jordan rudess is just impossible... u just playing this C chord itself is so amazing...luv it

This knowledge is invaluable for me as a musician. I learned it some what 25 years ago,and I still use it in my everyday music compositions. So teach yourself this, and you won't need to worry about getting your chords right.

Never seen it done like this before, and it immediately opened up my playing as if it were a whole new instrument.

LOL starts out easy till "if you're a little more advanced give it a run"

@FeatherGlow1 Yes! There are 8 parts. Check them out the pyramind online link below the video.

Thank You. My eyes have been opened to a new dimension in chord changes and practice.

Hey there Bill. Are you signing up through Pyramind Online? That's where we have the entire series of instructional videos from Jordan Rudess. Let me know if you have further problems and I'll be glad to walk you through and troubleshoot. Thanks for the kind words. -Tim.

03:20 You KNow

Wow, killer lesson! One of the best I've ever seen. My skill level just went up by a lot. I'll be toying with this for a long time, and really, finally get my inversions as well as relative minors and their inversions- in every key by following the circle of fifths! Amazing.

Awesome advice! you're never too old to learn, this man's skill is unbelievable!

Terrific lesson, Jordan!

Hey there, To view it your going to need to sign up at Pyramind Online and create an account. Its free to sign up and you will have 100's of hours of content we've created. Enjoy.

I love this man... a great musician

We're glad you discovered pyramind online- make sure to tell your friends!

ha ha. yes, this is so wonderful i guess that if anyone watched this over and over, they could be brilliant just like jordan rudess. thanks man.

Thank you so much for sharing your talent and knowledge. I am fascinated by the dexterity of your fingers. It is beautiful to watch. I will practice your exercises using the Circle of Fifths. I hope you will provide more lessons. You are a wonderful teacher.

Jordan Rudess really needs to make more musical writing instructional videos. The mans a genius

Thank you so much Sir, very inspiring ideas. I believe it help me to learn this basic idea. Im beginner shifting instrument to keyboard.

People thought that I was crazy for doing this on every instrument I know, mallets, clarinet, alto and tenor sax, baritone, trombone. Actually helpful. I find that I can improv for hours.

Easy, and understandable!!! Helpful for me to understand the "complicated" theory and can practice at home! :) Thanks!

This exercise is so wonderful and easy.....thanks for making it simple

fail - A sharp at 6:24

Now I will excel even more further with keyboarding. Thanks Jordan.

I'm a guitar player, so many things do not apply for me here, but when Jordan Rudess makes an instructional video, YOU WATCH IT.

Thanks so much! I'm a guitar player who dabbles with my keyboard a little.... you explain it to where I really want to play A LOT! :O Dream Theater is one of my favorite bands in the world and you've added so much over the years. Thanks for doing what you do!

Great lesson ! Thank you so much !!!

Man that was of great help! great teacher indeed!

i love the principle of practice that he's teaching...

Thank u for this lesson... 😊😊

did anybody figure out the riff at 0:28 ?

You can check out Pyramind Online. We have tons of instructional video content regarding Music Production, Synthesis, DAW's, Mixing, Piano, etc.

circle of fifths is quite important to guitar; Paul Gilbert stresses it a lot in his lessons in order to write great tunes and solos. Joe Satriani even adapted the circle of fourths and fifths in his Pitch Axis theory.

Cool video. It is nice that profession helps you to get better on playing!

Great video! Thank you!

I hate that when he's playing a simple C Chord it sounds better than any song I've ever made in my life. Absolutely genius piano player, Jordan Rudess is.

I'm not a pianist - and I think sometimes Jordan Rudess has the tendancy to over do it, but I actually found that VERY useful!

Great demo. It would be good also to refer to the scaletones. Root, major third, perfect fifth etc. That will help ingrain that information along with the note names.

Wow, he's a sick teacher! Thanks!!

I really would like to find part 2of this video. I've been trying to learn to play by ear for the longest while but to no avail. If someone knows some good resourses please share with me?

I don't even play the keyboard, but I was still captivated enough to watch the whole thing.

Excellent! Jordan makes me wish I stuck with piano going into H.S.

amazing teacher!

Great video thanks

Your my #1 keyboardist...

Very useful info!!!! Thank. How do you get so fluid in playing?

I don't believe Jordan teaches online simply because of his schedule with Dream Theater and his continuous work with Apple. We, on the other hand do have a piano class that we teach at our ground campus in S.F.

Im not even a pianist, still love watching this

where can I find the other videos they got deleted ?

thank you !!!!!

JR How do you take something so simple and make it just completely AMAZING!?

Jordan. good master, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@SparkShredder you're wrong... it was the Genie... Mangini...

Greetings Jordan! I came across your videos and I must say that you are amongst the most talented keyboardists and composers I've ever encountered. Thank you for posting the videos on KZfaq; it let's us know "what" is possible. By the way, I've tried to sign up to your website and it won't let me. It keeps saying that the username/ password doesn't match. I've done it for multiple emails. I REALLY want to check out your site. See if it's a glitch you can fix. I NEED to see all of your stuff!!!

Hi, where can we get all of the parts of this lessons? They are not available in our web site.

Thanks Rudess.

I cry watching this

this lesson is present in Rudess' "keyboard wizardry".

Nice playing!

It's the M-Audio Keystation 88 Pro, I think, it's a controller.

what model of a Yamaha keyboard is Jordan playing? Thanks.

Well, everything he said on this particular video applies to the guitar. You only need to adapt it to the fretboard, the notes are there.

check out the pyramind website, that's where this whole series can be found. also, you can check out the Jordan Rudess Online Conservatory. jroc . us lots of great ear training there and if you have an iOS device, Ear Wizard is coming out soon from his company wizdom music. or maybe it's ear wiz, i can't remember haha but yeah, check some of that out. also musictheory . net has great ear training exercises

so cool, thax

@himl994 good fingering only matters if it affects your playing.. if you can pull it off with ease.. then use whatever fingering you WANT...

do you give online lessons, i think i need to start over again

C=Do,B=Si. You can go from there. Do, Re mi, is Italian, C,D,E is German notation.

i think you underestimate playing by ear a bit. i do both and i think that both have advantages over the other. ear is my preferred way to play though

There are inversions of chords on guitar. So everything here applies, just not on the same instrument.

hey Jordan...is it an accident that you played B Flat at 6.25......?

My piano teacher gets all mad when I use different fingerings and I see Jordan (one of the best in the world) with like a totally different fingering. Is there really a correct fingering for that first C chord he played?

really useful-my fingers refuse to go that fast though!

Hey no fair! You're using passing tones! Hehe.

If this is Part 1, is there a Part 2?

Where is 0:00 - 0:14 from?

@synadude What keyboard is that?

actually, the inversions and the changing of keys with the relative major/minor is the exact same thing on the guitar than on the piano :P

Instructive :)

he's like the coolest music nerd ever (im a music nerd)

very nice

I saw that accidental you slipped in there at 6:25. Just couldnt resist

if i grow a goatee like his, will i master piano?

He he, the arpeggios are cool. That's what I wanted to learn for the last 20 years, but somehow I could never get the fingering right.

All music theory applies to all instruments, as you'll see if you take the time and make the effort to learn the theory, and trust me, it's well worth it.

whats his keyboard?

Virtuoso is the word for him

I know you're not going to like this but I highly suggest learning to read notes and, subsequently the music. It will open unimaginable horizons for you by being able to play and comprehend sound combinations you would've never come across if playing only by ear. Otherwise, you will always be limited to only certain chord progressions and steps your brain can perceive as likable. Imagine making movie with still picture camera - that's what playing by ear can be compared to.

Once John Petrucci found a magic lamp...he rubbed it and POP!! Out came RUDESS!! :D

also check out Jordan Rudess's Online Conservatory jroc . us

sounds like broken hallelujah - the song when fiona is sad that she's not marrying shrek and is marrying lord farquad

I'm a guitarplayer, and I'll try to bring this to the fretboard. This sound way to cool, to not try it!

Awesome

2:11 Oh, chord inversions... Okay, let's take some notes *grabs notepad

watching his fingers then he does his runs is cool. dont know why

I was thinking the same thing LOL

do you mean jordan? i think so, at least his album covers leave no doubt, and also Labrie often wears a shirt with a skull on it (he loves death?). which sogn do you mean? please let me know.

1:36 *de wey intensifies*

@himl994 I honestly don't think fingering on the keyboard matters at all if you are able to get to the same note you want to reach in the same amount of time and it feels better for you. Obviously teachers try to make you play perfect because it's their job. But Fingering isn't as important as people make it out to be.

cool

no that's mike man-genie you're thinking of

The Most Amazing facet of the Piano is, It needs no Explanation! No Lyrics! Just to be listen & heard too!