
Video of the Day
Remembering 'But Not For Me'Quick Jazz Progression & Melody Run-Through
I just wanted to try to remember an old song but share the process with you. Once in on your internal jukebox, you can identify the melody in any key numerically or by finding its pattern through the major scale (this one is very easy) and then the chords which are usually quite predictable (these ones are also very easy!) Just get used to drilling this 6251 up a fourth malarkey and you'll be fine!
This Theme goes from C major and works through the cycle of 4ths. Each video, apart from the intro, is around 7 minutes long and contains the same structure: scale construction, general shape, patterns, emotional connections, then moves to discovering your
- Read More ...

Do Re Mi - My First Piece at 6 - Now a Useful Technical Exercise for You!
When I was about 6, I learnt this song for fun, not really touching a piano again for almost a decade. It came to me that the left hand accompaniment can be used as a great background to so many
- Read More ...
Everybody is on a different musical path but we all need to master the major scales and spend time getting those fingers flexed and accurate at the piano. Here are some videos, updated when necessary, which apply to everybody starting out at the piano. Chromatics, basic chords and precision.

Is It Really This Easy? - Any Notes, Any Chords, Enjoy The Results!
I found a bunch of chords in my notebook and didn't remember what they were for... then it hit me! Ah yes, I wanted to make a video a few years ago on how you can get into composing (or at
- Read More ...
I have so many videos that it's difficult to find your way through them. I've collected some which I recommend to beginners, no matter your path. We all need major scale mastery, to know at least a few chord
- Read More ...

Five Applicable Left Hand Techniques - Combine with Major Scale Mastery
You need to spend time on left hand techniques, away from repertoire, since they appear in all repertoire. Use these ideas as you wish, at your own tempos, with your own chord types and in all keys. Make sure you play
- Read More ...
Your mastery of chords is very important to me and I've made a lot of videos to help you with it: games, different keys, extensions, inversions. Do your best to spend a lot of time of chord mastery once your major scales are mastered.

13ths and 9ths Share The Same Voicing? - 6251 Jazz Pattern Application
The 13th and #9 voicings share the same notes because of the tri-tone difference between their owner keys. C13 is Bb, E and A... the same notes as Gb#9... C and Gb are a tritone apart. If you descend chromatically with
- Read More ...
It's all well and good playing music which has been composed by other people and it's very important indeed to spend time on technical exercises, especially personalising them... but not enough piano students discover their inspirational source and start to write
- Read More ...

Trial & Error Fun Composing Method 2/3 - Melody to Chords or Chords to Melody
Assuming you've enjoyed and played around on your own what I discussed in part 1 so that you can experience the different feeling part 2 will give you, for which you will remove all restrictions and either play a bunch of
- Read More ...
In addition to the official Water Pianism Podcast Collection available in my online store, I occasionally post free podcasts when the topic doesn't require me to play a lot yet is too much to write in a short article. Listen on the go, use your internal piano and spend some time on your mind with these episodes.

Learn Lots of Jazz Tunes Quite Effortlessly - Multiple Song Analyses - Podcast Episode
Instead of doing an single-song analysis, of which I have many, I thought it would be a nice change to do a podcast episode in which I show many jazz songs and how you would go about studying the lead sheet
- Read More ...
Sometimes, I can't find a suitable Theme so the videos go in here. Quite miscellaneous but still a useful mix of theoretical and philosophical discussion and demonstration!

How to Master the Circle of Fourths - Cheat Pattern on the Keys!
Usually, I never encourage learners to cheat their way to knowledge but in this case, I can make an exception. You have to do whatever it takes to memorise and internalise the 4ths because they're behind almost every chord progression and
- Read More ...
I've made a few videos which fall under this title. They're more 'hold my hand' in nature than other videos but I always encourage personalisation anyway!

Learn Lots of Jazz Tunes Quite Effortlessly - Multiple Song Analyses - Podcast Episode
Instead of doing an single-song analysis, of which I have many, I thought it would be a nice change to do a podcast episode in which I show many jazz songs and how you would go about studying the lead sheet
- Read More ...
The most famous of my Themes, do enjoy it but be sure to see newer videos because many, many comments helped me over the years to refine content, philosophies, presentation style and recording quality.

How to Become a Pianist in Ten Lessons - Lesson 1 - Becoming an Excellent Adult Learner (Old)
**PLEASE READ** - Welcome! I apologise for the lower quality of this video - things improve with later videos. I do hope you will consider this video a doorway to my channel and not get caught up in only
- Read More ...
Many people like jazz but can't improvise because they freeze. I've made many, many videos to help unfreeze you, no matter your level and experience, so that you can discover how You naturally improvise without getting too caught up in theory, or using it as a way to stop using it!

'Pool of Notes' Improvisation Game - Refining & Understanding the Results
I came up with game ages ago and made a video on it but it's lost in the abyss that is YouTube so I thought I'd do it again for you. The basic idea is to choose how many notes will
- Read More ...
You may have come to the realisation that your musical personality involves more complex chords,
improvisation and blues. With all the aforementioned skills in place, you're well on your way to entering the world of
jazz with minimal difficulties. Modal theory? Improvisational layers? Extended chords?
12 bar blues? Target notes? Listening recommendations?

13ths and 9ths Share The Same Voicing? - 6251 Jazz Pattern Application
The 13th and #9 voicings share the same notes because of the tri-tone difference between their owner keys. C13 is Bb, E and A... the same notes as Gb#9... C and Gb are a tritone apart. If you descend chromatically with
- Read More ...
Videos which have been published within recent weeks that you have probably missed because YouTube never notifies my subscribers. Be sure to have the notification bell selected to receiving all notifications because I upload 3-5 times/week and I'd hate for you to miss useful content!

Trial & Error Fun Composing Method 2/3 - Melody to Chords or Chords to Melody
Assuming you've enjoyed and played around on your own what I discussed in part 1 so that you can experience the different feeling part 2 will give you, for which you will remove all restrictions and either play a bunch of
- Read More ...
There are not enough people, of any level, composing piano music. I've taken it upon myself to make a few videos in which I both share how I compose my compositions and how you might go about creating your own. Listen
- Read More ...

Three Approaches to Composition - Trial & Error, Theoretical & Away From Piano
I wrote quite a few compositions before I started this channel so I thought it was a useful name to it as my name and what I was doing! My compositions are available via the link below. I hope in this
- Read More ...
People often ask for me to just play without teaching. Over the years, I have done that a few times but I really prefer to teach than perform. However, enjoy the few performance videos I have made in which I do not speak or teach.

How to Master the Circle of Fourths - Cheat Pattern on the Keys!
Usually, I never encourage learners to cheat their way to knowledge but in this case, I can make an exception. You have to do whatever it takes to memorise and internalise the 4ths because they're behind almost every chord progression and
- Read More ...
There is a wide variety of pianist types who watch my content so in here are some favourites for everybody, whether you're into jazz or just complicated technical excises; you'll find those, and some surprises, in this Theme.

This Chord/Major Scale Exercise Will Keep You Up At Night! - Same Chord Through the Scale
Need to master your major scales AND some chord types? You'll love this game. Not only can you reinforce the shapes, you can choose any chord type you'd like to work on and play it on each note of the major
- Read More ...
We need to make playing the piano as fun as possible so instead of just doing technical exercises or playing repertoire, I like to challenge you via a game. Often you can personalise them but don't be fooled: it may
- Read More ...

This Chord/Major Scale Exercise Will Keep You Up At Night! - Same Chord Through the Scale
Need to master your major scales AND some chord types? You'll love this game. Not only can you reinforce the shapes, you can choose any chord type you'd like to work on and play it on each note of the major
- Read More ...
Jazz is about 'playing the changes' but how can you do that if you don't know how to memorise progressions? I have made many videos on mastering progressions away from the piano and thinking numerically. This requires major scale
- Read More ...

251-4 Fluency Once and For All - Follow Along w/ Me
To get by with jazz repertoire, you need to know the 251s instantly in all 12 keys (just because a song is not often in C#, for example, doesn't mean you shouldn't learn its 251 because it still appears in 'floating
- Read More ...
I receive many repertoire tutorial requests and I use them to teach some musical or pianistic element rather than spoon-feeding the notes. This is a very useful playlist not only because of the variety of tunes but the technical ideas and philosophies presented.

Moonlight Serenade - The Sweet Chords of Section B
One of the first songs I ever learnt, Moonlight Serenade is a lovely Glenn Miller tune I play in F (but the original is in Eb if you go and listen). After a quick performance of both A and B sections,
- Read More ...
This Theme provides videos in their own Theme which have been recommended and which are not from my own video choices... however, happily made for my subscribers-in-need!

Hand Independence in Boogie-Woogie Piano - Dissection Philosophy
It's hard, I get it. Herein, learn the process of achieving total hand coordination in boogie-woogie. First, get the LH down so well that you can talk to someone or watch something while it's happening. This is removing all conscious interference.
- Read More ...
Repertoire is difficult to perform with pleasure if you can't tackle some technical requirements. Technical exercises are also good for patience and eyes-closed precision practice. Don't aim for speed, aim for consistency and endurance. I have many, many
- Read More ...

Two Right-Hand Exercises For All Abilities - Triads, Octaves and Intervals
There's only so much you can do with the hand on the piano: single notes, two notes (an interval), three or more notes (a chord), octaves and all of these either as a block or individually (think arpeggios and broken chords).
- Read More ...
This Theme forces me to make 10-12 minute videos. The first 10 or so are in order, then they become a little more random but always involve knowledge you have already acquired from previous episodes. Enjoy internal philosophies, technical exercises, chord content and many other pianism concepts. They are based heavily on the Water Pianism philosophy.

Ten Mins @ The Piano - Part 28 - Two Lisztian Exercises | Endurance is Key
You really need to spend more time doing one technical exercise to get the benefits of it. Consistency is also important. I don't want you to be playing lots of repertoire without making progress with dexterity, precision and fluency. Endurance is a very powerful way to develop these pianistic elements
I have selected a set of videos you may enjoy watching which have probably never been suggested to you by the YouTube algorithm. This is an ever-involving playlist so you'll never see the same video twice but feel free to add it to your Watchlist for later viewing!

Remembering 'But Not For Me' - Quick Jazz Progression & Melody Run-Through
I just wanted to try to remember an old song but share the process with you. Once in on your internal jukebox, you can identify the melody in any key numerically or by finding its pattern through the major scale
- Read More ...
All these videos involve the foundational principles behind all my teachings. Water Pianism is the path to your own method, self-mastery and internal philosophy mastery. Spend as much of your time with these videos as possible because playing the
- Read More ...

Who Needs a Piano Anyway??? - Using Your Brain a Bit!
This video is more like a podcast but I do touch the piano sometimes, as well as demonstrate my physical finger stretches. The content of this episode is on encouraging you and showing you how to use your four internals: piano,
- Read More ...