
Piano Method Madness
Piano Method Madness is a podcast that focuses on getting former piano players back to playing the piano. The show discusses problems many piano students come across after learning a few songs or basic piano theory. The dilemma of deciding what to do or which musical genre to learn next often leaves students with a stuck in the mud feeling. Piano Method Madness helps piano students to move forward with their decision making process by reviewing popular piano method books. Users can then acquire a copy of the piano method book being discussed to play along with the show's narrator. The narrator explains where complications exists and how students can overcome them.
Episodes
27 episodes
Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 24
Exercise 24 carries over the same bassline from exercise 23 and introduces two new ending phrases. The lesson contains a few measures where right hand key gracing is utilized. It also contains hops where the right hand will have to make a hop d...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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47:03

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 23
Exercise 23 involves the same 7th and 9th chord progressions as exercise 22, but it also introduces an octave up jump after playing the first series of chords (similar to a call and response technique). The exercise also retains the same bassli...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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24:46

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 22
Exercise 22 involves 7th and 9th chord progressions. The exercise retains the same bassline as exercise 18. Although simple, the chord progressions take a bit of practice to master in the correct fashion. There are minor syncopation features in...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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13:33

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 21
Exercise 21 introduces syncopation. The right hand is holding notes across measures. Although lesson isn't particularly challenging; it is extremely fun to play. Left Hand:The is no change in the left hand; it plays the same ba...
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Episode 24
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14:54

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 20
Exercise 20 is a slightly modified version of exercise 19 with the thumb and pinky spaced one octave from one another. The right hand pointing finger will get the most work in this exercise because it moves one half step up and down along the s...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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12:36

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 19
Exercise 19 introduces a new fingering pattern for the right hand using fingers 2 through 5. It couples the fingers 2 and 4 and fingers 3 and 5. When I originally worked through this, I had no problem using fingers 2 and 4, however, fingers 3 a...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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8:17

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 18
Exercise 18 is a minor variation of exercise 17. The bassline remains the same, however, exercise 18 breaks up the straight eight note triplets played using the same fingers in exercise 17 into something a bit more challenging. Exercise 18 also...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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12:06

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 17
Exercise 17 introduces a walking bass line on the left hand and broken chords on the right that traverse up and down the keyboard in octave intervals. This piece is not complex. Multiple reps should cure most of the the technical problems it in...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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16:38

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 16
Exercise 16 introduces a new technique called a "Running Riff." Mastering this technique will allow a student's right hand to move chromatically up and down the musical scale. It is a challenging technique to master, but fun to use in improvisa...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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18:00

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 15
Exercise 15 uses a combination of techniques from both exercises 13 and 14. Technical challenges occur between measures containing grace note chord changes such as moving from measure 4 using a G7 chord to measure 5 with a C7 chord. These chall...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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17:18

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 14
Exercise 14 is a minor variation of exercise 13 where the right hand approaches oncoming chords from below. The left hand plays a slow single finger bassline and the right hand plays seventh chords. As before, the biggest challenge appears in m...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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11:05

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 13
Exercise 13 introduces a new bassline and melody. It feels more like the old school traditional blues you have come to know. The left hand plays a smooth single note bassline, and the right hand switches finger patterns to cover the chords it p...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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19:41

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 12
Exercise 12 is a slight variation of exercise 11. The left hand plays a double bassline and the right hand is being forced to stretch the fingers over an octave span. The same technical challenges still exist in measures 1 & 12. The melody ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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16:52

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 11
Exercise 11 introduces new concepts for the left and right hands. The left hand plays a doubled bassline and the right hand is being forced to stretch the fingers over an octave span. Students will face technical challenges in measures 1 & ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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14:55

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 10
Exercise 10 is very similar to Exercise 9. It also contains challenging finger techniques. Techniques such as fingers being spread an octave apart; fingers two and three crossing over the thumb to play lower keys, and gracing of fingers two and...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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23:40

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 9
Exercise 9 is the exercise that you've been waiting for. It introduces a real blues song filled with good, challenging finger techniques. Techniques such as fingers crossing over another to stretching the thumb and pinky to play keys an octave ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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31:00

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 8
Exercise 8 reintroduces an old bass line and right hand finger patter. The pattern in this exercise helps builds finger strength of all fingers on the right hand. There are very few melodic notes played in this exercise, however, playing them h...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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21:42

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 7
Exercise 7 continues with a minor variation to the stepping pattern introduced in exercise 6. The pattern in this exercise is repetitive and builds finger strength. The level of difficulty is not as challenging as in exercise 6. The narrator id...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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13:16

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 6
Exercise introduces a stepping pattern involving the pointing finger instead of the grace note introduced in exercise 5. Again, this exercise takes a little time to learn because of the focus of strengthening the second (pointing) finger on the...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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19:20

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 5
Basic Blues for Piano: Exercise 5.Exercise introduces a new grace notes melody and bass patterns. This exercise takes a little bit to learn because of the incorporation of the grace note as well as other fingers on the right hand. The n...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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17:27

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 4
Basic Blues for Piano: Exercise 4.Exercise introduces quarter notes broken down into eight note triplets that are doubled by a note an octave apart. The bass is the same as in exercise number 2 so isn't discussed. The narrator identifie...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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11:47

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 3
Basic Blues for Piano: Exercise 3.Exercise introduces quarter notes broken down into sixteenth note sextuplets. The bass is the same as in exercise number 2. The narrator identifies where the problem areas lie for newcomers. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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17:28

Basic Blues For Piano Exercise 2
Basic Blues for Piano: Exercise 2.Exercise introduces quarter notes broken down into eighth note triplets. The bass although different on paper plays almost the same as in exercise number 1. The narrator identifies where the probl...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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15:42
