Piano Technique through Chart Piano Covers

When people want to learn chart hits and create pop piano covers, they don’t realise that they also need to develop their finger dexterity and piano technique. Playing pop music doesn’t negate the need for finger independence and accuracy at speed with even sixteenth notes and the like when seeking to create flashy solos. The best way to develop your technique is to create exercises from the pieces that you are already playing and integrating the technique with both the original performance and the improvisation.

Here’s a lesson that integrates a combination of Dohnanyi and Hannon exercises via Little Mix’s Confetti. Yes, Dohnanyi and Hannon are respected technical classical piano exercises and yes, you can create really legitimate exercises through pop/chart piano pieces!