ELEVATE YOUR POP, ROCK, & JAZZ PIANO
With Fills Borrowed From Chopin
Are piano "fills" a big mystery for you?
Are you great at playing what's on the page, but totally lost when you have to add some style and flair of your own?
This interactive e-book is a mini course
that makes your pop, rock, and jazz piano come alive.
ELEVATE YOUR POP, ROCK, & JAZZ PIANO
With Fills Borrowed From Chopin
Are piano "fills" a big mystery for you?
Are you great at playing what's on the page, but totally lost when you have to add some style and flair of your own?
This interactive e-book is a mini course
in making your pop, rock, and jazz piano come alive.
ELEVATE YOUR POP, ROCK, & JAZZ PIANO
With Fills Borrowed From Chopin
Are piano "fills" a big mystery for you?
Are you great at playing what's on the page, but totally lost when you have to add some style and flair of your own?
This interactive e-book is a mini course in making your pop, rock, and jazz piano come alive.
"I love the fills... especially all the pieces of music you so easily arrange and play. Great description and explanations." — Anna
"This is perfect for me, since I'm really into solo piano playing." — Jim
"I think this is a great book. And the content is useful for more than 'just' fills... going through the snippets in the different keys is also great scale-theory and practice." — Jan
"I love the fills... especially all the pieces of music you so easily arrange and play. Great description and explanations." — Anna
"This is perfect for me, since I'm really into solo piano playing." — Jim
"I think this is a great book. And the content is useful for more than 'just' fills... going through the snippets in the different keys is also great scale-theory and practice." — Jan
Classical Pianists
You've got amazing piano skills.
You can play Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin
with your fingers flying over the keys.
That's awesome!
What's NOT so awesome?
Trying to play modern music and
getting all "finger-tied"
during those parts of a song
where the melody takes a break.
You know the moment - the phrase just ended,
but you still have a measure (or more) to
DO SOMETHING
before the melody starts up again.
You can't just let the beats go by in silence.
That, my friend, is when you need to
"FILL TIME"
with a short melodic idea.
But WHAT melodic idea do you play?
All your amazing piano skills leave the room,
as you sit there trying to come up with
something - ANYTHING - for your fingers to do.
It's beyond frustrating.
Classical Pianists
You've got amazing piano skills.
You can play Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin
with your fingers flying over the keys.
That's awesome!
What's NOT so awesome?
Trying to play modern music and
getting all "finger-tied"
during those parts of a song
where the melody takes a break.
You know the moment - the phrase just ended,
but you still have a measure (or more) to
DO SOMETHING
before the melody starts up again.
You can't just let the beats go by in silence.
That, my friend, is when you need to
"FILL TIME"
with a short melodic idea.
But WHAT melodic idea do you play?
All your amazing piano skills leave the room,
as you sit there trying to come up with
something - ANYTHING - for your fingers to do.
It's beyond frustrating.
Classical Pianists
You've got amazing piano skills.
You can play Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin with your fingers flying over the keys.
That's awesome!
What's NOT so awesome?
Trying to play modern music and getting all "finger-tied" during those parts of a song where the melody takes a break.
You know the moment - the phrase just ended, but you still have a measure (or more) to
DO SOMETHING
before the melody starts up again.
You can't just let the beats go by in silence.
That, my friend, is when you need to
"FILL TIME"
with a short melodic idea.
But WHAT melodic idea do you play?
All your amazing piano skills leave the room as you sit there, trying to come up with
something - ANYTHING - for your fingers to do.
It's beyond frustrating.
I KNOW THAT FEELING INTIMATELY
because I lived it for many years.
I was trained to play exactly what a composer wrote, note for note.
And whenever I tried to play something that wasn't fully written out, I froze.
For years, I tried to learn how to add fills to the songs I played.
But every book, video, and teacher I found approached
fills from the jazz and blues perspective.
It was like I had to learn an entirely new language
just to feel comfortable at the one instrument
I had been playing nearly my entire life.
Then I discovered something that changed everything.
Those fills that pianists play?
They're literally just short musical ideas
And I could find these musical ideas in ANY kind of music.
Not JUST jazz and blues,
but also the classical music that was already my native language.
When I had this realization, the world of
modern music really opened up for me.
I didn't feel stuck and frustrated anymore
because I could ACTUALLY USE
my piano skills when the sheet music
didn't tell me what to play.
And I wanted to help other pianists
get over this hurdle just like I had done.
I KNOW THAT FEELING INTIMATELY
because I lived it for many years.
I was trained to play exactly what a composer wrote, note for note. And whenever I tried to play something that wasn't fully written out, I froze.
For years, I tried to learn how to add fills to the songs I played.
But every book, video, and teacher I found approached fills from the jazz and blues perspective.
It was like I had to learn an entirely new language
just to feel comfortable at the one instrument
I had been playing nearly my entire life.
Then I discovered something
that changed everything.
Those fills that pianists play?
They're literally just short musical ideas
And I could find these musical ideas
in ANY kind of music.
Not JUST jazz and blues, but also the classical music that was already my native language.
When I had this realization, the world of
modern music really opened up for me.
I didn't feel stuck and frustrated anymore
because I could ACTUALLY USE
my piano skills when the sheet music
didn't tell me what to play.
And I wanted to help other pianists
get over this hurdle just like I had done.
I KNOW THAT FEELING INTIMATELY
because I lived it
for many years.
I was trained to play exactly what a composer wrote, note for note.
And whenever I tried to play something that wasn't fully written out, I froze.
For years, I tried to learn how to add fills to the songs I played.
But every book, video, and teacher I found approached fills from the jazz and blues perspective.
It was like I had to learn an entirely new language just to feel comfortable at the one instrument
I had been playing nearly my entire life.
Then I discovered something
that changed
everything.
Those fills that pianists play?
They're literally just short musical ideas
And I could find these musical ideas in ANY kind of music.
Not JUST jazz and blues,
but also the classical music that was already my native language.
When I had this realization, the world of modern music really opened up for me.
I didn't feel stuck and frustrated anymore
because I could ACTUALLY USE my piano skills when the sheet music didn't tell me what to play.
And I wanted to help other pianists get over this hurdle just like I had done.
CLASSICALLY MODERN 1
21 Chopin Fills for Rock, Jazz, & Pop Piano
I chose my favorite composer and combed through his Preludes and Etudes to find just the right snippets that could be used as fills in ANY kind of music, and collected 21 of them here for you.
In this interactive e-book,
I show you each fill written out
in the standard notation you're already used to reading.
I also explain the STRUCTURE of the fill
so that you can start thinking less about READING NOTES
and more about UNDERSTANDING how music is created.
But why stop there?
Because reading about a fill and
actually playing it are two very different things,
every fill comes with video instruction where
I demonstrate it in different keys and modes,
and show you exactly how it fits inside a real song like:
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Autumn Leaves
Creep
Imagine
Make You Feel My Love
Yesterday
Jolene
Can't Help Falling In Love
Your Song
Perfect
Girl From Ipanema
...and many more
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Autumn Leaves
Creep
Imagine
Make You Feel My Love
Yesterday
Jolene
Can't Help Falling In Love
Your Song
Perfect
Girl From Ipanema
...and many more
Please note: this book does not include sheet music or tutorials for these songs -
just the fills themselves, demonstrated using snippets of these songs so you can hear them in context.
Get CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 now and start playing right away.
CLASSICALLY MODERN 1
21 Chopin Fills for Rock, Jazz, & Pop Piano
I chose my favorite composer and combed through his Preludes and Etudes to find just the right snippets that could be used as fills in ANY kind of music, and collected 21 of them here for you.
In this interactive e-book,
I show you each fill written out
in the standard notation you're already used to reading.
I also explain the STRUCTURE of the fill
so that you can start thinking less about READING NOTES
and more about UNDERSTANDING how music is created.
But why stop there?
Because reading about a fill and
actually playing it are two very different things,
every fill comes with video instruction where
I demonstrate it in different keys and modes,
and show you exactly how it fits inside a real song like:
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Autumn Leaves
Creep
Imagine
Make You Feel My Love
Yesterday
Jolene
Can't Help Falling In Love
Your Song
Perfect
Girl From Ipanema
...and many more
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Autumn Leaves
Creep
Imagine
Make You Feel My Love
Yesterday
Jolene
Can't Help Falling In Love
Your Song
Perfect
Girl From Ipanema
...and many more
Please note: this book does not include sheet music or tutorials for these songs -
just the fills themselves, demonstrated using snippets of these songs so you can hear them in context.
Get CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 now and start playing right away.
CLASSICALLY MODERN 1
21 Chopin Fills for Rock,
Jazz, & Pop Piano
I chose my favorite composer and combed through his Preludes and Etudes to find just the right snippets that could be used as fills in ANY kind of music, and collected 21 of them here for you.
In this interactive e-book,
I show you each fill written out
in the standard notation you're already used to reading.
I also explain the STRUCTURE of the fill so that you can start thinking less about READING NOTES and more about UNDERSTANDING how music is created.
But why stop there?
Because reading about a fill and
actually playing it are two very different things, every fill comes with video instruction where
I demonstrate it in different keys and modes, and show you exactly how it fits inside a real song like:
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Autumn Leaves
Creep
Imagine
Make You Feel My Love
Yesterday
Jolene
Can't Help Falling In Love
Your Song
Perfect
Girl From Ipanema
...and many more
Please note: this book does not include sheet music or tutorials for these songs - just the fills themselves, demonstrated using snippets of these songs so you can hear them in context.
Get CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 now
and start playing right away.
HOW IT WORKS
Download Classically Modern 1 onto your laptop, tablet, or desktop computer.
Choose the fill you want to learn — they are not in any sort of order, so you can skip around as you like.
Click straight through to video demonstrations for every fill, learn how it's "put together" and see how I insert it into different songs.
Practice playing the fill in a few different keys, get it into your fingers, then add it to a rock, pop, or jazz song. If the song is in a different key than the one I demonstrate the fill in, this is the perfect opportunity to use what you learned about how the fill is constructed.
Combine fills to create your own unique flair to the songs you play.
HOW IT WORKS
Download Classically Modern 1 onto your laptop, tablet, or desktop computer.
Choose the fill you want to learn — they are not in any sort of order, so you can skip around as you like.
Click straight through to video demonstrations for every fill, learn how it's "put together" and see how I insert it into different songs.
Practice playing the fill in a few different keys, get it into your fingers, then add it to a rock, pop, or jazz song. If the song is in a different key than the one I demonstrate the fill in, this is the perfect opportunity to use what you learned about how the fill is constructed.
Combine fills to create your own unique flair to the songs you play.
HOW IT WORKS
Download Classically Modern 1 onto your laptop, tablet, or desktop computer.
Choose the fill you want to learn — they are not in any sort of order, so you can skip around as you like.
Click straight through to video demonstrations for every fill, learn how it's "put together" and see how I insert it into different songs.
Practice playing the fill in a few different keys, get it into your fingers, then add it to a rock, pop, or jazz song. If the song is in a different key than the one I demonstrate the fill in, this is the perfect opportunity to use what you learned about how the fill is constructed.
Combine fills to create your own unique flair to the songs you play.
Created By Your "Best Piano-Playing Friend"
Who Just Happens To Be A Professional Pianist
And Master Educator
Hi Awesome Pianist!
I'm Marina, Your Best Piano-Playing Friend!
I used to be a highly trained, virtuoso-level classical pianist who desperately wanted to transfer my skills to playing music of all genres.
But whenever I tried to improvise, play by ear, or even just play a pop song with the right feel, I'd get so frustrated — I just didn't know what to do.
So I made it my mission to unravel the mysteries of playing modern styles. And when I finally cracked the code, I wanted to share it with every pianist who felt exactly the way I did.
I broke the chains of classical music. And you can too.
Created By Your "Best Piano-Playing Friend"
Who Just Happens To Be A Professional Pianist
And Master Educator
Hi Awesome Pianist!
I'm Marina, Your Best Piano-Playing Friend!
I used to be a highly trained, virtuoso-level classical pianist who desperately wanted to transfer my skills to playing music of all genres.
But whenever I tried to improvise, play by ear, or even just play a pop song with the right feel, I'd get so frustrated — I just didn't know what to do.
So I made it my mission to unravel the mysteries of playing modern styles. And when I finally cracked the code, I wanted to share it with every pianist who felt exactly the way I did.
I broke the chains of classical music. And you can too.
Created By Your "Best Piano-Playing Friend"
Who Just Happens To Be A Professional Pianist
And Master Educator
Hi Awesome Pianist!
I'm Marina, Your Best Piano-Playing Friend!
I used to be a highly trained, virtuoso-level classical pianist who desperately wanted to transfer my skills to playing music of all genres.
But whenever I tried to improvise, play by ear, or even just play a pop song with the right feel, I'd get so frustrated — I just didn't know what to do.
So I made it my mission to unravel the mysteries of playing modern styles. And when I finally cracked the code, I wanted to share it with every pianist who felt exactly the way I did.
I broke the chains of classical music. And you can too.
Who Is CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 For?
You're a classically-trained, or music notation-reading pianist who freezes as soon as the sheet music runs out.
You want to expand your musical freedom and put your own style into the songs you play.
You want to put your knowledge of music theory to work in actual musical situations.
You love taking what you learn in exercises and applying it to real music.
Who Is CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 NOT For?
You're looking for sheet music or tutorials to songs — this book is fills only, not song tutorials.
You're not willing to commit to practicing — you won't get the results you're hoping for unless actually do the work.
Who Is CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 For?
You're a classically-trained, or music notation-reading pianist who freezes as soon as the sheet music runs out.
You want to expand your musical freedom and put your own style into the songs you play.
You want to put your knowledge of music theory to work in actual musical situations.
You love taking what you learn in exercises and applying it to real music.
Who Is CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 NOT For?
You're looking for sheet music or tutorials to songs — this book is fills only, not song tutorials.
You're not willing to commit to practicing — you won't get the results you're hoping for unless actually do the work.
Who Is CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 For?
You're a classically-trained, or music notation-reading pianist who freezes as soon as the sheet music runs out.
You want to expand your musical freedom and put your own style into the songs you play.
You want to put your knowledge of music theory to work in actual musical situations.
You love taking what you learn in exercises and applying it to real music.
Who Is CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 NOT For?
You're looking for sheet music or tutorials to songs — this book is fills only, not song tutorials.
You're not willing to commit to practicing — you won't get the results you're hoping for unless actually do the work.
Learn the art of adding fills to your songs.
Get CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 now and start playing right away.
Learn the art of adding fills to your songs.
Get CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 now and start playing right away.
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Learn the art of adding fills to your songs.
Get CLASSICALLY MODERN 1 now and start playing right away.