Music
Group Piano Lessons: Contemporary Style Improvisation (Discounted First Class!)
Does your child love contemporary music? They can learn to jam on the piano with a contemporary style! This discounted class allows your child to decide if contemporary improvisation is a good fit—or they can take it as a fun stand alone!
12-17
year old learners
3-6
learners per class
$6
Charged upfront
Meets once
25 minute class
Available times
Pacific
Description
Class Experience
In this course, students will learn how to play piano in the style of "popular music"-the type of music you might hear while streaming. Rather than learning a specific song, students will learn the fundamentals of the style and practice "jamming" or creating their own melodies. Improvisation is a fun, relaxed way learn how to play the piano. Students will learn the major and pentatonic scales and how to improvise with those notes. They will start improvising right away! They will learn how...
This class is taught in English.
Students will be able to improvise in the right hand using the major and pentatonic scales.
I'm a certified music teacher with over a decade of experience teaching music in the public schools. My Bachelor's Degree (from SUNY Fredonia) is in music education, and my Master's Degree (from Loyola University Maryland) specializes in Kodály Music Education. My mom was a piano teacher and my dad was a public school music teacher, so in one sense you could say I've always grown up around music and the piano. I had traditional piano lessons growing up and in college. However, around Middle School I discovered that my real love for piano is Boogie Woogie music, the blues, and improvisation. I would have given anything at the time for improvisation instruction; that's one of the reasons why I'm so passionate about passing on my love of piano improvisation with young students today!
Students will need a keyboard or a piano. It is recommended to point the camera at the keys if possible.
25 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
Teacher
Paul McFarlandCertified Music Teacher Specializing in Blues Piano
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Lives in the
United States217 total reviews
293 completed classes
About Me
Hi there and welcome to my Outschool page! I'm currently offering a coupon for $15 off of any of my classes labeled "Private Piano Lessons" (1-1 format) or Flexible Schedule Lessons. Valid for one use per family. Simply apply the following...