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Hey guys, welcome to Creative Can Academy with me, Joseph Sarkar. And today, you know, everybody keeps talking about the left hand. You know, left hand, the company went left, on patents, left thumb exercises, left hand this and that. What about the right hand? You know, the right hand needs a bit of loving too. So I'm going to give you three right-hand patterns, totally beginner-friendly, as well as a few bits and pieces to really get creative with it and stack up those layers, as is the Creative Piano Academy way. So stay tuned.
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On this channel, I post simple techniques to get you playing better piano and having way more fun with it. If that sounds good to you, smash that subscribe button with your right hand, of course, as well as that little bell finger next to it, so you get notified when I upload new videos. Now, let's go.
Okay guys, so I've got three right-hand piano patterns for you today. They sound really nice, really inspirational. But before we dive into those, I just need to go over a few things to make sure we're all on the same page here. So I'm going to accompany all these patterns in the right hand in the left hand using very simple single notes, and that's it. You know, it gives it a little bit more body underneath, and it gives you something you can actually use to turn them into pieces of music. Now, this is a video on the right hand, so that's why I'm keeping the left hand really, really simple. I am gonna use the pedal for most of this as well, so check out the cards. There's a bit, there'll be loads of supplementary videos in the cards for you, the pedal being one of them.
Now, to demonstrate these right-hand patterns, I'm going to use the key of C major, and I'm going to use a 1-5-6-4 sequence in the key of C. So that's a C major chord (1), a G major (which is called 5), an A minor (which is called 6), and an F (which is called 4). Now, it's really common, you'll have heard it all before, but it's a really good way for you to learn these patterns first, and then, and that's the point in this video, you can take it into any chords you want, any chord progression, and that's what I want for you. I'm gonna give you some tips to do that.
So, pattern number one, we're going to use thirds. Okay, so first of all, we'll get into our C major chord here. I'll show you in this, in this chord first. So we're going to split this chord up. So we'll take this C here down into the left hand, and I'm simply just gonna play this C down here. It's a single note, job done. Now, in the right hand, all I'm going to do is I'm going to take notes 3 and 5, which is the E in there and the G. So we've got 1, 3, and 5. Okay, so my left hand's on 1, and then I've got my little finger, finger 5, on the fifth note G, and the third note E, and the third finger on the E, which is the third note. And then all I'm going to do is alternate between the G and the E like this. Okay, so if I put the left hand together with that, we get this.
Okay, so the first thing you need to do is practice that. We need to get that nice, steady, even movement between those two notes. Okay, you can use your third and your first finger as well, like this, but it just depends what you choose. You could either use your fifth and your third, or your first and third. It depends where you want to go after that chord. This is where you start getting experimental, but anyway, you know, you practice it with both fingering. So that's it in the C chord, and then for the G, all I'm gonna do is I'm going to move down to the G here and alternate between us. Okay, well, this is the beauty, bar. You know, once you've got it in one of these chords, you can just shift this around and job done. You know, C major, and move to G, and then I'll move to A minor, and then F.
Okay, so that's what it sounds like. Now, it's important you get used to that first, so don't jump ahead until you're really comfortable with that. But I do want to give you a tip so you can see how you can get creative, experiment with it, and basically just have a lot of fun. So what we can do here, same principle, is instead of just using the third and the fifth note like this, we can actually use the first and the third note like this. Okay, so if we see our, our chords like this, we look at our, you know, triads. Instead of using all three notes, I'm just going to use these two. So I'm going to C down here, I'm going to use E and C with the G, so the E and C. And same with the F.
Okay, so if I just show you an example of that with the C chord, we've got this here, and we've also got this. Okay, so you need to get used to playing this pattern with notes three and five like this, and notes one and three like this. Okay, and once you're used to that, this is where the magic happens. You can get really creative. You can start mixing and matching them together. So, for instance, using the same chord progression, I could start off with this one here, which is one and three, and then when I move to G, I could use three and five instead. And then when I move to A minor, I can use one and three like this. And then here's something really nice. When I move to F, all I need to do is move A to F, and because this A minor chord here and this F major chord here shares a commonality of this A and C, I can play the A and C here and keep this going for the F. Yeah, so all I'm doing here is mixing and matching, using three and five, and using one and three.
Now, two quick exercises to get you started on this, with the added bonus that they sound really nice as well. We've got F major here and A minor. Notice how we've got that A and C shares that commonality.
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Okay, same thing we can do with the A minor here to the C. Okay. A dusty keyboard. So that is pattern number one. Get used to it, have fun with it, start changing those chords around. But before we move on to pattern number two, check the information box down below because I've put a link to a YouTube video in there. Bye. It's a, it's a music video by U2, and it's a song called "Every Breaking Wave," and it's a live version that they did on Jools Holland back in like 2014, something like that. Check you out, and you should see something that you recognize. Now, okay, so look at what The Edge is doing on the piano, and it's really nice to see that perhaps the biggest band in the world don't shy away from using really simple patterns like this. And whether you like U2 or you don't, it's kind of irrelevant. You know, you can't argue that they're the biggest band in the world. And if it's good enough for U2, it's good enough for you, and it's good enough for me. So check that out, give it a listen.
Now, pattern number two. So we'll get to our C major chord again. Get your right hand in position. One, fingers 1, 3, and 5 on the C, A, and G. And all you're gonna do for this pattern, dead simple, is move up and down those notes. So we've got C, E, G, E, C, E, G, E, like those. Okay, it's really good for working your finger independence. Those you can start out quite slow and then build the speed up all the time until you hit that kind of that peak of your comfort zone, you know. Now, find the left hand in, like I said, just single notes, dead simple, it's all we're doing. Okay, now, as always, once you've got that pattern, all you need to do is move it to a different position. So from here, I'll move to G, and then A minor.
Okay, so we've got here, played quite fast here, but you know, you could play it as made you comfortable with. And I could play it faster than that, but sort of elongate the bar links of it. So I could go home.
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You can do all sorts with this pattern. So get used to that pattern first, and now I'm going to give you a few tips to take it a little bit further. So instead of a firm, instead of starting off on the C and moving up and down like this, start on the G instead and move this way. Okay, technically it's the same, it's just a trick with timing because on the first one we started off on the one, so go one, two, three. Yeah, thought the bottom notes are on the beats. Now the top notes are on the beats. So that's something for you to try and again.
Now, tip number two, this is where the magic happens. So we're going to play around with inversions. And check the cards. I'm going to put a video in there all about inversions. It's like "Piano Chords from the Very Beginning" or something. There's a chunk in there about chord inversions, but essentially, they're dead easy to work out because once we've got our C major chord here, we've got our triad. All we do is we look at these notes and we see what other orders we can play them in. Okay, so I've got my C, E, G. How could, where I could play a G, C, E here, or G, C, E. Okay, so now I'm going to use these inversions, and it's down to you to work out what these are and learn them. But this is, this is something you could do once you've learned them. So, for instance, it's like, start off with C, but when I move to G, I can move to G first inversion here, instead of moving all the way down here in blocks, I can start playing around with these inversions. And then notice how our first inversion F. Yeah, and then maybe able to go to this one.
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Just keep firm forever. So you get the idea. Now, this is, this is where you can start experimenting again, just like before. Don't feel restricted to chords 1-5-6-4. You can, you can start experimenting with all the different chords. And I do want to touch on that towards the end of the video. But, and you know, surprises here for the example. Okay, check down in the information box below. Linked you again to someone like you by Adele. I mean, you kind of knew that was coming, didn't you? But just take a listen to that. Listen to the piano part, and you can hear how it's pretty much just this exact pattern. And again, it's good to hear that in action so you can see how little simple patterns like this can, can basically be used to create beautiful music. Just as a sign up before we move on to pattern number three, you can spend hours in front of the piano just having fun with these inversions and putting them in different orders and all sorts of stuff. You know, for example, if we step outside of that very specific chord sequence, you know, I can just play around.
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Knows I've switched, switched again. I mean, I'm just doing, I'm just doing now unconsciously. But anyway, you get the idea. You can just keep going and going and going using that. The more time you spend doing it, the more familiar it will become, and the more like interesting things will start to happen, I promise you.
Now, you're not for that pattern number three. So this time we're going to use notes. Well, we'll go back to the C major chord here. And this pattern basically takes the third and the fifth in fingers three and five, and alternates between these two together and the root. Okay, so we're just going three and that's it. Okay, so then one, two, three, four. Is how you should be familiar with these chords by now. Once we've got used to this pattern in this position, just move it around G, F, up to A minor, to bring in the left hand singles. Okay, we can play this fairly slowly and just have it twice like this.
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It sounds nice, or twice as fast and really longer at the bar, a bit so we get one.
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So that's pattern number three. And just like in pattern number two, the next stage for you is to just play around with those inversions. Okay, because if you stick to the, basically they're the top two notes and then the first note, you're good to go. So, for instance, if I use this as this as an example, I'm going to use the D in the, the G for my top note and the B for the bottom note, so something like this. If I take this C here, so this is second inversion C, and use these top notes again, and then just alternate between those two. So C, E, C, E. So you get the idea. Then, and again, bring my left hand in. It's very similar to pattern two, but it's just got a different feel, you know.
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And you can see how soon as you start experimenting with inversions and playing around with those different positions, melodies start cropping out. You know, you might think, oh, that sounds nice, maybe I can add a passing note here. And, you know, one thing leads to another, and then you start creating, you start composing, and things start gelling together, and you start developing yourself as a musician rather than just a performer. Now, I promise you, there are loads of examples of this pattern in action as well. So why do you have a look around? Or if you know of any, stick 'em in the comments below so others can have a listen, and we'll see how many we can kind of gather up. Okay, so that's it for the three patterns, guys. You mean you've got three solid patterns there, and very specific examples for you to get going and get practicing. Then you can start experimenting with those actual creative tips I've given you, you know, experimenting with different positions, different inversions. But I do want to give you one last thing to have a think about, and that is, other than just using chords 1-5-6-4, I want you to experiment with using all of the chords in the key of C. If you don't know them, do not worry about it. Chords again, you can check out my "Piano Chords from the Very Beginning" video. It's all in there. But you can take all those chords in the key of C, pick just one pattern to experiment with, and then sit and play around with it. So, for example, I could take all the chords available to me in the key of C, as well as pattern number one, C. So I'll use those as a bit of an experiment. So I just start playing around.
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No, I can just sit and play well that for hours, you know, just building up that familiarity, building up that confidence. And as I said before, you know, this is where you start getting career. If you start composing your own stuff, it starts to feel good, and that's what I really want for you guys. So there's a lot in this video, so, you know, tick what you're comfortable with, and, and then get familiar with it, and then slowly, you know, revisit the video and build on it and build on it until you become much more familiar, much more confident with those inversions, and where we can go, and you build that confidence. So there you go, guys. Three right-hand patterns for you, and all the tools you need to just sit in front of that piano and get inspired, get career, and start hours of fun. Hope you like that. Back to me.
Okay guys, so I hope you like that and you've got the idea that, you know, if you're a beginner, you can just dive straight into these patterns and just get going straight away. They're totally beginner-friendly. But if you have got a little bit more experience, then you can start layering up, explore those videos I've put in the information box, and, you know, start getting creative with it, explore another chord sequences, etc. You get the idea. Go to creativepianoacademy.com for my latest premium resource. At the time of this video, it's the best adult piano practice plan, so you know how to practice the piano, you know, all that time you're putting in is being put to the best use possibly can. It's really good. Grab yourself a copy. Like the video if you liked it. Subscribe to the channel, and I will see you, and we'll see you in the next video.
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