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WILLIE MYETTE’s

Piano EssentialsLesson by Willie Myette

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ESSENTIALSWILLIE MYETTE’s

When you feel comfortable playing the Major scale hands together and you have completed practicing the sections on Common Triads & 7th Chords, Natural Minor Scale and Chord Tensions, you are now ready to practice the iii-V7/ii-ii-V-I progression. I’ve created a play-along track in 2 tempi for you to use: 80bpm and 120bpm. Both tracks elongate the iii-V7/ii-ii-V chords to two-beats each. The entire form is 3 measures in length. Here are the steps (in order) that you should practice:

1. Play the example as written (2-5 min) 2. Add comping rhythms (2-5 min) 3. Play rootless chords in both hands (2-5 min) 4. Play rootless chords in left hand only (2 min) 5. Shells left hand, arpeggios right (2-5 min) 6. Arpeggios using rootless chords hands together (5 min) 7. Improvisational arpeggios (5-10 min)

Total practice time: 20 ~ 40 minutes depending on how much time you devote to each exercise. There are many other exercise possibilities. Try new ideas . Let your creativity be your guide and create your own exercises based upon what YOU need to accomplish. Have fun! -Willie

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Piano EssentialsTM

Key of CJAZZEDGE

Common Triads & 7th Chords

Major and Minor Triads

iii-V7/ii-ii-V-I ProgressionChord Tensions

Natural Minor Scale

Other Common Triads

I-IV-V Chords

Common 7th Chords

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