Playing simple 4 chord progressions can open up so many possibilities for students. It can lead them to a better understanding of music and it can give them the skills they need to recover from a mistake in a performance or accompany a singer.

One of my favourite activities for piano lessons is chord composing. In fact, I have a full course to show you how to teach this inside my Inner Circle community.

In this podcast, you can hear one module from this course and learn how to teach your students the 3 most common pop chord progressions.

In this episode, you’ll learn

* What the 4 Chord Composing approach is

* How the course is structured

* What this type of teaching can do for your students

* How to teach the most common pop chord progressions

* How to integrate chords into your teaching

Links Mentioned

* Top 20 Tips for 4 Chord Composing

* Related: 4 Chord Composing Course

Transcript

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Have you tried 4 Chord Composing?

If not, does the idea of teaching like this appeal to you? What way do you teach chords to students at the moment?

Playing simple 4 chord progressions can open up so many possibilities for students. It can lead them to a better understanding of music and it can give them the skills they need to recover from a mistake in a performance or accomp...