FREE CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP
Sing & Play Upbeat Piano Songs
Keep a steady groove at the piano, even when your voice comes in. We’ll practise together with Boney M.’s Mary’s Boy Child.
Wednesday 18 November · 90 minutes · Live online
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Your free Christmas rhythm workshop
My original full-day rhythm workshop was ÂŁ100. This 90-minute Christmas session is free.
Join me online on Wednesday 18 November. We’ll try the rhythm together on Boney M.’s Mary’s Boy Child.
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Tired of playing ballads when you’d love to play high-energy songs?
You find the chords, start singing… and somehow your hands end up playing the rhythm of the words. Or you slow everything down until even the liveliest song sounds like a ballad. Sound familiar?
We’ll give your left hand a steady job and find a rhythm your right hand can repeat while you sing. We’ll slow down the chorus of Mary’s Boy Child so you can hear exactly where the words fall against the beat.
INTRODUCING...
SING & PLAY UPBEAT PIANO SONGS WORKSHOP:
PLAY ONLY WHAT YOU NEED TO SOUND FABULOUS!
You don’t need a fistful of notes to give a song a lift. We’ll build the accompaniment in three steps.
- Play in time so you can sing or play with others.
- Use your left hand to give the chords a groove.
- Keep the pattern steady as you sing the chorus.
WHAT WE’LL DO IN OUR 90 MINUTES
Find the pulse
Tap along before you play. Feel the steady beat underneath the words.
Get the chords under your fingers
Start with a simple chord change you can repeat comfortably.
Give your left hand a groove
Keep the bass going as your right hand changes chords.
Try the offbeat
Already comfortable with chords? Add a light chord between the beats and hear the difference.
Bring in your voice
Sing a short phrase of Mary’s Boy Child over the pattern. Slow down the spot where your hands want to follow your voice.
Play the chorus together
Choose the simple pulse or the offbeat version. We’ll finish the playing part by singing the chorus together over the rhythm you’ve practised.
Play along with me
Put your keyboard where you can see the screen and try each pattern as I play it. If you’re new to piano, stay with the simple pulse. If you already accompany yourself, add the offbeats and see if you can keep them steady through the chorus.
I'M SAM
I'm sure you've experienced the same feeling as I did when a light bulb went off in my head and all of sudden everything changed. Being dyslexic, classical piano was always too complicated for me, so I spent many hours working out how to play the piano by ear. Until one day I came across chords, and my life changed.
As a professional singer-songwriter, mentor & music therapist, I have worked with 1000s of people who all longed to sing & play the piano but felt daunted.
I have trained at the famous BRIT School, toured the world singing and playing on cruise ships & piano bars, worked with Ray Davies and performed at the Royal Festival Hall and released two albums.
I run The Singer’s Piano from Cornwall, where I help singers find their own way to play, sing and express themselves through music.
"I mean from day one, I was just like wow. I can't explain it, but I feel like you allow people to really understand music and it's essence. It just shifted my perspective."
Liz Ingate
"Sam has an amazing way of bringing out the best in us and giving us a push to get through the fear"
Karen Kealy
Is this workshop right for you?
If you can find a few chords but everything comes out sounding like a ballad, come and join me. Beginners can play a steady chord pulse. If you already sing and play, we’ll explore how to make that same accompaniment bounce.
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Wednesday 18 November · 90 minutes · Live online
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