Ear Training | Part 1 how to practice your musical ear to improve as an overall musician VIEW LESSON Scroll down In this post (part one of a quite extensive, two-part dive into this subject) I’ll talk about the concept of the “musical ear” and how training it by regularly performing so called “ear training” ... Read more
re: stacks - as I've already mentioned a few times before, is one of my favorite tracks of all times. However bare and simple the recording (crappy even!), the bed of harmonies, supporting that hauntingly gorgeous melody is just so unbelievably strong. Music in its purest form. Beautiful. So, a few weeks ago, since I was just starting ... Read more
A Primer! This week, my good buddy and awesome pianist Jeroen breaks the ice, being the very first guest teacher on Piano Couture. He's making his début with Major Lazer & Justin Biebers' hit single - Cold Water; and how! As a professional Pop-Pianist who -like me- solely plays by chords, ear and heart, Jeroen ... Read more
With Isn't She Lovely, Stevie Wonder was an early pioneer, bridging a gap between Jazz -with its heavily extended voicings and 2-5-1's- and Pop -where four chord loops would become the standard. Although premiering this blunt form of turnaround, because of it's juicy implied "V" (the dominant in the "in between" 2-5-1, leading to a ... Read more
I decided to stick with the big hits one more time this week, so if you're interested in how to play Billboard's current no 1, The Chainsmokers - Closer, this is your tutorial. Consisting out of just 3 - albeit quite juicy extended - chords, this tune once again proves how monotonously minded and sound/production driven ... Read more
Sia keeps outdoing herself in the field of chart topping pop music. Hit after hit come from her hand and/or throat and I am quite positive that with her (now still new) "The Greatest" she is again shooting for peak position. After hearing the arguably biggest name in current popular music - Sia play her ... Read more
In a previous post, I wrote about my *love* for Bon Iver and how "re: stacks" might just be my favorite song of all times. Definitely in the top 10. So, since I've had two vocal coaching sessions / singing lessons already and this tune was received with quite some enthusiasm when I first played it ... Read more
Jamie’s “These Are The Days” is one of those perfect pop/jazz-piano-mix tunes that holds a TON of valuable skills, licks & techniques to re-use in the rest of your playing. A true treasure trove. I could write a ton about Jamie as a pianist. How awesome, talented and crazy skilled he is on the keys and ... Read more
Piano Couture is evolving. Bruno Mars is too. At least; I've evolved my When I Was Your Man tutorial to a full fledged Deluxe Tutorial with all parts now clearly explained. In this post, holding a MUCH requested updated version of this very popular tutorial of mine (over 450,000 Youtube hits at the moment of ... Read more
How could I not make a solid tutorial of THE summer hit of 2016 -Justin’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling”- when it holds such an extensive amount of funk, groove, fresh- and tightness, mainly because of its killer bassline? Yes I know. I’m a bit on the late side with publishing this one. Sorry for that. However, I felt it ... Read more
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