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Musicians who play the blues usually follow a format of 4 bars of the I chord, 2 bars of the IV chord, 2 bars of the I chord, 1 bar of the V7 chord, 1 bar of the IV chord, then finish with 2 bars of the I chord. Rinse and repeat.

PlayPiano.com offers a wonderful email & online newsletter on piano chords titled "Exciting Secrets of Piano Chords & Chord Progressions" which arrives in your mailbox every few days and demonstrates everything about chords from major to 13ths, plus chord progressions of all kinds.

Start improvising by just using two chords and a motif.

To transpose means to play a piece of music in a key other than the key in which it was written. Modulate means to move between two keys.

Improvising the blues on the piano involves learning the structure of the blues as well as the blues scale.

One of the best ways to make an interesting chord substitution is to use 1/2 step slides. Substitute the chord that is 1/2 step above the target chord before you arrive at that chord.

One of the best ways to make an interesting chord substitution is to use 1/2 step slides. Substitute the chord that is 1/2 step above the target chord before you arrive at that chord.

Chords can be played with one hand or two, but complex chords sound much fuller if voiced with two hands.

Piano players can create runs and fills to make songs sound more exciting and interesting through the use of tremolo-fired runs.

When selecting a piano teacher, be sure that he or she knows music theory and how to use chords.

Piano styles are many and varied, but one way to get a big sound is to use block chord styles.

Piano techniques include a walkup and a walkdown from the tonic to the dominant.

You can make wonderful sounds on the piano like a music box by playing high on the keyboard and using something like an Alberti bass in your left hand while playing the melody in your right hand.

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Unless you went to a music school or had an unusually good piano teacher, you may not have been exposed to tetrachords. They are 4-note scales with a definite formula that form the basis of our diatonic scales (normal 8 note major scales)

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Millions of people play the piano, but few understand chords and chord progressions. It's a shame, because it's not rocket science or brain surgery, plus its a lot of fun to really understand what you are playing on the piano.

Piano players need to know 3 chords more than any others -- they are the primary chords in each key. In this short video Duane demonstates a chart that slips behind the piano keys and shows the most used chords in any key.

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Piano Chord Progressions: Tri-Tone Chord SubstitutionThe mysterious "tri-tone substitution" has puzzled musicians down through the years. I used it for 20 years without knowing the name of it -- I called it "half-step slides from above". It adds interest to your piano playing and chord progressions by substitution the chord that is a tri-tone away from the root of the V7 chord.

Piano runs and fills to add to most any song.