free musical instructional videos

The following videos feature an on-screen piano keyboard (the Blue keyboard!) - which clearly illustrates where to put your fingers.

I explain and demonstrate the harmonic structures (chords) of many arrangements, excerpts, compositions, and songs. Sometimes the arrangements are more fully-realised and are more like a keyboard performance. The focus of this content is on harmonic structure, moreso than on other aspects of the music.

In many of these videos, the notes that are played by the on-screen keyboard are often further explained, and clarified, with the aide of accompanying Presentation slides. These presentations (slides) can also be viewed (independently of the video) - within your web browser. But, when combined with the video, they work together in-tandem.

I have made over 100 (additional) videos on the I.J. YouTube channel.

Particularly-selected videos include :

"composition in Dorian - harmonic structure chords"
http://YouTube.com/watch?v=yihQ-4bu9GU
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"combine i7 and ii(7) chords to form dorian mode 
 + 13th chords compound intervals 11 and 9 too"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyTuTO5C96A





"dorian 3 chords root P5th below"
http://www.youTube.com/watch?v=fO-9B8bcMBk
That lesson features inverting a minor-7th chord 
(shape/voicing) 
to 
make a Major-6th chord.





My most-recent post:
"What is the name of this chord? :
 minor 6 + 9 ; i.e.: stacked fourths 
based on degree 3 of dorian"
provides a good exploration of quartal harmony.
http://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=TQ-Pm_Hzfww

A good Rocker for piano, by Keith Emerson :

http://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=V8CUWvAgVKs

Thumbnail still of video: Azrael


Intuitive Samba - for beginners
The following series of videos  focus on  one composition / musical idea. 
I made 3 or 4 different videos -- each using somewhat different approaches to explaining the musical thinking:


Intuitive Samba chord shapes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueuqG4i1QGM
"It's easy to create rich-sounding jazz chords (harmonies). In this video I show you how. The harmonic underpinning, basis, ..."



The Intuitive Samba

parts 1 and 2 video
from September of 2015


"Intuitive Jazz chord shapes (Part 1 of 2)"
Let me show you how to play a great-sounding Start by playing just black keys with your right hand. Then play a B-natural (as ...
http://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=3fjujBN6fcI



and
"Intuitive Jazz chord shapes (Part 2)"

This is part 2 of 2 videos. It's easy to create rich-sounding jazz chords (harmonies). In this video I show you how. The harmonic ...

http://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=Aj_rY1g5pTg