I am hate to say this but with all my many many years of piano lessons I never got any theory until I got to college and then my college teachers skipped over the basics, assuming that I knew them, and I was a little lost. This video was very very helpful in knowing how to take the basic I, IV and V chord and do different things with them. Thank you Aimee!!

Aimee Nolte , you are a star. I have watched lots of videos whereby chords are shown, explained and demonstrated (I know plenty...) but you are the first person to explain what chord styling to use to liven up the playing technique. Thank you for your time, effort and assistance in helping me, and no doubt many others to add colour and flavour to our playing.

The super slowdown at 10:45 to show how the notes line up is brilliant. I have decent enough theory and reading knowledge that I can look at how it's written and "get" what it's supposed to be, but seeing it played, especially slowed down, makes it all that much easier to grasp. Love it.

Very very good 75 years old, sitting my grade 4exam soon, big into country and Irish music, your lessons help a lot with rythms, pity your books not on sale in Ireland, tks again

Aimee. This is so useful. I have been struggling for months to get away from rather blocky chords, and this has really helped. The music in paper form is great, and I will buy off your site. Thank you

Love this lesson I was able to follow from beginning to end , you are a great communicator and very pleasant I can’t get enough you are just what I need to help fill my retirement hours on the deck in the sunshine , now on to the next lesson Thank you

I learned piano by ear and readed many theories articles to get basic understanding of piano. I able to read piano sheets as well and this video will definitely help me a lot. Thanks so much Aimee.

That worksheet you got ready was meant especially for people like me who are a bit weak on the keyboard. You must have read my mind. Thanks for your help!!!

This video is exactly what I needed at this stage of my learning. Love it!

Bonjour très clair merci beaucoup même si je ne comprends pas parfaitement l'anglais je me suis très bien repéré et j'ai bien compris votre exposé musical! Bravo🙂

Thank You very much!

You are so generous and giving to teach us this. Thank you.

Fabulous lesson. You are a good teacher. Enjoyed this so much

Thanks Aimee, amazing amount of hidden information. Brilliantly friendly and concise. I'm indebted.

So very interesting snd so we'll taught. Thank you Aimee Nolte.

I've decided to play and sing Honky Tonk Angels for my recital next week! Haha having lots of fun. Thank you!

Twenty songs in a month is a great goal. That’s enough to get a party going! Earlier today, I came to the realization that I started my music journey somewhere in the middle and I keep hitting the wall because I don’t have enough of the basics on a very practical level. I can draw the Circle of Fifths and play the major and relative minor scales forwards, backwards and opposing with both hands, although not as fast as you. In fact, I used do-re-mi to teach myself the scales. Then I stumbled on the Circle of Fifths. What an epiphany that was! I can spell most chords and I know their inversions but I can’t play a single darned song yet. I can very slowly work my way through the sheet music for a few songs but nothing sounds like what it should yet. This is the first time I have ever watched up close (not just listened to) them being used in real songs that I have known all my life. This lesson is so clear and thorough. I like how you’ve related the sheet to the hands to the ear and really shown how it works. I’m pretty sure I can do this now. I’m also pretty sure there a couple more of your lessons that I will be repeating often over the next few months. Thank you so much.

Hi Aimee. Love this video. It has changed my life! I learned I Walk the Line like you showed and even though I have never considered myself a singer at all, I can sing and play this one now. Now I'm working on my favorite C&W song of all time, Mama Tried. Thanks so much.

Aimee, you're *FANTASTIC!* I'm primarily a guitarist that's kinda 'dabbled' in trying to learn piano, although never seriously. I never got any further that the simplest Bach minuets, and beginner-styled arrangements of tunes like 'The Entertainer.' I just found your channel, but I've already learned a lot, but it's not just what I've learned, it's the enthusiasm I have again for learning. I'm a middle-aged man (as long as I live to be 118 - lol), and I've set a goal to be a reasonably skilled, intermediate-level pianist by the time I'm 60 years old. I turned 59 yesterday, and since I now have as much time as I want to practice, I have a good basic understanding of music theory, and I'm not starting from scratch, I believe my goal is attainable. Plus, my biggest asset is 'Aimee Nolte Music.' ;-) Seriously though, I've taken many guitar lessons from quite a few instructors, and some piano lessons, and I've come to the conclusion that some people, regardless of their ability on an instrument, just don't make good teachers. You are definitely an exception! *Thank You!*

I can't wait to get home to watch this!! Is it sad that I'm super excited to spend my Saturday night learning to play country songs!!??!! :)

"I Walk The Line" actually has a unique key change in it, it goes through 3 different keys, first the key of E, then goes to the key of A, then the key of D, back to A and back to E.

Great video Aimee! The real basic stuff is where to start for so many of us and also this video has an unexpected benefit, it gets you practicing to read the Bass clef! Thanks for posting another wonderful video. Cheers!

Finally someone shows simply how to play

EXCELENTE MUY DINÁMICO Y PROFESIONAL ME GUSTA ESA TÉCNICA. SALUDOS DESDE EL SALVADOR.

Thank you!! Just what i needed

So great! Thank you Aimee, this is just what I was looking for!

very good information for country piano player thnx

Thanks Aimee, great worksheets and super video.

I’m going to try. Blue moon of Kentucky I love that song it seems a little hard for a beginner anyway here goes Aimee

How cool! I searched how to play country piano on KZfaq and your video was the second in the list! I've been following you for your awesome scat and jazz piano vids. I didn't know you did this one. I'm like, "country piano from Aimee? Yes please!"

You're a great teacher

Great stuff

You are amazing Aimee! I really, really learned from your video tutorial. :-D I hope you upload more video tutorial. Thanks.

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Thanks for sharing a Johnny Cash song. When I think of Country Music I think of Johnny, and of course, his wife June Carter, whose family pioneered Country. Their story is incredible. Johnny's last song hits the heart the most, which is actually a Rock-n-Roll cover song by Nine Inch Nails. Although June doesn't sing, she is in the video. Sadly after the video they both past. The song is called "Hurt."

Thank you so much for this video. I've been playing piano for a few months and wanted to start to play by ear. I saw your first video about the 20 songs but couldn't figure out how to make them sound like this. Time to play :)

Thank you for making this video. It has helped me a lot. The only issue I had was that I found it hard to time the chords with the walk-up and walk-downs because of the division signs written on the treble clef instead of the notes. Which note do I play the chord with? Do I hit the chord on the note? Between the notes? For beginners it is much more difficult to time these when you have to figure it out from the beats (remember how many beats are in each type of note on each clef and then figure out when they would correspond on the two clefs). It sure would help us beginners to visually see exactly when the notes and chords are played together. It wouldn’t surprise me if this has caused other people to give up. Other than that I loved your video and I thank you for making it.❤

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Listen to Floyd Cramer and go from there. Also, country players take turns playing fills. First guitar, then fiddle, then piano,etc. Country piano players rarely play all the way through the tune. Listen to the source.

This is awesome Aimee! I am having so much fun with it. Now all I need is a voice like yours - sweet!!

Great tips.

That looks fun. TY I can read the treble cleft and base will take some a bit more practice.

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Aimee, glad you took the time to expane how the bass line runs are worked out ,think you regards ,

Thank you Aimee Nolte.. This tutorial was very helpful.. Really love it.. 😘😘😘

That one little part going back to G I do on the guitar. I have recently been noodling around the keyboard in C. I almost have Desperado worked out and generally finding my way around with the 1 4 5 and 1 6 4 5 also experimenting with inversions. Thanks for your videos

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Just finished watching an exhibition on The Art Of The Fugue and J. S. Bach. Somehow KZfaq auto-guided me to this your video and others on 2 and 3 chords piano "playing". I've been thinking: what has the world come to? The Art of Music, Quo Vadis?

Great tutorial. Thanks very much.

Thanks Aimee. Great tutorial. Just what I needed.

Great, thanks!

Thanks for this lesson! So useful!

Haha am laughing to myself, your lessons are amazing Aimee!! Keep up the good work. Blessings

Easy to play and understand! Great video.

Sooooooo glad you did some Hank in there Aimee, because .. just because!

The country dance is in France now « très à la mode . » Everybody dance as the cowboys here. Also, thank you for this vidéo. I can try to play that with dancers.

Ailimee could you do a bit more for bevies of country music thanks love that country music

Thanks really is helpful

I'm hoping someday you do a similar kind of thing for common fills/licks/styles for your "Ray Charles" style (e.g., Georgia On My Mind, You Don't Know Me). Which, I should transcribe for myself from your demo videos, but, you know. The commentary helps. Thank you for your videos - you inspired me to buy a digital piano after 20 years of not playing.

This is a 2 step song if you're a country dancer. It's the backbone of country couples dancing that's why it's such a common one

Happy Birthday Aimee!

This is sooooo helpful!! Thank you!!

Thanks!! So usefull

Well done - As always!

wow thank you so much this is amazing

Love your videos

I would call that a shuffle and not a swing mainly because you want the drummer to play a shuffle on the high hat. :)

Thank you for your reply Aimee, I appreciate it. Your worksheets are priceless, I just need help. How about if I pick a few songs from the list and I will pay you to sing and play and focus on your hands so I can catch on? What do you think? I had emailed you about some skype lessons a few days ago.Your amazing, what a gift you have!Roxy

Ha, love the slo-mo effect

thank you so much! you make it so much easier to learn piano!

That's the one I wanted. Thanks Aimee

It's corny but I use a simple musical cliche when I want to sound like I'm playing country. In any of these three chords I occasionally include the sus2 and quickly resolve it to 3. Don't know why that works.

Can you do some Gospel songs

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Do you know the cords of I Can't seem to say goodbye by Jerry lee Lewis...Cuz I Found the first 2 cords but I wanna make sure it's right

I just love h hillbilly music

GNU Solfege might be an interesting ear training tool. It is open source (obviously; GNU) and it works on Windows. The GUI is ugly like hell but it does work.

Thanks. Can you share a tutorial on type for runs for western style hymns - (Its Jesus and me)

Can I ask, if you were playing in a band with a bass player, what would you do then with your left hand? I'm guessing what you are doing here would clash with the bass player. I guess one option is to put it in your pocket?

I am trying to force myself into left hand bass. Thanks.

Hi Aimee, or any others here who may know.. I have a question... the patterns here work for 4 /4 time signature. How do can I apply to a 3/4 signature.? Thanks in anticipation.

Hi all of you guys you should really listen to William Branham's sermons they are so important, urgent deadly

Do u have an mail Box we can send our Request to. ? Thanks for your help. Ken in VA.

Struggling as anybody tried body tried blue hills of Kentucky

New to the channel can you make a series on this?

Thanks, as always, Aimee, and I think it's time that I made a spot for you in my Top 10 Coolest Chicks on the Planet List. Hmmm...I wonder who's gonna get the bad news. LOL

I’m trying to find a rhythm for ‘Brave Companion of the Road’ by Nanci Griffiths. I have all the chords and fillers etc but can I find a left hand rhythm? No, and it’s driving me to distraction. Any ideas, please, from anyone! Thanks.

I only watch your videos to see your beautiful eyes 😍

Great tutorial and I did buy worksheets but they are too short and videos too fast to see what you are doing. would be helpful if you could play songs and focus on your hands at lest a couple songs. Thank you

Hi how much Is ur country piano Course is it a download

have I bought the right workbook, I was expecting a transcription of twenty songs, not 2 sheets.?

You play, make an example of song

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I personally would get more out of this video If It showed your hands on the keys board

The trick is not to have too much "boom-chuck"

It would be great if you could give us the finger numbers for Blue Moon of Kentucky...... your fingers move much to fast for me to catch it......... I did buy the work sheet......but you still move much to quickly.... I only have 30 days........lol

I keep my underwear upon the line. I keep my girlfriend happy all the time. I keep my pants held up with a piece of twine. And if you're mine, please pull my twine.

Hi all of you guys you should really listen to William Branham's sermons they are so important, urgent

I still don't get it :(

I like this video .. however I paid $5 to download what I thought was your sheet music for 20 songs .. I only got 2 songs .. you should make this clear before people make my mistake