| Imagine being able to sit down at the piano and create | | | | have the chord what are you going to do to make |
| your own unique music without years of study. Now | | | | music? You are going to improvise a melody with the |
| imagine being able to do it within 1 hour! It's possible | | | | right hand using the tones from the C Major scale. You |
| when you learn how to play the open position piano | | | | see, all you really need to know in order to make your |
| chord! | | | | own music is chords and the scale the chords came |
| The OPC is a special way of forming chords at the | | | | from. |
| piano. You use both hands right away to create a | | | | You need to know the notes of the scale so you can |
| modern sounding chord that's perfect for today's | | | | use them to improvise a melody. Now the beauty of |
| contemporary styles. It's called "open position" because | | | | the open position chord is that you don't have to move |
| of the way the notes of the chord are spread out. | | | | your hands around too much in order to create a |
| The left hand plays the root, fifth, and seventh notes | | | | melody with. In fact, you can pretty much stay within |
| of the chord while the right hand takes the third and | | | | this chord structure and create a beautiful piece of |
| seventh again. The sound is amazing but this isn't the | | | | music. |
| biggest benefit of this particular chord structure. The | | | | Reflections in Water uses 4 chords to create a few |
| biggest benefit is what you can do with it! | | | | minutes of music with. A beginner can learn to use this |
| For example, in the piano lesson "Reflections in Water," | | | | chord structure within 1 hour and create music with it. It |
| you start by playing a C Major 7 OPC. Now that you | | | | really is that easy! |