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269 | Lesson 19 - Quick Update

Hey there. I worked on Lesson 19 (Circle of Fifths) all day yesterday. Here's a short update that we filmed last night. Enjoy!

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On the Topic of Holiday Discounts

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278 - Easy Trick to Play Piano Chords

How do musicians move around the piano keyboard so quickly? And how do they know which notes to play in a progression?

Let's look at the underlying patterns that guide your eyes, mind, and hands to play chords on the piano with ease -- in any shape (or "inversion" ).

Join the live stream -- Monday, March 25 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern:
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Lesson 19 update & Supporters stream peek

Hey there, everyone! Lesson #19 is coming along, and I want to give you a quick update-- The text is written. I've spent the weekend creating illustrations. 100 of 126-ish are done. We just wrapped one of our weekly supporters streams here. (Weekly? Yes, with things wrapping on the course soon-ish, we are kicking those up to weekly. That starts now. THANK YOU for being here, supporters.) If you'd like a peek at what the supporters streams like, the link to today's stream is here: https://youtube.com/live/4HnquM6Qriw

Hope your week gets off to a good start. Talk soon!

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281 | The Beatles - Glass Onion (music theory)

The Beatles' song, "Glass Onion" from the White Album is one of their best tracks. It has a distinctively tense sound that gets stuck in your head. So let's look at this tune through the lens of music theory to see how John Lennon wrote this chord progression.

https://youtube.com/live/N4cFE4sbC3w

To play along with (and pick apart) this song, here are the chord diagrams for each section:

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Open Hour Q&A - Saturday, April 13

Join me for this week's Open Hour Q&A live stream Saturday, April 13 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern.

No planned presentation -- just answering questions and talking music theory.

If you can’t join this week’s Q&A, post your questions here in advance.

Here's the link to join:

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280 | The Strange Nature of Music Intervals

In music, intervals are everything. You could say they're more important that the notes themselves. But they're also confusing for one main reason ... because of the numbers we use to label them. So let's take a closer look at these symbols to really make sense of them.

Join the live stream -- Monday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern:

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