Using a simple Piano melody we discuss various techniques which use ornaments (or ornamentations) to embellish a piece of music. All notes are available on our Patreon as a PDF study guide: https://www.patreon.com/posts/62380568 Important Videos which you should watch along with this lesson are listed below:
10 instant Melody writing strategies: https://youtu.be/58crYLpoVaE How to improve a Melody: https://youtu.be/FNE0aA-vzgc How to enhance a simple Melody: https://youtu.be/PLRc0_peLKM Embellish a Piano Melody using Octaves: https://youtu.be/OR7SDeIuXFc Embellish a Piano Melody using Thirds: https://youtu.be/8nSh14ChIe0 How to compose a Melody (Series): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9Rh70I2dDIdR4eLNvMVFX0
00:00 Performance
00:37 Introduction
02:18 Let’s learn the Melody (3/4 meter & G minor scale)
04:56 The Melodic Accents
05:37 How to properly play Grace Notes
08:11 “Eastern Vibe” Grace Notes
09:33 “Blues” Grace Notes
10:33 Tune with some Improv
11:26 “Country” Piano Thirds
13:25 The “Random” Country Jam
14:26 “Flamenco Chordal” Melody
17:07 Octave embellishment
17:46 Octaves stacked with Thirds
18:38 Turns
21:57 Turns with Thirds
22:33 Revision of all concepts
24:04 Conclusion