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Posted on 03/26/202302/22/2025

Neo Soul Piano Chord Progression

Creating a chord progression with a neo soul sound using minor 11th chords is quite simple, once you know how to voice the chords. Rather then following [...]  read more

Posted on 02/14/202102/27/2025

Pop Ballad Piano – Mixing Patterns

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To create another rhythmic pattern for the pop ballad progression, you can use the same ninth chords from the previous post and arpeggiate them. This simply means playing the notes of each chord one after another instead of playing the notes at the same time.

Playing arpeggios

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Posted on 02/08/202102/27/2025

Pop Ballad Piano – Adding the Ninth

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The previous post contained the first three steps to create a ballad style piano piece:

  • creating a chord progression

  • using inversions for a better voice leading

  • and adding the bass notes in the left hand

Adding sweetness to the sound

Now let’s move on and take [...]  read more

Posted on 05/02/202001/28/2023

Rock Piano Soloing

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Soloing over a rock tune is not that different from playing a blues or funk solo. The most [...]  read more

Posted on 04/20/202003/18/2021

Rock Piano with Slash Chords

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A very powerful yet simple element to use when playing rock piano is slash chords. This means that you play a chord over a different bass note than its root. So while you would normally play a C [...]  read more

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