Check out this 7-3-6 chord progression and add it up to your chords Key Ebmaj Legend: Lh/Rh 7 chord - [Dmin11 or Fmaj9add6] - DAD/FGCF 3 chord - [G7b9] - GDF/AbBDG 6 chord - [Cmin11 or Ebmaj9add6] It can

As the name implies, "Rootless" means there's no root in the chord. Rootless chords are chords without the root present. It is believe that every chord can be seen as a rootless form of another

MINOR TRIAD Minor triads are triads with the b3 note [Pronounce flat 3] What Is this b3 note ? To understand the b3 note, you first need to know your major scale. Let's take C major scale as an example.

HALF-STEP AND WHOLE-STEP Half-Step Half-step is the smallest interval in western musical scale. To get the half step from any note, just move up or down to the next note. Eg. A half step upward from C

We have been on a long series for some time now. You now understand what Triads and sevenths chords are. Don't be scared of the 9th, 11th, and 13th chords. They are all added to the 7th chord. Let's try

Formation of Augmented Chords Why diminish is to reduce to augment is to increase. Augmented triad had its formula as 1-3-#5 It is also called Major sharp 5 [maj#5] Since 1-3-5 is the formula for major

RULES FOR ADDED NOTES "The rule for adding a note is that the note proceeding it is missing" Take that rule to heart. You can learn and unlearn from this Okay; So a chord such as F-A-C-D-G Is

1-2-3-4 chord progression for Intermediate keyboardist Its a little bit stretchy Please activate your Octopus fingers 😉 Legend: Lh/Rh Key Cmaj 1>CGCD/EGCE 2>DBbCD/FBbCF 3> ECDE/GCDG 4> FCFGA/CEA

If you read through that first part, you would know what a Tritone is and what a tritone voicing is. You would also know the 6 unique tritone pairs and you would also know some of the types of progression

We have looked at how to use major, minor and augmented triads, and major 7th tetrads on the RH and the tritone on the LH as the base in voicing certain dominant chords. Today, we'll look at the continuation

Last time we looked at tritones and how to voice and use them in a progression, especially as passing and approach chords. We considered using major triads over a tritone pair. We mentioned that we could

A tritone is the division of an octave into 2 equal parts, and is measured as an interval between a note and its diminished 5th i.e. 1-b5. This interval is one of the most dissonant sounds, alongside a

We are continuing from where we stopped last time, analyzing how a tritone and ditone voicings are based on quartal harmony. Let's look at a ditone voicing by first asking what a ditone is. A ditone is

Let's touch the ditone voicing of chords, but before that, let's try to understand why these voicings are overly in use now in western music, especially Jazz and Gospels. First, let's consider the basics.

Good day everyone. Hope our day is coming up well. We started considering tritones and tritone voicings again because a lot of folks still seem not to get around it. The RH chords to go along with the

Here is just a basic 1-4 walk-up movement in the key of C for the beginners in the house. . Left hand // Right hand C C // G C E (C maj) D D // F Bb D ( Bbmaj/ D) E E // G C E ( C / E) F F // F A C F (

The chords are based on scale degrees. If you look at the C Major scale you get: C D E F G A B C The major chord takes the root, the major third, and the fifth, or the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes from the

Major triad: C (root): I E (third): III G (fifth): V Triads can be sounded with any note at it's bass. This is called Triad Inversion. Example inversion for the Major triad: E-G-C: where E is the bass

Piano Lessons For Beginners: MINOR SEVENTH CHORDS Minor 7 chords had its formula as 1-b3-5-b7 Therefore C minor 7 chord will be C-Eb-G-Bb F minor 7 chord will be F-Ab-C-Eb What about Minor7b5 [Minor seven

Piano Lessons For Beginners: MAJOR SEVENTH CHORD Before we go into this; let's talk about Octave. In case you're hearing it for the first time. An Octave comprises of eight notes[Oct means 8]… It also