Pop Piano: Chords, Accompaniment, and Lead-Sheet Skills

Pop Piano: Chords, Accompaniment, and Lead-Sheet Skills

Pop Piano: Chords, Accompaniment, and Lead-Sheet Skills

This course teaches chord foundations and accompaniment techniques used in popular music: building triads and seventh chords, diatonic chord functions, bass-line choices and slash chords, common progressions, and practical left/right-hand textures. Students practice reading chord symbols and playing from lead sheets, with ear-training, texture development, and individualized feedback culminating in performance of short examples.

Pop Piano: Chords, Accompaniment, and Lead-Sheet Skills

Paid once.

Level
Intermediate
Ages
13–18
Duration
55 min
Classes
2 / Week
Weeks
5

Class Experience

This course teaches chord foundations and accompaniment techniques used in popular music: building triads and seventh chords, diatonic chord functions, bass-line choices and slash chords, common progressions, and practical left/right-hand textures. Students practice reading chord symbols and playing from lead sheets, with ear-training, texture development, and individualized feedback culminating in performance of short examples.

Learning Outcomes

  • Build and play major and minor triads and common chord types

  • Apply common chord progressions and bass motions used in pop music

  • Read chord symbols and play from lead sheets

  • Use accompaniment and rhythm patterns to support songs

  • Employ chord tones and simple extensions (e.g., 2nd, 4th, 7th) in arrangements

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Meet your Instructor

Joined August, 2026

4.5

42

Reviews

20+

Years

1,800+

Students

A certified music educator with more than 20 years of teaching experience and a Master's in Music Education, this instructor teaches piano, music theory, ear training, songwriting, and ensemble skills. Experience includes classroom and private instruction, accompaniment, arrangin…

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