| Techniques. Some of them are more useful than | | | | OPC and notice the sound. It's quite modern isn't it? |
| others. Especially when it comes to piano playing. | | | | Now take a look at the keyboard diagrams and |
| What you're about to learn is a special way of forming | | | | familiarize yourself with this chord. Once you get a feel |
| chords at the keyboard that will have you playing | | | | for this chord structure you're left with how to use it. |
| chord piano in no time. | | | | This is the fun part! What I did in the lesson |
| It's called the open position chord and it's exactly what | | | | "Reflections in Water" is simply to play the OPC's and |
| its name implies - a chord structure that covers more | | | | improvise melody using notes from the C Major scale. |
| than 2 octaves of the keyboard and uses both hands | | | | That's it! That's all that's required to create your own |
| right away. | | | | unique music. |
| The open position chord (or OPC for short) is not an | | | | You see, learning the OPC makes it all the easier. |
| easy chord position to master at first, but once you | | | | Because you have such a wide note spread between |
| get it in your hands, you'll be well on your way to | | | | your fingers, it allows you to make "more" music so to |
| playing chord piano. | | | | speak than if you were to use triads or closed position |
| Let's take a look at how we might go about learning | | | | chords. |
| this new technique. Take a look at my free piano | | | | Even the audio part where I just play the chords is |
| lesson "Reflections in Water." Here we have 4 open | | | | musical. Many of you want to learn how to play piano |
| position chords in the Key of C major. You'll notice the | | | | using chords. I suggest starting with the OPC because |
| play button along with keyboard diagrams. Listen to the | | | | it gives you instant satisfaction on the keyboard! |