Creative Practice Routines

ROUTINE 1 hand independence A warm welcome to the first routine. This is the big one… hand independence. In this routine I have 3 exercises specifically designed to help get that left hand working with the right. They all work together and, in the end, give you something that sounds great. LESSON goals 0% Video TimestampsTick…

LESSON 6 Routine 4 (Bonus) How To Use The Sustain Pedal Welcome to this bonus lesson on how to actually use the sustain pedal. This is an in-depth video I recorded for another course I have called Creative Piano Patterns. It’s the very first pattern in fact. This course is all about being able to…

BONUS Developing Your Musical Ear (An Introduction) Welcome to the final lesson in the Creative Practice Routines ‘Beginner’ course. I wanted to end our sessions together with a creative flourish. So here’s how you can take the skills we have carefully nurtured and use them to develop your musical ear. If you apply the principles…

LESSON 7 ROUTINE 5 Lets Put Everything Together LESSON goals 0% Video TimestampsTick When Complete 1 The Creative Concept 2 Creating your own routines 3 Chord Progression Example 1 4 Chord Progression Example 2 5 Chord Progression Example 3 6 Chord Progression Example 4 7 Two last concepts to take things to the next level!…

LESSON 6 Routine 4 (Part 2) The Magic Of The Sustain Pedal LESSON goals 0% Video TimestampsTick When Complete 1 The Big Practice Goal (Using Block Chords) 2 Example Routines 1 and 2 (Block Chords) 3 The Big Practice Goal (Using Broken Chords) 4 Example Routine 1 (Broken Chords) 5 Example Routine 2 (Broken Chords)…

LESSON 3 Routine 4 (Part 1) How To Use The Sustain Pedal LESSON goals 0% Video TimestampsTick When Complete 1 Example Routine 1 2 Example Routine 2 3 A tiny tweak to create 2 more practice routines 4 I have gone through the routines and practiced using the pedal 5 I have watched and understood…

LESSON 5 ROUTINE 3 Lets Create Some Music LESSON goals 0% Video TimestampsTick When Complete 1 The Big Practice Goal (Right Hand) 2 Example Routine 1 (Right Hand) 3 Example Routine 2 (Right Hand) 4 Example Routine 3 (Right Hand) 5 The Big Practice Goal (Both Hands) 6 Example Routine 1 (Both Hands) 7 Example…

LESSON 4 ROUTINE 2 playing your first chords) LESSON goals 0% Video TimestampsTick When Complete 1 The Big Practice Goal (Our Chord Progression) 2 Example Routine 1 3 The Big Practice Goal (Bringing In The Left Hand) 4 Example Routine 2 5 Example Routine 3 6 I can play the full chord progression using the…

LESSON 3 ROUTINE 1 scaling the scales (part 2) LESSON goals 0% Video TimestampsTick When Complete 1 The Big Practice Goal 2 Example Routine 1 3 Example Routine 2 4 Example Routine 3 5 Extra ideas and exercises to help you ‘nail the scale’ (Woah that rhymes!) 6 I can confidently play the C major…

LESSON 3 ROUTINE 1 scaling the scales (part 1) LESSON goals 0% Video TimestampsTick When Complete 1 Our Big Practice Goal (The Main Exercise) 2 Example Routine 1 3 Example Routine 2 4 Example Routine 3 5 Using common issues to create extra exercise to generate more practice routines 6 I can play the main…