Chords for How To Play Piano: Rhythm Techniques

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_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ Every [C#] concept I cover on improvpiano tips.com [A#] breaks down into three main [D] ideas.
And the first of [A] these ideas is rhythm [D#] techniques.
Now, it's common to see someone playing the piano [A] like this. _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] If you noticed, when I was playing through that passage, my [C] hands were hitting together [A] at the same time.
[F#m] One, two, three.
So you see those three [B] notes?
I was hitting at the same time.
And this is a very common way and a popular way to play a chord piano.
[E] But there [A] is a [Cm] better way.
Listen to this.
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[C#] So if you listen to that second passage, [D#] it sounds better, right?
[C] Well, the reason why it sounds better is because I've incorporated [C#] my rhythm techniques into the passage of music.
[B] And specifically [C] what I'm doing is I am using a [A] syncopated style of playing.
[B] The first time I played, my notes [A] were coming in together.
[F#m] And the second [A#] time, I was playing syncopated.
They were jagged.
They [D] weren't coming down together.
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_ _ _ Now, how [C] do you achieve this [D#] style of playing?
The way that you achieve this style of playing [A] is by exercising [C#] your rhythm independence.
And that's what my [D#] tutorials will do for you.
They will exercise [B] your brain in telling [D] one hand to do one thing,
while the other hand is doing a completely different thing and doing them [D#] at the same time.
It's very [C] similar to patting your head and rubbing [B] your stomach.
If you remember the first time someone asked you to do that, it seemed very [E] easy.
But [B] once you actually [C#m] tried to do it, [E] it was difficult.
[B] The reason why is because your brain is [A#] not used to doing two different things [C] at once.
And [D] if you want to achieve this syncopated style, you'll need to [C#] incorporate rhythm techniques
and have your rhythm exercises [B] from [A] improvpianotips.com.
I want to use one more example to drive the point [C] home. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Again, [A#] there is a lack of rhythm techniques [A] involved in that passage of music.
I'm not getting my left hand [D#] involved.
And I will play it a second time.
I want you to [A] see how the passage of [G] music is brought to [C] life. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] It's boring if you [C] play, _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [Dm] and it's interesting [G#] and sounds much better if you play with rhythm [C] techniques. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ It's [D#] clear to [A#] see why I've integrated rhythm techniques into my site, _ [A] [D] improvpianotips [E].com,
because [D#] it makes your music sound much [C#] better.
[E] In the site, [D] every concept [C#] that I cover breaks down into three main [E] ideas.
And this [A#] was the first [C#] main idea, rhythm techniques.
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