The Dr. Guy Shkolnik Piano Course
Play chords on the piano with better spacing, motion, and color. A focused course by Dr. Guy Shkolnik - composer, pianist, and music theory PhD.

A focused course for pianists, composers, producers, and musicians who use the piano to write, arrange, and shape harmony.
• How triads can sound rich, beautiful, and cinematic
• How different chord positions change the sound
• Two voice-leading rules for connecting chords smoothly
• Using first inversions as leading and passing chords
• How 7th chords move through traditional and modern progressions
• How to use 6, 9, ♭9, 11, and 13 chords in full progressions
• How chords built in fifths create a more open, modern sound
• Two short musical pieces that put the ideas in motion
How the course is taught
The lessons use the same clear piano view shown below, with the keyboard and ChordieApp visible, so you can see exactly what I’m playing and how each chord moves.
About This Course
Triads in Three Positions
How to Connect Triads
What Triads Can Do
First Inversions as Leading and Passing Chords
Voice Leading in Traditional and Modern 7th Chord Progressions
9th, 11 & 13th
Building m11 and maj9#11 Chords from Fifths
Dr. Guy Shkolnik is a composer, pianist, and music theory PhD.
His doctoral work explored thematic potential in Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier: how a fugue subject shapes the harmonic design of the whole piece.
He has taught harmony, counterpoint, and ear training at Rimon School of Music and the University of Haifa. Today, his piano harmony videos reach musicians around the world who want serious harmonic ideas explained clearly and played beautifully.
The Dr. Guy Shkolnik Piano Course brings that depth into a focused, practical course on voicing, spacing, motion, and richer chords at the piano.
No. You don’t need virtuoso technique. The course focuses on chord voicing, spacing, and movement - not fast playing or advanced piano repertoire.
Yes. If you use the piano to write, arrange, produce, or understand harmony, the course is designed to help you play clearer voicings and richer progressions at the keyboard.
Yes. The course is taught on the piano, but many of these voicings also work beautifully for strings, pads, and orchestral writing.
Yes. The course includes richer progressions, modern harmonic movement, and voicings built in fifths for a more open sound.