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Chord Progressions Part Six
'What You Need To Know About Musical Form'
Chord progressions come in sections, like one room in a house. You can put several different rooms together to make a big house, or you can live in a one room house. Just like people. In most 3rd world countries people live in one room houses -- which means, of course, that much of the world lives in one-room houses.
Those of us who live in the West generally live in multi-room houses.
But there are also musical houses -- we call them songs -- that are built out of several different rooms -- several different chord progressions. Some of them, like mansions and castles, go on and on and get quite involved.
But most songs are like many modest houses -- they have 2 or 3 rooms, sometimes 4 -- built using 2 or 3 or 4 different chord progressions.
Each 'room' in a musical house is called a theme, or a 'motif'. The first theme is always called 'A'. The next theme is called 'B', the next theme is called 'C', and so on. Most songs only have 2 or 3 "
Thursday, August 18, 2005
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Week 0 - Welcome to 101 weeks of free piano lessons online!
Week 1 - 'What Chords Do I Absolutely, Positively Need To Know?'
Week 2 - 'Flying Over Chordland - The 48 Basic Chords - Times 3'
Week 3 - 'All The Major Chords'
Week 4 - 'All The Minor Chords'
Week 5 - 'Inversions: Chords On Their Heads'
Week 6 - 'All the Diminished Triads'
Week 7 - 'All the Augmented Triads'
Week 8 - 'All the Major 6th Chords'
Week 9 - 'All the Minor 6th Chords'
Week 10 - 'All the 7th Chords'
Week 11 - 'All the Maj7th Chords'
Week 12 - 'All the 9th Chords'
Week 13 - 'All the 11th Chords'
Week 14 - 'All the 13th Chords'
Week 15 - 'The Three Diminished 7th Chords'
Week 16 - 'Suspensions'
Week 17 - 'Alterations'
Week 18 - 'Slash Chords'
Week 19 - 'Oops! I forgot Minor 7th Chords!'
Week 20 - 'Chord Progressions Part I - The Circle of Keys'
Week 21 - 'Chord Progressions Part 2 - The Circle of Minor Keys'
Week 22 - 'How To Find The Key of a Song When There Are Flats In The Key Signature'
Week 23 - 'How To Find The Key of a Song When There Are Sharps In The Key Signature'
`Week 24 - The 'Oh Duh!' Chord Progression
Week 25 - 'What You Need To Know About Musical Form
Week 26 - The 'Creep' Chord Progression
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Week 1 - 'What Chords Do I Absolutely, Positively Need To Know?'
Week 2 - 'Flying Over Chordland - The 48 Basic Chords - Times 3'
Week 3 - 'All The Major Chords'
Week 4 - 'All The Minor Chords'
Week 5 - 'Inversions: Chords On Their Heads'
Week 6 - 'All the Diminished Triads'
Week 7 - 'All the Augmented Triads'
Week 8 - 'All the Major 6th Chords'
Week 9 - 'All the Minor 6th Chords'
Week 10 - 'All the 7th Chords'
Week 11 - 'All the Maj7th Chords'
Week 12 - 'All the 9th Chords'
Week 13 - 'All the 11th Chords'
Week 14 - 'All the 13th Chords'
Week 15 - 'The Three Diminished 7th Chords'
Week 16 - 'Suspensions'
Week 17 - 'Alterations'
Week 18 - 'Slash Chords'
Week 19 - 'Oops! I forgot Minor 7th Chords!'
Week 20 - 'Chord Progressions Part I - The Circle of Keys'
Week 21 - 'Chord Progressions Part 2 - The Circle of Minor Keys'
Week 22 - 'How To Find The Key of a Song When There Are Flats In The Key Signature'
Week 23 - 'How To Find The Key of a Song When There Are Sharps In The Key Signature'
`Week 24 - The 'Oh Duh!' Chord Progression
Week 25 - 'What You Need To Know About Musical Form
Week 26 - The 'Creep' Chord Progression
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Week 0 - Welcome to 101 weeks of free piano lessons online!
Week 1 - "What Chords Do I Absolutely, Positively Need To Know?"
Week 2 - "Flying Over Chordland - The 48 Basic Chords - Times 3"
Week 3 - "All The Major Chords"
Week 4 - "All The Minor Chords"
Week 5 - "Inversions: Chords On Their Heads"
Week 6 - "All the Diminished Triads"
Week 7 - "All the Augmented Triads"
Week 8 - "All the Major 6th Chords"
Week 9 - "All the Minor 6th Chords"
Week 10 - "All the 7th Chords"
Week 11 - "All the Maj7th Chords"
Week 12 - "All the 9th Chords"
Week 13 - "All the 11th Chords"
Week 14 - "All the 13th Chords"
Week 15 - "The Three Diminished 7th Chords"
Week 16 - "Suspensions"
Week 17 - "Alterations"
Week 18 - "Slash Chords"
Week 19 - "Oops! I forgot Minor 7th Chords!"
Week 20 - "Chord Progressions Part I - The Circle of Keys"
Week 21 - "Chord Progressions Part 2 - The Circle of Minor Keys"
Week 22 - "How To Find The Key of a Song When There Are Flats In The Key Signature"
Week 23 - "How To Find The Key of a Song When There Are Sharps In The Key Signature"
`Week 24 - The "Oh Duh!" Chord Progression
Week 25 - "What You Need To Know About Musical Form
Week 26 - The "Creep" Chord Progression
Week 27 - "The 'II - V7 - I' Chord Progression"
Week 28 - "The 'VI - II - V7 - I' Chord Progression"
Week 29 - The "Blue Moon" Chord Progression
Week 30 - Embedded Chord Subs In The "Blue Moon" Chord Progression
Week 31 - The "12 Bar Blues" Chord Progression
Week 32 - Embedded Chord Subs In The "12 Bar Blues" Chord Progression
Week 33 - "Alternating 7th & m7ths" Chord Progression
Week 34 - "How To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord Substitutions - Part 1"
Week 35 - "How To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord Substitutions - Part 2"
Week 36 - "How To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord Substitutions - Part 3"
Week 37 - Gospel Chord Progression #1 - "Get On That Church!"
Week 38 - Gospel Chord Progression #2 - "Get On Up That V7 Chord!"
Week 39: "It's Graduation Day!"
Week 40: "Practice Ideas"
Week 41: "Transposition & Modulation"
Week 42: "Intervals"
Week 43: Review of Chords -- The Building Blocks Of Scales
Week 44: Inversions: Chords On Their Heads
Week 45: "Voicing"
Week 46: "Modal Scales"
Week 47: The Family of Chords Chart
Week 48: "Playing Christmas Carols On The Piano"
Week 49 - What songs can I play with just a few chords?
Week 50 - Major 7th chords
Week 51 - What All Do I Need To Know?
Week 52 - How To Predict Which Chord Comes Next
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Week 0 - Welcome to 101 weeks of free piano lessons online!
Week 1 - "What Chords Do I Absolutely, Positively Need To Know?"
Week 2 - "Flying Over Chordland - The 48 Basic Chords - Times 3"
Week 3 - "All The Major Chords"
Week 4 - "All The Minor Chords"
Week 5 - "Inversions: Chords On Their Heads"
Week 6 - "All the Diminished Triads"
Week 7 - "All the Augmented Triads"
Week 8 - "All the Major 6th Chords"
Week 9 - "All the Minor 6th Chords"
Week 10 - "All the 7th Chords"
Week 11 - "All the Maj7th Chords"
Week 12 - "All the 9th Chords"
Week 13 - "All the 11th Chords"
Week 14 - "All the 13th Chords"
Week 15 - "The Three Diminished 7th Chords"
Week 16 - "Suspensions"
Week 17 - "Alterations"
Week 18 - "Slash Chords"
Week 19 - "Oops! I forgot Minor 7th Chords!"
Week 20 - "Chord Progressions Part I - The Circle of Keys"
Week 21 - "Chord Progressions Part 2 - The Circle of Minor Keys"
Week 22 - "How To Find The Key of a Song When There Are Flats In The Key Signature"
Week 23 - "How To Find The Key of a Song When There Are Sharps In The Key Signature"
`Week 24 - The "Oh Duh!" Chord Progression
Week 25 - "What You Need To Know About Musical Form
Week 26 - The "Creep" Chord Progression
Week 27 - "The 'II - V7 - I' Chord Progression"
Week 28 - "The 'VI - II - V7 - I' Chord Progression"
Week 29 - The "Blue Moon" Chord Progression
Week 30 - Embedded Chord Subs In The "Blue Moon" Chord Progression
Week 31 - The "12 Bar Blues" Chord Progression
Week 32 - Embedded Chord Subs In The "12 Bar Blues" Chord Progression
Week 33 - "Alternating 7th & m7ths" Chord Progression
Week 34 - "How To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord Substitutions - Part 1"
Week 35 - "How To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord Substitutions - Part 2"
Week 36 - "How To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord Substitutions - Part 3"
Week 37 - Gospel Chord Progression #1 - "Get On That Church!"
Week 38 - Gospel Chord Progression #2 - "Get On Up That V7 Chord!"
Week 39: "It's Graduation Day!"
Week 40: "Practice Ideas"
Week 41: "Transposition & Modulation"
Week 42: "Intervals"
Week 43: Review of Chords -- The Building Blocks Of Scales
Week 44: Inversions: Chords On Their Heads
Week 45: "Voicing"
Week 46: "Modal Scales"
Week 47: The Family of Chords Chart
Week 48: "Playing Christmas Carols On The Piano"
Week 49 - What songs can I play with just a few chords?
Week 50 - Major 7th chords
Week 51 - What All Do I Need To Know?
Week 52 - How To Predict Which Chord Comes Next
How To Play Piano Using Chord Symbols
How To Play Piano Using Chord Symbols
Fm7 -- C-9 -- Ebm6 -- Amaj7
Chord symbols (for example, Cmaj7 or G6) are a type of notation used frequently in jazz and other areas of modern music to notate chord progressions and changes. This type of notation differs from that of classical music in that chord symbols don't show the function of a chord the way the Roman numeral notation does. Chord symbols, for modern music with lots of changes, are much easier to read. They function as a sort of shorthand for change-heavy music and are written with four chord parts in mind: the root, the quality, the extension, and the alterations.
The first part in chord symbols, the root, tells the musician which note is the root of the chord. In an E6 chord, for instance, the E serves as the root. Chord symbols also allow for inverted chords, or chords with a root other than the bass note. These chord symbols express that by showing the bass note with a diagonal slash under the original symbol.
Quality, the second part in chord symbols, denotes whether the chord is major, minor, diminished, or augmented. In a Cmaj7, the maj tells us that the C chord is major. The abbreviations for this area in chord symbols are maj, min, dim, and aug, respectively.
The extension in chord symbols, written after the quality, shows the musician if the chord differs from a triad (a third chord), such as an eleventh or seventh. This part of chord symbols is not always shown; if there is no indication of an extension, the musician is to assume that the chord is a triad.
The last part in chord symbols, the alteration, is usually but not always expressed. Think of this part as the "notes" section in chord symbols; it gives the musician any specific (and sometimes irregular) instructions for playing the chord and is always written in parentheses after the extension (or the quality, if no extension exists). For instance, (no fifth) would tell the musician that the chord is to be played with the fifth tone left out. Sus – short for “suspension”, would mean to play the 4th scale note instead of the 3rd. A minus sign would mean to lower (flat) a chord tone, such as C-9 which would mean to flat the 9th of the chord. Conversely, a plus sign would mean to raise (sharp) a particular chord tone.
Reading music using chord symbols allows a person to use written music as a map, rather than a note-for-note approach. By just reading the melody note and the chord symbols, musicians can improvise to their hearts content and create their own sounds on the keyboard.
The best of all worlds, however, is to be able to read music as it is written in a sheet music score, but also be able to read the chord symbols. Then the musician is free to choose which is best – the written part, or an improvised part. The sky is the limit for musicians who can do both.
Duane Shinn is the author of over 500 music courses for adults including "How To Add Runs & Fills To Your Piano Playing" He is also the author of the popular free 101-week online e-mail newsletter titled "Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Chords & Sizzling Chord Progressions" with over 60,400 current subscribers
Learn piano chord symbols at PlayPiano.com
Fm7 -- C-9 -- Ebm6 -- Amaj7
Chord symbols (for example, Cmaj7 or G6) are a type of notation used frequently in jazz and other areas of modern music to notate chord progressions and changes. This type of notation differs from that of classical music in that chord symbols don't show the function of a chord the way the Roman numeral notation does. Chord symbols, for modern music with lots of changes, are much easier to read. They function as a sort of shorthand for change-heavy music and are written with four chord parts in mind: the root, the quality, the extension, and the alterations.
The first part in chord symbols, the root, tells the musician which note is the root of the chord. In an E6 chord, for instance, the E serves as the root. Chord symbols also allow for inverted chords, or chords with a root other than the bass note. These chord symbols express that by showing the bass note with a diagonal slash under the original symbol.
Quality, the second part in chord symbols, denotes whether the chord is major, minor, diminished, or augmented. In a Cmaj7, the maj tells us that the C chord is major. The abbreviations for this area in chord symbols are maj, min, dim, and aug, respectively.
The extension in chord symbols, written after the quality, shows the musician if the chord differs from a triad (a third chord), such as an eleventh or seventh. This part of chord symbols is not always shown; if there is no indication of an extension, the musician is to assume that the chord is a triad.
The last part in chord symbols, the alteration, is usually but not always expressed. Think of this part as the "notes" section in chord symbols; it gives the musician any specific (and sometimes irregular) instructions for playing the chord and is always written in parentheses after the extension (or the quality, if no extension exists). For instance, (no fifth) would tell the musician that the chord is to be played with the fifth tone left out. Sus – short for “suspension”, would mean to play the 4th scale note instead of the 3rd. A minus sign would mean to lower (flat) a chord tone, such as C-9 which would mean to flat the 9th of the chord. Conversely, a plus sign would mean to raise (sharp) a particular chord tone.
Reading music using chord symbols allows a person to use written music as a map, rather than a note-for-note approach. By just reading the melody note and the chord symbols, musicians can improvise to their hearts content and create their own sounds on the keyboard.
The best of all worlds, however, is to be able to read music as it is written in a sheet music score, but also be able to read the chord symbols. Then the musician is free to choose which is best – the written part, or an improvised part. The sky is the limit for musicians who can do both.
Duane Shinn is the author of over 500 music courses for adults including "How To Add Runs & Fills To Your Piano Playing" He is also the author of the popular free 101-week online e-mail newsletter titled "Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Chords & Sizzling Chord Progressions" with over 60,400 current subscribers
Learn piano chord symbols at PlayPiano.com
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