Thanks. I've been playing for too many decades and I never fail to learn something new. I keep thinking..."How did I miss that?" That's what makes playing the piano so fun for me though.

Wow, thanks for those kind words! I happen to play the guitar and the bass and the banjo as well as piano so whenever I teach, even though I'm showing "piano licks" I try to explain the "why" of what I'm doing because it does apply to other instruments. In fact, many of my licks are actually guitar licks I adapted for the piano. I was a theory nerd in college, but I focused on actually applying it real world situations. Stay tuned for more videos. Thanks again for watching the video. I'm glad it was helpful.

I guess I should give that one a listen. Seems others have asked about it as well.

Indeed they do form a tritone. That's the "devil's interval." I remember in my theory classes (many centuries ago it seems) that when we were doing part writing we were to avoid writing tritones. Of course nowadays, all the former rules of music theory are up for debate I suppose. But by avoiding the 4th and 7th degrees of a scale, you can improvise freely and never hit a "wrong" note.

I’ve added that to my task list. Are you on my email list? I ask, because I always notify my email list first of any new KZfaq videos. You can go to thepianopro.com and add yourself there if you wish. If not, no problem. Just check back with my KZfaq channel occasionally.

I’m not sure what you mean because the lick itself is notated in 16th notes when you scroll to the bottom of the page. If you are referring to the stemless notes above that, they are to simply show the notes, not to indicate rhythmic value. Here's the transcript for you to download: nakedkeyboardist.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/country-licks-lesson-1.pdf

@@MartinGureasko Thanks for getting back to me. I noticed the 16th note chart after i wrote my comment. I am no where near the right speed but I'm plugging away at it. Thanks so much for a great video.

Hi Desy...that opening is actually from a book called "Stylistic Etudes" by John Novello. You can purchase it on Amazon. It has piano etudes for every style of music and it has proven quite useful to me.

Amira, you can find the music I played at the beginning in the book "Stylistic Etudes" by John Novello. You can get a copy on Amazon. There are short piano exercises encompassing all styles of music. It's a great resource to have. I practice out of it daily.

Yeah, sorry about that. The vocal track was too soft. You can get the transcript at wp.me/p3rOiY-9z. All future videos should be of much better sound quality.