Ballads

1 "Stardust" A beautiful song by Hoagy Charmichael in which I teach you the arrangement while also reviewing arranging techniques that "spice up" the song. We will be covering drop 2, drop 3 and drop 4 voicings. These voicings help to spread out your chords.
Released: August 25, 2010 • Duration: 01:33:27
2 "Danny Boy" - Londonderry Air Has Free Chapters I cover a lot of really neat reharmonization techniques in this lesson, including dominant motion, related ii-V’s, dominant motion and much more. Best of all, you get to learn a beautiful ballad arrangement of the song.
Released: April 9, 2009 • Duration: 02:26:47
3 "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones - Vol. 1 Has Free Chapters In this first volume, we will work on getting down the chords and the groove for this song that Norah Jones made famous. If you want to accompany yourself or others while singing, the chapters on how to break up the chords up the chords with be extremely valuable to you. In volume 2 we will work on improvisation.
Released: October 12, 2013 • Duration: 00:56:15
4 "Don't Know Why" - Vol. 2 Has Free Chapters In this 2nd volume, we will be learning how to build a solo over the Norah Jones song, "Don't Know Why." These techniques work well for most pop/rock songs so you can easily take what you learn in this lesson to other songs. We will also learn about rock piano articulation which gives your improvisation more of a 'pop' and helps your lines stand out.
Released: October 26, 2013 • Duration: 01:03:29
5 "In A Sentimental Mood" Has Free Chapters Learn Duke's beautiful ballad In A Sentimental Mood. We start with the analysis of the song which makes it easier to memorize and transpose the song to other keys. Next we cover the step-by-step process for creating an easy "quick" arrangement. After that we talk about how to re-harmonize the song to create an interesting arrangement. Finally, you will learn the arrangement note-for-note.
Released: July 9, 2011 • Duration: 01:24:16
Total Course Duration = 07:24:14

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Learn beautiful, slow ballad arrangements of popular songs in a range of styles. These songs range in difficulty but are rich with gorgeous chords and motion.

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