: the sixteenth note pop clave (Tresillo), the quarter note triplet (Hemiola), the eighth note triplet, dotted notes, accented phrases and more. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l2z40W3_b7k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/80s-glam-rock-piano-tutorial-get-that-big-stadium-sound 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/iWg3z9HNYFk/maxresdefault.jpg 80s Glam Rock Piano Tutorial (Get That Big Stadium Sound) In this lesson you learn how to play 80s glam rock on the piano, with the big, bold sound of the era. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iWg3z9HNYFk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-piano-accompaniment-technique-that-works-in-every-genre 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kps4TTcIGlM/maxresdefault.jpg The Piano Accompaniment Technique That Works in Every Genre A piano accompaniment technique that works in any genre — hold a rock-solid pulse while you switch between beat-division feels to make any song sound rich and epic. Over the progression A–D/A–FMaj7–Gsus–G, Jason Zac builds from a steady pulse through eighth-note, triplet, sixteenth-note and beyond feels, so you can respond to any singer or band in real time. Think of it as a survival skill for pianists who accompany — intermediate-level and endlessly reusable. ⏳ Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:54 Chord Progression 3:03 Playing the Pulse 5:06 Eighth-Note Feel 8:31 Triplet Feel 12:06 Sixteenth-Note Feel 14:29 Sixteenth-Note Triplet Feel 15:33 32nd-Note Feel (Dividing by 8) https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kps4TTcIGlM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/slash-chords-on-piano-turn-plain-triads-into-moving-progressions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MjkwbSe5Xuc/maxresdefault.jpg Slash Chords on Piano: Turn Plain Triads Into Moving Progressions Slash chords turn plain, stable triads into moving, "journey-like" progressions — in this lesson you'll learn how changing the bass note under a chord tells a story and improves your voice leading. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses a simple I-IV-I-V progression in D Major (D/F# G D/A A) to show how to form inversions from every starting position and shift smoothly between triads. From there you'll learn how slash chords are built, why they're used, and how to improvise and compose melodies and "stories" with them. It also covers the ear training behind proper voice leading — so the bass line moves with purpose and your progressions sound far more musical. ⏱️ Chapters 00:50 The Chord Progression Used - I IV I V 01:49 Forming Chord Inversions from All Positions 04:20 The Formation & Purpose of Slash Chords 09:20 Revision - Creating Melodies & Telling Stories with Slash Chords https://www.youtube.com/embed/MjkwbSe5Xuc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rhythmic-anticipation-on-piano-the-trick-that-makes-any-pattern-groove 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YRZPGg84Wk0/maxresdefault.jpg Rhythmic Anticipation on Piano: The Trick That Makes Any Pattern Groove Learn and apply Rhythmic Anticipation on the Piano, an effective way to make a rhythm pattern more interesting by displacing the conventional first beat of each alternate bar to the nearest preceding sub beat. First, you will learn about beat subdivision and how to feel the eighth notes and sixteenth notes. After which, you will displace the right-hand chord pattern to anticipate the first beat of bar 2. Chords used are from the D major scale - D A G D. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YRZPGg84Wk0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-setup-reaper-daw-preferences-project-settings-audio-devices-midi 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fiif4hbLX7c/maxresdefault.jpg How to Setup REAPER (DAW) - Preferences | Project Settings | Audio Devices | MIDI In this Reaper DAW Tutorial by Jason Zac, you will learn how to set up and customize the recording application efficiently by understanding the preferences, file management structure, project settings, and more. If you are about to use Reaper, just about getting into Music Production or switching DAWs, then this lesson is for you. Topics Covered * ASIO4ALL if you don’t have an audio interface * Audio Device and MIDI controller settings * All preferences and customizing it for your workflow * Project Settings and customization * Importing configurations Install Reaper: Install SWS extensions: Install ASIO4ALL driver (for Windows users without an audio interface): 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fiif4hbLX7c yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/one-trick-endless-piano-progressions-reharmonise-iivv-across-many-scales 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gczKhShkdTI/maxresdefault.jpg One Trick, Endless Piano Progressions: Reharmonise I–IV–V Across Many Scales Just the major and minor chord and the I–IV–V framework are enough to generate endless piano progressions — and this lesson shows you how to unlock them. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores how the simple I–IV–V progression transforms when you apply it across many scales beyond the plain major. By varying the scale behind I–IV–V you generate numerous musical themes and melodic phrases using nothing more than major and minor chords — a fast, practical tool for songwriting and improvisation on the piano. If you can play three chords, you can use this method to create far more music than you'd expect. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gczKhShkdTI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/20-questions-with-jason-zac-all-things-music-episode-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a-QC3ygQXvI/maxresdefault.jpg 20 Questions with Jason Zac (All things Music) - Episode 1 20 Questions with Jason Zac, Episode 1: all things music, along with students from Nathaniel. Topics range from melody and harmony, rhythm concepts and practice, composition and songwriting, and technology and production to opportunities for musicians. We play Sa Re Ga Ma Pa over the son clave, take a simple song and split it into melody, harmony and rhythm, look at songs that change time signatures, ways to play a rhythm like the son clave on the piano, improvising using the circle of fifths, and whether you should always use a metronome. Other questions: what to do with a melody you've hummed into your phone, how rhythm and harmony come together to capture a mood, why melodies sound good on the pentatonic scale, how to harmonise unusual scales not derived from the major scale, and advice on record labels, joining a band and collaborating as a musician. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a-QC3ygQXvI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-beyond-the-major-scale-unlock-richer-colours-piano-theory-ear-training 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/5QmZYDN5Cl8/maxresdefault.jpg Play BEYOND the Major Scale: Unlock Richer Colours (Piano Theory & Ear Training) Learn the Theory behind all the intervals of the Major Scale and beyond while training your musical ear. Jason Zac categorizes musical intervals as Resolution, Tension & Anticipation and shows you how to form scales beyond the very common Major Scale using various combinations of musical intervals. Using each combination of Intervals, we can communicate different themes and represent music from various cultures (East & West). Topics covered: forming & hearing the intervals of the Major Scale (G is the Root); forming & hearing the remaining intervals - Minor 3rd, Minor 2nd, Tritone, Minor 6th & Minor 7th; a comparison between Western Scales & Indian Ragas; and forming a variety of scales using interval combinations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5QmZYDN5Cl8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beginner-bass-guitar-intervals-anticipations-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/96GPDk80wKE/maxresdefault.jpg Beginner Bass Guitar - Intervals (Anticipations) | Part 2 In this Bass Guitar lesson series on Intervals, you will learn how to find all the intervals across different finger positions of the Bass. In addition to finding the intervals, you will also learn how to put them together to create a harmonically rich bass line. Part 2 covers all the Anticipations - Perfect 4th, Dominant (minor) 7th & Major 2nd 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/96GPDk80wKE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beginner-bass-guitar-intervals-resolutions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2Le1QsxQzzE/maxresdefault.jpg Beginner Bass Guitar - Intervals (Resolutions) In this Bass Guitar lesson series on Intervals, you will learn how to find all the intervals across different finger positions of the Bass. In addition to finding the intervals, you will also learn how to put them together to create a harmonically rich bass line. Part 1 covers all the Resolutions - Unison, Octave, Perfect 5th, Major 3rd & Minor 3rd 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2Le1QsxQzzE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-play-any-progression-from-any-major-scale 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0H9_uaUdhtw/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions: Play ANY Progression From Any Major Scale This tutorial shows you how to form the chords of any major scale and use inversions to play chord progressions easily on the Piano. Form the chords of ANY major scale with triad formation (diatonic chord theory), play a popular chord progression I IV I V on the Piano (G major & F major), and use chord inversions to find all the possible connections between the chords. Play along with Jason and keep a pen and paper ready! Prerequisites: basic knowledge of how to form a major scale, and knowledge of the notes on the Piano keyboard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0H9_uaUdhtw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/senorita-piano-tutorial-chord-patterns-for-10-genres-camila-cabello-shawn-mendes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NwXKq46kgwk/maxresdefault.jpg Senorita Piano Tutorial: Chord Patterns for 10 Genres (Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes) Here's a Piano Tutorial by Jason Zac covering 10 styles and genres of playing the chord progression of Senorita by Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NwXKq46kgwk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-groove-with-a-drummer-on-piano-10-jamming-techniques 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ile3I8rOS2g/maxresdefault.jpg How to Groove With a Drummer on Piano (10 Jamming Techniques) Improvise along with a drum track and learn 10 techniques to jam confidently with a drummer on piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music improvises along with a drum track and demonstrates ten techniques for locking in and jamming with a drummer. These ideas help your piano playing sit in the pocket so you can groove with a rhythm section instead of fighting it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ile3I8rOS2g yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-transpose-any-melody-on-the-piano-easy-major-scale-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Px1Dn3Q1x6w/maxresdefault.jpg How to Transpose ANY Melody on the Piano (Easy Major Scale Tutorial) Learn how to transpose any melody on the piano from one scale to another. Jason Zac follows a technique where you can use all 12 keys of the major scale. The lesson is designed for beginners of any instrument, or for those who are not comfortable playing in many keys. You learn about the importance of transposition as a pianist and musician, and how to move effortlessly from C major into any of the keys with sharps or flats. In this video we learn the technique in A major (3 sharps) and Eb major (3 flats). We also cover scale formation in brief, the names of the Indian swaras and how they relate to intervals, and how to find scales easily with "Piano Worms". https://www.youtube.com/embed/Px1Dn3Q1x6w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/play-nursery-rhymes-on-piano-with-5-left-hand-techniques-free-sheet-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/REOm6iNSTIs/maxresdefault.jpg Play Nursery Rhymes on Piano With 5 Left-Hand Techniques (Free Sheet Music) Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music plays many popular tunes and nursery rhymes in a variety of styles on the piano. Along the way you'll learn several left-hand techniques, including arpeggios, blocks, oom-pah, waltz and more — building real accompaniment skills with songs you already know. https://www.youtube.com/embed/REOm6iNSTIs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-use-the-metronome-on-piano-5-techniques-for-beginner-advanced 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/w3zw7PE9pW0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Use the Metronome on Piano (5 Techniques for Beginner & Advanced) Learn how to use the Metronome for practicing your music with 5 different techniques presented by Jason Zac. In a nutshell, the topics covered are below: 1) How to properly set up the Metronome as a music composer, songwriter or producer 2) 5 important approaches to the Metronome aimed at developing your feeling of time and groove 3) Use of the popular metronome app, Pro Metronome with some of its advanced features https://www.youtube.com/embed/w3zw7PE9pW0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/jason-zac-plays-over-ed-sheeran-performance-song-learning 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/1I9FugLraVU/maxresdefault.jpg Jason Zac plays over Ed Sheeran - Performance & Song Learning 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1I9FugLraVU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ode-to-joy-piano-tutorial-beethoven-with-rhythmic-variations-polyrhythms 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PCsrdKEqBl0/maxresdefault.jpg Ode to Joy Piano Tutorial: Beethoven With Rhythmic Variations & Polyrhythms Beethoven's Ode to Joy on the piano with rhythmic variations: time feels, rhythmic devices, and polyrhythms (2 feel / dotted quarter notes, quarter note triplets, and dotted eighths). https://www.youtube.com/embed/PCsrdKEqBl0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/50-tips-for-musicians-to-stay-sharp-at-home-practice-mindset 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aRrpi2ksZcc/maxresdefault.jpg 50 Tips for Musicians to Stay Sharp at Home (Practice & Mindset) In this lesson you get 10 sets of 5 tips for musicians to keep growing while practising at home. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares fifty practical tips for musicians, covering practice, mindset and ways to keep your skills sharp when you're playing at home. It's a motivating, idea-packed session to help you make the most of your time at the instrument. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aRrpi2ksZcc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-chinna-chinna-aasai-dil-hai-chota-sa-on-piano-ar-rahman 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/FjZkc2SiAVM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Chinna Chinna Aasai / Dil Hai Chota Sa on Piano (AR Rahman) Learn each section of Dil Hai Chota Sa / Chinna Chinna Aasai with Jason Zac along with various patterns to accompany yourself or another singer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FjZkc2SiAVM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-dusk-till-dawn-on-the-piano-zayn-ft-sia 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ySN1JFJRacA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Dusk till Dawn" on the Piano (ZAYN ft Sia) Learn every section of Dusk Till Dawn by ZAYN ft. Sia with Jason Zac on the piano. Play through the song section by section with its chords. If you're new to this, work on chord inversions and preparing to play chords first, then come back and learn the song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ySN1JFJRacA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-new-rules-piano-tutorial-dua-lipa 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/npFND6p-Axw/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "New Rules" - Piano Tutorial (Dua Lipa) Learn the hook of New Rules by Dua Lipa on piano with Jason Zac. Along with the hook, we work on other rhythm patterns using sixteenth notes, so you can play the song with the right groove. A pop piano tutorial with chord charts available for the lesson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/npFND6p-Axw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/teri-deewani-piano-tutorial-how-to-accompany-singers 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rJ6TStpgzQA/maxresdefault.jpg 'Teri Deewani' Piano Tutorial | How to Accompany Singers Learn every part of Teri Diwani by Kailash Kher with Jason Zac along with various patterns to accompany yourself or another singer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rJ6TStpgzQA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-milne-hai-mujhse-aayi-on-piano-arijit-singh-aashiqui-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YlbWRJkY-aM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Milne Hai Mujhse Aayi" on Piano (Arijit Singh, Aashiqui 2) Learn every section of "Milne Hai Mujhse Aayi" with Jason Zac along with various patterns to accompany yourself or another singer. The song is from Aashiqui 2, sung by Arijit Singh. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YlbWRJkY-aM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/4-left-hand-piano-chord-patterns-for-beginners-accompany-any-melody 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/CAV2SafUsZ4/maxresdefault.jpg 4 Left-Hand Piano Chord Patterns for Beginners (Accompany Any Melody) Learn 4 left-hand piano chord patterns for beginners to accompany a melody — plus how to choose chords and build hand independence the organic way. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you a detailed tutorial on 4 left-hand piano chord patterns for beginners to accompany a melody on the piano. You'll also learn how to choose chords for a given melody and develop hand independence in the most organic way. It's built for beginners (under a year on the piano), but it's a great refresher and eye-opener for anyone already familiar with triads and chord theory. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CAV2SafUsZ4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/creative-odd-meter-piano-practice-a-5-finger-exercise-in-78 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rb9nmde8Vs8/maxresdefault.jpg Creative Odd-Meter Piano Practice: A 5-Finger Exercise in 7/8 In this lesson you explore creative odd-meter practice with a 5-finger piano exercise in 7/8 time. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a creative 5-finger piano exercise in 7/8, helping you get comfortable with odd meters. It's an intermediate workout that builds finger control while training your feel for unusual time signatures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rb9nmde8Vs8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-senorita-on-piano-10-styles-sheets-chords-shawn-mendes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dB1DL0z8u5w/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Senorita" on Piano: 10 Styles + Sheets & Chords (Shawn Mendes) Learn 10 unique Piano Accompaniment techniques (Rhythm Patterns/Styles) for the song Señorita by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, taught by Jason Zac. The melody is played on various instruments and the lesson has the moving notation, piano highlighted notes as well as a slow version for easy learning. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dB1DL0z8u5w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-rolling-in-the-deep-piano-tutorial-adele 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3OoyWape980/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Rolling In The Deep" - Piano Tutorial (Adele) Learn every part of Adele's classic Rolling In The Deep on the piano with our piano faculty, Jason Zac. A pop piano song tutorial covering the chords and piano patterns of the song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3OoyWape980 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-7-years-piano-tutorial-lukas-graham 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mC_HJkRILE0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "7 Years" - Piano Tutorial (Lukas Graham) Learn every part of Lukas Graham's 7 Years on the piano with our piano faculty, Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mC_HJkRILE0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-love-story-on-piano-taylor-swift-full-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tFcMYamI2X8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Love Story" on Piano (Taylor Swift, Full Tutorial) In this tutorial by Jason Zac, you will learn how to play all the sections of Taylor Swift's Love Story. The song doesn't naturally have Piano but this lesson gives you a few patterns to play over. Also, learn the famous Banjo intro and the Guitar Solo with all the chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tFcMYamI2X8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-fix-you-on-piano-coldplay-full-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ul52I30hUTY/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Fix You" on Piano (Coldplay, Full Tutorial) A full piano tutorial for "Fix You" by Coldplay, taught by Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ul52I30hUTY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-queen-of-mean-by-sarah-jeffery-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nIndhxwAfFI/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play 'Queen of Mean' by Sarah Jeffery (Piano Tutorial) Learn the song "Queen of Mean" by Sarah Jeffery on Piano taught by Jason Zac in a detailed tutorial covering every section. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nIndhxwAfFI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-sweet-child-o-mine-on-piano-guns-n-roses 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kBTVpEAF024/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Sweet Child o' Mine" on Piano (Guns N' Roses) Learn how to play Sweet Child o' Mine by Guns N' Roses on the piano, bringing the rock anthem and its famous riff to the keys. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kBTVpEAF024 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-dont-go-breaking-my-heart-piano-tutorial-backstreet-boys 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/u4SEhheuzLE/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Don't go Breaking my Heart" - Piano Tutorial (Backstreet Boys) Learn the Backstreet Boys song Don't Go Breaking My Heart on piano, taught by our piano faculty, Jason Zac. The song features a catchy synth hook along with an interesting sixteenth-note keyboard rhythm pattern, and this tutorial takes you through both. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4SEhheuzLE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/harmony-101-intervals-triads-chord-progressions-jason-zac 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2AB8fnAkJ9Y/maxresdefault.jpg Harmony 101 - Intervals | Triads | Chord Progressions - Jason Zac Our first ever YouTube Live Workshop with Jason Zac, covering the basics of harmony and chord theory, followed by a live Q&A session. Topics covered: harmonic intervals and thirds, building triads from a scale, using chords as a progression, building melodies from chords, and building chords from the melody. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2AB8fnAkJ9Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/folk-piano-arpeggios-with-melody-part-2-right-hand-swing-arpeggios-with-triplets 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XyKC4WzL0PE/maxresdefault.jpg Folk Piano Arpeggios With Melody (Part 2): Right-Hand Swing Arpeggios With Triplets In Part 2 we flip the roles — the arpeggio moves to the right hand, played as swing, using triplets instead of sixteenths. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues the folk arpeggio series with Part 2, doing the reverse of Part 1. You'll take an arpeggio in the right hand (played as swing) and use triplets instead of the sixteenth notes from Part 1. Do watch Part 1 before tackling this one. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XyKC4WzL0PE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rock-piano-grooves-with-arpeggios-part-2-add-a-percussive-pattern 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uNr8Gq1GhKw/maxresdefault.jpg Rock Piano Grooves With Arpeggios (Part 2): Add a Percussive Pattern Add a percussive arpeggio pattern to the rock groove exercise in Part 2 of this piano series. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues the rock grooves series, adding a percussive arpeggio pattern to the same exercise to give it more drive and texture. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uNr8Gq1GhKw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/folk-bluegrass-piano-arpeggios-with-melody-banjo-style 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VGV59KIVPsY/maxresdefault.jpg Folk & Bluegrass Piano Arpeggios With Melody (Banjo-Style) Jason Zac takes a simple arpeggio and then makes it sound bluegrass and folk with a simple trick. And then a Melody can be added to the arpeggio pattern once your rhythm is in place. Play 1/8 notes in one hand and sneak in a few 1/16th notes with your other hand to create the magic used in a lot of folk and bluegrass songs. And you can use this with any chord progression you wish. This technique is influenced by the Banjo. An instrument popularly used with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Mumford and Sons and more. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VGV59KIVPsY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rock-piano-grooves-any-beginner-can-use 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/C-Dc0zkwgqc/maxresdefault.jpg Rock Piano Grooves Any Beginner Can Use In this lesson, Jason Zac explains styles on the Piano which can be used to play music rhythms similar to Green Day, Imagine Dragons and more. The chord progression used is Cm Eb Bb F (A very Dorian sound). The lesson can be played as both swung and straight time feels. Ghost notes added make it sound very similar to a snare drum and bass guitar. Also, learn how to follow the drummer of your band. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C-Dc0zkwgqc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/triplet-practice-jason-zac-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-OAu6b_rVpo/maxresdefault.jpg Triplet Practice | Jason Zac | Nathaniel School of Music Explore ways to feel and play a triplet time feel. A triplet divides the beat into 3 equal parts. Jason Zac shows you different ways to explore it: practise them one by one, and then use them in combinations. A short rhythm practice lesson for any musician. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-OAu6b_rVpo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-slow-dancing-in-a-burning-room-on-piano-john-mayer 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kOjBiqqf9as/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Slow Dancing in a Burning Room on Piano (John Mayer) Learn the chords, hook, and piano patterns for "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" by John Mayer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kOjBiqqf9as yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-shallow-piano-tutorial-lady-gaga 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dpawFBDTrGs/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Shallow" - Piano Tutorial (Lady Gaga) Learn the chords, the hook and the piano patterns for Shallow by Lady Gaga. A pop piano song tutorial that takes you through the song on the keys. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dpawFBDTrGs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-set-fire-to-the-rain-by-adele-on-piano-beginner-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LPBOL6BHl7o/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele on Piano (Beginner Tutorial) A beginner piano tutorial for Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain", taught step by step and broken down into easy-to-follow sections so you can play along. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LPBOL6BHl7o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-mad-world-piano-tutorial-gary-jules 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HGJc7PCqJmA/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Mad World" - Piano Tutorial (Gary Jules) Learn the chords, the hook and the piano patterns for Mad World by Gary Jules, taught by Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HGJc7PCqJmA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-mercy-piano-tutorial-shawn-mendes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rTvgYkjXH9w/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Mercy" - Piano Tutorial (Shawn Mendes) Learn the chords, the hook and the piano patterns for Mercy by Shawn Mendes. To go deeper into the rhythm behind songs like this, pair it with our lesson Ultimate Pop Music Rhythm: Magic of 3 3 2, on accents and independence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rTvgYkjXH9w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-let-it-go-piano-tutorial-frozen 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ElXFtameFgI/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Let it Go" - Piano Tutorial (Frozen) Learn the chords, hook and piano patterns for Let It Go from Disney's Frozen. A piano song tutorial with Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ElXFtameFgI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-i-see-fire-piano-tutorial-ed-sheeran 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Cuhj-I9qgO0/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "I See Fire" - Piano Tutorial (Ed Sheeran) Learn the chords, the hook and the piano patterns for Ed Sheeran's "I See Fire". Jason Zac breaks the song down on piano so you can play its chord progression and hook with patterns that suit the song. A pop piano tutorial with chord charts available for the lesson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cuhj-I9qgO0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-heart-attack-piano-tutorial-demi-lovato 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KYQ8W9XCPfM/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Heart Attack" - Piano Tutorial (Demi Lovato) Learn the chords and piano patterns of the popular song Heart Attack by Demi Lovato. A pop piano song tutorial that takes you through the song on the keys. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KYQ8W9XCPfM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-under-the-bridge-piano-tutorial-red-hot-chili-peppers 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ci8EyYAemvg/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Under the Bridge" - Piano Tutorial (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Learn the chords of every section of Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers on the piano, taught by Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ci8EyYAemvg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-sun-raha-hai-na-tu-piano-tutorial-aashiqui-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rn90Kl2vjMY/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Sun Raha Hai Na Tu" - Piano Tutorial (Aashiqui 2) Learn Sun Raha Hai Na Tu from the movie Aashiqui 2 on piano. This Bollywood song tutorial walks you through how to play the song on the keys. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rn90Kl2vjMY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-exs-and-ohs-piano-tutorial-elle-king 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JPTwYgV5mJ0/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Ex's and Oh's" - Piano Tutorial (Elle King) Learn the riff and chords of Elle King's Ex's and Oh's on the piano. A piano song tutorial with Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JPTwYgV5mJ0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-kingston-town-on-piano-ub40-reggae-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3jdRfN2tZ4g/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Kingston Town on Piano (UB40 Reggae Tutorial) Learn the Popular Reggae song by UB40, "Kingston Town" on Piano with Ghost notes, and more! Learn the famous hook as well as the chord groove. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3jdRfN2tZ4g yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-wake-me-up-piano-tutorial-avicii 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YmqmnFIRdbk/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Wake Me Up" - Piano Tutorial (Avicii) Learn the hook, the chords and the unique rhythm style of "Wake Me Up" by Avicii on piano. Jason Zac shows you how the song's chord progression and rhythm work on the piano so you can play the hook and keep the groove going. A pop piano tutorial with chord charts available for the lesson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YmqmnFIRdbk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-har-kisi-ko-on-piano-boss-bollywood-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/byc8vyLQebo/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Har Kisi Ko" on Piano (Boss) - Bollywood Tutorial Play the popular Bollywood song "Har Kisi Ko Nahi Milta Yahan Pyaar Zindagi Mein" from the movie "Boss" on the Piano with the tunes, intro, and chord rhythms https://www.youtube.com/embed/byc8vyLQebo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/5-piano-groove-exercises-for-hand-independence-including-salsa 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aV76AN2McFM/maxresdefault.jpg 5 Piano Groove Exercises for Hand Independence (Including Salsa) Presenting to you, a very exciting tutorial on Grooves and Rhythm patterns. In this tutorial, you will learn 5 exercises which will show you different types of rhythms and grooves by using clever combinations of beat divisions. You will also find the attractive Salsa groove along with the others. As a pianist or a keyboardist, these exercises will help you with hand independence and will help you develop a natural sense of pulse through the mind-body connection. The five exercises: the left and right hand share accents, both hands play the pattern together, left-hand pulse with the right-hand pattern, left-hand eighth notes with the right-hand pattern, and left-hand salsa with the right-hand pattern. We finish with how to feel the groove. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aV76AN2McFM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/phat-chords-on-piano-the-sweet-thick-voicings-that-sound-expensive 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MV4rFuNmlzU/maxresdefault.jpg Phat Chords on Piano: The Sweet, Thick Voicings That Sound Expensive In this piano tutorial, you will learn about Phat chords, another interesting way to develop triads. This development will make your chord sound thicker and fuller than the normal triad. You will learn how to build these from scratch. You will also learn about inversions, ganged notes, about the sustain pedal of the piano and other tips to help you play better. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MV4rFuNmlzU yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/quartal-voicings-on-piano-the-sweet-modern-chords-that-sound-advanced 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/S-_VtUP-Frc/maxresdefault.jpg Quartal Voicings on Piano: The Sweet, Modern Chords That Sound Advanced Sweet chords using quartal voicing, chords built in fourths, in this advanced piano lesson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-_VtUP-Frc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/slash-chords-on-piano-add-rich-colour-with-one-bass-note-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p0WEsFWlrys/maxresdefault.jpg Slash Chords on Piano: Add Rich Colour With One Bass-Note Trick In this piano tutorial, you will learn yet another interesting way to play your chords. You will learn the interesting ways in which chords work with more than one bass note. Through this tutorial, you will get to know how to sophisticate your chords and make your music rich in colour. Some piano tricks are also provided to aid you with your learning. Hope you enjoy learning with us. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p0WEsFWlrys yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-power-chords-on-piano-sweet-chords-power-voicing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wFkIL-jobn0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Power Chords on Piano (Sweet Chords: Power Voicing) Everything you need to know about power chords on the piano: how to build them, the types of power chords, and how and where to use them. You'll also learn how to create a groove with this voicing and its influence on Indian songs, with an example using Let It Be by the Beatles. This lesson is part of the Sweet Chords series, so watch the entire series for all the other interesting ways you can play chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wFkIL-jobn0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/sweet-extended-chords-on-piano-make-your-harmony-sound-instantly-richer-advanced 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b8lgKO0Fui0/maxresdefault.jpg Sweet Extended Chords on Piano: Make Your Harmony Sound Instantly Richer (Advanced) In this advanced piano lesson, we explore sweet chords and extended harmony. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b8lgKO0Fui0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-kaisi-paheli-zindagani-on-piano-sunidhi-chauhan-full-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rHuzfeI-PgE/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Kaisi Paheli Zindagani" on Piano (Sunidhi Chauhan) – Full Tutorial Kaisi Paheli Zindagani is a Bollywood song sung by Sunidhi Chauhan. In this piano tutorial you will learn the rhythm pattern in detail which will help you to get the swing feel and understand how different chords can be used to give you the Jazz feeling and the vibe of the song on the whole. The introduction, verse, chorus, and instrumental parts are all explained with clarity to give you the ultimate learning experience. Hope you enjoy learning this with us and find it useful. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rHuzfeI-PgE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-what-you-dont-do-by-lianne-la-havas-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b-0tc_NSm4I/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "What You Don't Do" by Lianne La Havas on Piano In this lesson, we explore how to play "What You Don't Do" by Lianne La Havas on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b-0tc_NSm4I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-zombie-on-piano-the-cranberries-power-chords-bass-rhythm 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MPQmiibuYLk/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Zombie on Piano (The Cranberries): Power Chords & Bass Rhythm Learn the all-time favourite Zombie by The Cranberries on piano, including its powerful chords and feel. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music presents a piano tutorial on Zombie by The Cranberries, a progression that will help you play many other popular songs with ease. You will learn about the dissonance, bass rhythm and power chords that give you everything you need to play this song with its powerful energy and feel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MPQmiibuYLk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-so-far-away-on-piano-avenged-sevenfold 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IwLBgSFbMlA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play So Far Away on Piano (Avenged Sevenfold) Learn how to play "So Far Away" by Avenged Sevenfold on the piano. You will also learn how to bring about the feel of the song and the vibe it has. You are also provided with tips for more efficient playing. Hope you enjoy learning with us. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IwLBgSFbMlA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-take-it-easy-on-piano-eagles-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6yB7vfzUw9w/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Take It Easy" on Piano (Eagles Tutorial) Take It Easy is a popular Eagles song. In this tutorial, the verse and chorus are explained in detail with variations to make your music sound richer. You will also learn about the Banjo influence in this song, about the bridge and the hook with its different chords and melodies that feature. There are piano tips that will aid you with smooth playing. You will also find the arpeggios and the interesting permutations in this song explained. Hope you have a great learning experience with us. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6yB7vfzUw9w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-shape-of-you-piano-tutorial-ed-sheeran 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uv8wsDzYeGo/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Shape Of You" - Piano Tutorial (Ed Sheeran) Shape of You is a pop song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran from the album Divide. In this piano tutorial you learn the chords, the rhythm and pulse, how to add colours, the groove, and the marimba touch the song has. We also cover other techniques and variations that will help you play better with a drummer or a bass player. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uv8wsDzYeGo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-whats-up-on-piano-4-non-blondes 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZEOsk8qHiXw/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "What's Up" on Piano (4 Non Blondes) What’s Up is a Rock song by 4 Non Blondes from the album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (1992). This piano tutorial will teach you the rhythm in detail, how to use chords creatively, and tricks to play ghost notes on the piano. It’s a great song to play as a band. Hope you find this useful. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZEOsk8qHiXw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-numb-piano-tutorial-linkin-park 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Dy5KGkXtVDw/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Numb" - Piano Tutorial (Linkin Park) Numb is the all-time favourite metal and rock song by Linkin Park from the album Meteora. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the piano effectively for this song. You will learn the chords, intro, hooks, harmonics, passing notes and power chords, which will help you add colour to your music. You will also find tips on dynamics and on how to achieve the feel, mood and strong energy the song delivers. Hope you enjoy learning this amazing song with us. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dy5KGkXtVDw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-let-it-be-on-piano-the-beatles-full-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q8zbhAbubG4/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Let It Be" on Piano (The Beatles, Full Tutorial) "Let It Be" is an iconic song from The Beatles' last studio album, and this tutorial breaks down how to play every section. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music gives you an in-depth tutorial on playing each unique section of Let It Be, along with its rhythmic pattern. Like any Beatles song, Let It Be is a great way to learn important musical concepts and get better at your piano playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q8zbhAbubG4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-tere-sang-yaara-on-piano-rustom-chords-beats-rhythm 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eNPCA4mCdZo/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Tere Sang Yaara" on Piano (Rustom) - Chords, Beats & Rhythm The song 'Tere Sang Yaara' from the movie Rustom is on the Ab major scale. Through this song, you'll learn a lot about chordal theory, beat counting, and rhythmic patterns. Watch the video to learn this popular Bollywood smash! https://www.youtube.com/embed/eNPCA4mCdZo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-koi-mil-gaya-on-piano-kuch-kuch-hota-hai-how-to-transpose 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b9y1gZ2QfWg/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Koi Mil Gaya" on Piano (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) + How to Transpose The song 'Koi Mil Gaya' from the movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a popular groovy number. Although it's originally composed in the key of Bb Major, the song should be ideally transposed to suit the singer's range. Watch the video to learn how to transpose the key of a song. The song has two sections - The verse, and the chorus. Watch the tutorial and master this song on the piano! https://www.youtube.com/embed/b9y1gZ2QfWg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/kisi-ki-muskurahaton-pe-ho-nisar-piano-tutorial-groovy-swing-feel 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xcXE6VSi9AQ/maxresdefault.jpg Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe Ho Nisar Piano Tutorial (Groovy Swing Feel) Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe Ho Nisar is an old classic Bollywood hit. Watch the tutorial to learn the song, and learn how to master the groovy and swing rhythm! https://www.youtube.com/embed/xcXE6VSi9AQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-inteha-ho-gayi-intezaar-ki-on-piano-kishore-kumar-classic 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AApEG4R9ZBM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Inteha Ho Gayi Intezaar Ki" on Piano (Kishore Kumar Classic) Inteha Ho Gayi Intezaar is a classic from the movie Sharaabi, sung by the legendary Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. It is a very bluesy and swingy song. Watch the tutorial and learn how to play this evergreen 80s Bollywood song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AApEG4R9ZBM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-bulleya-on-piano-ae-dil-hai-mushkil-every-section 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qAx1uQs2kvM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Bulleya on Piano (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil): Every Section Bulleya is a popular Bollywood song from the movie Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Watch the tutorial to learn how to play all the sections of the song including the verse, chorus, hook, and outro. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qAx1uQs2kvM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-clocks-piano-tutorial-coldplay 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/76usOb_WA68/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Clocks" - Piano Tutorial (Coldplay) A piano tutorial for Clocks by Coldplay with Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/76usOb_WA68 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-white-flag-on-piano-dido-full-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-u9o9G6iDzg/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play White Flag on Piano (Dido) - Full Tutorial Learn how to play "White Flag" by Dido on the piano in this full tutorial with Jason Zac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-u9o9G6iDzg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-titanium-piano-tutorial-david-guetta-feat-sia 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/N-HyMsaMJoc/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Titanium" - Piano Tutorial (David Guetta feat. Sia) Learn how to play "Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia on piano. "Titanium" is one of the most popular EDM songs, and the groovy song is fuelled by synths. Even though the song itself doesn't have a piano section, it can still be played on the piano, and this tutorial shows you how. Chord charts are available for the lesson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N-HyMsaMJoc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-havana-piano-tutorial-camila-cabello 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZSqpNVoljPA/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "HAVANA" - Piano Tutorial (Camila Cabello) Learn Havana by Camila Cabello on the piano. A pop piano song tutorial on the chords and the rhythm pattern that drive the song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZSqpNVoljPA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-hawayein-on-piano-jab-harry-met-sejal 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7PSxL_EBHTc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Hawayein on Piano (Jab Harry Met Sejal) Learn how To Play "Hawayein" the Bollywood folk song, on the piano. The song has many sections, and like a lot of Bollywood songs, it consists of multiple verses with different chord progressions and melodies. Even though the original song doesn't have a piano section, you can still play it on the keys and make it sound just as cool by using elements such as additional notes for coloring. Through this song, you'll be able to understand essential musical concepts such as time, anticipation, chord extensions, 9th chords, and scale, and chordal theory. The tutorial will also teach you different styles of playing chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7PSxL_EBHTc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-zaroorat-on-piano-ek-villain-mustafa-zahid 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yUe1YO_XxD0/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Zaroorat" on Piano (Ek Villain, Mustafa Zahid) Learn how to play "Zaroorat" from Ek Villain - Mustafa Zahid's popular song on the piano. The interesting part of the song is that it's written in two scales. Watch the video to find out what these two scales are, and the theory behind them. The song is also quite groovy. Understand the importance of accents in catchy grooves. The song is on the popular 3 3 2 chord progression. The tutorial for 'Zaroorat' gives a detailed explanation for all the song sections. The song's charm comes from its intricate rhythm and chord patterns. A lot can be learned through the song which will help you grow as a pianist and a musician. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yUe1YO_XxD0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-ambarsariya-on-piano-fukrey-full-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/n-vrRRt8h3U/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Ambarsariya on Piano (Fukrey) - Full Tutorial Learn how to play Ambarsariya from the film Fukrey on the piano in this full tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n-vrRRt8h3U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-tum-ho-toh-on-piano-rock-on 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6-QgRYMDSVA/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Tum Ho Toh" on Piano (Rock On!!) Learn how to play "Tum Ho Toh" from the film Rock On!! in this piano tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-QgRYMDSVA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-its-a-mans-world-on-piano-james-brown-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LYLyW5e9Z-E/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "It's a Man's World" on Piano (James Brown Tutorial) In this lesson, we explore how to play "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LYLyW5e9Z-E yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-mirrors-by-justin-timberlake-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NcRdDQ9P-WI/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake on Piano In this lesson, we explore: How To Play "Mirrors" - Piano Tutorial (Justin Timberlake) https://www.youtube.com/embed/NcRdDQ9P-WI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-say-something-piano-tutorial-a-great-big-world 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Jrf-dO7rsRY/maxresdefault.jpg How To Play "Say Something" - Piano Tutorial (A Great Big World) Learn how to play Say Something by A Great Big World on the piano. When you learn a song, you don't just learn one song. Say Something follows a common chord progression used in pop songs, 6-4-1-5 (vi-IV-I-V), so what you practise here carries straight into many other songs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jrf-dO7rsRY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-the-scientist-piano-tutorial-coldplay-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/na4HTg-g3M4/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "The Scientist" - Piano Tutorial (Coldplay Chords) Learn how to play The Scientist by Coldplay on the piano, section by section. Along the way, learn how to use suspended chords and dynamics through this song. The tutorial also teaches the technique of two-handed chord playing, and focuses on the unique chord progression played in the chorus. https://www.youtube.com/embed/na4HTg-g3M4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-something-just-like-this-piano-tutorial-chainsmokers-coldplay 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/jAUVNVSBbRI/maxresdefault.jpg HOW TO PLAY "Something just like this" - Piano Tutorial (Chainsmokers & Coldplay) Learn how to play the highly popular song "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay on piano. The song is very interesting to play on the piano because there is no specific piano section in it. That gives you the freedom to improvise, and this tutorial shows you how to add your own fun elements. Chord charts are available for the lesson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jAUVNVSBbRI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-perfect-on-piano-ed-sheeran-beginner-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QDZ6N-s_3u8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play "Perfect" on Piano (Ed Sheeran, Beginner Tutorial) Learn how to play "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran on the piano, section by section, in this beginner tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QDZ6N-s_3u8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-riptide-on-the-piano-vance-joy-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NiXSXhfmTxI/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Riptide on the Piano (Vance Joy) - Tutorial Riptide is a great song for understanding groove and improving your rhythmic chops. This rhythmic masterpiece is driven by a unique instrument, the ukulele, and it can't be exactly replicated on the piano as the two instruments are very different. In this tutorial we find out what makes the two instruments unique and adapt Vance Joy's song for the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NiXSXhfmTxI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/mysterious-chord-connections-on-piano-part-2-unexpected-harmony-moves 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/_yoM8SzSaEk/maxresdefault.jpg Mysterious Chord Connections on Piano (Part 2): Unexpected Harmony Moves Mysterious Chord Connections (Part 2): more surprising, unexpected ways to connect chords on the piano for richer harmony. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_yoM8SzSaEk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/mysterious-chord-connections-on-piano-part-1-linking-triads-with-surprising-intervals 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JCChCSaxFjw/maxresdefault.jpg Mysterious Chord Connections on Piano (Part 1): Linking Triads With Surprising Intervals In this lesson, our Piano faculty, Jason Zac shares some of his ideas on connecting triads (Major and Minor) with interesting intervals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JCChCSaxFjw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/3-indian-folk-rhythm-patterns-every-pianist-should-know 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iihlb0Qs49w/maxresdefault.jpg 3 Indian Folk Rhythm Patterns Every Pianist Should Know In this lesson, we cover 3 popular Indian folk rhythms on the Piano along with some of the students at our school. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iihlb0Qs49w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/left-hand-techniques-melodic-missing-beats-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MfUEvhWBjAc/maxresdefault.jpg Left Hand Techniques - Melodic Missing Beats - Nathaniel School of Music In this series, Jason Zac shows a number of go-to left-hand patterns that develop groove and harmony while freeing up the right hand for melody and improvisation. Methods to develop independence between the hands are also covered. In Part 2, we cover a popular technique where the left hand develops a comping pattern with chords in the gaps while the right hand plays a melody line. We apologise for a few audio glitches during the recording. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MfUEvhWBjAc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-go-to-left-hand-arpeggio-that-frees-your-right-hand-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/eScASHhROLk/maxresdefault.jpg The Go-To Left-Hand Arpeggio That Frees Your Right Hand (Piano) Left hand techniques on the piano: a go-to left-hand arpeggio pattern that frees up your right hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eScASHhROLk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-use-the-sustain-pedal-on-piano-buy-set-up-time-it-with-your-breath 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dTK26bDdAGc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Use the Sustain Pedal on Piano (Buy, Set Up & Time It With Your Breath) In this lesson, Jason Zac demonstrates how to use the Sustain Pedal of the Piano with the following topics: - Types of pedals and which one to buy - How to set up the Sustain Pedal - Timing the Pedal with your breath https://www.youtube.com/embed/dTK26bDdAGc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/left-hand-piano-technique-master-broken-chords-free-up-your-right-hand 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VQtExYO7Xys/maxresdefault.jpg Left-Hand Piano Technique: Master Broken Chords (Free Up Your Right Hand) In this series, Jason Zac shows a number of GO TO left hand patterns which can be used to develop groove and harmony while freeing up the Right Hand for Melody and Improvisation. Methods to develop Independence between the hands are also covered. In Part 3, we cover Broken Chords for the Left Hand. We explore styles including Oom-Pah, Waltz, Swing using simple chord progressions. This is a must learn if you want to improvise in your Right Hand while sounding big. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VQtExYO7Xys yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/left-hand-techniques-rock-n-roll-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kXOS15qc8ww/maxresdefault.jpg Left Hand Techniques - Rock n Roll - Nathaniel School of Music Part 2 of our left hand series for practical musicians: learn popular Rock n Roll and Blues grooves for the left hand step by step, then use them in the songs you already play. In this series Jason Zac shows a number of go-to left-hand patterns that develop groove and harmony while freeing up the right hand for melody and improvisation. Methods to develop independence between the hands are also covered. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kXOS15qc8ww yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-the-shaker-feels-accents-grooves-for-musicians 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/l4jFnshUH7U/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play the Shaker: Feels, Accents & Grooves for Musicians In this lesson, Jason Zac talks about the shakers and how to play them in various feels, accents and grooves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l4jFnshUH7U yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/left-hand-piano-drum-grooves-play-kick-snare-for-instant-independence 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uiNEWxMWfkE/maxresdefault.jpg Left-Hand Piano Drum Grooves: Play Kick & Snare for Instant Independence Turn your left hand into a drummer on piano - follow the kick and snare to build groove, harmony and hand independence. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares go-to left-hand patterns that hold down the groove while freeing your right hand for melody and improvisation. In Part 1 you'll voice drum grooves in the left hand by following the kick and snare, plus methods to develop independence between the hands. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uiNEWxMWfkE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-chords-on-piano-charts-progressions-inversions-beginner 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/C_kfdMo1BhI/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Chords on Piano: Charts, Progressions & Inversions (Beginner) Reading a chord chart and turning it into a real progression is a core piano skill — here's how to do it. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music talks you through how to prepare and play a chord progression for a song. Among the sub-topics covered are reading chord charts, playing chords, mapping out each progression, and planning your inversions for smooth, easy movement. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C_kfdMo1BhI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/carnatic-vs-western-music-for-beginners-melody-rhythm-harmony 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MmgpJVN9lq8/maxresdefault.jpg Carnatic vs Western Music for Beginners: Melody, Rhythm & Harmony Understand the basics of Carnatic music theory and how melody, rhythm and harmony compare to Western music. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music welcomes alumnus Raghavan Subramanian, who explains the basics of Carnatic music theory, its history and its similarities to Western music. This beginner-friendly introduction centres on melody, rhythm and harmony, a great first step for anyone curious about Indian classical music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MmgpJVN9lq8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/carnatic-music-theory-for-beginners-scales-western-similarities 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7CVhHTldjdE/maxresdefault.jpg Carnatic Music Theory for Beginners: Scales & Western Similarities A beginner's guide to Carnatic melody and scales — and how closely they mirror the Western scales you already know. In this lesson, NSM alumnus Raghavan Subramanian explains the basics of Carnatic music theory, its history and its similarities to Western music. This second part focuses on melody and scales, drawing direct parallels between Carnatic and Western scales so you can bridge the two systems with confidence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7CVhHTldjdE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/carnatic-music-theory-for-beginners-melakartha-shankarabharanam 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/X87f8BI95G4/maxresdefault.jpg Carnatic Music Theory for Beginners: Melakartha & Shankarabharanam A beginner's guide to Carnatic music theory — the Melakartha system and the Shankarabharanam scale — with its history and parallels to Western music. In this lesson, NSM alumnus Raghavan Subramanian explains the basics of Carnatic music theory, its history and its similarities to Western music. This third part of the beginner series focuses on the Melakartha system and the Shankarabharanam scale, helping you connect Indian classical theory to the harmony and scales you already know. https://www.youtube.com/embed/X87f8BI95G4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/pentatonic-scales-in-carnatic-music-janya-ragas-for-beginners 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/GYHkAXqRCbE/maxresdefault.jpg Pentatonic Scales in Carnatic Music: Janya Ragas for Beginners Understand pentatonic scales in Carnatic music and the Janya ragas, explained from the basics for beginners. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music welcomes alumnus Raghavan Subramanian, who explains the basics of Carnatic music theory, its history and its similarities to Western music. In this part of the beginner series the focus is on pentatonic scales and Janya ragas, a friendly entry point if you want to bring Indian classical colour into your playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GYHkAXqRCbE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/introduction-to-carnatic-music-for-beginners-theory-history 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/js-IwHfdIXE/maxresdefault.jpg Introduction to Carnatic Music for Beginners (Theory & History) An introduction to Carnatic music, covering the basics of its theory, history and similarities to Western music. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music welcomes alumnus Raghavan Subramanian, who introduces the basics of Carnatic music theory, its history and how it relates to Western music. It is the perfect starting point if you want to understand Indian classical music and bring its colours into your own playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/js-IwHfdIXE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ar-rahmans-urvasi-bass-tutorial-keith-peters-groove-and-improving-timing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8ZfH891OnK4/maxresdefault.jpg AR Rahman's Urvasi Bass Tutorial (Keith Peters) - Groove and Improving Timing Jason Zachariah teaches the bass line Urvashi by AR Rahman. In Part 1, we focus on the positions and technique while in Part 2, we focus on Groove and Working on our timing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8ZfH891OnK4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/urvasi-bass-lesson-scale-positions-you-need-to-know 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/sOvO4GaP09k/maxresdefault.jpg Urvasi Bass Lesson: Scale Positions You Need to Know Jason Zachariah teaches the popular bass line Urvashi by AR Rahman played by Keith Peters. We focus on playing the riff while studying different positions on the Bass guitar and improving our technique In Part 1, we focus on the positions and technique while in Part 2, we focus on Groove and Working on our timing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sOvO4GaP09k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-scale-chord-exercise-ascending-and-descending-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qIYO0blVQ08/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Scale & Chord Exercise: Ascending and Descending (Part 2) This piano exercise works on three things at once: scales, triads and timing. Jason Zac, piano faculty of Nathaniel School of Music, demonstrates an exercise that combines scales, triads and timing in one routine. The scale is played in a rhythmic manner together with the chord in ascending and descending order, building coordination and a steady sense of pulse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qIYO0blVQ08 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-daily-piano-scale-chord-exercise-up-and-down 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vDiujCZ8Cx4/maxresdefault.jpg The Daily Piano Scale & Chord Exercise (Up and Down) A daily piano warm-up that trains three things at once — scales, triads and timing — played ascending and descending in a rhythmic flow. Jason Zac, piano faculty at Nathaniel School of Music, demonstrates a simple but powerful exercise: play the scale in a rhythmic manner alongside the chord, moving up and then back down the keyboard. It's an ideal everyday workout that builds finger evenness, locks your triads into your hands, and tightens your sense of timing — all in one routine. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vDiujCZ8Cx4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chicago-blues-fills-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yKrB8Ld0tA4/maxresdefault.jpg Chicago Blues - Fills - Part 2 Jason Zac, our bass faculty, presents a lesson on the 12-bar blues in the style of Chicago blues. The bass pattern uses the intervals 1, 3, 5 and flat 7 with a triplet variation. Part 1 shows the entire pattern over 12 bars, while this part 2 focuses on fills at the turnaround section. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yKrB8Ld0tA4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/close-vs-spread-triad-voicings-make-your-piano-chords-sound-full 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/buRLaRZGadk/maxresdefault.jpg Close vs Spread Triad Voicings: Make Your Piano Chords Sound Full Our Piano faculty Jason Zac explains how a Triad - Major or Minor can be easily mapped out with different shapes/inversions on the Piano. Observe both forms of Voicing the chord - Closed and Spread. https://www.youtube.com/embed/buRLaRZGadk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/figure-out-any-song-by-ear-start-with-the-bass-line-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bAsxz0XtQrc/maxresdefault.jpg Figure Out Any Song by Ear: Start With the Bass Line (Piano) Our music faculty, Jason Zac, breaks down the chords for a popular song and shows how to figure it out on your own using just the bass line and a few important technical tips on Equalization (EQ). This tutorial will also cover a bit of Diatonic Chord Theory and Harmonisation. In this lesson, we have used the song "She Will be loved" by Maroon 5 for demonstration. Please note that we DO NOT own the rights or anything related to the song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bAsxz0XtQrc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-3-piano-rhythms-youll-use-in-every-song 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lY65F24zzTM/maxresdefault.jpg The 3 Piano Rhythms You'll Use in Every Song Learn how to play arguably the most popular Piano rhythms in a variety of techniques - Arpeggios, Accents & Block Chords. The exercise uses the popular Latin (Afro-Cuban) rhythm, Tresillo or Pop Clave. Chord Progression used is: vi IV I V. Songs which you can play include Shape of You - Ed Sheeran (Single Hits), Clocks - Coldplay (Arpeggios), Despacito - Luis Fonsi, Let Me Love You - Justin Bieber, and Cheap Thrills - Sia. For Pianists, you have 3 exercises that cover both Left and Right-hand variations: Single Hits, Accents and Arpeggios. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lY65F24zzTM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-scales-timing-part-2-jason-zac-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Jy5QOKc5_Q/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Scales & Timing (Part 2) - Jason Zac - Nathaniel School of Music Jason Zac uses simple five-note patterns along with ascending and descending scale patterns to demonstrate accents and different time signatures. The exercise is aimed at developing a proper sense of timing, finger strength and finger independence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Jy5QOKc5_Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rock-n-roll-piano-the-two-hand-comping-groove-left-right-hand 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/weu7XaEyE48/maxresdefault.jpg Rock 'N' Roll Piano: The Two-Hand Comping Groove (Left + Right Hand) Jason Zac, our Piano faculty, shows you popular grooving patterns in both Left and Right hands which can be used for Rock 'N' Roll music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/weu7XaEyE48 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practice-piano-scales-improve-your-timing-part-1-accents-time-signatures 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RYBJYeZOSi0/maxresdefault.jpg Practice Piano Scales & Improve Your Timing (Part 1): Accents & Time Signatures Simple five-note patterns and scale runs become a powerful timing workout once you add accents and changing time signatures. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music uses simple 5-note patterns along with ascending and descending scale patterns to demonstrate accents and different time signatures. The exercise is aimed at developing a proper sense of timing, finger strength and finger independence — all in one daily drill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RYBJYeZOSi0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chord-coloring-war-major-tritone-usage-jason-zac-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0K92_eXHxwY/maxresdefault.jpg Chord Coloring - War Major - Tritone Usage - Jason Zac - Nathaniel School of Music Make a major chord sound dark and aggressive with a clever use of a tritone. Another piano tip to add colour to your chord sequences and make them more epic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0K92_eXHxwY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/thicken-your-piano-chords-4-ways-to-make-them-fuller-more-colourful 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iqz54fR8ChY/maxresdefault.jpg Thicken Your Piano Chords: 4 Ways to Make Them Fuller & More Colourful Jason Zac teaches you how to color your chords by stacking 2nd and 4th intervals. Use this concept to enhance your chops to play a variety of genres which include Ballads, Country and Gospel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iqz54fR8ChY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chord-colouring-on-piano-pedalling-with-the-7sus4-chord 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/MmI8AmA2TAs/maxresdefault.jpg Chord Colouring on Piano: Pedalling With the 7sus4 Chord Create a unique harmonic sound with the amazing 7sus4 chord which sweetly progresses forward while the Left Hand or the Bass notes can shape themselves around it. Use your ears and let your Left Hand flow freely. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MmI8AmA2TAs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/turn-any-chord-mysterious-the-dark-cinematic-piano-sound-odd-meter-arpeggio 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/i6DMuMQcgAc/maxresdefault.jpg Turn Any Chord Mysterious: The Dark, Cinematic Piano Sound (Odd-Meter Arpeggio) Jason Zac explains how to make colorful piano chords by transforming a simple Major or Minor chord into something "MYSTERIOUS". An arpeggio pattern is used in an odd-time signature for a more theatric effect! https://www.youtube.com/embed/i6DMuMQcgAc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-dark-major-a-chord-colouring-trick-for-richer-piano-harmony 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Nnx68gUa80M/maxresdefault.jpg The Dark Major: A Chord-Colouring Trick for Richer Piano Harmony Here's another Piano Tutorial by our faculty titled, "The Dark Major". Have fun playing around with a unique sound built out of Diatonic Triads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nnx68gUa80M yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chord-clarity-part-2-jason-zac-piano-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fj1AR6dMMOI/maxresdefault.jpg Chord Clarity (Part 2) - Jason Zac - Piano - Nathaniel School of Music Avoid clutter while playing piano chords by adding a melody in your right hand. In this tutorial, our piano faculty Jason Zac takes off from Part 1 by adding a melody line in the right hand (on the extreme fingers) while retaining the clarity of the harmony. This spreads your notes and aims to create a much fuller and richer sound. A great tip if you are playing in a band, or even solo piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fj1AR6dMMOI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chord-clarity-on-piano-make-muddy-harmony-sound-clean-open 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/brTCnivLsuc/maxresdefault.jpg Chord Clarity on Piano: Make Muddy Harmony Sound Clean & Open Here's a fresh new Piano tip by our faculty, Jason Zac where he covers a technique to clear up the clutter in the bass register using both hands. This requires you to learn Chord Inversions in a rather newer method. https://www.youtube.com/embed/brTCnivLsuc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/default-settings-in-the-daw-of-your-choice-pro-tools-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mjmMwsySg7Y/maxresdefault.jpg Default settings in the DAW of your choice - Pro Tools - Nathaniel School of Music Following on from part 1, in this second part we discuss changing the default settings in Pro Tools to our convenience, so as to make our work process smoother and faster. The same idea applies to setting up the DAW of your choice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mjmMwsySg7Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-trash-your-preferences-in-pro-tools-part-1-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UCNlhe8U_j8/maxresdefault.jpg How to Trash your Preferences in Pro Tools (Part 1) - Nathaniel School of Music Our production faculty, Jason Zac, shows how to trash your preferences in Pro Tools. This works with any version and can be really helpful when the software behaves in a buggy manner. This is Part 1. In Part 2, we talk about default settings in the DAW of your choice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UCNlhe8U_j8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-boogie-woogie-piano-over-the-12-bar-blues 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nTTBHDyGk3Y/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play Boogie Woogie Piano Over the 12 Bar Blues Learn Boogie Woogie Piano with a popular bass line over the 12 bar blues chord progression. You will learn a strong left-hand pattern along with a syncopated accompaniment in the Right hand. Have fun playing this one! https://www.youtube.com/embed/nTTBHDyGk3Y yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rhythm-chops-part-3-piano-tutorial-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HS9N6vz6PPE/maxresdefault.jpg Rhythm Chops (Part 3) - Piano Tutorial - Nathaniel School of Music A rhythm lesson for practical musicians: learn rhythm step by step, then use it in the songs you already play. Our piano faculty explains a unique way of developing your rhythmic chops on the piano with a percussion instrument, in the third part of the Rhythm Chops series. This is a process which is organic and creative, so let yourself loose. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HS9N6vz6PPE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rhythm-chops-part-2-piano-tutorial-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-X9Z2aegNdc/maxresdefault.jpg Rhythm Chops (Part 2) - Piano Tutorial - Nathaniel School of Music Our piano faculty explains a unique way of developing your rhythmic chops on the piano with a percussion instrument, in part 2 of this rhythm lesson for practical musicians: learn rhythm step by step, then use it in the songs you already play. This is a process which is organic and creative, so let yourself loose! https://www.youtube.com/embed/-X9Z2aegNdc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/rhythm-chops-on-piano-part-1-develop-your-groove-with-a-percussion-instrument 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/qK09a72xKMQ/maxresdefault.jpg Rhythm Chops on Piano (Part 1): Develop Your Groove With a Percussion Instrument Our Piano faculty explains a unique way of developing your rhythmic chops on the Piano with a Percussion Instrument. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qK09a72xKMQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/melodic-chords-make-your-piano-harmony-sing-choral-orchestral-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lYHkcSJdWHQ/maxresdefault.jpg Melodic Chords: Make Your Piano Harmony Sing (Choral & Orchestral Trick) Jason Zac, our Piano Faculty, explains a subject which he calls Melodic Chords. Learn this unique technique which can add color to your harmony while supporting the melody line to its fullest. This harmonic approach can even be used for Choral and Orchestral composition. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lYHkcSJdWHQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/creating-a-backing-track-for-live-performance-with-iem-part-2-mainstage 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4QHcAUuIYkg/maxresdefault.jpg Creating a Backing Track for Live Performance with IEM - Part 2 - MainStage Our Production Faculty, Jason Zachariah talks about how Mainstage - A live performance application can be used for triggering backing tracks which send to multiple outputs Also, check us out on Soundcloud: https://www.youtube.com/embed/4QHcAUuIYkg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/creating-a-backing-track-for-live-performance-with-iem-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/dIJuBete1-s/maxresdefault.jpg Creating a Backing Track for Live Performance with IEM - Part 1 This tutorial focusses on making a backing track with and without a metronome for stage performance with an IEM system. Part 2 will apply this with Mainstage to trigger the backing track. Please like, share, comment and subscribe. Also, check us out on Soundcloud: https://www.youtube.com/embed/dIJuBete1-s yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/static-chords-on-piano-part-2-the-subtle-harmony-texture-trick 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/e-wNODYKfFI/maxresdefault.jpg Static Chords on Piano (Part 2): The Subtle Harmony Texture Trick In this tutorial, our piano faculty, Jason Zac, talks about Static Chords (Part 2). https://www.youtube.com/embed/e-wNODYKfFI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/static-chords-the-subtle-texture-trick-pianists-use 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2F71PfZ-D70/maxresdefault.jpg Static Chords: The Subtle Texture Trick Pianists Use Static Chords are a quiet texture trick that keeps the harmony grounded while everything moves around it — and in this tutorial Jason Zac explains how they work on piano. Jason Zac, piano faculty at Nathaniel School of Music, introduces the concept of static chords and how to use them in your playing. It's a foundational idea that helps you understand why some accompaniments feel stable and hypnotic even as the melody develops on top. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2F71PfZ-D70 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/independence-with-chords-on-piano-part-2-practising-subdivisions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xg44TD8G5CY/maxresdefault.jpg Independence With Chords on Piano (Part 2): Practising Subdivisions In this tutorial, Jason Zac explains Independence with chords - Part 2, practising subdivisions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xg44TD8G5CY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-practising-subdivisions-under-chords 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZMxTa7k8tPo/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence: Practising Subdivisions Under Chords In this tutorial, our piano faculty, Jason Zac, explains independence with chords, practising rhythmic subdivisions between the hands. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZMxTa7k8tPo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/major-minor-pentatonic-scales-bass-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oZPOk-BLFQg/maxresdefault.jpg Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales - Bass - Nathaniel School of Music Alok, our bass faculty, explains an easy approach to playing the major and minor pentatonic scales on the bass guitar. A short, practical lesson for bass players who want to find and play both pentatonic scales comfortably on the neck. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oZPOk-BLFQg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/chord-climbing-on-piano-add-tension-with-slash-chords-resolve-with-the-circle-of-fifths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/9hfbsKAV5K4/maxresdefault.jpg Chord Climbing on Piano: Add Tension With Slash Chords, Resolve With the Circle of Fifths In this tutorial, our piano faculty explains "Chord Climbing", a concept which allows you to move up chromatically, applying tension using Slash Chords and then resolving it using the Circle of Fifths. It begins with a Theory explanation and then a Piano demonstration. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9hfbsKAV5K4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/left-hand-independence-on-piano-the-starter-exercise-free-your-right-hand 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/yS7eiNiP_uA/maxresdefault.jpg Left-Hand Independence on Piano: The Starter Exercise (Free Your Right Hand) This piano tutorial by Jason Zac helps you develop independence on your left hand, which allows you to focus on playing melodies with your right hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yS7eiNiP_uA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/trumpet-tip-patterns-feels-thirds-triplets-scale-workouts 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/k62ABgLX8zs/maxresdefault.jpg Trumpet Tip: Patterns & Feels (Thirds, Triplets & Scale Workouts) Learn two important musical concepts: patterns and feels, with simple exercises going up and down the scale. Jason Zachariah of Nathaniel School of Music explains two key concepts every musician needs: patterns and feels. Using simple exercises that move up and down the scale, you'll play them as thirds, triplets and more, building a stronger sense of phrasing and groove. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k62ABgLX8zs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-tutorial-staccato-tip-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mDJD87YhLRk/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Tutorial - Staccato Tip - Nathaniel School of Music This piano tutorial by Jason Zac teaches you how to play staccato in a way that can improve your playing on the keys and help you play for a longer duration. A short technique tip on touch and stamina at the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mDJD87YhLRk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/proper-wrist-technique-for-extended-playing-piano-tutorial-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/tcoH6LNJr0w/maxresdefault.jpg Proper Wrist Technique for Extended playing - Piano Tutorial - Nathaniel School of Music A piano tutorial by our faculty that demonstrates the use of the wrist for extended playing. This technique also allows you to play faster, with more dynamics, and brings out all the accents you want in your groove. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tcoH6LNJr0w yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/open-voicing-on-piano-part-1-diatonic-triads-for-a-clearer-harmonic-sound 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/lYLDHBdnw9o/maxresdefault.jpg Open Voicing on Piano (Part 1): Diatonic Triads for a Clearer Harmonic Sound Jason, our Piano Faculty demonstrates a left hand technique which can be used to add clarity to your harmonic playing. This uses a concept called Open Chord Voicing. Part 1 applies it to diatonic triads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lYLDHBdnw9o yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/open-voicing-using-seventh-chords-part-2-jason-zachariah-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t4w65Py87YI/maxresdefault.jpg Open Voicing using Seventh Chords (Part 2) - Jason Zachariah - Nathaniel School of Music Part 2 of our tip on open voicing using seventh chords, with Jason Zac at the piano. Carry on from Part 1 and apply open voicings to your seventh chords, spreading the chord out instead of playing it in close position. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4w65Py87YI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-warm-up-exercise-to-loosen-your-left-hand-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/PGEBZ_TSesc/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Warm-Up Exercise to Loosen Your Left Hand (Part 1) Here's a piano exercise that will help you warm up your left hand before a performance. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares a simple left-hand warm-up to get your fingers moving and ready before you play. It's an easy routine for beginners that builds control and confidence in your weaker hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PGEBZ_TSesc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/warm-up-exercise-piano-part-2-right-hand 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NptwH95BiIQ/maxresdefault.jpg Warm Up Exercise | Piano - Part 2 - Right Hand A right-hand practice exercise demonstrated by our piano faculty, Jason Zac. This is part 2 of the warm-up series, focusing on the right hand, and makes a good exercise to get your fingers moving before you practise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NptwH95BiIQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ear-training-how-to-detect-the-notes-in-a-chord-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z-KfZLKvFYw/maxresdefault.jpg Ear Training: How to Detect the Notes in a Chord (Piano) An ear training tip for detecting the individual notes inside a chord on the piano: listening into a chord and picking out its components, a core skill for figuring out music by ear. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z-KfZLKvFYw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/basics-of-slide-playing-ritwik-bhattacharya-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vKcpk9H7YFQ/maxresdefault.jpg Basics of Slide Playing - Ritwik Bhattacharya - Nathaniel School of Music Ritwik Bhattacharya, our guitar faculty, teaches you a few things about slide playing. A short lesson on the basics of slide guitar playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vKcpk9H7YFQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/recording-an-electric-instrument-using-multiple-channels-nathaniel-production-house 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p2cpVQ2D9Fg/maxresdefault.jpg Recording an Electric Instrument Using Multiple Channels - Nathaniel Production House Our music production faculty, Jason Zachariah, explains how to record bass guitar using multiple channels: a bass processor, an amp and a DI. A studio lesson for producers and bass players who want to capture an electric instrument on several channels at once. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p2cpVQ2D9Fg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/subset-scales-on-piano-unlock-exotic-carnatic-raga-colours-from-pentatonics 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-ExjS5-fKog/maxresdefault.jpg Subset Scales on Piano: Unlock Exotic Carnatic Raga Colours From Pentatonics In this Tutorial, our Piano Faculty, Jason Zac explains his idea of "Subset Scales" and implements them with some popular Carnatic Ragas: Savithri, Jana Sammodhini, Hamsadhwani, Sunaadavinodini and Madhyamaavathi. Subset scales help make melody lines more creative and unique, open up new bass possibilities, create catchy motifs and highlight the notes that matter most in a scale. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ExjS5-fKog yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/bass-tip-getting-familiar-with-the-fretboard-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/w6qijiy1fdw/maxresdefault.jpg Bass Tip - Getting Familiar with the Fretboard - Nathaniel School of Music A bass tip on how to quickly get used to positions and relations on the fretboard, using concepts like artificial harmonics. A handy way for bass players to find their way around the neck of the bass guitar. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w6qijiy1fdw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/stop-choppy-playing-how-to-master-legato-on-piano-smooth-connected-lines 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/T9b_pjLqq64/maxresdefault.jpg Stop Choppy Playing: How to Master Legato on Piano (Smooth, Connected Lines) Our Keyboard Faculty, Jason Zac, explains the importance of playing in the Legato style with a unique exercise which can be practiced on your instrument of choice. Legato allows you to focus on the entire duration of a note, apart from the Attack. It makes the sound a lot smoother and should be a default playing style for most musicians. Legato playing has a lot more clarity at lower registers, making the sound less muddy. Combined with staccato and rests, it gives music its contrast. And in the long run, legato playing allows you to play a lot faster. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T9b_pjLqq64 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/mixolydian-thirds-in-time-divisions-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IIwQZjq9F_I/maxresdefault.jpg Mixolydian Thirds in Time Divisions - Nathaniel School of Music Jason Zac explains an exercise using thirds of the Mixolydian scale in cycles of 3 and 4. This exercise is aimed at control and finger flexibility. A piano technique exercise from our Piano faculty. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIwQZjq9F_I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/fix-your-timing-with-triplets-a-piano-exercise-for-rock-solid-rhythm 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/JRDSDDF88WM/maxresdefault.jpg Fix Your Timing With Triplets: A Piano Exercise for Rock-Solid Rhythm In this Tutorial, Jason Zac explains various methods of improving your timing with a metronome playing at 60 bpm. A conventional scale exercise is modified to add the 9th interval while merging the cycle with a pattern of chords. The tutorial should serve to improve your overall understanding of Rhythm and tighten your ability to play within the beat. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JRDSDDF88WM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/what-child-is-this-christmas-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6z1gfxLGLow/maxresdefault.jpg What Child is This? - 🎄Christmas Piano Tutorial 🎹 Our piano faculty Jason Zac presents a unique series of tutorials which teach unique styles of playing popular Christmas carols. In this one we learn What Child Is This?, the carol sung to the melody of Greensleeves, on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6z1gfxLGLow yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-first-noel-easy-christmas-piano-tutorial-with-country-licks-thirds 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/mZIwpvuOJ8k/maxresdefault.jpg The First Noel: Easy Christmas Piano Tutorial With Country Licks & Thirds "The First Noel" is one of the most beautiful carols to play on piano — in this beginner-friendly tutorial you'll learn it with a country lick, thirds alongside the melody and 16th-note passages for sparkle. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music presents a unique style of playing this popular Christmas carol. You'll learn a country lick, how to add usage of thirds alongside the melody line, and how to weave in 16th-note passages to decorate the tune — turning a simple carol into a richer, more festive arrangement. It's part of a series of Christmas tutorials taught at multiple skill levels, perfect for adding to your holiday repertoire. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mZIwpvuOJ8k yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/baroque-christmas-licks-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wwFvpq5_4uk/maxresdefault.jpg Baroque Christmas Licks (Part 3) Our guitar faculty, Ritwik Bhattacharya, plays the popular carol Angels We Have Heard on High with a few twists. This is Part 3 of our Baroque Christmas Licks series on guitar. Guitar is taught at Nathaniel School of Music at various skill levels, from beginner to advanced. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wwFvpq5_4uk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/baroque-christmas-licks-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NoQHtxcgFk0/maxresdefault.jpg Baroque Christmas Licks (Part 1) Our guitar faculty Ritwik plays the popular carol Angels We Have Heard on High, with a few twists. Part 1 of our Baroque Christmas licks on guitar, taking a well-loved carol and giving it a baroque flavour. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NoQHtxcgFk0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/o-holy-night-easy-christmas-piano-tutorial 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6AqNjX4SJqY/maxresdefault.jpg O Holy Night - Easy Christmas Piano Tutorial 🎄🎹 Learn O Holy Night on piano in this easy Christmas piano tutorial. Jason Zachariah, piano faculty at Nathaniel School of Music, presents a series of tutorials that teach unique styles of playing popular Christmas carols. This one takes on O Holy Night, for pianists and keyboard players getting ready for the Christmas season. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6AqNjX4SJqY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-finger-exercise-for-timing-independence-strength-fsus4-drill 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xugzVKG18Ag/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Finger Exercise for Timing, Independence & Strength (Fsus4 Drill) Build timing, finger independence and hand strength on piano with this focused exercise based around an Fsus4 chord. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music starts you on an Fsus4 chord played in an interesting 5-5-6 sequence, then gets every finger moving in separate directions against a steady metronome pulse. You'll finish with a huge sound as the left hand drives quarter notes underneath. Beginners get a great showcase of the instrument; experienced players get a real workout for control and timing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xugzVKG18Ag yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/use-the-circle-of-fifths-for-more-interesting-chord-progressions-piano-tip 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XzitoLZt7xY/maxresdefault.jpg Use the Circle of Fifths for More Interesting Chord Progressions (Piano Tip) Here's a quick tip on using the Circle of Fifths to write more interesting, non-diatonic chord progressions on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music, keyboard faculty at the school, shares a practical tip on using the Circle of Fifths to create more interesting chord progressions. You'll get a fresh approach to writing songs in a non-diatonic way, opening up harmonic options beyond the usual diatonic chords. It's a short, useful idea you can apply straight away to your songwriting on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XzitoLZt7xY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-play-a-funky-clavinet-groove-on-keys-percussion-techniques 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2wKw_09lJUc/maxresdefault.jpg How to Play a Funky Clavinet Groove on Keys (Percussion Techniques) Jason Zac shows you various percussion techniques that keyboardists can use. These techniques are used for funk and other groovy styles of music. Learn how to play them in different ways to get the best percussive effect out of your instrument. Sorry, I mention Clavinova by mistake in the lesson. Please note that the instrument used is the "Clavinet". Happy Learning! https://www.youtube.com/embed/2wKw_09lJUc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/country-piano-chord-lesson-an-easy-progression-using-inversions 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/p0VN5FWvadk/maxresdefault.jpg Country Piano Chord Lesson: An Easy Progression Using Inversions Learn how to take a simple 4-chord progression (G D A Bm) and embellish it with various techniques. A simple country progression - G, D, A and Bm - voiced using inversions, bringing out the melody and supporting a vocalist. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p0VN5FWvadk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/multi-track-editing-pro-tools-jason-zachariah-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WdUKWR0zEiQ/maxresdefault.jpg Multi Track Editing - Pro Tools - Jason Zachariah- Nathaniel School of Music- Jason Zac, our audio production faculty, explains how to tighten up an existing rhythmic performance (mass multitrack claps) using various tips and tricks in Pro Tools. The video also covers shortcuts to speed up the edit and numerous workflow techniques he has developed over his many years of experience as an audio editor. If you have any doubts, please ask them in the comments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WdUKWR0zEiQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/midi-orchestration-using-structure-in-pro-tools-audio-midi-routing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/WKf2oGZ48Gc/maxresdefault.jpg MIDI Orchestration Using Structure in Pro Tools (Audio & MIDI Routing) Our Keyboard and Audio production faculty at Nathaniel School of Music, Jason Zachariah explains how to setup "Structure", a sample player effectively with Pro Tools for orchestration. All the different kinds of routing for Audio and MIDI are covered. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WKf2oGZ48Gc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/country-piano-make-simple-chords-sound-pro 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3M4R6en-eRw/maxresdefault.jpg Country Piano: Make Simple Chords Sound Pro Learn how to take a simple four-chord progression, G, D, A and B minor, and embellish it with various techniques. This tutorial first introduces the four chords, then focuses on voicing them using inversions to bring out the melody and support the vocalists of the music group. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3M4R6en-eRw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ear-training-for-harmonic-triads-part-1-find-the-third-in-any-chord 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/K5mKZzw-EXk/maxresdefault.jpg Ear Training for Harmonic Triads (Part 1): Find the Third in Any Chord The third is the most important note in a triad — and learning to hear it is a huge ear-training win. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shares an ear-training tip on how to find the most important note in a triad — the third — even when the notes are played in a random order. It's a focused first step toward confidently hearing and identifying chords by ear. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K5mKZzw-EXk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/syncopation-on-piano-turn-boring-chords-into-interesting-rhythmic-phrases 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/S-ZtJJhRets/maxresdefault.jpg Syncopation on Piano: Turn Boring Chords Into Interesting Rhythmic Phrases Here is our piano faculty demonstrating a unique technique for generating interesting rhythmic phrases with your chord progressions. He also shows you how to develop different rhythms and sub divisions and play a tune with that technique. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-ZtJJhRets yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/travis-picking-with-a-twist-guitar-ritwik-bhattacharya-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/72aTf6vvUvk/maxresdefault.jpg Travis Picking with a Twist - Guitar - Ritwik Bhattacharya - Nathaniel School of Music. Ritwik Bhattacharya, our fingerstyle faculty, explains the famous fingerstyle technique Travis picking, popularised by iconic artists such as Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler, with a twist. For guitarists who wish to pursue this remarkable instrument as fingerstyle players. https://www.youtube.com/embed/72aTf6vvUvk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/fingerstyle-independence-guitar-ritwik-bhattacharya-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/11nfXQcTR6I/maxresdefault.jpg Fingerstyle Independence - Guitar - Ritwik Bhattacharya - Nathaniel School of Music A fingerstyle independence tip for guitar from our guitar faculty, Ritwik Bhattacharya. Guitar is taught at Nathaniel School of Music as part of our performance-based Music Method course, at various skill levels from beginner to advanced. https://www.youtube.com/embed/11nfXQcTR6I yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-hand-independence-steady-right-hand-pulse-over-a-left-hand-bass-line 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/b4Ki3CYbmmY/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Hand Independence: Steady Right-Hand Pulse Over a Left-Hand Bass Line In this video, Keyboard Faculty, Jason Zac demonstrates how to create a steady pulse in the Right Hand with Dynamics and play a bass line in the left hand. The exercise focusses on Independence and Grooving techniques. It uses just two chords, C7 and F9, so you can concentrate on coordination, timing and feel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b4Ki3CYbmmY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/bass-12-bar-blues-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QUq3Em9MC7A/maxresdefault.jpg Bass - 12 Bar Blues - Nathaniel school Of Music. Our bass faculty, Jason Kishander, demonstrates various ways of grooving to a 12 bar blues progression. He first explains the theory behind it and then moves on to bass lines that support the genre. He stresses the shuffle rhythm and finally adds ornamentation with chromatic passing notes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QUq3Em9MC7A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/endurance-and-dynamics-with-chord-playing-avoid-pain-while-playing-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/nCHIyrMmFbs/maxresdefault.jpg Endurance and Dynamics with Chord Playing | Avoid pain while playing piano Watch as our piano faculty shows you how to use proper posture for the wrist as you play, to avoid pain and maximise the way you can move between chords. We also work with dynamics for the different songs that require it, building endurance so you can play chords for longer without strain. For beginner and developing pianists who play a lot of chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nCHIyrMmFbs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/gadget-demo-shure-sm57-the-workhorse-microphone-jason-zachariah-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/j4mCuiuCa6Q/maxresdefault.jpg Gadget Demo- Shure SM57- The Workhorse Microphone - Jason Zachariah - Nathaniel School Of Music. Our director Jason Zac gives you tips on how to choose a microphone that helps you set up your own home studio. He explains the benefits of the Shure SM57, its applications and its advantages over other microphones, and covers useful things like where you can place it, how to use it and the other gadgets you can use alongside it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j4mCuiuCa6Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/bass-modes-tutorial-bass-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/A7gZrB2rwvE/maxresdefault.jpg Bass Modes Tutorial - Bass - Nathaniel School Of Music. A tutorial by our bass faculty on modes and how to apply them on the bass guitar. He also describes how you can practise them. Bass lessons are offered at Nathaniel School of Music as part of our Music Method course. https://www.youtube.com/embed/A7gZrB2rwvE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/controlling-and-automating-effects-in-pro-tools-jason-zachariah-nathaniel-school-of-music 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/pNh35rnDKew/maxresdefault.jpg Controlling and Automating Effects in Pro Tools - Jason Zachariah - Nathaniel School Of Music. Effects like reverb, echo, delay and chorus are a great way to add colour, depth and space to a mix. This tutorial shows how to control and shape the overall texture of all your effects during a mix. It involves automation and setting up an effects bus. This is done in Pro Tools, but it can be used on any DAW which supports bussing and automation. Video filming and editing by Sudeep Srivastava. Audio recorded and mixed by Jason Zachariah. The song is Supermassive Fairydust, from the then-upcoming album by Nidhi Chacko. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNh35rnDKew yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-use-suspended-chords-creatively-on-piano 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fxQ4L4orZaM/maxresdefault.jpg How to Use Suspended Chords Creatively on Piano Watch as our keyboard faculty Jason Zac shows you the various things you can do with Suspended Chords. You get to learn the types of Suspended Chords and ways to best use them integrated as part of an existing chord progression or with a varying bass line. See also, how they enhance the melody line as Jason plays you examples of popular tunes in music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fxQ4L4orZaM yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/ear-training-the-sounds-of-intervals-how-to-identify-them-fast 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6eICDPA7C68/maxresdefault.jpg Ear Training: The Sounds of Intervals (How to Identify Them Fast) Watch as Jason Zac explains some ways to identify intervals. An interval in music is formed between two notes, relative to each other. Jason explains how each of these intervals can be identified quickly by perceived mood or stability. Follow the exercises at the end to develop your ear! https://www.youtube.com/embed/6eICDPA7C68 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/bass-tip-the-major-scale-in-sequences-jason-kishander 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fqh5xngPhpo/maxresdefault.jpg Bass Tip - The Major Scale in Sequences - Jason Kishander An interesting approach to any scale is to look at the sequences within that scale. Jason Kishander, bass faculty at Nathaniel School of Music, explains and then demonstrates these sequences using the C major scale. He also shows how these sequences are used to construct the popular tune "Popeye the Sailor Man". https://www.youtube.com/embed/fqh5xngPhpo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/two-hand-piano-arpeggios-that-sound-beautiful-melody-on-top 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UdPaIaGiWKs/maxresdefault.jpg Two-Hand Piano Arpeggios That Sound Beautiful (Melody on Top) Two-hand piano arpeggios that sound beautiful — learn how to play flowing arpeggios in both hands while keeping the melody singing on top. This is how you take simple major and minor chords and make them sound rich, epic and alive. In this lesson Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music covers a few creative techniques for using arpeggios across both hands. You'll play a different pattern in each hand, build up to different speeds and time-division feels between the hands using ratios, explore polyrhythmic and syncopated arpeggios, and finish by shaping real melodies out of the arpeggio patterns themselves. These are intermediate-to-advanced ideas, but they're broken down so beginners can follow along and grow into them. If you want your arpeggios to stop sounding like an exercise and start sounding like a finished piece, this lesson shows you how to bring the melody to the surface. ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 04:05 Two Handed Arpeggios using Ratios 06:30 Polyrhythmic arpeggios 08:35 Syncopated arpeggios 10:24 Create melodies using arpeggios https://www.youtube.com/embed/UdPaIaGiWKs yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-exercise-6-popular-progression-i-iv-v 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/q08prYX9R5Q/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions (Exercise 6) - Popular Progression I IV V Practise playing and shifting between the most popular chords used in a variety of music: I, IV and V. Use chord inversions at the very beginning of your practice to make your piano playing as smooth and professional as possible. You'll also learn a technique to play I, IV and V on other scales, like the harmonic minor and other modes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/q08prYX9R5Q yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-choose-the-correct-keyboard-or-piano-which-suits-you-best 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/P6xU9PGegag/maxresdefault.jpg How to choose the CORRECT Keyboard or Piano which suits you best Learn how to choose the correct keyboard or Digital Piano or MIDI controller which suits you best. Jason Zac, our Keyboard Faculty, demystifies the various types of keyboards that one can buy. They come in many different avatars starting from the most basic (portable keyboards) to the most advanced, multi-functional (midi controllers and workstations). These cover a wide range of requirements and an even wider range of budgets. Learn how to choose your first keyboard or plan your first next purchase based on many factors ranging from your style of music to the technical specifications. We also cover features that should ideally be there in most Keyboards. Topics covered include: No. of Keys Action Touch Polyphony Multi-Timbrality MIDI compatibility Computer Integration Sequencer, Arpeggiator, Sampler I/O - Interface - Hardware/Software Controllers and UI Storage and Expansion Types of Keyboards Synthesizer Keyboard Workstation Portable Keyboards Digital Pianos - Console and Stage MIDI Controller Learn more songs here: More lessons here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/P6xU9PGegag yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-exercise-4-melody-and-harmony-in-one-hand 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/6f8xeNFih_M/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions (Exercise 4) - Melody and Harmony in ONE Hand Learn how to play both the melody line and the chords (harmony) in the same hand using a clever technique with chord inversions. Jason teaches this with the popular melody Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, played in F major. It's a great approach to the piano: it frees up your left hand to focus on rhythm and bass, and gives rise to solo piano playing. Pair it with our lesson on building chords for any melody using tonic, subdominant and dominant functional harmony. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6f8xeNFih_M yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-exercise-3-common-tone-voicing 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2oxt4WcTyIc/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions (Exercise 3) - Common Tone Voicing This exercise focuses on playing chord inversions using a constant note. It will improve your skill to instantly harmonise a certain note in a melody. Jason uses D at the top and plays six triads, 3 major and 3 minor, which have that note in common: D major, D minor, G major, G minor, Bb major and B minor. A short, focused drill for pianists getting comfortable with triads and their inversions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2oxt4WcTyIc yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-exercise-2-practise-the-circle-of-fifths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/KWP4m-Kufm8/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions Exercise 2: Practise the Circle of Fifths Practise the Circle of Fifths with proper usage of chord inversions in Part 2 of our 6-part inversions series. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music continues the inversions series with an exercise that takes you around the Circle of Fifths while applying chord inversions correctly. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KWP4m-Kufm8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-exercise-1-play-popular-progressions-smoothly 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hf9Xtc-_fWA/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions Exercise 1: Play Popular Progressions Smoothly Get familiar with the different inversions of each chord in this first exercise of our 6-part inversions series. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music opens a 6-part series with a foundational exercise that gets you comfortable with the inversions of every chord. Practise it with a rhythmic pattern and keep good time, and you will start moving between chords far more smoothly when you play popular progressions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hf9Xtc-_fWA yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-part-2-easy-to-play-smooth-voice-leading 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/YMOxrKNSwzo/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions (Part 2): Easy to Play & Smooth Voice Leading Combine all three positions of a triad and moving between chords becomes a piece of cake. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music makes chord playing super easy with chord inversions. When you combine the three positions for a triad, navigating between chords becomes effortless. You'll learn to play a progression by shifting smoothly between chords. Inversions also create smooth voice leading and a solid foundation for the singer or melody line. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YMOxrKNSwzo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-chord-inversions-for-beginners-root-position-1st-2nd-inversion-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/QAT69Hv1Zuo/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Chord Inversions for Beginners: Root Position, 1st & 2nd Inversion (Part 1) Learn how to form chord inversions on the Piano and play any triad (major or minor) in root position, first inversions, and second inversion. We also introduce you to spread voicing of chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QAT69Hv1Zuo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/sends-effects-and-headphone-monitoring 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/v_pumpbyfBI/maxresdefault.jpg Sends, Effects and Headphone Monitoring Learn to set up sends, effects and headphone monitoring in Pro Tools. Sends are discussed as both pre-fader and post-fader, so you understand the difference when you set them up in your own sessions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_pumpbyfBI yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/using-elastic-audio-in-pro-tools 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wF7qsm-3TNo/maxresdefault.jpg Using Elastic Audio in Pro Tools A tutorial on the basic use of Elastic Audio in Pro Tools for quantising and tightening musical performances. It is for anyone recording and editing in Pro Tools who wants to tighten the timing of a performance that has already been recorded as audio. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wF7qsm-3TNo yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/working-with-time-in-pro-tools-part-5-creating-a-custom-click-track 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/LBzndWz3QdE/maxresdefault.jpg Working with Time in Pro Tools (Part 5) - Creating a Custom Click Track Part 5 of our Working with Time in Pro Tools series: creating a custom click track. A Nathaniel School of Music tutorial on time signatures in Pro Tools, showing how to create your own custom click track inside Pro Tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LBzndWz3QdE yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/working-with-time-in-pro-tools-part-4-choosing-the-meter-by-pulse 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/bCUASNQXW28/maxresdefault.jpg Working with Time in Pro Tools (Part 4) - Choosing the Meter by Pulse A tutorial on time signatures, from our series on working with time in Pro Tools. In Part 4 we look at choosing the meter by the pulse, and how that choice is set up when working with time in Pro Tools. For anyone producing music in Pro Tools who wants to understand time signatures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bCUASNQXW28 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/working-with-time-in-pro-tools-part-3-meter-related-to-tempo 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/XPmyZy8aSEk/maxresdefault.jpg Working with Time in Pro Tools (Part 3) - Meter related to Tempo A tutorial on time signatures from Nathaniel School of Music. In part 3 of Working with Time in Pro Tools, we look at meter and how it relates to tempo inside the DAW. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XPmyZy8aSEk yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/working-with-time-in-pro-tools-part-2-beats-and-sub-beats 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rvuDiAQ4Gs8/maxresdefault.jpg Working with Time in Pro Tools (Part 2) - Beats and Sub Beats Nathaniel School of Music presents a tutorial on time signatures in Pro Tools. This is Part 2 of Working with Time in Pro Tools, on beats and sub-beats. It includes how Pro Tools divides a quarter note into 960 ticks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rvuDiAQ4Gs8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/working-with-time-in-pro-tools-part-1-meter 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0SEKe7HyY1A/maxresdefault.jpg Working with Time in Pro Tools (Part 1) - Meter Nathaniel School of Music presents a tutorial on time signatures in Pro Tools. This is Part 1 of Working with Time in Pro Tools, and it focuses on meter. The lesson works in the Pro Tools rulers, where the meter of a session is set alongside its tempo. A good starting point for anyone new to handling time in a DAW. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0SEKe7HyY1A yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/how-to-prepare-a-mix-in-pro-tools-colour-group-bus-your-tracks-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/wSEJYDqrnx4/maxresdefault.jpg How to Prepare a Mix in Pro Tools: Colour, Group & Bus Your Tracks (Part 1) Using Pro Tools, we demonstrate the steps required before mixing. This can be a huge time saver and helps you concentrate on listening once you start the mixing process. Topics covered: colouring, arranging tracks, grouping tracks and bussing. Part 2 continues with effects, markers and memory locations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wSEJYDqrnx4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/steps-before-mixing-a-song-part-2 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4egVTzCZ5TY/maxresdefault.jpg Steps before Mixing a song (Part 2) Using Pro Tools, we demonstrate the steps required before mixing a song. This can be a huge time saver and will help you concentrate on listening once you start the mixing process. Topics covered: markers, memory locations, effects and metering. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4egVTzCZ5TY yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/vocal-exercise-maybe-on-monday 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rzGHaX1RAg4/maxresdefault.jpg Vocal Exercise (Maybe on Monday) A jazz waltz vocal exercise to work on your note accuracy, range and diction, by Nathaniel's vocal faculty, Mrs Lillian Zachariah. The exercise is called Maybe on Monday. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rzGHaX1RAg4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-scale-exercise-dividing-the-beat-for-smoother-steadier-runs 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/4m4yJfv8e18/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Scale Exercise: Dividing the Beat for Smoother, Steadier Runs Jason Zac, Piano / Keyboard faculty at Nathaniel School of Music, presents a tutorial series for Dividing the Beat, using a piano scale exercise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4m4yJfv8e18 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-piano-scale-exercise-in-thirds-daily-finger-control-drill 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TlOxpWcj5R4/maxresdefault.jpg The Piano Scale Exercise in Thirds (Daily Finger Control Drill) Playing your scales in thirds builds the finger control and ear that smooth, melodic playing depends on — here's a simple piano scale exercise to add to your daily routine. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music presents this scale-in-thirds drill as part of a wider series of piano scale exercises. Instead of running notes straight up and down, you move in interval steps of a third — which trains evenness between the fingers and a stronger sense of the scale's shape under your hands. Worked into regular practice, it builds speed, flexibility and the kind of finger independence that pays off across everything you play. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TlOxpWcj5R4 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/the-piano-scale-exercise-with-accents-build-finger-control 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/AUphw0EIRic/maxresdefault.jpg The Piano Scale Exercise With Accents (Build Finger Control) Adding accents to your scales transforms a dry technical drill into real finger control — here's a piano scale exercise that builds speed, flexibility, independence and strength. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music presents this accents exercise as part of a series of piano scale drills. By deliberately stressing certain notes as you run the scale, you train your fingers to control dynamics independently — which sharpens evenness, strength and your overall command of the keyboard. It's a simple, focused routine that any student can use to build cleaner, more controlled technique. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AUphw0EIRic yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/piano-trill-exercise-train-fast-even-fingers-scale-drill 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/UfKCPNQNSko/maxresdefault.jpg Piano Trill Exercise: Train Fast, Even Fingers (Scale Drill) A trill exercise to train fast, even fingers on the piano, part of our series of scale drills. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UfKCPNQNSko yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beat-division-on-piano-part-1-how-to-divide-the-beat 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/NJ9Q5s-X_N0/maxresdefault.jpg Beat Division on Piano (Part 1): How to Divide the Beat A beginner-friendly tutorial explaining how to divide the beat, the foundation of rhythm on the piano and the first step toward reading and playing rhythms with steady timing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NJ9Q5s-X_N0 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/practise-dominant-resolution-on-piano-using-the-circle-of-fifths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/f07Y-BQG5Gw/maxresdefault.jpg Practise Dominant Resolution on Piano Using the Circle of Fifths Use the Circle of Fifths to discover ways to study chord resolution using dominant 7th chords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f07Y-BQG5Gw yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/master-intervals-chords-on-piano-with-the-circle-of-fifths 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/rj8xIi2VCJQ/maxresdefault.jpg Master Intervals & Chords on Piano With the Circle of Fifths Use the Circle of Fifths to discover ways to use chords within a scale (Major or Minor) https://www.youtube.com/embed/rj8xIi2VCJQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/dividing-the-beat-part-3-advanced 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-XMy5iaf4m8/maxresdefault.jpg Dividing the Beat (Part 3- Advanced) An advanced exercise to practise dividing the beat, played on piano and keyboard. Part 3 of the Dividing the Beat series moves on to splitting the beat into 6 parts and 7 parts, sextuplets and septuplets, and practising the different subdivisions within those groupings until they feel even and steady. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-XMy5iaf4m8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/beat-division-part-2-exercise 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oQiBrXRSDc8/maxresdefault.jpg Beat Division (Part 2- Exercise) Part 2 of our Beat Division lesson: the exercise. Having looked at the beat level and its division levels, put them into practice at the keyboard with this rhythm exercise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oQiBrXRSDc8 yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/learn-every-scale-the-easy-way-with-the-circle-of-fifths-part-1 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/t68CpRSCzfQ/maxresdefault.jpg Learn Every Scale the Easy Way With the Circle of Fifths (Part 1) Part 1 of the series where the Circle of Fifths is explained in detail. Focus is on using the Circle to remember and link scales together. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t68CpRSCzfQ yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/dominant-7th-workout-part-1-essential-piano-skills-piano-musictheory-pianolessons 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/-V5OTIXPBYg/maxresdefault.jpg Dominant 7th Workout Part 1: Essential Piano Skills #piano #musictheory #pianolessons Think you need dozens of chords to practice? Think again. This E7 workout series breaks down 10 unique drills using just one chord and its inversions. Watch Part 1 now and stay tuned for parts 2, 3 and 4! 🎹 Take one chord and build ten gym-style piano workouts around it. In this practical lesson we use a single E7 (dominant seventh) chord and turn it into a full technique session that transfers to any chord you like. First we break down the E7 shape — root, major third, fifth and flat seventh — with sensible fingering for both hands and all four positions: root, first, second and third inversion. Then we run the ten drills: the inversion ladder, the siren, piano jumping jacks, the horn throw, the dead hang, the speed bag, the rope climb, the pyramid set, the crunch and a cool-down stretch. Along the way you'll practise arpeggios against block chords, alternating two-note patterns, tritone swaps between the third and flat seventh, finger-by-finger lifts, speed work with a bouncing wrist, hand-crossing and accent groupings in twos, threes, fives and sevens. This is for pianists who can build chords but want them to feel musical and coordinated. Get your piano out, start slow and try every workout on other chords around the circle of fifths — then tell us your favourite gesture for the horn throw in the comments. 🏫 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 📂 Improvise over ONE chord - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9oizLJPiwwH_gvSH-IFu_V 📚 Making Chord Practice FUN with Circle of Fifths - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-D6G1jDe18TFflopjjnxRG 🗂️ Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📋 Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-BCpTe-KKSdiKlAFMvYNsH 🎶 Hand Independence - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 ============================= 🎓 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 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #PianoChords #ChordInversions #PianoPractice https://www.youtube.com/embed/-V5OTIXPBYg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/boom-shankar-explained-lagori-part-3 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gTk4_HkXArg/maxresdefault.jpg Boom Shankar Explained - Lagori (Part 3) Geeth Vaz explains the interlude and chorus sections of Lagori's hit single "Boom Shankar" on guitar. This is Part 3 of the Boom Shankar lesson series, for guitarists who want to learn the song section by section. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gTk4_HkXArg yes Nathaniel School of Music https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com/video/e7-chord-workout-pt2-dead-hang-horn-throw 2026-09-17 monthly 0.8 https://img.youtube.com/vi/RT3tOGZlWdo/maxresdefault.jpg 🎹 E7 Chord Workout Pt.2: Dead Hang + Horn Throw Part 2 of our E7 piano workout series! Explore the Dead Hang finger-lift drill and the Horn Throw voicing technique to sharpen your hand independence. 🎹 🎹 Take one chord and build ten gym-style piano workouts around it. In this practical lesson we use a single E7 (dominant seventh) chord and turn it into a full technique session that transfers to any chord you like. First we break down the E7 shape — root, major third, fifth and flat seventh — with sensible fingering for both hands and all four positions: root, first, second and third inversion. Then we run the ten drills: the inversion ladder, the siren, piano jumping jacks, the horn throw, the dead hang, the speed bag, the rope climb, the pyramid set, the crunch and a cool-down stretch. Along the way you'll practise arpeggios against block chords, alternating two-note patterns, tritone swaps between the third and flat seventh, finger-by-finger lifts, speed work with a bouncing wrist, hand-crossing and accent groupings in twos, threes, fives and sevens. This is for pianists who can build chords but want them to feel musical and coordinated. Get your piano out, start slow and try every workout on other chords around the circle of fifths — then tell us your favourite gesture for the horn throw in the comments. 🏫 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 📂 Improvise over ONE chord - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9oizLJPiwwH_gvSH-IFu_V 📚 Making Chord Practice FUN with Circle of Fifths - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-D6G1jDe18TFflopjjnxRG 🗂️ Chord Voicing & Inversions - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 📋 Arpeggios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-BCpTe-KKSdiKlAFMvYNsH 🎶 Hand Independence - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-On4vodpAoZqTlWDCS5jv7 ============================= 🎓 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 💰 Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +917760456847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #PianoChords #ChordInversions #PianoPractice https://www.youtube.com/embed/RT3tOGZlWdo yes Nathaniel School of Music