In this course, Mike discusses rhythms in life, The Pulse in music, time signatures, notes and rests (and the importance of space!) down to 16ths, counting as a…
You'll learn how to use grace notes and double stops to add a bluesy "gritty" sound to your improvisation. This gives you that classic blues piano improvisation…
In this lesson we are going to focus on how to accompany yourself in a rock/pop style. We will cover accompaniment while playing the melody or while singing or…
This lesson features a song by one of the most famous folk singer-songwriters of all time, James Taylor. A beautiful piece that is familiar to a large audience,…
Rhythm is perhaps the most important aspect of creating good accompaniments. In this lesson I'll show you 4 different rhythm patterns and how to apply them to a…
This classic Billy Joel tune is a great bridge between rock and jazz and offers many exciting jazz 'twists' which we will cover. This rock standard will be appr…
In this lesson we will be covering slash chords and broken triad patterns. The inspiration section shows you some advanced 16th-note patterns for hand collabora…
In this first PACE lesson we will be covering triads and inversions. We start in a rock style and over the next several weeks shift toward jazz and blues chords…
In this lesson I'll show you how to both fix a chord chart (looking for bad chords) and how to FILL OUT an arrangement when only a few chords are given. We will…
Learn both an easy and intermediate arrangement of this rock classic. I'll also break down HOW to create an arrangement so you can take these concepts to other…
