How to Add "Piano Sparkles" to Chord Progressions 🎹✨

by Arthur Bird September 10, 2024

I recently saw a video of the talented pianist Bailey Pickles playing with James Bay, and he described the flourishes he was doing on the piano as "piano sparkles”.

I thought this was THE perfect word!

I loved it so much that I made a piano tutorial that will show you to play some of these sparkles.

Just watch how they completely transform basic chord progressions into something really impressive.

You can see it on Youtube here:

How to Add "Sparkles" to Chord Progressions

The main musical concepts I touch on in this piano lesson are:

Arpeggiated Rolls
Suspended Chords
Suspended Flourishes
Left Hand 9ths
A "Piano Sparkle" Lick
Suspended Slash Chords

Depending on your current ability on the piano, some of these examples may be trickier than others, but the concepts still work if you apply them to simpler chord progressions.

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