7 tricks that will make you sound good at piano

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Today I'm going to show you 7 little tricks you can keep in your arsenal that will add that extra flair and style to your piano playing!
And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Yu Kyung Chung, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇
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0:00 Introduction
0:28 black note glissando
2:36 white note glissando
4:20 MY NEW PIANO COURSE
5:02 grace notes
7:00 arpeggios
8:25 chromatic scales
10:19 pedal point
12:46 semitone chord progressions
15:49 putting all the tricks together!

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9 июл 2024

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@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

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@wyattstevens8574 Год назад

Here's a neat way to merge tricks 4-6: Rick Beato's 12-tone triad technique. (see his video for more details) The chords you use in pedal point can be arpeggios, but can also be logical and generally planned out. Here are 5 examples Rick has of 4 chords with no common notes: (i.e. whose aggregate *is* the chromatic scale) Cm, Dm, E, F# Csus, D, Esus#4, Absus C+, E, F#m, B° Csus#4, Esus, Absus, Bb Csus, Dsus#4, Bb°, B

@alexgoico Год назад

Do you have a course after the beginner course?

@jstnxprsn Год назад

While I knew most of that, the little bits and pieces I didn't were really enlightening. Wish I'd had this vid when I started playing by ear so many years ago. Better late than never. Wondering if you have a similarly enlightening video on inversions. I know how to do them, but truly understanding how to effectively use them while writing songs tends to escape me. I would never have thought to use them like Journey does in Who's Cryin' Now. Can you help, David? Happy New Year!!!

@gavinkaufmanworld Год назад

Hi David. I went to watch the trailers on your Artmaster page and they don't seem to play on my Apple Mac or iPhone. I'm not sure if this just an Apple related issue (and will work on PC) or perhaps some other issue? It's the same for the trailers for other courses on the site too. Just wanted to let you know 😀

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

@@gavinkaufmanworld thank you I’ll pass this on 😊

@UkuleleAversion Год назад

1. Stand up and play 2. Move your head close to the keys 3. Play clusters with your right foot 4. Lean back so people know what you’re playing isn’t total garbage 5. Drop 5k on a Nord 5 and never bring it to gigs because you don’t want it stolen 6. Play Eb blues scale over everything no matter the key 7. I couldn’t think of a seventh trick

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

😂😂

@lynx48k Год назад

David has the widest Nord piano I've ever seen.

@reziahamed9255 Год назад

Agree 100 % on point # 1 ... ! It really elevates the physical momentum... :)

@Jobotubular Год назад

😆😆😆 -- mainly for #5. I once heard some old guitarists trading stories about the multi-thousand-dollar guitars they'd had stolen at bar gigs. I suggested they not bring such valuable guitars to those gigs, but leave them at home for recording. They looked at each other and shook their heads, and told me I just didn't get it. (signed, a musician who has never had anything stolen at a gig ... but also doesn't have any instrument worth that much)

@Ernie_Centofanti Год назад

😆😆😆

@vspatmx7458 Год назад

The biggest problmes with David's videos is that It ends. I hate that. He is such an awesome pleasure to listen to. His insightful content packed videos need to be long. And shud never end. Or perhaps end only when the sun decides to end itself.

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

*shood

@TheDirge69 Год назад

schoode

@wyattstevens8574 Год назад

Should

@satelliteimagerymusic Год назад

shooed

@mapper7310 Год назад

I love how when you showed how to do the black note glissando you didn't just show how to do it but instead explained why it sounds good

@johnmaher5887 Год назад

I’m mostly a piano player but I sometimes play the pipe organ at church, and I use the semitone “trick” for when I’m just playing quiet instrumental music as people are arriving. Whole notes sustained on the organ with one note moving down at a time create some interesting chords and voicings on the organ which sound nicely contemplative.

@striverfor7628 Год назад

Notes for myself 2:36 White note glissando Minor 2nd dissonance less obvious with higher notes than lower so do the glissando upwards. Glissando and resolve on the note C. 6:37 Acciaccatura - grace note 8:12 Use an arpeggio to add flourish to something. 9:06 Chromatic scales are not in a key. Can be used in all keys. 9:29 End chromatic scale on a chord tone. Demo of playing the scale with some chords. 10:19 Pedal point. E.g. always playing C in the bass. F# chord (tritone) over C. Making it sound intentional is the resolution to the tonic. 12:46 Semitone chord progressions demo. Simple trick that makes it sound interesting. These are all good tricks to pull out the bag. 16:12 Demo of all tricks put together.

@satelliteimagerymusic Год назад

@David_Bennett_Piano.these scammers :/

@FiveFigsDigital Год назад

Hey, David. Great video as usual. Just had to comment: In March of 1978 while working stage crew at Brown University, I watched Bob Geldof and Johnny Fingers write this song after soundcheck. Years later I found out Mr. Fingers had sued Saint Bob for co-writing credits. I wanted to get on a plane and testify for Johnny. Lots of reasons, couldn't do it. That's all, keep up the good work and EVERYONE should support this guy on Patreon.

@TheCinnaCat Год назад

As someone who has been playing piano for about 25 years, I do find myself using a lot of these tricks in my improvisation and composition for my own music, but a few of these are new to me! Great video as always!

@liquidsolids9415 Год назад

The semitone chord trick was great. Sounded like Moonlight Sonata. I’ll have to try that on the guitar. Thanks, David!

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thanks!

@gorgolyt Год назад

This trick always reminds me of Strawberry Fields.

@zzzaphod8507 Год назад

Yes, it's a good thing Beethoven isn't around to make a copyright claim, ha

@wyattstevens8574 Год назад

Totally did!

@warrenburroughs3025 Год назад

The first thing I thought was that's Moonlight Sonata then further on into the progression I thought it's Because (The Beatles from Abby Road). It was only later that I recalled that John was inspired to write the intro for Because when he heard Yoko playing Moonlight Sonata on his piano. either way it's a great sound.

@lawrencetaylor4101 Год назад

Merci beaucoup, David. You helped open up my world to music theory after 65 years thinking that I was tone deaf. You bring eyesight to the blind, quoting Pete Townsend.

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

That’s great to hear! Thanks 😊

@bazookaaxel Год назад

@@DavidBennettPiano I want to thank you as well. I did receive classical piano lessons as a kid but the older I got the less interested I became and the more it was my parents' wish. But as an adult you have opened my world to music theory and it's just awesome.

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

@@bazookaaxel 😃😃😃

@Jobotubular Год назад

bearing in mind that Townsend credited that to its actual source, Sonny Boy Williamson

@choimdachoim9491 Год назад

I like the white-key glissando ending on the D. It has finality but leaves the future open.

@chrishb7074 Год назад

Yep. A Boomtown Rats fan here. Got that in under a second.

@thepianodreamer2012 Год назад

Love these ideas!

@JohnSpo Год назад

Happy New Year, David!

@nabooster Год назад

Happy New Year David. Thanks for sharing your genius. One of the best piano lessons I've seen.

@samiq2 Год назад

I love your tricks and they way you explain them. Looking forward to more piano tricks from you.

@_eIIa_ Год назад

as a flute player, grace notes are my go-to addition to make any piece sound more fun

@sonja_rademacher Год назад

Thank you for telling me the names of my "I just do this thing and it sounds well" things. Great video!

@janakinathg7651 Год назад

I always watch your lessons, adds to my music theory . Seminole chord tone is an excellent one .

@d.s.19 Год назад

Was waiting for a code to get the course. Started going through the music theory one recently. Already helped a lot. Thanks!

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Great to hear!

@drummermomcjs 2 месяца назад

Thank you David, these are great and I look forward to incorporating them in my playing. I have played drums for 45+ years but am still very much a beginner on the keys and the guitar. This was most helpful to me. Especially the semitone trick.

@kabedford Год назад

I've been struggling with piano for several years now, learning from various online resources. Recently I found your channel, and I've just been *electrified* (metaphorically), because what you talk about and *how you talk about it* is so compelling. And this video is brilliant! Thank you! Cannot wait to try these things out! Many thanks for all you do! :)

@53hobbit Год назад

so many great ideas. Thank you so much.

@ToastandJam52 Год назад

This is fantastic!! Thanks for this one!!!!!

@rocketpost1 Год назад

Very interesting David, there's always something new to learn even at my advanced age. I never thought of doing a slide on the piano like you can do on the guitar. All 7 tricks were interesting especially the pedal-point and the raised/lowered semitone in a chord note. Keep up the good work.

@GrotrianSeiler Год назад

Very impressive presentation, David. Thank you. Pedal point was clearly my favorite. Cheers

@evedotcom Год назад

The semitone chords example sounded so much like The Leftovers theme which is such an emotive piece of music. So cool!

@tactikzzF1R3 Год назад

Another fabulous and very helpful video. Thank you David!

@caraheust5801 Год назад

Fantastic tips , David.

@jeffteza8644 Год назад

Great stuff David, useful and quickly applicable for us beginner/intermediate pianists!

@composer7325 Год назад

excellent, Davis, thank you rot this upload.

@robingaspard Год назад

Awesome video! Thanks David!

@tfmarketing12 Год назад

This is why the piano is the King of Instruments. Great demonstration, David.👍

@sophiedelageneste6035 4 месяца назад

Thank you David for the amazing work you do and share. I am a beginner and find your videos fascinating and informative.

@curtpiazza1688 Год назад

Great ideas! Can't wait to try them out! Thanx so much!!

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

🤩

@jowmister1594 Год назад

last technique sounded awesome. makes a player sound like a genius.

@AH-ps9pt Год назад

Very easy and very well explained! Makes an over the hill beginner like me sound great!!!

@MarkDavis00 Год назад

This was the coolest lesson! Thx so much for sharing

@francoisdelestre1728 2 месяца назад

A master class. Remarquable !

@kanekitchen3802 Год назад

loved this one. great explanations.

@robertgumpi7235 Год назад

Good video. Using these for years but first time see these „tricks“ put together under one topic.

@aanderson7983 Год назад

Excellent 👌 Thank you

@cs-williams Год назад

Thanks David, it took me a long time as someone playing around in Logic and my keyboard, to figure out the simple semitone change was what my ear craves. No idea why but it just makes music magic :)

@burntsider8457 Год назад

Brilliant. thanks.

@signetulupan Год назад

EXACTLY what I needed! Thank u, brother! ❤️💜❤️

@colinburgess7728 Год назад

great video - priceless advice

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thank you!!

@ozboomer_au Год назад

Very useful, as always.. but the 'semitone' trick was one I'd not actively thought about in terms of it defining a chord progression. Always some pearls in these videos. Thanks for posting.

@gavdobs Год назад

great tips!

@CJScrol Год назад

Great tutorial! Thanks!

@markshveima Год назад

Brilliant!! Love this!! Thank You!!

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thank you!

@seraphinvandegar4510 Год назад

Oh! I was just learning "Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-midi" by Yann Tiersen and wondring how he came up with the left hand. Then I see your video and understands the semiton chords. This will be a huge help for me when I want to come up with melodies. THANK YOU!

@patrickvictor9499 Год назад

Thank you so much, you are awesome

@newguy6935 Год назад

Wow! Very helpful. Thank you.

@gavinkaufmanworld Год назад

Another excellent video - thanks for sharing David 😁 Happy New Year!! 🥳

@Str0b0 Год назад

Very helpful, thanks!

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@reziahamed9255 Год назад

Knew most of this... But who on earth can explain this well better than you do !!!! Really enjoyed & Huge inspiration at its core ! God Bless David ... :)

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thank you!

@simongodfrey2224 Год назад

Another great lesson

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thank you!

@jayromec.robinet9707 Год назад

Thank you!

@5Marchan Год назад

this channel is gold

@upstairsdownstairs Год назад

How dare you insinuate that I’m not already a god at the, um… what’s it called again? The hammer button thingy

@timk4829 Год назад

Another great video! Thanks, David. And definitely an incentive to finally buy an e-piano.

@TigerRogers0660 Год назад

Thank you David!! That semitone idea had me composing a chord progression in my head as you were showing it. Great stuff!!

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@wyattstevens8574 Год назад

8: (Rick Beato's 12-tone triad technique, blending 4, 5, and 6) Over a consistent pedal, for example C, arpeggiate chords (in any order and direction) such as Cm, Dm, E, F#. This covers all 12 unique notes! In general: the minor chord built off the pedal and the one a whole step higher, and then the same for major triads starting a major 3rd above the previously mentioned pedal. Rick said this trick covers every note every time! In fact, he used a 12-tone row from one of his formulas (first shown in the 12-Tone Triads video) as the Everything Music intro for a while.

@hoctroviet Год назад

That last trick is really awesome! Thank you!

@cylixte Год назад

Great content David !

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thanks!

@mikeblack622 Год назад

Really nice! Thank you. 🙂

@signetulupan Год назад

WOW!!!! Bellisimo!!!

@cakemartyr5794 Год назад

That was great. Thanks once more for a fabulous video. I'll definitely have a go at the glissando. It was interesting to see number 7, the semitone chord, as that is what I've been trying to do for a while, I just didn't have a name for it!

@sonja_rademacher Год назад

Same here.🙂

@stoatystoat174 Год назад

Looks good clean fun, will give them a go

@robertmyers6518 Год назад

Thanks for naming the "semitone chord" trick. I accidentally stumbled on that as a kid and would play it on any piano I came across, not really knowing what I was doing except that it sounded good. Also, the Boomtown Rats opening caught my attention *instantly*. : - D

@MrK-ti5lt Год назад

Dude, you're so talented. Great channel, great explanations. Cheers from CO, USA

@geryalan Год назад

I am not a piano player, but I always learn so much from your videos!

@gtrdoc911 Год назад

Amazing tips! Thanks so much David. One song that uses the pedal tone and the chromatic ascent is the McCartney CLASSIC "Maybe I'm Amazed".

@charlesscott3949 Год назад

BRILLIANT !!! Thank You.

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thanks!!

@robertbourke7935 Год назад

Wonderful David

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thanks!

@grandstandforpiano1822 Год назад

Great tricks!!! Great accent!!!

@bigbroiswatchingyou2137 Год назад

7:55 "The thing that makes it a trick, a simple thing to do-" I was ready for the third ad of your new piano course lol

@JayCAlan Год назад

probably the most useful (to me) video you've ever made

@SYPCWAK Год назад

Thanks!!

@joarnold448 Год назад

Perfect! Just the sort of video I've been looking for. Now please one on how to voice chords over the two hands when accompanying - as a non-piano playing musician, I'd find this really useful for composition.

@iradukundamosesnestor3934 Год назад

You have no idea about what I like those techniques but finally I have been figure it out God bless thou too

@DanBrill Год назад

I always learn so much from your videos. Great stuff for somebody like me that improvises a lot. (i.e. I'm terrible at reading music. 😆). Can't wait to try the semitone chords.

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

That's especially fun when you're in a major 7th mood

@J0HNJ0RDAN 11 месяцев назад

I like to play 2 E flats an octave apart with the left hand and then just run through the black keys with the right. Then switch to 2 F sharps with the left hand. It's a really easy way to sound like you know what you're doing because you get the major and minor key shift and the black keys are so easy to play that you can really flow with the right hand. You can add in the 5th to make power chords and add the extra 2 scale notes for full on major/minor.

@midcam Год назад

Great 👍

@AyJayAreDii Год назад

For the arpeggios. You can swap hands between each octave which makes it easier to play but looks more difficult.... To someone who doesn't play at least

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

Sometimes it's the only way I CAN do it... it's nice that it can look more difficult.

@FrostDirt Год назад

Yep. Spicing up the bass sounds good though

@urilevy1 Год назад

I love this guy

@fb8726 Год назад

Love this! And I bought your course just now, even though I am not a beginner. So it is a win-win semi-donation :-)

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thank you!! 😊

@domdos2264 Год назад

Thanks David never played piano. But I'm going to start. Best wishes

@frankzelazko Год назад

Cheers David

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thank you!

@noone-ld7pt 8 месяцев назад

Thanks!! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! I am first and foremost a guitar player but I found that I can translate a lot of my repertoire to the piano by just playing basic chords. However, it just doesn't sound good without some piano-specific techniques thrown in that I had no idea how to "fake". This gives me some great ways to be able to pretend to play piano! :D

@robster7316 Год назад

An 8th trick: new hands! Thanks and Happy New Year, David!

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

😂 happy new year!

@briandoherty3364 Год назад

Superb :)

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

Thanks 😊

@Sara-lk2yr Год назад

Very Nice hints! Thanks 😊🙏 I would add other tricks, maybe more difficult. - Other grace notes (trills, groups,...) - Tremolo - Passing notes - Broken chords chords in both hands played in different keys and pitches.

@budfoon Год назад

Trick 7 is an easier and nice variation on the common tone chord progression - thanks!

@scrumpydave1 Год назад

Great example of semitone chords is Chopin's prelude no 4 in Em. Wonderful piece of music.

@leftengelmann Год назад

Wow!

@lewin4221 Год назад

thanks!

@DavidBennettPiano Год назад

No problem!

@Megamec Год назад

I only find piano courses for beginners (alot of them and really good). I’m not an advanced piano player but far from a beginner and would love a course that teaches things like in your video here. All your tips are great especially when improvising. I would like to have similar tips also on how to play a little bit more advanced pieces. Not classical pieces which requires you to keep strict to the sheet music. I like to play things from Elton John, Norah Jones, Queens etc. They ”allow” you to improvise based on the chords and I usually only read the chords with the lyrics and ”improvise” the song based on those. Learning those techniques better would be really helpful.

@JulianLeithoff Год назад

I think the intro & verse of "Let me entertain you" by Robbie Williams uses the Pedal Point technique. It exactly creates this tension that is released by ending in the tonic chord. In the chorus, the same chords are used but without the pedal point aspect. It`s interesting to hear the differences only created by this trick!