"TV" Tips

Cocktail Piano Tips
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TV” Tips consists of an ever-growing collection of video tutorials aimed at helping you to enhance your solo piano playing skills. If you have some experience with playing some melodies and you have a handle of your basic 7th chords, these mini sessions will help you to sound more “pro” at that piano or keyboard of yours. A Premium Membership is just $19. That’s a one-time donation. Secure your place now. We’re adding new video tutorials weekly. Your membership entitles you to gain access to all of them. Click the “Register” button below to learn more and to see the current video sessions already available to you.

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“When you play music you discover a part of yourself that you never knew existed.” ― Bill Evans

"TV" Tips covers a variety of topics including...

Voicings

The voicings you use have a significant impact on the overall texture of what you’re playing. We continue to include more tutorials to help you add to your arsenal…

Improvisation

Each short tutorial focuses on one aspect of piano improvisation. Even beginners can get a handle on these techniques and make them their own…

Chord Styling

Learn to incorporate the kind of chord styling strategies that make your playing sound “pro.” As with other topics we spotlight, we continue to add more and more to this area…

… and much more

Dave
"I consider it a pleasure as well as a privilege to share the passion of music. It is my sincere hope that you will benefit from your experience here."
dave longo
Pianist, Instructor
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Tips for all levels

Whether you are a beginning cocktail piano enthusiast or a more seasoned player, there is always room to learn. These concise, easy-to-understand tutorials focus on one specific technique or strategy to help you enrich your style. Many tutorials include actual excerpts of well-known standard tunes along with complimentary graphics to help make assimilating the suggestions a whole lot easier.

A unique feature:

Our site is highly interactive. As a member, your ideas for new topics are a high priority here. Your input greatly influences the content of upcoming tutorials.

An Array of learning tools

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ProProach

25 lessons devoted to cocktail piano chord voicings and more. Click here to get the first five lessons free

Sneak Peeks

Each video tutorial focuses on a few measures of a standard type tune as we approach it from different angles. Learn more

Make Your Piano Ballads Sing

New at cocktail piano? If you know the basic 7th chords to a favorite tune of yours, this video session will show you how to play it “pro” style with just a couple of chord structures. See a sample

Improvisation Using 7th Chords

New at improvising? If you know your basic 7th chords, you’ll be improvising in no time. See a sample

Tritone chord
substitution

This video session demonstrates the chord substitution strategy that every pianist must know. Learn more

Coaching

No tool can be more potent than getting some one-on-one coaching that offers customized material created just for you. Learn more

You know how to play [very basic] 7th chords and play through a melody to a favorite standard. Yet your results are falling sort of your expectations…

If that rings true for you, this video session was created with you in mind. Is it really possible to sound “pro” on those keys with just basic chord knowledge? Apply what you’ll learn here and you’ll know the answer for yourself. Instant Access Learn more

This eBook contains links to video demonstrations of the concepts discussed. Instant Access Learn more

This “Easy-As-1-2-3” system will have you bangin’ out pro piano chord sounds quicker than you can imagine… AND you’ll be sounding “pro” in no time flat!

This chord voicing chart system will have you acing some of the finest piano chord sounds available… all within the context of that wonderful standard song Georgia On My Mind! Instant Access

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Never improvised before? That will begin to change in about 20 minutes. No theory needed. Start discovering your innate ability to express yourself creatively  with this very simple strategy that was inspired by a Berklee teacher of mine. Instant Access Learn more

Like the blues? Start playing blues piano today with this special video session created specifically for blues piano beginners. Instant Access Learn more

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