Pianoundervisning - Bergen

22/10/2025

My New Blues Piano Course Is Out Now!
https://soundofemotions.com/new-course-beginner-blues-piano-improvisation/

If you’ve ever felt stuck,
jumping between courses or collecting ideas faster than you can practice them,
this is your reset.

Instead of giving you more to learn, this module focuses on what truly moves the needle.

By the time you complete the 20 lessons in this module,
you’ll turn a simple A minor blues scale into a complete solo piano performance.

07/08/2024

Dear Friends in Bergen,

Over the past four years, I've taken a step back from private piano teaching to focus on writing piano method books and creating online piano courses. Now that these projects are streamlined and require much less time to run them smoothly, I have the capacity to teach more private lessons again.

I have 10 open spots for private piano students of all ages and levels. 🎹✨

If you are interested, DM me on Facebook, or if you know someone who might be interested, please share this post with them. That would mean a lot to me and I would greatly appreciate that.

Pianoundervisning som kombinerer tradisjonell læringmestodikk med kreativitet.

28/06/2018

What has happened in the last 7 months?

Well, I did not add any new videos to youtube, and for that I am sorry. In the last 7 months I had my full attention on creating lessons to www.soundofemotions.com website.
A year ago the site had 130 videos, and today the number of the lessons are 316.
We have a bunch of new
- scale workouts
- chord workouts
- new pieces in a style of jazz, blues, pop and contemporary.
- Improvisation exercises
- 100+ Pages of music sheet
- Dozens of backing tracks

I also added more than 30 practice plans to the site, so you don’t have to think about where to start and what to do next. For a while now I offer personal feedback to my online students, and that is just... such a beautiful experience. You are on the other side of the world, I help you to be a better musician, and you help me to be a better teacher.

I month ago I was taking a little break, mainly because we have recorded a new album with my band: SKAAR!

Now I am back in business, and you should expect a lot of new lessons ;)

Hugs & Love
David

27/12/2017

Happy Holidays! Here is my present for you 🎁

David Magyel Piano Lessons

15/12/2017

15 more lessons and I am done expanding the beginner curriculum for a while. From January on I will start working on the Intermediate curriculum too. However if you sign up for the Monthly Intermediate course now, you will get access some of these Advanced Beginner lessons too.

David Magyel Piano Lessons

01/12/2017

28 new lessons the last 10 days… Tadaam! :) Check out my new babies!

David Magyel Piano Lessons

28/11/2017

Stay tuned. I am not done yet. More to come :)

David Magyel Piano Lessons

20/11/2017

Let the fun begin. New Lesson Series :)

David Magyel Piano Lessons

25/07/2017

News! I started a new project where I will teach your licks and how to apply them so it will sound like your own idea :)
I just published the first video of this series on YouTube: https://goo.gl/bozvT6

Sound of Emotions Students:
I have decided to create 3 additional lessons next to this Advanced Blues Challenge.
Lesson 121 will help you to learn the ‘Blues Challenge Etude’ as it is.
Basically you will see how I have practiced my own etude, before I upload it for you.
The next lesson will cover the creative process of practicing all the blues exercises from Lesson 115 to Lesson 120.

Enjoy :)
David

Lesson 1 – Left Hand Variations (12 examples: Two-feel bass, Walking Bass, Rootless Voicings, Shell Voicings, Stride, Ballad)Lesson 2 – Right Hand Variations (8 Variations on the lick)

17/07/2017

New YouTube Lesson arrived. "How to practice minor ii-V-i voicings effectively?" :)

14/07/2017

SOUND OF EMOTIONS: CHECKPOINT 3: BLUES CHALLENGE

What is the point of this CheckPoint/Challenge?
1. One of my big goal was to teach you how to express power, energy, madness through Blues. Now you have the tool to channel your anger. You can stop hitting the wall when you are pi**ed off and just play some loud blues.

2. This Etude is a mixture of LESSON 119 and LESSON 120. I wanted to show you the power of these lessons. You can create endless etudes like this based on Lesson 113 to Lesson 120. All you have to do is to mix your favorite elements together. (Follow the practice routine I provided you under Lesson 119 and lesson 120)

3. Intermediate piano players: Learn this Etude and sent it to me. I will check out your level and I will tell you exactly what lessons you should work on. (An unlisted YouTube Video link would be perfect)

4. Advanced piano players: Challenge me! Create your own etude. Show me that you can do better than me. If you do that – and you succeed – I will challenge you back with a new, advanced lesson.



NOTE: NEW MEMBERS! WELCOME!
Regardless you level – beginner, intermediate, advanced – I want you to show me your progress. (Audio or Video)
Show me your reading and improvisation skills and I will create you a practice plan for your the next few months!
Eh! Do not send me big files! If you could send me a link (unlisted YouTube Video, SoundCloud) that would be great.

Have fun everyone,
David

https://www.soundofemotions.com/

David Magyel Piano Lessons

17/06/2017

3 new lessons this week!
YouTube: “Donna Lee – Solo Piano Arrangement”
Sound of Emotions: Lesson 117-118 “16 Blues Licks (revistied)”

About these blues licks...
This is a true success story.
2 years ago I uploaded these licks to YouTube, so my private students in Bergen (Norway) can play along with it.
They did not use it at all, therefore I did not bother to create more videos for them.
However, a year later a checked that video in YouTube and wow, 1000 views! Still not from Norway though…
Anyway, I added a link to the description, to see if there is anyone interested to buy the music sheet. In a few days’ time I earned 2 euro! Holy Banana! 2 euro! It is almost enough money to buy something in Bergen!
And this is how this all started.
Today I am unstoppable, I can go and eat ice cream whenever I want. Do your parents think that you have no talent and you gonna end up a homeless artist? Mine did. Share this story with them and don’t give up.
PS.:
I told my mom recently, that I I have 250 000 views per month in YouTube.
She said: Yes, because you are handsome, not because you are talented.
I told her that they only see my hands.
She is still in shock.

https://www.soundofemotions.com/all-lessons/