American Oxygen – Rihanna

What a beast of a piano sound. Quite the cool voicing techniques in this one as well, smoothing that sweet set of chords out over this killer piano-riff intro. 

I figured it was time to record and post some Rihanna again! The tutorial for this song of hers is suitable for you intermediate players that are looking for some new and alternative voicing techniques and want to have yet another great example of why the bass defines the harmony.

I tried to re-build the piano sound from the original getting to something that is pretty beast-like itself, right?

Something quite different this one. I kinda like it. How about you?

Have fun playing this one!

Cheers, Coen.

About Coen

Founder of Piano Couture and creator of the Hack the Piano method. Coen is a musician, creator, reader, writer, web-designer, educator, coach, eater and traveler. Find him at CoenModder.com

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