Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Why I Don't Use Inversions

A student recently asked me; "Hey Edward, why aren't you using any inversions for your chord playing?"

It's not that I don't use them or like them, it's just that they don't make for easy piano playing for the beginner. Now I have nothing against inversions and find them to be a rich way of making music, but, I think beginners learning the New Age piano style should learn one chord structure first. My preference is the open position chord. Once mastered, students can easily create inversions from the left-hand. You just add the third in and proceed to inversion heaven.

But since you want inversions... you got em!!!! Next lesson I promise:)

1 comment:

  1. Dear Angry Pianist:

    I don't think playing classical piano pieces is ridiculous. I think calling this a creative act is. Playing what another composer has written is a recreative act, not a creative one. While the interpretation can be artistic, the music coming out has already been done.

    As an example of this, imagine an artist who spends his or her time recreating a Monet or Picasso. This is ridiculous right? Yet in the music world, we have students essentially copying composers like Beethoven or Chopin.

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