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I started lessons over 50 yrs ago with a classical instructor. I lasted one year. The next year I started with a local sax player who also taught "popular" piano. He started me straight away with a 1-5-8-5 arpeg left hand with right hand melody off of lead sheets (which he wrote out by hand). It was absolutely mind blowing to me that I could'seemingly overnite, play a huge popular repertoire. I still use this as my go to approach for a quick start with any lead sheet. With lots of practice/experience you can grow into more sophisticated techniques but this specific technique is the only one that will give a good / acceptable result just about every time. It even works pretty well with jazz if you use your right hand effectively and definitely works well with simple arrangements of classical.

Can you imagine if they took this approach at schools! I spent 4 years at secondary modern here in the UK, we supposedly had music lessons 3 times a week..and in the whole of that 4 years I struck the triangle about 6 times.. that was it. No one was allowed near the piano! I’m now 64 and learning the piano and with your help I’m loving every minute. Thank you for your generosity and utterly wonderful teaching approach.

Just what I needed! Thank you! 🙏

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful ! what a wonderful teacher you are, I'm learning so so much with you and really can't thank you enough. Much peace and love Gary x

No words, just saying thanks for the wonderful tutorial. GOD Bless you

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support!

Love the way you teach!

You make it look so easy , KD , very nice 😊

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

:P Thanks for watching!

Sounding so beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Very Nice… Thank you. God Bless you.

This is amazing! It gives me the confidence I never had with piano. Thank you so much!!!❤

Love this... and the new youtube cover photo as well

This song is a great motivator. I can sound really good quickly and then go off and learn more difficult pieces. Would love to see you break down some more songs in this way. Thank you!

Thank you very much for your classes. You make easy to understand for someone like me, who is trying all sorts of methods to grasp the secret of playing piano and , till now ,I felt a bit lost.❤. And, by the way, I wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY 2024.

nice song and love the rolling chords... you make it easy to learn... Thanks...

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

So glad it's helpful to you!

Wow … that was so cool … thanks!

This is a subtle, effective technique to make a song have more movement and sound more full. But that rhythmic coordination! I’m going to try to learn this exact part of this song from the video so that I can watch your hands!

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Yep - it will take some practice to get used to. Happy practicing!

Kaitlyn, thanks for thinking in us... the beginners!!!!😘😘😘

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

Salsa has great rhythm and great piano solos.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful LH pattern

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and enjoy!

Great lesson !! Think you for making learning fun !!

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

So glad it's helping you!

That was an awesome tutorial on how to enhance a song with a simple left hand pattern. Since you asked for suggestions on other songs, my pick would be the beautiful jazz standard Nearness of You

New sub thumbs up, you get straight to the point, I will learn this great, simple style. God bless.

I need a video about variations in happy / fast song. Thank you

Thanks for the lesson ❤

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

Another great video Kaitlyn. It seems like a lot of times just a simple addition to the left hand takes the song to another level. Where do you think is the best resource to get lead sheets that aren’t overly complicated, but will still sound good? Thanks

i thought i finally got over with this song post strumming over my guitar and humming and creating a live recording cover, but no not yet, can't have enough of this song. I like the left hand pattern you showed. thanks.🤗🌝🌈❤

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. It's a nice song. :)

Thank you very much! I am surprise how often note 3 is the top note. But, I guess that depends on what you are playing?

Thanks Very Helpful

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Wonderful🥰👍

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Love to do this with Dock of the Bay

Imagine is a beautiful melody

Thank you very much Kaitlyn. This is a nice way of teaching. So awesome. I would like to request the song "Imagine" by John Lennon. Could you please show how to play it and jazz it up? I would like to follow how you play it. Thank you.

Thanks!

@pianoly

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Ohhhhhh Voooooowww !! Soooooo lovely !! Today night I shall try 🙏 this Pattern. Thank you soooooo much. God bless you and your family and your team so much. Can you suggest me this or other pattern for the song " Amazing Grace ", please ?!!

That technique sounded beautiful!❤ I would like to play the Ballad Pour Adeline and Canon in D.

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Thank you and nice choice!

I was trying this using arpeggioed triads in the left hand but it didn't sound that good. I like the root, 5th, and octave pattern you demonstrate, and now all I have to do is coordinate my hands.... I will practice this until I get it, thanks!

Waaaaaaw!

I hate that song but I stuck around for the lessons. And it was worth it. Thanks!

Many thanks for this. Could you do a Beatles song "I will."

I love that little trick of adding the fifth and using the leadsheet is a great idea (I saw another video where a pianist does the same). How about doing "The Look Of Love" and "Autumn Leaves." Thanks.

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Nice choices!

For those of you who are just starting out playing the piano like I am, and are old enough to remember a Joni Mitchell song called “River,” the 15851 arpeggio is used throughout the song in the left hand, while the right hand plays just a pair of notes, one and six, of the various chords which would normally be played in the right hand. I recommend you search out River and download the transcription, so that you can see how well this pattern works.

Thank you, Kaitlyn. Again and as usual good advice and nice recommendations! Looking forward to watching your next video. A song for "Jazzing it up" could be "Eyes without a face" by "Billy Idol".

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Nice choice!

The easiest left hand accompanied is chords whether to play them as straight chords or arpeggios.

2nd Waltz

Thank you for this wonderful lesson, Kaitlyn. Where could I get this and other popular lead sheets? This is a great way to learn! Thank you!

@pianoly

3 ай бұрын

Glad it helps you! I just made this resource recently for students: kit.co/pianoly

Love to learn Night Train old style. Blues / jazz style. Can you help? Thank you😊

I would love to play with melody Amazing Grace or I Can Only Imagine Currently learning classical style and it’s painfully long !! Playing with chords only is not what I think I want either because I can’t sing and want to have the song decipherable. What a beautiful song ! Thank you

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Learn from lead sheets! It does not require you to sing. I would watch my free training.

I would love to jazz up and play the Thrill Of Your Love, by Elvis Presley! Thank you for asking, Fran.

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Nice choices!

Being Christmas time, how about Silentg Night. 💗

Is this any good with a keyboard?

The song of the prophet by Queen

I am looking to play Last Date by Floyd Cramer could you do a you tube on how to play it. Thank you

Morning beautiful lady, I can't wait until I come back from the dentist, but I can just say I adore lead sheets because they're easy and allows one's creativity express through music. I am a beginer self taught ear player I don't read notes juuust a little, I can't play fast... don't like it to be honest and counting to me means nothing... is inside me... The couning intimidates me catastrofically, again to be honest, so I let the holy spirit take care of that. Is very interesting that you kindly explain what the left hand does in relation to the melody, how and when, what goes with what and when... this type of thing, that's what I was wondering for a long time, just curious I suppose. So there I am anything to inspire me and give me confidence because I always think that I am wrong. My moto is if it souns nice I am ok no need to worry, so I rely on my instinct and my good ears, bless them☺. Thank you👍.

I like this methode

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@ipatmusikshow8891

8 ай бұрын

Yes i really like

@ipatmusikshow8891

8 ай бұрын

Ir is very importan❤❤

You are very beautiful. 🙏

The song I most want to play well is: "I Love You" by Climax Blues Band. Thank you

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Nice choice!

@johnletitia

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, I bet you could figure out a basic chord progression to teach us on here? Please... @@pianoly

If only you would give the sheet music then I could practice this!!!!

😀👌

mam i see your all video how can i contrac with u. plz mam respond

Jazz up you Never Give Me Your money Beatles😊😊😊

You are beautiful ❤️😻

Honesty by Billie Joel

Hope you can help with this one, as I have searched extensively . From album (When I Fall In Love) Chris Botti with Paula Cole ... 'How Love Should Be'. Written by Jeremy Michasel Lubbock - UK. Amazing melody and lyrics. Want to play it sooo badly !! Plz teach chords and magical improv ! 🙏🏻

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions!

Thanks for the video. So you're arpeggiating root, fifth, root in the left had. That's 3 notes in 4/4 time. How does that work?

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Quarter note, quarter note, half note. Make sense?

@159awi

8 ай бұрын

@@pianoly Awesome, thank you!

@159awi

8 ай бұрын

I've always assumed that the left hand had to fully define the chord. But I guess that's not true then. That opens a lot of possibilities.

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

@@159awi Correct, it does not depend on the left hand. :)

@annapayne214

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the question and answer !! 😊

Where can you get these kinds of lead sheets?

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Search your favorite artists in google with "lead sheets" and some will come up!

I will be your student…but right now I have been working hard in my job! I want to play piano 🎹

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

As long as you can show up for 10-30 minutes most days of the week, you can learn piano!

Blue Moon

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Nice choice!

Hi Kathy, Enjoy watching your instruction still can’t play yet. Can’t quite move my finger just yet. My favorite song that I want to learn is: “Somewhere in Time” and “Out of Africa.” Love John Barry movie music. Take Care and have a blessed day. 🙏🙏🙏 Oh, and “Happy Halloween.” 😱🎃👻

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

Nice choices!

I like better to see your fingers on the notes, instead of listening to lots of talking,I do love your site, I okay by ear, and I learn getter when I just SEE, how you play, I’d love to subscribe, just to see how your fingers hits the keys, -perhaps slower, like in this site, 🌹

This is bull I'm not able yo play moonlight sonata 3rd movement after watching this 😂😂

Dearest Kaitlyn , how old are you ?

At first you played chords with your right hand then you didn't play them when you played the melody. Why don't you play the chords with your left hand and the melody with your right hand.

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

I would watch my free training to help. There are 2 ways to play piano- as an accompanist or as someone who plays the accompaniment and also the melody. I showed both ways in this video.

Totally confusing. The octave is not a chord.

@davemitchell469

8 ай бұрын

An Octave is a 2 note chord. Also called a dyad. Hope this brings some clarity 🙏🏽

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

You're right - an octave is not a chord. We played notes in both hands, therefore including all parts of the chord.

@frankconley7630

8 ай бұрын

@pianoly thanks for the reply. I should study more before I comment. I cant help myself. When you play the melody with the right hand, do you have the option to play the whole chord or the octave and fifth with the left hand?

@davemitchell469

8 ай бұрын

@@pianoly ❤️

@pianoly

8 ай бұрын

@@frankconley7630 You can do all kinds of things... we can mix up everything to make it sound nice!

Chords are not 1 3 5. Its 3 halfsteps between the first and second note you play and 2 halfsteps between the second and third note you play

@ryan__dcosta

6 ай бұрын

It is 1 3 5 in that specific scale

@wearru

6 ай бұрын

It is 1 3 5 in the scale of the key