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UdemyPiano Embellishments | Fills, Runs, & Scales
4.7(395)3k studentsBEGINNER
UdemyPlay by ear has a ceiling: straight chord changes work, but they're predictable. This course teaches grace notes, trills, melodic runs, and strategic scale use—techniques that make simple progressions sound sophisticated. The prerequisite is comfort with major and minor chords; the payoff is understanding how to ornament what you already play.
The nine sections build progressively: grace notes and trills early, then targeting chord tones, harmonic fills, and the scales that underpin them all. The overhead camera and visual piano roll mean you see every finger and every note, so technique translates cleanly. The knowledge transfers—these embellishments work in pop, ballads, blues, jazz, and gospel—making this as much about understanding music as about piano technique.
This course teaches you simple but amazing embellishments that work over most chord progressions. If you are looking for fills, runs, and melodic lines that will make you sound like a Pro, then this is the right course for you.
The course is straightforward and seeks to expose you to several ideas to help you embellish your chord progressions. The concepts are broken down to make them easily understood.
Imagine being able to play all your favorite songs with extra embellishments to spice up the sound without the need to read sheet music? Now you can easily achieve this within weeks not years and without wasting money, time, and effort on traditional Piano Lessons.
You will at least need to know Major and Minor Chords before taking this course. Absolute beginners should take the first few lessons of my absolute beginner course [The Ultimate Play Piano By Ear Course | Easy Piano Lessons] before proceeding to this course.
High-Definition Videos and Digital Piano Display
With an overhead camera and light-activated piano roll, you can easily see what fingers are used as well as the exact notes that are being played.
The knowledge obtained from this course can be applied to other genres of music like Pop, Ballad style, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, etc as you are equipped with the knowledge to create your own music.
The course is divided into 9 easy to follow sections:
Grace Notes and Trills
Borrowing Notes from the Preceding Chord
Targetting the 3rd
Fast Trill Embellishments
Melodic Fills
Major, Minor & Chromatic Scales
Runs and Harmonic Fills
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Not the best price we've seen. The lowest we've recorded is $11.99 on 3 Aug.
This is what we recorded in US pricing — not every price this course has ever had, and prices differ by country.
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