Quicklessons Piano Course

In this video course you will learn how to play piano by ear.

Course Details

Difficulty: Beginner - Intermediate

Runtime: 8:25:16

Taught by composer/pianist Ozie Cargile, this course includes 144 video lessons that focus on the skills needed to hear, play, chart, and improvise your favorite songs, as well as your own music.

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Modules in this Course

These tutorials will focus on the skills needed to write and improvise your own music. Each lesson is clear and concise, shown from an up-close point of view so that you can easily see everything the instructor is doing. Click on the images to explore the course.

Module 1: Getting Started

Module 1: Getting Started

Your piano lessons will begin with an introduction to the keyboard and the fundamentals of music theory.
Module 2: Learning Scales

Module 2: Learning Scales

In this module, you’ll learn what makes a scale as well as the major and minor scales for all 12 keys on the piano.
Module 3: Learning Chords

Module 3: Learning Chords

In this module, you’ll discover the various chords that come out of scales.

Module 4: Chord Progressions

Module 4: Chord Progressions

You’ll learn 27 standard chord progressions used across various genres including rock, pop, R&B, hip hop, classical, gospel and jazz.

Module 5: Improvisation and Expansion

Module 5: Improvisation and Expansion

If you’re looking to grasp the fundamentals of improvisation and expand your musical ideas, this is the module for you.
Module 6: Reading and Writing Music

Module 6: Reading and Writing Music

No piano course would be complete without a section that teaches you how to read music.

Quicklessons Course Book

Watch this video to learn about the various features of the new Quicklessons Piano Course book.

Video Details

Available as a PDF download from this website, or as a paperback or e-book from Amazon, the course book features 352 full-color pages detailing each lesson in the video course. The lessons feature chord charts, easy-to-read keyboard diagrams, and sheet music transcriptions of some of the instructor's improvisations.

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Meet Your Piano Instructor

Ozie Cargile

Ozie Cargile is a Los Angeles-based composer and pianist, originally from Detroit. A graduate of the University of Michigan, his works have been performed by several orchestras and ensembles including the Detroit Symphony, the Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York, and the Boulder Symphony of Colorado, which premiered his choral orchestral work "Song for Humanity" in collaboration with the 150-voice Boulder Chorale. Cargile has more than 15 years of experience as a professional piano and composition instructor for students of all ages. Ozie compiled his teaching experience into an 8-hour video series called the Quicklessons Piano Course, which includes a 352-page course book. In 2019, Cargile became one of eight fellows selected to participate in the prestigious 2019 Sundance Film Music and Sound Design Lab directed by Peter Golub in collaboration with Skywalker Sound. Cargile worked on cues with film composers Marco Beltrami and James Newton Howard. Cargile sees it as a composer’s duty to raise consciousness about important issues concerning humanity through music performance and education.