Suspensions

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Issue No. 16 �
'Secrets of Exciting Chords & Chord Progressions!'




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' Secrets of Exciting Piano Chords & Piano Chord Progressions!'

- Week 16 -
Chord Suspensions

Click to hear Duane walk you through chord suspensions

Suspensions are chords in which the 4th degree of the scale takes the place of the 3rd degree -- usually temporarily, but not always. For example, a Csus would look like this:


Fsus would look like this:


Gsus would look like this:


If we had a 7th chord that was suspended, such as G7sus, it would look like this:


So F7sus would look like this:


And C7sus would look like this:

It's just that easy. Replace the 3rd of the chord with the 4th, and you've got it! That's all there is to it.
Here's how these same chords look when notated:

Next time we'll investigate altered chords. See you then.
Meanwhile, be sure to review all the previous lessons -- from major triads to 13ths.


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Diminished 7th chords

Diminished 7th chords: "
Issue No. 15 �
'Secrets of Exciting Chords & Chord Progressions!'




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' Secrets of Exciting Piano Chords & Piano Chord Progressions!'

- Week 15 -
The 3 Diminished 7th Piano Chords


Diminished 7th chords are unique animals. They have some unusual qualities that make them interesting and useable. For example, they are the only type of chord that is simply a stack of minor 3rds. If you count from one chord note to the next, you will find that they are all equidistant.
This is what they look like on paper:

There are really only 3 diminished 7th Piano Chords:

Any note in this diminished 7th chord can function as the root -- therefore this chord could be named Cdim7, Ebdim7, D#dim7, F#dim7, Gbdim7, Adim7, or Bbbdim7.


Any note in this diminished 7th chord can function as the root -- therefore this chord could be named C#dim7, Dbdim7, Edim7, Gdim7, A#dim7, or Bbdim7.


Any note in this diminished 7th chord can function as the root -- therefore this chord could be named Ddim7, Fdim7, G#dim7, Abdim7, Bdim7, or Cbdim7.
When we get into chord progressions, we will see that diminished 7th chords can be used as 'modulation agent"

13th chords

13th chords: "
Issue No. 14 �
'Secrets of Exciting Chords & Chord Progressions!'




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- Week 14 -
All The 13th Piano Chords
Another one of the most exciting chord types you'll ever learn...



Hello again, and welcome to the next edition of the newsletter. I hope you are enjoying learning about all the chords in the world -- and we're going to cover them ALL before we're done -- you'll know more about chords than 99% of the people in the world -- believe it or not, it's true.
If you recall the first week we learned about the three chords you absolutely, positively CAN'T do without. . Then the next week we took an airplane ride over Chordland just to get the lay of the land -- the overview of the world of chords.
Then in the next weeks lesson we showed you how easy it is to learn ALL the major chords (there are 12 of them) and be able to play them in seconds -- not hours or days or weeks or months or years. Some people go through their entire lives not being sure about what such and such a major chord is -- and it's all so unnecessary, because you can memorize them in just a few minutes, and learn to play them in 12 seconds or less - one second per chord. I have had many priva"