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. In this lesson, we use Howard Goodall's brilliant Black Adder theme to explore how to combine melody and harmony in the same hand — freeing up the left hand for creative bass lines, rhythmic patterns and spread voicings. You'll learn how to use chord tones to shape a melody, handle inversions for melodic movement, add stride and block chords in the left hand, bring out classical textures on the piano, and understand G major theory and modal modulation. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Black Adder Performance 00:47 - Melody & Harmony in the same hand? 01:43 - Building Complex Chords 02:00 - Howard Goodall’s Black Adder Theme 02:27 - Inversions to bring about the Melody 02:46 - Strong v Weak Beats 03:54 - Melody linked with Chord Tones 04:30 - Handling the Technical Challenges 05:43 - Essential Theory - G Major 06:32 - Learn the Melody 07:18 - Work out the Chords for the Verse 09:27 - Melody with Stride Chords in the Left Hand 10:39 - Introducing Chord Inversions 11:43 - A La Nylon String Classical Guitar 14:40 - Deciding the number of chord hits 17:36 - Left Hand Block Chords 18:35 - Modal Modulation 19:13 - Chorus with Chord Inversions 21:53 - Freeing up the Left Hand 23:34 - Spread voicing with Chord fills 26:02 - What to Practice next? ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #ChordMelody #Blackadder #PianoArrangement
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