Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
5 Hour(s) 27 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
James Gaither
Rating
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Course Overview
Learn how to play classic Hip Hop songs easily and effectively!!!
This course is by far the easiest and most effective method to learn Hip Hop Songs and production styles on piano. Within mere minutes you will be playing popular songs on piano from the greatest Hip Hop Producers of today.
Piano for Hip Hop Fans is a course is geared towards musicians who have a love and passion for Hip Hop and want to learn the different regional styles for piano or keyboard. Whether it be West Coast, East Coast, Southern, or International styles, hours of lectures have your interests covered in this beautiful genre.
Lecture includes the following songs:
Song Cry - Jay-Z (Produced by Just Blaze)
The Dynasty Intro - Jay-Z (Produced by Just Blaze)
The Roots - You Got Me (Produced by Scott Storch)
Big Poppa - Notorious BIG (Produced by Chucky Thompson)
Frontin - Pharrell and Jay-Z (Produced by Pharrell Williams)
Diced Pineapples - Rick Ross (produced by Cardiak)
NY State of Mind - Nas - (Produced by DJ Premier)
The World Is Yours - Nas (Produced by Pete Rock)
In The Morning - J. Cole (Produced by L&X)
Overnight Celebrity - Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)
Bad - Wale (Produced by Tiara Thomas and Kelson Camp)
Heads Ringing - Dr. Dre (Produced by Dr. Dre)
I Ain't Mad At Cha - Tupac (Produced by Daz Dillinger)
Xxplosive - Dr. Dre (Produced by Dr. Dre and Mel Man)
Still D.R.E (Produced by Dr. Dre, Scott Storch)
Lay Low - Snoop Dogg (Produced by Dr. Dre)
Leave You Alone - Neyo and Young Jeezy (Produced by Warren G)
Another Round - Fat Joe and Chris Brown (Yung Ladd)
Aston Martin Music - Rick Ross (Produced by the J.U.S.T.I.C.E League)
All I Do Is Win - DJ Khaled (DJ Nasty and LVM)
Maybach Curtains - Meek Mill, Nas, John Legend, Rick Ross (Produced by Infamous)
Bag Of Money - Rick Ross and T-Pain (Produced by Beat Billionaire)
Dufflebag Boy - Playaz Circle and Lil Wayne (M16)
Lollipop - Lil Wayne (Produced by Deezle and Jim Jonsin)
Love Me - Lil Wayne feautring Drake, and Future (Produced by Mike-Will-Made-It)
Ready - Fabolous and Chris Brown (Produced by The Runners and Monarch)
Look What You've Done - Drake (Produced by Chase N. Cashe)
From Time - Drake and Jhene Aiko (Produced by Noah Shebib and Chilly Gonzalez)
Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar (Produced by T-Minus)
Moment 4 Life - Nikki Minaj (Produced by T-Minus)
·Save time and money by learning remotely rather than travel to traditional music instruction
·A pressure-free approach to playing music, no judgment or stress involved with your musical journey.
·Take 20 minutes a day and watch your progress grow!
·Keyboard or a piano is all you will need to get started.
·Remote tutoring exists well past the course time.
·Do the lessons on your own time and adjust them according to your personal schedule.
To learn piano, one will only need a will and desire to practice and most importantly, have fun. The only physical requirements needed to finish this course would be: piano/electric keyboard, computer, and a printer. The visual method of this course will allow you to quickly ascertain music theory, piano fingerings, rhythm, cadences, and chord structures within a very short amount of time.
Pace yourself and enjoy the musical journey as you will be exposed to 20+ great years of Hip Hop songs arranged for piano!!
Pianist, James Gaither provides a detailed, chord-based, and relaxed music course that will span well over 3 hours of concise and detailed instruction. Class and coursework will be enjoyable as his teaching style is stress-free and is oriented to have users learn at their own pace.
The supplementary materials in this course will be midi files for playback and experimentation within most music production software and accompanying sheet music for each respective lecture.
A mere 20 minutes a day will have you playing like a professional in no time!
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 62 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Course Introduction
- Section 2 East Coast Production Style - (Right Hand Arpeggios and Melodic Emphasis)
- Section 3 West Coast Hip Hop Production (Sticatto Patterns and Walking Bass Patterns)
- Section 4 Southeren Hip Hop Production Style (Building Melodic and Harmonic Tension)
- Section 5 International Hip Hop Production Style (A Classical Piano Approach to Hip Hop)
What You’ll Learn
- - A greater understanding of musical structures and the ability to play them in a smooth manner., Learning Hip Hop songs specially arranged for piano and keyboard, Learn how to play melodies and comp bass hand patterns simutaneously. , Detailed midi playback file with sheet music accompanies each lecture
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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MManuel Aha
Nothing you should pay for
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BBrian Maher
Mr. Gaither - I hope you get a chance to read this review. The idea is fantastic! I really like how Mr. Gaither organized the different tracks into different styles of hip-hop. Here are the issues - I would prefer more than just a simple, "by rote" video. Maybe talk about similarities in style, talk about chord progressions, etc. It seems like Mr. Gaither is familiar with the history of the tracks, and I would love to hear more about that! The video quality is also an issue. There are plenty of inexpensive webcams (or phones for that matter) available online that would produce a much better product. There were a few occasions where he misspoke in the first video. There's really no reason to publicly upload a product with clear errors, especially when people are paying money for it. He needs to do a few more takes of each video, tighten it up and make it more clear. The biggest issue for me is with the pdf and midi files. There are plenty of "by rote" videos online for free, so I figured that the pdfs and midis would be helpful. Some SERIOUS editing needs to be done. There is no reason why a string of 8th notes (see Dynasty Intro) should look like something from a John Cage percussion ensemble. It seems like he just played the tracks into a midi keyboard through a program, and did absolutely no editing what-so-ever. To be frank, it's unprofessional. Like I said at the beginning, it's a great idea. PLEASE consider making some changes. - Re shoot the videos with a higher quality camera - Make sure the takes are TIGHT. No student wants to learn from a teacher who doesn't seem sure of himself. - Edit the midi files and PDFs so they are correctly and clearly notated. - Explain the difference in production style. Maybe make some exercises for how to create your own tracks in that style using the same compositional devices. Are there common rhythmic or harmonic patterns? Do certain styles have faster or slower harmonic rhythm? Are there genres or artists that have influenced each style? You could easily make a 5 to 10 minute introduction video on each production style to talk about history, influences, harmonic and rhythmic concepts. That alone would be worth the $25. If you make those changes, I will certainly change my review to 5 stars and I'm sure that other people will to. Until then, I would not recommend that anyone waste their time and/or money. PLEASE FIX THIS. There is nothing else on the internet like this, and it needs to be done well!
