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Piano Embellishments | Fills, Runs, & Scales (Udemy.com)

Sound like a PRO on Piano or Keyboard | Transform your piano chords to sound amazing in Pop, Rock, blues, Gospel, Jazz..

Created by: Kingsley B-Nkrumah

Last updated January 2021

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What you will learn

  • Embellishments for Piano Chord Progressions
  • Piano Runs to improve your sound
  • Piano Fills for all Major and Minor Chords
  • Major Scales and Their Applications
  • Natural Minor Scales and Their Applications
  • The Chromatic Scale and Its Applications

How it compares

Against the other 45 rated Udemy courses in Piano on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 57% of them
  • Reviews403#21 of 46 by number of reviews
  • Length4.7 hourslonger than 53% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2021earlier than 55% of them

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Course Description

This course teaches you simple but amazing embellishments that work over most chord progressions. If you are looking for fills, runs, and melodic lines that will make you sound like a Pro, then this is the right course for you.

The course is straightforward and seeks to expose you to several ideas to help you embellish your chord progressions. The concepts are broken down to make them easily understood.

Imagine being able to play all your favorite songs with extra embellishments to spice up the sound without the need to read sheet music? Now you can easily achieve this within weeks not years and without wasting money, time, and effort on traditional Piano Lessons.


You will at least need to know Major and Minor Chords before taking this course. Absolute beginners should take the first few lessons of my absolute beginner course [The Ultimate Play Piano By Ear Course | Easy Piano Lessons] before proceeding to this course.


High-Definition Videos and Digital Piano Display

With an overhead camera and light-activated piano roll, you can easily see what fingers are used as well as the exact notes that are being played.

The knowledge obtained from this course can be applied to other genres of music like Pop, Ballad style, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, etc as you are equipped with the knowledge to create your own music.


The course is divided into 9 easy to follow sections:

  1. Grace Notes and Trills

  2. Borrowing Notes from the Preceding Chord

  3. Targetting the 3rd

  4. Fast Trill Embellishments

  5. Melodic Fills

  6. Major, Minor & Chromatic Scales

  7. Runs and Harmonic Fills

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Instructor Details

Kingsley B-Nkrumah

I am a pianist with a strong background in gospel, contemporary, and jazz music. I have been playing and teaching the piano for over a decade.

My main objective is to provide beginner, intermediate, and even advanced pianists and keyboardists with easy systems and approaches to learning and improving on the piano.

My goal is to break down some of the complicated theories and concepts in piano and music in general.

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Reviews

4.7

403 ratings on Udemy

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By Katie Sayce on 8/4/2026

I am not one to leave bad reviews but I have to say I'm not even halfways through and am finding this near on impossible to follows. I'm giving two stars as I like all the fills and embellishments but it's very rushed and hard to follow, I've tried slowing it down and it's still hard to see what some of the notes are. I have tried covering up the left hand on the screen, but sadly there are a lot of teachers who seem to end up adding in extra fills without telling you what they are doing. The sus2 to major was fine but beyond that it was all too rushed and I just couldn't catch what he was doing. This would be improved if it were slowed down and NOTATION was provided. I'm dipping into other lesson and to be honest am giving up. I've had some chording experience and really want to learn fills but this was soooo hard to follow. I'm going to see if I can find these embellishments on youtube that are slower.

By Shirley Leung on 8/23/2025

Very practical and useful. Can almost instantly play great modern sounding songs in minutes without looking at sheet music or chord sheets with the techniques learned, and without going through very dry theories and learning how to play different types of chords. Lessons are generally very easy to follow with basic piano playing background. This is a great match with what I am looking for.

By Manish Khadakkar on 5/10/2025

I am still going through the courseThis is a wonderful course. The teacher is very calm and composed and go with the slow speed. I haven’t found such specific module available elsewhere. Looking forward to have such more guided lessons from the teacher.

By Eddie Maverick on 12/18/2023

Excellent course. This course takes regular simple chord progressions and turns them into melodic beauty. It will make a beginner sound like a seasoned pianist in very little time. Loved it.

By Oscar Rode on 7/5/2023

I'm learning so many little things from this. Though I spend about 80% of my time practicing, the 20% where I'm listening to Kingsley ties it all together and makes it much easier to understand

By Jevgenia Sh on 5/31/2023

Very good course, so easy to follow. I took it just after the Piano by Ear also from Kingsley, because I thought it would be a good addition to the first one, and I did not regret about it. It will add to your practice more fills and runs to make songs sound beautiful. Kingsley also shows how to play an accompaniment to the vocalist but also how to play a melody with accords and fill it with embellishments. So beautiful, thank you. I highly recommend it to everyone who just started to learn piano and what to improve their chord playing skill, or to these people who know the chords and what to make them sound better, fuller.

By Rick Boudreau on 12/23/2022

The lessons are easy , yet very destructive in the format used in teaching.The voicing of the lessons is a little monotone to listen too but descriptive in his lesson formats’ The lessons so far are pretty basic but just helpful enough if just starting to play kys of any kind.

By Tuan Tran on 7/23/2021

This course teaches you to play piano beautifully regardless of your skill level. This is the best and most practical piano course I ever had. I wish I could give this course a six-star rating!

By Hazel Robinson on 7/6/2021

I love this course as it has filled in the gaps of my past learning. I'm absolutely please that I purchased this course as I wanted the professional touch to my past learning and this course has surely provided it. It certainly has enhanced my playing. This is an absolute Great Purchase. Thank you so much Kingsley for sharing your knowledge.

By Samuel Kwame Opoku Nsowah on 1/28/2021

This is one of the best courses I've ever subscribed to on udemy. The teacher is very intelligent and knowledgeable. His pedagogical skills are outstanding. I will recommend this course to anyone who wants a deeper understanding in playing the keyboard.

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Overall Score : 94 / 100