Rob – Piano for Singer/Songwriters 2: Pop/Rock Rhythm Immersion

Singer/songwriters with strong rhythmic feel can create unique songs and cover modern songs authentically!

Strong rhythmic feel can take your playing to a professional level!

It’s the difference between a YouTube cover artist who plays a 100 songs the same way (just a wash of that same rhythm pattern he or she knows), and somebody who can interpret songs authentically and create their own rhythm patterns.

Having a strong command of rhythm patterns allows each song to be different, not a wash of the same feeling.

That’s why the music of piano wielding singer/songwriters like Ben Folds, Carole King, Sara Bareilles, Diane Birch, Gavin DeGraw, make you feel alive. It’s all in the Rhythm.

But how do you gain strong rhythmic feel?

It’s not about memorizing a few rhythm patterns. That’s not what these artists are doing.

Gaining strong rhythmic feel requires rhythm pattern immersion.

This course will immerse you in the 8th note rhythm pattern feel that genre’s such as Rock, Pop, Folk, Country, are built upon.

You’ll play 8th note rhythm pattern, after 8th note rhythm pattern, after 8th note rhythm pattern, until that feel is internalized.

At the end of this immersion course you will have “8th note feel” and will be able to create your own rhythm patterns for your own songs, and cover other songs authentically.

• You’ll gain strong internal rhythm
• You’ll be able to play complex 8th note rhythms
• You’ll viscerally understand the difference between 8th note Swing and 8th Note Straight
• You’ll understand concepts like Anticipation, Syncopation, Backbeats, Texture
• You’ll experience melodic piano hooks and begin creating your own

I’m excited to show you what I’ve prepared for you!

If you are too, I’ll see you on the inside!

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Your Instructor

Course Curriculum

Piano for Singer/Songwriters 2: Pop/Rock Rhythm Immersion
Welcome

Introduction (1:48)

Rhythmic Subdivision

Rhythmic Subdivision Refesher (3:45)

Developing Feel – Straight vs. Swing

Straight vs. Swing (3:07)

8th Note Feel – Exercise 1 (1:36)

8th Note Feel – Exercise 2 (1:56)

8th Note Feel – Exercise 3 (2:16)

Internalizing the Beat – Metronome on the Backbeats (3:06)

Pop / Rock Rhythm Immersion Level 1

Rhythm Exercise #1 – Annie Waits – Ben Folds (3:10)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #2 – Not Over You – Gavin Degraw (2:31)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #3 – Many the Miles – Sara Baraeilles (4:02)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #4 – Easy – The Commodores (3:34)

Pop / Rock Rhythm Immersion Level 2

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #5 – I Feel the Earth – Carole King (3:09)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #6 – Uncharted Verse – Sara Baraeilles (3:21)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #7 – Uncharted Chorus – Sara Baraeilles (3:17)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #8 – Uncharted Bridge – Sara Baraeilles (3:52)

Pop / Rock Rhythm Immersion Level 3

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #9 – Brick Verse – Ben Folds (4:54)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #10 – Brick Chorus – Ben Folds (4:09)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #11 – Set Fire to the Rain – Adele (3:37)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #12 – Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (3:50)

Pop / Rock Rhythm Immersion Level 4

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #13 – This is the Last Time Verse – Keane (3:51)

Rhythm Pattern Exercise #14 – This is the Last Time Chorus – Keane (7:56)

Rhythm Pattern #15 – This Love – Maroon 5 (5:19)

Conclusion

Thank you (1:44)