Piano for Producers and Guitarists
Get acquainted with the wonderful world of piano playing.
All levels
This class is for anyone who's looking to start playing piano right away – no prior music experience needed.
3 weeks
Elijah will guide you through 3 weeks of step-by-step instruction with interactive TAB and assignments.
Play 🎹 like a producer
This class will get you playing piano right away by leveling up your production skills and providing creative songwriting inspiration.
Take the next step
Once you've mastered this class, keep progressing with more Challenges and guided learning pathways.
What you'll learn
Join Elijah as he walks you through the fundamentals of piano playing with a focus on production and songwriting.
- Learn piano and sound design skills for the studio
- Improve your songwriting with practical theory
- Expand your chordal vocabulary
Curriculum
Stay focused with this step-by-step learning program designed by our expert team of music educators.
Your guided learning experience
In this four-part class, Elijah will take you from the absolute basics of piano playing all the way to advanced techniques like reharmonization.
Introduction to the Piano
Foundation comes first.
We'll kick off the class by diving into the most important concepts for piano – basic technique, the number system, and major scales.
Part II. How to Approach Chords
Next, we'll dive into all things harmony.
You'll learn how to build chords, play arpeggios, accompany yourself as a singer, and so much more.
Producing with a Keyboard
After that, it's time for some production lessons.
This section is designed to give you real production experience in your DAW of choice. You'll learn how to apply the skills you developed in previous lessons to basslines, textures, chords, and melodies in a studio setting.
Performances
To wrap up the class, we have a unique challenge for you.
Elijah produced four tasty songs with one key element missing – it's up to you to use your newfound production chops to finish the song.
Part I. Introduction to the Piano
Take your first steps into piano playing.
In this first section, we'll cover the most important skills every piano and keyboard player should know.
The skills you'll develop in this section are simple, but they'll serve as the foundation that you'll build your piano-playing house on. You'll start with basic techniques and learn the most important concepts for piano – including note names, major scales, and piano range.
Part II. How to Approach Chords
Next, we'll dive into everything related to chords.
This section is the real meat and potatoes of the class. This is where you'll learn how to build and invert chords, play arpeggios, and accompany yourself as a singer.
There are also lessons on advanced topics like reharmonization, transposition, and neo-soul voicings for those who are up to the challenge. Elijah wraps up this section with five easy-to-play voicings if you’re looking to quickly build out your harmonic vocabulary.
Part III. Producing with a keyboard
Now, we'll hit the studio and learn production!
In Part III, Elijah explores how we can craft compelling basslines, melodies, chords, and other textures to create better compositions. You’ll also learn how to make live loops in Ableton using key mapping. This will help you quickly flesh out ideas, which is an incredibly important skill as a producer/songwriter.
Part IV. Performances
Cap off the class by putting your skills to the test!
We have a unique set of original compositions by Elijah. You'll get four tracks with one element removed – it's up to you to contribute your own part to each song, just like you would in a production setting.
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Your Instructor
Elijah Fox
Elijah is a master producer who regularly works with the industry's best. He's here to teach you piano through a songwriting & production lens.
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